The Martial God Becomes a Necromancer and Conquers the Tower - Chapter 3

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Episode 3
Episode 3
I was waiting for the bastard to arrive when he jumped right in front of me.
Sigh. Park Gangcheon’s got no sense, and neither does this one.
Doesn’t look like he knows what Byeon Cho is.
Everyone just uses the Telephone Punch.
I twisted my body slightly to slip the attack and extended my hand.
Crack!
I backhanded that rat-faced bastard’s cheek hard while he hung suspended in the air.
His body spun like a top and crashed to the ground.
I’m built solid, and I’ve trained in External Martial Arts my whole life.
The rat’s body whirled through the air before dropping.
Thump.
That’s the sound it made.
He was trembling — looked like he’d lost consciousness.
-Holy shit!!!!! You won with just a slap?
I chuckled at the viewer’s reaction and approached the rat.
Somehow the bastard hadn’t died.
I picked up the shoddy Short Sword he’d dropped.
From the broadcasts I’d seen before, if you acquire a monster’s weapon and then kill it, you can use that weapon afterwards.
Now that I’ve got a Short Sword, there’s only one thing left to do.
Kill it.
Crack.
I stomped its neck and snapped it dead.
-Damn. That’s what I call a real man… Hey. Who exactly were you before all this?
A sloth in this life, a war god in my past one.
If I answered like that, what would they gripe about next — that I’m ruining my character concept?
* * *
Park Il-chim, a nickname of someone who enjoyed breaking the mental fortitude of newbie Awakeners during his spare time by watching them climb the tower.
Though he had his real name, he always went by Park Il-chim on GodTube and GodTube-related communities, and today he was drifting about like a phantom, hungry to shatter yet another newbie’s spirit.
And then.
A new newbie appeared, and he settled in to watch.
But.
Instead of breaking their mental state, he found himself in awe.
The first thing he saw:
The newbie threw something white at the charging monster rat, and it pierced the creature’s eye with perfect accuracy.
What kind of incredible technique was that! He was genuinely shocked.
-What, what!? How did they do that?
Of course, that was the only way to react.
And what came next was nothing short of astonishment.
A single sharp slap sent the rat’s body spinning through the air before it crashed to the ground.
For a moment, Park Il-chim thought he’d misread what he was seeing.
Was it even possible for something to spin like that?
And the finishing blow was snapping its neck by stomping on it — all while their face remained utterly unmoved.
As if they’d repeated this same sequence countless times before.
A practiced hand.
Shiver.
The goosebumps came naturally.
“Damn… chills….”
So he typed in the chat like this:
-Damn. That’s what I call a real man… Hey. Who exactly were you before all this?
A viewer with an inconsistent tone!
Yes, he was shocked.
A Necromancer, of all things. Just casually slaughtering monsters with bare hands.
Wait… is this actually a Necromancer?
Why is the Undead standing beside them like a decorative screen if they’re really a Necromancer?
“No, I can’t be the only one seeing this.”
He promptly cut and edited the footage he’d been recording (for laughing material later) and started posting it to every forum he knew.
And if there was one most famous place, it had to be the Tower Climbing Gallery.
So he posted it there.
[A god-tier newbie Necromancer who doesn’t use Undead and just catches monsters barehanded? Ever seen one?]
And it was inevitable that Park Il-chim and other spectral denizens of various online communities would see it.
* * *
The third one to emerge was a rat warrior.
Long Sword and Shield. And it wore a Helmet and Armor too.
Unlike the one before, it didn’t rush at me clumsily like a maniac—it crept forward with its Shield raised.
But.
Being a rat, it seemed nothing had changed.
The timing of its sword thrust was still pure Telephone Punch.
So brutally honest and slow that I nearly yawned.
I sidestepped easily enough.
Struck the sword hand, knocked the blade free, and that was that.
A rat could do little but bite and scratch—it was no match for me.
One low kick snapped its neck.
Before the corpse dissolved into light, I managed to snatch up the Shield and Long Sword in one smooth motion.
Acquired Long Sword and Shield!
Armed with Shield and Long Sword, I tossed the Short Sword to the ground.
-No way! Why’s the Necromancer fighting like that? Is the Undead just decorative?
The first viewer who’d come in said something, but I ignored them.
Ah, let me indulge myself in a little past-life nostalgia here.
Sure, that viewer probably thinks I’m insane.
But there’s a deeper reason for all this, you see.
In my past life, I was a Martial God!
That said, it does feel good to have a real life-or-death match like this after so long.
The enemies just lack any bite to them.
It’s like the thrill dies the moment it starts.
They’re too weak for anything else.
While I was thinking that, the fourth appeared—a rat spearman.
And this time, three of them came bounding out.
Oh. Now this might be worth my while?
That’s what I was thinking.
-Is this where the manly Necromancer is?
-What the hell? Still keeping the Undead as a stage prop?
-ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ This gimmick is seriously schizophrenic ㅋㅋㅋㅋ
New viewers poured in.
“Huh? What’s going on?”
-What do you mean what’s going on?
“Just wondering how you all found out about this, that’s all.”
GodTube, remarkably, even had universal translation, so foreigners could watch too.
But since thousands of new Awakeners appeared every day, watching such a broadcast was relatively rare.
One or two might be coincidence.
But three showing up at once? That was suspicious.
-Someone posted that your stream is fun.
-That’s me!
-Good work ㅋ
-So why are you doing close-range combat if you’re a Necromancer?
-Well! Let’s respect people’s tastes!
-Sounds like pretty sketchy taste if you ask me.
-But wait—how many is this now, and you’ve got three spearmen coming out?
