The Necromancer in The Novel Picks up Bones - Chapter 93
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Episode 93
Cheers could be heard from all sides.
But the sound did not reach Baek Sa-jun because his attention was elsewhere.
– Congratulations! You have achieved the highest rank in the event.
– Appropriate compensation will be given.
– Obtained 180,000 Blood Coins.
A message that a reward has been given.
Items appeared right in front of Baek Sa-jun. A smile appeared on his lips as he saw them.
As soon as I saw the item, a smile came to my face.
[Shooter’s Pride (Epic)]
· These gloves were worn by a marksman who was a champion of a certain arena. If you wear them, you can reproduce some of that marksman’s gun skills.
· Attack Power + 53, Defense Power + 65, Agility + 10.
· Total series skill power +50%.
· Firing speed +35%.
· You can use [Barrage] to fire a large number of bullets at enemies in a short period of time. (Cooldown: 15 minutes)
[Collection of Fog (Epic)]
· An object created by the gathering of fog containing countless lives. It contains mystical powers.
· When taken, two abilities are greatly increased and a random superior passive skill is learned.
Only two epic items.
There were up to 180,000 bloody coins. It was a reward so generous that you couldn’t help but laugh.
It’s a shame that the gloves aren’t for necromancers.
– Ugh.
“I know. You write it.”
I felt a warm gaze.
It was a look from Magnus, who was nearby. Baek Sa-jun threw a glove to the guy.
The bastard put on his gloves as if he had been waiting for this.
“It would be useful to use it together with Storm Bringer.”
– Ugh, ugh.
“Well, first of all, he’s rich… … .”
You like gun related stuff.
Baek Sa-jun looked around, leaving Magnus behind as he examined the gloves here and there.
The person who was supposed to be here was nowhere to be seen.
“Isn’t Lee Hyuk-woon here?”
“Are you talking about the inspector who was active in the west? I looked for him, but I couldn’t find him. People say he must have gone into the city first.”
“is it so?”
The hunter nearby answered the question.
Lee Hyuk-woon has a cold-hearted personality. According to the setting, his original personality was not like that.
It is said that his personality changed as he went through destruction.
“Yoo Seong-ah… What, did you faint?”
Yoo Seong-ah was in a state of unconsciousness.
I checked the condition, and it wasn’t like he was sick or anything. He was just very tired from using the gift.
Baek Sa-jun left her in the hands of the skeleton.
“Take good care of it.”
– Crunch.
It’s unsettling to leave it to people in writing.
The reason was simple.
‘It’s not that safe here either… … .’
The written word is a dangerous place.
Because there are guys hiding inside. It’s far from safe until we wake up ‘Sword Emperor’.
Until then, he had no choice but to take care of Yoo Seong-ah.
“Ah! Here it is!”
“Huh? What? Didn’t you leave?”
A woman approached from behind.
It was Han Mina. She had been watching the battle from the rooftop of the building, and when it seemed to be over, she came down.
She smiled, rubbing the back of her neck.
“Hehe, I’m going to take a look at Seomyeon. This place has a lot of stores and things like that.”
“So you’re saying you’re going to rest and then go?”
“Did you get caught?”
Baek Sa-jun snickered at Han Mi-na’s words.
“Do whatever you want. It must have been hard for you.”
“Right? Huh? But who is that woman?”
“acquaintance.”
Baek Sa-jun headed to the city with Han Mi-na. The members of the suicide squad approached them.
“We will guide you.”
“Then it’s good for us.”
There is no reason to refuse if they offer to guide you.
Baek Sa-jun and his men passed through the huge wall surrounding Seomyeon. Then, the cityscape that had been hidden by the wall was revealed.
“Wow, this is… … .”
I heard Han Mina’s exclamation.
The city itself was nothing special. It looked like a typical green zone you would see outside.
If there is a difference.
“Are they all plants?”
“Yes. I didn’t plant it or anything. It grew on its own after the World Tree was created.”
“Hiya, that’s amazing… … .”
The entire city is covered in plants.
This was especially true of buildings. Numerous stems and roots supplemented the collapsed parts of the building.
Things like walls, ceilings, and floors.
