My Catastrophic‑Level Summon Devours Gates - Chapter 11

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【Quite noisy, isn’t it.】

“Probably because of me.”

I gently scratched my cheek with my right hand.

News about S-rank sure spreads fast.

A man who looked to be in his thirties, bustling around busily, suddenly approached me.

“Did you just take the examination?”

“Well, yes.”

“May I ask your name…?”

“Manager Kim. Don’t get your hopes up. That Hunter is famous for being a long-time examinee.”

Damn it, shit.

The Guild Officials who had spoken bowed his head with an embarrassed expression.

“I’m sorry.”

“It’s not like I haven’t heard that once or twice.”

“I’d at least like to give you my Business Card.”

I glanced at the Business Card the man offered and stuffed it into my pocket.

“Keep it up!”

Ah. Yes.

It’s been a while since anyone other than my landlord or family cheered me on.

“Hey. Manager Kim, can’t you see we’re busy?”

“I’m coming!”

Other Guild Officials were also running around frantically.

“I heard Horizon Guild put up 400 million.”

“400 million? Star Cluster Guild supposedly offered 600 million.”

“It’s been ages since an S-rank appeared. That’s understandable.”

“First, we need to find them.”

Everyone’s so busy.

【What evidence do you have that they’re busy because of you?】

“Those people are looking for the S-rank.”

【The examination, you mean.】

Receiving an S-rank has two meanings.

The first is being granted a powerful skill.

Like Spirit Eye, an S-rank skill.

When you pass the examination with a high rank, you gain abilities suited to your talent.

【Heavenly Martial Body is an SSS-rank Skill, is it not?】

Master.

In this world, even S-rank is incredibly amazing, you know?

Just having one S-rank skill makes Major Guilds bow down and try to recruit you.

The second is proof of talent.

The examination goes beyond simply assessing ‘ability’ and judges talent as well.

It’s not a matter of asking how impressive a D-rank examination is.

Once you get an S, there’s a high chance of receiving A-rank or higher in the next evaluation too.

【So they’re trying to secure outstanding talent first.】

“Well, that’s right.”

Outstanding, huh.

It’s the first time I’ve heard that in my 5 years as a Hunter.

【I must say something to those lacking in discernment.】

Huh?

What are you trying to say…

【You foolish ones! Look here!】

Kyaaak!

Ah, what a shock.

The Telepathy that rang loudly through my mind gave me a headache.

【Do you carry your eyes around as decorations!】

“Sir Isra.”

【The talent who received that S-rank is right here!】

“Sir Isra.”

【Behold. Hunter Park Min-ho, master of the Continental Greatest Sword!!】

“Sir, your Telepathy only reaches me.”

【Ah?】

“Could you stop the noise between floors?”

Thanks to that, my head was throbbing.

It felt like someone had stuck a megaphone in my ear and was shouting at the top of their lungs.

Sir Isra fell silent for a moment.

Phew.

Now I can live.

【My apologies. I lost my composure for a moment.】

“Please be careful next time.”

【But I don’t understand.】

“What?”

【From the atmosphere, it seems they’re offering you wealth.】

“That’s right.”

They’re calling out 600 million for the signing bonus.

There’s also a starting salary of 400 million.

Both are quite impressive levels in the industry.

These are generous conditions I couldn’t have imagined before meeting Sir Isra.

【Then why did you refuse?】

“I don’t know how good my newly acquired ability is.”

Necrosmith.

A profession not even registered with the WHU (World Hunter Federation).

How good this newly acquired ability is.

Or whether it’s a dud, I can’t know for sure.

Even though necromancer-type job classes all receive high evaluations.

From the perspective of someone who had been swinging at nothing but air for 6 years, it was difficult to have confidence right away.

【Modesty, you say. If you are to be my lord, Isra’s master, you should have more confidence.】

“It’s not just because of that.”

Think about it the other way around.

What if my ability is tremendously amazing?

I could raise my value higher, but I’d be signing a cheap contract.

The conclusion is one thing.

After trying out the new skills.

I’ll assess the development potential and raise my value as much as possible.

“To be honest, I’m also thinking of moving alone.”

Necrosmith is a necromancy-type job class.

Necromancer Hunters could control corpses, so they preferred solo hunting.

I’m similar to that.

“If I join a guild, I’ll have to share the pie.”

A dedicated support team?

A contract fee that makes you gasp?

There’s no guild that invests without any reason.

As much as they treat you well.

They’ll demand something corresponding from me.

If this ability is just so-so.

I’ll moderately raise my value and join.

If I judge that the development potential is limitless, I’m thinking of forming my own ‘team’.

【Hahaha. I like that.】

“What do you like?”

【It would be somewhat unbecoming for the one I serve as my lord to go under others.】

“Then you should have said so earlier.”

【I waited because I wanted to hear your opinion.】

Good grief.

So that’s why you were testing me.

A familiar testing its master. Isn’t something wrong here?

* * *

After two transfers, I got off at the station near my studio apartment.

While dragging my carrier up, I ran into the landlady.

“Minho. Today was the examination, right?”

“Yes.”

“How did it go?”

A mixture of caution and anticipation.

Perhaps because she had tasted the bitter cup of failure so many times, she was watching my reactions carefully.

Well.

Fortunately, all the people in the house are good-natured.

Except for the daughter.

“I passed.”

“Really?”

“Yes. You passed the examination after 4 years.”

“Congratulations!”

The Landlady grabbed my hands and celebrated with me.

I felt grateful for her warm reaction without any ulterior motives.

“Ah. Then we should eat meat.”

