Chapter 46: Magnacartha and the Earth Fairy Queen's Gift - I Became a Necromancer Villain in a Game Novel

• Attack: 851~1132

• Durability: 100/100

• Strength +65

• Health +30

• Agility -5

• Armor Penetration +121.5

• Armor Ignore Damage 12.15%

• 100% bleeding on every hit

• 3% chance to destroy weapons of the types: pickaxe, shield, or spear

• 12.15% chance to greatly reduce opponent's armor durability on hit

**LT_pGT_**I had never used Earth magic, yet these effects alone were more than enough.

**LT_pGT_**First, the rest efficiency boost would let me hunt for far longer.

**LT_pGT_**And the maximum HP and MP gains brought my stats into the mid-tier range.

**LT_pGT_**What about this...?

**LT_pGT_**'I got a Unique weapon too? That's something.'

**LT_pGT_**Just the raw power was impressive enough, but the appearance and flavor text made it even better.

**LT_pGT_**If I put it on the market, I could probably ask for 20 million, or even 30 million in premium.

**LT_pGT_**At that moment...

**LT_pGT_**And this is my personal gift.

**LT_pGT_**- Tiarwen's Bloom Ring (Unique) has been acquired.

**LT_pGT_**Tiarwen handed over a single bloom ring.

**LT_pGT_**'It looks like some handmade craftwork? A decent accessory? Status window!'

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• Defense: 10

• Durability: 100/100

• Strength +5

• Health +10

• Agility +10

• Intelligence +10

• Wisdom +10

• Craftsmanship +15

• Luck +2

• Magic resistance +20

• Earth attribute skill damage +7%

• All Earth attribute resistance +500

• All Earth attribute attack damage reduced by 1,500

**LT_pGT_**'No level limit, so I can use it right away. The stats are decent... but why Unique grade?'

**LT_pGT_**Fafnir quickly understood the reason while scanning the options.

**LT_pGT_**'Of course.'

**LT_pGT_**Fafnir smirked. Tiarwen stared at him strangely.

**LT_pGT_**By the way, you are quite the unusual adventurer.

**LT_pGT_**A black magician who wields dark mana and even destroys a goddess's temple, yet when I talk to you, you don't seem like a bad adventurer at all.

**LT_pGT_**I think it depends on how you handle your power.

**LT_pGT_**I agree. I just feel sorry for all the lives sacrificed to build up dark mana...

**LT_pGT_**Tiarwen sighed and continued.

**LT_pGT_**Still, if anyone can be trusted, it's you.

**LT_pGT_**Could I ask one more thing?

**LT_pGT_**What...

**LT_pGT_**Please deliver this to the Black Forge Dwarves in the Felaron Mountains.

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📍 Location: Felaron Mountains

🎁 Reward: Magnacartha and more

**LT_pGT_**The queen continued.

**LT_pGT_**It is the Earth Vitality Crystal I collected.

**LT_pGT_**We have been close friends with the Black Forge Dwarves for a long time, so I deliver it through fair trade.

**LT_pGT_**Recently, contact has been cut off because of monsters.

**LT_pGT_**Please deliver this vitality crystal along with our news to them.

**LT_pGT_**The Black Forge Dwarves were a powerful dwarf kingdom even in the original novel.

**LT_pGT_**They were considered the top NPC race for blacksmithing until the mid-to-late game.

**LT_pGT_**After the continental servers opened and content progressed in the later parts, the term "top" disappeared, but they were still among the elite artisans.

