The Boundless Necromancer

e you didn't have any aptitudes, you couldn't acquire even a single skill even if you risked everything and trained.

Despite losing my entire family, there was nothing I could do.

I lived in such a world.

I survived 7 years in such a world.

I finally began to see the light in such a world

So…

Just because the world was a little more twisted didn't mean it was declining.

In the end, I always knew the kind that survived in such a turbulent world.

Survival of the fittest.

Those who couldn't adapt to the new world were slaughtered.

And those who adapted to the new world… ruled as top predators.

“…”

Recalling that fact calmly, I thought of Namgung Hyuk, who appeared in Shinjuku, Tokyo.

I was just confused and scared right now, but I decided to consider that I'd be able to get over it soon.

Just like when I was summoned to the Tower in the past.

Now, it was time for me to adapt again.

 

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Upon arriving at the Seoul Hunter Association, I immediately contacted Lee Hayeon.

Under the current circumstances of the challengers’ summons, she was also included in the call.

As a result, she was also in the Seoul Hunter Association in advance, so she came to pick me up.

Lee Hayeon, who ran to the entrance of the Seoul Hunter Association, saw me and ran up to me with a smile, but…

“…Sungyeun-ssi, what's that outfit?”

Soon after, she looked at the clothes I was wearing and asked a question as though she couldn't understand them.

“We don't have much time, so let's talk while going in.”

Lee Hayeon immediately asked for an answer while guiding me to the inside of the Hunter Association, and I responded briefly.

“It's a useful piece of equipment that I recently acquired from the Tower.”

“No, I'm asking why you're wearing it…”

“I heard that the gathering order for challengers has been dropped, but isn't it because they wanted to support the Japanese Hunter Association?”

“…”

“The Japanese Hunter Association also said that the challenger from another world mentioned the name of a Korean challenger, so we wouldn't be able to ignore the call for help.”

Looks like they don't know the details, as though they didn't hear the name of the Korean Challenger properly, though.

But at least, since my name was mentioned, the Japanese Hunter Association would say that Korea was responsible for this.

Then it was obvious that at least the Korean Hunter Association would have to support the Japanese Hunter Association by sorting the challengers, even in all conscience.

“…You sure you were in the tower without knowing anything until now?”

Lee Hayeon said so as if she couldn't believe it after hearing what I was saying.

It was easy to guess since I knew a lot of things, but I really didn't know.

“If I did, I wouldn't have been in the tower so relaxed.”

If I had known that Namgung Hyuk had actually appeared in Shinjuku ward, Tokyo, I'd have looked for a solution right away.

Anyhow, if you looked at the reason why he appeared in Tokyo's Shinjuku ward, it was because I killed Baek Sunhak in the Tower.

“As you speculated, Sungyeun-ssi.
The Korean Hunter Association seems to be planning to assign a few challengers and support the Japanese side.”

“Are there no objections?”

“Of course there is.
There are quite a few coming out such as why we should apply to help Japan just because a Korean challenger was mentioned.”

“…”

“Someone also insists that we need to find the exact Korean Challenger that was mentioned, find out the truth, and hold them accountable… It's pretty troublesome.”

“So currently, they aren't sure about that Korean challenger mentioned by the challenger from another world?”

“Apparently, yeah.
They said that the A-rank hunter that survived at the time didn't hear the name of the Korean challenger properly.”

While I was feeling a sense of bitterness at the news, that was a happy feature of a misfortune.

Before I realized it, I found myself in the meeting room of the Seoul Hunter Association.

“…”

Inside the meeting room, about ten people were seated in their respective seats.

Perhaps because my sense of Ki also improved as the skill level of my mana circuit went up…

I noticed that those sitting inside the meeting room were quite skilled challengers.

I sat down next to Lee Hayeon and told her the questions that came to my mind.

“Lee Hayeon-ssi, isn't the summoning order for challengers given to all challengers on hard difficulty?”

“Yeah.
So every challenger with difficulty stopped by the Hunter Association at least once.”

“But why are there only a few challengers in this meeting room?”

“That's because, in this meeting room, only the top 40 of the Evaluation Rankings were gathered.”

As I tilted my head at those words, Lee Hayeon opened her mouth as if she would explain to me.

“The challenger on the hard difficulty who's below the 7th floor didn't even get to pass by the meeting room.”

“They don't count as a combat power, and they don't have much information, so we only gathered top-ranked challengers who have encountered challengers from another world.”

“I see.”

I mean, what's the benefit of summoning even the lower-ranking challengers to the meeting room?

However, when I looked around, Kim Seunghoon and Oh Choonsuk were nowhere to be seen.

Of course, there was a possibility that they hadn't returned from the Tower yet, but that was unlikely.

Because they told me that they were planning to return to Earth after finishing the trial on the 10th floor.

They probably wouldn't have spent time training like me to raise the skill level and even implement Sword Ki.

And they should've already returned to Earth, even if they were late because they had to sign an additional contract with another administrator.

“Are there any challengers at the top of the Evaluation Rankings who didn't attend here?”

“To some extent, there are people who couldn't be reached or have already moved.”

“What do you mean by moved?”

“It's simple.
Those who said they have no intention of supporting the Japanese Hunter Association and only provided information, or those who already went to Japan.”

Went to Japan?

I stared at Lee Hayeon as I wondered what that meant, and soon her explanation followed up.

“As you know, the Japanese Hunter Association requested help from the Hunter Associations of other countries.”

“…”

“At that request, one of the hunters, who became a challenger in the United States, said that they would go directly, and two people from Korea also went to Japan in advance.”

“Could you please tell me who those two challengers from Korea are?”

At that, Lee Hayeon nodded her head and revealed who those two were.

“I'm pretty sure it was Kim Seunghoon and Oh Choonsuk? The 1st and 2nd place in the Evaluation ranking went to Japan together.”

As soon as I heard her words that followed, I felt that a glimmer of possibility had entered my hand.

It was none other than the possibility of breaking through Namgung Hyuk through the cooperation of Kim Seunghoon and Oh Choonsuk.

 

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