Return of the Calamity-Class Death Knight

Chapter 165

Chapter 165: The Plague Investigation (2)

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“Oh…… oh……!”

Garrot spread his arms wide and rejoiced at the sound of the undead’s cry.

“This dark mana! This life force! You’re finally complete as an undead!”

Garrot was the Grand Dark Mage of the Monstrum Sect.

The Monstrum Sect was a sect specializing in handling monsters. As the Grand Dark Mage of such a place, Garrot had observed countless monsters up to now.

None of the monsters he had experienced so far were even a match for the undead before him.

“Now that you’re a true undead, you need a name. What would be good? What kind of name should I give you?”

After a moment of thought, Garrot spoke as if he had a good idea.

“Fenrir! From now on, I’ll call you Fenrir!”

Fenrir was the name of a giant wolf in the mythology of a certain ethnic group.

It was the name of a monster that was said to have devoured gods and brought destruction to the world.

“I don’t know why you hate me so much…… but it doesn’t matter. What matters is that you’re complete!”

Garrot smiled brightly.

The undead, no, Fenrir, stared at the man silently. Blood-red eyes and emanating killing intent.

“You’re making a fuss because you want to kill me! That look is cute too, but…… it’ll be inconvenient if we’re going to be together for a long time. I’ll give you some education.”

As Garrot formed a hand sign, Dark lines tightly bound the souls.

– Kyaaak! It hurts! It hurts!

– S, stop! Please stop!

The screams of the souls grew louder. At the same time, they emitted a tremendous amount of dark mana.

This was the reason why Garrot had spread the plague.

It was to torture the souls after subjugating them and produce dark mana from them.

Thanks to this, Garrot was able to obtain a massive amount of dark mana at any time.

“Let’s start by creating a fence so you can’t escape.”

Garrot used all the dark mana emitted by the souls to manifest dark magic.

A Dark curtain unfolded from the sky. The curtain completely isolated the area where Garrot was standing from the rest of the world.

It was a high-level dark magic that sealed off a certain area. It was prepared to prevent Fenrir from melting into the darkness and escaping.

“Come on, come on. Show me your abilities.”

Garrot said, spreading his arms wide. Before he could finish his words, Fenrir charged forward.

The ground shook with every step he took. His speed increased rapidly, to the point where he was creating friction with the air.

Garrot formed a hand sign. At that moment, a subspace opened in front of Fenrir.

Something sprang out of the subspace and blocked Fenrir’s path.

It was an ogre known as the Forest King. However, unlike ordinary ogres, it had three pairs of arms.

Fenrir opened his mouth to bite the ogre. The ogre grabbed Fenrir’s upper and lower jaws with its six arms.

“This is a chimera created by combining three ogres. Its strength has also been increased by three times. It won’t be easy to deal with…….”

Fenrir exerted force on his jaws. The Ogre’s arms and head disappeared altogether.

“Huh?”

Garrot’s face lit up with admiration. He hadn’t expected Fenrir to kill so swiftly.

“You can even do that? That’s brilliant!”

Fenrir reached right up to Garrot’s nose. To lunge at him, it opened its jaws wide.

Just then, something surged out from behind Garrot’s back, from a newly opened spatial rift, and slammed into Fenrir.

The impact pushed Fenrir backward. Fenrir growled, revealing its fangs.

This time, the newly appeared chimera was a lion.

Of course, it was not an ordinary lion. Firstly, it was too colossal. Standing beside it, Garrot looked like a child.

The unusual aspect wasn’t just its size. The lion had two heads.

Garrot climbed onto the lion’s back. Holding onto its mane, he said, “Nemesis! Let’s flee!”

Nemesis dodged Fenrir and dashed into the forest. Fenrir chased after the lion.

The two beasts raced through the trees. Fenrir let out a long howl.

Then, the shadows in the forest began to twist. Wolves, smaller in size, emerged from the shadows.

“A clone? You can even create something like this?”

Garrot’s pupils doubled in size. He admired Fenrir.

“Impressive! With this ability alone, your worth is undeniable!”

The clones were much faster than Fenrir. They swiftly surrounded the lions like the wind.

“Nemesis, you should show something too.”

Both heads of Nemesis opened their mouths simultaneously. Soundwaves burst out from both mouths. The clones hit by the soundwaves burst like balloons.

“The durability of the clones is disappointing! But don’t worry! I’ll reinforce them, so don’t you worry!”

Garrot chuckled excitedly, looking at Fenrir.

But Fenrir was nowhere to be seen. Bewildered, Garrot muttered under his breath, “Where did it disappear to?”

Suddenly, Fenrir leaped out from Nemesis’s shadow. Simultaneously, he sank his teeth into Nemesis’s neck.

Crack.

Both necks were torn out simultaneously. Losing strength, the body fell to the ground.

Just before the body collapsed, Garrot leaped onto the ground. Landing lightly, he looked back at Fenrir.

“To bring down Nemesis as well… you’re much more impressive than I thought.”

Fenrir turned to Garrot. Its mouth was drenched in blood.

Crunch.

Fenrir lunged at Garrot. This time, he intended to tear Garrot apart and kill him.

That’s when it happened.

Something struck Fenrir. With a thunderous noise, Fenrir’s body flew sideways.

Successive trees in the forest snapped. After smashing dozens of them, Fenrir finally stopped.

– Growl!

Fenrir raised his body and glared straight ahead. Something strange was standing next to Garrot.

A slightly hunched back and short legs. Long arms that reached to the ground.

It looked like a monkey, but he couldn’t be sure. The entire body of this monster was covered in Dark armor, not fur.

“Let me introduce you. This is Bagder.”

The Monstrum Sect’s chimeras were born from the synthesis of multiple monsters.

