Chapter 110

Chapter 110

"I'll go first."

It was Fitzgerald who started the interview first. The undead he took out of his subspace was of a species Simon had never seen before.

There were biological wheels where the legs should've been, a rectangular torso reminiscent of a wagon, and a proper humanoid form the rest of the way up.

Its large eyes waved in all directions, seemingly unstable, and each of the six arms made strange hand movements.

'This is an undead?'

It held a very convoluted appearance that was difficult to describe with words. It looked almost like an old statue that could only be found in ancient ruins.

Simon was confused, but the reactions of the second-years were quite different.

Dio leaned closer out of curiosity, and Benya shouted in excitement,

"This is an amalgamation! Right?"

"Yes, you're right."

The invention of amalgamations was called a masterpiece of undead research.

In many cases, if a living organism was modified or mutated even a bit from the original form from which it should be born, the physiological balance would fall apart, and its lifespan would decrease. Siamese twins and mutants were examples of such.

However, the undead, which has a sense of life far from common sense, is capable of somewhat unconventional biological research, and the monsters that necromancers have elaborately crafted by combining different types of undead cells were these, amalgamations.

"What was the primary monster for this?"

Asked Dio. The primary' monster was the one that worked as the core entity of the amalgamation.

Fitzgerald answered without hesitation.

"It's a seiren."

Benya and Dio let out a small gasp at the same time.

Seirens were rare monsters that were half human and half seabird.

"Using a magical undead as a first-year student, huh?"

"I heard that the seiren's thoughts are extremely complex. That people go insane just by accessing them!"

"Yeah. 5 minutes is my limit, too."

Said Fitzgerald, pushing up his glasses.

"And going insane doesn't really matter."

Everyone silently agreed with that statement.

Benya observed the amalgamation from various angles, her eyes glistening, before finally asking,

"Mister! Can you show us a demonstration? Ah, of course, if it's too much for you"

"I'll do it."

Fitzgerald quietly closed his eyes. Then, the amalgamation, whose eyes were closed, suddenly shot them open.

It was still bizarre to see the six arms bending in different directions and taking different poses.

Whir! Whir! Whir!

Whir! Whir! Whir!

Magic circles formed at the end of each arm, and jet-black flames and icicles shot out from them and hit the wall.

'How amazing. A summon that can activate six dark-magics at the same time!'

"That's all."

Fitzgerald stumbled in his spot and disconnected from the amalgamation.

"Awesome!"

Benya jumped in joy before raising a finger and pointing at Fitzgerald.

"You passed, mister! You definitely passed!"

"Thank you very much."

"What are your thoughts?"

Benya asked Dio. Dio gently nodded his head.

"Perfect for the style of our club. He's good."

"Then, one person is confirmed to have passed! Next!"

Next was Toto's turn.

'Toto's special undead, huh?'

Simon was very curious about which undead Toto would bring out.

They had all used skeletons until now. Simon wondered what kind of special undead he got in such a short amount of time.

"I-I'll begin now!"

Feeling Benya's expectant gaze, Toto nervously opened his subspace.

What appeared in it was none other than

"A dog?"

Three fluffy, medium-sized dogs boasting abundant fur walked out. They were big and had sharp teeth, so they resembled wolves.

Simon scratched the side of his head.

'But no matter how you look at it, this isn't an undead, right?'

Simon opened the subspace and carefully took out the Overlord. Everyone exclaimed again in surprise.

"What in the world is this?"

"An octopus undead? This is the first time I knew there was such a thing."

Everyone looked at Simon with eyes demanding an explanation, and Simon slowly told the story.

From the fact that he went to Blue Harbor where the undead exhibition was held, to the fact that he received it as a reward for completing the mission from the client, and even the fact that this undead used the kraken as a base.

"The Blue Harbor Undead Exhibition!"

Benya clapped once in realization.

"I really wanted to go there! I kept on waiting, thinking that a mission related to it would arrive!"

"I was lucky. I also went because of a designated mission."

"So it was an undead that was displayed there, right? Now I finally understand."

Benya seemed to want to get closer and touch it, but the Overlord was vigilantly and menacing shifting its long tentacles, so she only could click her tongue.

Seeing this, Simon accessed the Overlord's thoughts. Then, he moved one tentacle and sent it in front of him before starting to pet it.

"Would you like to touch it?"

"Yes! Yes!"

Benya arrived next to Simon with tremendous speed.

"It's sharp, so be careful not to cut your fingers."

She touched the Overlord's blade with a more serious face.

"Mythril was mixed with the bones, right?"

"Correct, Senior."

"This balance is fantastic."

Ting.

A clear sound echoed out as she lightly flicked the Overlord's tentacle.

"Of course, the skill of the creator is excellent, but the golden ratio between bone and mythril is the product of a miracle, the coincidence of all coincidences! I think it'd be hard to produce such a sophisticated kraken undead again."

"Ah."

"So, I'm telling you to take good care of it from now on."

She released her hand from the Overlord and smiled broadly as she slapped Simon on the back.

"Aaaalright! Congratulations on joining, mister!"

Even in the midst of pain, Simon didn't forget to thank her.

With this, all three of them became members of the club 'Mutant.'

"It's on me! Ask anything about clubs, Kizen life, undead, anything!"

They sat down on the sofa, piled up some snacks, and talked in earnest.

Simon never realized how good it would be to have someone you could talk about the same topic seriously with. He immersed himself in the conversation, unaware of the passage of time.

Then, when they returned to the topic of the Overlord, Benya said

"The Overlord's specs are certainly good, but I think it's difficult to use it while leaving it outside the subspace."

She was right, and Pier had said the same thing.

"They say it's the fate of Summoning majors for their summons to be destroyed, but the Overlord itself is too fragile."

"Yes. So I'm also practicing to put the Overlord in the subspace and attack using its long tentacles."

"But it isn't easy, right?"

"Yeah, it's probably a connection problem while linking

She pondered for a moment, then snapped her fingers.

"Mister! Do you have any plans on meeting a subspace master-artisan?"

"What?"

"I'm saying you should find the solution for your subspace. In my opinion, subspace management isn't a maybe for the Overlord, but a necessity, and if that's the case, create a subspace that's exclusive for the Overlord and use it!"

Simon's eyes widened.

"W-Would that be possible? You can't go outside Roke Island during the school year."

"I'm saying this because someone just happened to be in Roke Island right now. Have you ever heard of Gelen Eclipse? He's in contract with us, Vanilla, you see."

'That name rings a bell'

Simon put on his thinking cap and scoured his memory.

This is a product that hasnt yet been released to the market. The latest work of Eclipse, one of the next generation of young artisans!

Simon looked down at the ring on his finger.

Yes, Gelen Eclipse was the creator of the subspace he was using right now!

Simon jumped in excitement.

"Please tell me, Senior! How can I meet him?"

Finally, the path was starting to become clear.