Damn Necromancer-Chapter 307
Chapter 307: Olivia (7)
Seoul, Ilsung main estate office.
Kim Minwoo frowned while looking down at his tablet.
On the screen, the power deployment map of the Skeleton Legion was spread out.
The troops needing redeployment after the North Korea cleanup alone numbered in the thousands.
On top of that, intelligence reports related to the Shadows were piled up.
‘This is a headache.’
The moment he flipped the screen with his finger, his phone rang. 𝒇𝙧𝙚𝓮𝙬𝙚𝓫𝒏𝓸𝓿𝓮𝒍.𝓬𝙤𝓶
[Recruited him, that guy.]
It was Lee Seoyoon.
Kim Minwoo's eyes narrowed.
He made a call in less than 3 seconds.
“Where are you?”
―Chile. At the airport right now.
“His condition?”
―Fed him a potion and kept him alive.
After even finishing the call with Namgung Min.
Kim Minwoo looked out the window.
Seoul's night view reflected and wavered on the glass window.
‘Namgung Min.’
Data from his gaming days brushed past his mind.
Damage dealer position.
Close-combat assassin type based on twin daggers.
A genius character like Park Siwoo, Han Siah, and Seo Yerim.
‘On top of that, his job matches his talent.’
He possessed an innate talent for killing things.
The Assassin job was a perfect match for Namgung Min.
‘The fact that he's a psychopath is the problem, though.’
Even when playing Namgung Min, he suffered quite a bit because of this trait.
The corners of Kim Minwoo's mouth twisted bitterly.
‘Namgung Min.’
The memories of playing that bastard during his gaming days came to mind.
Honestly speaking, he was quite flustered back then.
[Namgung Min (Unaffiliated Hunter)]
[Characteristics: Genius Talent, Psychopath, Hedonism, Impulsive, Uncontrollable, Absence of Ethics]
[Clear Difficulty: ★★★]
[Job: Assassin]
〈(Tip) Namgung Min is a character who moves solely for ‘fun’. If he gets bored, he cuts down allies too!〉
A character moving solely for fun.
He only found out what that meant after playing him.
For example, if he tried to proceed with a raid…….
[Namgung Min ignores the command!]
―The boss? We can just kill it slowly. Look at that guy's expression over there. Aren't you curious what his scream will sound like?
[Namgung Min attacks an ally!]
―Ah, my bad. My hand slipped. But the color of the blood is pretty, right?
[Namgung Min escapes from combat!]
―Boring. They all break the same way. I'm going to go find another toy.
There was even a time he suddenly slit the ally tanker's throat right in the middle of a raid.
The reason?
‘Because I was curious about the screaming sound.’
[Party Member Dead!]
[Party members become hostile toward Namgung Min!]
―Wow, makes a really great sound. Next is the healer's turn.
‘He was a total fucking lunatic.’
Amazing talent and job aptitude.
Still, he was the character that made him realize right away why the difficulty was three stars.
Becoming an internationally wanted criminal after trolling a few times was also an absolute inevitability.
‘Ended up playing solo in the end.’
He couldn't even dream of a party.
Of course, he was much easier to play than Kim Minwoo, who didn't even have a single talent and also couldn't dream of a party.
“Well, I'll have to bear with it.”
He is a main-character-level figure from the game.
Not using him just because he's a psycho was out of the question.
Because this guy would also possess a talent close to SSS-rank.
‘There are only two ways to control him.’
Sticking with him 24 hours a day was impossible.
So he either had to attach a party member to watch him and prevent him from causing trouble.
‘Or kill him and bring him back to life.’
It was the same for Lee Seoyoon, who was also a psycho.
After killing her and bringing her back to life, he was using her quite handily.
Even though her loyalty was a bit low, perhaps because he held the position of her creator, she executed commands remarkably well.
Just looking at right now proved it.
When told to find Namgung Min, who could be hiding anywhere in the world, didn't she stubbornly scour everywhere and actually find him?
“But if I kill him, can he obtain a weapon?”
Park Siwoo, Seo Yerim, and even Han Siah.
They had obtained the Hero Party's weapons.
Holy Sword Arpesia.
Divine Bow Yferin.
Holy Relic Iverg.
On the other hand, Namgung Min currently had nothing.
‘They will definitely try to intervene and hand one to him.’
If he kills him after that and revives him as an undead, the question remains whether he could still use the weapon.
‘It's a gamble.’
