Summoning Genius of Kizen - Chapter 99 Contact with the forces defending the island, including each outpost and barracks, was cut off as if by a lie. In essence, Blue Harbor's entire defensive capability was down. As time passed, the situation would only worsen. "Contact with Lord Pinch has also been lost." The Butler sighed deeply. "It seems he's either in combat with the pirates, or something has happened to him as well." At his words, the maids murmured, their faces filled with fear. Even the Oldwon family's Necromancer, who could be considered their strongest asset, was unreachable, making the situation even more desperate. "As the Kizen student said, something seems to have happened at the base." The Commander, who had finally given up on communication, put the communication crystal ball into his inner pocket and spoke. "Still, the troops on site must be fighting. I will somehow gather the remaining forces and try to establish a defensive line." *Sling!* The Commander drew the sword from his waist. Other soldiers followed suit, drawing their weapons. This time, the Butler spoke. "Then we should secure an escape route……" "It's more dangerous to leave the island by boat right now. The pirates have obviously blockaded the waterways." Simon said. "The outposts and the entire naval force have been completely neutralized. This is a meticulously planned operation that's been prepared for a long time." "*Ahem*." The atmosphere around them grew heavy. The Commander spoke again. "I agree with the Kizen student. If all the sea outposts have fallen, there's no escape route. I believe our only option is to hold out on this island." He said, looking at Simon. "Kizen student. Could you please help us? You would be of great assistance……" "I don't mind, but…" Simon gave a wry smile, looking down at Shun, who was clinging tightly to his leg. Simon was on a bodyguard mission, and Shun's protection was his top priority. "Simon-hyung." "Yes, Count." "I'm…… okay." Shun detached himself from Simon and slapped his own cheeks. Then, he put strength into his eyes, forming a resolute expression. "As Blue Harbor's administrator, and as your client, I ask this of you. Don't worry about my safety; please save the people." Murmurs rose from the surroundings. Simon knelt down to meet Shun's gaze. "Shun, I have a bad feeling. There might be people targeting you." "Right now, saving the residents in danger is more urgent. I'll pay any additional commission fee, so please." Shun trembled but bowed his head. "Please save Blue Harbor and its people." "……" He seemed to have made up his mind. Though still small and young, he truly was worthy of the count's title. Simon also bowed his head in return. "I will follow your command, Count." *** They divided their forces into three groups. Shun, the Butler, and the family's guests were to move to the mansion and barricade themselves. The mansion had its own defensive facilities, and there were butlers who could fight. The Naval Commander decided to head towards the barracks with his soldiers. Their immediate priority was to gather the scattered personnel and reorganize their forces. And Simon. *Step. Step.* He was walking alone towards the beach where the pirate ships had first entered. Among the three pirate ships, the largest and most ornate one was likely where the captain would be, Simon judged. If he could capture the captain, the remaining small fry would crumble, and by combining forces with Blue Harbor's remaining naval power, they could somehow manage the situation. 'Pier! Can you hear me?' Since the pirate attack began, Pier's sub-body had been unresponsive. It seemed Pier had been caught up in the situation even before Simon. 'For now, I'll do what I can.' After passing the mansion and entering Blue Harbor's downtown, a horrific scene of hell unfolded. The beautiful city had been turned into a sea of fire by bombardment, and painful screams and the desperate cries of struggling people echoed everywhere. Pushing through the thick smoke and hot flames, Simon finally spotted residents gathered near a fountain. Some naval personnel were fighting the pirates, but they were outnumbered and quickly fell. "Please! Not that! That's my father's……!" "How annoying." The man, who had been clinging to his father's keepsake and pleading, was kicked roughly and fell. It was a scene of blatant, unrestrained looting. The pirates ransacked buildings, taking expensive items, and if residents resisted, they swung their weapons without hesitation. "Hey, hey! Aren't you going to drop your sword?" "You despicable……!" One lone naval officer was seen confronting the pirates. The pirates held a sword to a civilian's neck, threatening him. "Oh? You really won't drop it?" *Chwaaaak!* A prisoner fell, spraying blood, from a sword swung by a pirate from behind. "Kyaaaaaaak!" "Honey!!" "Still not dropping it?" Next, an old man, then a young man, fell, spraying fountains of blood. The prisoners cried out in terror. This wasn't just a hostage situation; the pirates were playing games with their lives. 