I lower the sword.

The long gash it rent across the necromancer woman's front was more then enough to end this.

It's finished.

---Oh, she wants it back now.

"A-ah, right...!"

I reach out, offering the glinting blade back to Lanessa. She's right, it's about time we went back. It's hard to believe I just managed to take down a Necromancer and her undead by myself, but the proof is lying right there on the floor, and dripping off the edge of the loaned sword.

---Somehow, I have a hard time being as worried about potential bandits on the road after that.