The Regressed Necromancer Prepares for the Apocalypse - Chapter 29

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The Regressed Necromancer Prepares for the Apocalypse — Episode 29

Click-click-click.
A sound only Do Jin could hear, lost to all other players.
The sound of Mana itself.
Like gears interlocking and turning, the Mana of the Chariot created by the system and the Mana Do Jin had poured in through Servant Armament collided with nothing, settling into place, moving as one — that was the sound.
The Chariot and Skeletal Horse, which had taken blow after blow throughout the Quest and cracked and broken down to the brink of failure, were restored in an instant by the skeleton’s bone and the verdant Mana.
With a shockwave that threatened to split the ears, they surged forward at once.

— ……Good heavens! Everyone, look at that! The Seo Hae-won Team’s Chariot suddenly accelerated!
— This is impossible! To my knowledge, that speed shouldn’t be attainable…… It’s more than double the Chariot’s top speed limit!

Uuuuuooooooow!!!!!
The roar of spectators erupting as though they might leave their seats.
Hearing that sound, Player Jin Nam-su clenched his teeth.
Though players from the Kingdom of Gambling were subtly looked down upon, Jin Nam-su was a seasoned veteran himself.
So the moment he saw the Seo Hae-won Team’s Chariot transform in an unforeseen way, he began driving his own Chariot at maximum speed.

‘If things go on like this, the Quest Clear will be stolen from me!’

Unprecedented damage across the board.
His allies’ wounds were severe. They would recover the instant they logged out of the Arena, but the shattered equipment would never be repaired.
No…… if they’d taken that much damage, they’d need a period of rest to settle their nerves for some time to come.
The Bandit Team was locked into forced leave whether they liked it or not.
So they had to secure those 100 Mana Stones here, no matter what!
That’s why he’d abandoned everything and raced toward the finish line with everything on the line——
But what was this roaring sound coming from behind?!

“Damn! Is it a rocket?!”

He’d clearly opened up a lead of over 200 meters!
How was it catching up in a single instant?!
Jin Nam-su exploded with frustration and drew his weapon. The weapon he chose was an Axe.

‘I’ve already put distance between us. Close combat is the only way to settle this!’

Looking, both the Charioteer and the player’s face had changed.
The small girl who’d been standing as the Charioteer at first didn’t seem to have any combat power worth mentioning.
The male player who’d blocked and eliminated other competitors seemed to be the team’s main force, but seeing him holding the reins meant his situation was similar to Jin Nam-su’s own.
It meant he couldn’t concentrate his full focus on combat!

Hah!

Jin Nam-su was currently a D-rank Player at Lv. 45. His Class was Warrior.
He threw a preemptive strike, leveraging his Monstrous Strength and Axe Technique to their fullest.
His target: Do Jin’s head!

‘He won’t die anyway!’

So it was better to seize the initiative and aim for the spot that would land the most certain blow and end it there.
An act that would earn him a first-class murderer’s mark in reality, but inside the Arena it was fair game.
Log out and it’s over.
A thought severe enough on its own, but the real problem for Jin Nam-su was something else entirely.
Clang!

“Damn it!!”

It was meant to be a decisive blow, carefully aimed.
But this pale-faced gentleman had blocked it with one arm.
What on earth is he wearing under that suit? Is that armor?!

‘I can’t fall behind like this!’

Jin Nam-su now drove the chariot to the side with a fierce momentum, swinging his axe in wide arcs.
In an instant, the chariot race had transformed into an ancient chariot battle.
But no one in the Arena complained.

– Ooh! The sparks are flying! The finish line is now just 1,000 meters away!

* * *

“When does this end?!”

To be clear, Hae-won is a Mage. Close combat is naturally her weakness.
And now, moving at a speed incomparable to anything before, the constant jolting and shaking from the opponent’s axe strikes on the racing chariot——
She was getting dizzy.
She was moments away from vomiting in front of all these people.
Her dignity and pride as a young woman were under threat.
Just a moment ago she’d pushed her voice out as if prepared to face death itself, and nearly brought something up from her throat.

‘I hardly ate anything!’

The fact that only gastric juices were rising made her even more frustrated.
Listening to the announcer’s delighted commentary in the meantime only made her stomach churn worse.

– Ladies and gentlemen, look at this! Isn’t this a spectacle you can only witness in the Kingdom of Gambling?
– I quite agree. To enjoy both racing and combat simultaneously!

Apparently, the other Players around them had decided to overlook the chariot’s recent transformation.
True, high-speed combat. A fight atop a racing chariot.
Even Hae-won herself would have watched with wide eyes and total focus.
But experiencing it firsthand as the one being thrown around——

‘Just let it end quickly!’

If that could just happen, she felt capable of anything.
About ninety percent of that was genuine sentiment.
And that sincerity seemed to reach Do Jin to some degree.

“Got it, Hae-won.”