**LT_pGT_**I'll tell the reward to them. They're good people, so they won't refuse.

**LT_pGT_**Um... Understood.

**LT_pGT_**What's the deadline?

**LT_pGT_**It's already time to start declining...

**LT_pGT_**Still, as long as you deliver it within five years.

**LT_pGT_**Fafnir, who had been about to refuse, suddenly had nothing to say.

**LT_pGT_**And if you are a necromancer, please stop by the Southern Samara Great Forest once.

**LT_pGT_**Eh?

**LT_pGT_**When you become a Fairy Queen, there are stories to hear, right?

**LT_pGT_**The Samara Great Forest is said to have a powerful black magician.

**LT_pGT_**If he likes you, he will teach you his secrets.

**LT_pGT_**...! I will remember that.

**LT_pGT_**If even an NPC queen like that is saying this, it must be believable.

**LT_pGT_**Fafnir bowed and left.

**LT_pGT_**Fafnir, you're leaving already?

**LT_pGT_**I'll give you mushrooms. You can't leave with just that, right?

**LT_pGT_**I'm going to mess with you when I get back! Watch it!

**LT_pGT_**A group of fairies rushed over and clung to him.

**LT_pGT_**When it was like this, just ignoring them was the best choice.

**LT_pGT_**However...

**LT_pGT_**I'll come back after the quest is over.

**LT_pGT_**Then I'll bring you something really delicious.

**LT_pGT_**Delicious?

**LT_pGT_**You know about honey, right?

**LT_pGT_**Yeah! Honey is super delicious. Sweet.

**LT_pGT_**The fairies chattered.

**LT_pGT_**Watching them, old memories from when he was young surfaced.

**LT_pGT_**His parents, who worked two jobs, often left him home alone.

**LT_pGT_**Taking care of the house had always been Kim Ganghan's job.

**LT_pGT_**The way the fairies clung on not to leave reminded him of that time.

**LT_pGT_**Have you heard of honey liquor?

**LT_pGT_**Um... no.

**LT_pGT_**What's liquor?

**LT_pGT_**Cold fire, you put the moon in it and drink.

**LT_pGT_**...

**LT_pGT_**No, even we wouldn't go that far.

**LT_pGT_**He was quoting a famous line from a fantasy novel his old team mate had told him, but the reaction wasn't great.

**LT_pGT_**Anyway, I'll bring you really delicious honey liquor.

**LT_pGT_**Fafnir smiled and stood up.

**LT_pGT_**After that, the fairies waved their fern-like hands.

**LT_pGT_**You have to come again!

**LT_pGT_**Next time bring honey liquor!

**LT_pGT_**Until then I'll find lots of stuff humans would like!

**LT_pGT_**Fafnir left the fairies' voices behind and emerged onto the ground.

**LT_pGT_**'First, I should sell the loot in a safe zone.'

**LT_pGT_**Going to Byron City was next.

**LT_pGT_**Fafnir headed in the opposite direction from the way he came.

**LT_pGT_**'I saw clearly that Flush was causing a commotion. Why would I go back through that path if I'm crazy?'

**LT_pGT_**Like when you come in versus go out, if someone is leaving, the monsters will rush you first.

**LT_pGT_**Thanks to the novel's content, Fafnir could avoid danger.

**LT_pGT_**'Earth resistance ring... this is something.'

**LT_pGT_**Fafnir smiled with satisfaction as he looked at the bloom ring.

**LT_pGT_**'With this, I can go to that hunting ground from the novel.'

**LT_pGT_**This ring was now the key to the legendary hunting ground.

**LT_pGT_**Thinking about the future made him smile.

**LT_pGT_**At that moment...

**LT_pGT_**While walking through ‍‍‌‌⁠⁠‌‍‍‌⁠‍‌‍⁠⁠‌⁠‌‍‌‍‌‌‌‍⁠‌‌‌‍‌‌‌⁠‍‌‍⁠‌‌⁠⁠the field, Fafnir looked up.

**LT_pGT_**'Is another player nearby?'

**LT_pGT_**There were artificial marks on the trees and ground, and monster spawn rates were much lower.

**LT_pGT_**'It seems a large guild is trying to develop this area.'

**LT_pGT_**Large guilds that gathered forces and elites were especially enthusiastic about developing high-level hunting grounds.

