Became a Mechromancer - Chapter 73

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Chapter 73.
Not to Be Swallowed
A pain I had never experienced in all my life.
The god of the trident wrapped his foot around mine.
Thud!
Each time the massive figure retreated a step, the Cavern Floor trembled beneath us.
A grunt of pain.
The god cast a healing spell on his broken big toe. Soft light bloomed across the area, and the shattered bone returned to its original form.
His gaze remained fixed on Isto.
How could this be….
‘This steel construct dared to wound my flesh?’
Meanwhile, Isto’s LED eyes burned an even deeper red, as if challenging me to come at him.
How dare you!!
-You dare rest your chin and spout nonsense before me, you blade of a thing!
“Nonsense? What nonsense??”
I didn’t understand the words, but the context was clear enough.
He was questioning whether this was how one greeted a guest.
The god furrowed his brow.
In truth, if I so wished, I could crush that small steel mass without effort.
But.
‘That one wouldn’t simply take it lying down either.’
The god exhaled slowly.
“I am Poseidon, the god of the sea.”
Even without channeling mana as before, my voice resonated throughout the entire Chamber.
“Who are you?”
I deliberately emphasized the word god.
If the other had any sense, they would pause to collect themselves.
But Isto, ever thoughtless.
He spun around and pointed at the transport ship.
-It’s Master Lim Doo-ho!
Confusion flickered across the giant’s face.
Doo, Doo-ho?
“Is there a god named Doo-ho…?”
Isto bellowed indignantly.
Gah!!
-Lim Doo-ho! Lim Doo-ho! It’s Master Lim Doo-ho!
Lim Doo-hooooooo!
That’s riiiiight!
Poseidon pressed a hand to his forehead.
“Understood! Lim Doo-ho. Yes, it’s you, Lim Doo-ho.”
Poseidon sat down.
Though I had reigned as a god and experienced countless trials, this moment was the most bewildering.
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.
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Inside the transport ship.
Watching this farce unfold on the main screen, I swallowed hard.
‘That giant is the Poseidon I know?’
But what was even more astonishing was Isto.
I already knew he was strong.
‘I never imagined he could wound a god’s body.’
I had clearly witnessed Poseidon’s big toe being crushed.
Of course, Poseidon had healed it immediately.
It was bewildering, yet at the same time, having that audacious Isto on my side was reassuring.
Perhaps because of that.
Even though the opponent claimed to be a god, I wasn’t particularly afraid.
Sigh….
‘Am I catching Isto’s recklessness?’
Then, Isto on the main screen tilted his head sharply and asked.
-Three-Prong God. What’d you call us for?
“Three…, Three-Prong God?”
-Short for the god of the trident, yeah?
Poseidon’s eyelids twitched.
“My name is Poseidon.”
-Got it. Three-Prong God.
“….”
For a moment, the atmosphere in the chamber seemed to grow heavy.
Isto cut off the ruler of the ocean’s words with a single stroke.
And!
-You think you can’t catch a squid, huh?
As those words left his mouth, heat surged through Isto’s chest.
Whoooosh─.
Absurdly dense mana pressed down upon the chamber.
Poseidon’s mouth fell open as he felt the overwhelming pressure.
‘This… this can’t be real….’
One thing was certain.
‘This isn’t something to be resolved through force.’

Soon after.
Tap, tap.
Isto, having gathered the mana, turned back toward the transport ship.
Then Hawkeye, who had been drawing the bowstring in a state of invisibility atop the transport ship, deactivated the concealment.
Only then did Poseidon, spotting Hawkeye, grow even more alarmed.
He hadn’t sensed even a trace of presence!
How could this be….
‘Did they summon monsters?!’

