The Necromancer in The Novel Picks up Bones - Chapter 156



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Episode 156

A war swarming with mutants.

Hope was given to those who had died or been transformed into mutants without being able to put up any meaningful resistance.

A shield suddenly appeared. And.

– Ghhhhhh!

– For the sake of my lord… … !

They were undead.

Undead appeared everywhere and blocked the mutants. They were undead led by Baek Sa-jun’s followers.

– Humans, you guys… get out.

“Huh, a vampire?”

Iria, who appeared with the vampires, pointed in the direction of the bewildered people.

The same was true for the other clans in other places.

– Ugh, ugh… … .

– Keuheuheu!

“What, what is this? What are these undead?”

Magnus and Cerberus also protected the people and pointed them in the direction they should go.

People who saw the sight were shocked.

“What, what? The undead… are helping people?”

“It seems like it’s telling me to go in that direction!”

“What’s there if you go there?!”

“How would I know that! But!”

The man who had been screaming bit his lip.

“If I stay here, I’ll die! Let’s go!”

It was exactly as he said.

It is not known whether the undead are friendly or not. It is also not known whether the direction they are pointing is safe.

But, there is no choice.

If you stay here, you’ll either die to the mutants, or become a new mutant. There’s only one of the two.

“Jump!”

“Let’s go! Let’s go first!”

“Eww!”

Even the ordinary people with little time left and the hunters fighting the mutants started running.

Where they are headed is the west of Daejeon.

People running away along the barriers that appeared one after another were chased by mutants and legionnaires.

– Taaaaaang!

– Whoosh whoosh!

Those guys were stopped by his followers.

A large number of magic bullets and sky-splitting flames restrained the enemies. And Iria, using her physical transformation, led the people by teleporting through space.

Fortunately, the destination was not far away.

“That one! It’s the same one!”

“Shield… … !”

What they arrived at was a vast ruin.

It was once used as a supermarket, but as the apocalypse approached, it was closed and only the ugly building remained.

The building was guarded by a huge defensive shield.

“Over there!”

“Hey, get in! Quickly!”

People rushed into the ruins.

It was a ruin with a huge stone monument rising from its center. As they entered the ruin, a strangely warm energy enveloped them, and the shield began to glow.

– You have entered the safe zone.

– The shield of the safe zone blocks the evolutionary energy emitted by the evolution seed. The timer does not decrease while you are here.

– However, if the ‘Will to Resistance’ that forms the defensive barrier is destroyed, the safe zone will collapse.

That message appeared in people’s eyes.

People who had let go of their tension sat down as if they were collapsing. I could actually see the timer in front of me stop.

“Damn it, the timer is finally… … .”

“Hey, you won’t be able to change while you’re here, right? You won’t be able to turn into those monsters, right?”

“Yes, I think so.”

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

But it was not yet time to let down their guard. Everyone gathered at the windows and looked outside.

I could hear the sound of fighting over there.

“Uh, is that guy okay? … … .”

“I hope it’s okay.”

The hunter bit his lip as he answered like that.

It has to be that way.

‘To overcome the apocalypse, we need a focal point.’

If there is no center, it will eventually fall apart.

Baek Sa-jun, who can play that role, must return here alive.

Everyone looked outside with anxious faces.

While waiting for Baek Sa-jun to return safely.

* * *

The downtown area of ​​Daejeon where people have left.

There was a fierce battle going on there. It was a fierce battle between the undead, mutants, and legionaries.

– Gooooooo!

– Creak, crunch… … !

Baek Sa-jun looked around.

A large number of undead were seen pushing back against mutants and legionnaires.

The one running wild at the forefront was a skeleton.

“Skeleton! Fight while picking up items!”

– All, all right?

There were items dropped by mutants.

This item only drops in this apocalypse, but it is very helpful in the ‘safe zone’.

The skeleton was confused, but faithfully picked up the items that had fallen on the floor as per his master’s orders.

‘This situation won’t last long.’

The reason I thought so was simple.

Baek Sa-jun raised his head.

‘The enemies are coming.’

