The Necromancer in The Novel Picks up Bones - Chapter 109
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Episode 109
Fifth night.
The battle continued endlessly. Lee Hyuk-woon fought without rest, but even he reached his limit.
The magical power he possessed was exhausted.
“Brother! Please recover your magic power even for a moment!”
“We’ll take care of this! Go!”
Even if I wanted to fight more, I didn’t have the strength.
Lee Hyuk-woon, who had cut off the monster’s head, hesitated for a moment, but had no choice but to nod.
He stepped away from the barrier and headed toward the city.
“Eww, eww!”
“Injured! To Ward 2! Quickly!”
“No! There is no room there either!”
The city was in chaos.
The wounded were everywhere. Many of the city’s buildings were also destroyed by the shelling.
Citizens moved busily through the streets, treating the wounded and transporting necessary supplies.
But not everyone was like that.
“Now that’s wrong! We’re going to die! We’re all going to die here! I shouldn’t have followed the Emperor’s orders!”
“Bar, outside, way, is there no way out?!”
“Anyone, anyone… … !”
I saw people whose will was broken.
It was a situation that had to be like that. The monsters were endless, and the city could collapse at any moment.
How could one’s will not be broken?
“… … .”
Lee Hyuk-woon entered the deserted building, taking in their appearance with his eyes.
And he sat on the ground, cross-legged.
“Phew… … .”
Lee Hyuk-woon concentrating his mind.
Magic power from all directions began to gather towards him. It was a kind of secret technique to restore magic power.
But this time, it wasn’t easy to concentrate.
‘Is this method… right?’
That thought crossed my mind.
Is it right to just block the offensive like this? Is there any hope for this method?
In the end, doesn’t everyone die?
‘We may have to find another way. A way to resolve this situation.’
Lee Hyuk-woon searched through his memories of his past life.
How to resolve this situation. If I use what I have now, no, that won’t do. Another way is to use the retinue, Letum…
“… … !”
Lee Hyuk-woon, who had been pondering, pulled out his sword like lightning. The blade pointed towards the entrance of the room where he was.
There was a man standing there.
“It’s brutal. If I had gone just a little further, I would have been cut down.”
“…Baek Sa-jun.”
It was Baek Sa-jun.
He looked at Lee Hyuk-woon with a face full of fatigue, along with his followers.
“How did you know I was here?”
“Because it felt like I was swallowing magic power like a hippopotamus. If you don’t want to be caught, then just eat a moderate amount of magic power.”
“…Do you have any business with me?”
I came here because I knew Lee Hyuk-woon was there.
It means that he has other business to attend to. Lee Hyuk-woon asked Baek Sa-jun warily, still holding his sword.
“If someone saw me, they’d think I came here to fight. Lee Hyuk-woon, I came here to ask you a favor.”
“Please?”
Baek Sa-jun nodded.
“I will be leaving now. I want you to fill the void that I am leaving.”
“You’re leaving? What are you planning?”
“Embroidering? That doesn’t sound good. Tsk.”
Baek Sa-jun clicked his tongue.
Neither Lee Hyuk-woon nor Baek Sa-jun have good feelings for each other. The words they return can only be bad.
“There is a way to solve this situation. But it is not enough. We need more time.”
“Are you asking me to buy you some time?”
“Yeah. Because there’s no one else who can do it but you.”
There are three people with the most power in this city.
Geom Hwang, Baek Sa Jun, and Lee Hyuk Woon. To be honest, Lee Hyuk Woon is still stronger than Baek Sa Jun. If they fight, he’ll lose unless a miracle happens.
Baek Sa-jun needed that strength now.
“Do you trust me?”
“How can I trust a kid who comes to kill me with a knife in the middle of the night? I trust your skills. And that you and I have the same goal.”
“… … .”
Same goal.
Baek Sa-jun and Lee Hyuk-woon both think that they must protect this city. They must protect the World Tree and the Sword Emperor in order to see the future.
In that sense, their goals were the same.
