[Silver Ash] - Become The Strongest In Another World

[Silver Ash] - Become The Strongest In Another World
CHAPTER 73: Secrets (1)

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"Well .. Where should I start … "


Noelle's voice echoed in a dark room.


He sat down and muttered as he stared at the pile of unopened papers and envelopes before him.


After a few minutes of romp with the undead, Noelle was somehow able to escape unnoticed.


During that time as well, Noelle had been aware of some of the strangeness that was happening around the Terneth mansion.


One of them was that, despite the huge commotion inside the mansion, not a single person was aware of it at all.


Even all of the soldiers escorting outside were seen unaware of it. And the pursuit of the undead also stopped when Noelle managed to escape from the mansion.


It was the first strangeness that Noelle felt.


The second was, there were absolutely no guards inside the mansion.


If Terneth really intended to guard his mansion, then he should have made some soldiers also guard the inside.


After Noelle thought about it, she realized that everyone including her would most likely make a pretty strict guard inside a mansion.


But Terneth didn't do that.


Noelle slipped into the mansion so easily that she felt it was strange.


No matter how good he was at hiding, he should have had a little trouble sneaking into the house of a city elder like Terneth.


But he didn't experience that.


(Ughh ... There are too many things to think about, but .. For now I'll start here .. )


Noelle thought of ignoring him for now, then she picked up some papers scattered before her.


(The first .. )


Unlike when she was reading a book, Noelle had to read the letters one by one so that she would not miss important details that were hidden using certain codes.


It was quite annoying for him because he had to spend more time just to read it, but sacrificing a little time was quite a cheap cost to obtain valuable information.


" ……… "


Noelle in complete silence only moved her eyes to read the letter, but all she got after was disappointment.


" … I'm guessing it won't be easy, huh … "


Noelle sighed tiredly and then read another letter.


Read, discard, read, and then throw it away again. Noelle had done that shitty turnaround for the umpteenth time in just a few minutes.


Noelle furiously scratched the back of her non-itchy head.


"Why does that bastard have so many bills? Isn't he the city leader? Then what the hell with the amount of debt with this brothel? Is he a man thirsty for contentment? "


That is, almost all of the letters Noelle read contained large bills, and total debts with certain brothels in the city.


Noelle did not know about how big Terneth's wealth assets were, but just by looking at him living in a large mansion, Noelle naturally assumed that Terneth was a person with a huge total wealth.


It's quite boring because he finds absolutely no evidence of illegal transaction history or even a history of corruption, but Noelle decides to ignore his fun and focus on finding other information.


" ……… "


After reading one of the letters she chose randomly, Noelle subconsciously raised one corner of her lips and formed a smile while narrowing her eyes.


Noelle then glanced at the few remaining sheets of paper she had not read.


(. .. Yep, this is not in vain .. )


Noelle then took all the remaining papers and grouped them with the ones she had read earlier.


As Noelle with a happy expression was reading all the papers, there was one book that caught her attention.


The book has a not-so-obtrusive cover. Just a dark red cover with gold ornaments at some point.


He did not get to see the contents of the book when he picked it up from a table in Terneth's basement, but Noelle was quite curious about the book.


Noelle without saying anything then grabbed the book and started reading it.


Thanks to the title, Noelle had estimated what she would find in the book. The book had a title that if interpreted would be 'Necromance Practitioner'.


"Heee~ It looks attractive~"


Noelle with a bright smile continued to flip through the pages of the book.


Based on what he saw, 'Necromance Practitioner' was a book that contained a wealth of information about the practice of resurrecting corpses into new life forms.


Unlike undead that would be created naturally in nature, creating a life from the dead using the ability of necromancy was a very different matter.


Undead that are created naturally will only experience the condition of life but death, or often referred to as 'Deathman' by people.


They had no intelligence, and would only attack anything before them including monsters though.


And depending on how good the necromancer was, the created undead would completely become a new existence that possessed human-like intelligence, and had the possibility to awaken their memories while they were still alive.