A gamble with very high risk.
So killing him is on hold for now.
Instead, he would attach someone to him.
‘I should stick Lee Seoyoon to him. Or maybe Olivia.’
Both are assassins.
And, they are strong.
If it was Olivia, she would definitely be able to control Namgung Min, but that was too high-tier of a combat force.
Like using a butcher's knife to kill a chicken, so to speak.
‘A guy who moves solely for fun. Then…….’
There was only one answer.
He just needed to shift the direction of that fun.
Outer Gods.
Enemies.
Things that were okay to break.
If he just turned his gaze toward those, he would run wild on his own.
He wasn't expecting loyalty.
He was just changing his playground.
To a place overflowing with toys that were more fun, tougher, and could be played with for a longer time.
‘And those kinds of toys.’
The corners of Kim Minwoo's mouth went up.
‘Are overflowing.’
Heavenly City.
The domain of the Outer Gods.
A world swarming with monsters where humans were torn apart like paper lay beyond.
It was well worth taking the risk.
＊ ＊ ＊
A few days later, Incheon International Airport.
The moment the airplane touched down on the runway, Namgung Min looked out the window.
A grayish sky.
An orderly city.
It was a completely different scenery from the blood-scented back alleys of Chile.
‘It's clean.’
It was so clean that it actually felt weird.
“What are you looking at?”
Lee Seoyoon unfastened her seatbelt next to him.
“Nothing.”
Namgung Min answered indifferently.
But the corners of his mouth were minutely curled up.
The cabin lights turned on.
Passengers stood up and began to gather their luggage.
An ordinary everyday life.
Ordinary people.
Namgung Min's eyes scanned them.
Neck, temple, heart.
Finding himself counting vital spots out of habit, he smirked.
‘If I don't like it, I can just kill them here.’
It was a simple matter.
As it always had been.
But…….
Something brushed past the tip of his nose.
An unexplainable sensation. It wasn't the smell of rotten blood in Chile, nor the metallic smell of the arena.
How should he put it. Something he hadn't smelled in a long time…….
‘A fresh scent.’
Namgung Min's pupils dilated minutely.
Anticipation. Right, this was anticipation.
When was the last time he felt this.
He couldn't even remember.
“Let's go.”
Lee Seoyoon stood up first.
Namgung Min followed.
They passed through the arrival hall, claimed their baggage, and went through customs. Everything went smoothly.
It seemed Lee Seoyoon had pulled some strings in advance.
A VIP-exclusive passage.
They walked down a deserted corridor.
Only the sound of their footsteps echoed.
An automatic door was visible at the end.
A presence could be felt beyond the door.
One person. Standing completely still.
Seueuk.
The automatic door opened.
Black hair.
Sharp eyes.
A man in a suit was standing there.
Their gazes met.
Namgung Min's steps stopped.
‘Kim Minwoo.’
He looked at his eyes.
They were deep.
Neither cloudy nor wavering.
They were the eyes of someone who had seen death hundreds of times.
The corners of his mouth slowly curled up.
“You said you were the master of this lunatic here, right?”
“Yeah.”
In an instant, Namgung Min's figure blurred.
An afterimage.
The next moment, his dagger surged toward Kim Minwoo's neck.
Chaeng―!
The sound of metal clashing.
A black longsword was held in Kim Minwoo's hand before anyone noticed. Hell Rhapsody.
He deflected the dagger as if it were nothing.
That wasn't the end of it.
Using the exact same deflecting motion, the tip of the sword dug toward Namgung Min's neck.
A trajectory as natural as flowing water.
Blocking and stabbing were connected in a single motion.
“……!”
Namgung Min hurriedly leaned his body back.
Seueuk.
A thin streak of blood flowed down his neck.
“Fuck.”
A curse popped out automatically.
He twisted his body and went in for a counterattack.
Twin daggers cut through the empty air.
The left carotid artery, the right subclavian artery.
A simultaneous attack.
Chaeng! Chaeng!
Two metallic sounds.
Kim Minwoo's longsword broke the trajectory with minimal movement.
The first dagger bounced off to the side, and the second was deflected upward.
An opening.
Namgung Min’s eyes flashed.
The third attack. A hidden weapon concealed in his coat fired from his fingertips. Aimed at the heart.
Peok.
Kim Minwoo’s left hand grasped the empty air.
The hidden weapon was caught between two fingers.
“……What.”
Shock brushed past Namgung Min’s face.
