Became a Mechromancer - Chapter 127

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Chapter 127.
Cornerstone
An infinite expanse of cosmos stretched endlessly before me.
Meteor hovered above the orbit of a nameless planet, gazing down at the world below.
In other words.
An omniscient Meteor perspective.
-Is it a god-slayer…?
Meteor murmured slowly.
The system had commanded it thus.
Yet Quetzalcoatl was an ambiguous existence to call a god.
-…Not quite an ordinary demon beast either.
A monster that cannot die so long as its magic stone remains intact.
Thus it was more accurate to regard it as an entity straddling the boundary between mortal and divine.
Meteor recalled events from long ago.
Countless lives had perished, and only through the void frequency could they succeed in extracting the magic stone from Quetzalcoatl’s heart.
But.
With breath still flowing through it, Quetzalcoatl forced the magic stone back into its heart.
From that moment onward, calamity began.
The former master, having lost everything, invested every magic stone his companions had gathered and issued a command to Meteor.
「Reduce this world to nothing.」
As if it had never existed from the beginning.
So when Quetzalcoatl appeared in the upper layers of the Abyss, Meteor was bewildered.
-Why did that creature appear in the upper layers?
And…
-The current master has reached here as well.
Moreover, the current master had already used the meteorite.
Surely that was the case…
Meteor’s gaze turned toward the burning Quetzalcoatl.
Across the Mountain Range where flames erupted in countless places, Isto was causing a fuss about indigestion and such.
Meteor was genuinely astonished.
-The master’s strategy of enlarging Isto to extract the magic stone wasn’t a bad plan.
Even so, Quetzalcoatl cannot be killed.
Knowing this, the Eagle Tribe must have simply asked to be pushed away from the coordinates.
However.
-I never expected that shorty to chew it up and swallow it.
Meteor’s gaze remained fixed on Isto.
Was that gluttony?
Or was it calculation?
One thing was certain.
That sudden action had severed Quetzalcoatl’s cycle of regeneration.
And immediately after, he’d poured all that energy into preventing even the creature’s final death throes.
Meteor cautiously theorizes.
Perhaps, you see.
Isto might be the one among them who has accumulated the most experience.
Genuinely.
-I’m curious about the identity of that short one.
Then, system messages continuously emerge from below.
The current master, whose mouth hangs agape in astonishment at the substantial reward.
But from Meteor’s perspective.
-For defeating Quetzalcoatl, the reward seems rather stingy.
However.
Without realizing it, I find myself comparing the previous master with this current one.
And this current master’s advantage is.
-A frighteningly sharp mind.
He’d woven together the Eagle Tribe’s combat capabilities—which he’d only just learned about—with his own resources and immediately converted it into a strategy.
Perhaps thanks to that, the variable called Isto was added, creating a miracle.
-…An amusing master, indeed.
Heh, heh.
Meteor, laughing slowly as if congratulating himself, soon mutters in a dissatisfied tone.
No matter how much I think about it.
-This place’s administrator is quite the miser.
Meteor, who holds grudges about rewards, glances downward once more.
On the Floating Island, both Isto and Hawkeye have now joined in, creating quite the commotion.
Glance.
Detecting a change in the return coordinates far below, Meteor calls out to the current master in a drowsy voice.
-Master, we should leave the island soon.
* * *
Beneath the Floating Island.
Quetzalcoatl’s long body was charring across the Mountain Range in various places.
The smell of burning flesh rises all the way to the sky.
The Eagle Tribe members simply stare at the sight with wide eyes.
Then.
Screeeech!
They burst into unison cries, and the Eagle Tribe members begin surging toward Duho.
Duho and Bom-i don’t even have time to confirm their rewards.
The Eagle Tribe members gather from all directions, chittering and cawing.
Screech!
Bom-i puffs out her chin on Duho’s shoulder.
-Isn’t this louder than summer cicadas, ribbit!
Doo-ho closed all the system windows that had appeared before his eyes.
Hmm….
‘I’ll check the rewards when I get back.’
Then he spoke while watching the Eagle Tribe members rushing toward him.
“Bom-i, you must be so happy.”
-W-well, I suppose so, ribbit.
At that moment, the Eagle Tribe Chief approached Doo-ho.
Tears glistened slightly in his round eyes.
The Chief grasped Doo-ho’s hand firmly and poured out words rapidly.
“Gugu-gugu-gugu-gugu!”
