Became a Mechromancer - Chapter 90

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Chapter 90.
When the Villain Awakens (2)
Go Gyeong-taek stepped into the Main Security Room, his gaze sweeping across the interior.
Shattered equipment and bloodstains littered the floor.
Zhang Wei sat casually in the chair before the main control panel.
Whirr.
Zhang Wei spun the entrenching tool in a slow arc, rotating his chair with deliberate ease.
As their eyes met, Zhang Wei’s lips curved into a sinister smile.
“I sensed something unusual about your presence. So this is how we finally meet.”
“….”
Go Gyeong-taek said nothing in response.
His narrowed eyes scanned the floor carefully.
The sphere he’d thrown moments ago was hollow inside.
‘It’s spreading properly.’
Smoke had drifted out briefly before dissipating—Zhang Wei wouldn’t have noticed.
‘He’ll think I just threw a potion bottle.’
Go Gyeong-taek then channeled mana through his fingertips in a subtle gesture.
Transparent mana shackles, woven from his own essence, settled silently across the floor.
Go Gyeong-taek’s signature skill—Venom-Draining Mana Shackles.
A skill that granted him buffs with every step his opponent took.
Moreover, the opponent accumulated both debuffs and the cumulative agony of poison.

From the moment he entered this place, he had begun layering spell after spell in intricate patterns.
‘Time to stir things up.’
The instant Go Gyeong-taek adjusted his grip on the dagger.
Whoosh!
Zhang Wei’s entrenching tool shot straight toward Go Gyeong-taek’s throat.
A faint violet shimmer traced across the blade’s edge.
‘He’s channeling mana through the shovel blade too.’
Looking closer, the entrenching tool appeared to be crafted from Echometal of Legendary grade.
‘That violet hue isn’t a mana characteristic—it’s the distinctive radiance of a Legendary-grade weapon.’
Go Gyeong-taek analyzed his opponent while twisting his waist slightly.
The blade’s edge grazed past his ear by a hair’s breadth.
Screeeech!
The tremor cutting through the air was far from ordinary.
Go Gyeong-taek pivoted smoothly, channeling mana into his Mithril dagger.
He stepped forward and drew the blade across Zhang Wei’s fingers gripping the shovel’s handle.
Shing!
Zhang Wei retreated just before his fingers could be severed.
Had he sensed it instinctively?
Zhang Wei’s foot narrowly avoided the mana decay of the Drain effect by a fraction of a second.
Tsk.
Go Gyeong-taek clicked his tongue, shifted his stance sideways, and thrust the Mithril dagger forward.
Even as Zhang Wei twisted away with practiced speed, his expression hardened subtly.
Ha!
‘Got him.’
A buff had landed on Go Gyeong-taek’s body.
He seized the opening without hesitation.
Whooom.
He extended mana along the Mithril blade’s length.
The short blade suddenly stretched, surging toward Zhang Wei’s eyes.
Hngh!!
Startled by the unconventional blade technique, Zhang Wei jerked his torso backward urgently.
In that instant, Go Gyeong-taek twisted his wrist a half-beat faster, altering the blade’s trajectory.
The elongated blade swept horizontally, bearing down on Zhang Wei.
Just as the blade’s edge was about to carve a long line across Zhang Wei’s chest.
Clang! Crash!
Zhang Wei gritted his teeth and raised his entrenching tool to block.
Boom-boom-boom-boom-boom-boom.
Seeking to shift the momentum, Zhang Wei unleashed a barrage of thrusts with his entrenching tool.
Go Gyeong-taek quickly retreated.
Whoosh—!
The entrenching tool’s edge scraped the adjacent wall, gouging the concrete with merciless depth.
What was absurd was that the building itself trembled ever so slightly.
Go Gyeong-taek felt a chill run down his spine.
This bastard, troublesome as always….
‘A Bruiser-class fighter, just as I thought.’
A specialist in close combat and melee warfare.
This type excels in raw strength and defensive capability alike.
But I’ve never seen a monster like Zhang Wei who converts defense itself into offense.
Still….
