The Necromancer in The Novel Picks up Bones - Chapter 112
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Episode 112
Fire Dragon’s Armor. The first legendary item.
It was a good item, as expected from its class.
‘The problem is that I can’t write.’
The problem was that it was under the curse of the fire dragon.
How can you use armor like this when it’s said that just wearing it will melt your flesh because of the heat?
The option also caught my eye.
‘The flames rise up and engulf my entire body? Doesn’t that mean it’s just going to burn my entire body?’
It’s not something that Baek Sa-jun can use.
If you wear it and go about your daily life, your whole body will melt, and if you use an armor skill, your whole body will burn up and you will die.
This armor had a different owner.
– Shut up, shut up. Shut up.
“Don’t look at me like that.”
It was a skeleton.
To begin with, he’s just skin and bones, so what does it matter whether the heat melts his flesh or not?
Even if something goes wrong, all you can do is get summoned back. Then you can just take off your armor.
Baek Sa-jun sighed.
“Okay, you write it… … .”
– Bam!
The skeleton, who had been looking at Baek Sa-jun with expectant eyes, smiled happily and accepted the armor.
And let’s put the guy in armor.
– The ‘Skeleton’ wore the Fire Dragon’s armor.
– All ability levels increase by one level.
– The dragon’s curse consumes the skeleton.
A welcome message and an ominous message appeared.
A strong heat flowed out from the fire dragon’s armor, trying to melt the flesh of the wearer.
But the skeleton had no flesh.
– Right away.
“Hey, are you okay? Are your bones melting?”
– Huh?
Baek Sa-jun watched the skeleton for a while.
Fortunately, there didn’t seem to be any major problems. The curse didn’t seem to melt the bones.
If I had to name a problem, it would be that it gets hotter when there’s a skeleton nearby.
“It’s perfect for the fireplace. Just stand there.”
– Okay.
Baek Sa-jun placed the skeleton near the bed and searched the box again.
Fortunately, there were also legendary items.
‘I never thought something that had been kept for a long time would come back like this.’
Thanks to eating the lives of monsters to the point of bursting, the contents of the box were very rich.
But there was another problem.
“What is this?”
– Right?
The second legendary item has a strange appearance. It looks like some kind of squishy liquid.
Baek Sa-jun checked the item.
[Shimmering Fusion (Legendary)]
· The result of a lifetime of research by a great wizard. It has the power of ‘fusion’.
· Can absorb up to four items.
· The first item you absorb can completely absorb all options, and from the second time onwards, you can select and absorb some of the options.
Baek Sa-jun touched the corner of his mouth and became lost in thought.
“I thought it was a dud, but it’s good.”
It may not be of any use right now, but it was an item with tremendous potential in the long run.
It’s just a hassle to show it off.
‘There’s no need to use it right away.’
There are no items available for fusion at the moment.
If possible, I wanted to focus on fusing with staves. Higher grade staves have powerful options.
‘I guess I’ll have to work hard at farming.’
Baek Sa-jun put the swaying fusion body into the subspace and then inspected the final reward.
Two books dropped from the box.
[Book of Reinforcement (Epic)]
· This is a book filled with the power of reinforcement.
· Upgrade two skills below intermediate level. Either active or passive is possible.
[Random Skill Book (Epic)]
· This book contains the power to learn a random, advanced skill that suits the user’s class.
There was nothing to worry about.
Baek Sa-jun decided to use the two items right away. As soon as he saw them, he thought about where he should use them.
– Use the Book of Reinforcement.
– Promotes Skeleton Mage (Intermediate) and Skeleton Expert (Intermediate) by one level.
– Special effects are added.
The light flowing from the Book of Reinforcement seeped into Baek Sa-jun, and a change occurred immediately.
[Raise Skeleton Warlock (Lv.1)]
· Grade: Advanced.
· Turns corpses into skeleton warlocks. Handles high-level black magic and curses, and can use large-scale magic with cooperative chanting.
· Current number of summonables: 6.
[Undead Expert (P)]
· Grade: Advanced.
· Number of summoned undead below upper level +2.
I thought it was a good opportunity since the skeleton expert was already useless.
And finally, a random skill book.
– Use random skill books.
– Learn skills suitable for a Necromancer. You have learned the new skill !
Baek Sa-jun checked the skill.
[Aura of Madness (Lv.1)]
· Grade: Advanced.
· Emits an aura that makes undead appear faster. Consumes morale while maintaining the aura.
