The Necromancer in The Novel Picks up Bones - Chapter 140



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Episode 140

The predator is gone.

He must have gone to another place using the tunnels of the underground mine. If possible, I wanted to deal with him when I first met him, but unfortunately that was not possible.

Still, it wasn’t meaningless.

‘I prevented the damage that would have happened here.’

In the original, the predator absorbed every single one of the soldiers and laborers who were there, as well as the reinforcements who came running after hearing the commotion.

That wasn’t all.

With no one to disturb the predator, it expanded its territory further and devoured all the people in the area.

‘Besides, the predator also suffered some damage.’

The growth rate would have been slower than in the original.

For a while, he would travel around Jeju Island to replenish his lost strength. Baek Sa-jun planned to use this opportunity to head east.

“Well, I guess I’ve earned some time.”

Baek Sa-jun sighed.

He had no choice but to be satisfied with this. After gathering the undead, he looked around.

At that moment, someone approached him.

“I, I… … .”

“Hey, is it all over now?”

They were survivors of the 25th District mine.

Most of them were soldiers, and a very small number were laborers. Most of the laborers were probably eaten underground.

Baek Sa-jun raised his head.

‘Have the reinforcements arrived? The left side is the Liberation Alliance, and the right side seems to be the Outlaws… … .’

Two groups of warlords arrived.

The Liberation Alliance came to help the mine, and the Outlaws heard the commotion and tried to figure out what was going on. They thought it would be a good opportunity for them to intervene and take over the mine.

But now was not the time.

“…What happened?”

“What about that mud that disappeared a little while ago… … .”

The Outlaws also seemed greatly embarrassed by the unexpected situation. They couldn’t even think about moving.

Baek Sa-jun felt the survivors’ gaze.

“What is that monster? Did you defeat it?”

“Now… it’s not showing up?”

“I wish it were so, but no.”

Baek Sa-jun answered calmly.

In fact, they probably knew deep down when they asked that the predator wasn’t dead.

People’s faces were filled with despair.

“Listen carefully.”

But now is not the time to despair.

Baek Sa-jun spoke to the desperate people.

“Get out of here. And tell your captain exactly what you saw. What kind of monster appeared, and how many people died.”

What a terrible thing happened here.

“If you want to live, do it. I also told them to give up the mine and stay in the city.”

“Would you, would you listen to that?”

“I don’t know either. If you ignore the warning, you should run away for your lives. You don’t want to die while being eaten by mud either.”

The soldiers nodded with stern faces.

It was because I remembered the sight I had seen a little while ago. The black mud that appeared from underground, and the people being eaten by it. Even the sight of the ‘eaten ones’ coming back to life.

Dying like that was the worst thing.

“Tell those Outlaws over there, too. The leader over there is quick-witted, so he’ll know what to do.”

“Oh, I understand. But, where are you going? If possible, have the person you’re talking to tell you directly.”

“I have somewhere to go.”

Baek Sa-jun climbed onto Cerberus’s back. The soldier who had been asking questions shouted urgently.

“Where are you going!”

“east.”

To the frozen land.

Cerberus stomped the ground. The soldiers stared blankly at his back as it quickly disappeared away.

Baek Sa-jun felt the wind brushing his cheek.

‘They’re not the kind of people who would understand if I told them.’

The generals who lead the warlords are like that.

They have been fighting each other fiercely for a long time, so hatred has built up and they are also full of greed for the mine.

At first, you’ll probably ignore the warning.

‘But I guess you’ll hear it eventually.’

Time will tell.

The apocalypse that has struck Jeju Island, the existence of , and what it will do on this land.

“I have to find the ten as quickly as possible.”

The predator will try to build up strength for a while and avoid colliding with the white snake.

In the process, they will discover the unconscious Ten Heroes and target him to quickly build up their strength.

You have to use it.

“let’s go.”

– Keuheuheu!

Baek Sa-jun headed east.

* * *

Jeju Island, east and west, district 11 mine.

There was a fierce battle going on there. It was a battle between the Outlaws, who owned the mines in District 11, and the Liberation Alliance, which was after them.

“You criminal bastards! How long did you think we’d be taking this? Huh?!”

“Kill them all!”

“Kwaaaaak!”

The Liberation Alliance, fed up with Outlaw’s guerrillas, began an offensive.

An attack by the evil Liberation Alliance.

And the outlaws who defend it.

The two groups were engaged in a fierce battle.

“Tch, those criminal bastards are so fearless… … .”

There was a man watching the scene.

