The Necromancer in The Novel Picks up Bones - Chapter 183



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Episode 183

In the Hall of Pain there are only souls.

These were people who decided to serve God even after death. Naturally, their faith was close to fanaticism.

– Unbeliever!

– You don’t believe in him, that’s blasphemous!

– You will soon believe in Him too.

The Hall of Pain was filled with countless instruments.

It was a torture device. Souls that did not believe in the god of the fanatics were sent here at regular intervals, and the fanatics tortured them to convert them.

– Aaaah!

– Th, stop… Stop it!

That’s why the hall was filled with screams.

Without a day off, always. Souls who have succumbed to such pain undergo a special process and are transformed into powerful warriors who serve the god of the fanatics.

What if I don’t give in?

– The suffering won’t end here.

All you have to do is torture them until they submit.

The fanatics had no mercy in their hands, as they firmly believed that this work was for their god.

This torture will never end.

– Aaaah …

The unbelievers despaired at that fact.

A hell that cannot be escaped no matter what one does. That place is the hall of suffering. In order to escape this suffering, one must be like those who have previously surrendered… … .

– Kwaaaaang!

It was just then.

A tremendous explosion rang out. At the same time, the Hall of Suffering shook as if an earthquake had occurred.

The fanatics all raised their heads.

– What is it? What happened!

– The Guardian Barrier is under attack! Outside!

– The enemy? Who the hell… …!

Someone is attacking this place.

But the fanatics were not too worried, because they knew how strong the protective barrier protecting the Hall of Pain was.

No matter how much you attack it, it cannot be destroyed.

– Crunch! Crunch! Crunch!

– Kaaaang!

That confidence was quickly shattered.

A massive barrage of fire engulfed the Hall of Pain. The protective barriers prepared to block external attacks were quickly destroyed as they could not withstand the barrage.

As if glass was breaking.

– Bar, outside! Get out!

– Kaaaaaaah?!

The barrage that broke through the protective barrier soon engulfed the Hall of Pain and began to destroy the building.

The fanatics rushed outside.

That’s what they see.

– D, dragon?

– Is that… a dragon?

It was the appearance of a giant dragon.

The fanatics doubted their eyes. They couldn’t help it. The dragon’s appearance was so different and alien from what they knew.

A dragon whose entire body is covered in steel.

– Shhh… Shhhh!

– Oh, no! The hall will be destroyed!

– Hey, Guardian!

The dragon breathed corrosive breath from its mouth and unleashed powerful firepower from its attached weapons.

Destroy the protective barrier, collapse the Halls of Pain, slaughter the cultists, and burn the rest.

The fanatics screamed.

– Call the Guardians, quickly!

– We must defeat the evil dragon! Move… … !

– Wait, that’s it!

The steel dragon must be slain.

The fanatics who ran outside with that single-minded determination saw another unexpected sight.

Over there, thick clouds of dust.

– Ghhhhhhhhh!

– Gooooooo… … !

A massive horde of undead.

The sight of marching towards the Hall of Pain.

***

“The firepower is definitely there.”

Baek Sa-jun muttered while looking at the sky.

The barrage of fire from LeWicken was astonishing. It could quickly destroy a highly durable shield and shake an entire building in an instant.

But there was one drawback.

‘The duration has become too short.’

The problem was the duration.

Lewicken, who had been unleashing a tremendous amount of firepower in an instant, stopped moving. Hot heat emanated from his body, and the attached firearms disappeared.

His physique, which had grown rapidly, also became somewhat smaller.

‘The duration is already short.’

LeWicken’s rapid growth is short-lived.

Adding the entity name: Dragon to it made the time even shorter. Given the powerful firepower, it seemed difficult to maintain both gifts at the same time.

But it’s a risk worth taking.

-Undead?

– How can there be such ungodly men here!

It was firepower worth the risk.

The Hall of Pain had collapsed. The souls of the fanatics had burst out from there. As if he had been waiting, Baek Sa-jun sent out the undead he had summoned in advance.

The first to rush in were the .

– Saaaaah… … !

A group of knights clad in pitch-black armor, mounted on horses made of darkness, charged forward.

The darkness flowing from them engulfed the surroundings, binding the feet of the fanatics.

A darkness that rises as if alive.

– Phew!

– Ugh… … !

Darkness penetrated the fanatics’ bodies.

The darkness that had turned into sharp thorns held them in place, and the Knights of Black quickly closed the distance.

Their weapons gave off an ominous aura.

– Kkwadkku!

More than 30 knights simultaneously fired their sword energy. In an instant, the sword energy rushed in and cut in half the bodies of the fanatics blocking their path.

The fanatics were furious at the sight of their comrade’s death.

– How dare you! You evil mortal!

– You unclean being! Be gone!

The fanatics began to counterattack en masse.

But before the attack could reach him, darkness rose up and blocked the oncoming attack.

That was the ability of the .

The ability to scatter darkness and manipulate it freely.

– Comrades! Arouse divine power!

– Under His light the dead will disappear!

– Oh my god… … !

But in the end, it’s undead.

There is no resistance to divine power. If it were divine power, it would be able to burn those dead in an instant.

The fanatics all simultaneously summoned divine power.

A huge sphere of light appeared in the air.

-Whaaaaah!

The sphere scattered pillars of light in all directions.

