Being a Hunter Is Too Easy for a Former Necromancer - Chapter 9

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The Necromancer from My Past Life Finds Being a Hunter Far Too Easy — Episode 9
For one thing, its limbs are elongated.
It had taken the form of a quadruped—something like a cheetah or tiger. And affixed to its back was a chair made of bone.
This too was fashioned through Corpse Processing.
That’s right.
A mount.
The Bone Beast, as it was known.
In my past life, I’d crafted and ridden these creatures countless times—Undead that served as both transport and formidable combatants.
“Come on out.”
Zombies and skeletal soldiers spilled from the Corpse Box in a torrent.
“Corpse Processing.”
I deployed the skill again and again.
First, I scraped away all the rotted flesh, then fused bone to bone.
I kept attaching bone after bone to the Bone Beast.
—Screeeeeech!
—Shrieeeeek!
Fragments of Grudge Spirits stuck together and wailed, but I paid them no mind.
As I continued grafting the bones, the creature grew larger and larger.
Once I’d fused all the skeletal soldiers together, the Bone Beast had swollen to SUV-sized proportions. Its mass was tremendous, and its interior cavity was packed solid with bone.
But that wasn’t all.
Multiple Grudge Spirit fragments had merged, and the creature now generated Necro Power from its own body, wreathing the air around it in a sinister, oppressive haze.
“Hm….”
Formidable.
But this will do.
“Sit.”
The Bone Beast settled down slowly.
Park Il-sang mounted the chair upon its back and issued a command.
“Forward.”
Boom. Boom.
The massive Bone Beast lurched ahead.
* * *
Whoooosh!
Splat!
“Shrieeeek!”
The Bone Beast crushed the Frogman flat—bang and squash.
The word barely captured how utterly overwhelming it was.
The Bone Beast would amble forward casually, spot an approaching Frogman, then charge and hammer it down with its forelimbs.
The motion was less feline than distinctly froglike.
Which made perfect sense—I’d stitched it together from Frogman skeletal soldiers in the first place.
A single blow reduced the Frogman to pulp and shattered fragments.
Its bones crumbled to pieces as well—a bonus feature of the impact.
But no matter how thoroughly it was obliterated, the Corpse Processing skill allowed me to reassemble it, so there was no real loss.
So.
Using the skill once more, I crafted humanoid skeletal soldiers—this time armed with shield and spear, the Bone Shield Spear Soldiers.
I’d have liked to grow the Bone Beast indefinitely, but I knew that wasn’t possible.
There was a reason Necromancers had a limit to their Undead Command—a hard ceiling on how many creatures they could control.
The reason was the soul.
Even though these were fragmented and scattered remnants after death, they still possessed a kind of broken will. Mostly just malice and suffering, but will nonetheless.
Suppressing and controlling that will was never easy.
That’s what created the constraint.
In my past life, I’d had to calculate it by instinct alone.
But the Hunter System rendered it in numbers.
Currently, my Undead Command capacity stood at twelve.
However.
This Bone Beast was consuming four slots. And if I fused even one more corpse into it here, it would instantly devour ten slots.
Because while it would grow slightly stronger, the control burden would skyrocket.
So.
This was the optimal size.
With my original twelve combined, that brought me to five slots remaining—already an incredible gain!
Either way, I’d converted the three Frogman corpses into a single Bone Shield Spear Soldier. With those additions, my forces now numbered eight.
In total, he’d crafted one Bone Beast and eight Bone Shield Spear Soldiers.
For each Bone Shield Spear Soldier, he’d compressed three skeletal soldiers into a single form, boosting both weight and capability.
Powerful stuff!
Excellent!
“Fantastic. Now we begin… collecting corpses! Let’s move, little friend!”
Thud! Thud! Thud!
The Bone Beast advanced.
“Croak!”
“Ribbit!?”
Frogman after frogman appeared—crushed, obliterated, annihilated.
The mangled corpses were all collected by the Bone Shield Spear Soldiers and stacked methodically into the Corpse Box.
As they pressed forward relentlessly, a hundred corpses piled up in the bag in mere moments.
No more room to add.
Yet.
The Necro Power generated by a hundred corpses was formidable—easily surpassing what an F-rank Hunter should possess.
By the time they’d accumulated that much.
He arrived at the central hall with its multiple passages, which he’d visited before.
This time, he entered the rightmost cavern.
Then.
“Crrrrroak!”
Armed Frogmen appeared.
“Huh… has the rank increased here?”
In the frog nest, no armed Frogmen emerged except for the boss monster guarding the den.
That’s why it was F-rank!
Laughably easy.
But now armed Frogmen were showing up… The perceived danger level was easily four times greater.
“Still.”
