The Necromancer in The Novel Picks up Bones - Chapter 104
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Episode 104
It has been decided what to do.
Prepare for the enemy’s offensive as best as possible and gather what you need.
“I’ll probably have about 5 days to spare. I’ll have to gather as many items as I can during that time. Either by raiding monster nests or buying them with coins.”
“If you need more magic stones, ask Lee Hyuk-woon. He must have some.”
“Lee Hyuk-woon. Are you talking about that prosecutor? Okay.”
The World Tree will wither after 5 days, and the offensive will begin the day after the World Tree restoration begins.
You just need to prepare what you need for 5 days, and start restoring the World Tree on the last day.
“I’m going to be busy for a while.”
“Yes. I have something to give you before that.”
“You have something to give me? What do you mean?”
Baek Sa-jun handed Geom-hwang a bottle of elixir.
And a few herbs too.
“This is something I found in Woo Seok-kyung’s warehouse. Use it to recover your body.”
“The elixir doesn’t have much effect on me. I think it would be better for you to use it rather than me.”
“I have prepared the elixir for my own use.”
“Umm… … .”
The Emperor has been sick in bed for a long time, and his body is weakened due to the treatment of the soul flayer.
A situation that has greatly weakened compared to its heyday.
He needs to regain some of his strength.
“Thank you. I will not forget this favor. When the situation is over, I will definitely repay you in some way.”
“yes.”
You absolutely must do so.
Baek Sa-jun swallowed the gossip. As one of the ten heroes, Geom-hwang was the owner of enormous wealth.
Unfortunately, some of them were lost in the Busan incident, but many properties still remain in Seoul.
‘I’ll pay you back several times over.’
He is a man with that much faith.
I decided to think of it as a kind of low-point investment.
“Then, let’s go.”
“Well, thank you both for everything.”
Baek Sa-jun left Manwol’s guild house with Yoo Seong-ah, escorted by Geom Hwang.
Two people walking down a dark street.
Yoo Seong-ah’s complexion was not good, as she imagined the ordeals that lay ahead.
“Here, you take it too.”
“Huh? Oh, is it an elixir? Thank you. But is it okay for me to receive something like this… … .”
Baek Sa-jun gave Yoo Seong-ah some elixirs. They were elixirs that had the effect of restoring the body.
“Then. It would be better to accept it. If you’re going to pass out from using the gift, you should at least use that.”
“… … .”
He said he would roll it until it fell over.
Yoo Seong-ah received the elixirs with trembling hands.
“I’ll have a lot to do starting tomorrow.”
“yes…….”
A deep sigh disappeared into the night air.
Baek Sa-jun walked down the street with Yoo Seong-ah, looking at the towering World Tree beyond.
[A World Tree that has absorbed enough magic power will grow fully and become the hope to overcome the apocalypse.]
Suddenly, the words on the system window came to mind.
Hope to overcome the apocalypse. To put it another way.
‘The only hope to get rid of that red moon.’
That’s why the World Tree is called Hope.
In the sense that it is not a means to hold out until the red moon is fully risen, but rather a means to remove that moon.
[Surviving the coming disaster. Until the red moon fully rises… … .]
There was a phrase like that in the description of Busan’s main story. It’s a phrase that makes you feel like everything will be resolved if you just survive until the red moon rises.
But that’s a trap.
‘If you wait until the red moon is fully full, a disaster of unprecedented magnitude will occur.’
A disaster that could destroy the entire city of Busan.
At the same time, the entity called ‘Jinjo’ is completely revived and completely destroys Busan.
If that happens, there is no way out. All we can do is quietly accept the disaster and wait for destruction.
‘So we have to deal with the red moon before that.’
The World Tree will make it possible for him.
It is also because of that World Tree that massive waves of monsters continue to attack this city.
They are trying to destroy the World Tree by any means necessary.
‘In the original, the World Tree was not protected.’
The Emperor’s soul was taken away, and the city was destroyed by the machinations of traitors including Woo Seok-gyeong.
The same was true of the world’s capitals.
