The Cursed Blacksmith Who Regressed - Chapter 108

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Episode 108

The goblins were paralyzed with fear.

Suddenly, large scythes came rushing in and dragged them outside like grim reapers – how could they not be terrified?

But the goblins were all rendered powerless. With so many humans right before their eyes, they could only tremble helplessly without being able to do anything.

Choi Hyun looked at the necromancers and asked.

“Today’s helpers. If you’ve gained power, you should put it to use right away. I won’t give separate explanations. You must have received the information from the Blood Demon. So, who wants to try first?”

The necromancers hesitated.

Then Han Su-kyeong stepped forward first.

“I’ll do it.”

“Good. I look forward to it.”

Han Su-kyeong came forward.

Then she extended her index finger toward a goblin.

Then.

Bang!

A blood-colored bullet like a magic projectile fired from Han Su-kyeong’s index finger and struck the goblin.

The impact site was the head.

The goblin hit in the head died instantly without even letting out a scream.

It was ‘Blood Bullet’, a signature skill of blood magic received from the Blood Demon and one of the most basic offensive blood magic spells.

When the notification appeared that the goblin had been defeated, Han Su-kyeong looked bewildered.

It was this easy to kill?

With that same expression, she looked at Choi Hyun.

Then Choi Hyun smiled and nodded slightly toward the goblin.

“Ah.”

Meaning it wasn’t over yet.

Understanding his words, Han Su-kyeong this time spread her palm toward the dead goblin.

Then.

Swoosh!

Blood was extracted from the dead goblin and began gathering in Han Su-kyeong’s grasp.

The technique used was called ‘Blood Drain’.

It was a signature technique of blood magic, a vampiric skill that extracted blood from targets.

Soon the dead goblin became a completely dried mummy.

Because all the blood in its body had been extracted.

All the extracted blood seeped into Han Su-kyeong’s body.

Han Su-kyeong felt an exhilaration she had never experienced before due to the goblin’s blood entering her body.

A feeling of overflowing power.

The blood wasn’t actually absorbed.

More precisely, she had absorbed the magical power contained in the blood.

Of course, the absorbed blood still remained.

It floated beside Han Su-kyeong as a round sphere.

It was a blood ball that collected the absorbed blood.

Han Su-kyeong looked at the blood ball with curiosity.

Then she extended her index finger again toward the goblin next to it.

Bang!

The sound of a blood bullet firing.

The goblin died instantly again.

She then used Blood Drain, and the absorbed blood made the blood ball even larger than before.

The exhilaration continued.

Amazement and laughter bloomed together on Han Su-kyeong’s face.

Then she alternately looked at her palm and the blood ball, unable to hide her excitement.

“Wow… really… insane… amazing…”

A series of exclamations.

Unable to contain her excitement, Han Su-kyeong eventually killed all the goblins that Oh Taek-su had brought.

Han Su-kyeong was excited.

Choi Hyun approached and quietly placed his hand on her shoulder.

Then a chill spread through her body and her excitement instantly subsided.

It was the effect of the Hundred Yin Body.

Choi Hyun asked.

“How is it?”

“It’s the best! To think a necromancer could become this strong! Even though I experienced it myself, I still can’t believe it.”

“This is all the power of the Blood Demon. Of course, the fact that the starting skill level is 3 instead of 1 due to good negotiations also has a big impact.”

“President, how do you know all these things?”

“That’s a trade secret. But it seems like you’re not quite finished yet?”

“Finished?”

“You’re a necromancer, Su-kyeong.”

“What does that… Ah!”

She realized immediately.

She then extended her hand toward the completely dried goblin corpse.

[ Walking Dead is activated. ]

The first undead summoning technique given when becoming a necromancer.

When she used Walking Dead, the dried goblin rose like a zombie and stood in place.

Seeing this, Choi Hyun wrinkled his nose and advised.

“Su-kyeong, undead are greatly influenced by their summoning materials. Walking Dead can raise any corpse, but if the corpse is in poor condition, the effect will be poor too, right?”

“Then what should I do? I think I’ll only see mummy-like corpses from Blood Drain in the future.”

“At your level, Su-kyeong, you have one more summoning skill.”

“One more? Ah!”

She realized immediately and activated the skill.

[ Skeleton Rising is activated. ]

The other summoning skill.

It was Skeleton Rising.