A man in a fancy military overcoat looked at the screen from a position set up far from the mine, in a heavily fortified position.

Name, Ha Jung-seok.

“What time is Outlaws expected to arrive?”

“You have about ten minutes left, sir.”

“That’s plenty. We’ll take control of that mine before then.”

He was the leader of the Jeju Island Liberation Union.

A man who was a deserter and gained a special gift when he awakened as a hunter. He was the one who formed an organization called the Liberation Alliance based on that gift.

Ha Jung-seok raised his hand.

“Gather together.”

A crimson wave spread out around him.

The wave energized and empowered the soldiers of the Liberation Alliance who were waiting for orders.

Ha Jung-seok’s gift, .

“Kill all criminals.”

A gift that grants buffs to strengthen allies, while also making you stronger according to the number of allies who received the buff.

It was a gift that helped him, a deserter, rise to the position of leader of a military group called the Jeju Island Liberation Alliance.

“Let’s go! Charge!”

“Woooooooo!”

Soldiers charging at once.

Ha Jung-seok watched the scene with satisfaction. If he takes over that mine, his income will increase again.

That made him happy.

“Adjutant. Have you found out about the message?”

“Oh, yes. I’m looking into it now.”

But there was something bothering me.

A message appeared a few dozen minutes ago. It was a message that an apocalypse called had appeared.

I thought about retreating because of the message, but nothing happened for several dozen minutes.

“The end of the world in Jeju Island, tsk… … .”

“The soldiers are becoming uneasy. What should we do?”

“What should I do? The mine must be protected no matter what. No matter who or how many people die!”

“Yes, I understand.”

Mines are money.

How much income was generated there?

Even if the end comes, if it’s your own soldiers and a liberated city, you can easily stop it.

Ha Jung-seok decided so.

“Uh, sir, just a moment… … .”

“Why are you suddenly so flustered? Did you find out anything?”

“Yes, yes. Look, there’s something you should see.”

The adjutant, who had been on the phone somewhere, approached and showed the screen to Ha Jung-seok.

Video sent to subordinates.

What comes out there is.

– Crunch!

– Ugh, euaaaah!

It was a disaster that occurred in the 25th mine.

Black mud pouring out of the mine. People being swallowed by it. The sound of flesh and bones being chewed, and then the sight of people being resurrected as ‘the eaten’.

Ha Jung-seok frowned.

“Mud? What is that?”

“No, I don’t know.”

The soldiers fought back to survive, but the mud was no match for them.

The only thing that has any meaning is magic.

The mud cruelly swallowed the soldiers.

“What, what the heck is this… … .”

Ha Jung-seok was speechless.

Because it was something beyond his imagination. Could it be that this was the end of the name Predator?

Is there any way to deal with such a monster?

-Whoooosh!

Just then, a giant monster appeared on the screen.

A monster with two heads. And a necromancer riding on top of it. A scene where powerful undead are summoned and fight on equal terms with predators.

Ha Jung-seok opened his eyes wide.

“Necromancer? This is… … .”

Ha Jung-seok’s expression changed as he looked at the screen.

Even though the screen was blurry, I could tell that the necromancer on this screen was no ordinary one.

The undead that were being used were not ordinary.

“Wow, there was a necromancer like this in Jeju Island?”

“Oh, no. I checked the list of mercenaries that came in recently, but there were no necromancers.”

“Of course. If I had, I would have used it! Find out the identity of that necromancer immediately!”

“Yes, yes. And… … .”

The adjutant trailed off and spoke cautiously.

“Reports have arrived from the survivors of the mines in Area 25. They say that we must abandon the mines our alliance holds and head to the city to defend them… … .”

“That’s nonsense! Are you crazy?”

Ha Jung-seok clicked his tongue.

How many times a day do battles break out on Jeju Island? Countless battles break out to target each other’s mines and drain each other’s power.

But you’re telling me to retreat to the city?

‘How is this any different from telling people to give up mining?’

If the Liberation Alliance abandons the mines and retreats, another warlord will likely take the vacant position.

It couldn’t be left like that.

I don’t know how strong the monster called the Predator is, but if the Liberation Alliance exerts its power.

“Yes, sir!”

That confidence in Ha Jung-seok did not last long.

Subordinates running in a hurry.

“Look over there! Something is strange!”

“What? Why is that all of a sudden… … .”

The place the subordinates were pointing to was mine number 11.

Where the Liberation Alliance and Outlaws fight on the ground. A terrible scream is heard there.

A scream different from any scream you’ve ever heard before.

It was a scream of terror.

