8.
A few days later, Incheon International Airport.
“Brother~!”
A young man with a gentle impression found Seo Yi-jun and smiled brightly.
Seo Yi-jun suddenly remembered his past life.
-My brother needs to kill some necromancers.
Kwon Young-woo, a young man who was called the King of Death in his previous life, killed Seo Yi-jun only for the possibility of his own growth.
-Wow! There’s a buff if you have the original owner as a skeleton soldier?!
I made Seo Yijun a skeleton soldier for the buff.
Whether positive or negative.
There was not a single bit of human emotion in the process.
Even that bright smile towards myself right now is just a facade.
‘Well, I guess I did the same.’
Seo Yi-jun pouts and crumples his face.
“Oh, really! I told you not to do that! I told you it’s weird to say ‘brother’ out loud?!”
It was the speech and facial expression of ‘Seo Yi-jun who has not returned’ that he practiced in front of the mirror.
It was worth practicing.
Kwon Young-woo continued the conversation without feeling anything particularly strange.
“My brother said that he is the same person no matter where he is.”
“!”
Consistently the same?
The words “don’t be a jerk” rose to the tip of my tongue.
“Ugh~ Let’s stop talking, let’s stop talking.”
I barely held on.
Kwon Young-woo took Seo Yi-jun and got into his sports car.
“Let’s go! My brother is going to treat us to a full course meal today!”
“What kind of alcohol are you drinking in broad daylight?”
“I don’t know. The Hunter’s full course is like this. You just go around the gate once and then come out and have a drink!”
“Hey, Gate? You’re going to hunt as soon as you enter the country? What’s the time difference?”
“I’m fine because I slept well on the plane! I have to take a spin to celebrate my arrival, of course!”
The sports car arrived at the place that changed Seo Yi-jun’s life and death in his previous life. * * *
[Lizard Swamp (D)]
[Number of people allowed: Up to 5 people]
[Number of channels remaining: 13/100]
[Number of attacks remaining: 91]
D-class gate, lizard swamp.
“D-class?”
“Yes, this is the D-class gate that my brother secured in advance. At this level, even if my brother is short on time to reorganize, it will be a piece of cake.”
“Brother, you don’t like death.”
“That’s what they say, that’s what they say.”
“… … Thank you, hyung. I won’t forget this favor and will definitely give you a ride on the bus later.”
“Huh? You want to become stronger than me?”
“of course.”
“Oh my, I’m looking forward to it~”
Kwon Young-woo acted cute.
“I told you it’s true?”
Seo Yi-jun was sincere.
After today, the fate of life and death was turned upside down.
Because I will surpass the legions that the Lord of the Underworld had in my previous life. * * *
“B-class Hunter Kwon Young-woo, D-class Hunter Seo Yi-jun, confirmed.”
As expected from a D-class gate, the management office was checking the position.
“Thank you for your hard work.”
“Here it is.”
After the two left their hunter IDs at the immigration office.
[Enter the Lizard Swamp (D).]
Entered the gate.
“By the way, Brother. Is this your first time at the Gate?”
“No. I went to E-class once.”
“You little brat, you’re good at taking action. How do you feel about coming to the D-class gate? Is there something different?”
“…well?”
“Right? Sensitive kids just make a fuss about what feels different on their skin, but I don’t really know.”
Kwon Young-woo chuckled, though.
‘It’s definitely different.’
Seo Yi-jun nodded inwardly as he looked out at the vast jungle.
The energy felt from all directions was different from that of the E-class gate.
‘It’s not just monsters.’
Beyond simply different levels of monsters.
‘The density of power contained in space is different.’
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The energy that formed the gate itself was different.
It is also because Seo Yi-jun’s magic is sensitive to detect this.
‘I feel better after absorbing the gate’s magic power.’
It was thanks to absorbing the gate magic directly from the Black Gate.
Kwon Young-woo, who was looking around, turned his gaze towards Seo Yi-jun.
“I ran [Scan], but there’s nothing around here. Jun-ah, try using your skill.”
“Skill? What skill?”
“My brother has used the Necromancer skill many times. I brought a few of them with me on purpose. I will copy your skills and give you some direction.”
“Oh, daily instructor Kwon Young-woo.”
Seo Yi-jun applauded.
It’s packaged as 1:1 tutoring, but the inside is obvious.
‘There is a prerequisite for stealing a trait: you must imitate all skills before killing them.’
It was groundwork to steal the trait.