Although it was hard to believe on a human level, we could trust each other’s abilities because we had the same goal.
“Are you confident in the method you came up with?”
“I have to try it whether it exists or not. Right?”
“That’s not wrong.”
Lee Hyuk-woon closed his eyes. After thinking for a moment, he nodded.
“I accept your offer.”
“It’s good that you make decisions quickly.”
Baek Sa-jun turned his back after seeing Lee Hyuk-woon accept. There is no need to say anything more here.
There was no time for that.
“Baek Sa-jun.”
Baek Sa-jun trying to leave the building.
Lee Hyuk-woon’s words stopped him in his tracks.
“Don’t fail.”
“You are the one.”
Baek Sa-jun left the building.
Lee Hyuk-woon, who was looking at her back, took a deep breath and focused his mind again.
Because I need magic power to grant that request.
* * *
At midnight, the 6th day begins.
The fighting became more intense.
“I can’t stand it anymore!”
“Get back to wall number 4! Hurry up!”
“If you do that, the magic weapons of the third barrier will attack!”
“Fuck, if you keep that, you’ll lose it all!”
The monsters’ offensive was literally endless. The city was helplessly breached up to the third wall, and the enemies were blocked at the fourth wall.
But that won’t last long.
“There are… too many enemies… … .”
The hunters watched their enemies from above the barrier.
Three collapsed walls. The corpses of monsters and hunters were strewn everywhere. And beyond that, an innumerable army of monsters could be seen.
Tens of thousands? No, not that much.
– Monsters have arrived throughout Busan.
– Fight monsters and survive. Until the World Tree regains its full power… … .
There are hundreds of thousands of them just by looking at them.
In the air and on the ground, wherever I looked, all I could see were monsters. The sky was so obscured by monsters that I couldn’t even tell if the moon was up.
Monsters from all over Busan were here.
A monster with a quantity exceeding one million.
“Can you stop that?”
“… … .”
No one could answer.
The overwhelming number of monsters did not allow even the slightest hope.
It just makes you despair.
‘Was my choice wrong?’
The Emperor asked himself.
Wasn’t the choice to restore the World Tree too greedy? Wasn’t it an impossible delusion from the beginning?
He shook his head.
‘It was a choice that had to be made.’
If you run away, you may save your life for the time being, but you will lose the World Tree completely.
They were able to withstand the monsters’ attacks because the protection of the World Tree helped them.
‘If we think about the future, we must restore it.’
They said that the World Tree would be the hope to overcome the apocalypse. Now, we have no choice but to believe them.
The Emperor looked around at the people around him.
‘People… have reached their limits.’
The defending force, which numbered close to 5,000, was reduced by nearly half due to casualties.
Some citizens inside the city were also scared and trying to run away.
“Is it a miracle that I’ve made it this far?”
If it weren’t for the protection of the World Tree, which was strengthened when the World Tree was restored, and the tree spirit, it would not have been possible to stop it.
The Emperor took up his sword.
His body was in shambles from the fierce battle he had endured for six days. His magical power was also almost completely depleted.
“Do not be afraid. I am with you.”
But now is the time to hide it.
The Emperor stood on the wall, holding his sword. Someone slowly walked behind him.
It was Lee Hyuk-woon.
“Lee Hyuk-woon. Have you met Baek Sa-jun? He’s been moving around a lot since last night.”
“We met. He said he had something to prepare.”
Lee Hyuk-woon recalled his conversation with Baek Sa-jun yesterday.
“He said… he had a way. He just asked me to buy him some time until he got back.”
“Do you believe that? You and Baek Sa-jun don’t seem to be on good terms.”
“I don’t believe it. But.”
Lee Hyuk-woon frowned.
The terrible experiences he had in his past life made him distrust Baek Sa-jun.
however.
“His skills are trustworthy.”
“Hmm, that’s good enough.”
Just as Baek Sa-jun had said, Lee Hyuk-woon also believed in the skills of the man named Baek Sa-jun.
