Sand Mage of the Burnt Desert - Chapter 328



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Episode 328

Seo Tae-ran’s subordinates, who had released the first stage of the seal, were unstoppable.

Since they have already revealed one of their secrets, they have no hesitation in using force.

With the sealed body, the Gauntlet of Slaughter, and even the Holy Water added, most undead were no match for them.

The zombie soldiers that appeared from the darkness were instantly melted by their attacks.

Unlike the ghostly undead, the zombie soldiers had a physical body.

Their weak bodies were unable to withstand the attacks rained down by Seo Tae-ran’s men.

The subordinates who had eliminated all the zombie soldiers looked at Seo Tae-ran.

Waiting for the next command.

Seo Tae-ran’s gaze turned to Jeon.

“Where should we go now?”

“If you go about a hundred meters like this, you’ll reach a dead end. There, you’ll come to a road that turns left.”

“Do you see everything?”

“It’s felt rather than seen.”

Jeon answered calmly.

Just because a space is engulfed in thick darkness doesn’t mean it is complete nothingness.

The original terrain is now taken over by darkness.

Zeon’s senses pierced through the darkness and extended throughout the underground space.

This was possible because there was sand in the underground space.

Seo Tae-ran nodded his head.

“That’s a really convenient ability. I wish I had that ability too.”

“Isn’t it good enough now? He’s the second-in-command of Neo Seoul.”

“If I had stronger abilities, I could help you more, sir.”

“I always feel this, but your loyalty is amazing.”

“Mr. Jeon, don’t you plan on volunteering for the city hall? If you want, I can even give you the position of vice mayor.”

“Okay.”

“Why? Isn’t the position of deputy mayor enough for you?”

“As you know, I hate being tied down to something.”

“For someone like that, haven’t you met quite a few people?”

“Because it was a relationship that came naturally.”

“You don’t like artificial things? Is this enough for you to understand?”

There was a sharp edge to Seo Tae-ran’s voice.

He was hurt by Zeon’s rejection of his offer again.

It was the first time she had made a recruitment offer to Zeon twice, and the first time she had been rejected both times.

This unfamiliar experience made her angry.

Fortunately, she was a very rational person and knew how to control her emotions quickly.

“I spoke nonsense. Please pretend you didn’t hear what I said.”

“Let’s do that.”

Jeon nodded and walked past Seo Tae-ran.

Seo Tae-ran stared intently at Jeon’s back.

Except for Jin Geum-ho, no one was afraid of Seo Tae-ran or found her difficult. However, even for Seo Tae-ran, Je-on was a difficult opponent.

He is warm to those on his side, but keeps a sharp distance from those outside the line.

It completely blocks any possibility of access.

Emotional appeals don’t work, and threats don’t work even harder.

However, he could not threaten those close to him with bait. If he did, Neo Seoul would be reduced to ashes.

Zeon was a man with that level of ability.

So it was extremely tricky to deal with.

‘But in the end, you will all kneel at my feet. No matter how strong an individual is, he cannot take on the entire Neo Seoul.’

Seo Tae-ran followed Jeon, hiding her true feelings.

As the saying goes, the winner laughs last.

Until then, you must know how to be patient.

Fortunately, Seo Tae-ran had a lot of patience.

chin!

A dull sound came from Zeon’s feet as he walked ahead.

It hit the wall.

It was the hundred-meter point that Zeon had mentioned.

At the dead end, Zeon turned left.

“There really are ghosts. They can move freely in this thick darkness.”

The old man was amazed at the sight of Jeon.

Zeon walked silently, not caring about the reactions of those people.

Fortunately, there were no more undead attacks after the zombie soldiers. Still, people did not let their guard down and followed Zeon.

I didn’t realize how long I walked like that.

Everyone’s sense of time became strange.

It felt like I walked for hours, or like I wandered for days.

If it weren’t for the lighthouse-like man named Zeon, I would have either collapsed from exhaustion or lost my way and fallen behind.

Fortunately, I could blindly follow Zeon because he walked firmly and unwaveringly.

Jeon, who had been walking silently until now, opened his mouth.

“It’s the exit.”

“exit?”

The twins reacted first.

As I was still young, I was the most mentally exhausted.

Seo Tae-ran said, frowning.

“Where is the exit?”

“Just a little further.”

“How much more… … .”

“Here it is.”

Suddenly, Zeon stopped.

Because of that, Seo Tae-ran, who was following right behind, almost got his nose stuck in his back.

Fortunately, he stopped in time and the accident of colliding with Zeon did not occur.

“Where is the exit… … .”

The moment Seo Tae-ran opened her mouth, Jeon fired a fire missile toward the front.

bang!

The door blocking their path was shattered with a loud noise, and light poured in.

“Huh!”

“cadet!”

The eyes, adapted to the dark, could not handle the intense light.

Everyone except Zeon tightly closed their eyes to avoid stimulation as much as possible.

Only Zeon kept his eyes open and stared ahead.

“Hoo!”

He let out a sigh without realizing it.

Because the scenery visible beyond the intense light pouring in stimulated him.

Outside the exit, I could see a huge structure supported by large pillars. It was a sight similar to a temple I had seen before.

The problem was the numerous corpses strewn about the hallway that was presumed to be the temple.

