Money-grubbing Necromancer (199)
Awakening strengthens the body.
The scope of that body included not only the body, but also the five senses such as sight and hearing. For example, they had such amazing eyesight that they could easily surpass even Mongolians. The same was true for the guild members gathered here.
Those who have become accustomed to the life of a superhuman.
however…….
It was impossible to see through the faintly spread fog. Even with superhuman eyesight, the field of vision was limited to a radius of about 100 meters, and beyond that, it was difficult to see clearly.
[The Abyss of the Sea – Entered the open sea.]
A message came to mind.
As I breathed, pitch-black fog was sucked in. My head started to tingle a little.
It seemed like the same thing happened to the guild members.
“It’s such an annoying feeling. It’s like ants are crawling on my head… … .”
Seo Ye-rim said while frowning at Ami. As she said, it was a very unpleasant feeling.
The holy sword was summoned over Shiwoo’s hand.
With a pure white halo, hundreds of sword strikes were scattered in all directions.
I could see the fog tearing and falling to pieces.
‘Is this real?’
If the fog called the Abyss is something evil, wouldn’t the Holy Sword’s attacks also work?
For a moment, the fog cleared away like Lu Bu cutting down soldiers.
“Ugh.”
Siwoo slumped down on his seat as if he was exhausted. This was because he had drained a lot of mana in a short period of time.
In return, all the fog around them dispersed, but that only lasted for a moment.
The extent of the open sea was vast.
The fog outside that the sword had not reached began to fill the empty space, flowing like slime.
“Wow, shit, none of it works… … . At this rate, it looks like Yerim noona’s bow won’t work either… … .”
They knew that breaking through by physical means was nearly impossible. Everyone’s eyes were focused on Hansia.
Her occupation is a priest.
Priests were one of the professions specialized in mental defense.
Pfft!
Hansia summoned the holy relic Iverk with a halo of light. A magnificent light emanated from the pure white cross.
[Mental Fresh (A) is activated!]
[The effectiveness of support skills increases significantly due to the holy relic!]
[Mental power increases by 50% for 5 hours!]
[Mental defense increases by 40%… … .]
A mental protection skill was activated over the bodies of the group.
“How are you? Are you feeling better?”
“Oh! Awesome!”
“Sister, you’re feeling much better than before.”
The horrible sensation of ants crawling on my brain was completely blurred.
Before, it felt like there were hundreds moving around, but now it feels like there are only a few dozen.
Kim Min-woo also nodded with satisfaction.
Mental fresh.
It was one of the priest’s representative mental protection skills. However, its effects were clearly different from those previously known.
The buff for an ordinary priest would be around 20%.
Hansia’s skill was showing an effect of almost 2.5 times.
‘As expected. The priest is God.’
It’s probably a result of a combination of talent and a holy relic. Although it’s low level, it seems like it’ll be a great help in this expedition.
The official witch, Lerouye.
She also received Hancia’s buff. The witch, who was looking at her with interest, said.
– I think this will be of some help even to the Inland Sea.
-But this isn’t enough.
– It won’t work from the deep sea.
“The deep sea? Is this where the monarch lives?”
―The Abyssal Sea is divided into five areas: the open sea, the inland sea, the deep sea, the polar sea, and the extinct sea.
―Once every hundred years, the monarch who lives in the ocean comes out of the deep sea to the inland sea to breathe.
– That is, no matter how bad it is, we must enter the inner sea. From there, we must find the monarch.
Lerouye continued with a detailed explanation.
The five seas had their own characteristics.
the open sea.
Basic fog zone.
An area with no major threats, except that inhaling the fog will cause a slight mental attack.
Awakened people with some mental power only feel a tingling sensation in their heads.
Inner sea.
The fog becomes thicker and more threatening, creating a physical threat.
A place where breathing itself becomes difficult, and past traumas and fears intermittently resurface.
Extreme ocean.
