Chapter 74 – 74. Succeeding in Conquering the Disturbing Underground Tomb.

The deepest part of the dark catacombs.

The owner of the subversive catacombs was a necromancer, and he summoned his minions to kill us as we approached.

The good news among the misfortunes is that he summoned only 4 minions.

But the problem is that those four minions are better and stronger than the skeleton spirits I summoned.

“Kaaaaa!!!!!”

Two skeleton warriors revived by a necromancer. They were worn out, but unlike the guys we met earlier, they were wearing armor and helmets.

Moreover, since I was holding a spear, the strongest weapon in close combat, my dark spirits that were running excitedly started getting their heads pierced and dying helplessly.

“What the fuck..!!”

After all, the owner of the labyrinth doesn’t let you die easily. If I keep watching like this, those crazy skeleton spearmen will pierce my head.

Moreover, the two skeleton shamans he summoned were also a problem. These guys were also decorated more extravagantly than other skeleton shamans I had seen.

They released a strange purple energy towards my skeletal shamans who were using stamina extortion and blew them up.

“New, new skill..!”

In some ways, it was a very dangerous situation, but I took it a little differently. The elite skeletons that had been released up to this point had only dealt crushing blows or physical extortion.

But those guys are very different from the guys I saw before. That means you can get new skills.

“Keep the necromancer alive and only kill the skeletons he summoned to eat their skills…!!”

Even in my opinion, it’s a shitty idea. As long as you don’t die.

“Ew!!!”

I grabbed the machete and rushed towards the spearman. Along with trace observation, Samjae’s sword technique enabled him to naturally shed the approaching spear blade.

But I don’t want to be satisfied with just throwing out the spear.

Destroy its weapon. And I will blow off your upper body.

-Bang!!!!!

It doesn’t matter what attack he uses. An S-class crushing blow exploded the guy’s spear, and I pushed straight in and hit the guy’s upper body and blew it away.

-Whoa whoa!!!!

The skeleton spearman explodes in one blow, scattering bone fragments and skills at me. The rest of the spearmen who were swinging their spears from the side were blocked by blood demons and skeletons. I just checked the skill I just entered.

[One point penetration (A)]

[Effect: Doubles the penetration power when piercing the spirit.]

[Handicap: You must strongly believe that you are using One-Point Penetration for the ability to activate.]

[Penalty: After using it 100 times, one nail will fall out.]

“This is it!!!”

It was a melee attack skill similar to Crushing Blow. Instead of starting at C level like other skeletons, he started at A level.

This means that if you kill the spearman that is currently blocked by my summons, you will immediately rise to S rank.

“Hey!!! “Don’t kill that bastard, just break his limbs!!!”

I shouted at the blood demon. Then, the Blood Demon, who was trying to explode the head of the skeleton spearman, quickly let go of his hand and pulled out the man’s arms and legs.

“Wooooo!!!”

“Death..!!!”

“Wow…!!”

At that time, two shaman skeletons and a necromancer were preparing to use some very ominous-looking skills. A huge purple sphere was created.

“Shibaal…”

They must have been thinking of leaving us in the hands of two spearmen and setting off a wide-range attack.

I think he probably thought that summoning the skeleton would be of no use and he was planning to give it a big hit. In any case, you shouldn’t wait until the monks have memorized all the spells.

“Hey you bastard!! “Don’t use strange techniques, just call a skeleton!!!”

I immediately rushed towards the necromancer. I needed to keep him in check before he cast a spell. It was clear that if left like this, the tide would turn in one fell swoop.

“Whoop..!!”

While running, a strong wind was fired towards the necromancer. My body was slightly pushed back, but not enough to fall.

-Whoop!!

“Ugh!!! Oh my..!!”

“Wow!!”

“Kiaa!!”

The wind that struck the body caused the two necromancers and the skeleton shaman to stumble for a moment and lose their posture.

At the same time, the spell they were trying to use is lifted.

-Pyeok!!!

“Aaaaah!!!”

“Call me a skull!!!”

“You crazy guy!!!”

I rushed towards them and kicked the most dangerous necromancer in the abdomen, then delivered a crushing blow and a single piercing blow to the heads of the two skeleton shamans reaching for me.

After killing two skeleton shamans, the skills came to me, but I didn’t have time to check them one by one.