· Attack speed and movement speed +25%.
· Casting speed +30%.
Even at first glance, it seemed like a skill that would eat up a lot of fraud, but it wasn’t a bad skill.
Because the speed is fast, there’s nothing wrong with that.
“Are all that’s left are bones?”
Although I caught a lot of monsters, I almost never caught named monsters. It would have been useful to get their bones, but that was a real shame.
Still, it wasn’t like there was nothing useful.
‘First, give these to Cerberus.’
There was another harvest there, this time with a lot of vampire-related bones.
These were the bones dropped by Letum and his men.
‘Hmm, these are better for immediate use… … .’
Wouldn’t it be better to leave it?
There will be another one soon. The bones related to vampires will be better used on him.
I thought it would be better to leave it for now, give the other bones what they need, and use them as food.
“Cerberus.”
– Krrrrrr… … .
I fed it a lot of bones before.
This was because I thought that if I gave it to him again, he would become stronger. And that thought was not wrong.
– ‘Cerberus’ cannot evolve yet. Instead, it has absorbed enough bones, so as a reward, its clan will be strengthened by one level.
– Ability values have been enhanced.
– New racial skills have been added.
A strange message came out.
A message that it cannot evolve yet. Instead, it has absorbed enough bone, so it becomes one level stronger.
The change was visible to the eye.
– Bubbling… Kwaaak!
Cerberus, who had been standing outside the window, twitched his neck and a new head suddenly popped out.
It has two heads.
“Oh, this guy. His hair has grown out.”
Cerberus had only one head.
Before being adopted as a vassal, there were three when they were alive, but two disappeared when they were revived as ghouls.
There were many times when I regretted that.
– Ugh!
– Grrrrrr… … .
Cerberus’ two heads looked at each other and growled. Baek Sa-jun ignored them and opened the creature’s status window.
[Cerberus]
· Race: Cerberus (+1).
· Gift (2/3): Hell’s Biceps, Body Mutation.
· Strength: A+ · Agility: B
· Stamina: B · Morale: C+
· Skills held (3/5): Giant’s Hide (P), Crush, Howling.
· Race Skills: Hell Breath, Flame Prison, Burning, Onslaught.
· Gift, ‘Hell’s Two-headed Dog’: You are immune to fire damage, and the power of fire attacks increases by 80%. Also, your strength level increases by two stages.
* Additional Effect: When using some skills, both heads use the skill simultaneously.
· Skill, ‘Crushing’: Crushes the opponent with powerful force. The power of the skill increases by up to 30% as the caster’s weight increases.
· Skill, ‘Howling’: Instantly paralyzes nearby enemies with the howl of a beast.
· Skill, ‘Flame Jade’: Attacks enemies by spitting out flame jade that explodes on contact.
I saw a +1 next to the race name.
Baek Sa-jun touched the corner of his mouth and became lost in thought.
‘Reinforcement level, something like that? If you strengthen it a few more times, it evolves to a higher level.’
This part doesn’t appear in the original work, so it’s not certain, but it’s highly likely.
In the end, it’s something you’ll only find out if you experience it yourself.
– Krrrrrr.
– Grrrrrr… … .
“Hey, the window is breaking. It’s breaking!”
Cerberus’ two heads each tried to squeeze through the window. Baek Sa-jun was terrified and forcefully pushed the heads away.
‘Anyway, it’s good that you’ve gotten stronger.’
The new hair will help a lot.
Baek Sa-jun ordered Cerberus to stand outside, then went straight to bed.
“Ugh… … .”
Now it’s the limit.
Baek Sa-jun, who felt he could no longer endure it, closed his eyes and fell asleep at that moment.
The skeleton turned off the light after seeing his sleeping master.
The night was so deep.
* * *
The very next day.
The Sword Emperor summoned the Hunters in front of the portal. They were the 300 Hunters who were the most skilled among the Hunters in the city and had not suffered any serious injuries.
“Thank you all for your hard work. Without you, it would have been impossible to restore the World Tree. You must be tired and would like to rest more if possible… … .”
The Sword Emperor looked back at the hunters’ faces.
Everyone had faces that were as tired as they could be. Even the Emperor would have the same face without even looking in the mirror.
But I couldn’t rest.
“As you know, we have to destroy the Red Moon in 15 days. We have to move as fast as possible, so unfortunately, we won’t have time to rest.”
There is a time limit of 15 days, and above all, the enemies have suffered great damage.
