Became a Mechromancer - Chapter 95

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Chapter 95.
Bluster
Isto fell silent for a moment.
Lim Doo-ho called out again.
‘Isto?’
Only then did Isto’s voice echo from within the Garage.
Master Lim Doo-ho!
-That bastard has only one bomb left—the one installed on the pillar.
‘…What?’
Lim Doo-ho tilted his head in confusion.
‘How did you know the bomb’s location?’
-You saw it too, Master Lim Doo-ho.
‘…I did?’
Hawkeye interjected then.
Mecromancer, sir.
-It appears the iron-headed one copied the blueprints that the terrorists were viewing from the ship entering Chiko Island.
Only then did Lim Doo-ho understand.
That explained it.
‘No wonder the blueprints shown in the plaza were so detailed.’
Isto spoke again.
-It seems the bombs I’ve been destroying while wandering around were the terrorist’s devices.
He sent a cross-sectional diagram of Chiko Island to Lim Doo-ho’s smartwatch.
Turning slightly away from his family, Lim Doo-ho quickly scanned the diagram.
Only one red dot remained alive.
‘If only I’d known this from the start….’
No.
Thanks to Isto eliminating so many bombs, I’ve actually prevented casualties.
In other words.
He’s accomplished something remarkable.
‘Isto, you’ve done well.’
Ooooooh!!
-No, sir! I was simply doing what needed to be done! Still, it feels wonderful to receive your praise, Master Lim Doo-ho! Hehehehe~.
By now, Isto had grown quite accustomed to receiving praise.
Bom-i, perched on his shoulder, asked a question.
Master.
-What do you intend to do, ribbit?
I understand that Chinese man in the emergency hologram is lying….
‘The problem is the location.’
If that detonates, the entire island faces collapse.
At that moment, the Chinese man in the hologram issued another threat.
-Don’t even dream of stalling and calling in a bomb disposal team! Evacuate the island immediately!
According to the threat, the hastily dispatched special forces wouldn’t have the luxury of properly addressing the bomb.
Doo-ho!
‘It’s nothing serious. Just pop it out and we’re done!’
The creature spoke with confidence about disarming it.
But given its track record, I couldn’t help but trust it.
In the end, I made my decision.
‘Let’s go.’
But before that.
My gaze swept across the interior of the Air Raid Shelter.
Darkness.
Sobbing.
Only a few holographic lights leaking from smartwatches faintly illuminated people’s faces.
My family was equally anxious.
Master.
-Are you thinking of reusing the mana stones we collected from the Androids, ribbit?
As the creature said, before coming to the Air Raid Shelter, I had restored the Androids’ eyes to their original state in the Garage.
Of course, this was only possible because I held all the green stones.
But there was the Android stationed at the Night Market….
‘I can quickly retrieve it once this is all over.’
After Hyun Se-hee, I held the final authority over the Androids.
I spoke to Bom-i.
‘Once this is done, I’ll take you to the Abyss and let you eat your fill.’
-Rather than that, I want to go to Abyss Layer 4 and mine ore, ribbit.
It seemed like resource farming, but in truth, the instinct of a bomb expert who had seen the terrorist’s bomb was stirring within.
Going to disarm a bomb while listening to my bomb expert’s complaints—my feelings were complicated.
‘Is this right?’
Well….
My Bom-i isn’t a terrorist, after all.
I rose quietly and walked toward somewhere.
The activated Component Detection skill clearly captured the structure of the power distribution equipment in the darkness.
Ssshhh.
Soul Bot flowed thinly from my fingertips and burrowed into the interior of the power distribution equipment.
I could have substituted it with a mana circuit and connected mana stones instead.
Thunk! Thunk!
I unloaded a considerable amount of solid-state batteries from the Garage and set them down.
‘Good thing I collected these from the combat robots.’
-Weren’t you supposed to use mana stones, ribbit.
‘This place will be hard to retrieve from later.’
—As expected, you truly are a Necromancer, Hawkeye.
With Hawkeye’s praise concluded, I utilized Soul Bot to convert the solid-state battery into a temporary power source.
And moments later.
Whirrrrr.
Light flooded into the Air Raid Shelter.
The ventilation systems and all amenities began operating once more.
Only then did the terror fade somewhat from people’s faces.
As I returned to my family’s side, the gazes of those nearby naturally shifted toward us.
“We owe our lives to you.”
“You must be so proud to have such a capable son.”
At the sudden greetings from the crowd, my Mother waved her hands dismissively.
“Oh, that was all our boy. We didn’t do anything.”
My Father beside her spoke briefly.
“Thank you for your kind words.”
Perhaps it was the relief that had set in.
Duna, her tension finally released, began to whimper.
Then.
Yu Hye-won, Seol Ye-na’s mother, turned her attention toward her.
