Necromancer Survival

off…!”

     There was a sound like air splitting; in the blink of an eye, Koo Kyungman leaped over Seo Dawon’s head.
He held his hands above his head, like he meant to hammer the Mage.
“[Hammer Upper!]”

      Fortunately, Seo Dawon quickly escaped out of the attack’s range; when Koo Kyungman pounded the floor right where he originally was, the attack penetrated the floor and revealed the cement underneath.
If Seo Dawon had been hit by that, his insides may have burst out of his body.

     “You’re still the same with those skills befitting a monkey.” Rather than being intimidated by the broken floor, the Mage continued to provoke his opponent.

     After hearing Seo Dawon’s provocation, Koo Kyungman slowly stood up from his kneeling position, twisting his thin lips.
Clenching his hand in a fist, he drew his thumb across his neck.
“Don’t expect me to kill you as painlessly as I did before.”

    Then, with a murderous expression, he began to roll his shoulders as if he were preparing to throw a baseball.

     The problem was that an unusual air current began to gather and swirl around Koo Kyungman’s fists.
It was black and gave off a nasty smell; as soon as the scent filled the room, Jung Garam, who was standing silently next to me, dragged us back into the secret room and closed the door.

     “Hey, I can’t see anything!”

     The view was limited by the narrowness of the gap; I couldn’t see Seo Dawon properly.

     Instead of answering, Jung Garam took out a dagger and drew a round symbol on the door.
Only when the symbol glowed blue did he look back at me and say, “Is anything going to change because you watched them?”

     “But……”

     “Hyung wouldn’t lose to someone like Kyungman, right? If that happened, I’d be the guildmaster instead.”

     As soon as he spoke, an unparalleled, deafening roar erupted.

     A very dark fog began to fill the room.
Oddly, the smoke that filled the living room did not seep through the cracks into our location.
When the smoke reached the gap, the round symbol engraved onto the door sparked blue; I realized that Jung Garam had set up the symbol to protect me within the secret space.
I wasn’t sure what that fog was…but surely it wouldn’t be good for my health.

     ‘Then, is Seo Dawon okay?’ I was sure he would be fine, but I couldn’t help but feel a tenseness in my heart that would not be relieved.
Continuously, I stared at the gap.
Suddenly, something sounded as if it fell amid the fog; at the same time, the black fog disappeared as if it had been washed away.

     “Seo Dawon…!”

     The scene, after the fog cleared, was shocking.

     Seo Dawon was lying on the floor–eyes closed as if he had lost consciousness.
Koo Kyungman stared down at the Mage with a creepy smile.

     ‘…No way, is he dead?’ Well, Seo Dawon was dead already…so then he must just be unconscious?

     “How the hell did he survive?”

     However, this was not the time to be relieved at Seo Dawon’s state.
Whether dead or not, Seo Dawon was out of commission.
After tapping the Mage with his shoe a few times, Koo Kyungman started walking towards the secret room.

     As soon as he stepped in front of the door, he immediately punched without any hesitation.
The door ripped off its hinges, like a piece of paper tearing away, and landed on the floor with a thud.
Soon Koo Kyungman and I, trembling, faced each other without any obstacles blocking the way.

     Koo Kyungman scoured my ashen complexion and soon strode right in front of me.
“You.
What relationship do you have with Seo Dawon.”

     “……”

     Speechless with fear and despair, I just looked up at him.
The other grinned and grabbed me by the collar, lifting me up easily–enough that my feet dangled above the ground.

     “They always don’t answer when I ask nicely.” With that, Koo Kyungman clenched the hand that wasn’t holding me up into a fist and raised it high.

      I closed my eyes tightly and grit my molars in preparation for imminent pain.
Simultaneously, I felt the air rip apart as if a fist was flying at my side.

     “Arghh!!” Just before the fist reached me, Koo Kyungman screamed and let me go.
I opened my eyes in surprise at the falling sensation.