The Necromancer in The Novel Picks up Bones - Chapter 169



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Episode 169

Baek Sa-jun felt extremely tired.

Although he was able to heal his body with Iria’s help, he was still badly injured because of LeWicken.

I felt like I wanted to collapse and faint right away.

‘I’ve come to realize anew how difficult it is for enemies to not come down from the sky.’

Baek Sa-jun sighed.

Who would have thought that a guy who endlessly produces magical power would be able to unleash his firepower from a distance that you can’t reach?

If it weren’t for Daejeon, it would have been dangerous.

He gave orders to the undead.

“Go. Block the enemies from coming around.”

– Ugh… … .

Scattered undead.

After giving the order, Baek Sa-jun forced his heavy body to move and began to dismantle Le Wicken.

It was to find the body.

“What needs to be done must be done. Skeleton, you help too.”

– Crunch.

Crunch, rustling.

The two dismantled the destroyed Lewicken. They cut off all the machine parts and went deep into the body, revealing bones buried between the parts.

“Magnus, put these together nicely.”

– Ugh.

All the bones buried in that way were dug up and gathered in one place, creating a single corpse.

It was the corpse of a small hatchling.

He may be small, but judging by the size of his bones, he must have been larger than an average person when he was alive.

– Shut up, shut up.

“Oh, right. I need to pack this too.”

And one more thing.

It had the heart of a hatchling. Or, in other words, a ‘dragon heart’. Strictly speaking, it was a hatchling, so it’s a bit much to call it a dragon.

‘It was badly damaged, though.’

As I was attacking the heart to stop LeWicken’s functioning, my condition wasn’t very good.

Still, I guess it has its uses.

Baek Sa-jun put the hatchling’s heart, which had machine parts attached to it, into subspace.

“The current level is… … .”

Baek Sa-jun rubbed his eyes and turned on the status window.

[Baek Sa-jun]

· Level: 196

· Class: Necromancer

· Gift: Bone Collector

· Strength: 134 · Agility: 134

· Stamina: 140 · Morale: 560

196. It was a reasonable level.

I guessed that if I raised it by 4 more levels, the attachment would be strengthened by one more level.

Then, one more person will be added to the retinue.

“I will make this guy my subordinate.”

– Grrrrr… … .

Baek Sa-jun gritted his teeth as he looked at the hatchling.

It’s been a long time since I’ve suffered this much. And it’s also been a long time since I’ve felt this helpless.

I will definitely make this guy my subordinate.

“Take good care of it, Skeleton. You’re the new one.”

– Okay.

This is the body that will become the new authority.

Although it didn’t fit the situation, Baek Sa-jun felt his heart pounding. He was making the hatchlings his subordinates.

If you raise this well.

‘Even the Bone Dragon isn’t a dream.’

It was a bit overwhelming to think about how many bones I would have to feed them in experience points.

That wasn’t something to worry about now.

‘I should be satisfied that I have a way to deal with the cowardly bastard who descended from the sky.’

Baek Sa-jun raised his head.

The legionnaires who had rushed here were seen retreating hesitantly. Perhaps the legion commander who had seen the destruction of Le Wicken had given the order.

Perhaps the order was given to stand down.

“Iria. You watch those legionnaires. If they attack, tell me. The rest… … .”

Baek Sa-jun twisted his neck from side to side.

The roars of mutants could be heard from all directions. The biggest enemy had been defeated, but there were still enemies left.

“Follow me. This must end now.”

– Crunch.

It’s time to deal with the remaining enemies.

***

Le Wicken was destroyed.

The commander who was watching the scene was speechless. This was because it was something beyond his expectations.

[… … .]

The commander looked at the screen in silence.

What was visible was the destroyed Leweeken. And Baek Sajun was digging it up and taking out the hatchling’s corpse inside.

[LeWicken was destroyed… … .]

It was unexpected.

He failed to kill Baek Sa-jun, his target, nor destroy the safe zones. He also failed to inflict any significant damage on the Hunters living in Daejeon.

That’s how LeWicken died.

– Ghhhhhhh!

– Start, stop… … .

There were numerous screens floating in front of the commander.

The screen showed scenes of mutants and legionnaires being destroyed all over the battlefield.

The hunters were strengthened by the effects of and were using that power to fend off their enemies.

No, it wasn’t to the extent of blocking it.

[Are you saying it’s being pushed?]

The mutants and legionnaires were being pushed back.

Special mutants were hunted down, and a significant number of named legionnaires were destroyed.

How did it turn out like this?

[Guard… … .]

The spirit king of the land suddenly appeared.

And from the moment the spirits of the earth that appeared with him began to help the hunters, things got complicated.

Who summoned that guy?

[Baek Sa-jun.]

All the culprits.

The commander’s body twitched. The numerous stems piercing through his body were changing him.

He felt a surge of power throughout his body.

New strength.

[How much is left?]

– Kuuuuu… … .

The seeds of evolution have been shaken greatly.

The commander nodded with his eyes closed after hearing the answer from the monster sleeping inside.

There isn’t much time left.

vestige.

[Obviously, he will come here.]

Baek Sa-jun will do that.

The commander began to turn the guild house into a fortress, moving his free hand busily.

A large number of machines surrounded the building.

[If it fails… … .]

I have no choice but to kill him myself.

The commander looked down at his rapidly evolving body and waited for Baek Sa-jun to arrive.

