The Necromancer in The Novel Picks up Bones - Chapter 116
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Episode 116
A fierce battle was taking place in Yeonsan-dong.
A red fog covered the ground and sky. Monsters created within it attacked the hunters.
The number easily exceeded a thousand.
That’s where the problem lies.
“Fuck, it just keeps growing!”
“There are enemies everywhere! Monsters!”
“I know!”
The number of monsters is increasing.
It was because the red moon kept being created. The hunters formed a formation in front of the Busan Metropolitan City Hall, which had been turned into a castle, and blocked the monsters.
– Chwuruk, chwaaaah!
“If we stay here, we’ll be surrounded!”
“We’re already surrounded! And… … !”
The leader of the Defenders’ guild, Sang-gu Yoon, watched the monsters’ movements closely. As soon as they were summoned, they were trying to head somewhere.
It was the castle.
“The monsters are trying to enter the castle! If we leave them alone, the Sword Emperor’s burden will increase!”
“Fuck, we have to stop it here!”
“It looks like we’re all going to die… … !”
There was a reason they had to hold out.
Hanmina raised her head as she shot an arrow at the approaching monster. She could see the curtain surrounding the castle, and the Sword Emperor fighting beyond it.
A multitude of monsters made of blood.
And Jinjo was that opponent.
– It’s sad to see you in such a ruined state, Emperor Sword.
The Sword Emperor was ceaselessly cutting down the approaching enemies. On the contrary, Jinjo was watching the scene with utmost leisure.
– Soul Reaver, that pathetic bastard couldn’t take your body, but… it seems he had some results. Don’t you think?
“That’s a lot of talk!”
The Emperor squeezed out his magical power.
A number of swords appeared behind his back and scattered in all directions, mercilessly piercing through his enemies.
Blood covered the inside of the tent.
– It’s a pointless struggle.
The blood spurts began to writhe, then in an instant they transformed into numerous pillars and fell upon the Sword Emperor.
The blade cut through the pillars, but there were too many to cut through all of them, and the Sword Emperor was exhausted.
A pillar of blood pierced his body.
“Ugh… Huhu!”
The Emperor of Swords raised the sword energy.
The sword energy that gushed out like a whirlwind around him cut down all the pillars of blood.
He used his magic to stop the bleeding and rushed towards Jinjo, who was looking at him.
– Even though you’ve fallen, I like your body quite a bit. The position in your household was already empty.
Jinjo laughed and bled.
– I guess I should make you my subordinate.
“If you can… … !”
A fierce battle ensued.
Han Mina’s expression darkened as she watched the battle from the corner of her eye. It couldn’t be helped.
‘Can you hold out for long?’
Hanmi-na shook her head.
The wounds on the Emperor’s entire body were increasing. Above all, he had no momentum.
I couldn’t even use the amazingly powerful techniques I used to block the monsters’ attacks.
There is no room to spend it.
‘If those people don’t come on time… … .’
Baek Sa-jun and Lee Hyuk-woon.
The two set out to deal with the soul stealer.
“We could all die here. Damn it.”
Hanmi bit her lip.
It was a thought that all the hunters had in mind.
* * *
The basement was a complex maze.
It was a maze made with magic. The blue walls continued endlessly, and all directions were the same, so it was impossible to tell where to go.
Lee Hyuk-woon held his sword in front of the maze.
“It’s annoying.”
Crunch!
Lee Hyuk-woon’s blade cut through the blue wall. Then, the wall made of magical power collapsed.
This is the effect of the sword he has.
‘What was it? Did you say you were going to use magic?’
I remember it having that effect.
A legendary sword. I knew how much of a fraud it was, so I drooled just looking at it.
And one more thing.
– Crunch! Crunch! Crunch!
“You freaking bastard… … .”
I couldn’t help but laugh out loud when I saw Lee Hyuk-woon destroying the magic maze with only one sword in front.
It’s fake, but I guess you could say he’s worthy of being the main character.
Anyway, Lee Hyuk-woon made a path, and the dagger went ahead of them, guiding them along the way.
“Right. Enemy.”
“I know, too.”
While Lee Hyuk-woon was making the road, Baek Sa-jun took on the role of dealing with the enemies.
The magic labyrinth contained defensive structures, soulless bodies, and guardians.
The undead fought them.
– Kkaaaaaaah!
How far did it go?
A scream was heard from somewhere. Probably inside the maze. Baek Sa-jun and Lee Hyuk-woon made eye contact.