'These guys are completely insane.' The naval officer trembled. He didn't know how many more would die if he approached. He lowered his stance, feigning to drop his sword. "J-just a moment! I'll drop it! I'll drop it, so just calm down……!" *Crack!* In that instant, a pirate who had approached from behind the naval officer struck him on the back of the head. The naval officer collapsed on the spot. "Kyahaha!" "So easy!" The pirates approached and began to unilaterally stomp on the naval officer. "Can't even tell the difference between war and a skirmish, huh? You damn bastards, you should come in even if a few prisoners die!" "Peace-addled punks!" Simon, who had been watching from behind a building, bit his lip. Knocking down a few pirates was easy, but if he rushed in recklessly, the lives of the prisoners would be in danger. Moreover, there were barrels of explosives placed among the kneeling prisoners in one alley. The pirates had ordered the prisoners to hug the barrels, and the people huddled together, trembling, near the explosives. [Boy! Can you hear me!] Just then, Pier's sub-body spoke to Simon in his mind. 'Pier! Why are you so late?' [One pirate ship came this way! I'm fighting it now!] 'Are you okay alone?' [Kuhuhu! This much is easy! More importantly, you successfully used Bone Armor with a summoned skeleton for the first time yesterday. Right?] 'Yes! I did. Why?' Pier's sub-body curled its lips. [Then I'll allow it now! Try using Legionized Undead for Bone Armor. As much as you want!] Pier's message ended there. His voice cut off, as if he had re-entered the fight. 'Alright.' He didn't know Pier's intention, but he had no choice but to make it happen. Simon summoned a large number of Legionized skeletons from his subspace. Then, he brought forth an image to heighten his concentration. 'It's hard to concentrate.' He saw sparks flying and falling in the wind. 'Still too fast.' Simon gritted his teeth. His heart soared. His senses became increasingly detailed, as if his consciousness had transcended his body. 'Slow down. Slow down. Slow down.' Slowly, but surely, the speed at which the sparks fell decelerated. Now it looked like slow motion. Simon nodded and slowly emerged from behind the building. *Crack!* *Thud!* The man who had his parents' keepsakes stolen was being repeatedly kicked by a pirate. An enraged Simon roughly extended his right arm towards him. 'Bone Armor!' The bodies of two skeletons clattered apart and flew straight towards the man. "W-what is it?" The pirate panicked and backed away. The flying bones began to attach themselves to the man's body one by one. Bones aligned tightly on his arms, legs, and chest. Simon finally understood. Why Pier had stopped him from practicing Bone Armor with Legion-type skeletons. 'It's so much easier!' There was no need to practice this from the beginning. Each Legion-type skeleton, possessing a distinct will, knew exactly where to fit into the Bone Armor and found its place. All Simon had to do was the overall coordination. It was as if Simon completed the blueprint, and the skeletons, seeing it, automatically assembled themselves. If he mastered Bone Armor with summoned skeletons, he would naturally master it with Legion-type ones too. *Chajak!* *Clack!* *Clank!* The man wearing the Bone Armor staggered. Through the porous bone armor, bones flying from the air fit together with a *clack* sound, like precise blocks. The man looked down at himself with bewildered eyes. His entire body was now covered in armor made of bones. "W-what did you do!" The panicked pirate kicked the man's chest, but the man felt no pain thanks to the bone armor. Then, the man's body moved on its own, punching the pirate in the face. *Thwack!* With an unbelievable impact sound, the pirate spewed a double nosebleed, spun three times in the air, and tumbled to the ground. Teeth sparkled in the sunlight as they flew. "Hey! What's going on!" A fellow pirate saw this and rushed over. *Crack!* This time, the fishmonger hit him on the back of the head. The pirate's head was driven straight into a wooden box nearby. "I-I didn't do it! Why is my body moving on its own……?!" *Chwa-rururuk!* The Bone Armor covering the fishmonger peeled off as if shedding, moving to the next location. "Kyaaaaa!" "Stay still!" "Please don't do this!" A grim-faced pirate was harassing a female tourist. The pirate, whose head was spinning with primal urges, was licking his lips and trying to strip her, when skeleton bones began to attach themselves to her body, *chajajak*. "I told you not to!" She sobbed and slapped the pirate's cheek. Then. *Thwack!* The pirate's body flew several meters into the air before falling to the ground. Startled, she covered her mouth, looking at her own palm in disbelief. "Just kill this bastard!" "Stomp him!" Simon's arm moved frantically. Bones flew to the naval officer, who had been knocked down by a blow to the back of the head and was being unilaterally stomped by the pirates, clothing him in Bone Armor. "Uh, uh-oh? This bastard's getting up!" "Still has strength left?" Five strong men were stomping on him, but the naval officer began to push himself up from the ground. No matter how much the pirates kicked, only their own feet hurt. "*Kuh-eup!