There’s no reason to fear.
‘I just need to wear him down gradually.’
My decision to avoid a direct collision from the start was a calculated move.
Hmm.
Know your enemy and know yourself, and victory is assured in a hundred battles.
The truth is.
‘I’m fortunate Zhang Wei is so famous.’
Because he awakened at twenty-two, the global media praised his abilities and exposed much about them.
‘Of course, he likely has hidden skills.’
A glance.
A considerable number of the mana shackles of toxin absorption laid on the floor have vanished.
Precisely where Zhang Wei had stepped.
Go Gyeong-taek clicked his tongue inwardly.
‘Ordinary fighters would have crossed the river of death long ago, yet his endurance is extraordinary.’
But.
A low hum resonated.
As the accumulated effects began to manifest, Zhang Wei’s attacks grew noticeably duller.
That was when.
Zhang Wei drew a deep breath.
Suddenly.
He surged forward at a speed exceeding expectations, closing the distance to Go Gyeong-taek.
Roooaaarrr—!!!
With Zhang Wei’s roar, a shockwave rippled through the air and engulfed Go Gyeong-taek’s face.
Whoosh, spin, rapid strikes!
Go Gyeong-taek withdrew his body using a swallow roll and backstepping.
However.
A sharp ringing—.
Struck by the shockwave, one of his ears felt numb.
‘My eardrum burst.’
Yet Go Gyeong-taek’s lips curved upward. And for good reason—Zhang Wei’s fingertips were trembling from the poison.
Zhang Wei furrowed his brow repeatedly.
There was an unsettling sensation in my chest—an aftereffect of the skill I’d just used.
Every time I channeled mana through my body, my muscles seized up stiffly, and the sensation in my fingertips felt wrong.
‘What is this…?’
Then a fragment of the sphere caught my eye.
With a sinking feeling, I picked it up.
Could this be… poison?
He used poison?!
I’d thought he’d drunk some kind of buff before throwing it.
Zhang Wei’s eyes turned savage.
‘I’ll tear that bastard to shreds!’
He immediately stripped off his upper garment and used it to cover his mouth and nose instead of a mask.
Seeing this, Go Gyeong-taek leisurely raised his hand and waved it through the air.
“Since it’s lighter than air, if you stir it around like this, it slips right into the lungs.”
Zhang Wei exploded.
“Don’t you have any pride as a strong man?!”
“What are you babbling about, you lunatic? In martial arts novels, the Sichuan poison clans use poison like it’s nothing.”
This… this crazy bastard!!!
“That’s fiction! There’s no such damned organization in China!”
Hey, Zhang Wei.
“In our country’s saying, there’s no smoke without fire.”
“Hah… shit.”
At Go Gyeong-taek’s nonsensical rambling, Zhang Wei cursed under his breath.
My body kept refusing to obey me.
I urgently began circulating mana to force the poison out.
Zhang Wei threw out a question to buy time.
“So the panda man came alone?”
Go Gyeong-taek’s narrow eyes became even slimmer.
“Single.”
“Ah, so you never got married?”
“Not couldn’t—chose not to.”
Zhang Wei let out a soft laugh.
As if he’d just claimed victory.
“I have three kids.”
“You son of a… what do you want from me?!”
Crude words tumbled from Go Gyeong-taek’s mouth.
‘This bastard’s getting under my skin.’
Go Gyeong-taek’s narrow eyes sharpened.
“…I’m telling you, I chose not to.”
“In your country’s saying, strong denial is strong affirmation, right?”
Zhang Wei had managed to get under Go Gyeong-taek’s skin while buying time.
Whoosh─!
Go Gyeong-taek lunges forward first.
He layers mana onto the mithril blade and thrusts toward Zhang Wei’s eyes.
Just as Zhang Wei tilts his head back slightly.
Patter, patter, patter─!
Shuriken pour from inside Go Gyeong-taek’s sleeve.
Zhang Wei raises his shovel and swats the shuriken away randomly. Several of them embed themselves in his forearms.
“This bastard won’t quit!”