“Well, I have two [Balanced Skeleton] and [Summon Skeleton Soldier].”
“What? Two skills already? Wow, those are good traits.”
For a moment, greed flashed in Kwon Young-woo’s eyes.
“Hey, it’s not all that good. If you want to use [Balanced Skeleton], you have to align the bones yourself.”
“… … Really? That’s a bit of a hassle.”
Of course it’s a lie.
“Do you want to try it with your brother?”
“It’ll hurt a little.”
“Yeah, yeah.”
A lie to directly hit Kwon Young-woo’s bones.
“ruler.”
Kwon Young-woo extended his arm without any doubt.
Thump thump thump thump!
Every joint in my arm made a rhythmic sound.
“Hey, what do you think?”
“!”
“Isn’t it fun to feel your bones come together?”
“… … Ouch!”
A scream like a terminal scream escaped.
“Huh? Are you okay?”
“Keu, keu-geuk-geuk… … .”
“Huh? Oh, you’re saying it’s over?”
I was watching the foam coming out of Kwon Young-woo’s mouth.
‘Good.’
I feel refreshed.
“Wow, arm! Arms!”
“Quickly? Quickly? You’re going to do it all at once while it hurts? Got it! Hyung!”
“No, what the heck, this, dogeeeeeek!?”
‘oh.’
It was rewarding to see him express his emotions by mixing in swear words like that.
Just like when I first cast [Balanced Skeleton] on the skeleton soldier, it wasn’t just a rewarding experience.
[The seeping poison penetrates.]
The hunt has begun. * * *
D-class gate, lizard swamp.
Inside the gate, surrounded by dense jungle.
“Kkaaaaaaah-!”
A man’s scream echoed miserably.
“That’s strange. I wasn’t that sick… … .”
Seo Yi-jun tilted his head.
Kwon Young-woo’s reaction was much more intense than when Seo Yi-jun did self-bone fixation.
Seo Yi-jun is also so exclusive that he can absorb the gate’s energy.
‘The purpose is different now than it was then.’
The reason for this was that the purpose of this bone grafting was to focus on other things rather than to provide [a balanced skeleton].
“Ahhhhhhh! My, my, my legs… …!”
“You want more legs?”
“Kkaaaaaaah!”
This is it.
Kwon Young-woo’s scream.
This is the goal.
Since he was able to dislocate bones freely, it was easy to twist them and cause pain.
That’s not all.
There’s one more there.
There are skills obtained from a D-class skill book.
[Bone Strike (D)]
-When hitting a bone, the following effects are [certainly] activated.
1. Additional damage 15%
2. Critical activation
[Bone Strike].
This skill deals 10% additional damage when hitting a bone.
Now that it’s a D-class, the additional damage has increased to 15%, and it even has a critical hit.
‘It was originally a random activation, but [The Lord of Bone] adjusted the effect and changed it to a definite activation.’
Thanks to this, massive damage is inflicted every time a bone is twisted.
but.
‘It’s not working after all.’
Seo Yi-jun had to swallow his regret.
If possible, I wanted to end it with a [bone strike] disguised as a bone fixation.
I wanted to take advantage of the moment when Kwon Young-woo was writhing in pain and suffocate him.
‘This is what it’s like to be a B-class hunter.’
Pain can be reduced, but only to that extent.
It is difficult to even cause injury, let alone threaten life.
If you apply more force here, you will shake off Seo Yi-jun’s hand.
“It’s done, bro.”
I had to step back at the right time, giving [Balanced Bone].
“Ugh, ugh, ugh.”
Kwon Young-woo trembled all over his body, gasping for breath, and glared at Seo Yi-jun.
“Hey, you little punk! Is this a buff? This is torture!”
“Hyung, sorry. I think there was a skill adjustment when you used it on me. It’s the first time you used it on someone else.”
“There has to be a limit and common sense! My brother is complaining that it hurts, what? You’re so focused on touching my bones that you’re just trying to figure out what I’m talking about!”
“… …Are you angry?”
“It didn’t work!”
“Are you upset?”
“Ah, this kid for real! … … Phew. Wait, huh? Brother, shut up for a sec.”
Kwon Young-woo raised his voice again, then checked the message in front of him and opened his eyes wide.
“……what’s this.”
There was something unbelievable written there.
Clearly, the duration of the E-class [Balanced Skeleton] is 30 minutes.
