Being a Hunter Is Too Easy for a Former Necromancer - Chapter 7

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The Reincarnated Necromancer Finds Being a Hunter Far Too Easy — Episode 7
Half the world had collapsed, and in truth, half the world had become lawless.
Yet there were reasons behind everyone who’d obtained a Hunter Registration Certificate.
The Government was simply the most reliable faction offering genuine services.
It sounds like a joke.
But it’s the truth.
And the fact that it had become ‘only half’ lawless mattered just as much.
What I mean is this.
‘Inside the Government-operated Shelter, the Residential District maintains absolutely pristine security, makes for comfortable living, and is remarkably clean.’
The problem was that someone like Park Il-sang—a mere Grade 5 citizen—couldn’t even enter without a travel pass.
Each Residential District required its own individual clearance.
That was how it was.
The current Republic of Korea had assigned grades to its citizens.
These grades were calculated by various measures—most importantly, money, and conditions like whether one had a criminal record.
If you had enough money, minor offenses were essentially overlooked.
Or if you possessed overwhelmingly superior ability.
The Hunter Registration Certificate was something people registered for to access such services.
Once you had a Hunter Registration Certificate, you became a Grade 4 citizen and could move into a Grade 4 Residential District.
Park Il-sang’s current home in the Shantytown was Grade 5—a place where public security barely existed, you might say.
Though there were rules of sorts, all the same.
For that reason.
He’d entered the Dungeon to obtain a Hunter Registration Certificate. Now he was farming corpses.
Even if it was caught on camera, it didn’t matter.
They’d attacked first.
This was common enough to be recognized as self-defense. The equipment counted as legitimate spoils of war.
‘Back in the old days, they’d charge you with mutual assault even if you hit someone who came at you with a sword.’
Thinking such thoughts, he collected only the equipment worth selling from what he’d stripped.
Mainly weapons. Combat uniforms fetched decent prices too, but they weren’t special items.
Their swords, by contrast, were all items despite being lowest-grade.
In other words, they were objects with special properties influenced by the Hunter System.
So he’d taken the swords and the Automatic Crossbow.
A crossbow makes a fine weapon. Fetches good money too.
“This is incredible luck! How much is all this worth!”
“Well, we’re looking at roughly thirty million won.”
“Right? If you and I split it fifty-fifty, that’s fifteen million won each! Man, that’s sweet!”
The older man seemed delighted. Park Il-sang felt good about the free profit too.
“Alright then. Let’s move on.”
The group pressed forward into the corridor without hesitation.
As they advanced steadily, they cut down Frogman after Frogman and Merman after Merman.
“Gaaaaaak!”
“Kwaaaagh!”
Zombies and Skeleton Soldiers tanked the hits while Kim Dong-su rushed in to finish them off.
It was remarkably easy.
In fact, Han Da-yeong and Lee Si-woon were still just twiddling their thumbs, watching from the sidelines.
Even so, there was no real problem.
Experience Points distributed equally among party members.
That was why everyone’s grade had risen together last time.
Finally, they found the Boss Room. The Dungeon’s maze-like layout had taken over five hours just to locate it, leaving everyone dizzy from hunger.
Still, nobody wanted to eat Frogman flesh, so they gritted their teeth and pushed on.
“Found it at last.”
Park Il-sang’s expression had grown slightly irritated. His experience as a day laborer meant this level of fatigue didn’t wear him down, but his stomach was empty.
“If it wasn’t for you, we’d have given up long ago.”
Kim Dong-su’s comment prompted Lee Si-woon to add his own thought.
“We must have killed over a hundred Frogmen by now.”
“The difficulty spike seems way too steep, doesn’t it? For ordinary F-Rank hunters, this would be a casual death sentence….”
Han Da-yeong’s observation had merit.
If they hadn’t been Undead, Han Da-yeong would’ve had to cast spells in rapid succession.
In that case, she might have run out of Mana.
Probably Kim Dong-su would’ve taken serious wounds, and Lee Si-woon would’ve needed to heal with Holy Magic constantly.
In other words, they couldn’t have coasted through like passengers on a bus ride.
“Isn’t this Necromancer ability broken, though? Lucky you, Park Il-sang.”
“Lucky, yes, but…”
‘From my perspective as an Arch Lich in my past life, it’s rather frustrating.’
“All right then. Let’s head into the Boss Room.”
Kim Dong-su took the lead.
“Of course. And everyone, don’t forget the strategy.”
Park Il-sang added a final word.
And they entered the Boss Room.
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“Crooooaaaak.”
A massive frog lay sleeping, emitting strange sounds.
But it was no ordinary frog.
As the species name “Frogman” suggested, these creatures could walk upright on two legs and wielded their limbs with purpose.
The ones they’d encountered so far had come without proper weapons, armed only with their tongues for thrusting and whatever toxic slime clung to them.
This boss monster was different.
A Nest Guardian.
This one carried weapons and dwarfed any human in size.
Standing on two legs, it measured roughly three meters tall, and from the side it resembled a rather portly pig.
It had to weigh at least three hundred kilograms.
With a physique that already exceeded human proportions, it was every bit the boss monster.
The moment they entered the Boss Room, the Nest Guardian awoke from its slumber, eyes opening.