Poseidon grasped his throbbing head and lowered his gaze….
His eyes met the transport ship’s LED eyes blinking at the front.
Blink. Blink.
Transport Ship 43, gazing up at Poseidon with an endearing quality.
Is that Duo?
No, wasn’t it Lim Doo-ho?
Somehow… it’s rather cute, isn’t it.
Thanks to that, his turbulent heart found peace once more.
* * *
A short while later.
Hisssss— clang.
The transport ship’s hatch opened, and Lim Doo-ho emerged, offering a respectful greeting.
“It’s an honor to meet you. I am Lim Doo-ho.”
In truth, Lim Doo-ho had been puzzled.
‘The system called it a Hidden Quest, but they referred to it as a commission.’
For a moment, I wondered if other quests worked the same way.
‘But what’s the point in dwelling on that.’
Brushing aside idle thoughts, I continued calmly.
“Please forgive my rudeness from a moment ago.”
Ahem!
Poseidon cleared his throat awkwardly.
Well….
“I did emit that pressure myself, so let’s call it even between us.”
Poseidon coolly admitted his fault.
Moreover, despite being a god, he did not speak down to Lim Doo-ho.
It was likely because of Isto.
Lim Doo-ho quickly reciprocated.
“Thank you for your understanding. Then… what might the commission you wish to entrust us with be?”
Poseidon silently raised a finger.
Lim Doo-ho’s party turned their heads.
A colossal pillar came into view.
Looking up, I saw Poseidon’s symbol—the Trident.
But….
“The center prong is bent, isn’t it?”
The middle prong of the trident was bent at a ninety-degree angle, just as I muttered.
I asked.
Surely not.
“Are you asking me to repair this?”
Poseidon nodded in response.
I massaged my temples.
‘How am I supposed to fix something that massive?’
Perhaps Poseidon sensed my thoughts.
As he waved his hand, the Trident shrank instantly.
“Will this work?”
“Ah, yes.”
Isto stepped forward and picked up the Trident on my behalf.
Hmm….
-All we need to do is straighten out the bent part in the middle, right?
Isto ran his finger across the bent section and straightened it.
Without a moment to stop him.
Crack!
The center prong of the Trident snapped clean in two.
-Huh??
“…Oh!”
Both Poseidon and Isto froze simultaneously.
Isto held the broken piece against the main shaft, trying different angles, his LED eyes blinking as if he were breaking into a cold sweat.
Glance.
As our group looked up, Poseidon’s gaze had darkened considerably.
“It’s fine.”
His voice came out low and measured.
“Forcing it straight while it was already cracked would have only caused more damage anyway. The underlying problem simply revealed itself sooner.”
It wasn’t feigned composure.
It was merely the restraint of one swallowing rage.
However.
Dark storm clouds and lightning continued to swirl behind Poseidon’s back for a long moment.
Our group sensed it instinctively.
‘If we can’t fix this, we’re looking at a confrontation with a god.’
Of course, that was the worst-case scenario.
Taking a deep breath, I regained my composure.
The damage was already done.
‘Assigning blame won’t solve anything.’
I calmly examined the fractured cross-section.
Looking down, Isto was watching for my reaction.
I shook my head.
“It’s fine. As Poseidon said, I had to break it to reattach it properly.”
It was true.
The bent metal had internal cracks spreading through it.
So I needed to break it, clean up the fractured surface, then perform a hot-weld joint by melting it at high temperature.
After that, I’d need to relieve the twisted internal stresses and complete the heat treatment.
Since I’d learned the method from my master, there wasn’t much to worry about.
Isto fidgeted with his fingers apologetically.
-My sincerest apologies, Duho!
“Forget about it.”
As Isto turned away, relieved.
Whack! Tap tap!
Hawkeye smacked his head with a steel arrow.
You blockhead!
-Read the situation before you act, will you?
Hop.
Bom-i, who had hopped onto my shoulder, chimed in.
-Iron guy seems to be made of 9 parts strength and 1 part intelligence, ribbit.
That’s when Isto’s LED eyes drooped sadly.
But hey, Iron guy.
-Your devotion to the master seems to be a perfect 10, ribbit!
Bom-i gave Isto a thumbs up.
A robo-romance rivaling any bromance.
Hawkeye chimed in as well.
Hmm.
-If you hadn’t stepped in, I would’ve taken the headshot myself. Well done.
I shrugged my shoulders.
‘These guys bicker constantly, but when it matters, they really pull together.’
Then I looked at the Trident.
Slowly.
I closed my eyes.
I recalled the process of my master repairing the sword.
I could handle the reattachment myself.
But.
‘I wonder how the Soul Bot will respond….’
I didn’t deliberate long.
It would be better to attempt it one more time during that interval.
Slowly.
Silver Soul Bots poured out from Duho’s fingertips.
A Soul Bot lifted the Trident.
It floated gently.
The Trident seemed to hover suspended in mid-air.
Poseidon regarded Duho’s gesture with bewilderment.
He had imagined the method he knew involved placing the Trident in flames, withdrawing it, and striking it repeatedly with tongs and a hammer.