At the same moment, the jolting grew even more violent.

“I’ll finish this fast!”
“……!”

Hae-won couldn’t open her mouth anymore.
With one hand gripping the chariot’s handlebar and the other clamped over her mouth, she had no choice.

* * *

‘I need to hurry.’

The finish line was within sight, and young Hae-won’s condition was deteriorating.

‘If I actually make her throw up, I’ll be resented for it long after this is over.’

Do Jin focused on distributing his Mana. Maintaining the chariot and Skeletal Horse connected through Servant Armament, his own Armor. And——
In his right hand, he gripped a spear formed from a transformed lesser vampire wolf he’d summoned.

– Ooh! A player from the Seo Hae-won Team! It looks like they’re planning to hold the reins in one hand and wield the spear in the other!
– That’s sheer recklessness~ Spears are meant to be wielded with both hands, after all, aren’t they?
– But the whip just turned into a spear! How many items does that player actually have?
– The Chariot transformation and all, but from what I can see, both pieces are at least Grade B, possibly even Grade A.

Whether the commentators and spectators chattered on or not made no difference to Do Jin, who gripped the reins and spear firmly.
He glanced back one last time to confirm that Hae-won had the Robe of Whispers fitted properly and was holding steady on the Chariot.
Clang! Crash!
He blocked the axe hurtling toward his head with an armored arm.
Then he flicked the blade aside and swept the spear in a wide arc.
Jin Nam-su raised his shield just as quickly to meet it.

– Oh! This is unexpected!
– That player has quite the skill with the spear. To manage that with just one arm……
– Honestly, when I saw that axe strike come in, I thought he’d drop the spear for sure!

As the commentators grew more animated.
Jin Nam-su ground his teeth.
He drew up more mana and rained down axe strikes in succession, but……
What if he aimed for the arm holding the spear?
The arm moved faster, and with an almost magical turn of his fingers alone, the spear whirled and flung the axe away.
Then if he threw a dagger from the opposite arm holding the reins?
He’d sweep the long spear in one great circle and flick the dagger back—even straight toward Jin Nam-su’s own throat and shoulder.
When he tried to smash the Chariot to pieces with his axe altogether?
Whatever item had been used, the Chariot was genuinely reinforced.
The axe that Jin Nam-su could normally destroy a Chariot with harmlessly bounced back.
This was the most incomprehensible thing, and it was driving him to madness.

‘A system-generated object changed not just in appearance but in durability too? How does that even make sense?’

But there was no time to complain about it now. He had to bring Do Jin down—fast!

‘Damn! Is it poison? I’ve been feeling dizzy since earlier….’

Never suspecting he’d fallen victim to the vampire wolf’s ability, Jin Nam-su could only lament the extraordinary power of this mysterious item(?) he’d never seen before.

‘The longer this goes on, the worse it gets for me!’

Jin Nam-su glanced ahead.
The finish line was now close enough to see clearly.
Five hundred meters left!
Then Do Jin’s Blood Spear moved—with such raw power and surgical precision that it seemed impossible he wielded it in one hand—targeting Jin Nam-su’s shoulder.

“Ugh…!”

He barely blocked it with his shield.
No, he definitely blocked it…or did he?

“…?!”

The instant Jin Nam-su felt no resistance at all, something went wrong.
Right above the shield, the Blood Spear slipped sideways with cunning precision and drove in from the flank like a viper.
Thunk!

“Gahhh…!”

Though he wore armor, the spear had struck ruthlessly at the connection points the metal didn’t cover—with almost intelligent targeting.
Blood spilled as a result.

“……!”

And again, a dizzying blow to Jin Nam-su’s head.
If he hadn’t gripped the Chariot with his hands, he might have fallen off.

‘What poison could possibly work like this……!’

Unaware of it himself, Jin Nam-su’s health and Mana were being drained along with his blood each time the Blood Spear pierced him.
Had he glanced at his status window in that moment, he would have been horrified.
But the accumulated minor wounds from the Quest and the damage he’d just sustained from Do Jin’s assault were steadily eating away at him.

‘The distance left is……!’

Even as the world spun before his eyes, Jin Nam-su desperately confirmed the finish line’s location.
Three hundred meters ahead!

‘Just a little more, just……!’

Gritting his teeth until blood came, Jin Nam-su wrung out every last ounce of strength and swung his Axe.
Do Jin’s Blood Spear responded as if in answer, moving to meet it.
Then Do Jin’s serene, unreadable face suddenly filled Jin Nam-su’s vision.
What came next was—
His own Axe, shattered to fragments against the Blood Spear.
The Blood Spear then moved like a staff, striking Jin Nam-su with brutal force to knock him clean off the Chariot.

“…….”

He didn’t even have time to scream before his body went flying through the air, before he could fully grasp what had happened.
Like a final regret, the finish line came into his view.
One hundred meters remaining.

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