The Regressed Necromancer Prepares for the Apocalypse - Chapter 16

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A Necromancer Who Regressed Prepares for the End – Episode 16

“…Test Guild.”

After hearing Do Jin’s explanation, Hae Won repeated the guild’s name in an expressionless voice.

“That’s right. Since you’re a minor, you can undergo Player training while continuing your schooling. There’s legislation regarding minor Players.”

And after a pause of two breaths, giving her time to absorb what she’d just heard…

“I have two streaming videos of myself active as a Player in the Arena. Once you look at those and this paperwork, you’ll understand—the Test Guild is an official Player guild created with support from the Han River Group. You know Han River Group, right?”

Do Jin held out the Player Contract Documents before Hae Won’s eyes once more. Her red and blue irises gazed down at them blankly.

…

Do Jin observed her for a moment.
Under normal circumstances, he would have built up more of a reputation as a Player first, waited until the Test Guild gained fame, and then come for her.
But Hae Won’s situation didn’t allow for such leisure.

‘In a week, she’d be sold off to a Player guild run by gangsters because of her father’s debt.’

Before the Regression, when the Main Scenario began, the guild had collapsed, and Hae Won had barely managed to escape that fate.

‘With me here, why should she suffer through all that?’

It was far better to bring her to the Test Guild with its far superior conditions and help her live a proper Player life.
Even now, Hae Won was so worn down by adults that she was mentally exhausted and withdrawn.

‘Which is why getting her signature on the contract so readily was almost absurd.’

That was true. Despite all his prepared explanations, proof videos, and documents, Hae Won had agreed to the contract without hesitation.

“Still, your guild seems like it would be better.”

There was something in that voice—devoid of any trust or expectation toward adults—that struck at his chest.
In any case, the contract had just been finalized moments ago.

“Hey! Seo Young Sik! Get out here now!”

A third voice—unpleasant merely to hear—shook through this small, dilapidated house.

* * *

“…?!”

Do Jin’s gaze snapped toward the front gate. At the same moment, Hae Won’s shoulders tensed.
Her face had gone pale as death.

“…Do you know them?”
…

Hae Won was completely frozen, unable to speak. She only nodded.

‘Damn. Was it already a mess?’

When he thought about it, it wasn’t surprising—gangsters approaching an alcoholic with money from a minor Player like some sort of cash cow was the kind of situation that happened.

‘That’s why I hurried.’

He’d regressed, awakened immediately after, made his debut at the Arena, met his companions, and leveled up.
It felt almost surreal that only four days had passed since the regression.

‘I’d wanted to slip him quietly back to the guild dormitory, but that’s not going to happen.’

Having reached his conclusion, Do Jin turned to Hae Won.

“Go to your room right now, lock the door, and pack your things. Once I’m done here, we’re heading straight to the Test Guild.”
“B-but, I……”

Hae Won’s trembling lips struggled to form words. But the sound wouldn’t come, and she bowed her head instead.

“It’s okay. Remember the explanation I gave you earlier? You’ve already contracted with the Test Guild, and legally, both the guild master and I are your legal guardians. So I’m the one who talks to these adults—understand?”

After soothing her with those gentle words and tucking her away in her room—
Bang!

“Why aren’t these brats answering when we’re calling them…… huh?”

The front door crashed open. Several men’s crude, raucous voices followed right after.

“…… Three of them, I’d say.”

By the time they stormed into the house with their shoes still on, Do Jin himself felt a flicker of surprise.
Not from the breach of etiquette.
But from the faint trace of mana emanating from one of those men.

‘Could it be… Hong Jin Gu?’

He looked at the face again. No mistake. It was Hong Jin Gu.

‘There are no scars on his face now, so he looks ordinary, but…’

Hong Jin Gu. A Player who, like Do Jin himself, had come to prominence during the Main Scenario.
Yet the most distinctive trait about him wasn’t any of that.
A Player from a criminal background.
That was the feature that made Hong Jin Gu most notorious.

‘So he was already Awakened by this point in time.’

Do Jin began calmly recalling his class, his stats, his skills.
Before awakening, he’d been a third-rate hoodlum cycling in and out of prison.
But after becoming a Player, he’d actively leveraged his connections, recruiting criminal-background Players one after another into his fold.

‘By the time the Main Scenario began, he was already a dangerous figure—the master of a major guild.’

True to his criminal roots, he spared no method in pursuit of his aims.
He was fond of using intimidation and kidnapping to forcibly recruit young Players fresh to their Awakening into his guild.
And most crucially—

‘One of the traitors.’

Of course, Hong Jin Gu and the hoodlums before him paid no mind whatsoever to what Do Jin was thinking.

“What’s this? Did that bastard Seo Young Sik borrow money from someone else too?”
“H-hey, boss! Where’d all the people living in this house go?”

Two hoodlums in front were strutting about, directing their words at Do Jin.

‘Just a small-time thug.’

Hong Jin Gu, meanwhile, stood back like an extra in a play, observing the scene before him.
As if weighing how to handle the appearance of an unexpected variable.
To the eye, it looked like the youngest among these rough-mannered seniors, at a loss for what to do.
But to Do Jin—a man who’d seen it all—the true hierarchy between them was clear.

‘He’s been quietly building his power. At least these two, he’s already got in his pocket.’

Do Jin came to his conclusion.

“Hey! Punk! Aren’t you listening?”
“We’re asking where everyone who lived around here went!”

It seemed this trio of street thugs still didn’t know who Do Jin was.

‘Well, that figures.’

When he thought about it, Do Jin had gained notoriety in the Arena, yes.
But his appearance now was vastly different from then.
At his first Arena awakening, he’d logged in wearing shabby clothes and a gaunt frame.
At the second Arena, his clothes were the same, and since they were loose-fitting, the change in his stats didn’t show outwardly.
But now, having received two Overflow Rewards and substantial support from the Test Guild, Do Jin was—

“Oh, you there? Pretty sharp outfit. Who sent you?”
“Look at that, this guy must’ve done some paperwork at another office. A white-collar type like this shows up?”

The stat increases from leveling up had dramatically transformed his physical frame, and those changes had manifested in his real body as well. Do Jin’s appearance had altered considerably.

“Even grew taller. Can’t be helped.”
“What’s this suit monkey muttering about?”
“……!”

Suddenly, one of the large thugs’ bodies lifted into the air.
Immediately after—
Crash! Bang! Thud!

“You bastard!”

The remaining thug’s face twisted in rage as he charged forward. In his grip—
A Kitchen Knife.
Even having watched his partner go down in a single blow, Do Jin’s unassuming frame didn’t look like much of a threat. The thug evidently thought so.
The hooligan rushed forward with savage force, wielding the Kitchen Knife wildly.

But—
Snap!

“……Huh?”

A confused sound escaped the thug’s throat.
Do Jin paid him no mind, gripping the knife-wielder’s arm firmly—
He twisted his body slightly to the side, pulling the man in the direction his own momentum carried him.
The thug lost his footing and fell, and Do Jin seized the opening without hesitation.
Crack!

“Ahhhhh!”

He raised one foot and brought it down hard on the falling thug’s arm.
Completely shattered—beyond any hope of gripping a blade ever again.

Clang!
In the same instant, he kicked the Kitchen Knife that the thug had dropped, sending it skittering out of reach. He made sure no one could grab it.

“…….”
“Ugh… ugh……”

One thug was completely down, out cold.
The other one, the one who’d been swaggering around with the blade, only started to read the room after his arm snapped.
The two remaining Players were the only ones left standing, radiating a chilling aura.

“…….”

Meanwhile, the landlord—a minor—remained barricaded inside his room.

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