The Necromancer in The Novel Picks up Bones - Chapter 126
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Episode 126
The battle was one-sided.
– Ooh, oh… … .
– Crunch!
Iria’s blood magic, which absorbed the blood of those around her, struck the raiders. Spikes made of blood rose from the ground and pierced them.
And Cerberus rushes in between.
– Whoosh whoosh!
“Ugh, huhhhhhh!”
The flames burned all the looters.
The enemies counterattacked somehow, but it was meaningless against Cerberus, who had the .
Taking advantage of the gap in attacks focused on Cerberus, Magnus and the skeleton began to move.
– Taaang!
– Kwarrrr!
A spear blade that pierces the enemy and a magic bullet that fires continuously.
The number of looters quickly dwindled.
“Ugh, euaaaah!”
“Crazy, monsters… …!”
The raiders could not withstand the hordes.
Although they had the numerical advantage, the difference in quality was extreme. Baek Sa-jun’s followers were too powerful for a mere 40 marauders to stop.
Even more so because they were poorly equipped raiders.
“Oh, no! Door! Open the door!”
“Let me out!”
Even the initially confident looters tried to run away when the situation became unfavorable.
But no one could escape.
Because the door was closed.
“S, save me… … .”
“Kill them all.”
Baek Sa-jun killed all his enemies without exception.
The looters’ guild, the parties that aligned with them, and even the individual looters caught up in the battle.
– Collected 1000 soul power.
– You have gathered the required amount of soul power. The door to the room that was closed opens in response… … .
Knock knock!
The closed door opened. When I went outside, I saw what looked like a very large prison.
It was a structure with rooms made of iron bars, closely connected to each other in a long corridor. All the doors were closed.
The moment Baek Sa-jun approached the room next door, a message appeared.
– You need 500 soul power to open the door.
There are many prisons in this prison, and many souls are imprisoned there.
If you open the prison and fight the imprisoned soul and win, you can obtain soul power from the soul.
You can open prisons using your soul power, and each prison requires different soul power.
That was the structure of the soul prison.
‘It’s called a prison, but it feels more like an arena.’
Baek Sa-jun looked around.
– Kaang! Kaaang!
– Kwaaaaak! This kid!
– Die! Don’t resist, just die!
A shout was heard from another prison.
The sound of people fighting. It must be people who were summoned to the same prison, like Baek Sa-jun a little while ago, fighting each other.
Their goal is to get the reward of prison.
– Grrrr.
“Hey, don’t eat it. Leave it alone.”
– Krrrr… … .
But Baek Sa-jun’s purpose was a little different.
Baek Sa-jun stopped Cerberus from devouring the corpse and took out an item that had been vibrating for a while.
– Woof woof!
“It’s not even a cell phone, and it’s ringing so loud.”
The item Baek Sa-jun had, , was reacting.
After a while, a message appeared before my eyes.
– A special quest begins.
– . Find Ragnar’s soul fragment imprisoned somewhere in the soul prison. When you find it, the soul prison guard will come to you.
– The soul complex guides the way.
bittern.
He is the one who manages the entire soul prison. He was also the one who designed the structure of this dungeon.
Originally, it was a monster that had nothing to do with. The boss of the soul prison was not the guard, but someone else.
‘The only way to restore the soul complex is to fight.’
If you’re told to fight, you have to fight. What can you do?
Baek Sa-jun raised the soul jar high. Then, a white aura flowed out from the soul jar and began to guide him along the way.
‘I guess I can follow this.’
You will need a lot of energy on the way there.
Baek Sa-jun closed his eyes and searched his memories.
‘Lee Hyuk-woon, where did that guy go?’
The soul prison is the place that Lee Hyuk-woon conquered.
So I had a rough idea of how the thing moved. The structure of the soul prison was the same.
Where can I get buffs using my soul power, and where are the strong monsters?
Also, what are some ‘shortcuts’ to gaining soul power?
‘I guess I should start by catching the guys who give me a lot of energy.’
There’s no need to catch them one by one.
Because Baek Sa-jun was a necromancer.
“Wake up.”
The evil spirit that flowed from Baek Sa-jun’s entire body infiltrated the corpses of the marauders. The evil spirit transformed their corpses and revived them in new forms.
In the form of undead.
