The Necromancer in The Novel Picks up Bones - Chapter 148



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Episode 148

Baek Sa-jun looked at the message in front of him.

– Some of the ‘conditions’ have been met.

– Thanatos is watching you.

An ominous message written in black letters.

As soon as I saw it, I had a feeling what was going on. Thanatos, and the conditions. There was only one thing that came to mind.

– A quest is given. If you complete the quest, you can learn a special skill.

– As a reward for satisfying himself, Thanatos grants you a piece of skill.

Thanatos was originally an option for the item called . And this option has a special feature.

If you use it more than a certain number of times, you will be given a special quest. As the message that appeared before Baek Sa-jun said, if you complete it, you can learn the skill.

That’s a very powerful skill too.

– Learned .

Baek Sa-jun checked the skill.

[Scythe of Thanatos]

· Rating: Unique.

· The staff briefly transforms into a remnant of the scythe used by Thanatos, the god of death. The scythe has an attack power equal to 70% of the summoner’s morale, and ignores 40% of the enemy’s defense.

· When summoning a scythe, it summons multiple corpses.

* Additional effect, : While the scythe is summoned, all abilities +15%, skill power +30%.

* Special Effect, : The souls of dead enemies are absorbed by Thanatos’ Scythe. Offering souls as sacrifices strengthens the undead by up to 40%.

* The Scythe of Thanatos will reveal its true form when all quests are completed.

As soon as I saw the skill, I whistled.

Needless to say, it was a great skill. It had ridiculous attack power and ignored defense. It was a skill that added ability and skill enhancements as well as undead enhancement.

Moreover, there is still room for further strengthening here.

‘This is just a glimpse of the skill.’

There was no need to even mention what level of skills you would receive upon completing the quest.

What matters is what the quest is.

[He who deals with the dead.]

[Take as many lives as I can to satisfy you.]

[Good or evil is not important. What is important is the number of lives you have harvested, and… … .]

[That’s all, how strong that life is.]

[If you do so, you will gain strength.]

Archaic letters appeared and disappeared.

It was a simple story.

“Whatever it is, kill a lot, that’s what I’m saying.”

And that was too easy for Baek Sa-jun, who would face all sorts of disasters in the future.

If the target is strong, I’ll hit them harder.

He looked down at his cane.

“Time will tell.”

The nightmare fusion emitted a strange light.

But that was only for a moment, and soon the light faded away. As if it had heard Baek Sa-jun’s answer.

“Ugh, ugh… … .”

The surroundings became quiet again.

Baek Sa-jun ignored Namgung Yeon’s cries of pain and decided to use the item he had just obtained.

First, .

– Use .

– The fraud ability has increased by 45.

– Randomly learn the highest level skill appropriate for your class… Congratulations! You have just learned !

– You can upgrade two skills. Choose the skill you want.

A message that keeps appearing before your eyes.

Baek Sa-jun hesitated for a moment, wondering which skill to upgrade, and quickly came to a conclusion.

– and are promoted… Congratulations! You have newly learned and !

Bone Arrow and Bone Shield.

Since these are skills I learned a long time ago, they are low-level. They are only beginner-level skills, so I decided to upgrade them because there were many things I was disappointed with.

And that choice was not wrong.

[Spear of Corruption (Lv.1)]

· Grade: Advanced.

· Summons a number of bone spears imbued with the aura of corruption to attack enemies. Enemies pierced by the spears will have their defense reduced by 20% as the aura of corruption spreads.

· Can explode spears that pierce enemies.

[Command Barrier (Lv.1)]

· Grade: Advanced.

· Creates a wall made of commanders. The commanders slow down enemies who approach and attack enemies who try to destroy the wall.

Both were promoted with decent skills.

And lastly. A skill learned through the essence of a predator.

[Raise Dark Paladin (Lv.1)]

· Grade: Top.

· Summons Paladins who were once serving God, but have fallen and died. They have excellent defense and use various skills using impure divine power.

· Current summonable numbers: 5.ㅃㅁ

· Special Effect, : Grants 40% divine power resistance to yourself and surrounding undead.

A skill that raises a fallen knight into undead.

The value of this skill goes without saying when you have . It allows you to partially resist the undead’s weakness, divine power.

If you add the items you can get later here, you should be able to resist divine power as well.

‘It was worth the effort to catch the predator.’

But the rewards aren’t over yet.

Baek Sa-jun took out the .

An item that enhances an item set to epic grade. I thought about where I would use it from the moment I first got it.

– Use .

– Mud seeps into the robes of the dead, the staff of the glacier, and the leash of the watchdog… … .

– Three items have been strengthened!

The Robe of the Dead and the Glacial Staff used by Magnus, and the collar of the watchdog used by Cerberus, made of decayed black mud.

The options are good, and it’s an item that suits both groups, so it’s more than worth strengthening.

‘Overall, the numbers have been strengthened.’

Although no new effects were added, the stats of the items were greatly enhanced.

Baek Sa-jun returned the items to his followers.

They both looked quite satisfied.

“I guess I’ll have to leave the black mud behind for now.”

I still have left to upgrade one item to Legendary grade, but I decided to leave it.