. A sacred magic that melts the body of an undead upon contact. The darkness that protected the Knights of Black disappeared as soon as it touched the light.

And the knights beyond that.

– What the… Ugh!

– Kwaaaaah!

It didn’t disappear.

The Knights of the Black Order braved the light that enveloped them and counterattacked the fanatics.

It was a resistance to divine power. The fanatics who saw the sight were astonished. How on earth?

– We have turned our backs on the light… … !

It was because of the existence of .

Looking at the appearance of the temple, it seemed like they would fight against the divine power. So I summoned the Dark Paladin in advance and used their special effect, .

That wasn’t all.

– Kwaaaaah!

– Gooooooo!

Baek Sa-jun also had a passive ability.

. A passive ability that grants 25% holy power resistance to yourself and the undead.

Adding the 40% divine power from Dark Paladin’s divine rejection to that, the total is 65%.

It is not enough to completely block divine power.

but.

‘Enough to withstand divine power.’

The fanatics were greatly perplexed.

Divine power is the antithesis of undead. It may be different for other enemies, but there is no need to worry about undead.

Because it can be processed all at once with light.

That common sense was now collapsing.

– Ah, aaaah!

– The unclean, the dead, etc… creak!

– Su, Guardian! When will the Guardian… …!

The undead slaughtered the fanatics.

The knights and golems made entirely of steel were literally crushing their enemies.

That wasn’t all.

– Shhh!

There were also arrows pouring down from the sky.

Arrows literally poured down like rain, piercing through the fanatics. It was the power of the undead summoned by Baek Sa-jun, the .

The fanatics died helplessly.

[What a disgrace!]

[Necromancer… … .]

[Into the hall where he is served, dare!]

At that moment, a new group appeared in the hall.

Fanatics. And among them, there were those who looked different from the typical fanatics.

Those who wear huge armor made of light, have wings, or have their entire body made of light.

– Ss …

The dead man’s back reacted.

The energy contained within his back flowed out and circled around the souls with special appearances.

To exactly four souls.

[Powerful spirits have appeared.]

[Deal with them and recover the pieces.]

They were powerful spirits called Guardians.

Those guys with the key fragments. If you kill them, you can retrieve the fragments.

Baek Sa-jun waved his hand.

– Shhh!

[Ugh! How dare you!]

The bow masters’ arrows were fired.

The arrows took strange turns as if they were alive, rushing towards the Guardians. They shot them back, but not all of them.

This was because the orbit was so strangely bent.

“Four. That’s a perfect number.”

Baek Sa-jun snapped his fingers.

Then his followers who were beside him kicked the ground. Skeleton, Magnus, Cerberus, and Iria split up and charged at the guardians one by one.

– Kwaaaaah!

– Keuheuuuuuu!

The followers, who had become even faster with , reached the guardians in an instant.

The subordinates each raised their gifts and began to hunt down their assigned guardians.

[Followers, gather your strength! The enemy… …!]

[Wow! How can an undead have this kind of power!]

The Guardians were shocked when they clashed with the retinue.

It was because they possessed incredible powers that were unbelievable for an undead. The followers who had grown steadily until now had powers that were no less than those of top-tier hunters.

Having excellent items was a bonus.

– Krrrrrr… Kaaaah!

-Whaaaaaaah!

Cerberus in particular stood out.

The guy wearing the took the enemies’ attacks without taking damage, and then shot the carapace out in return to attack the fanatics and guardians.

And even though its size has decreased, support for Le Wicken is still maintaining its .

“It shouldn’t take that long.”

There is no need to write .

Baek Sa-jun supported the undead with bone magic, and watched his followers push back the guardians.

The Guardians are being pushed back, unable to hold out.

It’ll collapse soon.

‘It’s far from a classic strategy.’

It may not be a standard method to gather the scattered guardians together and deal with them simultaneously.

Wouldn’t it be best to take out the Guardians one by one while being careful not to attract the enemy’s attention?

But that doesn’t sound like a ‘necromancer’.

“This is a necromancer.”

Overwhelm your enemies with an infinite number of rising soldiers, as long as corpses and morale allow.

Because that’s how necromancers fight.

[Kkaaaah!]

[Khuuuuk, kkeuu… …!]

As he listened to the screams of the Guardians who had suffered fatal injuries, Baek Sa-jun thought so.

***

The battle didn’t last long.

The Guardians could not withstand the retinue. Eventually, they were killed one by one by the retinue, and even the last remaining Guardian died.

There was nothing more to see after that.

– Aaaah!

– Oh, my God! This ordeal… Keuk!

“What’s the point of looking for God?”

The followers and undead unilaterally attacked and massacred the fanatics who had lost their center of gravity.

The fanatics resisted to the end, but it was a meaningless struggle. The last fanatic, mortally wounded, screamed and disappeared into ashes.

There was no soul left now.

– Crunch.

“Oh, you brought it well.”

The skeleton that had been busily walking around handed Baek Sa-jun four pieces of a key.

The moment I accepted it, the key pieces floated into the air and combined themselves.

A special type of key was created.

– Head to the center of the hall.

– You must release the relic sealed there.

It’s the key to liberating the relic.

Baek Sa-jun looked back while grabbing the key. He saw the portal he had entered through.

The portal was nearly half open.

“It’s going to be tight. Let’s move!”

There is no time to rest.

Baek Sa-jun entered the ruined hall.