[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-the-necromancer-is-amassing-troops-like-crazy-in":3,"chapter-the-necromancer-is-amassing-troops-like-crazy-in-the-necromancer-is-amassing-troops-like-crazy-in-chapter-140":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","The Necromancer is amassing troops like crazy in the apocalypse",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":20,"prevChapterSlug":21,"totalChapters":22,"novelImage":23},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":16,"volume":17,"translator":18,"content_hash":19},358358,620,"Chapter 140: 138, Duke You Come_1","the-necromancer-is-amassing-troops-like-crazy-in-chapter-140",140,"\u003Cp>Chapter 140: Chapter 138, Duke You Come_1\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The beast-girl stood up, made a beastman-like gesture and said, “Captain Wu Heng, I am ‘Mata,’ a Level 7 Ranger.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Uh…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wu Heng paused.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That’s right, my team isn’t fully formed yet, I forgot about that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Do you have your documents with you?” Wu Heng asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The beast-girl handed over the personal details prepared by the association.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wu Heng glanced at it and found it to be the same as written in her details.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The person who recruited her was the agent Gomez.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“How old are you?” Wu Heng continued to ask.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“22, Captain!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hmm, welcome to the team…” Wu Heng looked at the name on the document again, “Mata.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Thank you, Captain.” Mata responded immediately.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wu Heng felt that beastmen were easier to communicate with than human races.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At least these two team members were fairly respectful towards him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Sit!” Wu Heng gestured for her to sit down and continued, “My name is Wu Heng, the captain of the 12th team, and he is Duke, a member of our team.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“We met a bit before you arrived,” Duke directly said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lundham City is actually not small, and it’s divided into several areas.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even though they were all beastmen and local residents, but the two did not know each other.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Okay. From now on, we’re all teammates and should take care of each other.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yes, Captain,” Mata nodded again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a small chat, Duke leaned forward and said, “Captain, I came today to discuss some information about the fugitives.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Do you have any leads?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I do, but I’m not sure how reliable they are,” Duke scratched his head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Let’s hear it!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Captain, do you remember the fugitive who killed and drained the blood of people in the bar we investigated the other day?” Duke asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hmm, I remember, anything happen over there again?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The first mission when coming to Lundham City was to investigate the death incident at the bar.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A freaking murderer used money to lure bar girls into alleys and slit their throats to drain their blood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wu Heng cornered him in an alleyway and gunned him down on the spot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He included this event in the letters to ‘Yuli’ and ‘Slyther,’ so the memory was still fresh.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Nothing happened at the bar, but similar incidents have occurred beyond the city. The guy we killed was a fugitive, and I think this perpetrator might be a fugitive too,” Duke said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Murdered and drained of blood?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yep, the wounds are similar, so I think we can still catch the fugitive,” Duke continued.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wu Heng then looked at the newly joined beast-girl, “Mata, have you heard about this?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It seems that I have heard a bit about it. Recently, the ‘Hammer Party’ has been making quite a ruckus, and the outside city area is rather chaotic,” Mata said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wu Heng nodded, looking at the somewhat dim sky outside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He said, “Let’s go, let’s go out to take a look and investigate.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ok, Captain!” Duke excitedly stood up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The group grabbed their weapons and headed out together.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They walked out of the Association’s main gate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mata whistled towards the sky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A Black Winged Eagle descended from the sky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It landed on Mata’s leather-gloved forearm, its sharp eyes fixed on the people nearby.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This is my tamed beast, Black Feather.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then she said to Black Feather, “This is my captain, and this is my teammate.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Black Feather looked at the two men and nodded quite humanlike.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wu Heng glanced and didn’t say much.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The tamed beasts of human rangers are usually smaller eagles or more docile birds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This one was more like a vulture.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Its neck was thin and a bit drooping.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ugly, but somewhat handsome.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After the introductions, the group headed straight outside the city.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As soon as they left the city gate, they were in the outskirts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Besides the main road in the middle, houses of varied heights were densely built on both sides.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Perhaps due to the gloomy weather, there were hardly any people on the road.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In contrast, it gave off a creepy vibe.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Duke led the group to the door of a wooden house, gently knocked on the door, and a man cautiously peeked out of the door crack.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing that it’s Duke, he then opened the door, saying, “Oh Duke, it’s you!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yes, this is my captain. We’re here to investigate the recent deaths,” Duke introduced him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Oh, hello Captain, what exactly would you like to investigate?” the man asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wu Heng replied, “The dead body, is it still there?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yes!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Take us to it.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Oh, this way please.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The man led the way with the group following him towards a wooden house on the outskirts of town, “It’s in here. The dead were all women or children, causing panic among the people. Even the gangs couldn’t figure out what happened.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wu Heng nodded, “Alright, we’ll take it from here, you can go.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Okay.” The man continued, “We’ve pooled some money together. If you can solve this problem, we’re willing to pay you a reward.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He probably feared that they wouldn’t take the investigation seriously, so he prepared some money to expedite the process.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Alright, we will inform you of any updates,” Wu Heng said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Thank you.” The man backed out, muttering about how life is tough, and left.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the room, several bodies covered in burlap were laid out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From their physiques, it seemed some were humans, and some were beastmen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wu Heng released a “Dancing Light Skill” to illuminate the room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had Duke uncover the body at the front.