The Boundless Necromancer Chapter 261

261. Earth (4)

「A new message has arrived from my friend ‘Baekryeonhwa’.」

「There are currently 187 unread messages in your friend ‘Baekryeonhwa”s chat history.」

As soon as I saw the system message that suddenly popped up, I was able to intuit.

‘Something else happened on Earth.’

The opportunity to use the powers obtained as a reward from the 21st floor ordeal has arrived.

It was worth it.

Until now, Lee Ha-yeon hadn’t contacted me at all.

She is not called this way unless there is a compulsory muster from Earth.

‘Perhaps something happened to the extent that I had to stop climbing the tower.’

Convinced, I immediately started scanning the chat window of my friends list.

I read 187 unread messages from beginning to end.

Also very carefully.

-Baekryeonhwa (17th floor): Mr. Seongyun. If the ordeal is over, please read these messages. Things are very bad right now.

To what extent did Lee Ha-yeon also think that he had to climb the tower as a challenger?

‘… … 17th floor? It’s the same difficulty as Lee Ha-yeon, but he’s already reached the 17th floor?’

Before she knew it, she had reached the 17th floor of the tower.

Of course, the challenger’s skill could not be measured by just the number of floors.

According to the information Lee Ha-yeon gave me in the past, the difficulty and tendency of each challenge change as the challenger climbs the floor.

So just because she was on the 17th floor, I couldn’t compare her to the days when I was on the 17th floor.

but… … .

‘But at this point, isn’t Lee Ha-yeon also a ranker at the earth level… … ?’

Considering the minimum level of difficulty of her floor, she couldn’t underestimate it that much.

It’s probably at a level that can be highly regarded at the Earth level.

I don’t know why I thought to climb the tower so high.

It’s not a bad thing, at least she’s my partner on Earth.

‘A lot of interesting things happened while I was drawing attention from Earth.’

At that, I smiled and then read the messages in the chat window.

-Baekryeonhwa (17th floor): Orange gates that have never been seen before have opened in each country. However, this is different from the existing gate.

-Baekryeonhwa (17th floor): There is no such thing as a dungeon break, but monsters keep coming out of the gate.

-Baekryeonhwa (17th floor): Even that level is incomparable to the monsters I’ve seen so far. But the problem is that this is not the end.

gate.

It was not surprising that portals leading to dungeons were opened in each country.

Even if the color of the gate is orange, it can be regarded as a special phenomenon.

However, after seeing the message in the chat window that followed, I was able to realize the seriousness of the situation.

-Baekryeonhwa (17th floor): A demon, one of the monsters that can only be observed in the Tower of Trials, has appeared.

“It’s the devil… … ?”

The appearance of a demon, a monster that doesn’t even appear in dungeons?

I couldn’t understand.

It was even more so because the current earth dimension was recognized as the ‘official climbing dimension’ designated by the tower.

Now, challengers from the other world won’t be able to easily aim for Earth… … .

I had a feeling that something was foreign.

‘… … There’s no reason the challengers would have to pay a huge penalty and create a gate in the Earth dimension.’

However, it could not be said that it was not the work of the challenger unconditionally.

It reminded me of the challenger from the other world who had appeared in London before.

At that time, the challenger of the other world said himself that he had gained faith from the earth.

By concentrating all the negative emotions into himself, he is trying to gain divine power in his heart.

‘If there’s a challenger who wants to gain the power related to divinity like that time, it doesn’t make sense.’

Even if it wasn’t so, maybe this was a situation that was entangled with the godhead.

Even a mere challenger came to Earth to gain faith, but what could be different about being a god?

Whether it’s a challenger or a god… … .

Whatever it is, you know things aren’t good.

While frowning at him, I speeded up reading the messages in the chat window.

and… … .

-Baekryeonhwa (17th floor): Nearly 1 million casualties occurred in Korea alone. And I’ve suffered a lot of damage overseas as well.

-Baekryeonhwa (17th floor): Each country concluded that it was actually related to the challengers.

-Baekryeonhwa (17th floor): Eventually, the International Hunter Association summoned the highest difficulty level challengers.

Soon, the message in the chat window came down to the latest one.

-Baekryeonhwa (17th floor): And Mr. Seongyun is also subject to the call of the International Hunter Association.

Then I couldn’t help but show interest with a twinkle in my eyes.

-Baekryeonhwa (17th floor): Of course, I didn’t say it bare-mouthed, but the International Hunter Association promised to reward Seongyun’s cooperation.

That would be too… … .

-Baekryeonhwa (17th floor): Mr. Seongyun said that if you respond to the call, you can get an S-class hunter license right away.

-Baekryeonhwa (17th floor): They say they will give you the items of the tower as you want, such as skill proficiency increase potions and skill random acquisition books.

-Baekryeonhwa (17th floor): Other than that, Seongyoon said that he had plans to compensate for most of what he wanted.

I don’t know why, but it was because the Hunter Association offered a big reward.

“… … .”

That too is a very tempting reward.

“You have purchased the Returning Stone (E+).”