The fog begins to distort space and time. You lose your sense of distance and the flow of time becomes confusing.
A place where the ‘segmentation’ effect of separating the mind and body appears.
Finally, the destruction is… … .
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– It’s a complete emptiness.
-The risk of self-loss is extremely high.
―For ordinary people like you, the maximum range of activity would be the deep sea. And that is assuming you have thoroughly prepared.
Even the Great Witch said that it was difficult to operate above the extreme sea level.
‘This is why it’s so hard to get Abyss Lord materials.’
Because he was a monster that lived in a deeper abyss than that.
Then Lerue took something out of her inventory.
It was a potion.
[The Crow’s Oblivion]
[Rank: Rare+]
[One of the special potions created by the Crow School of the Eastern Witches’ Association.]
[effect]
[1. Forget ‘fear’ when taking it.]
[2. The duration is 2 hours.]
-Eat it when you enter the inland sea.
-It will help you overcome trauma.
-That too is a kind of fear.
Kim Min-woo stared at the potion.
‘Forget the fear.’
It was a very unique potion.
As it happens, he also had a similar type of potion.
It’s not like I forgot about it out of ignorance.
“Witch, you take it too.”
He gave me three potions.
-……huh?
―A tickling potion that would make even the devil cry?
―Even an ogre that has starved for a hundred days shakes its head… … ?
3 sacred potions.
It was a potion created in the past Super Rookie Selection Tournament to defeat the raid boss, Iprax.
The effect was clearly visible.
No wonder the faces of Park Si-woo and Seo Ye-rim, who saw the potions just now, turned as white as a sheet of paper.
The two remembered tasting that potion. In fact, its effects were even stronger than before.
‘Because the skeletons have been changed to intermediate level.’
He was no longer just a cute apprentice alchemist. He had transformed into a full-fledged intermediate alchemist. Naturally, the results he produced were also more advanced.
The duration has been increased from 2 hours to 3 hours, and even the sneeze potion, which was considered somewhat humane, now has a label stating that it is absolutely not recommended to drink it.
―… … What a truly ignorant method.
-You think you can overcome mental attacks with something like this?
“I told you it’s possible. If you’re curious, try it.”
―… … .
Lerouye was a witch.
A race specialized in studying and exploring things. Kim Min-woo’s potion was ignorant, but it was definitely worth it.
It was because of the rating.
Stink, tickle, sneeze.
The efficacy was clearly ignorant, but the grades were different. The mental defense potion that the Crow School endlessly researched was Rare+ grade, but the potion that smelled a little bad was Unique+ grade.
The tickling potion that even the devil cries about is also of the same rare+ grade as the Crow’s Oblivion.
‘what?’
‘How on earth did you make it?’
‘What did you put in that caused the rating to be… … .’
Finally, Lerue could no longer contain her curiosity and opened the lid of the foul-smelling potion.
Because I was planning to analyze unique grade potions first… … .
“““Wow!”””
All three heads vomited at the same time.
* * *
The witch’s curiosity seemed to be beyond imagination. Even the fact that she opened the lid was surprising, but it was because she drank it all up to experiment with it. She had a total of three heads.
It was a sight close to madness, as each of them drank one of the three spirits, saying they had to taste them, and gulped down a total of nine.
It seems like you know why the Eastern Witches’ Association is such a strong group.
Lerouye, who had drunk the potion like that, was now unconscious.
It was literal.
‘Even if there are three heads, there is only one body.’
That means you received damage from the 9 sacred weapons.
It was an attack that even a witch who had been through a lot could not withstand, so she collapsed, foaming at the mouth.
Unfortunately, I couldn’t get help from Hansia.
Tickling, bad smells, even sneezing.
Because there was no skill among the priest’s skills that could cover that.
No, there are skills that make the mind clearer, like a clear mind or a clear anticipation… … .
To be exact, Lerue refused.
It was already painful, and once I became conscious, there was no answer.
Warm.