“… … .”
“… … .”
There was no conversation.
But they both knew that the scream they had just heard was different from any scream they had heard before.
Lee Hyuk-woon moved quickly.
“Let me ask you one thing. Baek Sa-jun, you seem to know a lot about soul stealers. They seem to have the gift of stealing other people’s bodies.”
He asked questions as he progressed through the maze.
“What makes you so sure you can kill a soul flayer with such a gift?”
“Because the bastard’s real body is here.”
“entity…….”
Soul Reavers use their gifts to steal people’s bodies and replace them with whatever they want.
Even that kind of guy has a body.
The body that first awakened the Gift.
“If you kill the main body, you can kill the bastard.”
“You speak with confidence.”
Well, you can’t help but be confident.
Since Baek Sa-jun had the knowledge of the original, he knew that now was the chance to kill the soul reaper.
It was thanks to Busan’s special environment.
‘A curtain surrounding the entire Busan.’
A curtain that allows entry from the outside, but makes it impossible to exit from the inside.
The curtain ‘separated’ Busan from the outside world. And that affected the soul raiders as well.
[Sword Emperor, it was quite difficult to steal this body. Jinjo, because of the curtain that bitch made, the connection between my main body and the bodies I took was cut off.]
[So I had no choice but to send the main body to Busan. It was a huge risk. As you can see, the result was very satisfactory.]
As the story of the end times passes the middle part, Lee Hyuk-woon learns of the existence of the soul stealer.
He came face to face with the soul reaver who had taken the body of the Emperor, and the creature laughed at him.
[Ah, that was funny. Those guys in the city in the written word. The look on their faces when they were massacred by the Sword Emperor they believed in and followed like a god… … .]
[It was, indeed, first-class.]
In the original, it was the words and actions of the soul reaper to mock Lee Hyuk-woon who had failed.
That became a hint to Baek Sa-jun now.
A hint on how to kill him.
‘If you miss this opportunity, you never know when another chance will come.’
In fact, in the original, the soul stealer didn’t die until quite late in the story.
Because the main body was thoroughly hidden, Lee Hyuk-woon was barely able to kill him by using all possible methods.
It was a bonus that the soul flayer had been alive for a long time and had caused all kinds of damage to the world.
“I don’t know what you know.”
Lee Hyuk-woon glanced at Baek Sa-jun, who was following him. His eyes were filled with suspicion.
How does the man in front of me know information that even the regressor himself doesn’t know?
But one thing was certain.
“Now you and I are of the same mind.”
Lee Hyuk-woon’s sword split the wall.
The wall collapsed. Then, a wide space appeared beyond it. This meant that the maze was over.
There was no light in the vast space.
The space was extremely dark, and was filled with an equally ominous black magic.
– Eeeeek… Aaaahhhh… … !
– How dare you, how dare you reject me!
– Get out of here, next time we meet, for sure!
A voice full of anger was heard.
The voice was heard from inside. Baek Sa-jun sent the undead forward, and Lee Hyuk-woon slowly walked forward, summoning divine power.
– I’ll kill them all. All of them… … .
– Your Majesty, that bastard who rejected me!
– Even that guy who always interrupts me!
Black magic tried to envelop Baek Sa-jun and Lee Hyuk-woon’s bodies. Lee Hyuk-woon frowned and used his divine power to drive away the black magic.
The dark vision became brighter.
“Lee Hyuk-woon, get ready.”
“I know.”
Baek Sa-jun and Lee Hyeok-un each took steps, raising their morale and magical powers to their limits.
A scene shrouded in darkness has been revealed.
– I have to leave here. I have to go back to the main body, and for now, I have to leave here… and recover… .
A large hall. Armored statues stood before numerous vaults containing bodies.
And beyond.
-Who are you!
Unlike other lockers, there was one that was particularly ornate and had many devices attached to it.
A locker filled with an unknown liquid.
There was a person inside it.
– Heh! Don’t look at me, don’t look at me!
That was an ugly old man.
A strangely thin and twisted being, like a hideous monster. The liquid in the vault provided the old man with nutrients.
“The guy who was relaxed when he was using the stolen body has lost that relaxedness now that his true self has been revealed.”
Baek Sa-jun snickered when he saw that sight.
“Is that your real body? It’s ugly.”
– Ugh, ugh… … !
A whitish figure appeared next to the locker. It looked like an old man.
It is the psychic body of a soul reaper.
