Chapter 235

Chapter 235

A small villa, far from the bustling Kizen campus filled with guests.

In the building, first-year Kizen professors were sipping wine and observing things as they progressed.

All tests were controlled by the headquarters, and professors were strictly forbidden to be involved in the tests.

[Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!!]

[It's the S.A.1! Simon Polentia breaks through! That's beyond indomitable will! Just what kind of spell did he cast?]

The professors were nodding in approval at Simon's performance.

"He's good, as expected."

"At first, I wondered why he was the S.A.1, but he keeps on standing out. I wanna try teaching him."

"He grows fast. The story that he didn't prepare at all at home must be a lie, don't you think?"

"Nah, I believe it. His written grades are bad, you know? He's just talented."

Said a spiky-haired professor as he turned to the side, laughing out loud.

"Haha, Professor Walter!"

Walter, sitting on the couch sipping on wine, smiled softly.

"Amazing! You're really amazing! You've only been here briefly, and you're already leaving your mark on the S.A.1? He's using what you've taught him! As a professor, seeing something like this must be rewarding!"

Walter bowed politely.

"It is all thanks to the work of Professor Silage."

"Hahaha! No need to be so formal and modest! You're no longer a student here. We're equals!"

"Thank you."

Walter adjusted his glasses, a shine going over his eyes.

He had taught Simon how to cast Cloud, but he had never imagined him using it to create a blood golem.

"Professor Aaron, you must feel great about your job these days."

This time, the spiky-haired professor's gaze moved to the Professor of Summoning, who was already being congratulated by two other professors.

"How long has it been since a proper Summoning aspirant appeared! It's already rumored that he'll be the next Kizen student council president. That mint blood golem filled with originality is also your work, right?"

"I'm"

Shatter!

A glass broke on the ground.

"Ah."

Everyone turned to look, and there they saw Bahil smiling.

Broken glass scattered across the floor and red wine seeped into the floorboards.

"Ah, my mistake."

It was obvious he'd dropped it on purpose.

Bahil stood up and strode forward to right in front of Aaron.

Looking at him, Aaron sighed,

"Are you crazy?"

"Senior Aaron, let me speak to you for a moment."

"Bahil."

Aaron looked up to meet Bahil's eyes, his gaze piercingly cold.

"There are other professors and the vice president here. What is the meaning of this rudeness? Clean it."

Bahil only responded by looking Aaron directly in the eye. Aaron didn't avert his gaze.

Sip.

Sitting alone on a couch, drinking wine and watching the test, Jane glanced at them.

Bahil, knowing he had gotten a little more attention than he asked for, responded,

"I see Simon has created a new blood golem."

He then waved his hand, drawing a magic circle on the floor, and the broken glass and spilt wine began to float.

The glass then reformed into its original shape, the spilled wine perfectly contained inside.

It was a task that required quite a lot of control, but Bahil accomplished it without even turning to look. Now holding the wine glass again, he gently swirled it in his hand as he said,

"Isn't that blood golem spell a product of combined studies? It uses summoning as a base, with hemomancy and curses as additions?"

Bahil's gaze shifted slowly from Aaron to Walter.

"I could've been of assistance. I could've been an advisor in curses."

Crush!

His hand tightened, and this time the glass shattered into fragments so small that it became a thin dust that quickly disappeared in the wind. Even the red liquid inside had disappeared.

"I am not too pleased that you two left me out."

"This is all a misunderstanding. Let me explain, Professor Bahil."

Walter gave an indulgent smile and got up from his seat.

"The thing that blood golem is formed of is known as 'Cloud'. It is a skill that utilizes his SM-1 blood, and"

As Walter continued to explain, the other professors went back to chatting amongst themselves, discussing the students who passed next.

As Bahil listened to Walter's explanation, his face relaxed, accepting what was said.

"...and that is all I have done with him. I have also never seen him create a blood golem until now."

Bahil approached much more casually this time, then lightly touched Walter's shoulder.

"It would seem that our new Professor of Hemomancy is quite capable. I hope we get along well."

'Alright, let's do my best until the en'

Pow!

A dull noise came from his side.

When Simon turned his head, he saw the blood golem pummeling a kobold. As the kobold fell, the golem placed its palm on the creature's face.

Squeeeeelch!!

Red blood seeped from the kobold's eyes, nose, and ears, being absorbed into the blood golem's mass.

'!'

Then, smoke rose from the injuries on Simon that he couldn't fully heal with the potions. Once the smoke cleared, the wounds were completely gone.

'So this is the healing property of the blood golem!'

Blood golems can absorb other creatures' blood to restore their health, and as the blood golem heals, the casterSimonheals proportionally.

Life link worked both with the caster's wounds and the caster's recovery.

Slam! Thud!

The blood golem was silently pummeling kobolds. There was no way the kobolds, who were on the weaker side of level 3 monsters, could defeat the golem.

The wounds on Simon's body healed, and his spinning head steadied as blood returned to his body.

'Alright.'

After defeating the kobolds, the blood golem thumped over to Simon. Simon closed his eyes and took a deep breath.

He raised his arms in front of the blood golem, unleashing a series of magic circles above the golem's head.

'Let's try to go all the way!'

Pwiiiiiissshhh!

The blood golem returned to a gas and was quickly sucked into the magic circles.

It shrank in size until all that remained was the golem core, which soon fell to the ground. The entire Cloud forming the golem had been sucked into the magic circle.

'Alright, next step.'

Simon opened his ring's subspace and summoned skeletons out of it.

20 normal skeletons with spears and shields and 3 skeleton archers.

23 undead in all.

Currently, Simon could only control 6 undeads simultaneously. Yet he pulled out almost quadruple that.

[Kuhahaha! Don't you think this many is a little too reckless, Boy?!!]

'I'll pull it off no matter what it takes.'

Simon brought his arms back down, and the magic circles that absorbed the golem flashed with light.

Whoooooooooosh!

The gas flooded back out and around the skeletons.

The Cloud didn't have to be limited to the golem. In his training, he had already confirmed that he could combine the Cloud with skeletons.

'Focus!'

The bones of all 23 skeletons were coated with a Cloud refined by the magic of the blood golem.

As if wearing an extra layer of armor, their crude white bones turned mint, and the mist slowly rose from their eye sockets like Pier's burning flame.

Click! Clack!

Clack clack!

The skeletonsnow enhanced by the cloudtook a distinct stance, shouldered their weapons, and then angled their swords or drew their bows.

Flutter!

Mint capes of clouds fluttered behind their backs.

The Cloud allowed Simon to transcend his limits of undead control and manipulate the 23 enhanced skeletons as if they were his own body. On top of that, the blood golem's 'life steal' and 'life link' stayed intact.

These weren't summoned, natural, nor conscripted undead. They were a new form of undead unique to Simon.

{Simon Original - Royal Bodyguards}

[Kerugh!]

Kobolds shrieked from the distance. Simon turned to look.

Zooooooom!

Slaaash!

As soon as Simon's eyes landed on the targets, ten skeletons dashed in and decapitated rank 3 monsters with only a single swing of the sword.

Shk.

The skeleton archers notched their arrows, the Cloud quivering around the arrowtips, and then fired.

Fwish.

Every fired arrow meant a dead kobold

Finally, a handful of the Cloud transformed into a 'crown', which gathered in a ring between Simon's hands raised above his head.

As he pressed the crown down, he could clearly feel the presence of all 23 skeletons.

His right eye also turned a brilliant emerald.

'Let's go.'

Rattle!

Rattle!

The 23 royal guards followed Simon, their cloaks fluttering in the wind.