The Necromancer in The Novel Picks up Bones - Chapter 102
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Episode 102
The battle ended quickly.
The Guild members of Manwol, including Geomhwang, killed all the vampires that had infiltrated the city.
Not leaving a single one behind, all of them.
-Wow!
– Your Majesty! Your Majesty has awakened!
– Kill all those mosquitoes!
Cheers came from all directions.
They are cheering at the fact that the Sword Emperor, the leader of the Full Moon Guild and the guardian of this city, has awakened.
That fact inspired people’s spirit.
“Wow, you fight well.”
“That’s right. That old man is the Emperor, right?”
“Huh. Doesn’t it look like the Emperor’s sword at first glance?”
Han Mina was standing next to Baek Sa-jun.
She was amazed at the sight of the Sword Emperor slaughtering vampires with a single sword.
“At first glance, I thought he was just a skinny old man, but when I saw him fight, I was definitely… … .”
Even that is much weaker than it was in its prime. The Sword Emperor had been sick in bed for a long time, and his body had become weak due to the Soul Reaver’s manipulations.
If I regain all my strength, I’ll become even more of a monster.
“But why did you come here? I told you to just deliver the letter to Lee Hyuk-woon and stay at the dorm.”
“Miss, how are you there? There’s fighting everywhere, vampires coming out, it’s chaos. I thought it would be dangerous to stay here, so I came here.”
I decided it was safer here.
It wasn’t a wrong judgment. Baek Sa-jun nodded while looking at Yoo Seong-ah who had collapsed while leaning against the wall.
I came to my senses a while ago, but I was still not feeling well and was sleeping a lot.
“Well done.”
“Okay, I know. I think it’s over now.”
“Oh, I guess so.”
The battle ended shortly thereafter.
After dealing with all the vampires, the Sword Emperor sorted out the situation and gave orders to the guild members.
“Report quickly what happened while I was sleeping. Bring all the records!”
“yes!”
The Emperor quickly grasped the situation.
I just woke up and need to get some more rest, but I have a lot to do.
People looked at him with expectant eyes.
Some even shed tears.
“Your Majesty, finally… sob.”
“This city will be different now. It will be much better than when Woo Seok-kyung ruled.”
“That’s right! That’s what will happen!”
I think I have a rough idea of what the existence of the Sword Emperor means in this city.
And the reason why Woo Seok-kyung is so delicious.
‘I’m sure the Emperor feels a great burden.’
The Emperor was walking while listening to the report. At that moment, his gaze turned to Baek Sa-jun.
“Treat him with special care. He is the person who saved my life. Treat him with the utmost care and forget about the unpleasant incident that happened with him today.”
“Yes? Oh, yes! I understand!”
Geomhwang called Baek Sajun his benefactor.
Everyone looked at Baek Sa-jun. There was a mixture of shock, surprise, admiration, and jealousy in their eyes.
“It’s the first time His Majesty has respected someone so much.”
“That guy… That necromancer. The one who played a big role in the last defensive battle.”
“Huh, literally… … .”
I heard someone whispering.
“He is like the savior of this city.”
The Emperor entered the guild house.
All that was left were Baek Sa-jun, Han Mina, and the sleeping Yoo Seong-ah. Han Mina blinked.
“They say you are the savior?”
“Ogre, that’s enough. Let’s rest for a bit. It’s hard.”
Baek Sa-jun collapsed to the floor.
I’ve done too much in one night. And I’m already exhausted from summoning the undead.
It was a situation where I couldn’t help but get tired.
“Cerberus, you’ve worked hard.”
– Grrrrr.
Baek Sa-jun summoned Cerberus, whose entire body was covered in wounds. Then he recognized Lee Hyuk-woon and his colleagues standing near him.
“Hey, Lee Hyuk-woon. You fight well.”
“Baek Sa-jun… … .”
Lee Hyuk-woon’s eyes were terribly cold.
But that was only for a moment. He looked at the place where the Sword Emperor had left and sighed.
“Did you plan all of this from the beginning?”
“No way. I was just lucky.”
“I can’t believe a word you say.”
Lee Hyuk-woon turned his back and laughed. His colleagues followed him as he left.
His expression was not good.
‘I never thought of treating the Emperor.’
In his previous life, the Sword Emperor was a traitor who fell into the apocalypse. That’s why I planned to deal with him while he was lying in his sickbed rather than treating him.
The problem is, that was wrong.
