06. Eldoras (7)

In the post-Outbreak world, countless awakened people appeared as heroes.

Sun Hao-ran, the owner of Yeoui-bong, Yulia Eisenshield, a European paladin, and even Cha Soo-hyeok, who is called the Top of the Top.

Any academy student will have at least one hunter he longs for in his heart. They created numerous legends by protecting citizens from the unprecedented crisis of towers and gates, climbing towers and fighting monsters.

Even now, somewhere in the world, prospective awakeners see them as role models and want to be like them one day. Although the case is a little different, I still remember the sight of seeing Cha Soo-hyeok’s Excalibur for the first time as a child.

Unfortunately, not all Awoken dream of becoming heroes. Among them, there are those who step into crime, disturb society, and harm people.

The worst criminals who have committed particularly heinous crimes and are wanted internationally.

Rachel Bright, the ‘Ice Witch’ accused of turning countless young women into ice statues across the United States. Shuji Kato, the ‘necromancer’ who used an entire village as a sacrifice. And Ryu Jae-hyeon, a ‘hunter hunter’ who brutally massacres dozens of S-class hunters and only targets and kills hunters….

The vicious bounty that you only see on screen are gathered here.

It wasn’t even just them. In addition to the S+ class criminals who put the country in an emergency even if only one person appears, the faces of dozens of thousands of criminals with unusual demons were also seen.

“… ….”

I swallowed dry saliva without realizing it. I assumed that there would be unusual faces, but after seeing it with my own eyes, I realized how dangerous this place is.

No matter how much he hid his presence and sound with magic, he couldn’t help but be nervous. No matter how great Seohee and Jisoo are, and even if I made weapons for today, that number of members was too dangerous.

With an unspoken agreement to never be found out, the three of us held our breath at the same time, no matter who said it first.

‘What are you doing here… ?’

If you look closely, there are not only 10,000 things in this wide cavity. The assassins he had seen while passing through the sewers, the cold corpses of the monsters who were assassins to be exact, were strewn everywhere.

It was only then that I realized what this place was for.

This is the boss room.

As if to prove that, among the piles of corpses, the boss monster I once defeated with a three-man sword during the Gate Incident was collapsed.

Even Manma-ryun didn’t look like he was hurt or exhausted. That a strong enemy who once had to risk his life fell so easily. It seemed to tell me the difference between me and my class.

Manmaryeon gathered around the corpse of the boss in a circle as if performing a ritual.

Standing in the center of the circle is Necromancer Shuji Kato.

A black and dark aura slowly rose around him. It was a mixture of magic that was so terrible that the three swords trembled.

Is that the skill of Shuji Kato that I’ve only heard about?

As if answering my question, Baek Ji-soo quietly opened her mouth.

“Necromancy. It’s a necromancer’s exclusive skill for reviving corpses by offering sacrifices.”

She was calm as always, but there was a gentle rage in her voice.

Am I getting angry at the unethical magic called necromancer, or is there a personal bad relationship with Shuji Kato? I was curious, but right now, paying attention to that ritual was the priority.

I don’t know what they’re trying to do, but should I stop them right now? If you use the unique skill of the three-person sword, you can get a surprise attack, but is it worth it to show up without knowing what the ritual is for?

The white palms overlapped on the back of my hand as I struggled with the three-person sword.

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Jisoo looked at me and shook his head slowly.

“… ….”

Yes. You only have one chance.

For now, let’s watch. Now is the time to make careful decisions.

Even though it was a necromantic technique that revived a corpse, there were no other corpses to be seen here. Except for the monsters lying on the floor.

As expected, Shuji Kato’s black magic permeated the dead boss monster. Every time the magical energy flowed, the boss monster’s corpse wriggled violently, and then it rose from the floor with red eyes flashing.

“Quaaa!!”

Did you revive a dead monster with necromancy? To use it as your own limbs in the tower?

But contrary to my expectations, each of them drew their own weapons against the resurrected boss monster.

“How many minutes will it take this time?”

“Oh, it was 2 minutes and 10 seconds, right? I will fight even with my eyes closed.”

“Really fed up. Please let’s finish it.”

There was not the slightest bit of tension among the members of the 10,000-strong organization, who were exchanging trivial jokes. They started hunting the boss monster very familiarly, as if they were repeating the work they had done dozens of times.

The pattern of hiding in the darkness, which we found so difficult, was dealt with by the majority occupying the space. The boss monster’s stealth in front of the Manma-Ryun strategy team, which was thoroughly formed, was no different from a mole in a mole catching game.

The explosion pattern that blew up half of the Shinseoul library was neatly sealed off by blowing both of the boss’s wrists at the same time.

“Keuuh, uh uh uh uh….”

About 2 minutes passed, and the boss monster collapsed again in vain, not knowing how long it had been since it was resurrected. Even Ryu Jae-hyeon and other executives did not step forward.

At that moment, Jaehyun Ryu, who had been still, approached the body of the boss and dug into his chest with his left hand.

The left arm, which was said to have been cut off by Cha Soo-hyeok, had black skin and distorted bones, so it was hard to believe that it was a human arm.

Kwajik. Crunchy!

It was a horrifying scene where the monster’s arm sliced through raw flesh and pulled out its organs, but the ice witch Rachel, who was watching the scene, just spit out her words with a sullen attitude.

“How is it? There is?”

