The driver was staring wildly around him as Theo and Sylvia leaped out of the carriage. It was the first time he had encountered a situation like this in his long career as a carriage driver.

He called out to Theo, “Hey, Magicians! What’s going on?!”

Theo replied, “Mister, please stay inside the carriage. We will take care of this.”

The driver scrambled into the carriage, shrilly replying, “Please do! Take care!”

With the driver inside the carriage, Theo didn’t need to worry about his safety or the carriage itself. He turned his attention to the undead slowly shambling toward him.

Goblins, kobolds, and orcs… I don’t see any large monsters. Is there a warlock lurking in these woods?

At its core, necromancy was a field of magic that emphasized control. If the undead weren’t controlled, they would be drawn to attack any living creature they could sense. The crown would usually dispatch a team of knights, magicians, and mercenaries to suppress the infestation and its creator. Thus, most warlocks usually stayed in hiding, since they wouldn’t be able to handle the kind of heat a kingdom could bring down on them.

However,...