The Martial God Becomes a Necromancer and Conquers the Tower - Chapter 8

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Episode 8
8
‘I should ask Master for more instruction on the Permutation and Transformation techniques….’
Lost in such thoughts, Park Gang-chan was taking a sip of low-alcohol wine when
a message appeared.
[An Awakener has emerged who has completely cleared the Tutorial trials for the first time.]
[The Awakener in question is a citizen of Korea.]
[Rewards for all Tutorial-progressing Awakeners in Korea will be permanently upgraded by one tier.]
“Pfft!”
Wine sprayed across the table.
“What the—!?”
“Tutorial first clear?”
“Kim, team lead! Find me the details right now!”
Shouts erupted from every direction.
Park Gang-chan’s mind shifted into overdrive instantly.
‘Complete clear? That only triggers when you completely process everything on that floor. But the Tutorial is clearable? A Korean newcomer? That impressive already?’
Park Gang-chan himself had cleared the seventh floor, but died on the eighth.
That alone had earned him Super Rookie status, and by now he’d become a top-tier Ranker, easily within Korea’s top hundred.
Then it happened.
“Team Lead. Take a look at this.”
Park Gang-chan’s manager, Shin A-rim, approached and handed him her phone.
“Is this about the current situation?”
“Yes. You need to see this, sir.”
“I should look, sure, but that tone of yours suggests something more. What’s so—wait. What is this?”
It was a video from a fairly famous GodTube content creator.
Someone called Dimensional Glasses who primarily uploaded deep reviews of Dimensional Tower Awakeners, or comedy content—a GodTuber of considerable reputation.
Quite popular, and since GodTube itself operated under the Dimensional Tower’s translation system, the creator had amassed a staggering 7.6 million subscribers, making them a major GodTuber.
Evidence that both Koreans and foreigners alike were subscribed.
And that Dimensional Glasses had uploaded this video… but there was a very familiar face in it that posed a problem.
“Why is Master appearing here?”
Park Gang-chan.
One of twelve team leads in the Dimensional Tower Strategy Department of Woongryeok, one of Korea’s ten largest conglomerates.
Woongryeok’s Dimensional Tower Strategy Department was directly under the chairman’s authority—it answered to no one but the chairman himself.
The department head of Woongryeok was the chairman’s granddaughter, who herself was among the highest-tier Ranker Awakeners.
In other words, Park Gang-chan was a quite successful Awakener in Korea.
It was no accident that he ranked within Korea’s top hundred.
The martial arts school that Park Gang-chan attended, calling the master “Master,” was actually a famous place among those in the know.
That Park Gang-chan respected such a master? That he couldn’t win in unarmed combat against them? That even though he could use some of the Dimensional Tower’s power as a Ranker, this was possible?
Such was the reputation of Lee Mu-seon’s Martial Arts School.
But then.
Why was Master appearing in this?
“Director Lee Mu-seon has Awakened. And he has become the first to completely clear the Tutorial.”
“Seriously….”
The video.
It was footage of Lee Mu-seon progressing through the Tutorial.
Video of him manipulating Undead Walking Corpses and employing Martial Arts.
Park Gang-chan stared in disbelief at footage that defied comprehension even when witnessed firsthand.
“I know awakening is possible even later in life… but this is….”
“What troubles you, sir?”
“Well, you know his skill. You know it, A-rim. So why… why Necromancer?”
Park Gang-chan watched the video intently, then powered off the phone.
“We’re heading to the school immediately. We can’t let anyone else claim Master.”
“Let’s move at once. I’ll report to the president.”
“Roger. That’s what I like about you, A-rim. You’re sharp!”
As the two of them sprang into action,
the world grew deafening with noise.
And why wouldn’t it? A human who had achieved the first complete Tutorial clear had appeared, and the rewards were terrifying—it was only natural that chaos would erupt.
Lee Mu-seon, who called himself the Spirit Sovereign.
Who was this man?
Intelligence networks across the world began to activate.
Of course.
Korea, being my home ground, would be the first to uncover it.
And faster still.
These were people who’d learned martial arts under me from the start.
* * *
“This is actually real.”
The undead gift from the Dimensional Tower—a Walking Corpse—is exactly what its name suggests. It’s a corpse that walks around, attacks people, that sort of thing.
You could call it a lesser version of a zombie?
And there it stands, right in front of me now.
“Guuuhhh.”
They say a Walking Corpse’s motor abilities are inferior to what it had in life, yet still stronger than any living human.
The reason was simple.
First, it feels no pain, and it never tires.
Which means it can always operate at full power.
An ordinary human who exerts their muscles at full capacity will exhaust themselves in moments.
Take sprinting a hundred meters at top speed, for instance.
After just ten seconds, a normal person is gasping for breath.
Maintaining a full-power sprint for ten minutes is nearly impossible.
But this creature is undead, so it could sprint at full power for an hour without issue.
