The Martial God Becomes a Necromancer and Conquers the Tower - Chapter 16

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Episode 16
Episode 16
The Dimensional Tower Community is a colossal platform provided by the Dimensional Tower System itself.
Within it, countless channels exist in every conceivable niche.
Among the famous channels are those dedicated to the world’s top twenty-four Awakeners individually—channels used by people across the entire globe.
Because the Dimensional Tower’s translation system is flawless, even if users write in their native languages, everyone reads them in their own tongue, so communication presents no obstacle.
Today, a new channel appeared in the Dimensional Tower Community.
The Spirit Ghost channel.
And a man who had stumbled upon Lee Mu-seon’s broadcast by chance had become utterly addicted to it.
Park Il-chim was frequenting that very Spirit Ghost channel.
[The Truth Behind Spirit Ghost’s Martial Arts! It is…….] (24)
[Spirit Ghost Actually Not Dual-classed? Or how does an Undead use Martial Arts?] (2)
[I’ve figured it out. Spirit Ghost must be a Reincarnated One!] (57)
The Spirit Ghost channel was a complete chaos of frivolous posts and wild speculation.
Which made sense—he had become the hottest topic in South Korea lately, and a global phenomenon at that.
In Korea, people receive permanent bonuses from the Tutorial rewards!
Why?
Because Spirit Ghost Lee Mu-seon completely cleared the Tutorial!
That alone was enough to cause an uproar.
“What? Seriously?”
[OMG, Spirit Ghost’s Dojo is Near My Place!!]
Post by: ㅇㅇ
So there’s this run-down 4-story building in the shopping district near my house, right?
And there’s a martial arts dojo in it. Pretty old-looking place.
Today I saw it absolutely packed with people.
I was like, what’s going on? So I checked and Spirit Ghost is literally the dojo master there;;;;
I’m signing up tomorrow for sure.
(Photo of crowds gathered in front of the dojo)
“I’m jealous. If it wasn’t so far, I’d go…….”
Park Il-chim’s expression darkened.
Lee Mu-seon’s dojo was located on Seoul’s outskirts. But Park Il-chim lived nowhere near it—quite a distance away, in fact.
“Should I move for this opportunity?”
Park Il-chim worked as a freelance illustrator.
With the recent boom in AI, his workload had dried up somewhat, but he still managed to scrape by.
So moving wasn’t entirely out of the question.
His lease was expiring soon anyway.
“Yeah. I’ll go sign up at the dojo and… wait?”
While scrolling through the channel, he spotted a new post.
[Guys, something BIG is coming!! Star Guardian is here!!!]
“No way. Is this real?”
Star Guardian.
A team of Awakeners operated by Teslam, America’s colossal megacorporation.
And among the twenty-four most powerful Awakeners in the world, three of them belonged to that very team.
Star Guardian was coming?
“Could it be…?”
His suspicion was correct.
They were coming to meet Spirit Ghost, who had just completed the first floor.
* * *
When another day had passed.
I had to turn off my Smartphone.
Calls were coming from every direction—unavoidable.
“Why is it getting worse a day later?”
A sigh escaped without thinking.
Today was Saturday, when the dojo was closed.
Normally I would have gone through my routine in moderation.
External Martial Arts Training, a visit to the herbal medicine shop that specialized in medicinal herbs to pick up some supplies, a hearty meal at a neighborhood restaurant, and a walk.
Back home, I’d spend some time watching God Tube, chuckling to myself.
Compared to my previous life, I was living a slothful, sluggish existence.
But I was planning to spend today a little differently.
A new path had opened for me now, after all.
A chance to retrain the martial arts of my previous life—or rather, have Experimental Jiangshi No. 1 do it for me!
So now my plan is to climb the Dimensional Tower every single morning.
The reason being……
I hit a wall while raising the jiangshi.
After Experimental Jiangshi No. 1 transformed into Donggang Jiangshi.
I kept pouring Inner Energy into it, but it stuck solid around the halfway mark.
No more Inner Energy would go in.
I thought, what’s going on here? Then a message appeared.
[Donggang Jiangshi has reached its growth limit.]
[To further strengthen Donggang Jiangshi, the Awakener’s Level must increase.]
In other words, because my own grade was too low, Experimental Jiangshi No. 1 couldn’t grow any stronger.
There really are a lot of restrictions, I thought.
For that reason.
I decided to make a habit of climbing the Dimensional Tower.
That is.
Today I’m heading to the second floor!
[You have entered the Dimensional Tower.]
[Awakener Lee Mu-seon is currently at the Dimensional Tower entrance.]
[Will you enter the second floor of the Dimensional Tower?]
“Yes.”
Light blazed up, and I found myself transported to an entirely different place.
“This is……”
Looking around, it was a broad space roughly the size of three soccer fields combined, and scattered throughout were seven stone structures resembling altars, each about two meters tall.
And atop each stone altar, I could see people—one person per platform—standing.
What was startling.
Was that humans weren’t the only ones here.
No. There was only one human—me.
A bipedal lizard.
A woman with elongated ears and breathtaking beauty.
A non-human species with a bald head and dark green, muscular skin.
A bearded old man with a squat frame but a body layered with thick muscle.
