The Necromancer in The Novel Picks up Bones - Chapter 160



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Episode 160

The ‘Mother of the Colony’ is dead.

When you deal with special mutants, they drop items called Evolution Crystals and special accessories.

A trinket that can only be used in this apocalypse.

[Hive Mind (Legendary)]

· A fragment imbued with the power of the mother of the group. Surprisingly, it has the shape of a tiara. If you wear this item, you can use special powers, but your body will ‘evolve’ accordingly.

· Special Effect, : Emits a wave that dominates the mutants in the surrounding area, and creates an aura that strengthens allies by 30%. (Buff duration: 30 minutes, Cooldown: 12 hours.)

· Mutants controlled using the Hive Consciousness are additionally strengthened by 20%.

· The item will be automatically destroyed if the disappears.

[Evolution Crystal (Legendary)]

· A crystal that resided in the body of a dead colony mother. If offered to the will of resistance, a special effect is added to the tombstone.

Hive mind.

It is a trinket that allows you to use mutants as allies, although it comes with several restrictions.

It even has an effect that strengthens allies.

There’s no way this wouldn’t be useful.

“Skull, you wear this.”

– All, all right? Shut?

“Yeah, yeah. That’s what happened. You look pretty in a tiara. You’re a skeleton, so you don’t have a gender.”

– Thud? Thud?

Baek Sa-jun put a tiara on the skeleton.

It was a horrible visual, even though he put it on himself. A tiara on a skinny guy.

But there was no time to worry.

[I thought I’d find my target here.]

Over there, the legionnaires are approaching.

From the ground, and also from the sky, machine soldiers of various shapes closed the distance.

Among them, there was one peculiar one. One who seemed to have put in more effort than the other legion members.

[I was looking for you, Baek Sa-jun.]

– Kwaaaaang!

A voice came from heaven.

At the same time, numerous guided missiles poured out. They were guided missiles aimed precisely at Baek Sa-jun.

The curtains that Magnus and Iria each deployed blocked the missiles that were rushing toward Baek Sa-jun.

A dizzying explosion filled my vision.

– Kuuung!

And then a peculiar legionnaire glided through the sky at incredible speed and landed on the ground.

It was a legionnaire who looked like he was wearing sleek, steel-like armor all over his body.

The booster on the back radiated magical power.

“Named… … .”

[You seem to know me. How dare you.]

The mechanical voice said mockingly.

The Legion Commander transforms living entities into machines and makes them part of his Legion.

Among them, the legion members who were created with a lot of resources and effort were called ‘Named’.

[Aircraft name, Sylph. I found Baek Sa-jun. Everyone gather here. I will deal with him in the meantime.]

Each named legionnaire has their own unique characteristics.

The special feature of this Silph is its speed. Its special feature is that it can glide between the sky and the ground at incredible speeds, and unleash attacks that cannot be countered.

The sylph sent a message to the other legionnaires, then transformed both his hands into sharp swords.

[Mutants, Legion, Move.]

– Ugh… … .

– Crunch!

The mutants and legionnaires began to move.

Although it is a mutant that is hostile to everything, surprisingly, it is not hostile to the members of the Legion. This is because there was a ‘deal’ between the Legion Commander and the Seed of Evolution.

They’ve set up a siege on all sides.

[This time, you won’t be able to escape.]

The sylph spread his hands.

As the item in his hand was activated, a bluish curtain spread across the surrounding area.

It is a barrier that prevents metastasis.

It was to prevent Baek Sa-jun’s transfer.

– Kkaaaaaaah!

– Wheeing!

The number of enemies was large.

The number of legionnaires is about two hundred. Since we sent out a message, other legionnaires will gather as well.

It’ll only grow from there. Plus hundreds of mutants created by the colony mother.

‘It’s quite a dangerous situation.’

Baek Sa-jun had a useful item.

He checked the enemy formation. It was a mess of legionnaires and mutants.

It was the optimal formation for him.

[By the command of the Corps Commander!]

“skeleton!”

The moment when Sylph turns on his booster and is about to charge.

Baek Sa-jun shouted.

“Dominate.”

– The skeleton uses .

Hive mind, hive consciousness.

Waves erupted from the tiara the skeleton was wearing and spread out in all directions. The waves spread and reached the mutants surrounding it.

The roaring mutants stopped moving.

– dominates the mutants.

A message appears before Baek Sa-jun’s eyes.

The Sylph’s mechanical eyes blinked in confusion. And soon, something strange happened.

[what…….]

The mutants that seemed ready to attack Baek Sa-jun in cooperation with the legionnaires at any moment stopped moving.

A smile appeared on Baek Sa-jun’s lips.

“Mutants. Attack the legionnaires.”

– Kiaaaah!

– Ghhhhhhh!

The mutants obeyed orders.

The mutants attacked the legionnaires nearby. It was so sudden that there was no time to react. A considerable number of legionnaires were destroyed in the surprise attack.

[The mutant follows human commands?]

The sylph’s eyes blinked repeatedly.

I felt my brain’s circuits overheating at the incomprehensible situation. Dominating mutants.

Is that even possible?

And above all.

– Grrrrrr!

– Crash! Kyaaaaah!

The mutants have become more powerful.

Both his body and his speed were strengthened. It became like that from the moment Baek Sa-jun gave the order.

It was because of the aura emitted by the hive mind.

Sylph urgently searched for the source of the aura.

– Shut up, shut up.