“I’ll treat everyone to celebrate passing.”

“Really? Hoho. If I had known I’d get a meal from student Min-ho, I would have skipped lunch.”

“Actually, I don’t think I’ll have time today, how about this weekend?”

“I’ll let Yeon-du’s Father and Yeon-du know too.”

The House Owner Lady went inside with a light smile.

【What is your relationship with her?】

“Ah. This must be Sir Isra’s first time seeing her. She’s the house owner.”

【The one who owns your dwelling. Then she must be Her Imperial Majesty!】

An empire where a single house constitutes the entire territory.

I can’t handle a worldview where Kim Yeon-du is an imperial princess.

Clank—

I chuckled softly as I opened the basement door and went downstairs.

【Ho. You intend to check out the new skill.】

“I don’t dislike perceptive subordinates.”

【Just don’t use me as a test subject.】

Hmm.

I’m starting to dislike this a little.

Sir Isra, my greatest masterpiece.

Was the perfect undead to test the performance of the skill I gained from advancing.

【I refuse.】

Having free will is inconvenient at times like this.

I took out one Monster Bone that I had stored in the old Kimchi Refrigerator.

I placed my hand on the bone that held coldness.

And used Spirit Circuit Engraving.

[For first-time use, Skill Guide will assist the user.]

Sssshhhh!

Mana flowing along the contact surface.

I understood how to engrave circuits and the skill activation mechanism.

“It’s similar to embroidery.”

The feeling of filling the holes scattered throughout the bone with stitching.

The difference from stitching is.

You have to fill in the missing parts while groping with your hands with your eyes closed.

[Spirit Circuit has been completed.]

[Completion Rate – C+]

[Spirit Power Transmission Efficiency – 62%]

[To improve circuit completion rate, you must construct passages in appropriate locations.]

[When spirit power transmission efficiency increases, the abilities of the dead also improve.]

【It looks quite challenging.】

“Probably.”

【What’s with that ambiguous answer?】

“Your words should be correct.”

I scratched the back of my head vigorously.

Injecting mana into the invisible interior of the bone.

Groping around to understand the structure.

Having to construct the optimal circuit.

Something several times more difficult than sewing with your eyes closed.

Certainly.

That’s how it should have been.

“I can see it?”

[Spirit Eye]

Where the guide skill made mistakes.

Why the spirit power transmission efficiency was dropping.

All those processes and causes were clearly revealed to my ‘eyes’.

Like looking at bones captured in an X-ray photograph.

It was a fascinating experience.

Somehow.

Baseless confidence welled up that I could do better than the guide skill.

“Let’s give it a try.”

[Spirit Circuit Engraving]

I injected mana into the bone.

Meticulously filling the empty spaces inside the bone.

He connected the spirit power flow.

“Hmm.”

【Is there a problem?】

“Yeah.”

【From what I can see, you seem to be doing well without any major mistakes.】

“It’s too easy.”

【?】

Creating spirit circuits was easier than expected.

So much so that he wondered if it was okay to proceed this smoothly.

How many minutes had he been struggling?

The moment he connected the entire 30-centimeter bone with spirit circuits.

[Spirit circuit has been completed.]

[Completion rate increases due to Dexterity correction.]

[Completion Rate – A]

[Spirit Power Transmission Efficiency – 87%]

A message announced the successful creation of the circuit.

“Wow. It really worked.”

He wiped away the sweat that had formed on his forehead with the back of his hand.

Just how much had he concentrated?

It felt like he had sweated buckets.

【Is it decent?】

“Yeah. Pretty good.”

It was just because of the concentration.

The mana consumption wasn’t as much as he thought.

【You’ll have a hard time every time you engrave circuits.】

“It’ll be fine once my proficiency goes up.”

When he first used Corpse Processing, he sweated at least two buckets.

For an ordinary person trying to handle corpses for the first time, how nervous must he have been?

Now he had been through all kinds of battles – well, not quite, but he had accumulated experience in his own way.

He was confident he could raise his Spirit Circuit Engraving proficiency much faster.

[Spirit Circuit Engraving skill proficiency has increased by 18.4%.]

“….”

He hadn’t expected it to rise this dramatically.

Skill proficiency doesn’t simply increase by using it frequently like in games.

It’s literally accumulated know-how converted into data.

Without the help of ‘Spirit Eye’.

When engraving his first circuit, he would have gone through trial and error multiple times.

The completion level probably wasn’t high either.

The proficiency would have only increased by 1 to 2% at most.

“This is why it’s an S-rank skill.”

I clearly realized how seeing energy was related to Undead Creation.

As I was turning the bone with completed Spirit Circuit Engraving this way and that.

Sir Isra suddenly extended his arm.

【Why don’t you show me your skills.】

“Is there nothing you won’t say to your master?”

【I’m entrusting this to you because I trust your abilities.】

“Shut up. I don’t do Modifications for guys I rarely see.”

【My lord!】

“I’m joking. Let’s do your Modification later.”

Corpse Crafting had also reached D-rank.

If I strengthen Sir Isra’s body through Modification.

I can use skill reuse to upgrade him to a higher-tier entity.

【You had it all planned out.】

“Let’s try strengthening using Bone Metallurgy too.”

Sir Isra is my maximum firepower.

I planned to use every means available.

To make him into the strongest undead.

For that.

I’d have to make full use of all the Additional Skills, wouldn’t I.

“Let’s start by making an Armament.”

Following Spirit Circuit Engraving.

It was time to test the second Additional Skills.

[Using Bone Metallurgy.]

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