Became a Mechromancer - Chapter 107

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Chapter 107.
Hooked In
Na Manager’s footsteps toward the first-floor Reboot Center were urgent.
Damn it.
‘I never expected him to covet Lim Doo-ho from an unexpected quarter!’
Seo Woo-jin was famous for seizing control of his opponent’s breathing before even sitting down at the negotiation table.
Above all else.
He was a man who stopped at nothing to get what he wanted.
So….
If he had discovered Lim Doo-ho’s value and come seeking him, he was truly the worst possible opponent for the Hunter Management Bureau.
Na Manager bit his lip and bolted down the emergency stairwell.
It was faster this way than taking the elevator.
* * *
Inside the Reboot Center.
I gazed down at the axe resting on the consultation table.
Then I looked at Seo Woo-jin sitting across from me.
You didn’t dislike the Hunter Management Bureau?
‘Why didn’t you just leave it to Master? Why come here specifically….’
Ah!
I recalled the image of Seo Woo-jin from that day when he had quarreled with my Master.
It seems the awkwardness drove you here.
A glance.
Beside Seo Woo-jin was a bespectacled man accompanying him.
‘Is he a secretary?’
Meanwhile, Seo Woo-jin surveyed the Reboot Center.
What is this?
There’s no forge, no anvil or water tank in sight—do we consult here and then move to the Workshop?
Ugh.
‘Craftsmen should focus on their craft, yet I have to handle consultations too. How could I ever come to like the Hunter Management Bureau?’
He grumbled inwardly while observing me.
The way I was staring intently at the axe with my hand slightly raised seemed peculiar to him.
‘Is this the item inspection method Jang Moon-seo developed?’
It was only natural that he would think this way.
After all, Soul Bot couldn’t be seen.
I was examining the item while wrapping the axe in Soul Bot.
Thanks to Furious Sprint, I had discovered that Soul Bot’s application wasn’t limited to machinery alone.
Soul Bot flowed from my fingertips and traced through the axe’s interior.
I could sense something dwelling within it.
‘It feels similar to when I transferred Knoll Lord into the axe not long ago.’
For some reason, it felt like a spirit—ephemeral and fading.
But…
Dimly extinguishing.
That’s when Bom-i spoke.
-As a weapon, its lifespan has simply run its course, croak.
‘Yeah, that seems right.’
I glanced sideways at Seo Woo-jin.
Then Bom-i offered counsel.
Master.
-It may be uncomfortable, but you must learn to say no, croak.
I nodded carefully and spoke with deliberation.
“If it were to be used as an ordinary axe, perhaps. But as an item, I’m afraid it won’t be possible.”
“As I suspected?”
Seo Woo-jin’s expression, though expectant, seemed somehow troubled.
It resembled the look of someone bidding farewell to an aging companion.
After a moment of contemplation, he spoke.
“I hesitate to call it repair, but would you permit me to attempt something?”
The bespectacled man then asked on Seo Woo-jin’s behalf.
“Do you mean restoring it to its optimal state?”
What?!
My eyes widened, and Seo Woo-jin spoke.
“He’s my Item Appraiser, and he knows your mentor as well.”
“Ah, I see.”
“So, is it possible?”
I answered honestly.
“I cannot guarantee it will work properly.”
And I slid the axe slightly toward Seo Woo-jin.
The choice was his to make.
“Then I ask of you.”
With those words, I picked up the axe and rose from my seat.
I moved directly to a workbench some distance away and set the axe down.
Then.
Ham Bong-sik approached Seo Woo-jin.
“The consultation is complete. Would you mind waiting in the reception area?”
The Appraiser beside him interjected.
“Do you know who this person is…?”
“I do know.”
Ham Bong-sik continued, flexing his prosthetic arm.
“Procedures must still be observed.”
“Well, well. This fellow.”
“I apologize, but… those are the regulations.”

He pointed to the guidance text displayed on the hologram.
Lim Doo-ho exhaled a long sigh as he watched the bickering.
‘At this rate, Ham Bong-sik is going to develop trauma.’
“Director Ham, I’ll handle it. This person is my master’s friend.”
Ham Bong-sik stepped back and projected a holographic document onto the smart consultation table.
“W-well then… I should at least get a confidentiality agreement.”
“Come on, this guy is something else!”
The Appraiser’s eyes widened, and Seo Woo-jin stepped forward.
“If people see this, they’ll think we’re gangsters.”
Then he looked at Ham Bong-sik.
“Your friend’s disciple certainly has good fortune.”
Seo Woo-jin signed on the hologram.
He gestured with his chin toward the Appraiser.
“Me too?”
“Then you can leave.”
In the end, the Appraiser signed as well.
Ham Bong-sik bowed respectfully, and Seo Woo-jin rose from his seat.
