Necromancer Survival

pears instead of their usual bladed wheelhouse.
[I] thought I knew all of the talented Users, but his was a new face to [me].

    And, there was one thing he said that unsettled me.
What do you mean by Seo Dawon’s side? No way…Are you saying that I’m not the only one being attacked but all the other guild members are also being ambushed?

    “Let’s wrap things up quickly here and join them.”

    “Shall we? Well, I don’t think there’s a particular need to stall….”

     The two of them, to [my] disgust, talked nonchalantly, as if they could care less where [I]’ve [stealthed] myself.
They acted as if [I] were already a corpse.

     “Jisoo noonim went in before me.” 1

     When familiar names were mentioned in their conversation, [I] became more shocked than angry.

     ….Jisoo nunim? Don’t tell me…Lim Jisoo?

     [I] swallowed the bile rising from [my] throat and opened [my] system to send an emergency message–[I] needed to inform the others quickly!

     However, as soon as the status window loaded with the messaging app, the unknown Warrior suddenly flung the spear in his hand.

     Though [I] was sure the spear was flung in a completely random direction, the spear suddenly turned sharply and flew towards [me].
Though the [stealth] effect had not been released, the point was aimed directly at [my] neck.
[I] had no choice but to endure the pain and roll on the floor.

    When the spear hit the wall, the Warrior gestured with his hand.
Like a boomerang, his weapon returned to his hand.

     As soon as his fingers grasped at the spear’s shaft, he threw it again.
No matter how off his aim was, the spear always turned sharply in the air and quickly rained down upon [my] location.

     Fucker.
What kind of item can penetrate through [my] [stealth]?

     Eventually, [I] decided it was pointless to keep hidden and lifted the skill.

     “Wow, it’s been said that it’s rare to see Red Lotus Jung Garam’s bare face…I’m so lucky,” the Warrior drawled.

     Instead of responding to that smirking face, [I] threw my dagger at him.

     However, he lightly grabbed the dagger when the blade was inches from his nose.
As a show of strength, he crumpled the A-class item–smelt using dragon scales–like paper and threw it at his feet.

     [I] spat blood mixed with spit and shouted towards Bae Jaemin standing so relaxed behind that ignorant Warrior bastard, “Bae Jaemin, you son of a bitch! Are you joining hands with Lim Jisoo?”

     Instead of answering, Bae Jaemin lifted his [Divine Staff].
Sacred light filled the trap room.

     As soon as the blinding light exploded from his weapon, [I] turned my head.
As expected, the two seemed to have been waiting for a gap in [my] vision–tingling pain erupted from my cheek as a spear passed through and grazed the skin there.
[I] could hear a crashing sound as the spear embedded itself in the wall behind me.
If [I] hadn’t turned right at that moment, [my] head would have also been pierced through and staked to the wall.

     This isn’t good.

     For the first time, [I] felt that [I] could die.
Furthermore, [I] might die while being mocked by Bae Jaemin, whom I had always despised.

     Of course, Dawon hyung may come to my rescue with the other guild members, but Bae Jaemin had planned this betrayal for a long time and had even garnered Lim Jisoo’s help.
They may not be able to deal with their ambush quickly.

Beep.
Beep.
Beep.

     In the distance, I could dimly hear the sound of the Golem’s self-destruction countdown.

     Kyung-sik’s golem probably blew up.
The noise was ominous because [I] couldn’t tell whether the cause was a monster from the Dungeon or Lim Jisoo’s machinations.
Lee Kyung-sik would be lucky to not become luggage; as an Alchemist, he had no means of attack after the golem disappeared.

     So, I desperately needed to return to them.

     “It seems you have enough free time to think about other things?”Said the arrogant spear-bearer.
He constantly interrupted [my] efforts to get at Bae Jaemin; [I] had already received a huge blow and was on the verge of collapse.

      What should [I] do?

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      The more time wasted here, the more disadvantageous it would be for both [me] and the other guild members.

TN: Early updates because I’m traveling this week so I’m spending today on a plane!

Footnotes

Nunim is basically a respectful way to say noona.
It’s a mishmash of the word Nuna/noona and the suffix -nim.
I choose not to translate these out to English because I feel that indexical phrases like these really showcase the particulars of relationships and personality.