She hesitated for a moment before extending the beverage and chocolate she held.
“Would you like to try some? Usually when things like this happen, eating something sweet helps lift your spirits a bit.”
Yu Hye-won smiled at Duna.
Duna glanced at her mother’s expression before carefully accepting the chocolate.
At that moment, Seol Ye-na standing beside her let out a soft laugh.
“That’s our mom’s signature move. Her skill for coaxing children.”
“Ye-na.”
“What? It’s true, isn’t it?”
Yu Hye-won laughed somewhat sheepishly, then leaned her body slightly toward my Mother.
“If you don’t mind… would it be alright if I called you older sister?”
My Mother’s eyes widened.
Oh my.
“Please don’t be so formal.”
“Is this perhaps you drawing a line?”
At the playful remark, my Mother waved her hands in flustered denial.
“W-well then… do as you’re comfortable.”
In that brief exchange, the awkwardness from their first meeting had eased considerably.
I watched the two of them and murmured inwardly.
Seol Ye-na.
‘She inherited her mother’s personality.’
As I turned my head to look at the entrance of the Air Raid Shelter, Yu So-young asked.
“Lim Doo-ho.”
Lim Doo-ho turned his head.
“Are you planning to go out now?”
A brief silence fell.
Lim Doo-ho nodded, then spoke toward his father.
Father….
“I’ll be back soon. I think I may have discovered a clue about that terrorist.”
His father’s expression hardened.
His lips trembled as if to protest immediately.
“Dear.”
Mother called out to Father first.
At her brief word, Father closed his mouth.
Mother looked up at Lim Doo-ho.
My son.
“Promise me one thing.”
“…Yes, Mother.”
“Never get hurt.”
Lim Doo-ho nodded while looking at his mother.
Internally, he added softly.
Of course.
We’ve only just begun walking down this path of happiness as a family.
Yu So-young added a remark.
“I hesitate to mention this, but… given that our Ye-na hasn’t said anything, Lim Doo-ho should be safe.”
Lim Doo-ho’s parents’ gazes turned toward Seol Ye-na.
And soon after.
Both their eyes wavered subtly.
Their gaze alternating between Lim Doo-ho and Seol Ye-na.
Our son is going… what does that girl have to do with it?
Huh? What’s this?
Though they didn’t voice it, their faces already bore a peculiar misunderstanding.
At that moment, Seol Ye-na stepped forward.
“…I’ll go too.”
In an instant.
Both of Lim Doo-ho’s parents’ eyes widened simultaneously.
Then Lim Doo-ho shook his head.
“Seol Ye-na, please stay and protect this place.”
Seol Ye-na remained silent for a moment.
Understandably so.
As someone who had achieved A-rank, she was proving useless to the hospital’s situation.
That frustrated her deeply.
Eventually, she closed her lips and stepped back.
That was when it happened.
A swift motion.
Lim Doo-ho retrieved the Androids from the Garage and brought them out.
Over ten of them, no less.
Every eye in the Air Raid Shelter snapped toward them in unison.
Lim Doo-ho positioned the Androids throughout the shelter and left.
Seol Ye-na stared blankly at the exit through which Lim Doo-ho had just departed.
Lim Doo-ho…
‘…I was certain he was weaker than me, so why does he turn out to be completely off the charts in reality?’
* * *
Hospital Lounge.
The Korean Zone of Chiko Island had lost all power.
Only the Hospital and a few critical facilities were sustained by emergency generators.
Lighting and communications remained operational, but with heating dead, the indoor air grew steadily colder.
Na Manager offered his opinion.
“Perhaps we should first demonstrate a withdrawal from the island?”
The Military Commander’s eyes sharpened.
“Then what of the civilians?”
“That’s precisely my point—another bomb could detonate, so we should buy time and appease them first.”
He glanced at Go Gyeong-taek with some resentment as he spoke.
It made sense, after all—Go Gyeong-taek was the one who had pushed Hao Shin into that predicament.
Of course, thanks to that, things had gone smoothly up to this point.
But no one could have imagined the opponent would prepare such a final gambit.
Hyun Se-hee had been in a state of near panic ever since Chiko Island’s power generation facility went down.
With power now scarce, nearly all those holographic displays had been shut down.
The Military Commander voiced his assessment.
“If we retreat now, from that point forward we’ll be dragged along by his whims. We must buy time and locate the explosives.”
An ideal proposal, certainly.
The problem was.
“How would we even know where the bomb is? That madman destroyed the entire Power Plant!”
The Changcheon Clan Field Commander, who had erupted in fury, now turned his glare toward Hyun Se-hee.
“How negligently must you have been running operations for a terrorist to plant explosives in the Power Plant!”
Tremor, tremor….
Hyun Se-hee’s head shook.
