Became a Mechromancer - Chapter 122

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Chapter 122.
What Did You Say?
Doo-ho supported Song Jae-cheon into a chair in the Conference Room.
A moment later.
Doo-ho returned with a bottle of mineral water and handed it to him.
“Please, have some.”
“…Thank you.”
Even after taking a sip, Song Jae-cheon remained hunched over, gripping the bottle tightly.
Lim Tae-sang and Na Manager also took seats across from him.
Soon, Song Jae-cheon broke the silence.
I suppose…
“I’ve been punished for my greed.”
Those were Song Jae-cheon’s first words as he sat in the Conference Room chair, catching his breath.
Everyone watched him in silence.
What Song Jae-cheon then revealed was the circumstances of his situation.
After his brother-in-law and sister lost their lives in the Abyss Rift, he had been caring for the children they left behind.
Song Jae-cheon then turned to Na Manager with a question.
“If I transfer classes and my skills don’t work, does my Awakener registration get cancelled?”
Fear flickered in Song Jae-cheon’s eyes as he asked.
Then he would lose his job too.
‘I won’t be able to enter the Abyss anymore.’
For the children’s sake, that simply couldn’t happen.
Just as Doo-ho was about to say something, Lim Tae-sang spoke first.
“Lift your head, Song Jae-cheon!”
Song Jae-cheon flinched and raised his head.
Lim Tae-sang spoke firmly.
“If you can’t enter the Abyss, then you do different work here. Why are you panicking like you’re about to die over something like this!”
“….”
Silence fell over the Conference Room.
Lim Tae-sang, having vented his frustration, let out a short sigh and turned his gaze away.
“Ahem, ahem.”
Na Manager broke the silence with a clearing of his throat. He sat in his chair and regarded Song Jae-cheon calmly.
And then…
Well.
“First, let me congratulate you on your transfer.”
“Did you not hear what I just said….”
“Oh, I heard it perfectly well.”
Na Manager raised his hand to cut off Song Jae-cheon’s words.
“So now it seems it’s my turn to speak, wouldn’t you say?”
As Song Jae-cheon fell silent, Na Manager spoke with measured calm.
“Actually, we found a case of Terraformer class advancement in 2025 in the database.”
Na Manager glanced briefly toward Duho.
“I couldn’t find it initially either. On the way here, Lim discovered it while reviewing the production department classifications again.”
A pang of guilt.
Duho’s conscience pricked him.
Then Isto’s voice echoed in his mind.
-A white lie is fine, Duho.
‘Be quiet.’
And it wasn’t even a lie—it was a falsehood!
Duho gave a brief internal retort and turned his gaze toward Song Jae-cheon.
Song Jae-cheon was watching Na Manager with eyes that mingled hope and anxiety.
“…Really?”
“Yes. And the problem occurring with your skill activation right now is entirely normal. So there’s no need to worry.”
At those words, Song Jae-cheon’s expression eased somewhat.
Duho also looked at Na Manager.
Calming the other person with just a brief glance at the documents—impressive.
‘A veteran really is different.’
Na Manager continued.
“The data showed that Terraformer skills are limited to the Abyss. That’s why we instructed you not to touch them until we arrived.”
Na Manager’s gaze turned toward Lim Tae-sang.
Sensing that gaze, Song Jae-cheon quickly interjected.
Oh, it’s a misunderstanding!
“The representative told me! He said not to do anything and wait in the conference room! It’s true.”
“Yes, yes. Calm yourself.”
Having settled Song Jae-cheon, Na Manager asked.
“Why did you choose so hastily?”
“…The Terraformer skills all looked so good.”
He spoke while looking at his system window.
“There were so many skills displayed with grandiose descriptions, and since I could keep one of my existing skills too….”
Song Jae-cheon’s voice grew smaller.
“I lost my head.”
Na Manager nodded in understanding.
“So you advanced. That’s what happened.”
“Yes. But right after advancing, I checked and none of the Terraformer skills activated. And when my existing skill didn’t work either….”
Na Manager’s eyebrows twitched slightly.
The existing skill doesn’t work either?
‘…This is different from the documents.’
A brief silence.
Duho looked at Song Jae-cheon, wondering if something was amiss.
‘When people panic, they observe only a few things before their eyes and convince themselves that everything is settled.’
It was something Doo-ho experienced from time to time.
So….
“Excuse me, Song Jae-cheon.”
“Yes?”
“Did you happen to test all your previous class skills?”
Uh….
Song Jae-cheon rolled his eyes briefly, searching his memory.
…Ah!
“Why did I think I’d already tested that?”
As Song Jae-cheon muttered blankly, Na Manager spoke immediately.
“Let’s test it now.”
The moment those words left his lips.
Whoosh.