For Park Il-sang, it hardly mattered.
Crash!
Splinter!
The Bone Beast struck—Bang! The Frogman crumpled—Thud!
It was over in an instant.
“Corpse Processing.”
Now came something different.
Click-clack-click.
Shattered bone fragments adhered and reshaped into various forms.
A Bone Crown. A Bone Necklace. Two Bone Rings. Two Bone Bracelets. A single Bone Earring.
A Bone Chest Plate. Bone Gloves. Bone Boots reaching to the ankle. A Bone Belt.
A complete set to clothe the entire body had been fashioned.
Then he reached into the Corpse Box and withdrew something…
Bone Tongs!
Gripping them, Park Il-sang grinned wickedly.
“Excellent. Shall we begin? Necro Item Crafting!”
Flash!
-Necro Item Crafting activated.
-Please select an item to craft.
-Bone objects detected.
-Convert to item?
The bone objects gleamed. He held the tongs and brought them to the Bone Crown.
-You can imbue skills to create a Necro Item.
-Which skill would you like to imbue?
-Two skills can be assigned.
A list scrolled past. Park Il-sang saw the magical spells he could use, along with several other options.
For instance, this one.
[Necro Power Field]
Description: Permanently radiates Necro Power in all directions. Within this zone, allied Undead gain enhanced abilities and enemies take damage. Allied living creatures receive no benefit or harm. Enemy Undead receive no benefit or harm.
Effect: All allied Undead abilities increased by 5%
Effect: Enemies within 100-meter radius suffer dulled senses
“Hmm… this one already exists as a separate spell, but the system lets me use it here too. Not bad. Wait—what if I combine this with Life Force Absorption?”
Park Il-sang paused to consider.
He decided to just experiment.
“I’ll grant it the Necro Power Field and Life Force Absorption.”
A bright flash.
-The Crown of Life Plunder has been created.
Crown of Life Plunder
Grade: Rare
Description: A Necro Item crafted by Necromancer Park Il-sang. It carries the will to thoroughly plunder life and dominate the dead.
Function: Within a 100-meter radius, enemy living beings suffer ‘Weak Life Force Absorption’ and ‘Sensory Dulling’
Function: All allied Undead gain 5% to all abilities and are equipped with the ‘Weak Life Force Absorption’ skill
“That’s absolutely insane.”
It was.
Truly an insane item had come into being.
An absurdly powerful creation that passively drained the life force of enemies was now complete.
He placed the crown on his head.
“Good. Off to a strong start, aren’t we?”
Park Il-sang chuckled and examined the other items on the list.
There were three more: Undead Command, Rural Death Ruler, and Curse Enhancement.
Undead Command strengthened the abilities of commanded Undead, with a greater stat increase than the Necro Power Field. But since it wasn’t an aura or anything of the sort, it couldn’t inflict debuffs on enemies.
Rural Death Ruler simply increased the number of Undead he could command. Exactly +5.
Curse Enhancement amplified the power of debuff-type Necromancer spells. For now, though, it had no immediate use.
“Let’s see… I’ve got the crown. The rest would be… the necklace, the rings….”
Park Il-sang counted on his fingers.
He could craft ten more items.
And since each item could have two option functions, that meant twenty total functions to distribute.
“Wow… this is incredible. Other Hunters don’t have anything like this….”
From his experience working as an errand Hunter, low-rank Hunters rarely possessed properly crafted items.
Creating a full set like this was impossible!
Was the Necromancer class overpowered, or was Park Il-sang himself special? There was no way to know.
But since good fortune was good fortune, he decided not to dwell on it.
And then.
Park Il-sang began crafting items.
Bone Necklace – Life Plunder
Two Bone Rings – each with Undead Command stacked twice
Two Bone Bracelets – each with Undead Command stacked twice
Bone Earring – Rural Death Ruler stacked twice
Bone Chest Plate – Rural Death Ruler stacked twice
Bone Gloves – Rural Death Ruler stacked twice
Bone Boots reaching the ankle – Life Plunder
Bone Belt – Life Plunder
Once he had crafted and equipped all of it.
He could feel a tremendous power enfolding him.
In total, he had Life Plunder stacked four times, Undead Command stacked four times, and Rural Death Ruler stacked six times.
The number of Undead he could command increased by +30, allowing him to command a total of 42 Undead.
Through the stacked Undead Command and Life Plunder combination, he could feel his subordinate Undead had become roughly twice as strong in an instant.
And furthermore.
Merely by enemy living beings approaching, he would drain a considerable amount of their life force—slurp, slurp, slurp.
After equipping all the items, even Park Il-sang was taken aback.
“This… isn’t this getting too strong?”
If this was the state of F-rank, what on earth would happen later?

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