Chapter 12
Chapter 12
Episode 12
At last.
The boss monster appeared.
It was a hobgoblin general riding a wolf.
The bastard formed an aura blade on his sword, and with the goblin shaman's help, he grew enormous.
The wolf and the hobgoblin general both tripled in size.
At that size, you could call them monsters in their own right.
But it wasn't enough.
Hundreds of undead swarmed over them like ants.
They blocked the wolf's mouth and nose with their bodies until the enlarged beast suffocated and collapsed.
The hobgoblin general fought bravely, but once hundreds of undead clung to him as well, he was left bloodied all over and fell.
"Guys, can you see this?! The hobgoblin general is dead! He did iiiit!"
[Dimensional Tower Floor 1 has been fully cleared.]
The message appeared.
Hyeonggang was grateful for that message.
I'm alive!
He had bought himself another precious life!
And on top of that, sweet rewards!
"Corpse-Spirit Martial Sovereign! Thank you!"
'Corpse-Spirit Martial Sovereign! Thank you!'
In his mind and out loud, he expressed his gratitude.
* * *
[Dimensioner Lee Mu-seon has cleared Floor 1's hidden trial.]
[Dimensional Tower Floor 1 has been fully cleared.]
The messages appeared, signaling the end of Floor 1.
I was back in the lobby.
Wow.
That was insanely rough for just Floor 1.
What would I have done if I hadn't gotten the Necron Emperor class and the Dignity of the Corpse Lord skill?
Honestly, since the goal was just to defend the temple, I probably would've cleared it anyway.
But.
There was no way I could've cleared the hidden trial, though.
Especially the hobgoblin general and his pet wolf growing giant—that felt like too much.
Was that gimmick actually designed to be beaten?
Only someone on my level could have cleared it. Anyone else would have had no chance.
In that case, I would've lost one precious life.
"Now, now. Everyone saw that, right?"
[Nungnungnongnong has donated 1 DP!]
Did you drop that dogshit way of talking?
"Ahem. Do you have a complaint about this sovereign's manner of speech? I'll use it from time to time when I feel like showing off, so keep that in mind."
[ChickenOverJokbal has donated 3 DP!]
You're making my head spin, sir.
"Looks like you're all pretty dizzy... Anyway, how did the bet turn out? I wooooon!"
Victory performance!
Victory!
-Ugh, my eyes are rotting....
-Sensei, that's a bit....
"Today, many doubters have offered DP to this sovereign. This sovereign is most satisfied."
-Dammit, next time I'm betting on him winning.
-This isn't easy....
-Yeehawwwww! I wonnnnnn! I believed in the Corpse-Spirit Martial Sovereign all alooooong!
I spent a while teasing the viewers. Of course, some of them were roaring with joy.
Well, well... At this rate, I'm going to get rich on DP.
I glanced over and saw that the DP I'd already earned had surpassed 400,000.
In dollars, that was roughly 4 million. At current exchange rates, in Korean won, that was a little over 6 billion.
Wow... I made 6 billion won within two days of becoming a hunter.
"Now then. What will the reward be?"
First clear! Fastest clear!
The Dimensional Tower loved achievements like that.
Didn't it upgrade my class when I cleared the tutorial that way?
What's it going to give me this time?
Da-da-da-dun~ It's reward time~
I adjusted the system so the viewers could see it too and enjoy the show.
Then came the message.
[A wondrous and astonishing achievement!]
[You have obtained a Mythic Grade reward.]
The reward for being the first to clear Floor 1's trial and for clearing it in the shortest time.
It was a Mythic Grade reward.
So it wasn't Genesis Grade, huh.
That's a little disappointing.
[A corpse pit will be created in the Town-Grade Undead Subdimension.]
[The Town-Grade Undead Subdimension's corpse pit will be upgraded to a graveyard.]
[The Town-Grade Undead Subdimension's graveyard will be upgraded to an ossuary.]
[The Town-Grade Undead Subdimension's ossuary will be upgraded to a Necron Ossuary.]
-An ossuary already;;;
-Ossuary? That's showing up already?
-What's a Necron Ossuary? Is it different from a regular ossuary?
Since I usually watched videos and posts focused on melee DPS, I didn't really know what was what with necromancers.
My viewer count had now surged past 80,000, and all those viewers were chattering about what each of them knew.
Well.
After putting on a show like that... maybe it was only natural for viewers to come flooding in.
[You have obtained the Floor 1 clear reward.]
[You have acquired the Necron Emperor class skill 'Undead Recycling'.]
[Level increased by 1.]
[Level increased by 1.]
[Level increased by 1....]
[Level can no longer increase.]
And this time, a normal reward came out, and my level shot straight to 10.
Undead Recycling.
It was a skill that consumed undead to recover Necromantic Mana.
Nobody had much to say about this skill.
Was it a skill every necromancer had?
On top of that, nobody cared that I'd reached level 10.
Well, I'd just cleared Dimensional Tower Floor 1 in spectacular fashion. Was gaining ten levels really such a big deal?
