Being a Hunter Is Too Easy for a Former Necromancer - Chapter 14

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The Necromancer of My Previous Life Finds Hunting Too Easy – Episode 14
Corpses. Corpses. Corpses. Corpses.
They approach from every direction.
The landscape has transformed. What was once a clean cityscape of gleaming buildings has become a desolate wasteland, and the sky is smothered in dark crimson clouds that hang thick and ominous.
“Don’t come near me! Aaahhh!”
Kim Hun-cheol bolted forward. But corpses surrounded him on all sides—some grotesquely clumped together in tangled masses.
Some dragged their entrails behind them; others had rotted so thoroughly they had swollen into bloated, ghastly shapes.
“Become one with us.”
“Become us.”
“Let us become one.”
“We must protect.”
“We must protect….”
“The world….”
“Become one with us.”
Kim Hun-cheol, still fleeing, clutched at his head.
“Aaaahhhhh!”
It felt as though needles were piercing straight through his mind. He knew what this was. His consciousness was being eroded.
These were not human.
Snap! Snap!
And then, finally, he was caught.
“Let us become one.”
“For the world.”
“Let us kill the demon.”
“For those who remain.”
“Aaaahhhhhhh!”
Kim Hun-cheol was swallowed by a tide of corpses.
* * *
“Aaaahhhhh!”
The visor helmet trembled, letting out piercing screams.
Park Il-sang watched and chuckled softly.
He knew exactly what the other had done.
“This stupid bastard connected their minds. Tsk, tsk. The flavor’s ruined now.”
He was a former Arc Lich from his past life.
Since he still retained all his memories from that era, his consciousness could not possibly resemble that of an ordinary human.
In fact, even his own soul was not truly intact.
That was what an Arc Lich was.
“Still. At least I learned something useful from this wretch….”
First: the Life Plunder combo.
It didn’t work at all on Hunters of a higher rank than himself. It was purely a skill for slaughtering the defenseless.
But.
What if he tried it this way?
Park Il-sang simply reached out his hand.
He seized the visor helmet by the throat and concentrated his focus.
The power that radiated passively across a wide area now converged into his hand.
And then.
Whoosh!
Life force was sucked away at terrifying speed. The visor helmet fell dead on the spot.
“I think I can manage this level.”
It was an attempt based on his past-life experience, and it succeeded beautifully!
Then.
-By controlling Necro Mana, you have acquired a new skill.
-You have acquired the skill Hand of Life Exploitation.
“Huh?”
Park Il-sang couldn’t help but let out a sound of surprise.
A skill granted here?
The Monster Codex had come out of nowhere before, but this was equally unexpected.
“I was told that skill creation is extremely rare….”
Did the rules change with the recent patch update?
‘Or is it because I’m a returnee? But that doesn’t quite fit… none of my past-life necromantic spells have activated.’
Doubt crept in, but.
There was no way he could know anyway.
“Soul Capture.”
Without lifting his hand from the corpse, he activated the skill, and a pale, luminescent soul was drawn out, seeping into his other hand.
“Quality souls are always welcome. Come now. Settle in.”
He placed the soul into a Corpse Box.
Next.
He reshaped the Bone Prison back into a Skeletal Centaur, stripped all the equipment from the Horned Helmet man’s corpse, and deposited the body into a Corpse Box.
Still, he’d made decent money today.
This bastard’s gear would fetch a decent price!
While he was occupied with that, he heard rustling. Turning his head, he spotted five goblins that had appeared and were watching him.
But then.
The goblins saw the Skeletal Beast and bolted.
“Fetch them.”
“Shrieeeeak!”
“Roooaaarrr!”
The Skeletal Centaur broke into a run.
True hunting had begun!
* * *
The Horned Helmet man must have been a good luck charm.
After that, monsters erupted from everywhere.
They tried to flee whenever they caught sight of the Skeletal Beast.
So he deliberately dug out a shallow pit and had the Skeletal Beast crouch inside it. That made them all the more eager to attack.
He caught kobolds and goblins, and spent a good while mopping up other bony mobs as well.
He harvested Mana Stones and carefully redistributed his resources to make full use of the corpses he’d collected.
First, he was able to craft four more Corpse Boxes.
Five total, counting what he already had.
This meant his storage capacity now exceeded five hundred corpses by human body standards!
Naturally, his usable Necro Mana was also five times greater.
Of course.
That was only if he filled every box to capacity.
And the problem was he didn’t have nearly that many corpses yet.
Including insects, today’s haul amounted to just over two hundred creatures.
Not enough to fill all the Corpse Boxes.
“Will this work?”
And yet.
He had an immediate use for the corpses.
Park Il-sang diligently separated bone from flesh using the Corpse Processing skill, then activated the next one.
“Necro Item Crafting!”
Flash!
A massive helmet materialized.