‘Did Woo Seok-kyung and the End of the World’s Regiment try to trick the Emperor? It must have been the same in his previous life.’
That fact darkened Lee Hyuk-woon’s expression.
Because it was a situation where I almost killed the Sword Emperor, who could have saved the future, due to my wrong judgment.
“… Was it a misjudgment?”
“Huh? What?”
Lee Hyuk-woon muttered and left.
Baek Sa-jun and Lee Hyuk-woon watched his back.
“Well, you know.”
Hanmi Na suddenly scratched her cheek.
“That old man, his personality is really… no, he seems peculiar. It’s not my fault, is it?”
“No, I think so too.”
“Right?”
He’s a difficult guy to deal with in many ways.
After Baek Sa-jun summoned the undead, he jumped down the collapsed wall with his followers.
“Let’s leave that guy alone and go rest for now.”
Baek Sa-jun put the bones his followers had handed him into the subspace. From beyond, he could see the members of Manwol’s guild running towards him in a hurry.
‘I just want to rest for a while without thinking about anything.’
Baek Sa-jun sighed and raised his head.
Beyond, I could see the dry World Tree. Its bare branches were swaying precariously in the wind.
“That can’t be.”
Unfortunately, there is so much to do.
* * *
Time passed quickly.
After taking a day off, Baek Sa-jun started walking around the written word, searching for something.
“It was probably around here… … .”
The place he was was Woo Seok-kyung’s mansion.
He was in the process of going around here and there with the permission of the Sword Emperor. Likewise, the members of the Manwol Guild who were inspecting the inside of the mansion looked at him with suspicion.
“What on earth is that guy looking for?”
“I don’t know. His Majesty the Sword Emperor told me not to interfere, but what are you trying to do… … .”
“Excuse me! We’re going to go eat. Aren’t you going? Today’s menu looks good!”
Instead of answering, Baek Sa-jun waved his hand.
The guild members leave, still looking at him with a puzzled look. Only Baek Sa-jun and his followers remain in the large mansion.
Skeleton and Magnus searched the mansion.
– Knock, knock. Knock knock… … .
“Hey, Skeleton. Are you sure you’re looking straight at it?”
– Shut up! Shut up!
“Don’t be tricky. You have eyes in your back too.”
The skeleton that had been roughly poking around through the window suddenly shook its head in surprise.
Baek Sa-jun clicked his tongue and looked around.
The place he was now was the study.
“A guy who doesn’t even look at books.”
What the heck are these books?
Baek Sa-jun overturned the bookshelves. When the bookshelves fell, the books scattered noisily.
But one thing.
– Squeak!
“huh?”
There was a bookshelf that didn’t move.
I thought that if I tried to force it to move, it would move, but I was worried that it would break.
It feels like something is fixed.
“I think I found it?”
– Right?
As I pulled out all the books from the bookshelf, a small switch hidden beyond it appeared.
Baek Sa-jun pressed the switch.
– Drrrrrrrr!
“Then that’s right.”
The study opened and moved on its own.
There was a magical barrier beyond it, but it was easily destroyed by Magnus’s magic gun.
Baek Sa-jun walked through the dark passage.
And at the end of the passage.
“hmm…….”
A large room appeared.
A room that looks like it has nothing on the outside. But this room hides a secret.
Baek Sa-jun pressed a switch hidden in the wall.
“Found it.”
That’s where the magic circle is hidden.
When Baek Sa-jun pressed the switch, a magic circle appeared on the floor. It was a type of magic circle that could teleport a person who stood on it to a connected space.
He stepped onto the magic circle without hesitation.
-Whaaaaah!
I felt my body being transported somewhere.
And when I opened my eyes again.
“Then that’s right.”
Baek Sa-jun was in an unfamiliar warehouse.
A warehouse containing various items, magic stones, and resources. Looking at it, the description in the original work came to mind.
[Woo Seok-kyung had no affection for this city. It was a disgusting city, and it would soon be destroyed anyway. Is it right to waste unnecessary resources on a city like this?]
[No, that’s a waste. Woo Seok-kyung started to work with the Apocalypse faction to steal things.]
[In preparation for the destruction of this city… … .]
It was like Woo Seok-kyung’s secret warehouse.
A place where he took advantage of his position to steal items from the guild and the city one by one.
That wasn’t all. According to the original story, the Apocalypse Force also used this warehouse.
“Hmm, the item… … .”
Baek Sa-jun looked around the warehouse.