“Yeah, you’re happy?”
Though I didn’t understand the words, I could grasp the feeling well enough.
But the Chief continued speaking.
Doo-ho, who had been pretending to listen with a smile, scratched his cheek.
‘I need to call Isto.’
Soon after, Isto and Hawkeye, summoned to the Garage, came outside.
Doo-ho reflexively took a step back but stopped.
Isto’s body was at its normal temperature, not scorching hot as he’d expected.
Ah~.
‘The heat must have been contained by passing through the Garage.’
Doo-ho looked at Isto and Hawkeye in turn.
“You both did well.”
Hawkeye lowered his head.
-I merely followed your command.
Meanwhile, Isto held up his damaged camera.
-The heat ruined my taste!
Like someone visiting a repair center.
Bonk! Ack!
Doo-ho gave him a flick on the head and answered.
“I’ll fix it when we get back. So for now….”
As his gaze turned toward the Eagle Tribe Chief, Isto immediately looked at the Chief as well.
Oh!
-I shall provide interpretation.
At that moment, the Eagle Tribe Chief recognized Isto and Hawkeye and spread his wings wide.
“Guu─guu!”
-…The welcome is excessive.
-My brilliant performance has dazzled them, no doubt. Ehehehe~~.
As Isto’s LED eyes curved like a crescent moon, Hawkeye reached for an arrow but shrugged his shoulders instead.
-That’s true, so… I’ll let it pass.
At that moment, Meteor’s voice reached Doo-ho’s mind.
-Master, we need to leave the island soon.
Duo Ho turned his head.
The Floating Island was gradually approaching the coordinates above the Mountain Range.
The patterns on the Plaza floor were already glowing white.
The wind grew increasingly fierce.
Isto.
“Let’s wrap this up.”
Oh!
-Understood, sir.
Isto immediately relayed the message to the Eagle Tribe Chief.
-Coo coo coo. Coo coo coo coo.
The Eagle Tribe Chief let out a short cry toward the Castle.
“Coo!”
Then, from far away at the Castle, an Eagle Tribe member came rushing over frantically.
With vacant eyes, gasping for breath, he set down a large bundle.
Inside were snow leopard hides and magical stones, mixed together with golden candlesticks and tableware.
“Coo coo!”
-I told him to bring it for you.
He seemed desperate to show his sincerity.
When Duo Ho made an awkward expression, Bom-i on his shoulder spoke.
Master.
-In times like these, it’s better to accept their sincerity, ribbit.
Looking closer, the Eagle Tribe members were staring at Duo Ho with bright eyes.
“I’ll accept it gratefully.”
Upon hearing Isto’s translation, the Eagle Tribe members shook their bodies and cooed.
Just as Isto was about to pick up the bundle, Hawkeye’s scope suddenly narrowed sharply.
Mechromancer!
-Th-th-that….
“What, what is it?”
-Look at that, sir!
Between the golden tableware that Hawkeye was pointing at, two inverted pyramids were mixed in.
Duo Ho’s eyes widened as well.
Not just one.
Two of them?
-Those are Save Points.
Isto picked up a Save Point.
-Huh? Why are these mixed in here?
When he asked, they said these were items that came out during the process of hunting the snow leopards.
The Eagle Tribe Chief showed no particular interest in the Save Points.
‘This is quite fortunate.’
At that moment, the Eagle Tribe member with vacant eyes stared intently at Duo’s shoulder.
More precisely, he was looking at Bom-i.
“Guh….”
The creature unconsciously licked his lips.
Buaaah!
Bom-i puffed out his throat dramatically.
-I’m a contributor too. You should be grateful, not thinking about eating, ribbit!
Thanks to that, Duo burst out laughing.
The Eagle Tribe Chief seemed to ask Isto something, then spoke in halting pronunciation.
“You, me. Friends.”
“….”
Duo was about to open a gate when he called out to Isto. And he asked Isto something.
Whiiiiing─.
The wind grew even fiercer.
The Floating Island was already being pushed inside the return coordinates.
Duo deployed his dimensional control skill.
Space rippled like water as the gate opened.
Hawkeye, Bom-i, and Isto entered the Garage first.
Duo, the last one remaining, turned to look at the Eagle Tribe Chief and spoke.
“Guugu!”
Be happy, my friend.
At those unexpected words, the Chief’s round eyes grew even wider.