The corpses were all lying in a miserable state.

The first to enter this space were the Awakened members of the expedition.

The corpses were rotting and already swarming with maggots.

The faces of the twin sisters who saw that sight distorted.

“Shit!”

“What on earth happened in here? So many people died.”

Judging from the equipment they were wearing, they were all strong Awakened.

The sight of these people rotting away in a swarm of maggots was visually shocking enough.

Seo Tae-ran, who had been examining the corpses for a moment, tilted his head.

“That’s strange.”

“It’s definitely strange.”

The old man agreed with Seo Tae-ran’s opinion.

The twin sisters asked with a puzzled look.

“What’s so strange? It’s shocking that there are so many corpses, but it’s not strange enough… … .”

“It seems like you guys don’t see anything strange.”

“So what’s strange?”

The twin sisters looked at the old man in anger.

It was not the old man but Brielle who answered their questions.

“The body has already decomposed to this extent.”

“So why is that… … .”

“The timeline doesn’t match.”

“What is the time line?”

“It’s been about a week since the expedition crashed into the ground. It’s impossible for the bodies to have decomposed like this in that time.”

“Are you stupid? Why is that impossible? The body will rot quickly when exposed to air.”

“That’s outside, it’s unusually cold here.”

“Oh, really?”

Only then did the twin sisters realize that the air inside the temple was extremely cold.

It was so cold that I could almost breathe.

As Brielle said, it made no sense for a body to decompose so quickly in this environment.

“There’s something.”

“There is something.”

The twin sisters shared a serious look at the same time.

That was when.

Thud!

The corpses, which had been rotting and crawling with maggots, suddenly rose up with a cracking sound.

Naturalization blossomed from the eyes of the corpses that rose up, spilling their rotten entrails.

The sight of the corpses rotting away, swarming with maggots, was truly horrifying.

The problem is that among the corpses, there are people known to Seo Tae-ran, Ko No-in, and the twin sisters.

Even Seo Tae-ran, who was known as one of the coolest people in Neo Seoul, lost his composure for a moment at the sight of that horrific sight.

“That person is definitely the leader of the Blue Falcon Squadron.”

The leader of the Blue Hawk Squadron was a B-class martial artist.

The main skill is Berserker.

He was a formidable Awakener who literally became a berserker driven mad by rage and swept away his enemies.

Although the aftereffects are severe and he cannot use it for long, he was a skilled player who became invincible for thirty minutes while using the skill.

It’s surprising that such a powerful person died, and was resurrected as an undead.

Seo Tae-ran couldn’t help but feel astonished.

“Who on earth did this?”

“I am a necromancer.”

“There really is a necromancer?”

“That is also a very powerful necromancer. We may face an even more horrifying sight than what we are seeing now.”

Zeon’s voice sank deeper than ever.

That’s because such an intense sense of crisis came over me.

There is no such thing as an ordinary necromancer.

Because the very existence of a necromancer is not ordinary.

One who refuses death.

An evil being who directly denies the ways of the world.

A person who builds a temple just for himself by piling up mountains of corpses.

The necromancer that Zeon knew was that kind of being.

“This was the temple of a high-ranking necromancer.”

“How can a necromancer build a temple? Isn’t he a being that directly denies God?”

“He himself wants to become a god.”

“that…….”

The old man couldn’t continue speaking and let out a sigh.

That’s because the shock from Zeon’s words was enormous.

Seo Tae-ran asked on behalf of the old man who was unable to continue speaking.

“Is that possible?”

“I don’t know about that. But the owner of this temple must think so. That must be why he built this temple.”

That was when.

Brielle, who had been silent until now, opened her mouth.

“Pilgram!”

“what?”

“He is a necromancer who is legendary in Kurayan. He is the worst necromancer who killed tens of thousands of people and built a temple with their corpses. They say the reason for this was to become a god. They say that the entire Kurayan race joined forces to capture him, and only after making great sacrifices was he finally killed.”

“There really is such a necromancer? How do you know that?”

Seo Tae-ran looked at Brielle with a suspicious expression. However, Brielle did not feel the need to explain to her.

There was no time to explain.

Ugh!

Grow up!

The dead Awakened ones were walking towards them, making strange noises.

The sight of the rotten Awakened ones approaching with their bones creaking was so frightening that it was almost a dream come true.

Zeon muttered in a calm voice.

“I don’t know if the owner of this temple is really Pilgram, but I have to admit that he has bad taste.”

Sending the bodies of the expedition team to the people who came to rescue them to deal with.

Although it was ignorant, it would be difficult to find a more effective way to break someone’s heart.

Zeon asked Brielle.

“How can we give peace to the dead?”

“You must kill the necromancer, or disintegrate him into atoms or burn him. Otherwise, he will come back to haunt you forever.”

“Is that so?”

Zeon nodded and walked forward.

At that moment, the sand on the floor began to ripple.

The sand that rose like a wave covered the resurrected dead.

Gosh!

The sand spinning at a terrifying speed disintegrated the dead into atoms, and the white phosphorus incinerated the remains, which were smaller than dust particles, leaving no trace.

The dead who were resurrected by the necromancer were thus erased from the world.

Zeon muttered in the blazing flames.

“I know you’re watching me. I won’t keep you waiting too long, Necromancer!”