Song Jae-cheon’s body vanished briefly before reappearing at the rear of the conference room.
“My high-speed dash… it works!”
Once more.
Whoosh.
This time he moved considerably farther.
Song Jae-cheon, who had been at the back of the conference room, instantly relocated near the door and stopped.
His eyes widened.
“It’s faster than before. My body feels much lighter too.”
Song Jae-cheon’s face brightened.
It appeared that the skill he’d chosen upon advancing his class was high-speed dash.
After that.
Once the matter was largely resolved, Na Manager decided to enter the Abyss 2nd Floor with Song Jae-cheon the following morning.
* * *
The next morning.
The Abyss 2nd Floor was remarkably quiet.
That made sense—no Hunter wanted to farm in the Abyss.
There were even rumors that rookie Hunters carefully cleared Quests for fear of receiving advancement recommendations.
Yet this place had become a forest safer and more pleasant than any Abyss in the world!
“I hear this is the most terrifying floor for our young talent Hunters.”
At Na Manager’s words, Doo-ho averted his gaze slightly.
‘I merely cleared it, that’s all.’
But I couldn’t very well annihilate the 2nd Floor now.
‘If I did that, I’d lose my source of sap!’
Of course, I’d heard there was another Ancient Tree zone around the 12th Floor….
‘There’s no reason to waste a perfectly good supply source.’
Shortly after, Song Jae-cheon entered the 2nd Floor a step behind.
Huh?
He widened his eyes, staring into empty space.
A System Message must have appeared.
Na Manager approached.
“What came up?”
“It says I’m getting a class change reward?”
Doo-ho and Na Manager were startled.
‘Class changes give rewards?’
‘We’ve never had a case where class changes awarded anything before?’
In that moment.
Thud, thud thud thud….
Equipment cascaded down in front of Song Jae-cheon.
A shovel.
A pickaxe.
An axe.
“….”
Song Jae-cheon looked down at them, then alternated his gaze between Doo-ho and Na Manager.
“…Isn’t this farming equipment?”
Before he could finish speaking.
Thwang─!
“Holy mother!”
A thick hammer that looked like it belonged in Norse mythology embedded itself at Song Jae-cheon’s feet.
As if to say it wasn’t farming equipment at all!
“….”
Bom-i’s voice echoed in Doo-ho’s mind.
Master.
-Those are Ignis-grade growth items, ribbit.
‘What? Explain in detail.’
-They evolve in order: orange, red, white, cyan, ribbit.
After hearing the explanation, Doo-ho quickly checked the color of the equipment.
A reddish glow emanated from them.
‘So Song Jae-cheon’s rank is around E or D?’
Doo-ho spoke to Song Jae-cheon, who was gathering up the equipment.
“Those aren’t ordinary farming tools.”
“Pardon?”
“They’re Ignis-grade growth items.”
When I asked if the message didn’t ask whether to bind them, Song Jae-cheon nodded vigorously.
Na Manager, watching from the side, wore an expression of satisfaction at having come along.
‘Lim Tae-sang said he could identify items.’
Once Song Jae-cheon bound the equipment, a new message materialized in the air.
“So this time it’s called a tutorial?”
“What does it involve?”
“Level the ground, cultivate it, plant Ancient Tree branches, and use Magic Stones to accelerate growth.”
Doo-ho’s eyebrows rose slightly.
‘The more I progress, the more Magic Stones I’ll need.’
Na Manager silently withdrew a Magic Stone from his spatial pouch and handed it over.
“Let’s give it a try.”
Song Jae-cheon accepted the Magic Stone from Na Manager and walked toward the empty ground between the Ancient Tree’s roots.
He gazed into the empty space for a moment, then adjusted his grip on the shovel.
“This is where I should do it.”
Thunk.
The shovel blade sank into the earth. The moment Song Jae-cheon lifted the soil.
Crunch crunch crunch.
A single shovelful flipped the surrounding ground wide open.
Rather than ordinary digging, it felt as though the earth itself was turning over.
Na Manager’s expression—he who had always dreamed of returning to farming—became peculiar.
‘…I’m envious.’
Then Song Jae-cheon, reading the System Message, picked up a pickaxe.
Tap.
When he touched the stone embedded in the ground, it weathered away, crumbling back into soil.
Na Manager murmured softly.
“It’s like some kind of civil engineering project.”
Indeed, the surrounding ground had already been neatly cleared.
The rest of the process unfolded in an instant.
Crack!
A single swing of the axe toppled one Ancient Tree.
Thud thud thud, boom.
With a heavy resonance, Song Jae-cheon cut several branches from the felled Ancient Tree.
Snip snip snip, chop chop chop!
He then planted the cut branches in the cultivated ground.
Crack!
Finely crushed Magic Stone powder was scattered evenly over them.
