Seoul Station’s Necromancer – Chapter 39

 

 

Chapter 39 – 5 Star Dungeon(2)

They had already passed by 5 Oasis .
During that time, they had found 3 Artifacts . They were also able to earn a lot of bloodstones, and all of it had been placed inside Woojin’s sub-dimension .
Woojin and Sunggoo arrived at the last field .

There were crumbling walls, and the road was covered with sand . Trees were growing sparsely, and it was an indication that there were life here .

“W . . what do you think of this place?”

“Ragrecia . ”

“What?”

“It is the name of an abandoned city . ”

“Hul . How do you even know the name of the city, hyung-nim?”

“It’s written over there . ”

Woojin pointed toward the gates leading to the collapsed city . Sunggoo tilted his head in confusion as he looked at the undecipherable letters .

‘How does he know this?’

He was able to speak with the Orcs last time . Now he was able to read the writings found within the Dungeon .

However, he wasn’t going to ask about it . He was just curious . He didn’t want to be berated for asking unnecessary questions .

“You’ll really have to be careful from now on . ”

“Yes, sir!”

Woojin scratched his cheek when he saw Sunggoo answer bravely . If the danger went away just by the person being careful, then no one would die inside the Dungeon .

“Mmmm . Wait . ”

Woojin searched his inventory, then he took out a leather armor .

“This isn’t suited for a Magician, but it had a pretty good defense . Try putting it on . ”

“H . . hyung-nim . ”

Sunggoo was close to tears as he accepted and wore the armor given by Woojin . It was made out of leather, but there was something hard covering the chest, and sides .

“Uh? It feels like my body has become lighter .

<Recia’s Blessing>

An armor worn by the soldiers of Ragrecia . It is a fairly heavy armor, but it increases agility by 5 .
Skill : Acceleration

After the elated Sunggoo put on the armor, Woojin spoke to him .

“It is an Artifact imbued with magic . You said the Roused could use it?”

“Yes, hyung-nim . ”

“Try using it . ”

“What?”

Sunggoo was surprised as he started touching his armor .

“Does this have an imbued skill?”

The price of the Artifacts depended on what kind of ability it had, and the price varied .

“Use it . ”

“Yes, sir . ”

Sunggoo spat out a surprised sound when he put his magic into the armor . It felt like his body was floating, and it made him feel dizzy . Moreover, a pain lanced through his head as if he had just ate a cold ice cream .

“Uh uh?”

“Try moving around . ”

At Woojin’s direction, Sunggoo was moving his body from side to side when he fell .

“Wow!”

The fallen Sunggoo was surprised, He got up, and he started to speedily move around the surrounding . He was moving twice as fast as his normal speed . However, the amount of magic possessed by Sunggoo was quite meager, so his movement decreased soon .

“Huk . It seems I can only maintain it for 30 seconds with my ability . ”

“Can you use your fireball in that state?”

Sunggoo tried to use his fireball magic . The fireball formed much slower than before .

‘Whether it is the skill used through the Artifact, or one’s natural skill, the Roused has to provide all the mana . ’

He won’t have any cause to use his flame magic . The armor will adjust his agility, and the Acceleration skill could be used for evasion . Sunggoo would have no problem surviving .

“You are less likely to die if you are able to dodge well . However, you should still be careful . ”

“Yes, sir . ”

“When the moment of danger comes, don’t put your trust in me . Protect your own life . Don’t expect others to protect you… . ”

“…yes . I’ll keep that in mind . ”

Woojin wasn’t Sunggoo’s protector . He couldn’t’ always keep an eye on Sunggoo on the chaotic battle field . If he died, then it was his fate .
Woojin could always acquire a new errand boy, but he kind of liked Sunggoo . Woojin decided to prepare him as well as he could, then he would just have to hope Sunggoo will live a long life .

It didn’t matter what Woojin felt . In the end, everyone had to defend for themselves .
Sunggoo had to no choice, but to be watchful and alert .

“The monster that will appear is of the anthropomorphic race . They are called the Naga . I don’t know how many there are, but they put poison on their weapons . Be careful . ”

“Yes . ”

Ragrecia was an abandoned city .
The fallen houses, and the thatch-less buildings created a maze . Desert rats were hiding in every corner, and they kept attacking . Woojin sent the Skeleton Soldiers forward to act as a pathfinder, and they also cleared the path .

The Skeleton Soldiers performed well in their role as scouts .

“Kyahhh!”

Accompanying a horrible shriek, a spear came flying through the air, and it hit a Skeleton Soldier walking in the front . The spear embedded itself in the skull . The skull of the Skeleton Soldier broke, and it crumbled to the floor .