And that he’s trying to protect this city.
The Emperor smiled faintly.
“Then, for the sake of the man whose skills you believe in… how about buying some time?”
Rising black energy and thunderbolts.
A fierce battle began as the two men attacked the rushing monster.
* * *
The written word could not withstand the offensive.
– Wall 4 has collapsed!
The monsters literally surged in from all sides like a tidal wave. Even with the help of the tree spirits, it was not enough to stop them with two or three thousand people.
The Hunters were repelled to the final 5th barrier.
– Ooh, ewaaaah!
– Ah, no! This… I can’t stop it! Save me!
Some of the hunters started to run away.
The battle lasted for six days, and many Hunters were killed. Now, even hope was lost.
The will to fight has been broken.
“Fools.”
Letum burst into laughter at the sight.
Letum’s condition was not normal. Nearly half of his body had been blown away in the battle with the Sword Emperor.
But what does that matter?
“Do you think you can hold out?”
This wound can fully heal.
But the death of that city and those humans was irreversible. The sight of that annoying city being destroyed was enough to make me forget my pain.
“Lord Letum. The barrier has opened.”
“Yes. Get ready, my people.”
The barrier was already weakened as the restoration of the World Tree began.
Now the barrier has completely collapsed.
It means that the path to the World Tree has opened.
“Humans leave it to the monsters. We will destroy the World Tree that stands in his way!”
“yes!”
The vampires all turned into fog.
Vampires approach the World Tree using numerous flying monsters as bait. The hunters also noticed their approach, but there was nothing they could do.
“The vampires are approaching the World Tree!”
“So what! Ugh, ugh!”
“No matter what the world is like, you should be careful about living first!”
Lee Hyuk-woon also recognized the vampires.
But I didn’t stop him. I didn’t have the luxury of doing so, and there was Baek Sa-jun in the World Tree.
‘Right now, I have no choice but to trust him.’
The Emperor’s thoughts were the same.
The vampires passed over the barrier, broke through the weakened barrier, and rushed toward the World Tree all at once.
“Gyaaaah!”
“Ugh, a vampire has entered the city!”
“Stay calm! To the shelter… …!”
The screams of the citizens were heard on the ground.
Letum looked at the World Tree, enjoying the scream. There was a barrier made of branches around the World Tree and many tree spirits.
The vampires simultaneously created a blood flow.
– Kwarrrrrr! Push!
Blood magic destroyed the barrier in an instant.
The tree spirits nearby too. Then, the figures of the humans hidden behind the barrier came into view.
Letum smiled bitterly.
“Necromancer. You were hiding here?”
“… … .”
The terrified hunters.
In between, Baek Sa-jun appeared. He was the only one standing there with an indifferent expression.
A spirit rose from his body.
– Ugh… … .
– Gooooooo!
“What can I do with a corpse like that!”
The Death Knights, the giant golem, and their followers stood in the way of the approaching vampires.
Letum snickered and gathered his strength.
The bloody aura seeped into the vampires.
“Kill the corpses. Me.”
Vampires that were releasing the fog and attacking the undead. Letum accelerated even faster.
There is only one thing he is after.
“I’m going to tear that necromancer to pieces.”
The distance is narrowing.
Letum, whose whole body had mutated, roared and charged forward. Blood magic and mutated claws aimed for Baek Sa-jun.
Just then, Letum saw.
“If you can, try it.”
Baek Sa-jun’s mouth opens.
Pfft! A powerful explosion occurred beneath the vampires’ feet. The corpses they had buried in anticipation of their arrival had exploded.
Those are also corpses that have been given poison.
– Chew!
“Ugh… Aaaah!”
“Damn it, it’s poison! Don’t come near me!”
The swamp of poison has engulfed the vampires.
Those who could not avoid it were covered in poison all over their bodies and melted away. They died.
Baek Sa-jun used the items right away.
– A curse of resentment is placed on your enemies.