A helmet for the Skeletal Beast to wear.
A helmet with Undead Command stacked twice, no less!
How would it work?
If his own Undead wore an item related to command authority, would the number of Undead he could control increase? Or would it prove a waste of effort?
“Here we go! Fire her on! Doooooing!”
Go, skeletal kitty! You’re getting stronger!
And the Horned Helmet was placed upon the Skeletal Beast’s head.
Then.
Something miraculous happened.
-The Undead Skeletal Beast has evolved into a Commander Unit.
-The Skeletal Beast has evolved into a Skeletal Beast Commander.
[Skeletal Beast Commander]
Rarity: Rare
Description: A large Undead creature forged from processed bones. Fragment essences from multiple corpses have fused within it, causing the original soul’s distinctive nature and consciousness to blur, leaving only savage ferocity intact—yet it possesses the power to command lesser Undead nearby. Living creatures who lay eyes upon it are seized by dread.
Ability: Weak Fear
Ability: Corpse Control +10 while mounted
Ability: Can be controlled with a single Corpse Control slot. (Note: If this form is enhanced by adding additional corpses, this ability will be locked.)
“This is it! Roooaaarrr! Success!”
Park Il-sang couldn’t help but shout in triumph.
He immediately opened his skill window and pulled up his Corpse Control count.
The Corpse Control skill’s Slot count, originally 42, had jumped to a remarkable 52!
And more than that.
The Slot required to command the Skeletal Beast—Yaong—had shrunk from 20 down to just 1.
Free Slots! At last!
There was a downside, though. He could no longer strengthen the current Skeletal Beast further. A fitting penalty.
If he’d been able to command the Skeletal Beast with just 1 Slot indefinitely…
He could simply keep feeding it corpses without limit.
A colossal Skeletal Beast made from a hundred corpses that he could ride around on, consuming only 1 Slot of Corpse Control?
That could never be allowed.
Still.
This alone was excellent.
Nineteen Slots saved!
“Phew… made good money, stockpiled materials, feeling good. But… maybe venturing into a Dungeon would be even better.”
Park Il-sang rubbed his chin, turning it over in his mind.
He needed corpses.
More corpses!
But.
Frog’s Nest was underwhelming, frankly.
The Skeletal Beasts he’d crafted from frog bones served well enough, yet nothing beat the corpse of a powerful living creature.
“Today’s earnings…”
He tallied up the spoils in his head, back and forth.
Roughly twenty million won, by his estimate.
That would keep him fed for several months.
Necromancers crafted their own gear, so there was no need to spend money on equipment.
Park Il-sang nodded to himself.
“Tomorrow, I hit the Dungeon!”
And so Park Il-sang decided to head home.
Already buzzing with anticipation for what tomorrow would bring.
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On the way back, Park Il-sang spotted various Hunters driving trucks. He decided he’d have to buy one himself someday.
The Skeletal Beast had decent enough speed, but it couldn’t match a truck.
At most, it managed around thirty kilometers per hour.
Either way, once he’d returned to the Residential District, he stowed the Skeletal Beast in a Corpse Box and summoned four Necro Guards.
Each of them carried a Corpse Box on its back.
There was no other choice.
You couldn’t nest a Corpse Box inside another Corpse Box!
The interior of a Corpse Box was like a limited pocket dimension. A pocket dimension that only accepted corpses!
How could two such spaces overlap?
Force them together and they’d rupture.
Literally.
A catastrophic explosion.
The spaces would interfere with each other and detonate.
So this was the only way forward.
At least he could manifest four Necro Guards. Small mercies.
With his formation arranged, Park Il-sang headed for a restaurant.
After being out the whole time, his stomach was growling.
He’d made decent money today—time to grill some meat and treat himself!
Sizzle, sizzle.
He grilled the cultured pork and filmed himself eating.
Pricey stuff—he ordered an expensive Newka Cola to wash it down.
After patting his belly and heading out, night had grown deep.
But with four Necro Guards accompanying him, no thug dared lay a finger on Park Il-sang.
So he reached home and slipped into comfortable sleep.
Tomorrow he’d need to process his spoils.
* * *
“Strong in the morning, mighty as the dawn! If anyone asks who I am, I tell them—an Arc Lich!”
Park Il-sang woke up spouting nonsense.
He splashed his face with tap water tinged greenish, threw on his gear, and headed out.
Today’s destination: the Pawn Shop.
That was where he could move his spoils, after all.
Of course I headed out with the Necro Guard.
[Corpse Box] — I’d better grab that. Can’t avoid it.
The moment I stepped outside, the morning sun hit hard. I checked the time: eleven o’clock.
After sleeping in like that, it was only natural.
“All right, let’s hit the Dungeon first. Keep collecting corpses… if I’m going to build a Necropolis, I’ll need to stay on top of it.”

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