There’s no immediate rush.

‘If possible, I’d like to use a cane.’

There is one more item left for the Nightmare Amalgam to eat. If it had a decent epic-grade staff, it would have been tempting to use it there.

If that doesn’t work, I’ll have to use it somewhere else.

“Okay. I guess I’ll have to stay here for a while.”

Baek Sa-jun looked back.

Namgung Yeon was seen to have fainted, sweating profusely all over his body. He must have overdone it while his magical power was distorted, so he probably won’t be able to wake up for a few days.

“I need to look around and see what’s around me.”

It is impossible for me to just stay here while Namgung Yeon is unconscious.

After taking a day off, Baek Sa-jun prepared the cave’s defenses and headed out into the snowy field.

To find dungeons in the permafrost.

* * *

Three more days passed since then.

After Baek Sa-jun placed Magnus and the undead in the cave, he searched for dungeons in the snowy field.

“There isn’t as much as I thought.”

– Crunch.

Jeju Island’s permafrost is a place that has been largely unexplored due to its harsh environment and monsters.

In the original, it was a place that was in ruins because of predators, so you couldn’t explore it even if you wanted to.

I was wondering if there might be something special.

“Ugh, it’s so fucking cold. Come on, skeleton!”

– All, all right. Shut… … .

Still, there was no harvest at all.

Baek Sa-jun explored dungeons and hunted monsters to collect as many bones as possible.

Meanwhile, he kept an eye on the situation on the ground.

‘I knew you’d come, but you didn’t.’

This was because it was judged that the apocalypse faction or warlords might come to the snowfield.

The latter actually came to me.

– Wow, this is… … .

– I think we fought here, didn’t we?

– It looks like that. There are a lot of signs of a fight.

Several warlords came to the snowfield.

I came here to find out what happened.

They stuck out their tongues as they looked at the traces of battle left on the ground. The snowfield was devastated by the explosion of the predator in its final struggle.

You can’t help but be surprised when you see that.

– Huh? Wait a minute.

– Outlaws! They’re attacking us!

– What the hell, back off! Are they here to check the situation too? Back off while fighting back!

The warlords who had come to see the situation were entangled and even fought each other in a shameful manner.

Baek Sa-jun clicked his tongue when he saw that sight.

“He’s doing this again after overcoming a near-death experience.”

Jeju Island is a region where warlords’ wars are fierce.

The reason is because of the mines that are overflowing in Jeju Island.

‘This isn’t the time to be doing this… … .’

But will this be the case in the future?

Since Baek Sa-jun had knowledge of the original work, he was able to predict how Jeju Island would change.

He gathered rumors through Iria.

– Oh, the mine is dry?!

– Captain! All the magic stones have been eaten!

– What are you talking about! Why are the magic stones… …!

I was able to get the news I wanted.

There was news that most of the magic stones mines in Jeju Island had become unusable. To be exact, all of the magic stones in the mines had disappeared.

Who is the cause?

‘Because of the predators, I guess.’

The predator moved using the tunnel.

He roamed all over Jeju Island except the eastern part, spreading his mud everywhere.

Those muds swallowed up all the ore veins.

‘Is that why they gave so many magic stone rewards?’

Among the rewards for defeating the predator were a huge amount of magic stones. The quality of the magic stones was also very high.

Although it is not a drop item, I think it may have something to do with the fact that it gave a lot of magic stones.

– Okay, situation! Get a grasp of the situation quickly!

– Go check out the other mines!

– Yes, yes! Okay!

From then on, even before the damage could be repaired, the movements of the warlords who had been thinking only of fighting changed.

The problem is that nothing will change even if you do that.

Most of the mines on Jeju Island have dried up. And for some unknown reason, the frequency of the Maseok mines appearing has decreased since the predators appeared.

That’s how it unfolded in the original.

“I guess I’ll just have to wait and see for a while.”

If the Maseok mines that provided huge amounts of money to warlords disappear, the situation on Jeju Island will change a lot.

We have to watch how they move, and if they seem to be doing something stupid, we have no choice but to take action.

“Namgung Yeon? Is he still sleeping?”

– Ugh.

Namgung Yeon was sleeping and waking up repeatedly. For two days, he was completely unconscious and couldn’t get up, but on the third day, his condition got much better.

As Baek Sa-jun checked Namgung Yeon’s condition, Magnus, who was next to him, handed him a note.

[I think I’ll recover in two days.]

It was a note left by Namgung Yeon.

Two days. It’s a reasonable amount of time. I don’t have much time, but I can wait for two days.

‘I need to finish up the Jeju Island work quickly and go to the place where the next apocalypse will occur.’

Now that the second apocalypse of the third main story has ended, the next apocalypse will appear soon.

‘Was it the seed of evolution?’

You will encounter the Executor of the End, the , there. And you will fight him.

Baek Sa-jun let out a deep sigh.

“There’s no time to rest.”

Sadly, that was the reality.

Baek Sa-jun sighed again and took out a large number of bones from the subspace.

Bones of monsters, including boss monsters.

“It will evolve to this extent. Get ready, Magnus.”

– Ugh… … .

It’s time to evolve Magnus.