The first thing I saw when I entered the basement was a fearless monster.

　The head of a lizard and a huge, hairy body.
　Its legs look like a bird, it has a vanguard-like sickle, and it has something like a fish's caudal fin, so it can't be considered an existing creature by any means.
　Moreover, faces, arms and legs that seem to belong to humans are sprouting here and there.

　Maybe it's a chimera.
　However, it can't be alive with this kind of fusion; it's probably in the form of an undead creature that was forcibly attached to the body.

　And the one controlling this undead chimera is........that guy?

　He's a wrinkled old man.
　It's partly because his waist is bent, but I'm sure he'd be shorter than me even without it.

　He's ugly looking like a goblin.
　There was a creature like this in a science fiction movie I saw in a previous life.

'Ho ho ho, look who it is, it's a child.

　The guy turns to me and laughs.

"So, you're the necromancer with the undead.
'....Huh?　How do you know that?　No, it's just a child. But still, he's a very interesting kid who didn't run away when he saw this one.

　Then a screaming voice came from the back of the room.

'Hey! It's not safe here!　Run..........!

　I couldn't help but feel a sense of shock.

　There was a girl with silver hair.
　She was probably only ten years old or so.
　In a past life, she would have been around sixth grade or first grade.

　You may have been attacked by this necromancer, or your face is pale with fear, but she's still a pretty, pretty girl that won't fade away.
　If she were at school, she would be a captive audience for all the boys.

　And in this dangerous situation, she's worried about others, screaming and shaking her voice.
　He must be a kind-hearted boy.

'What are you doing!　Ha, run away quickly.........!
Oh.

　I couldn't help but fawn over her.
　I was about to waste all the justice she had given me.
　Of course I'm not going to escape.

'Don't worry, I'll take him down.'
"Ho-ho-ho, that's interesting. This is one of my masterpieces. A boy like you is just one twist.

　The undead chimera leapt at the necromancer's command.

　The vanguard scythe is unleashed.
　I ducked and ducked as I lowered my body to duck it, and then I delivered a counterattack sword.

　I cut deeply into the body of the undead chimera, but it doesn't seem to be working at all.
　On the contrary, it wields a stiff arm like a giant race and strikes at me.

''Huh!''

　I jumped back and tried to avoid it, and before I knew it, there was a snake wrapped around my leg.
　It's a snake extending from the crotch of an undead chimera. It's disgusting.

　An oncoming fist.
　I forced the snake to pull(──) a thousand(──) cut(──) back and avoided it.

　Perhaps because of the poor balance of my body, the undead chimera that struck out was greatly displaced.
　Taking advantage of the gap, I slammed in a series of blows.

''You, you're a swordsman!　No, you shouldn't have received the blessing yet to begin with...

　Even if you don't have a profession, though, you can at least use a sword.

　Even though his entire body was slashed to pieces, the undead chimera stood there as if nothing had happened.
　It seems that physical attacks don't seem to be very effective after all.

　Moreover, the wounds are being sealed by the flesh that has been raised from within.

''Ho ho ho!　It's no use. It's no use. No matter how many times you try to attack it, you cannot defeat it.
I suppose there's nothing I couldn't do, but I'd have to do you sooner.
What?

　I used my Divine Legs to get behind the necromancer.
　If we defeat this thing, the undead chimera will lose its power.

No, don't--

　Thud!

　The necromancer's head flew off.
　It spun around and fell to the ground.

''Ki, you........

　Apparently, it doesn't die from being beheaded.
　Perhaps this guy himself has turned into an undead person.

''Wait, wait, wait........!

　He was staring at me with grudge-laden eyes, but when I approached him to finish him off, he suddenly began to get upset.

Wah, I am a human being by nature!　I didn't really want to do this!　But I was ordered by the dreaded Devil King to... Oh, please!　I will never have anything to do with the Demon King's Army!　So just save my life!

　He gets teary-eyed and pleads with me.
　Just for your life, you're already undead anyway.

　And that's when.
　The undead chimera from earlier jumped at me.

　I ducked the wielded scythe as quickly as I could.
　Then, while the distance was open, one of the arms that grew out of the undead chimera's body grabbed the necromancer's hair.

　Holding his head as it was, the undead chimera escaped.

''Ho ho ho!　Let's just retreat for today!

　Of course, there's no way I'm going to allow that.

'Holy Cross.'
''~~~~~~~~~?''

　The light of purification burns the undead chimera.

''What the hell?　How can you use cleansing magic?　And the power of that........!

　The undead chimera flipped over as he lost his balance by aiming for a bird's foot.
　With that beat, the necromancer's head rolled on the ground again.

''Well, wait--Gyaaaaah!

　This time he stomped on it, bathed in the light of purification before he could utter a plea.

　The body of the undead chimera disintegrated.
　Apparently it had been forcibly magically fused together, and with the death of the necromancer, it was probably impossible to maintain it.

　Now there should be no more new undead born.