“Tsk, no. It’s just a magic stone.”

“Ha ha. It’s bullshit again.”

“… Fuck. I heard it’s a 5% chance, but I think it’s already over 20 times? When are you coming out?”

Rachel sighed and Ryu Jae-hyeon threw the blood-soaked magic stone into the air with a face full of annoyance. Kato Shuji, wearing a dark robe, opened his mouth as he took the magic stone. It was a grotesque and dreary voice, as if scratching an iron plate.

“Patience, have it. Be patient, wait, and the results will come.”

“Shut up, monkey. How much longer do we have to wait in this shitty sewer?”

“… ….”

“Prepare the next ritual in time for nonsense.”

Kato Shuji’s bloody eyes stared at Ryu Jae-hyun. However, Ryu Jae-hyun rather snorted and revealed that he would live again. What are you going to do It was an arrogant attitude.

The surrounding air instantly cooled.

Um. You look really close. Perhaps it was because they were a group of criminals, but they didn’t seem to feel any sense of cooperation.

I expected that we would be able to fight each other like this and aim for gaps, but unfortunately, when Shuji Kato lowered his gaze first, the threatening atmosphere soon calmed down.

“… mana, not enough With only one magic stone, there is no chin.”

“Didn’t you plan to supply magical power? Are you already out?”

“No… mana, did not come in. Something is wrong.”

“… What?”

At Shuji Kato’s words, Jaehyun Ryu frowned. Rachel, who was next to her, gestured in the air to see what kind of magic she was using, then shook her head.

“I can’t get in touch with the Duke. Looks like you got caught?”

“Damn it. Did you get caught because you didn’t do a good job of dispensing poison? This is why I should have brought the right guy….”

When it comes to poison, I think you mean the spy you caught before entering the sewer.

I thought the purpose was simply to unleash the drugs and cause confusion, but was there a purpose beyond that? Considering that the necromancer was here, it might have been intended to be used as a ritual sacrifice or something like that.

I don’t know the details, but it was clear that something was wrong, so we put our heads together and rushed into a strategy meeting.

“What do you think? What do you think you’re trying to do here?”

“Seeing that you talked about 5%, aren’t you trying to root the item?”

Seohee’s guess was reasonable. Monsters created in the tower will evaporate after a certain period of time, except for magic stones, but there are times when the equipment they were wearing remains with a low probability.

Most of the tower weapons used by hunters are obtained in this way, and ‘farming’, which is to hunt only certain monsters in order to obtain the desired equipment, is also common in the tower.

“You’re doing this here to just root an item? Are you ready for that?”

“… It won’t be just one item.”

In this situation, Jisoo still spoke quietly with a calm voice.

“It is an item that the hidden boss in the hidden field drops with a low probability. It makes sense to see it as something as important as that.”

In that case, it must be a quest item.

If you think about what’s going to happen today, they wouldn’t be here for nothing. I don’t know where Manma-ryun got that information, but when it comes to level bosses, regardless of strength, once you hunt them, you have to wait for quite a long time until they regenerate again.

If it is an item that drops with a 5% chance from the hidden boss in a hidden field that cannot be caught at any time, just as Jisoo said, it is mind-boggling just to imagine how long and hard it would take to acquire it in order to farm normally. Enough to do

However, it is possible for a necromancer to forcibly resurrect a monster and do infinite farming….

Perhaps the necromancer’s stake in the secret account of 10,000 won, which is famous for having a lot of money, is said to be enough to buy a country.

However, it seems that it requires a considerable supply of magic power, and it seems that we have blocked that means in advance unwillingly.

Wait. If the plan has already been disrupted, there is no need for us to take any more risks.

I think I know where he’s hiding, but he doesn’t seem to be able to do anything right now, so wouldn’t it be better to just go outside and call someone?

No matter how hard it is to prevent the apocalypse, a hunter, a necromancer, or an ice witch are too burdensome for only three students. Now that we have justification and evidence, wouldn’t it be best to leave this to a professional hunter?

At the moment I thought so, a displeased tongue-clicking voice rang briefly through the cavity. Rachel tilted her head, crossing her arms with her disapproving expression.

“What do you want to do? Since the plan has gone awry, should we aim for the next opportunity? I don’t know what the lieutenant will say.”

“… No. It can’t be, no Now that it’s like this, go to plan B.”

Shuji Kato pulled out a short dagger from within his arms. Even at a glance, it was a mysterious item with magical patterns imprinted on the black blade in ominous blood. Jisoo’s eyes widened when she saw it.

“Blood Sacrifice… !”

‘Blood Sacrifice’… I’ve heard of that name before.

A tower equipment that can be obtained with a low probability in the upper layer of Necropolis. A demonic sword that has the effect of unilaterally stealing the mana of the person stabbed by the sword. Because of its ominous effects, which only target living humans, it was one of the weapons banned from use by the Hunter International Organization.

Kato Shuji took out not one bloody sacrifice, but several, and distributed it to the members of the Ten Thousand Raising Organization one by one. And he said in a raspy voice like scratching an iron plate.

“All of you, pick this up, go up. And, all the hunters you meet with this weapon… Stab him to death.”

Ten members nodded and scattered in all directions. All of them were class A dangerous criminals.

Then someone’s face passed quickly through my mind. The figure of her still leading people on the lower floors and hunting.

‘Yuna… !’

Yuna was in danger.