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June 3rd, 3616.

I go by Nameless.

'Cuz I can't remember my real name.

June 7th, 3616.

There are a bunch of other kids here without names like me.

Most are totally dead in the eyes.

But I found two of them I can chat with.

Is this what "having friends" feels like?

Assuming we escape some day...

I wanna form a party with them and go on adventures.

Where are we going, Teacher?

We're saying goodbye to Alessa and hello to the port town of Dars!

Jet! Head straight west!

A port? I can't wait to eat all the yummy fish!

Hey, slow down a little!

Figures. He already ran out of MP.

Mm-hmm.

Thanks, Jet. Rest in my shadow.

Well, we're not in any rush. Wanna take a lunch break?

Curry time?!

How does a batch of my special wild herb and veggie curry sound?

Curry! Curry!

Whoa, calm down. Wipe that drool off your face.

Ta-daa!

Good to the last bite.

I love curry. Gimme seconds, Teacher.

Comin' right up.

EPISODE 1:

THE FLOATING ISLAND

Y'know, we've gotten pretty far from Alessa.

Hm? What's that?

It's a sky island.

Wait, those are a thing?

Uh-huh. They float by from time to time.

When I was enslaved, spotting them was the only fun thing I looked forward to.

Oh, my heartstrings!

Hey, could we use your Air Leap skill to reach that island, Jet?

Not enough MP, huh?

Okay, let's try my Float skill!

Whoa!

What the-?

We stopped.

You've reached the altitude limit and cannot go any higher.

Shoot. Thanks anyway, System Lady.

I guess I'll just use Telekinesis to go up there alone.

No fair, Teacher.

I wanna go up there, too.

Right, of course.

Oh!

I'll use Telekinesis to stabilize Fran's feet.

Then Jet rides along with Shadow Lurk.

And now, we blast off!

It's a telekinetic air ride, baby! Yee-haw!

Yahoo!

Perfect, Fran! Your sense of balance is on point!

Let's rocket up there! Destination: Sky island!

Huh?

What was that?

Teacher, we have company.

Some kinda skeleton? It must be an Undead!

Doubt it's here to roll out the red carpet.

Yeah, but that won't stop us!

Can't touch this, pal!

Fran!

Fire Arrow!

Crap, it's tough.

Identify!

SENSE DISRUPTION 6, SWORD MASTERY 10,

ADVANCED SWORD MASTERY 1, SWORD ARTS 10,

ADVANCED SWORD ARTS 1, REGENERATION 8, AUTO MANA STRIKE 6,

ABNORMAL STATUS RESISTANCE 9, CONTROL UNDEAD 4,

NECROMANCY 8, MENTAL STATUS RESISTANCE 9,

LEGENDARY

SKELETON

DARK KNIGHT

ELEMENTAL BLADE 6, POISON MAGIC 6,

MAGIC RESISTANCE 9, DARK MAGIC 4, SPIRIT MANIPULATION

EXTRA SKILL: UNLEASH POTENTIAL

TITLE: DUNGEON GUARDIAN

VIT:

INT:

STR:

AGI:

RACE: UNDEAD MONSTER

STATUS: GUARDIAN, UNDEAD

SKILLS:

It has better magic resistance

and more fighting power than a Greater Demon!

Listen, Fran. I've got my hands full keeping us afloat.

I know what to do.

Here it comes!

Accessing dimension storage.

Use the sword we took from that Greater Demon! And sock it to 'im!

ENCHANTED STEEL LONGSWORD

I hate making you use a sword other than me, but whatever.

What?!

MAGIC SWORD: DEATH GAZE

ATTACK:

MP:

HP:

MANA CONDUCTIVITY: B+

SKILL: INSTA-DEATH

It has a magic sword?!

The insta-death skill has a low probability of activating.

MANA CONDUCTIVITY: B+

SKILL: INSTA-DEATH

Insta-death? Yikes.

Jet! You're up!

Feels better with you in my hands, Teacher!

Naturally!

Let's do this.

Distract it for me, Teacher.

Sure. Let's double team it, Jet!

Flare Bullet!

It parried that?!

Air Leap!