There were many plants growing on the ground.
And beyond.
‘Is that the World Tree?’
In the heart of the city, a huge, literally, huge tree appeared to be rising.
A blue-green energy flowed from the World Tree, a tree that towered above the clouds at the end of the sky.
The energy spread everywhere.
“Compared to when it first appeared, the world tree has shrunk a bit. Its momentum has also weakened.”
“Was it originally bigger than that?”
“That’s what it was.”
Looking closely, I could see that some of the branches extending from the World Tree were withering.
The same was true of plants growing all over the city.
Everything was dying, little by little.
“There’s not much time… anyone living here would feel that way.”
“Still, I guess it’s livable to this extent.”
“I can’t deny it. It’s true.”
Hanmina said indifferently.
For her, who had lived fighting monsters in the settlement, this place seemed like heaven to her.
The suicide squad didn’t deny that either.
“First of all, get some rest today. There is a shop of its own, so if you need anything, please look around. The accommodation is over there. Just tell me your name.”
“Yes, thank you.”
“Not at all. That’s what we’re going to tell you.”
The suicide squad bowed their heads and left.
Baek Sa-jun looked around. Perhaps because the battle was over, the people who had been hiding in the building came out.
The streets seemed to be getting more and more crowded.
“I think that’s a store over there. Oh, there’s a store too. And there’s a lot to eat. Oh, and this place… … .”
Han Mina’s expression as she looked at the street became strange.
Seomyeon retains its urban form in its own way. It is very different from the outside of Seomyeon, where monsters run rampant and the apocalypse has arrived.
“It’s a nice place to live.”
Hanmi-na muttered bitterly.
* * *
The accommodation that the suicide squad guided us to was pretty good.
Another attractive point is that it is environmentally friendly, with stems and roots intertwined everywhere.
“So, you grew up with me, Richie?”
“Oh. Please take care of this woman too.”
“Me?”
Baek Sa-jun left Yoo Seong-ah in the care of Han Mi-na.
It was better to leave it to someone of the same gender, and I thought there might be an ‘uninvited guest’ tonight.
Hanmi accepted it, even though she felt annoyed.
“Ha, shit. I get it. Having to share a room with Richie? I’m going to have nightmares tonight… … .”
– Ugh, ugh.
“Please don’t make that noise when you sleep… … .”
The protection of Yoo Seong-ah was entrusted to Magnus.
The three of them leave for the room. Baek Sa-jun summoned a skeleton and took out all the bones he had obtained this time.
The skeleton stared at the bones.
There was a sense of anticipation in those eyes.
– You have collected enough bones. When used, your clan can evolve by one level.
– Would you like to evolve your clan by consuming bones?
Baek Sa-jun nodded.
As the bones scattered on the floor disappeared, bone dust and strong spirits settled into the skeleton.
It was now a familiar sight.
But this time, there was something different.
– You can evolve your skeletons in two routes. Choose the route you want.
– First: Skeleton Guard Captain.
– Second: Dragon’s Tooth Disease.
This was the first time I saw this message.
It was a choice of sorts. Evolve into a Royal Guard Captain, or evolve into a Dragon Tooth Soldier.
‘Were the Dragon Tooth Soldiers skeletons made from dragon teeth? I remember them as having strong bodies.’
If you have a dragon tooth disease, you probably don’t have many skills.
If it evolves further from here, it might be different. On the other hand, the captain of the guard has skills that are useful right now.
but.
‘If you look into the future, you will see that it is Yong-a-byeong.’
If it’s the Yong-A-Byeong skill that Baek Sa-Jun remembers, it’s worth the loss.
This applies to durability and especially ability values.
It was also a tricky monster in the original.
“Skeleton, this guy is worth investing in.”
– Right?
Baek Sa-jun quickly came to a conclusion.
I might not have noticed if it was someone else, but I wanted to pay more attention to him because he was a skeleton who had suffered with me from the beginning.
He’s already strong, but with this route, he’ll have power that’s incomparable to that of a normal undead.
– ‘Skeleton’ has evolved into ‘Dragon Tooth Soldier’!
– Ability values have been enhanced.
