The Necromancer in The Novel Picks up Bones - Chapter 97
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Episode 97
Lee Hyuk-woon and his colleagues were staying at a place called ‘Eunseong Motel’ on the outskirts of the city.
The other colleagues stayed without any complaints, but Yujiin, the only woman in the group, was different.
“Ah! A beggar! Shit, for real!”
The caretaker was annoyed as he shook his body.
There’s no way I could be satisfied with a motel where the beds are full of bedbugs and the food is weird.
“How can you stay in a motel like this!”
“What, you’ve stopped acting all coy? Did you show your true colors while your brother was away for a bit?”
“So. Oppa, while you’re calling me oppa, really… … .”
“shut up!”
My colleagues passed by laughing heartily.
Yujin’s attitude was very different when Lee Hyuk-woon was around and when he wasn’t. Usually, he was extremely prickly, but he became a gentle lamb in front of Lee Hyuk-woon.
It was because of personal affection.
“So! Where did oppa go!”
“How would we know? It’s not like it’s been a day or two since you suddenly disappeared.”
“You’ll be back soon, right? As usual… huh?”
The colleagues who were answering Yujin’s words noticed a woman approaching from over there.
I’ve seen that woman somewhere.
“Oh. Isn’t that woman Baek Sa-jun’s colleague?”
“I don’t know if they’re colleagues or not, but they seem to go in together when they write. So are they colleagues?”
“We’re colleagues, I guess.”
It was Han Mina.
She walked over with a sullen face and looked back at Yujin and her colleagues.
“What about that old man?”
“Sir? Who are you talking about?”
“Oh, you know. You’re the guy who pretends to have seen everything in the world. Someone asked me to send them a letter.”
“I’ve bought everything in the world… This is something new.”
Everyone was amazed at the wonderful choice of words.
I never thought there would be someone who would say something like that about Lee Hyuk-woon. Except for one person, Yu Ji-in.
She stepped forward, frowning.
“Brother? Are you alive in the whole world? Hey, kid. How come you’re speaking like that when you came to deliver a letter?”
“Who are you? Are you my girlfriend?”
“Oh, wife? Ahem! T, that’s not it!”
The maintainer twisted his body.
His colleagues looked at him with pity. Yujin, who felt the gaze, came to his senses belatedly.
“Ugh! No, comrade! It will happen in the near future! Well, not yet!”
“What are you saying? So, is that guy here?”
“He went out. He’s busy collecting information these days. Leave it to us.”
Hanmi thought about it for a moment.
I asked you to give a letter to Lee Hyuk-woon. Can’t you also ask him to pass it on to a colleague?
And he said something strange too.
‘Didn’t you say I would welcome you?’
What does that mean?
Han Mina tilted her head and tried to deliver the letter to Lee Hyuk-woon’s colleague.
Right then.
– Ugh.
“Oh, oh, oh! The letter is flying!”
“My letter!”
The letter I was trying to deliver to my colleague flew away and ended up in the hands of someone over there.
It was Lee Hyuk-woon.
“Brother, you’re here.”
“Oh, brother! Faster than I thought… Ahem!”
The caretaker was flustered and flustered.
But Lee Hyuk-woon read the letter indifferently, not paying any attention to her.
“… … .”
Lee Hyuk-woon frowned as he read the letter.
He raised his head and looked at Hanmi Na.
“Is this all there is to the letter?”
“I guess so? I just took whatever was given to me. I didn’t drop anything or anything along the way.”
“I see.”
Lee Hyuk-woon checked the letter again.
The text read as follows:
[I have something to say to you about the Sword Emperor. Let’s meet at the ‘Open Park’ in the east at 9 PM in two days.]
[And there’s an item I need. Do you have it? It would be better if you could give it to me for free as an apology for what happened last night. I wrote it down on the back of the letter.]
It was a promise to meet.
It was so sudden and without any explanation. Lee Hyuk-woon couldn’t help but frown.
But it’s not like I had no idea what it was.