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a woman, seemingly not too old, with a deep wound on her neck. Her skin was pale as if all her blood had been drained.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This killing was indeed similar to the murder that happened at the bar.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wu Heng didn’t say much, he just directly cast the spell [Communicate with the Dead].\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The corpse, with skin as pale as paper, abruptly sat up, its pale pupils gazing ahead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘Mata’, the newly joined Beastwoman, looked suddenly alarmed and involuntarily stepped back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wu Heng then directly asked: “How did you die?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I was attacked by several people who then slit my throat,” the corpse responded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Did you recognize any of them?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No, I didn’t see their faces clearly.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Where were you attacked?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“In the outskirts of the city, on a small path to the north.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What time…?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“After dusk!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After thinking for a moment, Wu Heng asked one final question: “Did you notice any distinguishing features?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“They reeked of blood and wore black capes.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After responding, the corpse fell back onto the ground with a thud.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wu Heng then proceeded to question the second body, a female Beastwoman.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her green skin turned gray from loss of blood. She had obviously fought as her face and body bore injuries, but the killing blow was still to the throat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her skin and flesh turned white and twisted inside out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wu Heng, asked the same questions as before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The locations and timing of the incidents were different, but the perpetrator’s characteristics were the same.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After asking the five questions, he questioned the remaining corpses to collect as much useful information as possible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all the inquiries were completed…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The three of them regrouped.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Captain, is this the same as the last incident?” Duke questioned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hmm, indeed it is the same.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Could it be a fugitive?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Whether it is or not isn’t important. Our handling this matter is in itself ridding the people of a menace,” said Wu Heng.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Right, that’s a good word to use.” Duke agreed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mata interrupted their conversation to quietly ask, “Captain, what do we do next?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Questioning corpses was efficient.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, this time, there was no clear direction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They couldn’t possibly go door-to-door looking for suspicious black cloaks, or sniffing to see who reeks of blood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wu Heng gave it some thought and said, “Actually, it’s simple. The killer only targets women. Let’s lure them out.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Understood!” Duke glanced at the newly recruited female Beastwoman.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mata nodded, “Alright, I don’t have a problem with that.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although Beastmen are tall and large, the corpses included female Beastwomen. The killer did not target the weak but leaned towards targeting females.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was rather twisted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking at ‘Mata’, Wu Heng shook his head, “There could be danger. The killer acts in groups. Mata, if you use yourself as bait, it’s too risky.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rangers in this world were not the high agility type that could make themselves scarce at will. They were more like the reconnaissance and long-range support types.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If she was surrounded and their support wasn’t quick to arrive, it could lead to irreversible consequences.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Joining the squad in the morning and disappearing in the afternoon would turn them into a laughing stock.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Shall we find another woman?” Duke suggested.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Duke, you go!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What? Captain, I’m a man! Aren’t they attacking women?” Duke exclaimed in surprise, even patting his chest to demonstrate that he possessed none of the traits of a woman.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mata also awkwardly laughed at the side, not knowing what to say.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Having the robust Duke play the part of a woman was indeed a… creative idea.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Disguise yourself,” Wu Heng pulled out the ‘Illusion Veil’ and handed it to him, saying, “Put it on, let’s see.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Duke took it in confusion. At Wu Heng’s indication, he put it on his head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A beam of light shined down from his head, and his body began to change, morphing into the image of a female Beastwoman.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The external appearance was modified by the illusion, but the height still remained towering.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wu Heng looked at Duke, nodding in approval, and the wide-eyed Mata could only stare in disbelief.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This must be a special kind of item.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“There’s no change…” Duke started, but quickly shut his mouth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His voice had altered, more like a female’s.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Alright. The effect is quite good. Go to the north area and have a walk around. We’ll protect you from the shadows. Duke, don’t whimper and scare the killer away.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ah? Captain, this won’t work, this really won’t work.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Stop talking. If I weren’t a mage, I would go myself.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This, this…” Duke stuttered, then in the guise of a female, he walked off to the distance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sky grew darker.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the small path to the north, a female Beastwoman was looking around apprehensively.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her buff body and waterfall-like long hair made her a popular type among the Beastpeople.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whoosh~!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suddenly, the sound of running came from a dark alley. Three shadows darted out, forming a triangle around the female Beastwoman.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Damn, what a huge body, what did she eat to grow this big?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“As long as it’s a female, the fuller blood is better.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Enough with the trash talk. The people from the city outskirts are investigating. We need to make it quick.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Damn, she’s even winking at us…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The men spoke without any inhibition.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, the female Beastwoman, upon hearing the phrase ‘winking at us’, instantly lashed out in fury.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a roar, she charged at them.\u003C\u002Fp>",1849,"2026-05-30T04:42:17.488Z","2026-06-01T04:30:19.980Z",1,"novelbin.me","cb321d2fdd93b146939470df91092b71e04a6afb43e1688e15da1f761a25e4e3","the-necromancer-is-amassing-troops-like-crazy-in-chapter-141","the-necromancer-is-amassing-troops-like-crazy-in-chapter-139",1714,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-necromancer-is-amassing-troops-like-crazy-in-cover.jpg"]