Kick its ass, Fran!

Dragon Fang!

Nailed it!

Jet! We need some footing!

You're out of MP?!

Get back in her shadow, then!

Alright, we'll just use my telekinetic air ride...

Crap! I'm outta MP, too!

I'll get you next time!

It's not following us.

Maybe because it's a dungeon guardian?

This sucks!

Dammit! You got off lucky, bonehead!

So, this is quite the pickle, huh?

Yep. We're falling.

You better use Air Leap to slow us down.

Okay.

Air Leap, go!

It didn't work.

Noooo!

Well, crap. Just keep trying until you run outta MP.

Roger!

Why is there a house out in the middle of nowhere?!

Teacher...

I ran outta MP.

Huh?!

Fran! Are you alive?!

Yeah. Except my butt really hurts.

Whew.

Am I crazy? Or is there a crop field inside this house?

Yeah. The dirt's really soft.

How does anything grow without a window for light?

NECROWEED

TYPE: SPIRIT GRASS

We're not alone!

Be careful!

It's another skeleton.

Fran. Aim for the crystal in its torso.

Okay. I'll end this fast!

WAH! SPARE ME!

Please don't eat me! I taste bad!

I won't.

What's with this guy?

My name is Bernard. I'm one of the good skeletons.

You have a name? Are you somebody's servant or what?

Yes, and my master is a top-class necromancer!

Necromancer, huh?

Indeed.

Who're you?

Curious to know? Then allow me to enlighten you.

I am he who gazes into the abyss of knowledge, and lords over the necrotic beings of darkness.

My name is Jean du Vix!

Sounds super shady.

Most never dare to intrude on the necromatic atelier of the great Jean du Vix.

Unless they wish to have their corpses put to good use, that is.

My creep alarm is going off. Better use Identify!

Whoa. This guy's no joke.

SKILLS:

SHADOW RESISTANCE 6, SPEEDCAST 4, IDENTIFY 8, SUMMON THRALL 8,

STAFF MASTERY 4, UNDEAD MANIPULATION 8, NECROMANCY 10,

DAGGER ARTS 2, APOTHECARY 7, POISON RESISTANCE 3,

VENOMOLOGY 7, FIRE MAGIC 3, NETHER MAGIC 5,

HERBOLOGY 4, DARK MAGIC 5, TOTAL PRESENCE CONCEALMENT,

UNDEAD FRENZY, FRIEND OF THE UNDEAD,

MANA MANIPULATION, MAGIC UP (MID)

UNIQUE SKILL: SOULSIGHT

TITLES:

NATURAL ASSASSIN,

UNDEAD CREATOR,

BUTCHER, NECROMANCER,

UNDEAD KING

He's a Magi and necromancer?

JEAN DU VIX

AGE: 49

RACE: MAGI

CLASS: NECROMANCER

Never seen a Magi before?

VIT:

INT:

STR:

AGI:

That's fair, given how few of my kind are on this continent.

And I'm a necromancer on top of it.

Most people assume that I'm evil, but they are mistaken.

Your outfit doesn't do you any favors.

Hmph.

Be that as it may... it's you who've caused damage here.

Any corpses that lay abandoned eventually become possessed by specters

and turn into harmful Undead.

However, we necromancers disrupt that process by utilizing corpses and ensuring they are given purpose.

Necromancer is not an evil class. If anything, it should be considered noble.

Oh yeah?

Welcome! You now stand in my necromatic atelier of unfathomable darkness and death!

Doesn't exactly live up to the hype.

It's pretty plain.

The core of my operations are actually further underground,

to avoid bringing any harm to the surrounding area.

That explains the bad vibes coming from the basement.

Care for some tea? Please enjoy.

Thank you.

NECROTEA

BRINGS PEACE TO THE MIND

BY STIMULATING THE SOUL

Huh, interesting.

Nothing harmful despite how it looks.

Ugh, it's yucky.

Ah, I see. So that's how you came crashing through my roof?

Yep.

Bernard. How bad is the damage?

About a third of the crop was wiped out.

We've been growing necroweed, a precious catalyst used in necromancy and necropotions.