“Magnus, Cerberus. Take half of them with you. As you move west, if there is a prison cell that opens, go inside and kill them all.”
– Ugh.
– Keuheung!
Cerberus shouted loudly as if he knew what he was saying, but honestly, I didn’t believe it.
Still, I’m sure Magnus will figure it out on his own.
‘In the soul prison, the soul power gained by the summoned creature by killing enemies is also recognized as belonging to the summoner.’
That was what Baek Sa-jun was after.
He moves himself to collect soul power, and his followers move separately to collect soul power. That’s how he quickly collects soul power.
It was also a possible strategy since Baek Sa-jun’s followers were more powerful than the average hunter.
“good.”
Magnus and Cerberus led half of the undead out through the western gate.
Baek Sa-jun gathered the remaining undead.
“we are…….”
It’s a waste of time to gather soul power by killing weak monsters. You should go to the strong monsters as quickly as possible and gather soul power.
Is there any way to do that?
It was simple.
“We’re going to the place that gives buffs. Let’s go!”
– Ooh, ooh ooh… … .
– Okay.
A place where you can receive buffs using your soul power.
A representative ‘trap’ in the soul prison. If you go there, you will be able to gather a lot of soul power in a short period of time.
* * *
There were various monsters in the soul prison.
However, they had one thing in common: they all had a bluish-blue body, somewhat hazy.
As if the soul had taken shape.
– Hehehe!
– Ghhhhhhh!
Monsters with human upper bodies and snake lower bodies crawled on the ground, targeting Baek Sa-jun.
From the ceiling, a strangely skinny monster spat acid at the undead.
On the wall, a large number of bugs attacked.
– Card grab!
Iria responded to the attack by causing a surge of blood flow.
A curtain of blood unfolded in an instant. All the attacks that were coming towards Baek Sa-jun were blocked by the curtain.
And the skeleton lowered its posture.
– Thud… Kaaaah!
-Whaaaaah!
The skeleton charged towards the enemies, its entire body engulfed in flames and at the same time surrounded by wind.
A spear blade that cuts down enemies in one fell swoop.
The fiery wind that rose with him burned all the enemies around the skeleton.
“Your soul is so dirty.”
Baek Sa-jun looked up at the ceiling.
There were quite a few souls floating on the ceiling of the prison. They absorbed the soul energy from somewhere, then took shape and attacked him.
‘Should I just go a little further past here?’
I had to go through several prisons to get to the place that gave me the buffs, so I had no choice but to go through the prisons with monsters.
Still, dealing with them wasn’t that difficult.
– Ugh!
– Woof woof… … !
I could see enemies coming from over there.
There are quite a few of them, but the passages here are narrow. This is the perfect place to block the incoming waves of enemies.
Baek Sa-jun blocked the path with undead, then quickly dealt with the enemies rushing in from beyond the passage.
– Die, you die too… … .
– Now that you’re here, you can’t leave…
While they were fighting, a voice was heard from somewhere.
It was the sound of curses being poured out by disembodied spirits as they hovered around Baek Sa-jun.
He lightly ignored the curse.
‘This place was divided into three areas.’
The soul prison is very large.
The area where Baek Sa-jun is now is the outermost area, Zone 3. After passing through there, you will reach Zone 2, the inner area, and Zone 1, the deep area.
‘Each area had a door that could lead to a different area, and it was structured so that you could open it with your soul.’
The important thing is to gather your strength.
You need to gather as much soul power as possible quickly.
‘The way to the altar… should be this way.’
Baek Sa-jun led the undead forward.
The spirits hovering around continued to cast curses, but listening to them didn’t give me much of an impression.
When dealing with the undead, a soul curse is all you need.
– Crunch.
“Oh, yeah. It’s similar there.”
The skeleton walking ahead stopped walking.
At the end of the endless passage was a large prison. A thick scent of blood was wafting from beyond the wide open door.
And the sounds of battle.
– Kaaaaang!
– Card! Clang!
Baek Sa-jun slowly entered the room.
Then, the view of the room came into view. A huge altar stood tall in a large room made of iron bars.
And around them, people were seen lying down and fighting desperately with each other.
“Eww!”
“Lord, die! Die!”
“Give me your soul, your soul!”
On the surface, it looked like they were fighting each other to steal each other’s soul power.
