11.
[You will receive the title [Robber] as an achievement reward.]
[robber]
– Obtain 1 additional item from the inventory box.
‘… Was there something like this?’
Actually, I’ve never heard of anyone taking anything extra out of the inventory box.
It was natural that I was hearing the title [Robber] for the first time.
‘That’s good.’
Having more inventory box options is definitely a good thing.
Because Kwon Young-woo’s kimchi stew wasn’t just about sarongran and samples.
Seo Yi-jun found an item in the list that Kwon Young-woo had used a lot in his previous life.
-Bone Dagger of Explosion
-Black Ghost Coat
Yes, that’s right.
Kwon Young-woo has already acquired the key equipment he will use after becoming a necromancer.
‘Explosive Bone Dagger, a rare weapon that increases the power of skeletal explosion by 250%. Kwon Young-woo used it for a long time, and even at the end, he still had it as a sub-weapon.’
From Kwon Young-woo’s perspective, it was the best weapon for his skill tree, but it meant nothing to Seo Yi-jun, who never used the Skull Explosion skill.
[Black Ghost Coat]
-Rank: Rare
– A black coat made by weaving together the ghost’s body.
1. Common Options
– Maintains optimal temperature and humidity in gates of Class A and below.
2. Necromancer Options
-When using magic, concentration increases.
Another piece of equipment that I really liked was the versatility of the Black Ghost Coat.
Flutter!
Seo Yi-jun wore a black ghost coat instead of the coat he was originally wearing.
‘Much better.’
The stuffy, damp, unpleasant feeling typical of swamps that I hadn’t felt during my time as a skeleton soldier had completely disappeared.
‘It’s not as much as what you took from me in my previous life, but you’ve given me a lot of things. Kwon Young-woo.’
-Less than that~!
-Clap clap clap.
Seo Yi-jun straightened his coat and looked at the four magic soldiers greeting the skeleton black magic soldier.
‘Guys.’
It was Seo Yi-jun’s ability that created a magical disease as a sample and was recognized for his achievement by taking out a black ghost coat from the inventory box.
‘It seems Kwon Young-woo benefited from drinking kimchi stew to his heart’s content.’
What Kwon Young-woo had prepared with excitement turned out to be a gift to Seo Yi-jun.
‘Including the salon.’
And that wasn’t the end of it.
-Dalgrak!
Three skeleton soldiers approached, rattling.
“Good job.”
Seo Yi-jun gave them a brief congratulatory speech.
While the guards stood guard around the area with other skeleton soldiers, they were the ones who disposed of Kwon Young-woo’s body.
It’s not like they dug a hole and buried it, or cremated it, or anything.
-Dalgrak!
The skeleton soldiers were holding the items that Kwon Young-woo had been equipped with.
So-called rooting.
It doesn’t help Seo Yi-jun much.
‘Because it’s a thief setting.’
Because it is an item optimized for thieves.
That doesn’t mean it’s not necessary.
‘You can just sell it.’
All of Kwon Young-woo’s equipment is rare grade and sells for quite a bit of money.
‘You can leave it until a member of the legion wearing thieving gear joins.’
Right now, there are only soldiers and magicians.
As Seo Yijun grows and the size of the legion grows, members of various occupations are created.
You can use it when you get there.
Since I didn’t need the money right away, I planned to put it aside for now.
That’s what it was.
-Less.
-Less than that~
“You want to take a look? Okay, look. … … Wait a minute. What did you guys do?”
There was a third usage by the guards and black magic soldiers. * * *
Office of the Director of the Korean Headquarters of the International Gate Management Cooperation Organization, commonly known as the Management Bureau.
“A new Class B gate has been created in Sejong City.”
“Seorabeol Guild has completed the conquest of Pohang City’s A-class Gate. 0 dead, 17 lightly injured, and 3 seriously injured.”
“All the hunters who were dispatched to Egypt as mercenaries have returned home.”
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Big news about gates and hunters from all over the country was coming in at a moment’s notice.
Chief Yeon Ha-eun organized all the reports at once.
“Thank you for your hard work. If there are no special circumstances, please proceed according to the manual.”
“Yes, Chief!”
A manual for dealing with new gates, a manual for normalizing the area after a complete gate conquest, and a management manual for domestic hunters who have returned from overseas assignments.
It was all part of a manual written and distributed by Yeon Ha-eun.