– Immortal Madness strengthens the undead.
– Use the Orb of the Fallen Sage.
A message appears before your eyes.
Baek Sa-jun touched the ground. A wave of bones centered around him occurred, pushing Letum away.
It was a power that even Letum could not withstand.
“Magnus!”
– Ughhhh… … !
Darkness rose up as the ground beneath Letum’s feet split apart, and numerous eyes shot out rays of light.
And when the Blizzard-filled magic bullet hit Letum, it slowed him down for a moment.
– Ugh!
“Huh, something like this… … !”
Cerberus followed.
The guard dog, clad in frozen armor, closed the distance with a fierce attack, then pounced on Letum with its mutated legs.
An overwhelming force crushed him.
– Phew!
“… … !”
A number of venom ghouls approached Letum, who was crushed by Cerberus’s foot, and they all exploded.
A terrible poison seeped into Letum.
The poison injected into the Venom Ghoul further strengthened its venom. The swamp of poison melted Letum and the vampires.
‘Tsk, I feel like my body is not in good shape.’
Letum is injured in the battle with the Sword Emperor.
The injury had left him in this state. Letum was furious at being pushed back by the undead, causing blood to flow through his body.
His body mutated into a monster.
“Right now… I’ll tear you to pieces and kill you!”
Roaring Letum.
But Baek Sa-jun didn’t look at him. He was observing the vampires’ condition.
Undead, strengthened by the madness of the undead, quickly killed vampires weakened by the curse of resentment.
Enemy corpses are piling up.
‘now.’
This was the moment Baek Sa-jun had been waiting for.
He took an item out of his bosom. In his hand was a soul box that was emitting an ominous light.
“Absorb it.”
The soul chest opened wide and forcibly sucked the souls from the corpses of vampires.
The light emitted by the ship became stronger.
Letum felt ominous when he saw that.
“What are you trying to do, you punk!”
“I went around here and there, but it was just a little bit lacking.”
Baek Sa-jun answered Letum, laughing at him.
“The souls of vampires are of good quality. Thank you.”
“My people! Kill that guy!”
– Ghhhhhhh!
Letum rushes towards Baek Sa-jun with the vampires. The skeleton that appeared in front of them used and stopped them together with the undead.
Baek Sa-jun held high the soul chest.
– The Soul Ship has absorbed enough souls. Its rank increases to .
– The ship is overflowing with magical power.
Baek Sa-jun threw the ship without hesitation.
To none other than Yoo Seong-ah.
“Yoo Seong-ah! This is the last one!”
“yes……!”
Yoo Seong-ah, with a pale face that looked like she might collapse at any moment, received the soul ship that flew in.
The power of amplification was in his hands.
– Use Gift, .
– Amplifies the soul’s power.
The soul chest is an object made of magic stone.
It can be the target of , which amplifies the effects of magic stones and items using magic stones.
The power of amplification enveloped the soul.
“No! That… … !”
Letum shouted urgently, but it was too late.
The soul chest opened wide, and countless souls inside screamed and jumped out.
But that was only for a moment, as the power inherent in the ship forcibly converted those souls into magical power.
-Whaaaaaaah!
The souls of monsters have been transformed into magical power.
The soul that seemed to be spewing out endlessly, and the converted magical power was absorbed by the World Tree.
The world tree emitted a brilliant light.
A light so bright that you can’t even open your eyes to see it.
– Current restoration level of the World Tree: 85%.
– The World Tree has absorbed a large amount of pure magic power. The World Tree’s growth is accelerated.
– Degree of restoration: 89%. 93%. 97%… … .
A message appeared before the eyes of all hunters.
And after a while.
– The restoration of the World Tree has been completed.
– Current restoration level of the World Tree: 100%.
The message everyone was waiting for appeared.
A magical power so powerful that it made my body tingle surged from the roots of the World Tree and reached the top.
and.
– The World Tree has regained all its power.
– The power of life purifies everything.
The light emitted by the World Tree covered all directions.