**LT_pGT_**Why? Simple.

**LT_pGT_**Monopolizing stronger monsters and hunting grounds was the key to growth.

**LT_pGT_**'If I meet them, it will be troublesome. I need to be more careful.'

**LT_pGT_**Somehow, the larger the guild, the more lacking the manners became.

**LT_pGT_**Even in the novel, that was true!

**LT_pGT_**Fafnir began to move more cautiously than before.

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**LT_pGT_**Kuo.

**LT_pGT_**Um...?

**LT_pGT_**A young man who was hunting a monster looked up.

**LT_pGT_**Did I see it wrong?

**LT_pGT_**After scanning the horizon, the man moved toward the sound.

**LT_pGT_**He wore a leather coat, cotton shirt, and pants instead of heavy armor.

**LT_pGT_**But something was off.

**LT_pGT_**In one hand he held a long black blade, and in the other a blackwood staff wrapped with black vines in a spiral.

**LT_pGT_**Hmm.

**LT_pGT_**That wasn't the end of the surprises.

**LT_pGT_**The man's eyes showed a blue light forming an eagle emblem as he looked at the horizon.

**LT_pGT_**Hunter's skill: Eagle Eye!

**LT_pGT_**It was clearly a skill from a completely different class, yet the man saw its effects properly.

**LT_pGT_**Ah...

**LT_pGT_**The man's eyes widened for a moment.

**LT_pGT_**So I wasn't seeing things.

**LT_pGT_**A man in a robe heading toward the grassland, glancing around from afar.

**LT_pGT_**It was Fafnir.

**LT_pGT_**...Impressive.

**LT_pGT_**The young man muttered while watching Fafnir move slowly.

**LT_pGT_**...I thought this place was still only I could hunt.

**LT_pGT_**At least on the Korean server.

**LT_pGT_**In reality, he had been the first to receive the first discovery notice when entering here.

**LT_pGT_**'Joonhyuk hasn't come this far either. So he's from another server?'

**LT_pGT_**But he couldn't have crossed servers yet.

**LT_pGT_**The server barrier required at least level 500 to move.

**LT_pGT_**Either way... what the guy hunted wouldn't change.

**LT_pGT_**The young man's lips curved into a smile.

**LT_pGT_**Horizon is really fun.

**LT_pGT_**At that ‍‍‌‌⁠⁠‌‍‍‌⁠‍‌‍⁠⁠‌⁠‌‍‌‍‌‌‌‍⁠‌‌‌‍‌‌‌⁠‍‌‍⁠‌‌⁠⁠moment, a Shabel Tiger attached itself to Fafnir's back.

**LT_pGT_**The man smiled and turned.

**LT_pGT_**Meanwhile, the newly gathered monsters bared their teeth.

**LT_pGT_**It was a shame he couldn't see them better, but there was nothing to do about it.

**LT_pGT_**Anyone with this level of skill and specs would definitely meet again someday.

**LT_pGT_**Flick.

**LT_pGT_**The man's black blade and staff moved at the same time.

**LT_pGT_**The man's nickname was Ajin.

**LT_pGT_**He was the player ranked number one worldwide on the Horizon servers.

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You have entered Flameheart Fortress.

