Shortly after Ray devoured the Necromancer skill, he received all the necessary information related to the skill.

’Damn, this is goated!’ He smacked his lips in delight. Goated, which stood for greatest of all time, definitely belonged to a necromancer.

’But how do I actually summon the undead?’

This was his current predicament because he realized he never had the thing called mana.

Sure, he had a magic core, but that was actually his Abyssal Dominion Core.

Whatever spells or skills he cast originated and were conjured from the core, and not the mana itself.

[The host naturally needs to pay villain points to do summoning. Otherwise, why would you be granted the chance to even obtain such an amazing skill with your disgusting personality and deeds?]

’Me disgusting? Are you kidding me?’ If it were possible, Ray really wanted to smack the system prompt in the face.

Unfortunately, the system was transparent to others.

His infamy had already made many hate his face by default, so if he were to do such an action, others would really call him a crazy mad lunatic.

[You’re already a crazy mad lunatic in their eyes~]

’Why do I have a bitchy system?’ He questioned if this was the intent of that goddess, Chasing Star.

No, it was definitely her intent to make his life miserable for his VALID outburst.

’Anyway, how much do I need to summon an undead?’ Ray asked the system.

[1025 Villain Points]

"..."

He was instantly ticked off and nearly lifted his sleeve to give the latter a TKO (Total Knock Out).

That was his entire villain point!

No wonder he was awarded so many points.

He had thought the system decided to be lenient and generous for once.

Oh, how wrong and naive was he!

The world was against him, and even the system was against him.

He was a Villain Extra, not a Villain Boss...

There should be a limit to how much special attention he received.

Ah, why did he even bother whining like a little bitch?

Ray clapped his hands to get everyone’s attention. Once everyone was focused on him, he ordered loudly.

"Resume the rescue and reparation process!" They had glazed Jake hard enough, and now was the time to get back to work.

The culprit might have been killed by Jake, but there were still many victims within Moonrock Town.

Moreover, he was certain that with some bullshit nonsensical connection, the protagonist and the heroine could be rushing to the town right now.

He needed to clean things fast and flee this forbidden land.

As for the summoning aspect, Ray didn’t dare to use it now in front of everyone.

Only a real buffoon would expose their cards in public.

"Work faster, people!" He shouted loudly.

"The more time you spent idling around, the less time those victims could be rescued. Do you have no shame?"

This kind of slogan shouting would have been fine if the said person were also working hard.

Unfortunately, all they saw was him lying comfortably on a cushion while shouting those words.

It was really... infuriating.

"Why didn’t I get adopted like that?"

"Why am I born in this family and struggle like this?"

"We know life is unfair already, but why did you have to prove a point in a live demonstration?"

The guards and soldiers lamented softly to themselves. They realized that different people’s fates lived different lives.

While their motivation waned drastically, Belva could only twitch her mouth in disbelief.

’Are you trying to get them to work or to slack off?’ She wondered silently.

But little did Belva know... Ray wasn’t slacking off this time. Instead, he was focused on the system prompt regarding the Villain Store.

[The Villain Store will be opened once the prologue in Lord of Magic is completed, and you’re about 70% done.]

Now, don’t be fooled and get clouded by the Villain Store aspect.

Ray knew very well that it was just a misdirection to distract him from the actual focal point.

He was indeed in the prologue timeline—something that wasn’t written in the novel.

In other words, he had no knowledge or clue as to what the prologue was going to be about.

As for how trustworthy the 70% done was, he held some skepticism.

Would the system be that generous and inform him of his progress?

ABSOLUTELY NOT!

Maybe the 70% was mentioned to make him lower his guard.

After all, shit was always bound to happen when one lowered their guard while thinking everything was alright.

’If this monster tide is considered a big chunk of the prologue, what could be the end? Think Ray... what was the start of the novel again?’

Everything always seemed so difficult to recall when you want to think about it.

Ray seriously hated this feeling so much.

It was the same crap he dealt with during examinations when he was certain he studied all night on that particular material, only to end up forgetting what it was.

And of course, he would remember it as soon as he handed the test paper to the proctors.

However, unlike the useless test result, this particular event concerned his survival.

’Ugh, screw it. Why do I overthink anyway? I’m not an overthinker, but a slacker.’ He ruffled his hair and glanced at Belva.

"Why are you standing here? Go help the rest."

"I’m here to safeguard you," Belva replied flatly.

"But if you don’t need protection, I’ll gladly assist the others." She shrugged and was about to move away.

"Ah, no, you can stay." Ray cleared his throat.

Free protection?

Say less!

’What a lazy bum...’ Belva thought to herself.

Although he used some cheap tricks to win against Skyler, the fact that he was able to deflect the latter and found an advantage proved his combat skills were leagues above.

Yet despite having such an ability, he behaved like some lazy weakling.

It was as if he was afraid of being given too much responsibility or having too many expectations.

’Could it be because of his upbringing?’ Belva could only continue to watch him in silence.