– Huh, huhhhhhhhh!

– Monster, monster! It’s a monster!

Ha Jung-seok picked up the telescope.

That’s what he sees in his eyes.

– Crash! Kiaaaah!

– Euaaaahhhhhhh!

“This, this is.”

The black mud rising from the entrance of the mine in Area 11. The soldiers being swallowed by it. And the horrifying sight of those who were ‘eaten’ and come back to life.

It was exactly the same scene as what I saw on the screen.

Ha Jung-seok shouted urgently.

“Magic! Cast your magic like the necromancer did earlier! Now!”

“Sat, it won’t work!”

“what?!”

Ha Jung-seok ordered his soldiers to use magic, but it was a meaningless action.

Unlike the necromancers that appeared on the screen, the soldiers’ magic did not work.

Rather, he just swallows it as if he finds it laughable.

“The necromancer’s magic worked! But why!”

“I, I don’t know! I keep doing it, but… …!”

– Crunch!

– Hey, save me!

The sound of mud crashing into my ears.

Ha Jung-seok watched the soldiers being helplessly swallowed and the mud expanding its territory.

“Oh, sir! What should we do!”

“Uh, how? How… … .”

Ha Jung-seok swallowed his saliva without realizing it.

How? Should I fight him? Here? And in a situation where I’m exposed to danger?

“Return to the city! Quickly!”

Absolutely not.

Ha Jung-seok hurriedly got up. He didn’t want to, but he had to move as Baek Sa-jun said.

“I, I’m stopping that monster in the city! Move!”

Ha Jung-seok and his soldiers retreated in a hurry.

All that’s left are predators devouring their prey. After eating the prey that couldn’t escape, the creature looks around empty-handed and ripples with regret.

I didn’t eat as much food as I thought. I was seriously injured because of the fight with Baek Sa-jun.

But, that’s okay.

[There is so much to eat.]

A predator that disappears through the mine it came from.

He will continue to grow.

[I’m hungry, I’m hungry… … .]

Until he can satisfy his hunger and swallow the Baek Sa-jun that had been bothering him.

Even if it takes time, definitely.

* * *

At that time, east of Jeju Island.

A place frozen by the effects of erosion. A place with temperatures reminiscent of midwinter Siberia, with heavy snowstorms blowing all day long.

– Enter the field, .

A field now known as permafrost.

Baek Sa-jun was walking there without any rest. A skeleton was guarding his side.

“Ugh… Hey, skeleton. Come next to me!”

– All, all right. All right, all right.

“If you stick to me any further, I’ll get on? I’d rather get on than on. I told you my face is about to fall off!”

– Th, thud.

Flames burned from all over the skeleton’s body.

It was the effect of . Because it was such a cold place, they decided to use the skull as a stove.

The skeleton kept its distance from Baek Sa-jun, fearing that he would be set ablaze, but that wasn’t important right now.

“Damn, even if it’s cold, it has to be cold enough!”

– Shut up, shut up.

The field wasn’t called Permafrost for nothing.

It was unbelievably cold. What was even more annoying were the monsters roaming the permafrost.

– Woohoo! Woohoooooo!

– Passsssss!

A yeti covered in white fur that walks on the ground, a giant bear with ice all over its body.

In the sky, I saw something like a giant bird made of ice flying around. And here and there, I could also see what looked like ice spirits.

The surrounding area was filled with ice-attribute monsters.

“I’m already freezing, sob.”

The common denominator is that they are full of hostility towards humans. Every time Baek Sa-jun fought them, he felt a bitter cold that made him feel like his limbs were going to fall off.

He turned his head, gritting his teeth.

“Iria. Haven’t you arrived yet?”

– Oooh, oooh… Oooh… … .

“Almost there? That’s good to hear.”

Iria, who had been following Baek Sa-jun while turning into fog, took shape and answered as such.

She pointed to a hill. As we followed her directions and climbed the hill, a wide snowy field came into view.

-Wheww!

“Hey, skeleton! Come on!”

– Tadaak, tadaak… … .

A sharp, cold wind blew.

Baek Sa-jun forced himself to open his eyes, which were constantly closing due to the blowing snowstorm, and looked ahead.

Iria pointed to the snowfield with her finger.

– Ooh.

“There you are? What on earth is there… .”

Baek Sa-jun mumbled.

It couldn’t be helped. Someone was walking across the snowy field, surrounded by a blizzard.

“That’s… … .”

A man with his whole body frozen was walking through a snowy field.

And that too, naked.

“What the hell are you doing?”

Baek Sa-jun frowned.