However, the condition was not perfect. A significant portion of the arms and legs were blown off, and even the remaining parts had large cuts.
– There’s not much left! If only there had been just a little more, just a little more… we could have handled it… … !
The soul flayer gnashed his teeth.
Eyes filled with hatred turned towards Baek Sa-jun.
– Lee Hyuk-woon, Baek Sa-jun! From the beginning to the end, you followed me here and got in my way!
“Do you think I would want to get involved with you?”
– Shut up! You, you bastard!
Magic power flowed from the soul reaver.
A black magic that is so ominous and terrifying.
– I’ll kill you both, you and that guy… … !
The lockers were opened.
Inside were countless bodies. The soulless bodies opened their eyes as if they had reacted to the magic.
At the same time, the armored statues began to move, making the sound of machinery working.
– Everyone who sees my body, die!
Numerous bodies and statues move to protect the soul reaver’s main body.
But before that.
– Clang!
Lee Hyuk-woon moved first.
The divine power that arose around him transformed into chains and bound the enemies on all sides. Then, an intense thunderbolt flowed through the chains.
The enemy’s movements stopped momentarily.
– Gooooooo!
– Keuheung!
“Ugh, aah!”
The enemies who had stopped like that were quickly attacked by bone golems and Cerberus that were created in an instant.
Cerberus’ two heads each breathed hellish breath and inferno to attack his enemies.
One after another, the undead began to move.
– Ghhhhhh!
– Gooooo… … !
The undead, doubled in number by the effect of , blocked the enemies’ path.
The enemies’ feet were tied by unexpected numbers.
And Baek Sa-jun did not miss that opportunity.
“Lee Hyuk-woon!”
Lee Hyuk-woon kicked the ground.
I crossed the path opened by the undead and headed towards my target at lightning speed.
Right to where the soul reaper’s body is.
– Kkaaaaaaah!
The spirit body spewed out its anger.
The bodies and statues close to the entity gathered to protect it.
Fog gathered behind those guys.
– Crunch… … !
The skeleton that had infiltrated the fog suppressed the enemies with and used skills one after another.
Waves of blood engulfed the enemies.
– Chew!
“Ugh, ugh!”
The enemy’s formation collapsed.
Lee Hyuk-woon, who had been charging forward without stopping, took advantage of the gap and advanced. The distance between him and the main body was just before his nose.
The vault radiated an ominous magic.
– Don’t come near me… … !
The magical power formed several layers of barriers.
A barrier that can withstand any attack. It was installed to protect the storage.
And that was what Lee Hyuk-woon had been waiting for.
– Crunch!
Lee Hyuk-woon swung his sword like lightning.
The blade, imbued with magical power, cut through several layers of barriers at once. Then, the barrier that could block any attack disappeared without a trace.
It was because of the sword’s magical cutting effect.
– Passsssss!
– W, what… … !
A wall that crumbles into dust.
The psychic appeared in shock at the unexpected situation. The skeleton and Magnus, who had been waiting for this moment, attacked the vault at the same time.
– Taaang!
The first thing fired was a magic bullet.
The magic bullet that hit the vault spewed out a fiery blast that melted the entire vault. Then, the skeleton’s spear completely destroyed the weakened vault.
The main body is finally revealed.
– No! Me… … !
A single flash of lightning occurred.
Lee Hyuk-woon, who had advanced like a flash, arrived in front of the storage room in an instant and twisted his waist sharply.
What he sees is an ugly old man.
– Crunch!
– Kkaaaaaaah!
The blade sliced through the soul reaver’s body.
The psychic screamed in pain, and its torn body crashed into the liquid-covered floor.
The main body opened its eyes wide in shock.
“We did that in the mines before. I’m looking forward to seeing you again soon.”
Baek Sa-jun’s figure entered his eyes.
Baek Sa-jun bent down and met the soul reaper’s eyes. A sneer played on his lips.
“Does this live up to your expectations?”
“Yes, you! How dare you… …!”
The soul reaper’s words could not be continued until the end. Before that, the pure white snake that appeared from Baek Sa-jun’s grasp began spitting out poison.
The poisonous swamp melted the bastard’s body.
“Kkiaaaaaaaaa… … .”
A desperate scream rang out.
It was the final scream left by the soul reaper.
Baek Sa-jun clicked his tongue as he looked down at the completely melted body of the soul reaver.
“That parasite is finally dead.”
This will make things a little easier going forward.
Baek Sa-jun hoped so.