Hot and cold.
A roaring bonfire.
Seo Ye-rim continued walking while carrying the unconscious Lerouye, and found a resting place in a suitable open space. Three large tents were pitched.
One is Kim Min-woo and Park Si-woo’s.
The remaining one was for Hansia and Seo Ye-rim. The last tent was for Lerouye. Originally, I had no intention of separating them, but I couldn’t help it because of the stench.
I came out after roughly laying down.
-Clang.
A beast that looked like a rat appeared. It was a monster that was often encountered in the open sea.
One of the summoned mages hurled a fireball.
A monster that disappears while burning brightly.
Very weak.
However, the numbers were quite large.
This was also one of the threats from the open sea.
“Keep a close eye on it.”
Daughter!
The skeletons spread around nodded vigorously. The intermediate warrior skeletons and the mages with their specific attributes were all solid alarm clocks. Seo Ye-rim, who came out after laying down Luluye, shook off her body.
Her expression was quite dark, perhaps because she was suffering from a terrible stench.
“… … Ugh, the smell. Then why did you drink three bottles of that horrible stuff… … .”
“thank you for your effort.”
“Ha. No. It’s nothing like this. But, do I really have to drink that when I go to Naehae?”
“Since Sia’s mana isn’t unlimited, you definitely need the help of a potion. It’s like Crow’s Oblivion or something, and it’s not even clear whether it’s effective or not.”
Forget the fear?
This looked good on the surface, but a closer look showed something different.
Fear is one of the survival instincts of humans. What would happen if it were completely gone? You would not be able to retreat when you need to.
‘Then it’s a big problem.’
It was not that Lerouye did not know that. It was just that the mental attacks had become more severe since the next year, so it was a potion that was given as a choice between the lesser of two evils.
But, there is an alternative.
3 sacred things.
It smells bad, it tickles, and it sneezes. These are certainly elements that interfere with combat, but at least they’re better than a mindless sledgehammer.
Even Lerouye, who actually tried it on his own body, acknowledged its effectiveness.
―Ugh… … . Let’s… use this… … .
Just before passing out, I showed my fighting spirit and said this.
Park Si-woo, who had used up all his strength as soon as he entered, and Han Sia, who had protected their minds with buffs while walking, also went into the tent first to sleep.
There was a reason why we could sleep soundly without being on guard even though we had a small group.
Necromancer.
A job that summons creatures.
Four pillars of destiny?
‘Skeles can do it.’
It’s just the weakest of the outer seas. If there’s a problem, there’ll be a commotion, and that’s it.
There was even a talking genius skeleton.
“Cedric, I only trust you.”
-Okay. Grow up, master.
Undead who don’t sleep or get tired are truly invincible guards.
I was worried that he might get bored, so I gave him a Merchen that he can talk to.
I’m sure you’ll take good care of it.
He handed over a bottle of perfume to Seo Ye-rim, who was patting her on the back.
“Sprinkle it and sleep. Then it will be less.”
“You’ve prepared everything. Thank you.”
She bowed her head and went into the tent, spraying perfume on herself.
The same was true for Kim Min-woo.
Drumroll… … .
I closed my eyes and lay down next to Park Si-woo, who was snoring.
‘I guess I’ll arrive in my country tomorrow.’
The map given by Lerouye.
It was a map showing the open sea, the inland sea, and the deep sea. According to the map, we were passing through two-thirds of the open sea.
Since it was a party of awakened people with healthy bodies, if you wanted to, you could save sleep and move around.
‘There’s no need to do that.’
After the open sea, there is the inland sea.
It is becoming increasingly difficult to rest comfortably. I need to take care of my physical strength from now on.
I slowly fell into a trance… … .
-Master. Master! Get up! It’s an attack!
Kim Min-woo’s eyes lit up.
I hurried out of the tent.
In the distance, through the swirling fog, I could see tens of thousands of rats completely covering the skeletons.
