Episode 137
137. Episode 137
The next day dawned.
Although I drank a lot, my body, strengthened by becoming a player, quickly detoxified the alcohol.
Since it was their first free time in a long time, Diablo’s clan members all left the inn early in the morning for their own reasons.
Their purposes were different, such as shopping at the market or finding materials to decorate their residence, but they all had bright expressions.
Se-un also left the inn after finishing a simple breakfast.
After walking a little, we soon arrived at a square.
“Selling all kinds of monster materials!”
“Recruiting Spear Clan members! Once we have a little more public service points, we can open a clan residence! Anyone who wants to grow together!”
“Is there anyone who can wield a longsword? I am a warrior with strength level 78.”
The 10th floor trials and story continued, and I thought it might be a space separated from other players, but that wasn’t the case.
The square was filled with players raising their voices to achieve their own goals.
Because there were so many of them, this place had already become something of a player-only market.
And in between, a familiar face appeared, wandering between the players and poking around the stalls.
“Elder?”
“Huh? Oh, it’s you. You’re up early.”
It was Go Chang-seok.
I thought I had found a nearby blacksmith shop, but it was in a place I never expected.
“What are you doing here?”
“Haha, I see some good material. My constellation likes these things better than iron.”
-The constellation, ‘The Soldier in the Golden Crown’, asserts that the monster’s material is better for increasing strength than the solid iron.
-The constellation, ‘The Soldier in the Golden Crown’, however, laments that there is no usable material to be found here.
‘Well, most of the materials sold here are nothing special.’
The chances of something decent appearing in the middle of a street like this were slim.
Se-Woon, who was wondering if there was anything he could do to help, came up with a possibility.
‘If it’s there.’
By now, you know of a place that has more and more diverse materials than anywhere else.
“Come this way.”
“Hmm? No, it’s okay.”
“I feel bad about wasting public funds here.”
“Hmm, is that all? Well, I guess I should be grateful. But weren’t you going somewhere?”
“It’s the same road anyway.”
It wasn’t a matter of consideration, but this was Seun’s goal from the beginning.
After walking a little away from the square that was as noisy as a market street, my destination soon came into view.
It’s not that the destination is close, but rather that the destination is large.
“Could it be that the destination is there?”
“yes.”
The south gate of Skabe.
It was the place where the Diablo clan fought to repel monster attacks.
As Se-Woon approached, a tired-looking soldier spoke to him first.
“Oh, hello! Wow, yesterday was really fun. I still have a headache from drinking so much. Haha!”
“Thank you for your hard work.”
“Oh, it was hard. Compared to last year’s raid, this hardship is nothing. It’s all thanks to you all.”
The soldier bowed his head slightly toward Seun.
Se-woon, who had already been thanking him all day yesterday, lightly declined and got to the main point.
“Have you finished cleaning outside?”
“Well, since there are so many of them, we’ve only secured the road so far. The surrounding area is still being cleaned up.”
“What about the monster’s corpse?”
“That’s also being sorted out. Is there anything you need?”
“If possible, I’d like to look around and see if there’s any usable material.”
This is exactly what Seun was aiming for.
Thousands of monsters defeated in the 10th floor trials.
As soon as the raid was repelled, the Diablo Clan was summoned inside the walls, leaving no time to deal with them.
I had hoped that it would be connected because the stories were connected, and it was as expected.
Currently, the South Gate was in the state immediately after the Diablo Clan challenged the 10th floor trial.
Soon after, the soldier told me where he was organizing the materials, and as soon as I got there… … .
“What do you think? Doesn’t this place look much better than that square before?”
“… … Heh heh, this is totally crazy.”
The corpses of the monsters that had been defeated yesterday were piled up like a mountain.
The important thing is that this is not even half of the bodies collected.
The soldiers were slaughtering the monster’s corpse, looking for edible parts or useful materials.
Monster attacks are a huge threat to Skabe, but if you can overcome them, you can gain a lot of benefits.
Not only food, but some materials could be traded at high prices to alchemists, wizards, and others.
Se-Woon asked the soldier who had guided him here in a casual manner.
“Could you please just get me a few good materials?”
“Haha, of course! This is all, Commander, I don’t think you’ll say anything. Rather, there are too many of them, and about half of them can’t maintain their commercial value, so feel free to take as much as you want!”
Skabe is a city located in the desert, so the hotter the weather, the faster the monster corpses decompose.
Besides, the number of monsters that attacked this time was particularly large, so the soldiers had nothing to lose.
“Thank you for this! I should grab one more when I have time.”
-The constellation, ‘The Soldier in the Golden Crown’ tilts his head, saying that the vertebrae on the other side look quite useful.
Go Chang-seok rushed into the cleanup scene to express his gratitude to Seun and the soldiers.
As materials were supplied to him, the Diablo Clan’s equipment would naturally improve and its military power would increase, so it was a welcome development for Seun.
‘Rather than that, it should be around here.’
Se-un remembered the original purpose of his visit here.
I thought I should ask the soldiers, but I realized it was there when I saw them chattering in the distance.
As I made my way through the corpses that were beginning to smell bad, the sight I had expected came into view.
“Wow, isn’t that amazing? Even the dead are moving on their own.”
“Isn’t it a little scary?”
“What’s so scary about that! How many monsters did that person defeat with that magic? Especially the explosion at the end, didn’t you see it?”
