The Regressed Necromancer Prepares for the Apocalypse - Chapter 11

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The Necromancer Who Returned Prepares for the End — Episode 11

“Temperamental beast, aren’t you!”

Do Jin sidestepped the three-eyed wolf’s charge with the precision of a matador evading an enraged bull. And in that same moment—

“Howwwwwwl!!!”

He drove his spear through the eye wound that had barely begun to heal, tearing it open anew.

“Even for a boss, this thing’s regeneration is ridiculous. I was trying to blind it permanently, but—”

Do Jin adjusted his strategy.
Before obtaining the Heart of Poison, he’d expended considerable mana slaughtering countless gray wolves. So he’d been planning to use his undead to buy time. But now—

‘That’s no longer necessary.’

By absorbing the poisonous miasma the three-eyed wolf was spewing, he’d recovered not just mana, but a fair amount of stamina as well.

‘Then maybe it’s time to test that. After all this time.’

It would also be a decent check of where he stood now.

“Grrrrrr……!”

Reading their master’s intent, the undead fell back from the three-eyed wolf in sequence.
The beast blinked its remaining eye rapidly—the last one still intact, blazing with murderous intent as it fixed on Do Jin.

“Yeah, yeah… You’re getting sick of me targeting your eyes, and with all those little bone-pickers scratching at you from every side. Of course you’re mad. Can’t blame you.”

If Do Jin had one advantage over most, it was his talent for needling an opponent’s patience and his mastery of Mana Control.
The moment their master’s will reached them, the raven skeletons began savagely pecking at the three-eyed wolf’s eyes and forehead.
And the wolf skeletons—

“Growwwwl!!”

Five of them gathered at Do Jin’s side and began tearing into the three-eyed wolf as a pack.
As if to make perfectly clear who was orchestrating every blow.
Blood vessels burst across the three-eyed wolf’s last remaining eye.

“Grrrrr…….”

Even beneath the beast’s feral nature, a flicker of reason persisted—and in the instant anger flashed across the wolf’s gaze toward Do Jin—
Whoosh!
This time, it wasn’t the undead’s blow.
Do Jin, whose Mana Control had been honed to perfection through countless real battles before his regression, had conjured an aura arrow in his bare palm and fired it without a bow—a projectile that streaked across the three-eyed wolf’s face.

“Roooaaarrrrr!!!!!”

Struck again and again at the eyes, the three-eyed wolf could finally endure no more. Like an enraged bull, it hurled itself straight at Do Jin.

“Grrrrroooowww!!!”

The three-eyed wolf was certainly fast and powerful. An ordinary player would have panicked and been overwhelmed in an instant.
But unfortunately for the wolf, Do Jin was no ordinary player.
By now the raven skeletons were clinging to the beast’s face itself, like the eagle that once devoured Prometheus’s liver—the moment the three-eyed wolf’s eyes showed any sign of recovery, they would strike with their hard beaks. And the larger, stronger wolf skeletons each clamped one of the three-eyed wolf’s hind legs, dragging it back. The result: the wolf couldn’t move properly at all.

“Grrrrrrrrr……!”

The low-rank vampire wolf clung to the three-eyed wolf’s neck like a leech.
Meanwhile, the two weaker wolf zombies had clambered onto the three-eyed wolf’s back and were gnawing at it from all sides.
The attacks of the low-rank vampire and zombies weren’t particularly powerful in themselves, but their secondary effects became clearer as time wore on.

The three-eyed wolf’s health and mana are being steadily drained.

The three-eyed wolf has been poisoned by the zombie’s toxin.
Health loss accelerates (–5% per minute).

“So this is why players love commanding servants. It’s really convenient.”

When the three-eyed wolf thrashed about desperately in a frenzy, the wolf undead would tumble off and be trampled, dissolving into nothing — yet.

“Awaken.”

Fortunately, the miasma still flowed from the three-eyed wolf, and Do Jin could continue recovering his mana. Dead monster corpses lay scattered everywhere, ready to be raised as undead.

In other words, he could continuously replenish his servants.
In that circumstance, Do Jin calmly organized his thoughts.

‘Zombies are definitely tougher than skeletons.’