-This is the fourth encounter.
-Three spearmen though? That’s crazy;;;;
-Maybe the difficulty’s scaled up here, think we’re gonna watch you die next time?
Ah. So someone had promoted it. That meant a few more people could trickle in, I figured—and then.
Viewers flooded in all at once.
The concurrent viewer count had already hit eighty-two.
This is something.
Is a Necromancer pummeling monsters barehanded really that fascinating?
The world’s full of all kinds of oddities.
From those strange Awakener videos I’ve seen before—there’s one doing a mukbang in front of monsters, another shoving spicy instant noodles into a monster’s mouth, some guy walking in with booze and casting Yoga Fire.
Humanity in all its bizarre variety.
Compared to those bastards, I’m nothing but an ordinary person.
Even if I was a martial god in my past life, it doesn’t mean I think outside the bounds of common sense and reason the way they do.
[Battle commences.]
“In any case, it’s nice to meet you. But let’s end the conversation here.”
Three rat-creatures wielding Long Spears came charging forward.
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“Isn’t this the fourth wave with spear-wielders? Isn’t that crossing the line?”
Park Il-chim muttered while watching the rat-creature Long Spear soldiers.
That was right.
Creatures with extended reach weren’t supposed to appear until the sixth wave.
That’s how the infamous Nolbeord had done it.
Even though rats were a weaker species than Nolbeord, three of them coming out with decent equipment?
How was anyone supposed to win this?
Of course, Awakeners each had their own Job Class and possessed Skills.
But Awakeners without combat experience could die before using their Skills more than a few times.
As someone who’d watched countless videos over a long time, Park Il-chim thought the only way to win in this situation was Hit and Run.
Using long-range attack Skills while running away!
It was crude, but effective!
In fact, quite a few people had broken through that way.
The standard tactic for wizard-class Jobs was to fire things like Magical Power arrows while fleeing and still manage to win.
There was even a running joke that wizards had to be good at running.
Of course, Necromancers had it easier. If you used those Undead to immobilize the spears, you could win.
Since they’re corpses, a little piercing doesn’t kill them, right?
If you deliberately let yourself get stabbed and then grab the spear and hold on, the rat-creatures would lose their weapon.
In fact, that was the standard tactic Necromancers used to clear the Tutorial.
Though he’d been shown pummeling rat-creatures barehanded so far, this time he’d actively use Undead, wouldn’t he?—that was Park Il-chim’s thinking.
And that thought proved correct.
Correct, but… something felt off.
[Three Star Fist Formation unfolds.]
Park Il-chim couldn’t hold back any longer.
-Master, why are the Undead deploying a martial formation?
* * *
“Huh. This actually gets implemented in the system? That’s pretty fun.”
Three Star Fist Formation.
A martial formation deployed by three fist masters.
There are two types of formations: Martial Formations and Boundary Formations.
Martial Formations are those deployed by people working together, like the Tai Chi Sword Formation of the Mudang Sect or the 108 Arhat Formation of the Shaolin Temple.
Boundary Formations refer to formations installed on terrain and geographical features, like the Eight Gate Golden Lock Formation or the Eight Trigram Confusion Formation.
They might summon mist, suppress the mind of one caught in the formation, or even be used during Martial Cultivation.
Martial Formations, by contrast, work by having the martial artists who comprise the formation complement each other’s energies and enhance the martial prowess of those who deploy it.
But the downside is that the harmony has to be perfect, so it takes a long time of training together before you can actually use it.
So I figured I’d test it.
I wanted to see if I could deploy a Martial Formation by controlling Undead.
Actually… even with three rat-creatures wielding spears, they’re not that difficult an opponent.
Throw a Short Sword—one kill.
When the second one thrusts with its spear, block it with a Shield.
When the third rat-creature comes at me with its spear, I just smack it aside with my blade and push forward, then drive it home.
These things aren’t exactly master spear-wielders. Why would it be difficult?
Besides, I’ve warmed up my body already.
This time I thought I’d experiment a bit with my Necromancer abilities… so I issued orders to the Undead.
I wanted to know how far these ‘walking corpses’ I control could go.
And the result.
I learned that if I control them with my Spirit, they can use Martial Techniques.
Astounding.
This actually works?
So while I was at it, I had them deploy the Martial Formation that fist masters use….
And this.
The system actually implements the effect?
That’s incredibly novel.
And as a result.
“Grraaahhh!”
“Grrrrrhhh!”
“Kaaaahhh!”
The walking corpse traced circles with both arms, deflecting the spear thrusting toward it.
A move from the Tai Chi Fist.
I watch it with my own eyes, and still I’m amazed.
The Undead walking corpse that had just thrust the spear now extends both fists methodically, wrenching the jaws of the rat creatures right off their skulls.
Thwack! Crunch! Crack!
The corpse’s hands are soaked in blood from the helmet, but—it’s a corpse, after all.
No pain, and it doesn’t know pain.
No Internal Energy, though.
But the form is flawless.
Because I’m controlling it through my Spirit.
That’s not all.
I can see that its attack and defense have increased thanks to the system’s effects.
Wow… this is really impressive and fascinating, isn’t it?
And these things—
they use Martial Techniques properly.
Though it’s not that I’m directing every detail so much as… it feels like they’re recreating the Martial Techniques that live in my subconscious?
Auto? Automatic? Is that what you’d call it?
This is interesting.
I wish these things could use Internal Energy too.
Is there any way to make the walking corpses use Internal Energy?
Then it suddenly occurred to me.
Spirit Power Management.
What if I tried using that on the Undead?
Would something happen?

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