So I joined the ossuary discussion too.
"What? Do you all know a lot about ossuaries?"
So what the hell is an ossuary, you X-nerds?
[Cheokcheok Seoksa has donated 1 DP!]
That's a building you construct in an undead subdimension. It's a tier-3 building. Any necro can make one, but not just anyone can make one.
What was that even supposed to mean?
"If anyone can make one, why are you saying not just anyone can make one?"
-Ah lolololol he wants it all spoon-fed to him!!
-Waaah! I'm a baby necro! Teach me everything!
-Sir, maybe try looking it up online....
The viewers were giving me grief.
Jeez. Couldn't these people teach me while throwing in a few donations?
With so many viewers, even my dynamic vision had trouble keeping up with the chat.
[Big-Spender Ajusshi has donated 100 DP!]
Building an ossuary costs a huge amount of DP and requires special resources. Worldwide, there might be around 100 necromancers who've built an ossuary, give or take. It's very good if you build one. Try opening your subdimension and taking a look.
"Oh. Big-Spender Ajusshi! Thanks! Between the mission last time and this, you're a really good person, huh?"
My default stance was casual speech, so I just spoke casually.
Honestly, if you counted my age from my previous life, casual speech was no problem at all.
-Let's go see the ossuary
-Show us the ossuary!
-Now that I think about it, what does a Town-Grade Undead Subdimension look like?
With the viewers' enthusiastic support and my own curiosity, I decided to take a look at the undead subdimension.
[Big-Spender Ajusshi has donated 100 DP!]
To show your Undead Subdimension, under your channel settings....
With Big-Spender Ajusshi's help, I activated the feature to display the undead subdimension and called it up.
Flash!
Then.
An image appeared in front of me.
It looked like an isometric game screen.
The background was like outer space, and in that space, a landmass floated alone like an island.
The ground was made of dark red soil, and there was one stone building about the size of a university.
Other than that, I could see hundreds of Walking Corpse goblins that had fought for me on Dimensional Tower Floor 1 standing around blankly.
Wow... Now that was a spectacle.
I felt like I finally understood why that Corpse-Spirit Demon Lord bastard in my previous life had loved lining his troops up for inspection.
-Whoa, level 10 and he already has an army in the hundreds.
-Insane.
-Mom! When I grow up, I want to be Corpse-Spirit Martial Sovereign! Mom! When I grow up, I want to be Corpse-Spirit Martial Sovereign! Mom! When I grow up, I want to be Corpse-Spirit Martial Sovereign! Mom! When I grow up, I want to be Corpse-Spirit Martial Sovereign! Mom! When I grow up, I want to be Corpse-Spirit Martial Sovereign!
Leaving the viewers' fuss behind.
I slowly examined what I had.
[Town-Grade Undead Subdimension]
An Undead Subdimension of Town-Grade size.
A space used to store an awakened person's undead. Necro structures can be built here.
[Necron Ossuary]
Stores corpses and souls.
Stored corpses and souls generate Necromantic Mana.
An ossuary administrator can be appointed.
Oh. So that's what an ossuary was? Wait. So necromancers had battery packs, unlike other awakened? Wasn't being a necromancer way too good?
-So the difference with a Necron Ossuary is that you can appoint an administrator?
-Dammit! I'm so jealous—!
-But what's good about appointing an administrator? I genuinely don't know.
"All right. It says to store corpses, so I'll give it a try."
I gave the undead an order to enter the Necron Ossuary.
Then.
Clack-clack-clack-clack-clack-clack-clack-clack.
The Walking Corpse goblins walked inside.
And soon, the Necron Ossuary began to emit a gloomy light.
You would expect "light" to be bright, but no matter how I looked at it, that thing was downright sinister.
[The Necron Ossuary is now operational.]
[Awakened Lee Mu-seon's maximum Necromantic Mana increases by 0.01 per Walking Corpse.]
[Awakened Lee Mu-seon's Necromantic Mana recovery rate increases by 0.01 per Walking Corpse.]
Why did this feel both good and underwhelming at the same time?
So what, then.
So it increases by 1 for every 100 Walking Corpses?
But I had no idea whether 1 was a lot or not.
There's no status screen or anything like that in the system window in the first place.
-That's insanely good;;
-Is this a humblebrag?
-Dammit! Some people get an insane class like this, and others are just warriors....
Judging by the viewers' reactions, it was apparently good.
This won't do.
I needed to set aside some time and learn what a Necromancer actually did.
Then, suddenly.
I spotted my first three undead, standing in line in front of the Necron Ossuary, about to enter.
And one of them.
I focused on the one I'd infused with Necromantic Mana before entering Floor 1, converting that mana into internal energy inside it.
Let's see. Does this guy still have internal energy left?
Oh? It's still there?
Surprisingly.
I could see that the internal energy was still intact in the corpse's dantian.
And that wasn't all.
[Walking Corpse]
Jiangshi transformation is in progress.