After the secretaries left.
‘……write.’
Yeon Ha-eun looked back at the tablet while sipping a mug of espresso.
[Cobalt Village (E) Black Gate Related Materials]
The waves of the ominous gate are all in the red series, although the concentration may vary depending on the level.
This is the first time that other colors have been discovered.
It is not known exactly what the Black Gate means.
‘A phenomenon that has never happened before has occurred. This could be seen as a change of times.’
This will definitely not be an ordinary thing.
‘There’s nothing special.’
The problem is there are no clues.
No matter how many times I looked at the report and related materials, it was no different from any other E-class gate or any other Kobold village.
‘after.’
Just in case, I analyzed even the most trivial eyewitness accounts of the ‘African tragedy’, but I couldn’t find any identical cases.
‘Shall we take a break?’
Yeon Ha-eun rubbed her eyes and opened the file her secretaries had just shared.
The rest is only related to the Black Gate of the Cobalt Village.
It wasn’t the whole job.
‘uh?’
Yeon Ha-eun quickly flipped through the screens and then stopped.
[Status of returning mercenaries dispatched to Egypt]
1. B-class Hunter Kwon Young-woo (Independent)
– 12:53 PM, D-class hunter, Seo Yi-jun* and 2 others entered the Lizard Swamp (D) in Suwon City.
*New hunter from the same orphanage
B-class hunter, Kwon Young-woo.
A freelance hunter who mainly works as an overseas mercenary, taking advantage of his versatile characteristics.
I have also carried out several requests from the management office.
‘He’s a person who makes me feel uneasy.’
Although she didn’t know why, Yeon Ha-eun was secretly concerned about him.
But the reason Yeon Ha-eun’s hand stopped now wasn’t because of Kwon Young-woo.
‘Seo Yi-jun?’
A name that seems familiar.
Yeon Ha-eun immediately touched Seo Yi-jun’s name.
An ID photo that would catch everyone’s attention regardless of age or gender came to mind.
What Yeon Ha-eun was looking at was a text.
[Seo Yi-jun Hunter (D)]
-Class: Necromancer
-Registration: Cobalt Village (E)
‘Kobold Village. As expected.’
I opened the Cobalt Colony Black Gate data again and checked the timeline.
-5:31 p.m.
I witnessed Hunter Seo Yi-jun (D) leaving the gate alone and re-entering, but it was judged to be a refraction phenomenon.
It was a document written by a new employee who had gone out to the field.
‘It’s not a refraction phenomenon.’
There is no refraction due to the ripples of an E-class gate.
Then, did I make a mistake when I teamed up with other hunters?
‘However, there is no record or testimony that Hunter Seo Yi-jun formed a team with another hunter.’
Seo Yi-jun did not join any attack team.
But this was by no means unusual.
‘Considering that you’re a new hunter, this is actually quite common.’
For a hunter to join a raid team, one of two things is required.
One, a certificate of completion of basic training administered by the Management Office or a medium to large guild.
2. A certificate received after conquering a D-class gate with a B-class or higher hunter.
New hunters who come to the gate because they want to see it for themselves even though they don’t have either can easily be found near the E-class gate.
In the end, the conclusion is that the new employee just saw it wrong… It doesn’t make sense.
I feel like I’m missing something.
‘… Yes. Core transaction records.’
The management office checks the flow of all cores.
This applies not only to transactions between individuals, but also to transactions made at Hunter Mall, a large shopping mall exclusively for hunters.
Originally, Seo Yi-jun’s core transaction history should be empty.
[Hunter Mall] [9:01 AM] [1 Sold]
However, the day after the Black Gate incident, it was recorded that Seo Yi-jun sold the core at Hunter Mall.
I’m talking about a D-class hunter who hasn’t joined the raid team.
‘You don’t necessarily have to get the core from the gate.’
He may have received it from his close friend Kwon Young-woo, who could turn the gate right away.
‘There is no record of transfer, but you can report it by the end of the month.’
Then it makes sense again.
But there is one more case where this makes sense.
‘… … What if what the newbie saw was true?’
What if Seo Yi-jun conquered the E-class gate alone?
On the first day of awakening, conquering the gate alone is something that no hunter, including S-rank hunters, has ever been able to do.
‘Assuming you did that, that makes sense.’
In an age of great upheaval, it is foolish to rashly assume what is possible and what is impossible.
