Money-grubbing Necromancer (224)
Captured three demon lords.
‘It’s level 605.’
When I came here, I was at level 530, but the devastating surge continued.
55 up, swept away by an earthquake.
10-up by catching Paimon.
Amon and Marbas were stronger than Paimon, but because they were caught together with the Balrogs, they gave about 5 levels of experience each.
‘Total 75 levels.’
Considering that it had only been two weeks since he had visited the Demon World, his level-up speed was truly terrifying.
In fact, it was a familiar thing for Kim Min-woo. Whenever he went on an expedition, he quickly gained level 50 to 60.
The Balkans are coming.
-Human. I have a request.
“What is it?”
-Item. You must be greedy, right?
I got a violin from Paimon.
And now, around the corpses of Amon and Marbas, objects were sparkling as if they were asking to be looted.
‘The item fell off.’
Amon has miscellaneous items including a monocle and a skill book.
Marbas dropped the lion’s mane helmet. However, he did not acquire it right away because they were the result of party hunting.
Amon and Marbas’ hunting share also included the contribution of the Balrog pack.
But you’re just going to eat all that by yourself?
No matter how much you fight together risking your lives, there can’t be no gossip.
“Of course I’m greedy.”
-I’ll give it to you. Everything.
“really?”
-Okay. Instead, bring me their corpses.
“Why, are you going to eat something?”
-right.
Balkan’s eyes sparkled as he saw the corpses of the demon lords. It was a bonus that his mouth started to water as if he was looking at a delicacy.
―The demon stone embedded in my heart speaks. It wants a sacrifice.
“If I eat it, I become stronger?”
-That’s right.
“Okay. Take it.”
-good!
The Balkan flapped its wings.
The strong wind blows the hair away.
It was also beneficial for Kim Min-woo.
The byproducts from the corpse might be useful, but they probably aren’t any more valuable than the items that were dropped.
The Balrogs gathered the corpses of the three demon lords together.
-Revenge for my brothers!
The Vulcan shouted loudly and opened his mouth wide.
Ugh!
While the guy was eating the corpses of the three monarchs, Kim Min-woo also inspected the items he had looted.
First, the violin.
[Maestro]
[Rating: Ancient+]
[This is the instrument of the 7th rank in the Demon World hierarchy, the Great Monarch Paimon.]
[Effect 1. Can be transformed into two forms (Destruction/Harmony).]
[Effect 2. Skills can be used in each transformation state by consuming mana.]
[Effect 3. Magic Power +200]
‘Plus ancient level?’
It was a very high grade item.
A massive ability of 200 horsepower.
There is even a special effect called transformation.
Should I try it?
“Merchen.”
-Yeah, Minwoo.
“Can you lift me up to the sky?”
Nod.
As Merhen gestured, her body floated up. She looked up at the huge forest in the sky.
Marbas’s realm.
As the bastard died, the forest was seen collapsing as if withering.
[Activate ‘Maestro of Destruction’.]
As I transformed into Destruction Mode, the Maestro in my hand became more and more hideous.
Bright red wings sprouted from the body, and blood dripped down the strings.
[Concerto of Chaos (SSS) activated… … .]
[Wings of Dissonance (SSS) activated… … .]
[Catenza of Destruction (SSS) is activated… … .]
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The demon world was overflowing with demons.
A huge forest that is Marbas’ territory.
All sorts of insect-like creatures lived here, including the ones you see now.
From giant maggots to locust-like creatures and beast-like creatures.
All sorts of people were seen moving about trying to escape the forest.
He moved the violin bow over the strings.
[Concerto of Chaos (SSS) is activated!]
[Consumes 1,000 mana!]
[Consumes mental power!]
♪♬.
A faint feeling of dizziness and weakness accompanied the sound of a faint melody flowing out over the strings.
[Confuses the enemy!]
Kwaaah!
In the car!
The group of fleeing monsters screamed. Soon after, they were seen fighting among themselves.
‘Is it like this?’
A group of monsters that have lost their sense of reason and prey on their own kind.
It was a great wide-area game.