“It’s been a while since I heard you on Earth.”

How much money can I get this time?

***

When I opened my eyes, I was greeted by a studio that felt a little distant.

A dusty desk, a crowded floor strewn with all sorts of items, unventilated air… … .

Looking at the evidence that someone had been away for a long time, I felt strange.

For some reason, everything felt strange.

“It doesn’t even feel like home anymore.”

I really doubt that this is the place where I lived.

But soon, I worked hard to get rid of that sense of difference and immediately injected magical power into my smartphone.

And at the same time, delicate control turned mana into electricity, filling the smartphone’s battery.

「The authority skill ‘Management of Magic’ is activated.」

In the meantime, it was rewarding to climb the tower and raise the skill level of mana management.

It’s because he can do the detailed manipulation of magic that he wasn’t very familiar with before.

While doing so, I could sense that I had grown subtly.

That abilities not related to divinity are steadily growing.

“… … .”

But now there was no room for sentimentality.

‘… … It’s more important to find out the situation on Earth right now.’

As it was, I immediately turned on my smartphone and checked the news on the portal site.

[The appearance of the ‘devil’, a monster observed only in the Tower of Trials, became a hot topic when the International Hunter Association said, “Everything is an issue that the challengers must also take responsibility for.” … .]

[Scholars related to the gate say, “The gate that appeared this time is a point of change where the influence of the tower on the earth increases.” … .]

[The head of the Susanoo Guild, Sachio Michimoto, made a recommendation to request cooperation, saying, “All challengers should work together to resolve the current situation.” … .]

“It’s a mess.”

The rankings of real-time search terms on all portal sites are all focused on the current situation.

Attention was drawn to the appearance of demons at the gate and to the challengers involved in the Tower of Trials.

That too is excessive.

Realizing that the situation was more serious than I thought, I moved from the studio to the place where I had an appointment with Lee Ha-yeon.

and… … .

“… … long time no see. Mr. Seongyun I was waiting for you.”

I saw Lee Ha-yeon standing in the middle of a street where no one walked.

It must have been some time since the tower sent a message to the chat window… … .

I hope it shows up so quickly.

Not even that.

‘I went up to the 17th floor and my skills improved that much.’

Lee Ha-yeon’s level of mana, which was affected by the senses, was unusual.

I can’t even compare it to when I was on the 17th floor before… … .

As at least one challenger, I could feel that I had the minimum force.

Perhaps at that level, wouldn’t it be a level that could compete with an A-class hunter?

But there was no room for admiration.

“… … Congratulations on reaching the 22nd floor. But I don’t have much time.”

It was because Lee Ha-yeon said that with a tired face as if she was tired.

In that, I saw the emotions that dwelled inside her.

Anxiety, trouble, joy, worry, anticipation, etc… … .

A lot of emotions were coming from her, so I was able to understand her meaning right away.

“If you don’t have time, does that mean the situation is that serious?”

and.

“… … that’s right. There is no time. All I can tell you is that the world is in a very bad situation.”

Lee Ha-yeon pursed her lips with a melancholy face.

“Really, really… … . A lot has happened, but there is no way to explain it all.”

I was able to notice without hearing much about the situation from her.

“it’s okay. That the Tower had a great influence on Earth. That alone would suffice to explain the situation.”

“is that so… … .”

“yes. So you can get straight to the point. I’m comfortable with that anyway.”

“That sounds a bit upsetting, but… … . At least for now, I feel fortunate.”

Lee Ha-yeon smiled as if she was a bit dumbfounded, and then put her hand on my shoulder.

“The American Hunter Association decided to gather all the ranker class challengers.”

and.

“I will guide you there from now on.”

next moment.

「It has been designated as a casting target for the auxiliary magic <Teleport>.」

「Move to the specified coordinates with the auxiliary magic <Teleport>.」

Before I knew it, I was able to arrive within a conference hall.

***

The conference hall was bigger than expected.

It was as big as if it could accommodate more than a hundred people.

However, compared to its size, there were not many people inside the conference hall.

‘The number of people will barely exceed double digits.’

Did he gather the best of the challengers from all over the world?

In the current meeting room, there were people with magical powers that were incomparable to Lee Ha-yeon.

And there were some familiar faces among them.

as soon as… … .

“oh… … ! you! Are you finally here? Here it is, here… … !”

Catherine Bennett was like that.

Katherine Bennett, who was sitting quietly at the head of the conference room, looked at me and smiled broadly and even waved.

It’s also very strong.

It looks like a puppy welcoming its owner back from a trip.

Seeing that, it bothered me that I went back to the tower without contacting her for some reason.

‘Still, I should have left a message, even if it was small… … .’

But that was only for a moment.

“Sungyun-san… … .”

Suddenly, a voice sounded like a whisper in my ear.

“Contrary to what you promised me, you climbed the tower silently and never contacted me properly… … .”

Before I knew it, Lee Ha-yeon was whispering to me while holding her tiptoe.

“You must have had such a close acquaintance at the Tower?”

I don’t know why, with a cold eye smile.