No one bothered to check and see if he truly died. Humanity didn't know that it is at this moment that their biggest mistake ever has been made.
My Cheat Skill [Resurrection] Revived Me, and I Ended Up Resurrecting the Ancient Demon Lord’s Army. ~The Strongest Healer that Won’t Let Anyone Die~note (Cheat Skill "Shisha sosei" ga Kakusei shite, Inishie no Maougun wo Fukkatsu sasete Shimaimashita ~Dare mo Shinasenai Saikyou Healer) is a manga written by Risumai and illustrated by Hanyuu, which began serialization in Comic Rex in 2020.
S-ranked adventurer Licht served the kingdom of Resaga faithfully as an adventurer, taking on many dangerous missions with his supposed team-mates, Allen, José, and Shizuku, until one day, they decided they didn't need him any more. Rather than giving him a hearty send-off and a decent severance package, they led him into an ambush disguised as a ruins investigation, and sell him to the kingdom's executioners, who present an execution order from the king because someone outed his skill [Resurrection], thus triggering the king's paranoia and resulting in Licht's unjust execution.
Sadistic and lazy, the executioner makes a sick little game out of the execution itself, demanding gratitude that Licht wasn't given an excruciating and long ordeal, but rather a quick and "painless" death. Licht is summarily stabbed in the chest and thrown off a cliff, but the executioner never bothered to make sure Licht actually died. Surprise! Licht's skill triggered automatically, reviving him back to perfect health.
Desperate and vengeful, Licht flees to a rumored dormant dungeon, finds it, and uses his skill to revive the occupants to find himself face-to-face with the demon lord Aria and her most trusted generals. Now with a righteous grudge, they join hands, resurrect and recruit the necromancer Dorothy who has a similar backstory, and make true the king's greatest fears.
This manga contains examples of:
- Didn't Think This Through: Licht's original party soon comes to realize that betraying him for a quick payoff, wasn't their greatest move. Not only was his skill unique, but it also made them practically immortal, which in turn gave the group a huge advantage over their adversaries. As Allen later points out to Shizuku, not only can he not find anyone to replace Licht, but if the group gets killed by a powerful enemy, then that is it. Three guesses what happens to them?
- This is also the case with the Human King. People like Licht and Dorothy would be invaluable in his ongoing war against the demons. However, instead of recruiting them, he instead has anyone with special abilities killed off, even when they have shown absolutely no indication of plotting against him. When Licht's abilities restore these people to life, they justifiably see no reason in remaining loyal to a man that betrayed them.
- Grey-and-Gray Morality: Neither the humans nor the demons are spotlessly virtuous or completely villainous. The denizens of the Dungeon "Dystopia" just want to live in peace and are the victims of repeated armed aggression, but the way they defend themselves can sometimes come across as vicious and cruel. The human kingdom, where most of the invaders come from, are on the losing end of a war with "demons" that outnumber them 7 to 3, and are trying to defend their citizens, but the king is a paranoid tyrant who gives out execution orders against people with "dangerous" skills, like the protagonist Licht with his [Resurrection], and it's an open secret that his death squads kill people unjustly, Licht's former party luring him into an ambush for cash, and even taunting him with the fate of a presumed former victim. "Who knows. Maybe you'll be lucky and they'll bury you in the hero's cemetery, like that necromancer! HAHAHAHA!"
- Laser-Guided Karma: What ultimately happens to Licht's former companions. Despite their strong levels, they realize too late that without Licht there to resurrect them, they will die for real the next time they get killed. Despite his best efforts, Allen cannot find a replacement mage to fill the void Licht left behind, leaving the group vulnerable.
- Not long afterwards, the trio are personally ordered to investigate Dystopia by the King. Due to their overreliance upon Licht, they blindly walk into a magical trap, which leaves them all separated. They then individually meet one or two of Licht's new companions, though in Jose's case, he met Licht himself. By the end of the following chapter, Jose is confirmed to be dead. Allen and Shizuku's fates meanwhile are left ambiguous, but it is heavily implied that they are either dead or have been left in a situation where death would be more preferable.
- Luckily, My Powers Will Protect Me: Licht's resurrection ability allows him to restore anybody, including himself to life. Both his original made the mistake of throwing this advantage away for money. His new party on the other hand, really appreciate this gift, especially since it restored all of them to life.
- Lying Heroes, Honest Villains: The residents of Dystopia are some of the most honest characters in the story. Yet according to the King and other Demon Lords, they are the bad guys.
- Meaningful Name: Licht's name is similar to (and is probably pronounced as) 'Lich'. This name refers to an undead creature with great magic potential and who are notoriously difficult to kill. Given what we have seen, the name seems fitting.
- Melting-Pot Nomenclature: The landmass where the story takes place is small enough that a healthy adult can walk from the center to edge in a few days, and the character's names are a real mash-up of real-world culturesList Includes .
- Mistreatment-Induced Betrayal: Licht and Dorothy both served the kingdom faithfully, and were executed unjustly because of their "dangerous" skills, which they had no choice in owning. This prompts them to join hands with the kingdom's greatest enemy, the demon lord Aria, boss of the dungeon "Dystopia" at the first opportunity.
- Quality over Quantity: The dungeon Dystopia has only 7 permanent residents, including Licht and Dorothy. It took an army to bring down the other five a hundred years ago, by exhaustion. In the present, with all 7 fully active, the dungeon has been antagonized by entire armies and has come out victorious, repeatedly.
- Removing the Crucial Teammate: Licht's party sells him out for some quick cash, only to realize too late that Licht was the one carrying the party with his [Resurrection] ability and no one else can even get close to him.
- Self-Fulfilling Prophecy: It's the king's own paranoia, unjustly executing his faithful subjects, that brings his worst fears to pass.
- Strange Minds Think Alike: The human king of Resaga and the Demon Lord Licht resurrected in the dungeon "Dystopia" both independently and simultaneously decide they need allies from other races the moment Licht's former party members go silent. The human king fears that the adventurers may have stirred up something too strong for humanity to deal with, and the demon lord seeks alliances to improve the variety of the dungeon recipients' diets!
- Then Let Me Be Evil: Played with, regarding Licht and Dorothy. Like the other residents over Dystopia, neither of them is truly evil. Let's just say that they have stopped caring about humanity however after the King had them executed on ridiculous charges, despite the fact that they had both served him and his people faithfully. He even lampshades this during his reunion with Jose.
- Unwanted Harem: Licht didn't know who he was going to resurrect when he went into the empty and dormant dungeon where he was taking shelter from the unjust execution orders of the Resaga kingdom. So he suddenly finds himself The One Guy in Demon Lord Aria's service. He later goes and resurrects the female necromancer Dorothy for tactical and pragmatic reasons, not romantic ones, but he's still the lone male among the dungeon residents...
- Averted after joining forces with the Elves. As there are shown to be clearly male elves serving as chefs in the dungeon afterward.
- When Licht got kidnapped by the west demon lord we see on full display how much Licht means to everyone and how it would effect them if something were to happen to him from Dorothy (this is also partly due to the fact she blames herself for Licht getting kidnapped) and Rose shutting themselves in crying to Faris having a full metal breakdown to the point that she even attacked aria when she told her what happened and lastly we see how much Aria wants to act like rose and dorothy but doesn't due to her position as leader so she had to keep her cool, try to calm everyone down and come up with a plan to save him though rose does notices that she wants to act like everyone else and let her emotions out.
- Would Hurt a Child: Many of Farris' enemies have little to no qualms about attacking her. Let's just say, it ends badly for each and every one of them.
