Necromancer 54

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54. My Reincarnated Status

"Status Open"

With those words, my current status was displayed in midair.

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Name: Shigure

Strength: 93 → 315

Speed: 107 → 449

Endurance: 80 → 274

Mana: 255 → 801

Additional Skills

[Slash] [Shield]

[Mapping - Beginner]

[Flying Sword]

[Fire Buster]

[Healing] [Stretch Arm]

[Charge] [Swordsmanship - Advanced]

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All the stats have increased significantly!

Each number has more than tripled, which is amazing.

Moreover, new skills like [Charge] and [Swordsmanship - Advanced] have been added.

Both of these seem to have effects exactly as their names suggest.

Especially [Swordsmanship - Advanced], since I’m a complete amateur with swords, this could be a very useful skill for me.

Could I get as good as Kenzaki from the kendo club at using a sword?

Or maybe even better――.

Either way, there's no doubt that my combat ability has greatly improved.

With this, I might be able to handle battles against intermediate demons, and even advanced ones, in the future.

With my new servant and my personal stat boost, the purpose of coming to this ruin has been fulfilled.

There might be other monsters in the ruins, but I’ll leave turning them into minions for another time.

After all, adding both the Blood Claw and Assault Rhino as minions is already more than enough of an achievement.

So, returning to rest and recovering my body is an option.

Actually, I’ve grown mentally exhausted from the battle with Kenzaki.

For now, I want to――rest.

That was my honest feeling.

I set off back to the royal castle.

On the way, I found myself deep in thought.

Should I reveal that I killed Kenzaki?

Or should I stay silent?

Even though heroes have powerful privileges, I don’t know how the kingdom will treat me, a hero who killed another hero.

"For now… I guess I’ll stay quiet."

I made up my mind and returned to the royal castle.

"Welcome back, brave hero."

As I passed through the main gate, several knights ran up to me.

An all-female unit—the so-called Valkyrie Squad.

They were part of this elite group, and each one was highly skilled.

We were acquainted from the previous joint drills, and whenever we met like this, they always greeted me.

They were all beautiful girls, so honestly, I felt a bit flustered.

"Are you back from a dungeon search mission?"

"You’ve got blood on you… excuse me."

One of the female knights took out a towel and wiped my cheeks and neck.

"Ah, thanks…"

But this blood was Kenzaki’s.

I got nervous, wondering if they could see through that I had killed him.

Of course, there’s no way they could tell, but an inexplicable sense of anxiety welled up inside me.

"You were amazing in the joint drills the other day, Shigure-sama."

"Ah, I wish I could have joined you…"

"They say the drills are on hold for a while, but when they restart, I hope we can participate together."

"Yes, yes."

The female knights surrounded me.

"Ah, definitely, next time."

I gave a polite response and parted ways with them.

Right now, I feel a little scared to meet others.

I felt a little scared to talk to anyone.

Just being around people, just talking, gave me the illusion that they could see right through my inner thoughts.

The anxiety that they would uncover the sin I committed started to overwhelm me.

I hunched my body, as if trying to escape the gaze of others, and made my way through the castle.

When I entered the lounge, a few people looked at me with surprise.

What’s going on?

Could they have realized I killed Kenzaki…?

No, that’s impossible.

If I show signs of being flustered here, it would only make me more suspicious.

I need to act confident――.

"Y-You… Shigure, right…?"

"Something’s different about you…"

My classmates all looked confused.

"Different? Do I look different to you?"

"No, it's just… there’s this intimidating vibe…"

…Huh.

So they haven’t noticed that I killed Kenzaki.

Then there’s no problem――.