There were a variety of items, but none of them were particularly useful to him, except for one.
[Soul Box (Normal)]
· A magic stone box that has the power to absorb the souls of dead enemies. Each time a certain amount of souls are absorbed, its level increases by one.
· The absorbed soul is converted into magical power, which can be used in any way the user desires.
Baek Sa-jun’s expression became strange.
It’s a kind of battery-like item. It’s said to change the souls of monsters into magical power.
‘These items are usually ambiguous.’
Usually, the amount of souls required is so large that it is often difficult to use them properly.
So there were many times when it became a problem.
“Huh? No, it’s perfect for me right now.”
A large-scale monster offensive will soon occur. The number of monster souls that can be absorbed there is literally enormous.
If you can collect them to their limit and convert them into magic power, it will be of great help.
‘The world tree can grow quickly.’
A smile appeared on Baek Sa-jun’s lips.
Woo Seok-kyung probably thought this item was ambiguous and kept it in storage. He probably had the same thoughts.
If only the current situation hadn’t been like this.
‘You’re only helping me after I’m dead, Woo Seok-kyung.’
After Baek Sa-jun collected the soul chest, he looked around the warehouse again.
There are more things to take care of.
“There must be more… Is this it?”
A luxurious box appeared in the corner of the warehouse.
Inside were all kinds of materials. Materials used to make unique grade medicines and items.
Woo Seok-gyeong took away the things that many people had brought to help the Emperor recover.
“Found it.”
And one of them.
There was something very unusual. A dazzling white lining. It was an unusual object at first glance.
[White Snake’s Inner Circle (Epic)]
· This is the inner venom of a white snake that has lived for many years. It contains a poison so strong that it can melt a body. If one can overcome the poison, the inner venom of a white snake will give a great gift to the person who uses it.
It was an epic grade elixir.
Looking closely, there was a note near the elixir.
[Something to use when you’re done with the work. It needs to be detoxified, so keep it here for a while.]
[Don’t be greedy, Woo Seok-kyung. It’s not something that someone like you can digest. Do you understand?]
It was an elixir prepared by the soul flayer.
Soul stealing has many side effects after it succeeds. These side effects are especially severe when the target has great power.
I guess you brought it to alleviate that.
‘Treasure goblin… no, it’s an elixir goblin.’
Every time we meet, he gives me a precious elixir.
There were a few more elixirs that I kept, but I wasn’t planning on using them myself.
These have their own uses.
‘And finally… … .’
I found a chest containing several scrolls.
Inside were scrolls containing all sorts of rare magic. These were scrolls prepared by the Apocalypse faction to destroy the city.
I know there was also a powerful summoning spell.
“I guess I’ll be the one writing it this time.”
soon of late.
There will definitely be something to use soon.
Baek Sa-jun summoned the undead and then went up to the ground. The warehouse was hidden in a building quite far from the written city.
‘First, I need to figure out the surrounding geography.’
We need to send people here.
After Baek Sa-jun and his followers learned about the surrounding area, they used the magic circle to return.
* * *
The Emperor was busy for a while.
He was so busy trying to figure out what had happened in the city while he was down that he was out of his mind.
And the more I understood, the more I sighed.
“They literally turned it into a mess.”
Woo Seok-kyung ruined the guild and the city.
Bringing in the sect of the Apocalypse faction’s sect … resources and siphoning them off somewhere.
Such situations were revealed in various places.
It is not known where the resources were diverted.
‘Can this situation be corrected?’
The situation is very bad.
It felt like the end was right around the corner. It was so frustrating, so the Sword Emperor started walking.
Every time something like this happened, there was a place he went to.
“You’ve lost a lot of weight since I last saw you.”
It was where the World Tree was.
I could see some branches that were dry and withered. Could it be because they had bloomed by pouring out their magic and life force?
The current appearance seemed even more pitiful.
– Passs …
The Emperor crushed the magic stones he had brought with his hands.
The fragments of the magic stone were scattered, and the magical power contained within them seeped into the ground. This magical power would soon become nutrients that would help the World Tree grow.
But this is not enough.
‘I guess I’ll need more magic stones.’
The Emperor turned his back, wondering where he could get the magic stones needed to restore the World Tree.
It was just then.
– The red moon is shining.
– A big event is about to start in this area!
– Major Event: Restoration.
A message appeared before the Emperor’s eyes.
– Resist the coming destruction.
– The World Tree will become that hope.
A message that simply cannot be ignored.