Duo smiled faintly and pushed his body through the gate.
* * *
Duo returned to the Living Room on the 2nd Floor of Chiko Island.
Mm~.
Munch munch.
Duo sat before the Living Room table, eating the spicy stir-fried octopus that Lin had prepared.
-How does it taste?
At that moment, Bom-i, who had sensed the taste in Duo’s mind, answered instead.
-The chewy texture and spicy flavor complement each other nicely, ribbit.
-…?
When Bom-i answered without having eaten any, Lin tilted her head in confusion.
Duo spoke.
“That’s exactly what Bom-i said.”
-Ah! I see.
After Lin left, Duo asked.
“Bom-i, are you going to sell this too?”
-This one’s a bit ambiguous, ribbit.
At those words, Duo rubbed the bridge of his nose.
‘How eerily perceptive. I’d barely noticed the flavor was slightly off, and Isto already sensed it.’
I glanced to the side to find Isto displaying R Town on his LED eyes.
As if urging us to hurry inside.
We’d already eaten our late-night snack anyway.
Duho rose from his seat with a nod.
“Should we go take a look?”
Before the words even finished leaving his mouth, Isto and Hawkeye had already rushed into the Garage.
Those two.
How could they be so eager?
Duho entered the Garage with Bom-i perched on his shoulder.
The interior of the Garage remained mostly unchanged.
Except across from the Parts Shop.
A wide-open space with boundary markings drawn on the floor had been newly connected.
As Duho approached.
[R Town’s initial zone is now open.]
“Initial zone?”
From the phrasing alone, it sounded like this place would continue to open up.
As I stepped past the boundary line, the space opened up expansively.
‘A village?’
That made sense.
Stone-paved roads stretched before me, and low buildings lined the path.
But the interiors of those buildings were completely empty.
-Isn’t this a ghost town, ribbit?
“Seems like it.”
Just as I was struggling to make sense of it, Hawkeye spoke up.
-It’s currently vacant, but its purpose is clear.
“What purpose?”
Damn!
I immediately regretted asking.
Whenever I asked about things related to Mechanomancer, there was always lag.
It had definitely been that way.
-This space will be filled with subordinate mechanical entities directly created by Mechanomancer.
And yet here he was, smoothly dispensing information as if nothing was wrong!
“Hawkeye, are you alright?”
Ah!
The guy slightly adjusted his scope.
-Actually, memories of my previous master were extracted, so there’s no issue.
“When did that happen?”
-That was on the 2nd Floor where the binding ritual took place.
“So something like that occurred.”
I suppose I should count myself fortunate to have learned this even now.
Moreover, unlike Bom-i, I seemed to have experienced such a place before.
Bom-i spoke with a hint of envy.
-Hawkeye, it seems your master was quite exceptional, ribbit.
-As for me, Necromancer is my only memory of a master, Bom.
Meanwhile, Isto was wandering about on his own, panting heavily.
‘That guy is truly unpredictable.’
Then Isto suddenly spun around and addressed me.
-Duho.
“What?”
-This place opened because I obtained the Genesis Authority.
What?
Isto seems decent too?
“Did you also extract memories of the previous master like Hawkeye did?”
-Huh?
Isto, whose LED eyes displayed a question mark, spoke.
-What are you saying, sword. I don’t suffer lag unless the previous master is mentioned.
Huh?!
Hawkeye nervously extended and retracted his scope.
Isto shook his head.
Seeing this, Bom-i clicked his tongue.
-Sometimes Iron seems to have an abnormally sharp mind, ribbit.
-Thank you for the compliment. Hehehehe.
Duho closed his eyes briefly, organizing the information that surfaced in his mind before asking for confirmation.
“So if I use the Genesis Authority, robots that reflect my will can live here in R Town and even enter the Abyss?”
Isto gave a thumbs up.
Ohhh!
-As expected of you, Duho!
Duho quickly opened the system window.
Because there was a new window that appeared after becoming D-rank.
[Mechanical Bodies Possessed: 0/10]
[The number of mechanical bodies you can possess increases with rank and level advancement.]
“So I can have up to ten at first.”
Not merely ten, but a full ten.
In other words.
The foundation for the robot army I’d so desperately desired had finally been laid.
My gaze turned toward the discarded Android frames gathered on the Garage shelves.
I had become a Necromancer.
Author |
Gungang E
Publication Date |
February 25, 2026
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TaleSyx
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