Chapter 38: Wiz

*BAM!* "Cough!"

As my back was slammed against try barrier I violently coughed blood. Even with my newly perfected cursed enhancement that blow was a bit too much for me.

Speaking of, I had finally managed to max Cursed Energy enhancement and I see the true difference between a level 99 and 100 skill.

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[Cursed Energy Enhancement (Mastered)]

Cost: 50CE/s

You can use cursed energy to cover your entire body. Reinforcing your entire body and boosting all physical stats. Increasing the power behind your physical blows and enhancing your physical and magical defences.

Adds (Int + Wis)/ 10 to all physical stats(85)

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I could handle it for a minute or two which was great, the skill cost had halved when I mastered it without dropping any of the capacity. Hell, as long as I am under sunlight I can maintain level 40 indefinitely.

As soon as I lost the bout Alpha stopped attacking and bowed his head shamefully as if he did something wrong.

"Don't be so down big guy, I asked you to do this." Sometimes very rarely the loyalty of Alpha can cause some minute problems but I dont mind them.

It had been a few days since I started sparring with Alpha, most of my skills had levelled up a decent bit including curtain since I have to keep one during sparring. But even then I still haven't accomplished it.

No matter how much I have tried I still have not landed a single black flash. I have tried for several hours straight for several days yet I have not even come close. The closest I have come to is like 0.00001 of a second at best.

My inability to succeed at life aside I have reached level 50 of create undead and now it has gained the ability to break the level caps of undead. So I can have level 100 skeletons now which was nice. I can also forcefully evolve undead if they meet some unknown condition.

Other than that I used the remainder of the corpses in my inventory and the corpses I liberated from the backyard of the church to create myself 20 Skeleton demons, 5 Rangers, 5 wights, and 5 thieves.

The only people I have interacted with within this timeframe were Mittelt and Kalawarner as well as Aika who I blew the back out of once again to relieve frustration. Why was I so nervous? Well, I was planning to go on an expedition in a new dungeon I had just unlocked. And for that, I was planning on finally using the companion card I had.

That's right, I was going to summon Wiz.

If I can bind her to my cursed technique using a binding vow then the power of my army will skyrocket. And with her, my grinding speed will be increased exponentially, she can also teach me the spells she knows as well.

I know for sure that Wiz should be currently stronger than me. After all, unlike her personality, her combat prowess was nothing to scoff at as one of the generals of the demon king. But I am certain that with enough preparations and Alpha by my side, I can kill her if she refuses to cooperate.

For that, I took Alpha with me to the basement and started preparations which took an entire day. But it is always better to be safe than sorry. After all, if I overprepare I just lose some time, if I am underprepared I just lose my life.

I had isolated a corner of the basement that I reinforced with around 20 cursed reinforcement talismans. In that corner, I had a curtain set up with the options of: Cursed Energy reinforcement to reinforce it making an actual physical barrier, cursed reservoir to increase the CE it can hold to use the enchantments, and lastly sturdy to make it even harder.

I also set conditions for that barrier as now I could do that with level 40 curtain. it had basically zero defence on the outside while everything was focused on keeping someone in. Inside the curtain was several talismans imbued demon scythe, cursed flames, and even one burning sea, they were set on the condition that I could detonate them if Wiz wanted smoke.

That outcome I heavily doubt but even if she doesn't want to catch a pair of these hands with a side of a knuckle sandwich I am sure one of the people I will summon in the future will.

Now, although I had set up all of these preparations I highly doubt Wiz would get murderously hostile to me unless I manage to fumble the bag as badly as humanely possible. Since Wiz is mostly pacifistic after all, though that mostly applies to innocent people. It should be fine with her as I would never go out of my way to hurt an innocent, if you dont hurt an innocent defenseless person in front of her she is unreasonably hard to make angry.

Why was I so urgent about Wiz? It is because of the new dungeon available to me.

[ Necropolis ]

-A city of death overrun by undead, inhabited by Necromancers and Death Knights as heroes who lead their own armies.

That's right, it is the Heroes of Might and Magic 3 Necropolis. A game I used to play obsessively so I knew how dangerous but at the same time valuable for me this dungeon was.

If I manage to reach the magicians guild of Necropolis I can learn a bunch of incredibly powerful spells. It will also contain artifacts there which unlike most artifacts here are capable of boosting the power of Armies which is of great use, there should also be giant reservoirs of crystals, gems, sulfur, and ore there. Not to mention the exp.

But on the other hand, it will have Liches, Vampires, Dread Knights, and heroes there. This dungeon would be harder than any I have experienced before. I need to be careful and strong when I enter it, that's why I need Wiz.

Calming my heart I pulled out the card and ripped it out as a light appeared in the curtain in front of me as I wanted.

From the light emerged a voluptuous figure, She had light brown eyes and straight chestnut brown hair reaching down to the front of her shoulders, further behind her back, and slightly curling at the tips. She also had a fringe that covered one of her eyes and a single ahoge that arced off the top of her head.

She wore a light purple long dress under a dark purple hooded gambeson robe with golden props, and dark-purple boots. Over her robe, she had a golden cross brooch with bat wings.

[ Wiz - Lv. 200 | Soul Lich ]

"U-um hello? Are you the one who summoned me...?" She asked timidly seemingly unsure of herself.

How intriguing, thankfully it seems like the summoned aren't just dragged here against her will. It more seems like they were summoned here with at least some form of consent rather than dragged here.

With this the chance of me getting her as a familiar had gone from obscenely difficult to doable.

"Yes, I am the one who summoned you. Although I didn't really try to summon you in particular, this ritual was supposed to summon an undead servant, not a beautiful woman." I said mournfully, I didn't have a blindfold or sunglasses on to channel my full 55 charisma.

I already knew where to strike thanks to Aika best girl.

[Wiz]

Traits:

[Timid]

She is timid and not assertive. Easy to fluster. Lowers the requirements of Obedience and Affection checks.

[Submissive]

She easily conforms to the wills of others. Obedient and passive in most situations. Obedience rises faster and obedience checks are easier.

[Clumsy]

She is clumsy and will often trip and end up in compromising positions due to her lack of dexterity and finesse.

[Friend of the Weak]

She is not willing to hurt non-combatant characters. Harshly lowers affection if you kill or harm non-combatants.

"No, no please don't be sad, it succeeded! I am Wiz, although I might not look like it I am a lich. Though why exactly have you summoned me?" As I remember, Wiz is a softhearted pushover.

"Oh, alright then, nice to meet you Wiz, I am Gojo Akira, and the one who summoned you here. And well I summoned you here to my companion." Being blunt and "honest" here will be my best bet for recruiting her.

"M-me? Um, why me exactly I don't think I would be that useful would I?" She said, as if she wasn't capable of soloing the other 3 demon king generals.

"No, I don't think so, in fact, Wiz, you may actually be the perfect person I could have summoned. I am a Novice necromancer at best and need a reliable companion to help guide me. Will you become my companion Wiz?" As she was formulating a response I cheated.

[Golden Card of Hearts used, +15 Affection]

Here is a question. What if when you were about to answer someone you just felt more favorable toward them? As you were answering suddenly you viewed them in a better light?

You would start heavily leaning toward a positive answer. After all your "Gut Feeling" just "told you" this is something good.

Is this scummy? Certainly.

Is this mind-washing? Somewhat.

Do I feel bad about it? Certainly not one bit.

"U-um, alright. I can become your companion." She said meekly, great, her affection was already good due to me being a necromancer and with the card, it was raised to 30, which means she wouldn't really decline.

"Glad to have you aboard Wiz."

"Th- thanks for having me?"

I can already tell she is going to be fun.

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