Lubella felt as if the sky was collapsing on top of her.

She almost fell from suddenly losing strength in her legs. She could barely maintain her balance, and she couldn’t stop her body from shaking.

“Why? But wasn’t the ritual’s strength definitely weakening? And weren’t the numbers of the undead also decreasing?”

“Ah, that’s because I manipulated the surroundings to make it appear that way. I wanted to trick you guys into thinking that the ritual was weakening. How was it? Didn’t I do a good job?”

“You c-controlled it in that…!”

“Yes, I was in control the whole time.” 

Grotim winked at Lubella. 

“When the ritual is finished, I can control the undead without limits. I thought pretty hard about how I could convince you both that the ritual was slowly weakening. In a way, this might be my life’s masterpiece. Seeing how both of you have been tricked so thoroughly, I’m beyond delighted by how well everything has turned out.”

Snap!

Grotim snapped his fingers.

Swoosh! Swoosh!

Something under the lake began to come out in bursts. Soon, undead creatures and monsters spread out all over the place and began to surround Zich and Lubella. All of them were powerful, high-level undead creatures and monsters. Lubella couldn’t even react in shock and helplessly watched the undead creatures and monsters surround her and Zich. Her mouth moved, but no sound came out.

“As you can see, I can summon the undead and monsters with no problems.”

The undead creatures and monsters began to advance past the surrounding areas, and Lubella shouted in shock, “Are you going to attack the citizens…!”

“Ah, you don’t have to worry. I’m not planning to do that just...