– Race skills have been changed.
A message appears before your eyes.
I felt the skeleton’s appearance change. It had become smaller, but the texture of its bones had changed.
Black that gives off a mysterious feeling.
1. Skeleton.
· Race: Dragon Tooth Soldiers.
· Gift (3/5): Enhanced senses, sense of pressure, and vampiric urges.
· Strength: C+ · Agility: D+
· Stamina: B+ · Morale: D+
· Skills held (5/7): Trained Body, Blade of Corruption, Downfall, Skeleton Horse, Rain of Blood.
· Race Skill: Dragon Tooth Soldier.
[Dragon’s Teeth (P)]
· Grade: Advanced.
· It is a skeleton made of dragon teeth. It has not yet fully drawn out its power. However, it has succeeded in drawing out its excellent defensive power.
· Stamina rating increases by 3 levels, defense power increases by 60%.
· +2 to the number of gifts and skills you can hold.
· Has strong magic resistance.
The skeleton evolved into a dragonfly.
Although all but one of the racial skills were lost, it was an evolution worth it.
‘The passive skill is ridiculous?’
In the original, the Dragon Tooth Soldier was a monster that appeared in a special dungeon. It was that powerful.
With this passive, it can’t help but be strong.
– Shut, shut. Knock knock… … .
The skeleton examined its own body.
The bones have also become thicker, and the color has become very mysterious. It’s like a jewel-like black.
The guy seemed to like the change too.
‘I’m glad you seem satisfied. Me too… … .’
Baek Sa-jun tried to use the Fog Cluster item he obtained today.
But at that very moment.
– Crunch.
“… … .”
An intense murderous intent overwhelmed my entire body.
A murderous aura so thick it took my breath away. Baek Sa-jun and the skeleton drew their weapons at the same time.
The place where the fraud was felt was beyond the door.
I felt someone standing there.
‘I don’t know who it is… I guess that goes without saying.’
I expected that an ‘uninvited guest’ would come tonight. I didn’t even know who that uninvited guest was.
Baek Sa-jun opened his mouth, borrowing the ‘giant skin’ that Cerberus had with his fairy tale skill.
“Don’t stand there. Come in.”
No answer came back.
Baek Sa-jun slowly said the uninvited guest’s name.
“Lee Hyuk-woon.”
The moment I uttered that name, the lock on the door unlocked itself and the room opened.
I could see the figure of the person beyond the door.
Lee Hyuk-woon standing with an emotionless face.
“Were we that close to each other that we would meet like this at night? I don’t think so.”
“I have no intention of getting closer.”
“Then why did you come?”
Baek Sa-jun quickly glanced at Lee Hyuk-woon.
I don’t have the black one. But it’s probably in the subspace. I should be able to get it out soon.
‘How scary. It seems like you came to test me.’
The Lee Hyuk-woon that Baek Sa-jun knows is a man who would punish without hesitation anyone who would become an evil in the future.
If he had come with the intention of killing me from the beginning, he would have sneaked in with his sword in his hand, without any killing intent.
‘Are you worried? It doesn’t suit you.’
What happened in his past life, and what Baek Sa-jun, who ‘I’ did not possess, will do in the future.
When I think about them, it seems right to kill them now.
Because Baek Sa-jun becomes more difficult as time goes by.
‘The Baek Sa-jun he knows and I are so different, so I can’t help but worry about whether I should kill him or not.’
Lee Hyuk-woon has a clear purpose.
Preventing the destruction of this world. Those who stand in the way will be killed, but those who help will be taken care of.
Wondering where to put Baek Sa-jun.
‘Uncertainty of information.’
Lee Hyuk-woon is a regressor.
But the information he has isn’t complete. He probably doesn’t know much about Baek Sa-jun’s past.
There is a gap there to squeeze in.
“Baek Sa-jun.”
Lee Hyuk-woon’s eyes looked straight at Baek Sa-jun.
A cold, settled voice echoed through the room.
“Now answer my questions.”
A situation where swords could be exchanged at any moment.
Baek Sa-jun held his breath as he looked at the sight.
‘I hope my tongue works well.’
It had to be that way.