Mutants and legionnaires from elsewhere are rushing here after hearing the commotion.

That number must easily exceed several thousand. It’s a number that even Baek Sa-jun can’t deal with alone.

‘I guess it’s about time.’

Baek Sa-jun created a fraud and waited for the news he wanted to hear.

Did you even hear his wish?

– Woof woof, woof… … .

“You’re finally here. I’ve been waiting for you.”

Iria appeared.

I came to inform you that we have succeeded in evacuating people to a safe area.

Baek Sa-jun nodded.

“I don’t think there’s any need to waste any more time.”

Objective achieved.

Now all that’s left is to get out of here. Baek Sa-jun returned the skeletons and breathed morale into the undead. And the moment he touched the ring.

[I never thought we’d meet here.]

I heard someone’s voice.

Baek Sa-jun raised his head. He saw a group of legionnaires gathering their magical power.

Then, after a while, the magical power gathered in the air changed into a giant holographic shape.

[Baek Sa-jun… … .]

A large man covered from head to toe in a robe.

But between those robes, I caught a glimpse of a mechanical body. I don’t know who it was.

Commander. He slowly opened his mouth.

[Amazing. I can only feel pure amazement.]

The commander said so.

His words were full of surprise. They were not just empty words.

[I prevented the end of Busan and killed the soul stealer there. And I also prevented the end of Jeju Island, which no one expected.]

The world was helpless in the face of the apocalypse.

We were helpless because we didn’t know when, where, or what the end would be.

But Baek Sa-jun was different.

[You stopped an unstoppable apocalypse. You stopped an apocalypse whose failure was ‘foreshadowed’. How on earth?]

“I’m a little lucky.”

[Luck, hmm. Luck… … ]

The commander snapped his fingers.

Then the space in the sky split open, and numerous flying legionnaires appeared through the gap.

There were many different types. There were wyverns, gargoyles, griffons, and even monsters that looked like ‘dragons’.

[I guess that luck ends here.]

As the legionnaires’ bodies split apart, numerous magical batteries appeared. The batteries moved with a loud noise and aimed at the ground.

To be exact, the place where Baek Sa-jun is.

[Baek Sa-jun, and Lee Hyuk-woon. You two… are obstacles to our cause.]

Shhhh!

Numerous magical batteries absorbed the magical power. The air around them could be felt shaking.

The commander waved his hand.

[Die here.]

Soon, the cannons began to belch out magical power.

A huge cannonball made of magical power, countless magical bullets covered the ground. The shells caused a powerful explosion, destroying everything on the ground, and the magical bullets began to burn the ground.

– Phew!

– Whoosh whoosh!

The ground erupted in endless explosions, as if a massive bomb had been dropped on it.

Thick clouds of smoke and dust.

The legionnaires formed a siege.

[… … .]

[… … .]

There was a brief silence, and soon the smoke and dust that had been obscuring the view settled.

Legionnaires aiming their weapons simultaneously.

but.

[The target is… … .]

[None, Commander.]

Baek Sa-jun’s new model was not seen.

All that remained at the scene of the bombing were the corpses of mutants and undead. There was no sign of him left.

The commander closed his eyes. Then, he connected his senses with one of his legionnaires and sensed his surroundings.

[Is this a transfer reaction? It ran away.]

I felt traces of the transfer.

It was a teleportation to a pre-set location using the that Baek Sa-jun possessed.

The legionnaires who had lost their target stopped moving.

Right then.

– Shhh… … .

[… … !]

As their master disappeared, the corpses of the fallen undead suddenly began to swell.

The commander, not knowing what that meant, was about to give an order, but he was a step too late.

– Kwaaaaang!

The undead exploded all at once.

The force of the explosion was even greater because the legionnaires were gathered together to surround Baek Sa-jun.

The legionnaires who were caught up in it and destroyed it fell.

The commander burst into laughter at the sight.

[You said you were lucky.]

The ground was left in ruins after successive explosions.

The legion commander looked down at the destroyed legionnaires and recalled what Baek Sa-jun had said earlier.