The abilities of a chimera varied greatly depending on which monsters were synthesized and how their functions were arranged.

“This is a chimera I’ve been working on, specifically to deal with Master Class opponents.”

Fenrir glared at Bagder with wary-filled eyes. His attitude was different from when he faced other chimeras.

Growl!

But that didn’t last long, and Fenrir charged first. He tried to bite Bagder’s neck.

Clang.

However, Fenrir’s teeth were blocked by Bagder’s armor. Instead, his teeth were crushed.

“My, my… You can’t just bite it like that. Bagder’s armor can even bounce off aura.”

Fenrir put more strength into his jaw. Even so, Bagder remained unmoved.

“Bagder, subdue him.”

Bagder grabbed Fenrir. In the next moment, Fenrir’s massive body was lifted high into the sky.

A look of bewilderment appeared on Fenrir’s face. Then, Bagder came into his view.

Bagder was floating even higher than Fenrir. Bagder clasped its hands together and made a fist, then slammed it down.

Fenrir’s body fell vertically. The entire forest was shattered with a roar.

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As an undead, he did not bleed or suffer internal injuries.

– Growl!

However, it was not without pain. He let out a muffled scream.

Even in the midst of the pain, Fenrir quickly got up. He could not show a weak appearance in front of his enemy.

At that moment, Bagder, who had jumped out from the side, punched Fenrir in the face.

Fenrir rolled on the ground with a shock that felt like his head was going to be ripped off.

Bagder chased after Fenrir. It kicked off the ground and reached Fenrir’s nose in an instant.

– Growl!

Fenrir created clones to block Bagder.

Dozens of clones rushed at Bagder. However, they were all blocked by Bagder’s armor.

Bagder punched Fenrir in the head. With a loud roar, Fenrir’s head was slammed into the ground.

The whole world shook from the impact. His vision was blurry and he had no strength in his body.

This time, even Fenrir couldn’t hold out. He fell to the ground and shivered.

Bagder was far superior to him in both speed and strength. It was an overwhelming difference. Fenrir could not help but feel a deep sense of despair.

“Hmm.”

At that moment, a familiar voice rang in his ears. Fenrir forced himself to open his eyes.

Garrot had somehow approached him and was now standing right in front of him.

“Even you are no match for Bagder, it seems.”

Garrot, who had stopped in front of Fenrir’s nose, nodded as if it was only natural.

“It’s nothing to be ashamed of. This child has everything I have in him. That means he’s incredibly strong.”

Fenrir’s eyes came alive at the sight of Garrot. He burst out with killing intent and rushed at Garrot.

The enemy who killed his master was right in front of him. If he could just open his mouth a little, he could tear his head off!

Just as he was about to crush Garrot with his teeth, Bagder grabbed Fenrir’s head and body and slammed him into the ground.

– Growl!

Fenrir struggled to shake off Bagder. But Bagder was unmoved. It felt like a mountain was pressing down on him.

– Growl! Growl!

Even so, Fenrir did not stop struggling to kill Garrot.

That man killed his master. And not only that, he did terrible things to his master.

He could not give up like this. Otherwise, who would avenge his master’s grudge and injustice?

“My, my… It seems you still hate me.”

Garrot muttered with a regretful expression.

“It doesn’t make me feel good to be hated like this… But I guess I’ll have to teach you a lesson, even though it’s a bit early.”

Garrot gestured in the air. At that, the souls bound by the Dark lines began to scream again.

– Kyaaak!

– Aaaak!

Screams erupted along with dark mana. Garrot concentrated the dark mana and created a large stake.

“One down.”

The Dark stake pierced Fenrir’s body and pinned him to the ground. At that moment, Fenrir’s pupils dilated.

A searing pain, as if all his nerves were on fire, assaulted Fenrir’s brain.

All the pain Fenrir had felt so far seemed like child’s play compared to this.

“This will sting a bit. This is a torture dark magic developed specifically to inflict pain on the soul. Ordinary people would go crazy just by touching this stake.”

Garrot created another stake. The tip of the stake was aimed at Fenrir’s torso.

“I wonder how many you can withstand?”

The pain doubled as the second stake was driven in. Fenrir thrashed his body.

“Third.”

The pain grew even greater as the number of stakes increased. When the fifth stake was driven in, Fenrir’s body slumped.

“The fifth one… You’re holding out well. You are indeed the undead I had my eye on.”

Amid the endless pain, Fenrir’s eyes were fixed only on Garrot.

Master…

The enemy of his master was right before him, but he could do nothing.

His master had passed away in pain. He could not even avenge his master a little.

Dark mana oozed out of Fenrir’s eyes. It dripped down his cheeks like water droplets and evaporated.

“Tears? Tears from an undead? This is the first time I’ve seen such a rare thing!”

Garrot rejoiced with a cry of joy. Fenrir could only stare at Garrot, unable to do anything.

“You are truly a beautiful creature! That person will surely be satisfied…”

Suddenly, Garrot raised his head. A blue line was being drawn on the Dark curtain spread out above his head.

“…Is that being cut?”

The moment Garrot was confused, a rectangular hole was opened in the Dark curtain. Someone jumped down from there.

“…A human?”

The human male swung his sword. At that moment, blades of aura rained down from the sky. Garrot’s eyes widened at the sight.

The blades of aura covered the ground like a torrential downpour. Just before that, Bagder grabbed Garrot and moved out of the way.

The aura fell on the spot where Garrot and Bagder had been. Countless sword marks were carved into the ground.

The human male landed on the spot where Garrot had been standing just a moment ago.

“…Who are you?”

Garrot asked the man. The man spoke as he sheathed his sword.

“You father Damien Haksen, You motherfucker.”

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