“Hey, soldier boy. Looks like you wanted to drag this out. Well, now your body will be sluggish instead—but you’ll feel less pain.”
“You cowardly son of a bitch!!”
“Yeah, thanks.”
With a word of gratitude, Go Gyeong-taek bows deeply and swings his blade in a wide arc.
No.
He only pretended to swing.
Using his hand planted on the ground as a pivot, his body rotates halfway. A hidden blade springs from his bouncing heel.
Slash─!
The heel blade grazes Zhang Wei’s scalp. Blood trickles down his forehead.
Soon his head throbs and a ringing fills his ears.
Damn it.
‘Poison again.’
Zhang Wei felt it clearly.
‘This vicious bastard has no honor whatsoever!’
* * *
Quite some time passes.
Zhang Wei’s breathing grows ragged.
Each swing of the shovel sends tearing muscle pain coursing through his entire body.
All his senses have dulled from the cuts inflicted by Go Gyeong-taek’s dagger and heel blade.
He wouldn’t feel pain even if his limbs were severed.
Gasp, gasp….
On top of that, the strange skill Go Gyeong-taek had laid down grows more toxic with each step, spreading through his body relentlessly.
‘If only I could see it, I’d clean it up.’
But what’s even more mysterious is.
‘Why is that cowardly bastard still so energetic?’
Then he noticed something round in Go Gyeong-taek’s hand.
‘Could it be… Spirit Orbs?’
Looking closer, whenever Go Gyeong-taek retreated, he’d toss a Spirit Orb into his mouth, and finish by chewing a gel-type potion like gum.
‘I’ve never seen anyone this pathetic.’
But Zhang Wei felt uneasy, terrified that he might actually die this time.
‘I need to get out of here.’
He’d wanted to leave since earlier, but Go Gyeong-taek was subtly blocking the exit.
‘If I use this now, the poison will spread even faster….’
As Zhang Wei steeled his resolve and opened his eyes wide, his form fractured into multiple silhouettes.
Clones filling the entire space scattered in different directions, taking offensive positions.
Go Gyeong-taek’s narrow eyes grew even more slitted.
‘So this is the skill you’ve been hiding.’
Looking at the floor, all of them cast clear shadows.
‘Truly befitting the land of the Monkey King.’
“How about this?”
He immediately planted both palms against the ground.
And then….
Boom.
As he explosively expelled mana through his palms, the floor suddenly rippled, saturated with energy.
Go Gyeong-taek’s narrow eyes swiftly scattered Zhang Wei’s clones in one sweep.
Among them, only one figure lost its balance—and caught his attention.
‘Found you.’
The real Zhang Wei, whose eyes met Go Gyeong-taek’s, felt his lips twitch.
‘He found me that easily?’
Go Gyeong-taek’s mouth curved upward in a smile.
─Ha!
‘Seeing your surprise, you’re finished too.’
Just as he predicted, Zhang Wei’s breathing grew ragged.
So he deliberately let him escape.
Intoxicated by poison and dazed, Zhang Wei stumbled into the corridor.
Go Gyeong-taek followed behind him.
Whoosh, whish whish.
Spinning short blades in his hands in a crossing pattern.
Thud.
Zhang Wei tripped over the legs of a corpse leaning against the corridor wall.
Clang.
The entrenching tool slipped from his grasp and rolled across the floor.
Go Gyeong-taek was somewhat surprised.
The corpse he’d stumbled over was none other than his junior, Young-ho.
‘Well done, our Young-ho.’
Go Gyeong-taek walked over and picked up the entrenching tool. Zhang Wei’s mouth fell open.
“Save me….”
Scrape—!
Before he could finish, Go Gyeong-taek’s entrenching tool severed one of Zhang Wei’s legs.
Listen, Zhang Wei.
“Don’t speak such shameful words before those you’ve killed.”
Intoxicated by poison, Zhang Wei laughed weakly.
Go Gyeong-taek posed a question.
“Do you know why I’m solo?”
Zhang Wei shook his head.
“Because I have no weaknesses.”
“Ah… I see.”