In the moment he wondered what Duho was attempting.
The central prong of the Trident, broken by Duho’s Soul Bot, began to reattach.
Oh—.
Poseidon’s eyes widened in astonishment.
Duho worked as though wielding magic itself.
Poseidon marveled inwardly.
‘The Cyclops who forged the Trident would have been speechless.’
But.
Duho’s expression after clearing that hurdle was troubled.
He had discovered a crack in the core embedded in the Trident’s handle.
It was obvious that core was the Trident’s main component.
What was I to do about this?
‘I’ve never repaired something like this before….’
As Duho stood perplexed, Hawkeye spoke up.
-Mechromancer, sir. Isn’t that… that thing?
“That thing… what?”
Oh!
-That’s right, sir. That’s the youngest one!
“The youngest?”
Duho examined the core again.
Wait?
‘It’s identical to a Golem’s core!’
I quickly retrieved the Golem’s core obtained from the Snowy Plains Dungeon from the Garage.
Bom-i expressed concern upon seeing it.
Master.
-Touching the core at your current level is reckless, ribbit.
“…wouldn’t it be possible if I’m careful?”
-It’s dangerous. If you slip even slightly while trying to carve it away, the core will shatter, ribbit.
At least with Soul Bots there’s a slim possibility, but I wouldn’t recommend it.
After a moment of deliberation, Duho asked.
“Bom, would it be possible if my level increases?”
-Of course. But, master. If the same applies now, it’s not helpful to our current situation, ribbit.
Hawkeye and Isto, who had been listening, looked up at Poseidon.
Looking at them, they seemed ready to fight at the slightest provocation.
Listen, everyone.
“I think I can level up.”
-Croak, croak?
-Huh?!
-M-Necromancer sir?
Duho reached toward the Garage again and retrieved an Elixir he’d been saving.
Bom-i’s round eyes widened like buns.
-Master, what exactly are you, croak?!
Me?
“My Father’s son.”
Pop!
Duho uncorked the bottle.
Gulp, gulp….
The Elixir slid down his throat.
Uuuuh….
The mana inside his body began to surge explosively.
However.
‘The effect doesn’t seem as dramatic as when I first drank it.’
It wasn’t that the Elixir’s quality was poor.
‘Back then I was F-rank, so the effect was stronger.’
Based on the Elixir knowledge Isto had once imprinted in his mind, he sat down and crossed his legs in meditation.
A subtle light emanated from his body.
[Soul Bot level increases]
After sitting for a while, Duho opened his eyes and felt bewildered.
“…Only 1 level?”
At his murmur, Hawkeye shook his head.
-Since the Necromancer fused Nanobot with Nanocore, this is the result. If it were a pure Nanocore, leveling up would have been impossible.
Whirrrrr─.
Duho reached out and pulled out the Soul Bot.
He thought it was only level 3 now.
What?
‘The aura emanating from it is completely different!’
Sensing the growth, Duho immediately grasped the Trident Core.
The Soul Bot carefully extracted the cracked core.
And in that moment.
The will remaining in the core flowed into Duho’s mind through the Soul Bot.
Splash.
A massive wave.
Crash!
The sound of a storm shattering.
Deep, cold, and sometimes warm ocean currents flowing….
They were contained within the core that Doo-ho had extracted.
The Trident was not a weapon.
“…It was more like a conductor’s baton.”
A soft rustling sound.
Doo-ho closed his eyes.
The nanobots melted into the Soul Bot inherited the will inscribed upon the Trident’s core and began refining the Golem core.
A high-pitched whine!
As my concentration deepened, I found myself in a state of rapture.
And no wonder—my Metal Manipulation skill rising was completely unexpected.
[Proficiency increases]
[Proficiency increases]
[Proficiency…]
‘It’s been so long since I’ve heard this….’
In other words.
I was gaining far too much from a single attempt.
And finally.
The crafting was complete.
The moment I fitted the newly honed Golem core into the handle!
A brilliant radiance erupted forth.
Dazzling light burst outward.
The Trident cleaved through the air and returned to Poseidon’s hand.
Poseidon examined the Trident, now restored to its original size, and could not contain his admiration.
Doo-ho! You are truly magnificent!
“Hephaestus said the answer was to remake it, yet you’ve repaired it instead!”
“…You flatter me.”
As Doo-ho scratched his head, Isto suddenly burst forth and boasted.
Ahem!
-My name Isto was taken from that esteemed fellow!
While Doo-ho scratched his cheek, Poseidon’s expression turned bewildered.
Indeed.
“Your personality is quite something.”
-W-what are you saying?!
A sharp snap!
Poseidon chuckled heartily and flicked his finger toward Doo-ho.
“A proper reward is in order.”
A crimson essence materialized before Doo-ho and fell into his hands.
I quickly caught it.
“The ‘Heart Water’ of the divine beast that pulls my chariot.”
It was a remarkably precious elixir.
“I accept this gratefully.”
As he spoke, a system window appeared.

[Hidden Quest Complete!]
Reward: Save Point
Yes!
Ohhh! Kyiyooooot! Woof woof!
Lim Doo-ho’s party roared, having obtained an item that transcended physical distance.
And soon after.
[World Announcement]
South Korea Abyss Layer 5 Dissolution Postponed
※ Poseidon’s Acknowledgment.
Floor 5 as well….
“We cleared it.”
‘Since we postponed the dissolution of two floors at dawn, the outside world must be in chaos.’
By now, Doo-ho understood this well.
Then, Poseidon asked with an enigmatic expression.
“If you don’t leave now, you’ll be dragged into our world. Will you come with us?”
“Ah, that’s a bit….”
As he answered thus, Doo-ho sensed an inexplicable sadness in Poseidon’s face.
Everything was repaired, so why did he wear such an expression?
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Moments later.
After Lim Doo-ho’s party departed, Poseidon sat alone upon his throne in the Temple.
The God of the Sea caressed his meticulously repaired trident and smiled bitterly.
The spear had been restored to life.
But that did not mean everything the spear had failed to protect would return.
Poseidon closed his eyes quietly.
Once, there was an ocean he had believed he would protect.
A blue sea where gods dwelled, where divine power reigned, and where divine beasts frolicked.
Opening his eyes, Poseidon gazed silently at the place where Lim Doo-ho had vanished.
So that was Doo-ho.
I pray….
“May your world not be swallowed by the Abyss as ours was.”
Became a Necromancer
Author |
Gungang E
Publication Date｜
February 25, 2026
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TaleSyx
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