Woojin ran out of the alley, and 3 Naga Soldiers appeared .

The lower half of a snake had merge with the torso of a human . The Naga looked rough, and they used weapons dipped with poison .

<Lvl 56 Naga Soldier>

It was unfortunate for them, but the Skeleton Soldier couldn’t be poisoned .

“Kee-kee-keek . ”

“Keh keh . ”

The Skeleton Soldiers quickly ran towards the Naga Soldiers, but it wasn’t enough . The bone swords couldn’t penetrate through the armors they wore on their torso, and it also couldn’t break through the scales surrounding the lower half of their body .

The Naga Soldier’s spear was fast and accurate . The Skeleton Soldier’s skull was crushed with a single blow . Even if there was a gap in strength, superior numbers could still be used to push the enemy .
Even though the Skeleton Soldiers were level 17, it didn’t pose any threat to the Naga Soldiers . The Skeleton Magicians were probably more of a threat, but the Naga Soldiers quickly hid themselves behind the terrain . Therefore, the Skeleton Magicians weren’t that effective .

Woojin kicked at the remain of bones leftover after the Skeleton Soldier had been demolished .

Puh-puhk .

The stack of bones were scattered everywhere .
Woojin aimed his Bone Spear at the Naga Warriors . He threw the Bone spear .

Chw-rah-rahk!

It flew at high speed as it spiraled . The thrown Bone spear was powerful enough to catch the attention of the Naga Warriors . A Naga Warrior’s spear blocked Woojin’s bone spear .

[Retreat!]

The Naga Soldiers quickly disengaged from the Skeleton Soldiers, then they tried to widen their distance from the enemies . However, Woojin immediately summon his Wall of Bones . Pieces of bones shot out in all direction, and one of the Naga Warrior was skewered .

Chwaaaahk!

The Naga Soldiers had been surprised by the sudden appearance of a wall, and now a steel spear was flying towards them .

Boom!

They couldn’t blocked it . No . Even if they did block it, the result wouldn’t have changed .

Woojin had used the level 20 Warrior’s Skill, ‘Throw’ . He threw his spear, and it was sufficiently strong enough to kill the Naga .

“Release, summon . ”

Pah-paht .

At Woojin’s command, the spear stuck inside the Naga Warrior’s heart disappeared, and it was summoned back within Woojin’s grasp .

The Warrior’s weapon evolved alongside the Warrior .

The various ways one could use it was endless .

<Throw>

When one throws one’s weapon, it is the Final attack . When one let’s go of the weapon, one has to bet everything on it . The speed is increased proportional to one’s strength . The accuracy is increased proportional to one’s Agility .

The Warrior Class had many innate skills . There were a lot of basic passive skills like Warrior’s Senses, Throw, and Spearsmanship .

Moreover, the endlessly recoverable Warrior’s Weapon was well suited for being used as a throwing weapon .

The purpose of Skeleton Soldier’s attack was to occupy their attention . That had bee enough .

Shwahhhk! Boom!

Woojin’s body was bent back like a bow . He let go of the spear as he shot his body forward, and the spear accurately pierced the Naga Soldier’s heart .
The last remaining Nag Soldier was dismayed . Woojin looked towards it, and he opened his mouth .

“Ria ni Le root ta . Reona raket . ”

“Riket La? Reona Raketa nia . ”

Woojin once again spoke in words Sunggoo couldn’t understand, and this time he wasn’t confused by it .

‘My **** . How many languages does he know?’

He admired Woojin . Every move made by Woojin made him surprised routinely . He just took hyung-nim smartness as a given .

[If you want to protect the Naga’s temple, then gather all of your Warriors and wait for me . ]

[Who are you? Tell me the reason why you are trying to trespass into the Naga’s temple . ]

[My reason is the same as yours . I just want to protect earth akin to the Naga protecting its temple . ]

[The guardians of the temple will all be gathered to repel you . ]

While they were conversing, Woojin took down the Wall of Bones . Sunggoo had a quizzical expression on his face when Woojin spared one Naga .

“Hyung-nim . Why did you let one go? Moreover, what did you say…”

“I told them to attack me with a large force . ”

“…… . ”

Wouldn’t it be dangerous? They looked really strong .

“Wouldn’t it be cool?”

“…… . ”

What? What was cool? Think, Sunggoo . The answer is already determined . Find the answer . Find the answer hyung-nim wants .