We must strike before they can prepare their positions.
The hunters agreed with that idea.
“The 300 people gathered here are the best. This is the golden opportunity to end the disaster that has befallen Busan. And, it may be the last chance.”
The gazes of the Sword Emperor and the Hunters met.
Different emotions were visible in everyone’s eyes. Things like fear, anger, determination, and hope.
Still, everyone thought the same.
‘If I don’t finish it this time, I’ll die anyway.’
This was because I personally witnessed hundreds of thousands of monsters attacking the city during the process of restoring the World Tree.
If we don’t end the disaster in Busan this time, we may face another attack like that again at any time.
And then, I probably won’t be able to hold out.
“We’ll be leaving in exactly 20 minutes. Let’s do a final check to make sure we didn’t miss anything. And Baek Sa-jun, let’s talk for a moment.”
The Emperor summoned Baek Sa-jun separately.
He headed away from the portal and opened his mouth as he watched the hunters moving busily.
“I have a favor to ask of you.”
“You want me to deal with the soul stealer?”
“… … !”
The Emperor looked at Baek Sa-jun with surprised eyes.
It was obvious. The Sword Emperor had said before. He had something to say about the soul reaper, but now was not the time to talk about it.
Now is the time to bring it up.
“How did you know?”
“You mentioned it before, and I thought you wouldn’t have called me if it weren’t for that. You must have called me because you have a way to kill that bastard.”
“… Hmm, that’s correct. You’re quick-witted.”
The Emperor nodded.
And after thinking for a moment, he sighed and carefully opened his mouth.
“As you may know, the soul flayer tried to take my body. It tried to burrow into my mind and completely kill my spirit. It ultimately failed, and I managed to banish it.”
I couldn’t kill the soul stealer.
The soul that failed to activate the Gift would have escaped from the imaginary space with great damage.
That’s not the point.
“In that mental space… I was intimately connected to the thing. I don’t know what to call it. Should I say that the thing and I became one?”
This was a phenomenon that occurred when the Emperor’s spirit was almost destroyed.
There were times when the thoughts and feelings the soul reaver conjured up felt like my own.
It was a feeling that was hard to describe.
“You’re rambling on. Let me make it simple. Right now, I can feel where the soul stealer is. And now is my chance to kill him.”
“Where are you?”
“Busan. And the northeast.”
Baek Sa-jun looked to the northeast.
If it’s northeast of where he is now.
“This is where the Busan Metropolitan City Hall is located.”
“Yeah. I’ll have to go there to find out, but I can feel its presence in the area where the Busan Metropolitan City Hall is.”
Busan Metropolitan City Hall.
It was the center of the fog and the place where the red moon first rose. And it was also the destination that the hunters, including the Sword Emperor, were heading to.
Because there is a red moon floating in the sky.
“I kept checking for the bastard’s movements, but I didn’t feel any signs of movement. This is just a guess, but I think he might be unable to move.”
“How did you drive out the soul raider?”
“I cut it with the sword in my heart. The bastard disappeared with his whole body cut and crushed. I remember screaming in pain before he disappeared.”
The Soul Reaver’s Gift is powerful.
However, the penalty for failing to steal the soul is also great. If it is as the Sword Emperor said, there is a high probability that the bastard’s ‘soul’ has suffered enormous damage.
Now is the perfect time to kill him.
“If we go near the Busan Metropolitan City Hall, Jinjo will notice our presence. If we are allied with the Soul Reavers, he will try to stop us from going to him.”
“Someone needs to get my attention.”
“I will take on that role.”
It’s a decision that carries great risk.
However, the Emperor did not want to miss this opportunity even if it meant taking the risk.
Because I knew the dangers of soul stealers.
“I will lead the main force to the Red Moon. You deal with the soul stealers. You may take as many men as you need.”
The Emperor gritted his teeth.
“Soul Reaver, his gift is too dangerous. We must kill him at this opportunity.”
“You think the same way as me.”
“then…….”
In the original, the soul thief was the one who tormented Lee Hyuk-woon to the point of exhaustion. As the Sword Emperor said, that bastard must be killed when given the chance.
Baek Sa-jun had thought so from the beginning.
“I’ll take care of the soul stealer. I don’t need many people, just give me one.”
“Who needs it?”
Only one person is needed.
There was no need to say who it was.
“Lee Hyuk-woon.”
He’s the guy who’ll be most helpful in this situation.
“That’s all I need.”