In that split second.
A black longsword filled his vision.
Seueuk—.
Cold metal touched his neck.
A distance where just breathing would cut his skin. Namgung Min’s back hit the wall.
He didn't even know when he was pushed back.
Three exchanges.
In that time, he was perfectly subdued.
Namgung Min’s pupils trembled.
It wasn't fear.
It was awe.
‘Beautiful.’
Striking while blocking, deflecting while striking, and tightening while deflecting. Four intentions in a single motion.
There were no wasted movements.
No, beyond having no wasted movements, this wasn't a sword, it was art.
The blade touching his neck vibrated minutely.
With just a little force, it's over. And yet…….
“Hey, man.”
Namgung Min smirked.
It was a face that didn't care whether his neck was cut or not.
“I heard you're a Necromancer?”
He looked up at Kim Minwoo’s eyes beyond the blade.
Pure curiosity, like that of a young child, lingered.
“You're fucking good with a sword.”
“If I don't use it, it's easy to get my throat slit by bastards like you.”
“That's true.”
Strength left Kim Minwoo’s hand.
Seureureuk.
The sword withdrew from his neck.
As the touch of the cold metal disappeared, only a thin streak of blood remained on Namgung Min’s neck.
‘His talent is obvious.’
Kim Minwoo’s gaze scanned Namgung Min. Three exchanges.
Even in that brief moment, the guy's movements were being corrected in real-time.
The second was sharper than the first, and the third sharper than the second.
‘The problem is where to let him loose.’
Sheathing Hell Rhapsody, Kim Minwoo opened his mouth.
“You pass the test.”
“Pass?”
Namgung Min tilted his head.
Blood was still flowing from his neck, but it was a face that didn't even care.
“Now I'm going to make a proposal.”
The corners of Kim Minwoo’s mouth went up.
“There's a place where a guy like you can play to your heart's content. Interested?”
“Where is it? A place like that.”
“The Heavenly City. There's a place like that.”
“Heavenly City?”
He explained the Heavenly City to the tilting guy.
“So, to summarize…… you're saying it's a neighborhood where all sorts of refugees from places other than this Earth flock together?”
“Right. The level is high too.”
“That sounds like a lot of fun. If you send me, I'll go. Anytime.”
“But, I can't send you right now.”
“Why not?”
“Because the admission ticket is a bit expensive. And I have to go there once to buy it.”
“Then why did you bring it up now?”
“So that a bastard like you will at least pretend to listen to me. No?”
Namgung Min stroked his chin.
“How long will it take? To get that sponsorship ticket or whatever.”
“Well, about two months?”
The cooldown for the Heavenly City was almost over.
If he waited a little, he could move there anytime.
The structure was that he just had to buy a Diamond rank sponsorship ticket with the accumulated contribution points there and hand it over.
“Then what do I do in the meantime?”
“I'll stick Lee Seoyoon to you, so just go around and level up or something.”
“……Well, sure.”
“Oh, and. If you're going to kill anyone, go overseas and only kill criminals.”
At those words, Namgung Min's face lit up.
“I can kill them?”
“Would you not kill them if I told you not to?”
“That's a no.”
“Exactly.”
As he gave Lee Seoyoon a look, she stuck close to Namgung Min. Like a warden.
“Since I've been to Chile, I want to check out somewhere else this time.”
As Namgung Min muttered, Lee Seoyoon answered indifferently.
“Mexico. The Sinaloa area.”
“Oho. Is it good there too?”
“Lots of bastards to kill, and nobody cares. The food is decent too.”
“Then let's go there, Noona.”
“Well, whatever.”
Just like that, the two companions started preparing to depart again the moment they arrived at the airport.
‘He might become a decent card.’
Kim Minwoo thought of the Heavenly City.
He had already swallowed all of District 9.
Now it was time to break through the upper districts.
Shadow.
An information guild belonging to Lilith, one of the Seven Lords, which was currently in a cooperative relationship with Kim Minwoo.
If he sent Namgung Min there, he would become a sharp blade.
Of course, he couldn't just send him all alone.
Who knows what kind of trouble he'd cause if he just went.
‘Do I have to keep Lee Seoyoon stuck to him?’
But is it a structure where an undead can even use a sponsorship ticket?
He would figure that out when the time comes.
But, before that…….
‘I should release a certain invention on Earth.’
Kim Minwoo moved his steps toward the Ilsung Group.
