Chapter 69: Master of Space. I (1/2)

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A cold wind blew through the forest as four people stared at each other in an almost deafening silence. Zomatsu struggled to keep his head up, wanting to study the man that had just spoken. His vision was a bit blurry so he couldn't see his face but he could tell that this man was quite young, or at least he appeared young.

Maybe it was because of the blood in his eyes but he thought for a second there the young man's face had been a little red when he had first arrived. Looking at him now, however, Zomatsu shook the thought off his mind as there was no reason why that would be the case. He was also more concerned with who this man was and what his aim was, why he had said what he said, and if he would be willing to help him.

He also looked at the dark elf girl beside him that had drawn out a black exquisite blade that had a strange glitter in his eyes as he realized that it was a magic weapon if might even be at the rank of an artifact.

Zomatsu was in no condition to move, much less fight, so there was nothing for him to do right now, however, this had been the chance he was praying for so he needed to make himself appear useful or he might be discarded for a more valuable captive like the Ghost. He struggled to speak as his voice sounded hoarse and dry. ”I... I am... A... Formal... Scout... From... The... Zorak... Family... Please... Help... Me... And... My... *cough *cough* My comrade... I'll give you... Anything... You want... Any information on them I have.”

For a noble this was a disgrace, to lower your head while betraying your family was the biggest blemish on their name, but right now, Zomatsu couldn't care less. He never felt like a member of the Zorak family and wasn't under a demon's pact so this was fine. Normally no other noble families would fully accept him at this point.

His only other option was to be given the grace of becoming a freeman that secretly worked for any family that wanted the information he had, and if he was lucky he could become a servant of a behemoth which may be a good or bad thing depending on the personality of the behemoth.

Tyler lowered his gaze to look at the young handsome man that spoke to him first. Even after he had calmed down from what had happened with Rain earlier, he had still been a little too distracted to notice the insignia on the young man's cloak was the same as the one on the body he had turned into an undead.

Seeing one of them now still alive he had to use every single facet of his control over his body to maintain his expression and prevent it from turning weird.

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A few minutes earlier, back in the demon king's castle.

Tyler left the room with the undead duo as he had no interest in monsters he couldn't control but planned on researching it back at the library when he found the chance. Rain and the other girls followed behind him as they weren't comfortable being stared at by the undead Lich. Since they finished the demons pact they've been a little more comfortable around him than before and the dark elf called Rain seemed to be the life of the party that made the shy Liz and quiet Erin come out of their shells a bit.

Still, Tyler thought she might've gotten a little too comfortable. She must've already gotten over what happened in the training hall and was even quite eager to talk to Tyler about a rematch and was also being a little bit too nosy, but Tyler felt she had a good grip on that as it never got annoying and thanks to her, they were all growing on him.

When they had first heard about the strange bodies that exude negative energy she was the first that related it to Tyler's spell when they had first met. She asked him what spell was that and Tyler told her which shocked everyone into asking about the fireball he used and how he made a Tier 1 spell that powerful. There was already the Over Tier meta magic that substituted mana to increase the spell's tier.

Naturally, that was Tyler's response, he had already spent some time thinking about it and that was the answer he came up with. However, a normal Over Tier would increase a spells tier by only one no matter how much mana one had used, but since the girls weren't sure of that, Tyler had gotten a lucky break. He still had no idea how he can do that, and it still bothers him.

After leaving the room with the undead and arriving at the main hall of the north wing, they realized that almost everyone in the castle had been affected by the Death Wail from the undead.

Tyler had thought all the rooms in the castle were soundproof but clearly that was not the case. The ones affected weren't as serious as Jarret had been so they didn't need immediate help. The effects had already ended and most of them recovered the moment the death Wail ended and Tarka had healed the ones outside, so not many people needed Erin's help.

Tyler watched Erin check up on the affected ones in the main hall when suddenly, one of the sentries Albert had placed on a tower came rushing down to him and knelt. She reported a strange occurrence going on outside. At first, they weren't sure what had happened but they soon noticed a whirlwind that came out of nowhere.