[Wings of Dissonance (SSS) are activated!]
[The defense and resistance of surrounding enemies are reduced by 40%!]
A group of monsters with extremely rough skin appeared, along with a sharp sound like that of hedgehogs.
‘It’s much better than the curse of aging?’
The Curse of Aging that reduces defense and movement speed. Unfortunately, it is a D-rank, so even if you power it up to 9, it won’t work on high-level monsters.
The Wings of Discord were different.
‘It’s an upgraded version.’
Because it reduces not only defense but also resistance.
This is a really useful effect.
Finally, the Catenza of Destruction… … .
[Catenza of Destruction (SSS) is activated!]
Phew!
The body of a monster that is directly hit by the sound of music explodes.
‘Single machine.’
It was a way to maximize damage to one target.
Kim Min-woo’s body stumbled slightly as he tried out the music like that.
My head was a little dizzy.
-Minwoo, are you okay?
“It’s nothing. I just feel a little dizzy.”
They say it consumes not only mana but also mental power.
I thought I knew what it was.
If you use it for too long, you might pass out.
‘Still, it has that much effect.’
Next is harmony’s turn.
It was the moment to try it out.
[Your musical talent is lacking!]
[Cannot be changed to ‘Harmony’ form!]
“… … Huh?”
-what’s the matter?
“No, nothing. Let’s go down.”
-huh.
Landed on the ground with Merhen.
Harmony is probably the opposite of destruction, it’s a beneficial ability.
‘I guess it won’t work right away.’
I felt like I needed to improve my violin skills.
‘But, this wouldn’t be affected by potential, right?’
Even if you practice playing, you won’t get any results.
‘Hey, no way.’
He shook his head.
That can’t be true.
I think that if you call a few teachers and practice with the violin, it will gradually improve. I decided to believe that for now.
* * *
Amon’s monocle and lion’s helmet.
Both were ancient items and performed very well.
The monocle had a special effect called ‘Spotlight (SSS)’ that allowed the user to identify the enemy’s weaknesses, and the lion’s helmet was an item that gave the caster a powerful ability buff through ‘Brave Roar (SSS)’. However, it was an item that the caster could not utilize.
‘Occupation restrictions.’
Lion Helmet is for melee classes only.
Monocles were exclusively for wizards.
So I gave it to the legion commanders.
[Merhen wears ‘Amon’s Monocle’… … .]
[Cedric wears the ‘Lion’s Helmet’… ]
-How is it? Are you okay?
“It suits you well.”
Amon’s monocles had tiny owl feathers on the lenses, and they looked quite good on Merhen. Perhaps it emphasized her intellectual appearance.
Cedric had a golden lion’s mane growing out of the side of his skull, which was also… … .
‘It’s okay.’
A violin, a monocle, and even a helmet.
In addition to the three representative items, I obtained various other items.
Recipes, material items, etc. were like that.
The most precious of them all is… … .
‘Belonging skill book.’
I took out the skill book that was kept in my inventory.
[Would you like to use the bound skill book?]
A skill book dropped from the demon lord Amon. When used, the bound skill book grants a job skill that is just right for your level.
This is a bound skill book that I have obtained after a long time.
‘What’s coming up?’
Curses were good, and summoning was also good.
I used the skill book right away.
[You have acquired the Necromancer skill book, ‘Bone Dragon Creation (SS)’!]
“oh!”
Bone dragon?
I looked at the contents right away.
[Bone Dragon Production (SS)]
[Level Restriction: 605 or higher]
[Create a Bone Dragon. The Bone Dragon you create becomes a summoned creature.]
[Required Materials: 3T Dragon Bone, Dragon Heart, 1L Dragon Blood… … .]
[Currently produced bone dragons: 0]
[* When creating a dragon, you can summon it by consuming 1,000 mana per dragon.]
[* The level and potential of this dragon vary depending on the crafting materials.]
It was a skill that combined production and summoning in equal parts.
There was nothing strange.
‘Because from the higher level summons onwards, you have to create the body yourself.’
The same goes for summons like Death Knight and Lich.