Doo-ho and Na Manager shared the same thought.
Terraformer.
The name was grandiose.
But really, just a farmer.
That’s what it seemed like.
Song Jae-cheon raised both hands slightly.
Rumble….
Thunder rolled across the clear sky, and clouds began gathering above the cultivated patch of earth.
Huh?!
Both Doo-ho and Na Manager’s mouths fell half-open.
Tap. Whoosh whoosh—
A few drops fell, and soon rain poured down onto the cleared earth.
And then….
Sprout. Sprout. Sprout….
The wooden branches I’d planted in the ground grew visibly larger.
Song Jae-cheon spoke loudly.
“Since my level is low, it’s only at this stage for now, but I can control the weather too.”
Na Manager’s eyes, which had initially held an expression of disbelief, shifted with newfound interest.
This is absolutely incredible!
It’s such a shame that it’s limited to the Abyss.
‘If that ability grows to S-rank. Or if it were already S-rank.’
Couldn’t it have cooled the heat of the 80th Floor that the Changtian Clan struggled so hard to clear?
Moreover, with that shovel, I could stabilize the treacherous terrain and advance through it.
Na Manager quickly approached and asked Song Jae-cheon.
“What’s your current rank?”
“E-rank.”
….
Na Manager pulled one corner of his mouth.
And he patted Song Jae-cheon’s shoulder.
‘Please grow well….’
Meanwhile, Doo-ho was practically jumping with joy.
And for good reason.
The Ancient Tree Forest here was vast, but the ancient trees weren’t infinite.
Looking closely, the saplings Song Jae-cheon had planted earlier had grown noticeably again.
‘Long live the terraformer!’
Song Jae-cheon gazed at the empty air again.
[Tutorial Complete.]
Your level increases by 20.
“Huh?”
“What appeared now?”
At Na Manager’s question, Song Jae-cheon opened his mouth with an incredulous expression.
“It says tutorial complete… and it raised my level by 20?”
“…!”
Na Manager’s eyes widened in shock.
‘I just resigned myself to E-rank, and now it’s raising my level by 20!’
Without realizing it, he clenched his fists tightly.
‘Excellent! He’s growing well!’
It felt as though I’d discovered a future game-changer.
I retrieved two pouches from the Garage.
“Song Jae-cheon.”
“Yes?”
As I extended one pouch toward him, Song Jae-cheon’s eyes widened.
Gasp!
“Is this a Spatial Pouch?”
“Yes.”
“No, I don’t think I should accept this.”
Song Jae-cheon quickly waved both hands in protest.
He had good reason to.
A single large Spatial Pouch alone cost 10 million coins.
But what I was offering was a unique item—two large pouches connected together to expand the internal capacity.
Its value, if priced, would be in the tens of millions at minimum.
Song Jae-cheon’s hands couldn’t bring themselves to reach forward.
I placed it in his hands and spoke.
“It’s a retirement gift.”
“Pardon?”
“And also a sort of bribe—asking for your continued support going forward.”
Song Jae-cheon stared at the pouch before accepting the Spatial Pouch with both hands.
Really….
“I’ll do my best.”
This time, I extended the other pouch toward Na Manager.
“This one’s for you too, Na Manager.”
Na Manager raised his hand to refuse, then stopped.
Wait.
What if I took this as a sample to show the directors?
It would work well as field supplies for the Hunter Management Bureau, and if we sold it as a D LABS collaboration limited edition, the response wouldn’t be bad at all.
Na Manager looked at the pouch again.
“Lim, I’ll take this as a sample then.”
“A sample?”
“I’d like to show it to the directors.”
Na Manager’s eyes gleamed with intrigue.
“If things go well, a D LABS collaboration limited edition might be possible.”
I nodded.
“Business matters should be discussed with my Father.”
“Your Father?”
“The CEO is our Father, after all.”
“….”
Na Manager paused for a moment, then burst into hearty laughter.
Hahahaha!
“Right. I need to talk to the Leader about this.”
I glanced at the reclaimed land once more.
The small saplings had already grown to my waist height.
Hmm.
‘Just to be safe, I should secure the Ancient Tree and gather magic stones. I’ll have to venture into the Abyss tonight.’
As I muttered this to myself and stretched contentedly, it happened.
Meteor spoke to me telepathically.
-Master, are you busy right now?
‘No, it’s fine. What is it?’
-A spaceship is approaching my location.
A spaceship?
I froze momentarily.
Then he asked me.
-Can I kick it?
‘Huh?’
-You said “huh,” so I’m asking.
Wait, hold on.
That’s not what I meant….
BOOM! CRASH!
Before I could even protest, a deafening sound erupted in my mind.
I Became a Necromancer
Author |
Gungang E
Published |
February 25, 2026
Publisher |
TalesYX
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