[Seo Yi-jun (D) grants you [Balanced Skeleton (E)]
[The effect lasts until the skeleton is broken by a large impact.]
“…There is no duration?”
There was no time limit on the [Balanced Bone] that Seo Yi-jun forced himself into while torturing himself.
“Then what should I do? If I get a little shocked, it will go away right away.”
Seo Yi-jun grumbled on purpose.
Unlike when assembling skeleton soldiers, it wasn’t granted permanently by intentionally lowering the completion level.
“You rascal, you’re talking like you’re full!”
But that alone was good enough.
[[Imitates the Balanced Skeleton (E)].]
[This is a skill that has experience in imitation. The level increases by 1.]
[Grade: E-Class -> D-Class]
Kwon Young-woo quickly tried to imitate the skill, but the skill itself was not special.
‘The special trait is really great? It’s really special. Special.’
The way the skill was used was a bit weird though.
From what I’ve seen, it seems like it hurts less when you write to yourself.
‘Then it’s worth it.’
Kwon Young-woo’s expression brightened.
“Jun-ah. Should I try [Summon Skeleton Soldier] too? Is that unusual?”
“I hid it from other people, but, yeah, there’s something a little peculiar. Come out!”
After Seo Yijun nodded, he summoned the skeleton troop.
‘Seeing as there is no time limit on [Balanced Skeleton], I guess I’ll summon it a bit more than the 3rd generation.’
Kwon Young-woo expected that.
-Dalgrak!
“uh?”
The number of skeleton soldiers summoned by Seo Yijun far exceeded expectations.
“15th…?”
Kwon Young-woo quickly imitated the skill.
[[Summon Skeleton Soldier (D)] Mimics.]
[This is a skill that has experience in imitation. The level increases by 1.]
[Grade: D-Class -> C-Class]
“D? D-class?”
“Yeah. The skill level goes up a bit faster.”
Kwon Young-woo felt dizzy for a moment.
It’s surprising that there are two skills.
One is crazy effective, and the other is already D-class.
But something was strange.
“… … Wait? The point, the point is!”
It takes 5 points to level up a skill.
It might not be much for a B-class hunter like Kwon Young-woo, but it would be an astronomical number for a D-class hunter.
“I got it all cleaned out.”
“……and.”
Seo Yi-jun says he can handle it.
I became more and more greedy.
‘If our traits don’t match, I’ll be so sad that I won’t be able to sleep.’
Kwon Young-woo burst into laughter and expressed his admiration.
What Seo Yi-jun showed was less than half of the skeleton troop’s strength.
‘There are 14 skeleton soldiers, bodyguards, and black magic soldiers in pitch black, but there is no need to show them all.’
Wouldn’t this just instill a sense of alarm?
Even if the rank wasn’t open when imitating, I would have pretended it was E-rank.
step.
“So you used all your skills?”
No matter how good the imitation is, you can’t tell how many skills the opponent has.
“huh.”
That was the reason why Kwon Young-woo didn’t notice [Bone Strike].
“Come out.”
Kwon Young-woo nodded and used the skill.
-Dalgrak!
A total of 50 skeleton soldiers were summoned.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
[Balanced skeleton] was then applied.
“Oh!”
At that sight, Seo Yi-jun fired off his practiced reaction.
‘This is painful.’
I was barely able to suppress the frown that was about to appear on my face.
How does that look like a balanced skeleton?
Because they only focused on left-right reversal like a decal, the balance was a mess.
“Summoning Neck is something that sets up a summon and then debuffs the enemy. How? Like this.”
Kwon Young-woo, who had no way of knowing Seo Yi-jun’s true intentions, continued to use his skills.
[15 Skeleton Soldiers (F) are affected by the Curse of Reduced Attack Power (B).]
[15 Skeleton Soldiers (F) are afflicted with the Curse of Defense Reduction (B).]
Unlike the fog that impedes sight and hearing used by the Kobold Shaman.
‘This doesn’t feel good either.’
A heavy, languid sensation as B-class debuffs weigh down on the skeleton soldiers.
This feeling also struck Seo Yi-jun as unpleasant.
In my previous life.
“Wow, my soldiers have become incredibly weak.”
While I was admiring him like this, I was suddenly stabbed in the side by a dagger swung by Kwon Young-woo.
This time it was different.
“But what are you doing all of a sudden?”
Sarur… … Kkwak!
The silver-gray wire released by Seo Yi-jun caught Kwon Young-woo’s wrist, which was holding the dagger.