‘Baek Sa-jun met Woo Seok-kyung.’
I was just watching it anyway.
Because Woo Seok-kyung and Lee Hyuk-woon also know very well how rotten some of the Manwol Guild are.
‘Have you noticed that the Emperor’s condition is strange?’
Lee Hyuk-woon recalled memories from his previous life.
Starting from Busan, Geomhwang changes people. A good person becomes an evil person, destroys the World Tree with his own hands, and commits all sorts of evil deeds outside.
So I was planning to execute him before that. His younger brother, the traitor, Woo Seok-kyung, would also end up like that.
‘If only I could use Baek Sa-jun… … .’
If we can get their cooperation, things will be easier.
I don’t know what happened at the guild house, but it seems like the Sword Emperor noticed something strange.
The offer is well worth responding to.
‘That aside, that’s surprisingly shameless.’
Lee Hyuk-woon clicked his tongue after seeing the items written on the back. Who would have thought someone would ask for something like this for free?
It was a list of material items related to vitality. I wrote down whatever I could find.
‘Are you trying to cure the Emperor?’
Lee Hyuk-woon frowned.
But there’s no way that’s possible with the items here. They’re all unique grade at best.
If it seemed like something like this could be used to treat it, the Manwol Guild would have treated it long ago.
‘Or maybe you have something else to write about, Baek Sa-jun. I don’t know what you’re up to, but… … .’
First, let’s play along with the rhythm.
Lee Hyuk-woon put his hand into the subspace.
“Excuse me. Did you get the letter? I’m done with my work, right? I’ll go now. Is that okay?”
“… No. Take this.”
“Huh? What is this? Is it a seed?”
Lee Hyuk-woon threw a seed to Han Mi-na.
It was no ordinary seed. It was a seed that gave off an intense vitality that you could feel the moment you touched it.
“Tell the owner of the letter. Since I don’t have the item you want, I’ll send you something similar. Let’s pretend yesterday’s rudeness never happened.”
“I don’t know what it is, but I know what I’m getting at.”
“and…….”
Lee Hyuk-woon looked at Han Mi-na, who was gathering seeds. A faint longing was evident in her eyes.
The moment the attendant who was nearby noticed his gaze and was about to ask, Lee Hyuk-woon threw an object.
“Take this too.”
“What do you keep giving me?”
Han Mina hurriedly received the item that was flying towards her. It was a luxurious quiver.
Her eyes widened when she saw the rating.
“Eh, epic rank?! Why something like this… … .”
“I don’t need this.”
“If you don’t need it, can’t you just sell it?!”
Hanmi-na asked back in embarrassment.
But Lee Hyuk-woon didn’t answer. As if he was done talking, he just turned around and left.
“Excuse me! Can I really have this?!”
No answer came back.
Lee Hyuk-woon enters the motel. Han Mi-na looks at the motel for a long time with a surprised face.
My colleagues were also surprised.
Among them, Yujin is especially special.
“Brother, do you know him?”
“…no.”
Lee Hyuk-woon shook his head.
A faint bitterness appeared on his face.
“I don’t know you anymore.”
All ties from a previous life disappeared when I returned.
It was something he already knew. Lee Hyuk-woon felt a strange bitterness as he headed to his room.
* * *
A few hours later, Hanmina returned.
When she entered Baek Sa-jun’s room, what she saw was an unidentified drug being manufactured.
“what are you doing?”
“Work. Did you deliver the letter? And the stuff?”
“Here it is. And, uh… I got this too.”
Hanmi Na showed me her quiver of arrows.
It must be an epic item. She looked down at the quiver with a disgusted expression.
“I’m happy because it’s a good item, but I feel a bit awkward because it’s from a person I’m meeting for the first time.”
“Just use it. The item is innocent.”
“Can I really use this?”
Baek Sa-jun nodded instead of answering.
That quiver is an item that also appeared in the original work. It’s an item that Lee Hyuk-woon prepared in advance to give to Han Mi-na when he entered Busan.
