Chapter 109 (2/2)

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[Unbelievable… the lord of this land hi]

[Oh? So you knowht now Everybody is talking about you, Grants' Lord of Frontier]

[…probably just ruht?]

[A hero who conquered 4 countries in a singlehis oings He's also a womanizer with sizable amount of women in his harem]

[…aha, of course there is such ru one's selves, Ares was engaged in a conversation with the cloaked man

The man introduced himself as『Shadow』

[『Shadow』is it…?]

[I'd appreciate it if you don't delve deeper]

Shadow said nothing , tall but thin man From the black turban on his head, strands of black hair visibly stuck out He wore equally black ar on his waist and froht just now, it can be surmised that he's quite skilled in swordsistered as an adventurer probably because he looks quite suspicious So he earned his living by working as a mercenary

Only later on the trio found out that he's actually quite a well known ht]

The conversation continued after a change of topic Probably because it's been a while since the last tiot to talk with anyone else, Shadow actually talked ht want to admit Perhaps he was lonely

It seemed that he only arrived in this territory recently The reason being:

[There are a lot of dungeons here, and therefore, a lot of undead It's a great way to obtain more skeletons]

and that's it

He has his own collection of 『Stray Skeletons』 that he can suic, which was probably the root behind the report of the increasing sight of skeletons

[I could also control zombies as my minions But I don't like them because they smell bad So I usually burn the corpse until only their skeleton remains Later on, if it didn't turn into skeleton, I would submit it to any adventurer that passed my way, but whatever ite to me]

So in other words… he would indirectly bury the corpse if it didn't turn into skeleton

[I' too es]

He said

[How many undead do you currently have?]

In response to Ares' question, Shadow took out his ic stone and release all the skeletons inside Crowds of skeletons suddenly popped behind hiic stone can hold 100 skeletons I have 13 of these ic stones]

[That means… 1300 skeletons…]

[And that's not all]

Froic stone that was different from the previous one

Undead appeared one after another froic stone

This tih skeletons

[And these fellows are ic stones Fro black ar withon its waist can be considered as a ht Master… those are legendary class undead]

[No… they are indeed death knights… but definitely not a death knight master That one is still beyond my capability…]

Shadow chuckled in huht master, then he should be able to talk But he couldn't I don't have the power to suht master just yet… just pretty much this, its shadow]

Ares didn't ask ht master… then took its hand and observed it

[What are you doing?]

Shadow becaht hand…then said

[It's because you two haven't synchronized perfectly There is a slight error in the contract It should talk once I fix it]

Ares the kept s that surprised Shadow

[You underestimated your own capabilities… This undead is definitely a death knight master I know because I've encountered one before 『Death Knight Captain』…its ic power certainly does not betray its name To be able to summon it means that you are an excellent necromancer]

[…………………]

[For now, let's have a look at this contract Once it's done, do you think you're up for sootiation?]

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[This one is finally able to talk, O Master]

The Death Knight Master opened its mouth

[This one's name is Hades Sincerely]

The skeleton Hades knelt before Shadow Apparently, the contract had really been fixed

After that, Shadow pro Hades, back toto Ares

[I don't kno to thank you… But how did you know?]

Shadow asked in suspicion Necroic already To be able to see a slight error just frolance is impossible in his mind

Ares si the many contract crest etched on Ares' aric… in ic』 That's why I'ic as well And… as you can see… I've forged contracts with quite a lot of people… like this one, it's the contract with『that one』undead spartoi]

[What! Is it true!? But the art to su disappeared!!]

[Well… let's just say I『accidentally found it』…]

After saying so, Ares put his sleeves down, then switch to a o to the main topic You are a mercenary, aren't you… then how about I hire you?]

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What was inside Ares' mind when Shadoed his collection of undead was; is it possible to turn the undead into a workforce to aid the city building effort?

The labor shortage continued even now With is and facilities are needed

Skeletons can keep working as long as they're supplied with ic Doesn't this mean they're perfect for simple jobs?

And above all, this h it's still a sle stroke He also could lead and give proper instructions for the skeletons It would be regrettable to let this kind of person leave

Shadow replied to Ares' offer

[If I work for you, wouldn't thatunnecessary difficulty for the government??]

[The church is too far fro any attention to us]

[If skeletons roam around the city, wouldn't that cause bad ru around]

[……………]

Shadow couldn't say anything back It's been a month since he arrived in Grants And the experience itself was surprising for him The city ell maintained and the sanitary was top notch

Demihumans live in harmony with other races, and if one had a look at the developht… A place where even deic beasts' life actually matters That's the place Grants had beco before him He said that he wanted to turn the skeletons into a workforce Has there been anyone else with such thought before?

[Howthat, Ares smiled in satisfaction And so did Shadow

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Starting froe number of skeletons joined the effort of Grants development The skeleton was handy for si the speed of develope was overjoyed with this

The recruitment of these skeletons caused a major impact on Grants development

Later on, history books recorded that the rapid development of Grants was a miracle accoolems, and skeletons

And now, it's time to take it to the next step

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Shadow Gre

One of the「Arestia Twelve Generals」 It is said that people feared the sight of hih the battlefield

Because of his silent and unfriendly de He's actually a cal his leisure ti skeletons, which started as a way for hireat success and later became a major industry

Author's Note:

It so chapter

Perhaps because I kinda dropped an important person out of nowhere…