*" The naval officer finally let out a strained roar, shaking off the pirates. The pirates flew like bowling pins, tumbling to the ground. "This bastard!" A pirate approached and swung his sword. But with a *clang!* sound, it was easily blocked by the Bone Armor the naval officer was wearing. It was as if the armor was alive. "No! What the hell is that all of a sudden!!" As the pirates' attacks failed, the naval officer felt an immense surge of courage. He grabbed the pirate's head and slammed it into the ground. *Thwack!* The floor tiles shattered as the pirate's head was embedded. "Haha, hahahaha!" Unbelievable strength. The naval officer looked down at his own body in disbelief. "Get out of the wayyyy!" A young lady leaped three meters into the air and kicked a pirate with a flying kick. The pirate's body crashed through a wooden house in the back. "You trashy perverts! You're all dead!" *Crunch!* The florist began to wield his usual cart with his bare hands, swinging it at the pirates. "Finally, my strength from my younger days has awakened! Back in my day, I tell ya!" Suddenly, a massive counterattack by the residents erupted. Ordinary citizens, who had been unilaterally beaten, displayed incredible strength the moment they were clad in the skeleton suits, overwhelming the pirates. "Th-these guys!" A pirate ran towards the gunpowder barrels where the prisoners were tied, raising the torch in his hand. "All of you kneel, you crazy bastards! Otherwise, I'll blow these all up……!" *Crunch!* The pirate's eyes glazed over, and he collapsed to the ground. It was the old man, who had been a prisoner, who had shattered the back of his head. The old man dusted off his hands and smiled, looking at the Bone Armor covering his scrawny body. "Old man!" Just then, Simon appeared on the street and shouted. "Please get rid of that!" The old man saw Simon and quickly understood the situation. "You're the one who put this suit on me! Understood!" The old man threw the gunpowder barrel into a pile of trash in the plaza where no one was. With a *boom!* sound, the gunpowder barrel exploded. "*Hoo-eup!*" Simon, whose concentration was at its peak, swung his arm to the side. The old man's Bone Armor detached and moved to the body of the man fighting a pirate. "I've been waiting for this!" The man knocked the pirate flying with a single uppercut. 'Right side.' The man's Bone Armor detached and flew into the air this time. A woman holding a child was falling from a four-story building, escaping the flames. The Bone Armor clothed her body, absorbing the impact of the fall. She stood up unharmed. 'Left again.' 'Retrieve two sets and send them to the plaza.' 'I need to reinforce the fountain area.' Simon's Bone Armor control, completely immersed, had reached an artistic level. His arm moved frantically. He repeatedly clothed and unclothed residents under pirate attack with Bone Armor, moving them freely. 'No more casualties. I will save every single one of them!' Simon's eyes widened. Ten sets of Bone Armor moved frantically around the city, helping people. Now, people also noticed the identity of the person moving the mysterious suits. "That guy's from Kizen, right?" "He is! He's the one who was interviewed at the exhibition!" "Kizen is helping us!" "Waaaaaaah!" The citizens, who had been unilaterally beaten by the pirates, were also excited. Now, there were even people volunteering to have the armor put on them. Simon actively used them. "Mister! Put this on and take care of the pirate groups in the alley!" "Okay!" "Ma'am! Two pirates ahead!" "Leave it to me, kid!" The tide of battle turned in an instant. The pirates were being unilaterally pushed back by untrained residents. "Look over there! It's that kid's doing!" "Catch him first!" Several pirates spotted Simon and rushed towards him. Simon was so focused on clothing people far away with Bone Armor that he was completely unaware of his surroundings. "Student, watch out!" "Be careful!" The people around him cried out. Just as the pirates curled their lips and were about to swing their swords at Simon. *Crack!* *Crunch!* *Thud!* Suddenly, from three directions, the florist, the naval officer, and the tourist lady, all wearing Bone Armor, kicked the pirates with flying kicks and landed on the ground. The pirates' bodies flew dozens of meters, crashing into walls or houses and collapsing. "Ooooooh!" "Nice!" Simon wiped the sweat dripping from his forehead with his sleeve and smiled broadly. "Alright, let's keep counterattacking." One person changed the entire war. It was the moment the residents of Blue Harbor realized the greatness of a Necromancer.
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