21st Century Necromancer

"Lord Chen Yu, do you really intend to destroy this book?" Gilles de Rais watched Chen Yu with a nervous air, fearing that he would destroy the human skin book in his hands right then and there.

"Mr. Gilles, you should understand that even if I don't destroy this book, His Exacellency King Arthur would not allow you to take away the relic of his sister," Chen Yu did not directly answer Gilles de Rais's question, but his meaning was conveyed very clearly.

This made Gilles de Rais's face turn bitter instantly. If it wasn't for the fact that he couldn't defeat Chen Yu, he would have made his move to snatch it already.

But... even if he could successfully take something from Chen Yu's hands, how would he escape from King Arthur and the hundred and fifty legendary-rank Knights of the Round Table? This space was still sealed, making escape nearly impossible.

"Is there really no other way?" Gilles de Rais obviously wasn't willing to just give up on his only hope of resurrecting Joan of Arc.

Chen Yu truly sympathized with Gilles de Rais's relentless desire to resurrect Joan of Arc. After thinking for a moment, he said to him, "You want this book simply for the knowledge recorded within that can resurrect Joan of Arc, right? If you can learn the knowledge to resurrect her, then you should be able to accept giving up the book, shouldn't you?"

"If I can learn the knowledge to resurrect Joan of Arc, I am willing to give up this book in exchange," Gilles de Rais had come to understand the couple's abilities after spending these days together with Chen Yu and his wife, Hiromi. Chen Yu undoubtedly possessed the power to resurrect Joan of Arc, it was just that, due to the existence of the Church, he was unwilling to do so.

Now that Chen Yu proposed to teach him the method to resurrect Joan of Arc in exchange for the human skin book, Gilles de Rais was undoubtedly willing.

Seeing Gilles de Rais speak this way, Chen Yu nodded in satisfaction and said, "Hiromi knows the knowledge recorded in this book. You can ask her to teach you, and if you learn the knowledge to resurrect Joan of Arc, I don't mind handing it over to you. However, you must bear the consequences of resurrecting Joan of Arc and whether you can successfully bring her back to life."

"As long as I can resurrect Joan of Arc, I am willing to bear any price!" Gilles de Rais made the pledge.

Hearing Gilles de Rais say this, Chen Yu had no good reason to persuade him further, so he nodded and told him to find Jounouchi Hiromi.

Meanwhile, Chen Yu himself took the three relics of Morgan le Fay to a vast empty space, planning to destroy them.

He drew a Magic Circle on the ground and placed the three relics inside. Then, Chen Yu summoned the Netherworld Flame.

These three relics could not be destroyed by ordinary means. Even if their physical forms could be destroyed momentarily, as long as there was sufficient time and Negative Energy, they could still recover.

Thus, to completely destroy them, one had to use necromancy to break them down from the root.

For someone who did not understand necromancy, facing these three relics might seem like an insurmountable task, with the only thought being to physically destroy them; but for a Necromancer, the task of destroying them was not so difficult.

The purple Netherworld Flame ignited the Magic Circle drawn by Chen Yu, the flames licking the three relics, quickly leaving scorched marks on them.

Faint, sorrowful screams could be heard from the three relics, but they weren't yet destroyed.

Although the Netherworld Flame could damage them, to thoroughly destroy these relics made by the Mysticism School's rites, it might require continuous, intense burning for a long time.

Chen Yu, of course, didn't have the leisure to burn the relics slowly, so as soon as he saw that the Netherworld Flame had damaged the three artifacts, he activated the Magic Circle he had prepared.

With the activation of the Magic Circle, chains made of Netherworld Flame were summoned and quickly bound the three artifacts, while a Sacrificial Knife appeared in Chen Yu's hand.

Grasping the Sacrificial Knife, Chen Yu sliced open his palm, sprinkling the pale golden Divine Blood flowing from his hand over the three artifacts.

Though only a demigod, the blood from his Divine Body still counted as the Blood of the Gods, possessing extraordinary effects.

Under the influence of the Divine Blood, three wisps of black smoke seeped out from the artifacts. As soon as they made contact with the Divine Blood, they immediately rushed into it.

The Divine Blood, penetrated by the black smoke, quickly gathered, and an ethereal figure rose from it, strikingly resembling Morgan le Fay.

However, she had just been freed from the artifacts and had not awakened yet, merely a slumbering silhouette.

As the effects of the Divine Blood took hold, her figure grew more substantial, and with the solidification of her form, she began to show signs of waking.

Watching her body become more tangible, Chen Yu gripped the Sacrificial Knife tighter. Just as her body became completely solid and she was about to awaken, he plunged the knife into her heart.

Pale golden Divine Blood flowed from the wound and was quickly absorbed by the Sacrificial Knife, causing Morgan le Fay's form to become ethereal again. She soon dissolved into black smoke, and when it tried to return to the three artifacts, the smoke was absorbed by the Sacrificial Knife as well, while the artifacts were quickly burnt by the Netherworld Flame.

The Sacrificial Knife that absorbed the black smoke changed in form; its blade became wavy like ripples, and the image of Morgan le Fay emerged on the handle, with a golden line running down the blade from absorbing the Divine Blood.

Looking at the transformed Sacrificial Knife, Chen Yu knew that after absorbing his Divine Blood and the soul of Morgan le Fay, it had become a rare curio. Yet, after a moment's hesitation, he decided to destroy it completely, sending the knife into the Waters of the Nether River with the power of the Magic Circle to wash away everything.

As the Sacrificial Knife fell into the Nether River, the Netherworld Flame on the Magic Circle extinguished, leaving only the charred remains of the three artifacts.

Gathering up the remains, Chen Yu was about to find something to contain them in order to hand them over to Artoria when he suddenly heard footsteps behind him.

"Artoria? You..." Chen Yu turned around to see Artoria looking somewhat sheepish.

"Mr. Chen Yu, have you resolved it?" Seeing that Chen Yu had dealt with the three relics, Artoria looked at the remnants on the ground, her expression somewhat melancholic yet also relieved as she said, "This is a good conclusion to a grievance of One Thousand and Five Hundred Years."

Having said that, Artoria sniffed and spoke to Chen Yu, "Mr. Chen Yu, may I have a moment alone here?"

"Please, feel free," Chen Yu replied and left, leaving Artoria alone with the scorched remnants, seemingly mourning for her sister who had finally passed away.