While other lower-level undead can be summoned in groups as long as you have mana, these top-level undead can only be summoned after you first create the body of the undead.
‘That’s why it costs so much money.’
In fact, the bigger problem was that these top-tier undead could not be summoned with basic skill books.
‘Because it’s just a Dullahan.’
Durahan shown in the B-class basic skill book. A-class and S-class skill books are curse series.
In other words, in order to summon Death Knight and Lich, you had to obtain two summoning skills from the bound skill book. Unfortunately, Kim Min-woo had not yet obtained the two summoning skills.
‘Instead, I got the Bone Dragon.’
I went to middle school, skipped high school, and then entered university.
It feels like a kind of grade-skip.
‘I never thought there would be a real bone dragon summoning skill… … .’
I’ve been playing this game for over 15 years and I’ve never seen a real dragon skill.
At most, I’ve seen Death Knights and Liches.
It might have been a given.
This is a skill that was created by defeating the Demon Lord. That Demon Lord was a monster that could not be encountered in the original game.
That was why he was so obsessed with creating Cedric’s divine dragon Gleipnir.
Cedric the rascal = All mine.
Cedric’s dragon = my dragon.
Because this beautiful formula holds true.
Anyway.
‘Compared to Gleipnir, the materials are a significant downgrade.’
Gleipnir.
The crafting materials are all crazy.
The last remaining ten thousand year old dragon corpse has yet to be recovered.
Gleipnir can be seen as a kind of hero summon.
Just like how Cedric and the regular skeleton are clearly distinct.
This bone dragon crafting skill was also the same.
‘Mass-produced.’
That’s exactly how it feels.
Dragon bones, hearts, blood, etc.
Although the dragons are rare monsters, they are materials that can be obtained without any difficulty.
‘I guess we can put a bounty on it.’
It seems like it would cost hundreds of billions to make one, but in other words… … .
You’re saying it only costs a few hundred billion?
cheap.
There was a huge advantage to these production-type summoners.
While non-crafted summons start at level 1, these summons start at a much higher level.
“I should try making a few.”
As it happened, the materials to make this dragon were in my inventory.
Because I’ve been buying blood from time to time due to the blood shortage.
I bought bones, hearts, and other things to use in crafting as a bonus.
I had a large stock of the most essential ingredients, and I also had enough miscellaneous ingredients to make two.
[Seongryong Evellion – Stage 2 Heart, Bones, and Blood are in stock.]
[I have other Stage 1 materials.]
[What level of bone dragon would you like to create?]
[1. Step 1]
[2. Step 2]
‘huh?’
aha.
Come to think of it.
In the old Oak Gate, in addition to Bingryong, I had also caught the Holy Dragon Ibellion. Naturally, I drained the blood with the Blood Water Jade and stored its body in my inventory. For a dragon of that size, its entire body was excellent material.
‘First, step 1.’
Step 2?
The only dragon I’ve found so far is that of Ibellion, and it’s a dragon of that caliber that you can’t find on Earth.
It means very precious.
‘There, we have to save blood.’
Even Cedric and Merhen don’t have enough blood to upgrade their Blood Prison to Level 2, so it makes no sense to spend blood just to make a mass-produced Bone Dragon.
That’s why I decided to write the overflowing first stage.
That was the moment.
Materials suddenly popped out of my inventory.
A mountain of bones.
Blood, sloshing around in a blood jar.
Two dragon hearts and various other materials. A magic circle was drawn over the piled up materials… … .
Woohoo… … !
The magic circle began to glow blue as mana was sucked out.
Skull, neck, chest, wings, legs… … .
The bones automatically align, and the heart takes its place in the center of the empty breastbone.
Red blood soaked in like seasoning everywhere, and the huge heart began to pound.
[Step 1: Create a Bone Dragon!]
[Production Success!]
[Two Stage 1 Bone Dragons become your bound summons!]
[The average level of a Tier 1 dragon is half that of its owner.]
-Coooo!
Two giant bone dragons, each nearly 12 meters tall, roared loudly.