I remember that Lee Hyuk-woon suffered all kinds of hardships because the means to get rid of the red moon disappeared.
‘I remember the number of readers also fluctuating.’
It was a fond memory now.
Anyway, Lee Hyuk-woon knows that he must protect the World Tree in order to remove the Red Moon.
He will help.
‘I did tell the Emperor that it would be possible if he had Yoo Seong-ah’s amplification… … .’
To be honest, it’s a gamble.
I wasn’t sure. There was no mention of the World Tree in the original work. It was a gamble I made based on the World Tree settings in the setting book.
‘Amplification may not be enough. It may not be the right time. Then, use it.’
There is no choice but to leave it to improvisation.
Baek Sa-jun let out a deep sigh.
“I can’t believe I have to do something like this without being sure.”
“What did you say?”
“No, it’s nothing.”
Baek Sa-jun entered the accommodation.
Sometimes it’s better to let someone experience something for themselves rather than explaining it in detail.
That was right now.
* * *
The busy days continued for a while.
Geomhwang approached Lee Hyuk-woon as Baek Sa-jun had advised, and received high-quality magic stones from him.
“How did you know I had the magic stone?”
“Baek Sa-jun, that friend told me.”
“… … .”
Lee Hyuk-woon frowned as soon as he heard those words.
But he didn’t refuse the support. He had originally intended to obtain the magic stone for this purpose.
And the Emperor of Swords gave orders to Manwol to collect magic stones without revealing the situation to him.
“A dungeon has been discovered in the west! It’s a dungeon hidden inside a monster nest!”
“That’s great. The attack team! We’re leaving right away!”
“yes!”
The city’s hunters also roamed the outdoors, collecting magic stones by destroying monster nests or by searching for hidden dungeons and raiding them.
The number of magic stones increased day by day.
“Euuuuugh… … !”
In that case, Yoo Seong-ah died.
What she did was simple. She used the gift, , on the magic stones that kept supplying.
– Passus… Hwaaaaak!
Yoo Seong-ah put the amplified magic stone into a box.
The box contained hundreds of magic stones. Naturally, they were all fully amplified.
“Ugh… Ughhhh… … .”
– Passus… Hwaaaaak!
Yoo Seong-ah repeated the process over and over again.
Literally all day long, except when he was sleeping. Han Mina, who was watching from the side, stuck out her tongue.
“Aren’t you going to collapse like that?”
“It’s okay. I gave you an elixir in case of that.”
“An elixir? Wow, this guy. He’s vicious… … .”
That’s why I gave up the crystal of life.
Hanmina shivered as if she was scared.
“Maybe it’ll end sooner than I thought.”
“It’ll be over soon?”
“Oh. It’s getting faster.”
As the days passed, the rate of amplification also became faster.
At first, I could only do about a dozen a day, but now I can easily do dozens.
It’s about getting used to the amplification.
“Chairman Magina will be pleased.”
“Well, if I knew that the girl I raised with great care was being worked like that… … .”
“Hmm, come to think of it, I didn’t tell Chairman Magina when I invited Yoo Seong-ah here.”
“Are you crazy enough to want to die?”
Chairman Magina, for a moment I thought that Yoo Jeong-hoon might really get angry.
Well, that’s for later anyway.
This is what happens when you survive here.
‘Yes, if you can survive safely.’
Three days passed while I prepared this and that.
Now there are only 2 days left.
– The red moon is shining. Soon, a big event will begin in this area!
Again.
The end is coming.
* * *
And five days passed.
Today is the day to start restoring the World Tree. Baek Sa-jun woke up early in the morning.
Because there was something to do.
“Let’s see.”
Baek Sa-jun took out items from the subspace.
There were a few bones and a white snake’s inner layer. Of the bones, only two were worth giving.
· Gift, ‘Fog’: Turns the entire body into red fog for a certain period of time. When the fog is lifted, the power of the first skill cast is doubled.
· Skill, ‘Blood Wave’: Creates a wave of blood that melts flesh and covers enemies within a certain range.