“Of course I saw it. It was truly a chilling explosion.”
Baekhyun. He was creating undead using monster corpses.
This was to supplement the undead, as all the undead except the manticores in the 10th floor trials were used to explode corpses.
However, it is not as simple as raising a monster as with normal necromancy.
Study each monster’s body parts and characteristics one by one to find out how to utilize them to their full potential.
They can be made into chimeras by splicing together the corpses of different monsters, or they can be made into explosive undead by filling them with gas, like when you blow up an alligator.
It was a possible preparation, as his constellation, Gamigin, allowed him to store undead and corpses in near-infinite quantities.
“How are things going?”
“Ah, you’re here! As you can see, we’re preparing hard. There are a lot of new monsters, so it’s fun to study them. Haha!”
I always feel this way, but when a normally polite person starts talking about monster corpses or the undead, the atmosphere changes.
Well, that doesn’t mean it was a bad thing. It just means that he was so absorbed in his own power.
Don’t they say that those who work hard can’t keep up with those who enjoy it?
His current appearance was proof of that.
As soon as Se-Woon arrived, he opened the subspace pocket while he was excitedly explaining the characteristics of the monster in front of him.
dump.
“This!”
“It wouldn’t have rotted or anything since it was in a subspace.”
“Thank goodness! I was worried that maybe my condition was not good enough and I wouldn’t be able to use my traits. Oh, it’s definitely different from other ants.”
-The constellation, ‘The Horse That Tramples Death’, wags its tail, saying that this is quite useful.
As soon as the queen ant’s corpse was taken out, Baekhyun opened his eyes wide and became interested.
After carefully observing the organs in the head and stomach, he smiled broadly and said that it seemed possible.
“Oh, and I have a favor to ask. Is that okay?”
“Sure.”
Se-woon nodded at Baek-hyun’s request.
Given his personality, it would most likely be a request related to undead creation or black magic.
If that was the case, then it was related to the increase in the Diablo Clan’s combat power, so of course I would listen.
As proven by this 10th floor trial, a stronger clan will be of great help in the future.
“Can you please follow me here for a moment?”
For some reason, he asked to move seats.
If it was just a small favor, he could have done it here, but Se-woon followed him quietly, not knowing why he insisted on moving.
He left the workshop where the corpses were being cleaned, asked the soldier for permission, and went out the gate.
There, a gruesome sight unfolded, with the monster’s bodily fluids rolling around mixed with sand, along with a stench that was incomparable to that of the workshop.
“Haha, sorry. There wasn’t enough space to show it in the workshop.”
“Space?”
The workshop was quite large, as it housed the corpses of numerous monsters. But how could such a place feel so small?
What on earth was the request that made you react like that?
As Se-Woon thought like that, a hypothesis popped into his head.
‘no way.’
The moment I thought that it might be too much even if it was Baekhyun or Gamigin, Baekhyun unleashed the power of Gamigin.
A black diagonal line was drawn in the air, and then the gap opened like a mouth and spat out a monster’s corpse.
Kookung!!
It was clearly just the corpse of a single monster, but when it hit the ground, it felt like the ground was shaking.
The soldier who was watching this scene from behind opened his eyes wide and his mouth wide in bewilderment.
The reaction was the same for Seundo.
“Did you bring this?”
“Haha, it’s too good to be thrown away.”
-The constellation, ‘The Horse that Tramples Death’ nods, asking how he could throw away such precious material.
The identity of the corpse is none other than the ‘Predator of Saha’.
It was one of the two boss monsters that attacked the wall during the 10th floor trial.
Despite being hit by an explosion from within, its thick hide retained its original shape.
Let’s watch it, I can guess what Baekhyun will ask for.
“So you want to make this undead?”
“That’s right. Even though it looks fine on the outside, the inside is damaged beyond repair due to the explosion. It’s impossible to raise it in any way as it is.”
“then?”
“Aren’t there countless monster corpses scattered throughout this desert, including the workshop?”
“… … Are you really planning to use them?”
“That’s right! I plan to use the corpses of other monsters to create a skeleton and implement its internal structures. If I do that, I’ll definitely be able to raise that predator again!”
– The constellation, ‘The Horse that Tramples Death’, blows a strong breath of air out of its nose, saying it is excited.
-The constellation, ‘The Crow with its Head Down’, shakes its head at Gamigin’s madness.
– The constellation, ‘The Hungry Prince’, is frustrated that he cannot eat well-ripened prey.
Baekhyun shouted with a reddened face.
It seemed as if the image of a crocodile standing proudly and opening its mouth toward the enemy was already drawn in his mind.
‘What a ridiculous idea.’
Yeah, that’s ridiculous.
No matter how skilled you are, it’s impossible for a player in the second shelter to handle a boss monster like that, or to fill the crocodile’s skeleton and internal organs with the corpses of other monsters.
All of this was contrary to Seun’s common sense.
however.
“great.”
“thank you!”
I didn’t hate that kind of recklessness.
Se-Woon also did things that defied common sense in order to become stronger.
Theory, confidence, and recklessness with conviction only make a player stronger.
-The Treasure Trove of Greed has been opened.
[ Raise chimera ]
– This is a high-difficulty magic that only high-ranking necromancers of the Black Tower can use, as it is a technique that creates powerful undead by mixing different corpses.
Using the power of greed and the knowledge of the Black Tower filling my head, work began.
fantasy,