“Ribbit? Crooooaaak!”
The boss monster’s rage at the sight of invading humans was palpable.
This was the moment.
“Everyone close your eyes and turn away now!”
Kim Dong-su shouted, and Han Da-yeong raised her staff.
“Light Burning Spell!”
Whoosh!
Flash!
A violent burst of light erupted between the party and the boss frog.
“Screeeeeeech!”
The boss monster shrieked.
The searing luminosity tore through its optic nerves, and its eyes burned with excruciating pain.
Its vision vanished instantly.
“Excellent! Go! WHAAAAAAAA!”
A half-naked man in nothing but underwear charged forward, his belly rippling with each stride.
-Battle Cry heard.
-Spirit enhanced.
-Physical abilities slightly increased.
Hearing the System Messages, Park Il-sang issued his command.
“All undead, charge!”
He’d recruited a total of twelve Undead on the way here.
Packed to maximum capacity.
They had no weapons, of course, and surged forward with teeth bared and ready to tear.
It was only natural, given that the creatures they’d encountered in this place carried no arms either.
Meanwhile.
Han Da-yeong began chanting the incantation for her next spell, while Lee Si-woon beside her had just finished preparing his sacred magic.
“Divine One, bless us with your grace!”
Blessing—a Priest’s foundational skill.
All stats rose slightly: attack power, defense, luck, and more.
A versatile buff, and effective.
Though the individual boost was modest, what mattered was that it stacked with other effects.
When Blessing’s power amplified Kim Dong-su’s Battle Cry, the results were genuinely impressive.
“Graaaaaah!”
“Roaaaaar!”
Especially for the Undead.
Remarkably, the Undead received buffs from both the sacred Blessing and the Battle Cry.
They charged forward in a frenzy.
But Kim Dong-su reached the Nest Guardian first.
“Savage Strike!”
A crimson aura coiled around the Twin Axes before Kim Dong-su swung them down hard, catching the Nest Guardian’s hind leg.
Thwack!
The boss monster shrieked again, still blinded and writhing in pain.
“Got it deep!”
Targeting the hind leg first—everything was going exactly according to plan.
Cripple its mobility this way!
With one leg gone, it couldn’t run or even walk properly.
“Nice work, sir!”
“Crroooaaaak!”
The screaming Nest Guardian lashed out with its hands. The enormous Bone Club it had been gripping while covering its eyes fell to the ground, leaving it to strike bare-fisted.
But bare fists were threat enough.
A palm strike came down, heavy with the monster’s full weight behind it.
“Hup!”
Kim Dong-su’s belly rippled as he arched into a bridge pose to evade.
A sight to behold.
Meanwhile.
The Zombies and Skeleton Soldiers swarmed over the Nest Guardian.
Crunch! Crack!
They bit and tore. Their claws raked savagely across its hide.
And worse—
they didn’t hesitate to plunge their hands into the wound Kim Dong-su had carved into its hind leg.
“Kiiieeeek!”
As the wound tore open wider with agony, the monster thrashed about and seized the Bone Club beside it, swinging wildly.
Crash!
Four Zombies were pulped at once, their limbs twisted grotesquely as they flew backward. But even as that happened, Kim Dong-su pivoted and swung his Axe toward the creature’s other side.
“Second strike!”
Thwack!
“Kyieeeeeeeaaaaaak!”
Another clean hit.
And at that moment, Han Da-yeong’s incantation finished.
“Burn. Pierce! Solar Spear!”
A sphere of light materialized in the air, and from it a laser beam lanced downward.
It struck the boss monster’s head dead-on.
The Nest Guardian’s skull charred black, a smoking hole punched clean through.
One-shot kill.
“Ohhh!”
Kim Dong-su let out a whistle of admiration.
Even Park Il-sang, who had been about to charge forward with sword drawn, muttered ‘Damn, that’s impressive’ at the sight.
Lee Si-woon, moments away from finishing his own holy incantation, fell silent.
A Mage worthy of respect.
Formidable.
Throughout the Dungeon, it had been Park Il-sang’s show—a Necromancer’s solo performance—but in the Boss Room, it was Han Da-yeong’s moment.
If anyone had underperformed, it was Lee Si-woon.
Though that couldn’t be helped when nobody was injured.
“Han Da-yeong, that was incredible! You blasted its head clean off in one shot!?”
At Kim Dong-su’s enthusiasm, Han Da-yeong flashed a pleased smile.
“That’s what separates a real Mage from a pretender. A Mage is damage dealer, after all.”
“Exactly, exactly. Thank goodness we have a proper Mage on the team!”
“You all worked hard. Now, shall we harvest the Mana Stones? Boss drops fetch a good price.”
“Of course. Don’t worry, you two—the boss’s Mana Stones go to the Settlement Chamber for fair distribution.”
“Though ordinarily that’s what the support crew handles.”
“True enough.”
Then it happened.
—You have cleared the Frogman’s Nest!
—Proceeding to the Settlement Chamber.
Simultaneously.
The world darkened.
Then light returned, and a pristine white space materialized before them—empty, featureless, serene.
‘Ah.’
Park Il-sang marveled at the sight.

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