It was a gift from Jeong Hong-jo, and bones containing skills from a certain vampire.
Who should be given these?
“Well, there’s nothing to worry about.”
– Huh?
It was a skeleton.
Baek Sa-jun gave two bones to the skeleton. If it’s a skeleton that fights in close quarters, it will be able to make the most of the fog and blood wave.
I thought it would be right to give it to the guy.
“The rest… Cerberus, you eat it.”
– Krrrrrr.
The remaining bones were fed to Cerberus.
It wasn’t enough to evolve. But I fed it quite a lot, so it will evolve if I feed it more next time.
‘That’s enough for the bones.’
Now all that remains is the inner workings of Baek Sa.
The name Baek Sa felt familiar. Baek Sa Jun took a quick look at Naedan and swallowed it.
A lump running down the throat.
– Chew!
After a while, I felt a terrible pain.
The inner part of the white snake contains a powerful poison. A poison so powerful that it melts the body and remains.
It is a potion that is supposed to be consumed after adding a few ingredients to suppress the poison of the inner body to some extent.
‘The problem is there is no time for that.’
So I decided to take a gamble.
– Pushy profit!
“Ugh!”
A terrible pain spread through my entire body.
The pain felt like my whole body was melting. The poison burned my flesh and even tried to melt my bones.
But in reality, that didn’t happen.
– The effect of the Fragment of Immortality is activated.
It was thanks to the passive ability that Baek Sa-jun had.
An advanced passive skill that increases regeneration speed and recovery, as well as resistance to abnormal conditions.
That was resisting the inner strength of the white snake.
‘Let’s eat with peace of mind.’
But the pain still persisted.
Baek Sa-jun closed his eyes and waited for the pain to subside. Fortunately, he was used to this kind of pain.
And when all the suffering is over.
– You have completely digested the inner strength of the White Snake. The poison contained in the inner strength will change you… … .
– Raise Ghoul skill is strengthened. New skills and passive skills are created.
– All abilities are greatly increased.
The pain was rewarded.
First of all, two skills have changed.
[Raise Venom Ghoul (Lv.1)]
· Grade: Advanced.
· Creates venom ghouls using corpses. These are powerful ghouls whose entire body is covered in poison, and they poison enemies with their vicious venom for a certain period of time.
· Current number of summonables: 6.
[Poison (Lv.1)]
· Grade: Advanced.
· It can create a poisonous swamp that corrodes anything it touches, or inject poison into corpses or undead. When a corpse or undead that has been poisoned is destroyed, a poisonous swamp is created.
· When the skill level reaches a certain level, the skill grade increases.
The ghoul used to attract the attention of enemies has been strengthened to a higher level and a skill called Poison has been added.
finally.
[Poison that flows through the blood]
· Grade: Advanced.
· Addiction damage increased by +50%.
· Addiction duration increased by +30%.
· Increases resistance to addiction by +100%.
· Addicted enemies have their physical abilities reduced by 15%.
· This passive also applies to summoned creatures.
Including passive skills.
Aside from the other options, what I like most is that it greatly increases your resistance to addiction.
‘In fact, I think it’s safe to say that it’s not poisonous.’
If it’s a poison that ignores resistance, you’ll get infected, but its power will be considerably reduced.
It’s a passive that’s not bad to have.
‘If you’re immune to poison, there’s a dungeon you can go to.’
There is a dungeon with very valuable rewards.
Since I had to escape Busan to get there, it didn’t really matter right now.
[Baek Sa-jun]
· Level: 135
· Class: Necromancer
· Gift: Bone Collector
· Strength: 95 · Agility: 94
· Stamina: 99 · Morale: 323
And until all abilities increase significantly.
For a necromancer, his strength, agility, and stamina were quite high. This was because Baek Sa-jun had consistently obtained precious elixirs to increase his abilities.
‘There’s no harm in leaving it up.’
It might help someday.
Baek Sa-jun closed the system windows in front of him.
“Well then, shall we go now?”
It is time to begin restoring the World Tree.