“An expert like me…”

“Yes, hyung-nim . ”

“…can use words to create a Train . ” (TLN: he used a gaming term . basically lining up/gathering enemies . )

“…… . ”

Is that what he meant? Wasn’t the Train used to round up easy monsters to kill? At a glance, the Skeleton Soldiers was incredibly inadequate to face these opponents…
However, hyung-nim must think otherwise .

“You are very cool . ”

“Hoo hoo, let’s go . If I had to hunt down all the Naga, then it would have taken half a day . ”

Woojin was excited about the fact that he’ll be able to fight all the Naga in one sitting .  Sunggoo was a little bit worried as he followed Woojin from the back .

‘I’m level 30, so I should be able to do some group hunting . ’

Woojin earned a main skill every 10 levels . The Golem summon was one of the skills, but he had also earned an essential attack skill that was critical to Woojin .

If he hadn’t reached level 30 right now, he wouldn’t have forced himself to hunt a group . However, he was level 30 now, so he would be able to do it .

In the middle of the city, there was a large tower standing high over the city .
The Naga Warriors were packed around the tower . There were a little bit less than 100 Naga Warriors .

Sunggoo swallowed dryly .

“H…hyung-nim . Aren’t there too many of them?”

“It’ll be dangerous, so you should wait here . ”

“Yes, hyung-nim . ”

Woojin marched confidently in step with the Skeleton Soldiers . He lead them from the front .

[Are you the impudent human trying to take the temple?]

[Can we dispense with the long speech?]

[We will protect the temple at all costs . ]

The Naga Soldiers’ fighting spirit burned brighter . There were 80 Skeleton Soldiers behind Woojin . He still had enough Control stat to make more, but he didn’t want to summon the maximum number .
In this Dungeon, the Skeleton Soldier’s role was insignificant . However, they were a linchpin for what he was about to do in this battlefield .

“Charge!”

“Kee kee kee!”

The Skeleton Soldiers let out its unique yell, and they quickly charged forward . They were already dead, so fear didn’t slow them down .
He didn’t even need to vocalize his orders . They were beings under the control of Woojin .
He just needed to use his will to change their formation, and they would move like his limbs .

“Kee kee kee!”

The Skeleton Soldiers ran forward with force, but their numbers were cut down quickly by the Naga Warrior’s spears .
However, Woojin didn’t look worried .
When the last Skeleton Soldier was destroyed, a very large Naga Warrior stepped forward .

<lv 61 Naga Great Warrior . >

‘I guess the boss mob only comes out only once in the beginning . ’

The ‘Naga Chieftain’ that showed up in his first raid was absent now . One of the 5 great warriors that had stood by the Naga Chieftain was this field’s boss this time around .
The difficulty was much lower compared to the first raid .

[You dare to invade the temple with such an inferior Undead army?]

Woojin waited in the back as all of his Skeleton Soldiers were destroyed . Woojin laughed

[The Undead Army?]

The Undead army had always faced the Trahnet army as an enemy .

[If your voices reaches Trahnet, then there is something you should inform him . ]

Woojin summoned two Bone Spears for each hand . With twin spears in his hand, Woojin started to walk forward .

One step . Two step .

[I, the owner of Alandal, is on earth . ]

Third step . Fourth Step .

As he took more steps, his speed became faster . On the last step, he jumped high into the air .

Hoooohng .

He looked down from mid-air, and he was able to see everything . Wooojin looked at the pieces of bones littered around the Naga Warriors .
A large amount of magical energy exited his body .

Chwa-jah-hajk .

The pieces of bone fused with each other as it grew . It formed a massive Wall of Bones .
No . It was a Bone Prison . The Naga was surround by the Wall of Bones . Woojin fell right in the middle of the crowd .

Kwah-jeek!

An unlucky Naga Warrior took Woojin’s knee to its head, and the skull burst open .

Woojin pierced the Bone Spear he held in both hands into the Naga Warrior’s head .

The Naga Warriors nearby ran forward to surround Woojin . A shock-wave emanated from the embedded Bone Spear . It spread out with the Bone Spear as its focal point .

Puh-uhk!

The Naga Warriors were pushed back all at once by the green shock wave .   The damaged caused by the shock-wave was minimal .

Green smoke started to spread, and it clouded the Naga’s vision .
When the green colored poison suddenly spread, the Naga lost control of their senses . The poison stopped one from breathing, and it ate away one’s blood .

“Kyahh, kyahk!”

“Rigen Kehta!”

The Naga Warriors died as they let out a pain-filled scream . When he saw the state of the Naga Warriors, Woojin laughed harder .

“I also know how to use some poison . ”

The Naga’s snake venom couldn’t even be compared to Wooijin’s poison .