30 Years Have Passed Since the Prologue

Magic is a field of study subject to convergent evolution. Even when the underlying logic of different schools varies, it is common to derive similar results.

For instance, there is the meteor. The Destruction Faction insists it is fire magic, the Earth Faction claims it is rock magic, and the Celestial Faction argues it is a summoning spell.

Surprisingly, they are all correct. Each has realized a common result—the impact of a meteorite—in their own way. (Opinions are divided within the academic community.)

The same applies to commanding undead minions. The Life Faction grants a false life to the corpse, necromancy manipulates the very mana of death, and blood magic calls forth vampire kin based on blood.

Thus, zombies running around does not necessarily indicate a large-scale assault initiated by necromancers. Since Abiditas’s death, necromancy has effectively been “Kalioned.” This actually suggests the opposite; it is the greatest evidence that vampires are at work.

“Have so many people already died? In just a few days?!”

“If they plan to do so, it’s not impossible!”

Lucia shouted as she twisted off the head of an approaching zombie.

“Once Her Majesty the Queen returns, it will all end, so I think we should see this as mere chaos caused by rising poison!”