“Then let’s head to the Workshop together—”
Before he could finish.
Whoosh.
A golden Soul Bot flowed from Lim Doo-ho’s hand.
An axe materialized in the air.
Golden light began to spread slowly.
Clang!
A metallic sound erupted.
In that instant, Seo Woo-jin’s eyes widened.
“W-what is this?”
A forging method entirely unlike anything he knew.
‘No, I’ve never seen anything like this.’
One thing was certain: his axe was being forged within that golden light.
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Whirrrr.
The automatic door slid open as Na Manager rushed in.
He quickly looked up at the empty space where the axe floated.
He pressed his forehead as he looked at Lim Doo-ho standing beneath it.
It made sense—Seo Woo-jin was witnessing Lim Doo-ho’s technique firsthand.
“…Um, Manager.”
“Ham Bong-sik, you should have sent him out! What is this supposed to be?!”
“That… I did secure a non-disclosure agreement.”
Even Ham Director wore an uncomfortable expression, as if to say he’d at least put in some minimal safeguards.
In that moment.
Clang!
A metallic ring erupted from the golden light.
Sparks scattered in all directions before vanishing.
Only Na Manager knew exactly what Doo-ho was doing.
Jang Moon-seo’s signature technique, and now Lim Doo-ho’s as well.
‘He’s activating his peak state.’
However.
‘Why is it golden?’
Had his ability increased overnight?
He should have been pleased, but with Seo Woo-jin watching, he could only grimace instead.
This is driving me insane!
Whirrrrr….
Following that, the Hunter Management Bureau’s upper echelon entered.
What… what is this?
They too stood dumbfounded, staring up at the empty air before them.
They’d only heard reports of how impressive it was—they’d never actually come down to witness it themselves.
They’d assumed he was just some production worker swinging a hammer….
Director Kim Tae-sung murmured.
“So that metallic sound ringing out all this time was happening like that?”
A method unlike anything they’d ever heard or seen.
Meanwhile, Director Park Soon-kwon, still smarting from what had just transpired.
“What matters isn’t the performance, but the results, isn’t it?”
Sting!
Na Manager’s eyes flashed with intensity.
‘How dare you disparage a colleague from your own department just because he doesn’t suit your taste!’
Boom….
In an instant, golden light burst forth and the axe returned to Doo-ho’s hand.
But.
Doo-ho’s expression was troubled.
“I did my best… but this is harder than I thought.”
Doo-ho handed the axe to Director Seo.
Director Seo took the axe and examined it carefully before asking.
“…Is this the best you can do?”
“Yes. I apologize.”
At Doo-ho’s apology, Na Manager’s expression darkened.
‘Could it be… he failed to activate his peak state?’
He quickly glanced back.
And of all times, it had to be when the Director and Bureau Chief were both watching.
Damn it. Why did I have to fail for the first time right now?
‘Even heaven shows no mercy.’
Park Deputy opened his mouth as if to appeal to Ma Jeong-seok.
Or rather, he tried to.
“Na Manager got blinded by this performance and his judgment became clouded….”
Ahahahahaha!
Seo Woo-jin burst into hearty laughter.
A true friend and disciple!
“To salvage something from just taking the documents—truly impressive!”
As the atmosphere shifted, Ma Jeong-seok stepped forward.
“Seo Woo-jin.”
“Oh, you’re here.”
Ma Jeong-seok let out a long sigh before speaking.
“This is a restricted area for authorized personnel only.”
Authorized personnel….
“I’m having my weapon repaired here—if I’m not an authorized person, what am I?”
“What nonsense is that!”
Lim Doo-ho pressed his lips together at the sight.
It reminded him of the time he’d made wordplay in front of the interviewers when choosing his mentor.
Hmm….
‘They must have thought I was a troublemaker too.’
Looking forward again, Seo Woo-jin placed his axe into his subspace with a satisfied expression.
“That old man Jang Moon-seo finally took on a proper disciple in his twilight years. And brought rice cake soup too.”
Seo Woo-jin emphasized the rice cake soup a bit more,
“…looks like it’s finally time to get a new weapon.”
Lim Doo-ho heard this and asked.
“Is the axe your primary weapon?”
Seo Woo-jin’s eyes widened.
In fact, everyone stared at Lim Doo-ho in disbelief.
Meanwhile, Ma Jeong-seok seemed quite pleased with Lim Doo-ho’s question.
“So we have an eccentric in our Hunter Management Bureau who asks the Butcher Seo Woo-jin if he handles axes. Ha ha,”
Thanks to that, the tense atmosphere eased somewhat.
Seo Woo-jin threw out a joke.
“Are you going to make one for me?”
Lim Doo-ho fell into thought instead of answering.
An axe, huh….
The memory of transferring the Knoll Lord into an axe flashed through my mind.