Anyway, there will be no one to give it to.
“That guy is kind, despite his appearance!”
“Kindness… … .”
This is a story that has nothing to do with Lee Hyuk-woon.
Baek Sa-jun pretended not to hear and continued making the medicine he was making.
“Ah! Also, the way you look at me is strange. You look at me with a lonely look. Did you fall in love with me?”
“… You’ve worked hard. Go and rest.”
“Why are you reacting like that!”
Baek Sa-jun sighed and sent Han Mi-na away.
Why did Lee Hyuk-woon look at her with such a strange gaze? It wasn’t because he was in love or anything like that.
‘That’s because we were colleagues in a previous life.’
He’s a pretty close colleague too.
So even after returning, I kept in contact with Han Mina and became friends with her.
The problem is that they kill him by digging a hole like that.
‘He’s a great guy.’
Baek Sa-jun, who recalled the original story’s development, stuck out his tongue and checked the seeds that Han Mi-na had brought.
[Seed of Life (Unique)]
· It is a seed with strong vitality. When taken, it greatly restores vitality. However, it is more effective when made into a medicine.
One of the items that Lee Hyuk-woon has at this point.
In the original, it was made into a potion and eaten because there was no use for it, but that’s what I asked for.
Because it’s something Baek Sa-jun needs right now.
“Now I just need to put this in.”
Baek Sa-jun put the seeds into the boiling pot.
The pot contained a poisonous spirit and several material items. When I put the seeds in it and boiled it, the black spirit began to change color.
The toxicity is removed.
[Vital Spirit (Epic)]
· This is a spirit that removes toxicity with the power of strong life force. It has a spiritual energy. When made into medicine, it has unexpected effects.
As a result, the level of the originally unique, highly toxic spirit has been raised by one level.
Baek Sa-jun placed the dragon pearl into the pot containing the remaining seeds and Yeongdan.
From now on, all you have to do is wait.
“And while I’m at it… … .”
Baek Sa-jun took out a sack from the subspace.
A sack containing pollen of enchantment. It is destroyed after three uses, but there are now two left.
‘This also needs to be packed separately.’
If you use it well, the next things will be easier.
Baek Sa-jun made the necessary items. How much time had passed? Light began to flow out from the pot where he had placed the ingredients.
And when the light had completely faded.
– You have created the Dragon’s Elixir (Legendary)!
The desired message appeared.
Baek Sa-jun carefully put the elixir into a bottle.
“It is an elixir that can even bring the dead back to life.”
Baek Sa-jun shook the bottle gently.
The bottle containing the elixir emitted a mysterious light.
“I guess I’ll have to see if it works on the Emperor.”
I have prepared everything I need.
All that remains is to wait for the right time.
* * *
Time passed quickly.
Baek Sa-jun pretended to prepare to leave for the dungeon while inspecting Man-wol’s guild house.
‘Security is not tight except for the top floor.’
The guild house had six floors.
The top floor where the Sword Emperor is will be guarded by the Soul Reaver and the Guild of Full Moon members he planted.
It’s difficult to sneak up on the top floor.
In fact, I think it’s almost impossible.
“Then I guess I’ll have to go through it head on.”
If sneaking to the top floor is impossible, then you can just go in from the front and openly attack.
That’s why I sent a letter to Lee Hyuk-woon.
That will help Baek Sa-jun.
“Okay, then… … .”
Baek Sa-jun saved the rats around him.
Then I killed them and turned them into undead, and hung the sacks of delusion I had distributed yesterday on them.
“This brings back old memories.”
– Okay.
The skeleton nearby reacted.
I remembered fighting Chu Ja-seong in Daegu. Did they burn incense in a similar way back then?
Baek Sa-jun laughed as he looked at the rats that were nothing but bones.
“Then, shall we wait until dinner?”
9 o’clock in the evening.
Baek Sa-jun decided to wait here until the time he was supposed to meet with Lee Hyuk-woon.
Not at the meeting place, but right here.