Unfortunately, it becomes worthless after the living touch it and imbue it with vitality.

Necropotions? I remember seeing a low-grade one for sale in Randell's shop,

and it cost upwards of 300k in gold!

Must be expensive, huh?

Well, I'm not cultivating it to make a profit.

Hm, let's see.

I shall ask you one favor. Do that and I'll consider us even.

What is it?

Before we get to the details...

I would like to hear what you have to say, Mister Intelligent Weapon!

My unique skill is called Soulsight.

It allows me to view the skills associated with any soul.

Identify Protection won't help you, I'm afraid.

What should we do, Teacher?

The jig is up.

Yeah, I'm Fran's sword. Nice to meet you.

Oh! You speak through telepathy, hm?

And I see you wield considerable power.

Yeah! He's a super amazing sword!

His name is Teacher!

Teacher, you say? What an eccentric name for a magic sword!

So, what's this favor you want?

I'll tell you now, don't bother asking to experiment with Fran's corpse or borrow me for something.

I have no interest in such things.

I get the impression you two are quite formidable.

Thus, I would like to ask for your help in conquering the dungeon.

Figured as much.

You mean that sky island, yeah?

Ah, they don't call you an "intelligent" weapon for nothing. How astute.

The "dungeon guardian" title that skeleton knight had was a big hint.

In the center of the sky island you tried to reach lies a dungeon that only I know of.

This all began a decade ago...

Hold up, is this gonna be a long story?

Fran always falls asleep during those, so you better give us the cliff notes.

Teacher.

Hm?

I'm a D-Rank adventurer now. I think I can handle a long story.

A-alright. My bad. Guess I can't treat you like a kid forever.

Then allow me to continue.

At the time, I was striving for a greater command of necromancy

Fran fell asleep almost instantly,

by developing a new technique...

so let me sum things up for y'all.

According to Jean, Undead usually pop up in old warzones or graveyards,

so it struck him as odd when he heard they were appearing out here in the boonies.

After taking a close look, Jean found large rocks and plants nearby

that were infused with undead mana.

He determined it was all debris that had fallen from the sky island

and caused the Undead monster outbreak.

To find out more, I attempted to explore the sky island dungeon a number of years ago,

but the place was absolutely crawling with Undead monsters.

I got attacked by one of the most powerful among them,

and was forced to run away while I let it feed upon my minion, Stephan.

What kind of monster was it?

An Undead Eater.

As the name implies, it's an undead monster that feasts upon its own kind.

It has a threat rank of B.

Threat rank B...

So, that skeleton knight was just the tip of the iceberg, huh?

The reason I cultivated all this necroweed was to defeat those monsters.

And now I turn to you to make up for the power that I've lost.

Can you handle it?

No problem! Believe it or not, I'm a D-Rank adventurer.

Ah! From the Alessa guild no less.

You know about it?

Of course, I'm an adventurer myself.

You are?!

That's surprising.

Then you'll be even more surprised to know that I'm B-Rank.

Wow, nice gold foil!

So cool!

Although I'm not a fan of the sinister "Jean the Butcher" nickname they gave me.

Yikes, that sure paints an image.

Yes, a very bad one.

All I ever did was raise a huge army of Undead during the war against the Raydoss Empire

by using the corpses of the fallen enemy soldiers.

That sounds pretty crazy to me!

Anyways, I need you to do me this favor.

Naturally, you will be rewarded. What do you say?

Well, we are partially to blame for what happened.

I love doing dungeon crawls, and besides...

Yeah, we have a score to settle with that skeleton knight.

I totally wanna kick its butt.

Then we have our answer.

Okay, Jean, count us in!

Great. We shall depart tomorrow. You're welcome to stay the night here in my atelier.

Ugh, do we have to?

Wow!

Behold! The quintessential spell in my magic arsenal.

Deviate from the cycle governing the nether world and embrace ephemeral vitality.

Shed the chains of death and appear before me now!

Overspec Undead Summoning!

I hereby christen you!

Thy name is: Andy!

Wow!

So, this what an expert summoner can do, huh?

We'll ride upon Andy to reach sky island.

Dude, are you okay?

Nice to meet you, Andy.