‘What if the new hunter, Seo Yijun, attacked the gate alone, and the gate color changed due to some kind of aftereffect?’
Above all, Seo Yi-jun was near the gate of the Cobalt Village.
Of all places, I’m talking about the kobold village that caused the black stool.
What if someone outside the norm showed up and did something no one else could do?
It wouldn’t be surprising if the first phenomenon occurred.
‘This is information worth checking out for myself.’
Yeon Ha-eun contacted the secretary’s office.
“Please prepare for an outside job. There is a place I need to go.”
Head of the Management Office, Yeon Ha-eun.
She decided to meet Seo Yi-jun. * * *
Thud. Thud.
Seo Yi-jun entered the muddy swamp.
How long did it take to walk like that?
-Shhh. Shhh.
-Shhh.
The reason why the D-class gate is called Lizard Swamp has been revealed.
‘You’re finally out.’
Lizard, a reptilian monster that walks on two legs.
The Lizard Swamp was the habitat of lizards.
‘Clever bastards.’
The area near the starting point where Seo Yi-jun hunted Kwon Young-woo was inside the gate, but it was not lizard territory.
Even so, there was no way he didn’t know that dozens of skeleton soldiers were clashing.
‘If it was a kobold, I would have charged at it without thinking twice.’
Usually, the sound of fighting itself draws aggro.
There is even a strategy to lure monsters by pretending to fight on purpose.
A natural hunter, Lizard was different.
They did not pounce on the intruders who were in conflict.
Instead, we observed and collected information.
in result.
Wedge! Wedge!
The lizard archers targeted Seo Yijun instead of the nearby skeleton troop.
-Shhh!
From Lizard’s perspective, it would be the result of observation, information gathering, and analysis.
‘I guess so.’
From Seo Yi-jun’s perspective, who knew the lizard’s way of thinking, it was just an obvious attack.
Sararak!
He released the silver-gray wire he had prepared early and snatched the arrows.
It’s an easy task compared to the Cursed Arrow of a Kobold Shaman with a D-rank boss bonus.
‘I’ll be bored if I just send it as is.’
Whirlyrick!
He quickly wrapped the wire around the arrow, coating it with magical power.
Then he swung the arrow around sharply and sent it back in the direction it came from.
Boom!
One lizard archer is instantly killed with his forehead pierced.
Cuckoo!
-Keeeek!
-Whew!
The other two screamed as arrows struck their shoulders and sides respectively.
In the meantime.
-Shhh!
-Dalgrak!
Five lizard warriors clashed with 29 skeleton soldiers.
-Shhh! Shhhh!
Every time the lizard warrior swung his scimitar, a sword curved like a crescent moon, the skeleton soldiers were cut down with a clank.
Although it wasn’t as big as when Kwon Young-woo was getting cut down, the gap between D-class and F-class monsters was clearly revealed.
‘Everyone, form up.’
But the Skeleton Troops had Seo Yi-jun.
-Dalgrak!
After grouping 7-8 skeleton soldiers into 4 formations, I had each formation capture one lizard warrior.
-Clap clap clap.
Ppop! Ppop! Ppop!
Four newly joined E-class skeleton magicians fired magical balls over the heads of the bound lizard warriors.
-Whew!
The lizard warriors were forced into a defensive position.
Sararara… .
Taking advantage of the gap, Wire stealthily approached and wrapped himself around the lizard warrior’s neck.
Kwaaaaak!
I pulled hard with both arms that were holding the wire and crossed them.
‘where.’
He didn’t stop there, but he applied the trick of [Balanced Skeleton] in a twisted way, just like he did with Kwon Young-woo.
Knock knock!
The lizard warriors’ cervical vertebrae twisted and [Bone Strike] was activated.
-Kick, keeeeek?!
-Kreuk… … .
The lizard warriors writhed in agony.
-Dalgrak!
-Dalgrak!
The skeleton soldiers freed them from their suffering with their old swords.
“Well done.”
All that’s left is one lizard warrior and two lizard archers who have healed their wounds and are holding their bows again.
‘It’s over.’
But Seo Yi-jun didn’t even pay attention to the remaining three.
The reason is simple.
-Less!
-Less than that~
Because the skeleton corps still had two of its best units left.
Skeleton Guards and Skeleton Warlocks.
The two were even more strengthened than before.