**LT_pGT_**Fafnir sighed in relief after entering the city.

**LT_pGT_**It's safe around here.

**LT_pGT_**He had survived many close calls and escaped the western 200-level monsters to reach the nearest spot.

**LT_pGT_**'Not like Flush, though.'

**LT_pGT_**He had been spotted and chased by a Shabel Tiger, but somehow he survived and arrived here.

**LT_pGT_**At that moment...

**LT_pGT_**Excuse me, big brother!

**LT_pGT_**You can't go through the main gate!

**LT_pGT_**Just as Fafnir tried to enter the city...

**LT_pGT_**Two players passing by grabbed him.

**LT_pGT_**That direction is the Kingsman Guild zone. We collect tolls.

**LT_pGT_**This city?

**LT_pGT_**Exactly at the city gate, but in practice there's no other way to enter, so it's the entrance fee.

**LT_pGT_**Fafnir, incredulous, laughed.

**LT_pGT_**This is a game, yet you collect tolls and zone fees? Too much immersion in the concept?

**LT_pGT_**It's not like Kimdohan where the territory is part of your stats.

**LT_pGT_**Is there even anyone who does that?

**LT_pGT_**This game makes money...

**LT_pGT_**We make some too, but we take it all home to our parents.

**LT_pGT_**Money is coming in.

**LT_pGT_**Quite a lot, actually.

**LT_pGT_**Fafnir cleared his throat.

**LT_pGT_**'Yeah, this is a game fantasy world.'

**LT_pGT_**No, even in reality there must be plenty of ways to make money through games.

**LT_pGT_**Called "rice eaters."

**LT_pGT_**But since Horizon is global-scale, the control is serious.

**LT_pGT_**Still, thank you for helping.

**LT_pGT_**How should I do it?

**LT_pGT_**Come this way.

**LT_pGT_**The two led Fafnir into the crowd.

**LT_pGT_**While being inspected among the NPCs, distant players were being grabbed by Kingsman Guild members.

**LT_pGT_**This toll is cheap. See, we cleared NPCs and developed hunting grounds first, and now you want to use them for free?

**LT_pGT_**Clearing NPCs has nothing to do with us! Those are only cleared for you!

**LT_pGT_**Hah... you don't know how the world works.

**LT_pGT_**It was a situation that made anyone feel suffocated just looking at it.

**LT_pGT_**Thanks to the two, Fafnir avoided the argument.

**LT_pGT_**Thank you, so maybe some reward...

**LT_pGT_**No, it's fine!

**LT_pGT_**You don't have to take it, brother.

**LT_pGT_**The two waved their hands.

**LT_pGT_**The reason was something else.

**LT_pGT_**Mom said to help people who are struggling.

**LT_pGT_**It was the same at school.

**LT_pGT_**You're a necromancer, brother. We're not delinquents, so just put us in.

**LT_pGT_**...

**LT_pGT_**It was the first time someone was pitied for being ‍‍‌‌⁠⁠‌‍‍‌⁠‍‌‍⁠⁠‌⁠‌‍‌‍‌‌‌‍⁠‌‌‌‍‌‌‌⁠‍‌‍⁠‌‌⁠⁠a necromancer.

**LT_pGT_**Fafnir, dazed, watched the two students chatter and leave.

**LT_pGT_**'There are things like this too...'

**LT_pGT_**Now it was time to sell the loot.

**LT_pGT_**Fafnir tried to pull out the Giant Mantle's armor and tendons from the plaza.

**LT_pGT_**Wait.

**LT_pGT_**Someone called out to Fafnir.

**LT_pGT_**A man in a white coat and robe like a scientist.

**LT_pGT_**Are you selling those materials?

**LT_pGT_**I am, but... do I need some kind of permit to set up a stall?

**LT_pGT_**Permit? No need for that.

**LT_pGT_**The man shook his head.

**LT_pGT_**If you're selling those materials, sell them to me.

**LT_pGT_**I'll buy everything.

**LT_pGT_**Really?

**LT_pGT_**Then it's a lie?

**LT_pGT_**A customer buying all the materials before even setting up a stall?

**LT_pGT_**'This is lucky.'

**LT_pGT_**Fafnir smiled inwardly.

**LT_pGT_**At that moment the man continued.

**LT_pGT_**It's true. Today my luck is good.

**LT_pGT_**I, Fabre, have never seen such high-quality Giant Mantle materials in 60 years!

**LT_pGT_**Eh?

**LT_pGT_**Fafnir's expression turned as if he had bitten something.

**LT_pGT_**Why? Simple.

**LT_pGT_**The moment he heard the name, he knew exactly who it was.

**LT_pGT_**'Lucky? Like hell.'

**LT_pGT_**Was the price of the short-lived illusion high?

**LT_pGT_**This is a complete minefield?

**LT_pGT_**No choice.

**LT_pGT_**Fafnir sighed.

**LT_pGT_**Then let's go to your place.

Magnacartha and the Earth Fairy Queen's Gift

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