Well… the body would take damage and deteriorate, but if I infuse it with Spirit Power to reinforce it, that might not be a problem either.
“Anyway… is my Level really 1 now?”
I tore my gaze from the Walking Corpse and looked at my status window.
Name: Lee Mu-seon
Job: Necron Emperor
Level: 1
Skills: Corpse Manipulation / Sub-tier Undead Subdimension / Spirit Power Arrow / Spirit Power Operation / Corpse Lord’s Dignity
Sparse.
There are no numerical stats like mana or stamina like you see in web novels. From what I heard, as you raise your level, your job’s abilities grow automatically.
Is that why the system window is so bare-bones?
Hmm.
Lost in such thoughts, I bit into the chicken I’d reheated. Sure enough, it had gone cold and reheating it only made the taste off.
Maybe I should just order fresh.
Tap-tap-tap!
“Teacher! Are you in? Teacher! Open the door!”
Along with the sound of knocking came the voice of Park Gang-chan, one of my students.
“What’s this? Didn’t you say you were going to a party?”
As I opened the door and asked, Park Gang-chan stood before me in a sharp suit. Behind him was Shin A-rim.
Shin A-rim, well, she always dressed formally, so there was nothing surprising about her; but Park Gang-chan had his hair styled too—he’d clearly gone all out trying to impress.
“Teacher! This is you, right?”
Park Gang-chan thrust his phone at me.
Oh boy. This guy.
He came here because of this?
“Huh? You’ve seen it? Well, I suppose so. Things did get pretty wild this time around.”
The internet right now was positively ablaze with talk of me.
I myself enjoy watching GodTube and browsing the Dimensional Tower Community in my spare time.
So I’m well aware of the situation.
A Super Rookie has emerged—that’s the gist of it.
I mean, if you’re the first person to clear the Tutorial completely, you’re obviously going to be a major new prospect.
“Just as I thought, it’s you, Teacher! Teacher! Our company is wonderful! If you come to our company….”
“Director. Shall we step inside first?”
Shin A-rim spoke up quickly. Yeah, this is no way to conduct business at a doorway.
“Come in.”
I ushered both of them inside.
“What the—!?”
Park Gang-chan gasped in shock.
Well, who could blame him.
“Guuuhhh.”
With a Walking Corpse standing right there, how could anyone not be startled.
Right.
This is awkward.
I didn’t mean to startle you like that. A laugh.
Though I have to admit—I wanted to see that look of surprise.
“Master! Is this it? That Mythic-grade Reward!”
“That’s right. The Mythic-grade Reward lets me bring one Undead into reality now.”
“Wow, I mean… this is going to cause a stir. There’s no limit on this, right?”
“Correct.”
“Insane… so you could even bring out a Death Knight?”
“No way to know. I don’t have one yet.”
Truthfully, I’d rather have an Asura Blood Jiangshi than a Death Knight. Or a Spirit Sovereign Jiangshi.
Given that I was a martial god in my past life, I suppose I have a weakness for jiangshi.
Come to think of it… who’s stronger between a Death Knight and a Spirit Sovereign Jiangshi?
A Spirit Sovereign Jiangshi is what they call a Flying Jiangshi—one with the ability to soar through the heavens.
Of course, it has Weapon Immunity as its foundation, and its spirit power has crystallized into Rigid Energy, making it a Ghostly Being even the mightiest masters of the Fire Realm would need to stake their lives to barely defeat.
That Spirit Sovereign Devil—how insufferably he bragged about having just one Spirit Sovereign Jiangshi.
And then when his Spirit Sovereign Jiangshi was shattered in my hands, the way he wailed and sobbed….
“Master! Sign with us right now! Our company will take great care of you!”
Park Gang-chan—this guy’s still impatient as ever.
Which is why he keeps relying on that Telephone Punch and getting beaten senseless for it.
“I can’t sign anything without hearing the terms first.”
There’s an order to these things.
How can you make a contract without even knowing what you’re agreeing to?
“Oh! But I’m your top disciple! You don’t trust me!?”
“I wouldn’t exactly call you my top disciple….”
Honestly—someone who still does nothing but Telephone Punch doesn’t quite deserve that title.
At my expression, Park Gang-chan’s face fell like he’d lost a kingdom.
“Master. You’ve hurt me.”
“Yes, yes. Very wounded. But Shin A-rim—”
“Yes, Director.”
“Since we know each other anyway, I’d appreciate it if you’d bring me the company’s terms. Gang-chan here isn’t exactly trustworthy with this sort of thing….”
“Aw man, that’s so harsh, Master!”
Park Gang-chan was whining from the side, but I ignored him.
Ding-dong, ding-dong.
Then came the doorbell.
Who’s coming by at this hour of the night?
“Excuse me for a moment.”
I excused myself and went to the door to see who it was.
“Master. You’ve finally Awakened. Congratulations.”
Another Awakener who trained at my martial arts school.
Yu Hye-yeon had appeared.

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