His words weren’t wrong, and the reversal of their situation stemmed from precisely that failure.
That was when Na Manager raised his hand to stop the Field Commander.
“What good does assigning blame do us now?”
“It’s infuriating! Simply infuriating!”
That was when it happened.
Beyond the emergency hologram, Hao Shin’s face appeared.
Hey, hey.
-Don’t play games with me.
He flashed a twisted smile.
-I clearly told you to leave. So where should I blow up this time?
As the brief threat hung in the air, the atmosphere inside the Break Room froze once more.
Ding—.
A communication channel connection request appeared.
Hyun Se-hee immediately opened the window.
Through the hologram, the masked figure of Lim Doo-ho materialized.
Na Manager, seeing the mask, muttered inwardly.
‘Good, his identity stayed hidden.’
Even in this chaos, Na Manager remained concerned for Doo-ho’s safety.
Doo-ho spoke briefly.
-I’m sending you a file.
The file transmission completed.
Gasp!
Hyun Se-hee’s face drained of all color as she opened the file Lim Doo-ho had sent.
And for good reason—a detailed cross-section diagram of Chiko Island unfurled in the air.
She shook her head, trembling as she asked.
“…How did you obtain this?”
Lim Doo-ho didn’t answer her question immediately.
-Is that important right now?
Hyun Se-hee, who had been frozen in suffocating tension, suddenly lifted her head.
“Oh, no. That’s not what I meant….”
Lim Doo-ho cut through her words with a rapid explanation.
-See those dots there? The gray ones are explosives already neutralized. The green one detonated moments ago, and the red ones are still active.
At those words, every gaze in the Break Room snapped toward the diagram.
People rapidly scanned the gray dots across the blueprint. And there—a single red dot remaining near the central support column.
The Military Commander drew a sharp breath.
Good heavens….
“Only one left?”
In other words.
Hao Shin had been bluffing all along.
And the other truth was….
“While we’ve been floundering about, he’s been dismantling the explosives.”
With that single statement, hope and shame washed across every face simultaneously.
Go Gyeong-taek’s eyes narrowed.
“He’s on the move?”
Just as he said, the background behind Lim Doo-ho continued shifting.
Hyun Se-hee answered.
“It seems we’ve already reached the structure….”
Lim Doo-ho, standing at the entrance to the restricted zone, opened his mouth.
-Please open this for me!
This was the reason Lim Doo-ho had come himself without sending the Super Intelligence units.
At Lim Doo-ho’s request, Hyun Se-hee’s fingertips began tracing through the air.
Soon, security panels began materializing one by one.
『Security Lock Level 1 disengaged.』
『Biometric Security Lock Level 2 disengaged.』
『Final Bulkhead Opening authorized.』
With each security layer she disabled, Hyun Se-hee’s complexion grew darker.
‘There was a traitor among the executives!’
There was no other way explosives could have been planted here.
The image of Seol Ye-na coughing blood and struggling to save herself flashed briefly through her mind.
‘They were trying to kill me and cover it up.’
Of course, taking control of Chiko Island would naturally require eliminating the Control Tower.
Finally, the door opened.
The moment Lim Doo-ho stepped through the entrance, the communication channel cut off.
.
.
.
How much time had passed?
No one dared speak first, their eyes fixed only on the cross-section diagram of Chiko Island hovering in the air.
Then.
Beyond the emergency hologram, Hao Shin’s face appeared once more.
Unlike moments before, urgency was evident in his expression, yet he forced his features under control and raised his voice.
-I clearly told you to leave!
Na Manager stepped forward with a gentle smile.
“Hao Shin, please don’t be like this. If there’s something you want….”
The agitated Hao Shin suddenly burst out.
-Shut up─!!
Huff, huff.
Hao Shin exhaled roughly, his jaw clenching.
These bastards….
-So you’re trying to catch me by dragging this out, is that it?
Hao Shin, who had been steadying his breathing, lowered his eyes with resolve.
-That won’t work.
He pulled up the cross-section diagram of Chiko Island and pointed his finger at a red dot, his eyes gleaming with madness.
-Let’s just all die together.
Click─.
Everyone in the Break Room gasped and squeezed their eyes shut.
Ah, it’s over.
A moment of silence fell.
When Na Manager glanced up at the cross-section diagram of Chiko Island, the red dot had vanished.
“…It’s gray now?”
In that instant.
Cheers erupted from the Break Room.
Wooooaaaaaah!
Lim Doo-ho blocked it!
“We’re alive, we’re actually alive now!”
And….
Beyond the emergency hologram, Hao Shin’s face had gone deathly pale.
Became a Mecromancer
Author｜
Gungang E
Published｜
February 25, 2026
Publisher｜
TalesYX
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ⓒ Gungang E, 2026
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