Undead created through necromancy rituals also have a very high level of adherence to the 'creator' or commonly called the necromancer.


Noelle with a happy face continued to read the book without caring about the surroundings.


He was really interested in what was in the book. Not because he wanted to practice necromancy, but he was only interested in 'knowing it'.


Because all this time, the existence of the undead was still a mystery even for Noelle who had possessed all the information from the vampire castle.


Many researchers are curious about the undead. They often ask about their origins, how they came into existence, and what causes their emergence. However, they still did not find him.


It's all still a mystery even today.


In fact, there was absolutely no information about the undead in the vampire castle that Noelle had lived in for several years.


Given that they were evil beings classified as monsters, they should have a clear origin as inhabitants of the demon world.


But there is absolutely no information about it.


It was strange because the previous vampire king was the type of person who liked to collect various information from different races.


If Noelle used the legend of the earth as a reference, then it was certain that the vampire race should still be in the same family tree as the undead.


However, it does not seem to be true. Because, the undead were still attacking Noelle and Olivia when they both tried to approach a group of undead in the past.


If their race was still on the same family tree as the undead, then the undead should have recognized Noelle and Olivia as their fellows.


"Hmmm .. It does contain information on how to generate the undead, but .. This is not what I was looking for … "


Noelle let out a sigh as she closed the book.


Noelle was disappointed to put the book back into her spatial warehouse.


The book contained nothing more than ways to perform the awakening rituals that necromancers used to perform.


It was pretty good information, but that was not what Noelle was looking for. Noelle was not at all interested in practicing forbidden magic like those mad necromancers.


"But .. I guess I'll be seen in troublesome terms … "


Noelle let out a sigh of resignation and sat down on the wooden chair in an inverted position. He hugged the back of the chair and propped up his chin using the backrest.


He almost regretted his decision to sneak into Terneth's mansion, but he again thought that it wasn't in vain.


It was because he had managed to obtain the information he had been looking for a long time ago.


One of the letters he found on Terneth's desk was a letter addressed to the mercenary group [Red Eagle], more precisely to the leader of the group, Harold.


The letter contained a message asking Harold to come to Eisen as soon as possible for some things that were not written in his letter.


And at the end of the letter is Terneth's signature, which is still new to Noelle's memory.


The paper used to convey the message is paper that has a function like a remote communication magic tool.


Each sheet of paper has another sheet as a pair. So, every word written in the letter will be automatically copied to other papers that have been 'blown' using magic.


So it was possible that the [Red Eagle] party, or even Harold himself had already received the contents of the letter.


"I wonder how Charl would react if he found out this~"


Noelle began to imagine what kind of reaction Charlotte would make if she told him about this.


The only clue they had about Harold's whereabouts was the 'incident of the massacre of the noble family in the capital' that happened a while ago.


Of course this is progress if they can find Harold as soon as possible.


Noelle had never met Harold before, so she did not know how strong Harold was compared to her, but it would be safe to assume that Harold had equal strength, or even slightly exceeded Noelle.


Information about one's level is confidential unless that person leaks it himself. Noelle's current level still remains at 161 and never rises no matter what she does.


That's a pretty high level compared to the humans of this world who are bound by 'limits'.


There was a high possibility that Noelle would have to fight Harold later. It is too stupid to start a fight without knowing anything about the opponent.


So Noelle as much as possible will avoid a direct fight and choose to support behind the scenes.


At least that's Noelle's first plan. He still had to prepare a few more things in anticipation of the fight with Harold.


Noelle didn't know about what was the reason Terneth called Harold to Eisen as soon as possible, but he was sure it wasn't a good thing.


Noelle instinctively understood that the reason Terneth had called Harold to come to Eisen must have been related to the necromancy experiments he had done secretly with the man he did not know earlier.


And another possibility is to assist Terneth in executing other plans he has made.


That is, a coup.


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(AN: "I'm sorry for the little update, I'm focusing on my learning for the upcoming National Science Olympiad so I barely have time to write.".