Go Gyeong-taek bent at the waist, drawing close to Zhang Wei’s face, and spoke in a low voice.
“Flip that around—you have three weaknesses, don’t you?”
In that moment, Zhang Wei’s composure crumbled.
“Don’t touch my family….”
I watched him in silence.
The man who had been so confident moments before now appeared utterly pathetic.
Go Gyeong-taek opened his mouth.
So that’s how it is.
“Tell me who’s occupying the Chinese Zone on Chiko Island.”
Go Gyeong-taek continued.
“It doesn’t make sense that you’d smuggle military robots and bring them all the way here just because you’re strong.”
Zhang Wei’s pupils trembled.
Reading that reaction, Go Gyeong-taek spoke gently.
“If you talk, only you’ll be dealt with.”
“…!”
Finally, as Zhang Wei painfully raised his wrist, Go Gyeong-taek unlocked his smartwatch and took it.
That was when it happened.
Rumble—.
Footsteps rushed in from outside.
The sound of someone running.
“Save the person….”
Zhang Wei quickly tried to open his mouth.
Slash—.
A mithril dagger flashed briefly.
Zhang Wei’s head rolled across the floor.
Go Gyeong-taek murmured.
I….
“don’t create future problems.”
Soon Hunters and soldiers burst into the security room corridor.
Everyone’s faces hardened at the sight of corpses scattered across the floor and the shattered combat Android.
Then a Hunter who spotted Zhang Wei’s head caught sight of Go Gyeong-taek.
Good heavens.
‘I never knew Director Go was this strong.’
Most of the Changtian Clan members had always regarded Go Gyeong-taek as someone riding on Chairman Han Hyun-chul’s coattails, merely a figurehead.
Go Gyeong-taek leaned against the wall, sitting.
My gaze is fixed on Young-ho.
Young-ho.
No, you guys.
‘Why did I ever split from you all just to get recognition from that damned Han family once?’
Brother.
“…I’m sorry.”
A Changtian Clan Hunter rushed over and tried to support him.
Go Gyeong-taek waved him off and walked toward the soldier, pulling a smart watch from his pocket to show him.
“All the information about this incident is stored here….”
“Ah! Is that so?”
“Let me meet your superior.”
“Yes?”
“With my experience, should I make a deal with you?”
Everyone looks at him with puzzled eyes.
The Changtian Clan Hunters even more so.
Go Gyeong-taek turned his head to look at the Changtian Clan Hunters and waved his hand dismissively.
“I’m not one of you anymore, so don’t worry about it and just do your job.”
Then he tossed a joke at the soldier, telling him to lead the way.
“You look promising—want to work under me?”
Work-life balance guaranteed. How about it?
* * *
Approximately 40 minutes before Go Gyeong-taek dealt with Zhang Wei.
Dozens of combat robots scattered across the Plaza had their visual systems compromised.
With Blood Soo unexpectedly interfering, there was less work for me to handle.
Hmm….
‘So it wasn’t just about killing people after all.’
That’s when Hawkeye asked.
-Mechromancer, sir. Should I put some air holes in that panda head?
The way he asked, as if taking orders.
Uh….
Just as I was struggling to answer, Isto cut in.
Duho, sir!
-I’ll tune up the assassination technique information and feed it to you right away!
‘What are you doing?’
Rat-a-tat-tat-tat-tat!
Along with his cheerful antics, Blood Soo’s ultra-high-speed spellcasting flooded into my mind.
And it was customized for me!
Damn it, you bastard!
‘Why are you putting this in?!’
-It looked useful, so I did. Ehehe~
Ugh, Doo-ya.
At that moment, Blood Soo’s voice echoed from inside the building.
So, what do you think?
“Isn’t this enough to make you want to work under me? If you’d like, I can properly teach you the technique from just now.”
Blood Soo, generously offering his benevolence.
Doo-ho scratched his cheek.
Um…
‘I’ve already learned that.’
Now…
What should I say?
I Became a Necromancer
Author |
Keongang E
Published |
February 25, 2026
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Talesyx
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ⓒ Keongang E, 2026
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