Simply put, it was a technique that extracted only the bones from a corpse to create skeleton soldiers.

When she used it on the goblin walking dead, magical power drained from her body, and the dried skin of the mummy-like goblin crumbled away, leaving only bones.

Then a goblin skeleton soldier that looked much stronger than the walking dead was born.

“Clack clack clack.”

The skeleton soldier showed much better movement than the walking dead.

Perfect.

Choi Hyun spoke to the necromancers who were staring blankly.

“You all saw that, right? This is the new growth method you’ll need to learn from now on. From now on, you’ll use blood magic as your main focus and gradually collect undead like this. How does that sound?”

“Wow…”

“Insane…”

“Hah…”

The magical scenes that unfolded in real time before their eyes.

It wasn’t a dream.

All of it was power they had obtained and power they could freely wield in the future.

“Later on, each and every one of you will become a one-person army, but that’s a story for the distant future. For now, it’s much better to stick together. That’s why I posted this recruitment notice in the form of employee hiring rather than guild member recruitment.”

Choi Hyun turned toward the dungeon and said.

“Then this is the final stage. From now on, you’ll form a party centered around Su-kyeong here and go clear the Goblin Dungeon. The condition is simple. If you return with one skeleton soldier per person without anyone getting hurt, I’ll officially hire all of you as full-time employees. This is all and the last condition I’m asking of you.”

Full-time employment for everyone!

At those words, everyone’s eyes lit up with interest.

Of course, by obtaining the Blood Demon, they didn’t necessarily need to join Paragon.

Once contracted, a demon couldn’t be forcibly released from the contract.

But among the applicants here, there wasn’t a single person who had such wicked and foolish thoughts.

Instead, they dreamed.

They became ambitious.

They received a strong conviction that being here at Paragon, being under Choi Hyun, would lead them down a path of flowers just as he had opened a new path for them today.

Han Su-kyeong created a party.

And all the Necromancers joined the party, and despite having no equipment, they all began rushing into the goblin cave with gleaming eyes.

Everyone was making finger gun shapes with both hands like soldiers.

Soon after the Necromancers disappeared in a rush, Oh Taek-su, who had been watching the scene, spoke to Choi Hyun.

“It’s truly a magnificent sight, President.”

“Indeed. You’ll probably be able to see an even more magnificent sight before long.”

“When it comes to being magnificent when fully grown, Necromancers are the best. I like manga and stuff, so I know well how cool Necromancers are in manga.”

“That’s true, but I’m looking at a different picture.”

“A different picture?”

“Yes, the picture I originally planned was to operate Tamers and Necromancers together.”

“Us together with them?”

Oh Taek-su showed an expression of not understanding.

“Why would you? I heard that the 2nd Company alone already has over 100 members and you’re still continuously receiving support from Tamers. Then the number of Tamers alone must be enormous, so may I ask why you specifically want to use them together with Necromancers?”

“The picture I described to Daesan’s President when I first hired all of you was a very ideal unmanned raid team that would proceed with raids using only summoned creatures without people stepping forward.”

“Isn’t that how it is now?”

“Absolutely not. Looking at just right now, it might seem like the Tamers alone are sufficient. But later on, enemies will appear that can’t be defeated even when deploying the Living Eye Legion or all the tamed monsters. What would you do then?”

“Then…”

When Oh Taek-su couldn’t readily answer, Choi Hyun continued speaking instead.

“The Necromancers will fill those gaps. When a tamed monster dies, they’ll resurrect the dead monster as undead and send it forward, and you’ll tame the monsters that the undead have driven back, heal them, and use them again… Then both the survival rate of the Living Eyes and the Area clear rate will be much higher.”

“Ah? I never thought of it that way, but if that happens, it would practically be perpetual motion! As expected of you, President.”

Oh Taek-su was impressed.

Then he fell into thought for a moment before asking a question.

“May I ask just one question?”

“Yes.”

“But if that happens, we would need the Necromancers, but wouldn’t the Necromancers not really need us? If they have sufficient mana and conditions, a Necromancer’s undead legion would practically be like an immortal army that keeps reviving.”

“No. Necromancers have more weaknesses than you’d think.”

“What kind of weaknesses?”

“Undead are weaker than you’d expect.”

“What?”

Undead are weak?

What does that mean?

At those words, Oh Taek-su blinked his eyes.

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