So cute!

Overspec, eh?

That must mean it has boosted stats or something.

ANDY

RACE: UNDEAD BEAST

STATUS:

OVERSPECCED WYVERN SKELETON

VENGEFUL SPIRIT, CONTRACT,

WEAKNESS MITIGATION

VIT:

INT:

STR:

AGI:

SKILLS:

INTIMIDATE 6, STEALTH 3,

IDENTIFY JAMMER 3, FEAR 6,

REGENERATION 10, MANA BARRIER 5,

POISON IMMUNITY, TOXIC FANG

It's a lot stronger than a normal Lesser Wyvern.

You are correct.

But the trade-off is that he will fade away after 24 hours pass.

Huh? Really?

So it's a limited-time summon, unlike Jet.

I must say, Jet is impressive in his own right.

How about you let him die and I'll give him the overspec treatment?

Hell no!

Absolutely not!

Phooey. Such wasted potential.

Necromancers are kinda unhinged.

Hey, you said you're the only one who knows about this dungeon.

Does that mean the guild hasn't learned about it?

That's right.

I never reported it, you see.

Aren't you obligated to let them know or something?

It floats through the airspace here in Granzell, but also through Raydoss up north,

and another neighboring kingdom, Belioth.

Therefore, it belongs to no single country and I have no obligation to report it.

Is that how it works?

Yes. So long as they never find out.

Bernard.

Are the Wing Tiger Skeletons ready?

All ready-freddy!

What are those?

Skeleton monsters that will serve as a diversion and protect us.

Oh, neat.

Now we make for the floating dungeon!

Take to the skies, Andy!

Have a good trip!

How does this thing fly when its wings are all tattered like that?

Because it was originally a monster that uses a skill to fly.

Makes sense.

Oh, here comes the welcome party.

Is it that skeleton knight again?

Nope.

Typically, whenever a party tries to get near the dungeon, a flock of Bone Birds attack.

There also seem to be some Lesser Wyvern Skeletons.

My Wing Tiger Skeletons have already begun to fend them off.

That's a lotta monsters.

I will need you two to fend some of them off, as well.

Sure. Let's split up, Teacher!

Telekinesis!

Phantom Augite Blade!

Bring it on, suckers!

Crystals absorbed!

It's an aerial buffet.

Uh-oh.

Brace yourselves.

Are those cannons?!

Fran!

Hey, we're taking fire here!

Is Andy gonna make it?

Nay, I'm afraid. He can't tank that many hits.

Gather around, folks!

What's the plan?

C'mere, Jet.

We charge straight through!

Huh?!

Instant Summoning: Undead Ooze!

Follow the ooze and enter Andy's ribcage.

Are you sure about this?

I've already tweaked it so the ooze won't harm you.

Andy...

More of them on our tail.

Andy!

What are you gonna do?

You have served us well, Andy.

Let them have it!

Final Reverse Breath!

Now we just blast our way through!

There's a barrier?!

Yes, but it won't hold up against Andy!

Get ready for a rough landing, Fran!

Okay!

You good, Fran?

Yesh, imma okee...

Andy.

You did me proud.

Oh, dang. He used up all his MP, huh?

Thanks for everything, Andy.

Our time together was brief, but very fun.

Flying with you was the best, Andy!

Hats off to you, buddy.

Allow me to put you to rest.

Heed me, splintered soul. May you be free of spite and find peace.

Ascension!

You were magnificent, Andy.

Bye-bye.

It takes a lot of MP to cast a purification spell like that.

Yet Jean did it anyway, despite the fact Andy would fade away on his own eventually,

which speaks to his pride as a necromancer.

That was the easy part; the rest of the dungeon is a bone-ified challenge.

Get it? Because skeletons!

It's a necro-joke!

Not funny.

This guy can't be serious.

August 27, 3616.

I started hearing screaming in the distance from time to time.

What were they doing to us? Are my two friends okay?

August 30, 3616.

I found out what caused all the screaming.

They've been using us as lab rats!

Please no. Don't do this!

I'm begging you! Please!

NEXT EPISODE:

JEAN DU VIX KNOWS HIS STUFF