Although Kazuma thought Zoukar wouldn't notice, that was something too big for an established black magician to not even feel slightly. The sudden fluctuations of undead mana in the surroundings twitched his brows as he flinched while concentrating on the queen and her guards.Zoukar swiveled around to check whether something was off or if it was nothing but his delusion due to stress and tension. He looked everywhere, but he could only see the dark cave and a small familiar creature, Astroth. Other than these usual things, he found nothing strange, and that mana fluctuation faded from the surroundings.Zoukar's sudden turn startled Kazuma since he never expected Zoukar to pay him attention, at least not when Kazuma used an opportunity to trick Zoukar. Kazuma gazed at Zoukar with widening eyes and a frowning brow. He felt his blood turn cold and a shiver passed all over his spine.Kazuma swallowed and contemplated with a frightened gaze, "Did he find out about my theft? Will he begin t
Kazuma and Zoukar stood before the ants as firmly as they could. It was challenging for the tiny creature Kazuma inhabited to stay composed before the intimidating aura and killing intent leaked by the queen ant and her royal guards. That was one hell of a threat. The ants daunted him with only their presence.Kazuma swallowed and sweat profusely while Zoukar giggled slightly. He concentrated mana around him and focused on casting a spell. He invoked [Summon Undead] and a small army of undead soldiers conjured from the ground. They stood tall before the ants with dark mana shrouding their dead bodies.Startled by the undead, the royal guards raised their sharp claw-like appendages toward the undead soldiers. They made some crackling noises and marked the undead soldiers as their targets. Two guards stood before the ant queen while another two stepped forward to face the undead soldiers.Zoukar commanded the undead, "Go and remove the nasty pest from my eyes!" The undead soldiers marche
While Kazuma and the three undead skeletons stood against the two guard ants, due to the intimidating presence around them, Kazuma shivered. He felt the severity of the circumstances he was surrounded by and how far he could go depended on his wits since he had no faith in Zoukar, not even a bit.As he sweated profusely from the intimidation, suddenly his brow twitched from some chanting behind him in a familiar voice. Kazuma swiveled around and confirmed the chants belonged to none other than Zoukar.Zoukar snorted and chanted some spell to invoke, "[Relentless Charge]." Kazuma sensed some dark energy or some dark mana shrouded around him and the skeleton knights beside him. Kazuma felt a sudden boost in his strength, agility, endurance, and vitality by a large amount. The skeleton knights beside him also had the same mana shrouding them.Kazuma understood from the concentration of mana that this spell was about the same level as the spell Zoukar used to summon the skeleton knights. F
Although Kazuma had a certain amount of faith in Zoukar and his magic abilities, he still had to fight his way through the fight between the two guard ants and the three skeleton knights trapped in the ant formation. Kazuma believed Zoukar would help them after this fight since he had already commanded these four to fight this one out by themselves.From Zoukar's tone, Kazuma could figure out his head approximately. Zoukar wasn't one with a stable mentality. However, his main traits could be described within a few words; insane and cruel! That would be his command if he decides on a certain thing. At least until he completes this one. He would never move forward.Kazuma noticed these personality characteristics in Zoukar during his stay with him throughout the dungeon. Kazuma encountered the most uncertain and crazy personality throughout his whole life. In fact, Zoukar was named MAD as a nickname for this precise trait of his.Since it was clear that Kazuma had to fight these two guar
Kazuma hovered towards the injured guard ants while glancing at the undead skeleton knights to take another note of their restrained durability. From his observation, his allies, the so-called undead knights that Zoukar summoned, already lost most of their limbs and were shattered through and through.He realized they wouldn't be able to hold the ants any more than they did already. From these facts, Kazuma had to slay the ants before the undead get massacred gradually by the continuous strikes of the ants. Fortunately, he noticed the pierced spot on the ant's exoskeleton and took advantage of it.Kazuma gathered mana around him, and thanks to the boost Zoukar provided, his capacity to enhance his spell increased manyfold. He used [Fireball] while aiming at the ants' exposed spots because the tough exoskeleton could withstand the fire, but the soft exposed areas could easily incinerate.Flames appear in his mouth, and Kazuma notices the enhanced intensity of the magic. Normally, this s
When Zoukar invoked his magic while concentrating the undead mana around the charred guard ant corpses, suddenly some dark aura shrouded the carcasses. It reanimates and enthralls the corpses into standing again as slaves.Powered by the undead's mana, those beings seem stronger than their live counterparts. Kazuma could only observe with wide eyes and his jaw dropped from afar since they intimidated him more than before.He pondered with a wet brow, "The fuck is this magic! Those ants appear more robust and fierce than before, but their appearance has been compromised. They look like shit, but I guess this is the downside of being raised from death by an undead mage."After a momentary pause, Kazuma frowned and shuddered in panic, "Wait, does that mean I also have such poor looks? No, my body is something Zoukar considered divine, hence I should assume it's something better! I may get the chance to watch my figure before some reflecting surface, but this dark cave has nothing similar
Kazuma kept his gaze as he observed Zoukar boasting about his skills and magic. Although Zoukar's pride was obvious since he smashed the sturdy royal guard ants into a terrible condition through their own kin.He didn't even grant them enough time to ponder whether to mourn for their dead kin or pity them for the unwanted resurrection into something ominous. Even so, they had to fight it out either way since their loyalty lies only with the queen, and her life matters the most.Gradually, the thralls prevailed over the royal guard ants with their continuous outrage and assault. They wrecked the ants and smashed them into bloody minced meat, then shredded them at the end.However, the guards still retaliated with their might before going down to their end. At least they struck back and wounded the thralls enough to last them a tough time against the queen later, which was the last of the living of their kin and their top priority.Kazuma once again witnessed the trembling those ants di
Kazuma was dismayed and shook at the raw strength of the queen ant. A single swing of her limb shattered the thralls, who had enough strength and endurance to face the royal guard ants head-on in a face-off.This scene baffled and left Kazuma stunned while he hovered above Zoukar. He glanced at him to capture his reaction to this act that occurred against his powerful thralls. However, contrary to what he expected, he witnessed something entirely different.Zoukar had an inscrutable grin on his face as he watched his soldiers get smashed by the queen ant. He rubbed his chin and said in a slight voice, "Hmm, so she certainly had the strength to define her position in this dungeon. Her elegance and arrogance were backed by this strength; that must be why no one was ready to accept this quest!"Kazuma frowned and his brow twitched as he heard this specific statement from Zoukar. He got to know about the quest that Zoukar accepted from someone. Although Kazuma didn't know who and when Zou