But there was something strange.
The eyes of those fighting were gone. And there was a blurry spirit next to them.
– Hehehe, I’ll give you strength… Fight… … .
– Fight and die. You too will be locked up in prison… … .
– You want to get stronger, right? Give me your soul strength… … .
They were souls.
So why did those looters go crazy?
‘It’s because of that altar.’
An altar where you can receive buffs by consuming soul energy. At first glance, it seems very beneficial.
But that’s a trap.
The altar does give buffs to those who offer their soul power to it, but in return.
‘It makes the souls bewitched.’
Souls were seen attached to the looters.
They kept whispering curses and temptations to the raiders, trying to charm them.
And then they made them fight each other again.
These are all from the altar.
– Do you want to gain strength too…?
– I offer my soul to that altar… … .
The spirits whispered beside Baek Sa-jun.
Baek Sa-jun snorted and grabbed his cane.
“Get out.”
– Ugh, squeak!
The powerful magic that arose from Baek Sa-jun instantly drove away the spirits that had been whispering to him.
Necromancers are beings who deal with the undead. They are basically immune to this type of whispering.
– He rejected us. It was him… … .
-Kill that guy… … .
The spirits recognized Baek Sa-jun as their enemy.
The movements of the marauders who had been fighting fiercely with each other stopped, and their gaze turned to him.
It was quite creepy to see him looking at me with those goofy eyes.
“Ugh, ugh… … .”
“Whoaaaa!”
Marauders rushing towards Baek Sa-jun.
At that moment, Iria stepped forward. The moment the marauders recognized her, they were about to attack.
[Stop, stop.]
Iria’s mouth opened.
A single word filled with great power rang out, and the movements of the marauders who heard it stopped.
And then the next order was given.
[stabbing each other.]
– Phew!
When the looters heard that, they each took up their weapons and stabbed each other without hesitation.
Blood soaked the place.
– What, what! What have you done!
– My soul power… …!
The souls who witnessed the sight were astonished.
Gift, . Letum’s gift that gives a hint to the target and makes them follow the next command.
It is originally difficult to use against humans, as their intelligence is high and suggestion does not work well.
‘If it tasted that good, it would be a different story.’
Since you are possessed by a spirit and have no ego, you cannot help but be susceptible to suggestion.
The looters who were after Baek Sa-jun committed suicide.
The spirits that had been possessing him looked at him with resentful eyes and then scattered in all directions.
“It’s a bit quiet now.”
The chattering of the souls was loud.
Baek Sa-jun approached the altar with the skeleton and Iria on either side, and then something occurred to him.
“Wait a minute. Can you talk?”
– … … .
Baek Sa-jun looked at Iria with surprised eyes.
After being revived, I thought maybe he couldn’t speak because all he could hear was a grunting sound.
Judging from the hints he makes, that doesn’t seem to be the case.
“Hey, tell me.”
– Ooh, ooh ooh… … .
“Are you just pretending not to be able to speak, or are you really not able to speak?”
No answer came back.
Baek Sa-jun clicked his tongue and stood in front of the altar.
[Holding power: 5000.]
[You can get a buff by offering your soul power at the altar. Would you like to do so?]
Baek Sa-jun raised the corpses around him. The corpses that had been resurrected as venom ghouls were stuck to the altar.
and.
“Will you do it?”
– Phew!
The venom ghouls exploded all at once.
A powerful explosion and the venom the Venom Ghouls contained instantly destroyed the altar.
A broken, melting altar.
– Kkaaaaaaah!
– How dare you!
The souls that had been dwelling within the altar scattered in all directions, and the soul power that the raiders who had come before Baek Sa-jun had offered to the altar poured out.
And the soul power was absorbed into Baek Sa-jun.
– Destroyed the Altar of Souls.
– The spirits that were inside you have been absorbed. The spirits on the altar curse you.
– Collected 15,000 soul power.
A message appears before your eyes.
The amount of soul power I had instantly exceeded 20,000.
“good.”
At this point, there’s more than enough left over to go to Zone 2.
Baek Sa-jun had no intention of staying in the soul prison for long. He quickly cleared the dungeon and completed the quest using all the ordinary skills he knew.
“Time is running out, let’s finish this quickly.”
There’s a lot to do.
Baek Sa-jun quickly walked away.