It was a hand axe imbued with poison.
No.
‘It’s the one Isto is using.’
In that instant, Isto’s voice screamed inside my head.
-A strong tank doesn’t need extensions!
‘Just use it yourself.’
-No way! Extensions are for weaklings and lanky guys!
-Taste the extension!
Clang! Ow.
Hawkeye smacked Isto’s head with an arrow.
When Lim Doo-ho chuckled, Seo Woo-jin tilted his head in confusion.
That’s when Bom-i chimed in.
Master.
-Aren’t you curious about the grade of that axe I repaired earlier, croak?
‘You said you could appraise items, right?’
-That arrogant bastard’s axe was legendary grade. But its lifespan was exhausted, so even with Master’s touch, it’s only rare grade now, croak.
‘What about ours?’
-When Master went berserk for a moment, that guy got lucky and it became legendary grade, croak.
Legendary?
Lim Doo-ho’s surprise prompted Bom-i to elaborate.
-The grade is that, but if you’re disappointed, the axe material is hero-grade Ecometal, croak.
‘Still better than that axe from before, right?’
-Of course, croak!
Lim Doo-ho reached into the Garage while looking at Representative Seo.
“Actually, I purchased something like this at the Chiko Island Night Market.”
In one smooth motion, Lim Doo-ho laundered the source and withdrew the axe, setting it down on the work table.
A silvery-white hand axe.
Lim Doo-ho infused it with a touch of mana to wake it.
Grrr….
The axe blade trembled as it stirred awake, growling softly.
Yet the aura it emanated was extraordinary.
The Appraiser adjusted his glasses and approached the work table. His eyes widened as he examined the axe.
“You really purchased this at the Night Market?”
“Yes.”
Everyone gathered around stared blankly at Lim Doo-ho. Their expressions screamed envy—as if wondering whether this guy could get away with anything.
The Appraiser spoke.
“It’s legendary grade.”
The Reboot Center fell silent.
This doesn’t make sense….
“The condition is excellent, as if it were just forged.”
Then the Appraiser slapped his knee.
Ah!
“It seems people mistook it for something new because it’s so unfamiliar.”
Everyone nodded in agreement with the expert’s assessment. The Appraiser added his thoughts.
“We’d need to infuse mana to know for certain… but with a cursed item like this, if you can’t tame it, you’re just throwing money away.”
The moment those words left his mouth, Representative Seo snatched up the axe with lightning speed.
The Appraiser gasped in horror.
“R-Representative?!”
Seo Woo-jin paid no mind and channeled mana into the axe.
Grrrrr.
A low resonance emanated from the blade as it repelled Representative Seo’s mana outward.
Everyone jumped back in shock, and Representative Seo grinned widely as he spoke.
“Come with me, you bastard.”
Representative Seo poured mana in even more forcefully. The air around them suddenly compressed.
Everyone who had retreated flinched at the pressure.
‘Is… is this the power of a clan head?’
‘This is practically a monster in itself.’
‘With that kind of power, no wonder he looks down on our Hunter Management Bureau.’
Ma Jeong-seok furrowed his brow and gathered everyone behind him.
And then….
Whoooosh.
He spread mana outward, forming a circular barrier of protection.
At that very moment.
GRRRRRRR!!!
The axe thrashed violently as a crimson toxic aura erupted across its blade.
Gasp!
The Appraiser stumbled backward.
Hmph.
Ma Jeong-seok quickly extended his hand, scattering light across the area.
Lim Doo-ho let out an involuntary exclamation.
Wow….
‘The Director is a healer?’
Oh!
-Quite a high-ranking healer, it seems.
-If the axe keeps spewing poison, everyone will be in danger. Necromancer.
Just as Lim Doo-ho was wondering if he should step in.
Gulp, gulp.
Representative Seo pulled an antidote potion from his subspace and drank it, then forcefully poured mana to suppress the axe.
Then.
Screeeee… screee.
The axe shrieked and suddenly sucked the crimson toxic aura back inside itself.
Ahahaha!
Seo Representative lifted the axe high. He spoke to the people around him with evident satisfaction.
“This, this is absolutely exquisite!”
Ham and Park Deputy, who had been watching, cowered and collapsed to the floor.
Ma Jeong-seok was about to drop his mana barrier and shout in protest when—
My dear disciple!
“How about 8 billion for this axe?”
Billion—!
At that unexpected sum, my heart shriveled.
“Ma Jeong-seok.”
“…?”
“Lim Doo-ho. I’d like to buy him out. What do you think?”
Seo Representative came in smoothly.
I Became a Necromancer
Author｜
Keongang E
Published｜
February 25, 2026
Publisher｜
Talesyx
Website｜
https://talesyx.com
Email｜
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ⓒ Keongang E, 2026
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