***

The safe zone of the West.

Yun Seung-woo, who was engaged in a fierce battle with numerous enemies, stabbed the heart of the mutant right in front of him.

– Key, eeeeeek… … .

“Gasp, huh!”

A mutant who collapses while bleeding.

Yoon Seung-woo exhaled heavily and looked for his next enemy. But there was no next enemy.

All you can see are corpses strewn everywhere.

Most of them were corpses of mutants.

“Uh, is it over?”

“Don’t say such unlucky things… … .”

Yoon Seung-woo looked around blankly.

The safe zone’s defenses have long since been destroyed. Numerous enemies are rushing in to destroy the safe zone, but no one is visible.

‘The enemies… are retreating.’

The mutants that had been attacking the safe zones and the legionnaires were seen retreating.

Their numbers had been greatly reduced compared to when the offensive first began.

“Where are you going?”

“I think I’m going to where the seeds are.”

They headed towards the seeds of evolution.

It may be that the situation was not good for continuing the offensive, so they turned to protecting the seeds.

Whatever it is.

“It’s over… … .”

The offensive is over.

There were no cheers. The hunters collapsed as if they had fainted from exhaustion, and so did those who watched from inside the safe zone.

Baek Sa-jun was like that too.

“Whew… … .”

Baek Sa-jun was lying in the middle of the street.

The surrounding area was filled with the corpses of mutants. They were the corpses of mutants that he and the undead had dealt with.

He lay there and waved his hands.

“Go and pick up some bones.”

– Ugh.

Still, it wasn’t like there was no income.

After fighting a huge number of mutants, there were a lot of dropped bones. Baek Sa-jun had the undead collect all the dropped bones.

And one more income.

– Reached level 200. The levels of the unique skills, ‘Subjugation’ and ‘Assimilation’, have increased by one.

– You can have one more subordinate.

– The effect of fairy tales has been strengthened.

Reached level 200.

Along with this, unique skills were also strengthened.

[Attachment (Lv.4)]

· Rating: Unique.

· The subordinates have an ego and move.

· You can give bones to your followers. You can also evolve your followers by consuming bones.

· Current number of followers: 4/5.

[Fairy Tale (Lv.3)]

· Rating: Unique.

· You can assimilate with one of your unsummoned followers. When assimilating, you can borrow two of the followers’ gifts or three of their skills.

· Also, depending on the race of the assimilated clan, one of the user’s abilities will increase. (Maximum +60)

It appears that both skills have changed.

The number of gifts and abilities that can be borrowed has increased in the fairy tale. The number of attachments has increased, and there is one unique change.

‘Move with self-awareness.’

Originally, there was a mention of the ego being vague. Now, the word vague has disappeared from there.

Baek Sa-jun saw the skeleton guarding his side.

– Huh?

“Hmm… … .”

Has anything changed?

Baek Sa-jun looked at the skeleton tilting its head and tilted its head as well.

I couldn’t tell the difference because he was originally a guy who had a weak ego but was good at asserting himself.

‘If it’s different, then it’s different, I guess.’

Baek Sa-jun didn’t think much of it.

He groaned as he got up from his seat. Then he saw a corpse lying beside him.

To be exact, a skeletal corpse.

“Wake up.”

Baek Sa-jun committed fraud.

The evil that flowed from him took hold in each of Lewicken’s bones scattered on the ground.

The bones flew into the air, intertwined with each other, and regained their former form.

“Just looking at the bones, I thought it was pretty big.”

In the form of a hatchling.

A hatchling with only bones left appeared in front of Baek Sa-jun. Since it was revived with , it didn’t have any special powers.

Of course, there was no ego whatsoever.

– … … .

Although it looks like a hatchling, its powers and ego are no different from those of a normal skeleton.

A situation where it’s big in size but has no substance.

‘Then we need to fill in the gaps.’

Baek Sa-jun used his skill.

– I used the fifth vassal. I made ‘Hatchling, Leweeken’ the fifth vassal.

– You can view the status window of the relevant group.

– Your stock of frauds has been depleted.

All the fraud that Baek Sa-jun had was gone.

A black aura enveloped Lewicken, and began to fill the skeletal being with new strength.

Eventually, a connection is created between the two.

– ‘Lewiken’ has become your subordinate.

– A vassal created from a corpse that was used as a part of some being for a long time. Due to that influence, a significant portion of the power they possessed has been lost.

– It takes a lot of bones to regain strength.

Blue flames bloomed in Lewicken’s eyes.

The flames shook like pupils. Le Wicken, who had been standing without any reaction until just a moment ago, raised his head and began to look around.

– Kuuuuu… … .

I felt a sense of self in moving.

Because he was a member of the clan. However, Le Wicken had one problem that other clans did not have.

[LeWicken]

· Race: Decline hatchling.

· Gifts (0/3): None.

· Strength: C · Agility: C

· Stamina: C · Morale: C

· Skills held (0/5): None.

· Race Skill: Decline.

[decline.]

· You have lost a significant amount of your strength. You must use some means to replenish the lost strength.

The point was that I had nothing.

This was because every part, from the bones to the heart, was used as a part of the named legion member, .

A condition in which bones lose their strength in the process.

That needs to be supplemented.

“It won’t be that difficult.”

Baek Sa-jun raised his head.

The undead were approaching him, all carrying bones taken from mutants.

“Let’s give it a try.”

It’s time to restore the hatchlings.