[It’s too good to be called that.]

Baek Sa-jun, and Lee Hyuk-woon.

These guys are a huge obstacle to the Apocalypse faction. If possible, they should be dealt with here.

[Track Baek Sa-jun. Don’t worry about other humans. They’ll be dead soon anyway.]

[yes.]

There are more goals to achieve.

Researching ‘evolution’ to apply to himself and his legion members. And dealing with Baek Sa-jun.

The legion commander was confident that both could be achieved.

[We will meet soon.]

* * *

My vision is blurry.

It was a side effect of the transfer magic. Baek Sa-jun closed his eyes and waited for his vision to calm down.

When I came to, I smelled a strong stench.

“The smell of the sewer. Fantastic.”

– Woof woof… … .

The place Baek Sa-jun was transferred to was a sewer.

It was a place he had chosen to temporarily avoid the pursuit of the legionnaires. He sighed and headed through the sewers to reach a safe area.

It didn’t take that long to walk.

– Squeak.

As we opened the firmly closed basement door and went up, ruins filled with people were revealed.

The End, one of the safe zones that appeared with the appearance of . It was also a place that had to be defended and strengthened in order to overcome this End.

“Oh, over there!”

“You’re the undead who saved us!”

“Then that person… … .”

People noticed the presence of Baek Sa-jun and Iria who had come up from the underground. Their appearance was a mess.

He has suffered minor and major injuries, is disfigured from the sudden battle, and has a gloomy expression.

It couldn’t be helped, since it was a sudden end.

“Baek Sa-jun… … .”

“That person, that… … .”

Baek Sa-jun felt the eyes focused on him and quickly walked away.

The hunters approached him like that.

“Mr. Baek Sa-jun, you are safe. Thank you. If it weren’t for your help, we would have all died.”

“You too. There are quite a few survivors.”

“Ah, yes. The undead and the shield helped a lot. By the way, that shield… … .”

“I installed it.”

“also.”

People who heard those words were amazed.

Regardless, Baek Sa-jun looked around the ruins. There were quite a lot of people. Maybe a thousand.

If you include the people in other safe zones, we’ve saved more people from this apocalypse than you might think.

‘It does reduce the number of mutants to that extent.’

Baek Sa-jun sighed.

While it’s good news that the number of mutants has been reduced, it’s not the end of the story.

There is so much to do ahead.

“I have a question… … .”

“Let’s do it later. I have something to do.”

Iria flew high.

Mutants were coming from all directions. The shield would block them, but there was something unsettling about it. We had to ‘reinforce’ it before that.

Baek Sa-jun walked to the center of the ruins.

There was a huge stone monument there.

[Will to Resistance (+0).]

[Those who resist evolution, offer the ‘remnants of mutation’ here. If you do so, this monument will grant you the power to resist evolution… ]

The seed of evolution is a powerful apocalypse.

An apocalypse where exposure accumulates in the body like radiation, and if the allowable amount is exceeded, a mutant will form.

If things continue like this, there is no way to overcome the apocalypse.

‘But the apocalypse that comes from the apocalypse always gives us a way to overcome the apocalypse.’

As if the predator had a weakness.

The Seed of Evolution also has a means to overcome the end. That was this stone monument.

A stone monument with the name ‘Will to Resistance’.

Baek Sa-jun summoned the skeleton and then took over all the items it had.

[Remnants of Mutation (Rare)]

· It is a remnant left behind by a mutated being who was once human. It can be used to strengthen the ‘will to resist’ by offering it to a stone monument installed in a safe zone.

These were items dropped by mutants.

That was the reason why Baek Sa-jun ordered the skeleton he was fighting to pick up the items.

He placed the remnants of the mutation on the ground.

– Would you like to offer up the ‘Remnants of Mutation’?

“yes.”

The roar of mutants can be heard from all directions.

The stone monument emitted light, and the remnants of the mutation melted away in response.

And then, after a while.

– The will to resist is strengthened one level.

– New features are unlocked.

The tombstone emitted an intense light.

A light that will give us hope to overcome this apocalypse.