A woman who looked human except for the six crustacean legs sprouting from her back.
A rat standing on two feet, slightly smaller than a person.
Could it be……?
[You have entered the second floor of the Dimensional Tower: Musical Chairs Trial.]
[Defend your seat.]
[Steal another’s seat.]
[To steal another’s seat, you must push them off their platform and claim it yourself.]
[If you control two or more seats, you receive an additional bonus.]
[If you fail to reclaim a lost seat within ten minutes, you lose it permanently and fail the Trial.]
[Should an Awakener die or completely lose all seats, the Trial ends in failure.]
[May fortune smile upon you.]
One of the most popular Trial variations.
Musical Chairs.
It’s famous for appearing throughout not just the second floor, but multiple floors in various forms across different Trials.
Furthermore.
It’s a map where not just Earthlings appear, but species from other dimensions too, and all sorts of unexpected chaos happens—which is why viewers love it so much.
You need raw skill, but sharp intuition and mind games are essential as well.
Since you get bonuses by stealing seats first, you naturally have to hustle to grab them early—but the problem is that while I’m off my seat trying to steal someone else’s……
Someone else can jump on mine, and it’s instantly taken from me.
This is incredibly frustrating.
Which is why it’s such an entertaining broadcast map.
But this map……
Isn’t it overwhelmingly favorable to me?
Anyway.
I should start the broadcast first.
I should have turned it on from the entrance, but I completely forgot.
-I’m first comment!
-Taking a seat!
-This streamer’s really getting into the morning slots;;;>
-Hello. I’m a woman living in Japan. I’ve become interested in you.
-Where is this place?
Viewers began filtering in and talking over one another.
At the same time, those participating in the second-floor Trial started opening their mouths as well.
“Hisss! To think we’d face this Trial on the second floor…….”
“Alliance—help! Orc! Let’s kill the human first!”
The Lizardman hissing and sputtering.
And I could hear Rui—that rat bastard—shouting at the Orc.
They clearly looked down on humans.
Simultaneously, a system window appeared—visible only to me and my viewers, naturally (it wouldn’t do for the enemies to see it).
[You may summon three Undead.]
Ah.
So there’s a limit because it’s a territorial claiming game?
Of course. If I just pulled out hundreds of walking corpses from the Necron Ossuary and unleashed them, those creatures would be swept away entirely.
Then I’d win by a landslide.
Even so…… restricting a Necromancer to merely three Undead? Does that even make sense?
That’s some serious handicapping.
“Experimental Jiangshi No. 1. Hobgoblin General. Wolf. Arise.”
Three Undead emerged from my shadow.
The Experimental Jiangshi No. 1, which had become my Jiangshi. And from two earlier Defenses, the boss monsters I’d personally slain—Waste Fish.
I’d been prudent enough to keep my corpses well-preserved.
-Isn’t that the Hobgoblin General, a boss monster?
-Seriously;;;; boss monster Undead;;;;
-This is insane.
-So it’s a territorial game with only three Undead limit? ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ They’re telling the Necromancer to just die?
-That rat bastard’s calling for a pincer attack, but the Spirit Ghost is about to smash his skull in?
While viewers chattered among themselves.
The countdown to begin the second-floor stage started.
[The territorial claiming game begins in 5 seconds. 5. 4. 3.]
And the moment the numbers finished counting.
“Die! —Die!”
The two-legged rat leveled a steampunk-designed firearm at me, about to pull the trigger.
In that instant, the Experimental Jiangshi No. 1 was already positioning itself between the gun’s muzzle and me.
Bang!
Something exploded, but it didn’t pierce through the Experimental Jiangshi No. 1’s body. Simultaneously, the Experimental Jiangshi No. 1 deployed the Spirit Ghost Shadow Step and rushed forward.
Truly ghostlike speed!
“Help! —Help…….”
Crack!
He was shrieking loudly when his neck snapped, and Rui fell dead.
Well.
It was my Jiangshi, which I controlled directly and could even use Martial Arts with—it was only natural.
A mere gunslinger rat was far too weak to stand against it.
“Walking corpse.”
The moment I used the skill, the dead rat rose to his feet, his neck swaying limply back and forth.
That’s one enemy down, and one ally added to my forces!
-You…… asked me to smash his skull in, but…… that was way too fast, Teacher.
-If you move the lesson this quickly, we can’t keep up with you!
The viewers cried out in protest, but I didn’t answer.
I’m busy right now!
I shifted my gaze to survey the other participants.
The Lizardman, the Elf, a bald Orc, a bearded Dwarf, and some crustacean-like woman whose race I couldn’t place.
I could see them staring at me in stunned silence.
“Surprised, are we?”
I posed a question to them. But they all remained silent, simply watching me.
Hmm. In times like this…… I should do as I learned in my previous life.
I smiled faintly and spoke to them.
“I have an offer you can’t refuse. Surrender this place quietly and I won’t kill you—step back from your position. Otherwise, would you rather die and become a corpse?”
-This man’s got such audacity…….
-Insane.
And the moment my words ended.
The remaining five rushed at me all at once.
Ah… well, well.
How tedious they all are. I offered them a path to live, and yet they choose death instead.
Amitabha Buddha. It seems I must open my ledger of karma today.

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