The level-one wolf skeletons he’d awakened during the battle were flung apart and shattered by the three-eyed wolf’s violent thrashing.
By contrast, wolf zombies at the same level could endure two or three times more impact before falling.

‘It’s the difference between having muscle and not having it.’

And even low-rank vampires seemed superior to zombies.
He’d already dissolved and replenished other wolf undead several times over, but the low-rank vampire wolf was proving remarkably tenacious.

‘Maybe I should keep the vampire wolf with me and nurture it as it grows?’

Do Jin reached a quick conclusion and turned his attention back to the battle unfolding before him.
Because they were his servants, neither the low-rank vampire wolf nor the skeletons were affected by the wolf zombies’ miasma. Only the three-eyed wolf was suffering.
Even though that miasma had originated from the three-eyed wolf itself.

“So the poison has already mixed with my mana and transformed into something new…… Excellent!”

He’d observed enough. Do Jin gripped his spear.
He had no intention of leaving everything to his servants alone. He was a Necromancer now, but in the past he’d been a Spear Mage.

“The finishing blow is mine.”

The three-eyed wolf was large and venomous, but ultimately just a grey wolf.
It wasn’t particularly intelligent, nor did it have multiple hearts. Its physical structure and organs weren’t significantly different from real animals.
In the end, it would die if its neck was severed, its heart pierced, or its skull crushed.
Among those options, what method could an E-rank hunter like Do Jin actually employ?

‘Pierce its heart.’

Of course, that was no simple task. The dungeon boss, the three-eyed wolf, was massive to begin with — not quite bus-sized, but larger than a medium-sized truck.
Naturally, the muscle and bone surrounding its heart were thick and sturdy. For an E-rank hunter with depleted mana, and wielding a spear already dulled from repeated use, the task was far from trivial.
But Do Jin was ready.

“Rrraaaaahhhhh!!!”

Whoosh—
Thud! Crack!
Perhaps sensing the threat through some primal monster instinct, the three-eyed wolf stopped paying attention to the undead hanging from its body.
Now it charged straight at Do Jin!

“Ha! It caught my scent?”

But it was far too late to reach him.
Instead—
Shrieeeeek—!
A sound rang out, strange and clear as steel striking glass, as Do Jin’s mana surged forth.
No.
It was Death Aura.
Far thicker and heavier than any killing intent a warrior or beast could muster.
It was death itself.
A will of death purer than any refined mana—one that existed solely to cast death upon its target.

“…!”

That power, fused with his spear, resembled nothing so much as a massive cavalry lance.
And Do Jin, wielding that mana spear, shot forward like a cannon!
Within the encirclement of undead, obedient to their master’s will and herding their prey, the three-eyed wolf—unaware it had walked into a trap—felt death aimed at its heart!
Shwiiiiing—
Had he been alone, Do Jin likely would have missed the three-eyed wolf’s heart.
But his body, hurtling forward alongside the mana spear like a hammer throw, adjusted course smoothly through the air.
Arcing downward from his initial trajectory, Do Jin kicked off the ground as he passed—
Crack!

“—ROOOAAARRR!!!!!!”

Unable to stop its momentum, the three-eyed wolf watched as the mana spear plunged into its heart, passing just over its own head.

“Gr… grrraaagh…!”

The pained howl gradually faded.
And even as it did, a violent aura tore through the three-eyed wolf’s heart, shredding it to pieces.

“…!”

The boss’s massive body crashed to the ground. His first boss hunt since Regression.

Hidden Quest Complete.
Three-Eyed Wolf slain confirmed.

Remarkable Achievement!
You have become the first in the world to clear the Under Arena, and have additionally achieved Overflow and Hidden Quest completion.
Rewards have been granted.

Rewards confirmed.
1. Under Arena World First Clear Bonus Reward: Servant Armament (C-Rank) (Title effect applied)
2. Under Arena World First Overflow Reward: Obtained Title “Challenger”
3. Hidden Quest Clear Reward: Hidden System Shop and Hidden System Inventory unlocked

“Now I see why people clear arenas for the sheer thrill of it.”

Description: Active-type skill. Fuses the skill owner’s servant with equipped gear. By completely linking the mana of the player, equipment, and servant, the power can be amplified.
Mana Cost: 10 / per use
Duration: 5 minutes