[That skeleton… … !]

The sylph identified the center of the wave.

The tiara the skeleton was wearing. Unpleasant waves continued to flow from there.

It was the that ruled the mutants.

We have to destroy that thing. The Sylph’s booster radiated magical power and accelerated at an incredible rate.

To be exact, I tried to exert myself.

“You can’t take your eyes off it.”

[… … !]

A booster for the Sylph that emits magical power.

Immediately after that, Iria appeared, having transcended space. She had taken advantage of the moment when Sylph’s nerves were focused on the skeleton to teleport through space.

A cruel smile appeared on her lips.

– Kwajijijik!

A sharp nail like a blade shot out.

A claw that pierced through the booster without giving it time to react. The blood pooling at the tip exploded, damaging the booster to the point where it could no longer be used.

And a shadow rose from the floor.

[Ugh, ugh… … !]

Ten shadow monsters held the sylph tightly as he tried to run away, twisting his body.

The bastard’s movements stopped for a moment.

‘Sylph, if you fight properly, it’s definitely difficult.’

It’s because of the Sylph’s mobility.

It was also shown as quite a difficult enemy in the original work. It attacks while gliding freely in the sky, which is even more difficult for Baek Sa-jun, who has few ways to respond in the air.

So, we make it so that it can’t fly at all.

[Ugh!]

– Squeak!

The sylph spread his arms wide.

Then, the shoulder part opened to reveal a launcher that fired a guided missile. Before the first one could fire a guided missile, a magic bullet was fired.

– Damn it!

A launcher frozen by Magnus’ magic bullet.

The Sylph’s body lost its balance. Baek Sa-jun created a number of bone spears while causing fraud.

The spear of corruption shot through the sylph.

[Ugh, ugh!]

“It’s easier than I thought once I clipped my wings.”

[you……!]

The blinking eyes of the sylph glared at Baek Sa-jun.

But what would that mean? He snorted and snapped his fingers. Then the spears that had pierced the Sylph’s body exploded all at once.

A body made of destructible machinery.

– Kwaaaaah!

– Crunch!

And then the skeleton’s blades continued to cut through the sylph’s body from the crown up.

That was the end of it.

The sylph, critically injured, flinched, then exploded, leaving behind only debris.

– Ooh, oh… … .

“I know. More legionnaires are coming.”

But the battle was not over.

Iria sensed the presence of legionnaires approaching at a rapid pace from afar. If she stayed here any longer, she would have to fight the incoming enemies.

‘It’s still difficult to fight multiple named people.’

We need more special mutant accessories.

And the new buffs that the evolution crystals will give you. Once you get those, you’ll be good enough to fight.

“Skeleton, give the order to the mutants. To fight the legionnaires coming here.”

– Okay.

When the effects of the hive consciousness wear off, they turn into enemies again. It’s better to fight and die.

He gave the same order to the undead.

‘I got everything I needed.’

All kinds of messages appeared before my eyes.

It was a message that the level had increased. It was a natural result since I had caught the named legionnaire from the colony mother.

There are even trinkets and evolution crystals.

‘There’s no need to be more greedy.’

Now is the time to step aside.

Baek Sa-jun’s body became blurry and his movements became faster. It was the effect of the shoes he had and his ghostly walk.

He quickly walked away from the scene.

* * *

As the fierce battle broke out in Yuseong-gu, Daejeon, the legion commander was standing on the roof of the Guild House of Gwanghwi.

He looked at the seeds floating in the air.

A giant seed that exudes the energy of evolution, the . This seed is growing at a rapid pace, mutating living things.

[The seeds have split.]

The surface of the seed appeared to be cracked.

Between them, a horrible stem made of mucus emerged, soon digging into the ground.

At first glance it looks like a plant.

[What is sleeping inside this… … .]

The legion commander’s eyes glowed red.

In the seed, there was a monster that was hard to describe. This seed was a kind of cradle to awaken the monster to its full state.

And the monster spoke to the commander.

Although they spoke in a monster language that was not human, their meaning was conveyed to the commander.

[Help me ‘evolve’, you who have transcended humanity. If you do so, I will help you with your research.]

Those were the words of a monster.

The legion commander turned his head. He saw the mutants and legionnaires dismembered in a miserable state.

And there was also a terrible monster that was half mutant and half machine replaced.

It was the result of his research.

[I will give you a chance, even though you are not worthy of evolution and do not even have life… … .]

That was the monster’s suggestion.

The commander scoffed. Even without that suggestion, he could apply evolution if it was his own strength.

But that’s not efficient.

[And protect me… … . Alright, monster. Do that. How will you help me with my research?]

The commander looked up at the seeds.

Then the seed shook violently and emitted a strong wave. Half of the wave penetrated the mutant and the other half penetrated the machine-like monster.

[Wow, this is… … .]

The monster, which was practically a failure, began to change in appearance. The commander watched with wide eyes to see how it would change.

But that couldn’t be done.

[Commander. We have found the target, Baek Sa-jun.]

It was because of a report that reached the commander’s ears.

And then the bad news that followed.

[However, the annihilation failed. The entity name, Sylph, was destroyed, and a considerable number of legionaries were destroyed by the attacks of mutants and undead.]

Named, the Sylph was destroyed.

And then the ‘mutants’ attacked them. The commander frowned at the incomprehensible report.

[Report what happened.]

Baek Sa-jun, what did that guy do?

Now was the time to hear it.