I climbed on top of the fallen necromancer and hit his face.

-Pow!! Whoa!

“Queeeee!!!”

“If you are a necromancer!!! Like a necromancer!!! “Call the undead!!!”

“Stop it!!”

He might be good at using necromancy, but he wasn’t very good at fighting. A necromancer who couldn’t even fight back and started getting beaten.

“Call!!! Summon the strongest undead you have!!”

“Now, sleep!!! “I lost all my soul..!!”

“What?”

“Woah, there is no soul…”

“Can’t you fill your soul?”

“Hey, I need a victim..”

Not only did I have no victims to give him right now, I had to leave quickly.

“Haa…”

“Please, please..”

I struck the necromancer’s face once more, then killed the spearman’s skeleton, which was struggling with its limbs pulled out. If you kill the necromancer, it will automatically be de-summoned, so it was necessary to kill it before that.

[One point penetration (S)]

[Effect: Doubles the penetration power when stabbing a weapon.]

[Penalty: After using it 100 times, one nail will fall out.]

“Good..”

Now, all stab attacks I use have double the penetration power, and slash attacks now create shock waves.

‘The basic attack using the three-jae sword method can be used as a special move…!’

The combination of the Samjae Sword Technique, Crushing Strike, and One-Point Penetration, which allowed him to master cutting, stabbing, and blocking, was the best. It has become possible to catch and kill an opponent like water.

“Okay, now it’s your turn.”

“Save me, save me!!!”

I plunged a knife into the neck of a necromancer who was begging for his life.

Its body collapsed and disappeared, and a door appeared on one wall of the room. There must be an altar beyond. If you destroy the altar, you can get out of here.

At that time, a message appeared asking the necromancer to choose which of the skills he would receive.

[Summon the Dead(-)]

[Effect: Summons the dead. The more special the soul, the stronger the dead are summoned.]

[Handicap: Souls are required to summon the dead. If the summoned dead dies, the soul is returned.]

[Penalty: If there are no souls collected, the magician’s soul disappears every time the dead are summoned.]

[Soul Collection(-)]

[Effect: Collects the souls of killed intelligences.]

[Penalty: If you collect too many souls, you will suffer from auditory hallucinations and have nightmares.]

[Reinforcement of the Dead(-)]

[Effect: You can strengthen the summoned dead by feeding their souls.]

[Handicap: Souls are required for reinforcement.]

[Penalty: If there are no souls collected, your soul will disappear every time you strengthen the dead.]

“This is…”

Souls were needed to use Dead Summoning, which can summon the dead, and Dead Strengthening, which strengthens the summoned dead.

‘It is said that if there are no souls collected, one’s soul will disappear. This means that in order for one’s soul to not disappear, one must sacrifice someone else’s soul.’

Therefore, in order to use summoning the dead and strengthening the dead, it was necessary to first learn how to collect souls.

“There is a graveyard area in the infinite labyrinth anyway..”

You will be able to catch the necromancer again. I think we can meet each other sooner than a vampire who doesn’t know when we will encounter him. So, it’s better to learn prerequisite skills first… Right?

“But aren’t dark spirits also spirits?”

So wouldn’t it be possible to summon the dead by consuming the dark spirit? Then, you can ignore the penalty of summoning a dark spirit, which is having to give up a part of your body, and summon the dead..

“Dark spirits can be extracted as much as you want with magic stones, but soul collection only collects the souls of intelligent beings.”

Moreover, it is much more beneficial to simply consume dark spirits to summon the dead than to collect souls by killing intelligent beings.

First of all, it does not matter whether the soul consumed to summon the dead is intelligent or not, so if it also applies to dark spirits, it will be possible to summon the dead by consuming it.

The magic stone obtained by killing a monster and the dark spirit summoned with it are enough to summon the dead.

“For dark spirit summoning, it would be better to leave only the special ones… And just re-summon the dead, such as skeleton ghosts, to free up space on my body…”

That’s why I chose Summon the Dead. Rather than obtaining soul collection and using it, it would be better to use the dark spirit as much as possible. I think I’ll be able to catch the necromancer again anyway, so I’ll choose this one for now.

“And the skills obtained by killing the shaman skeleton…”

I checked all the skills at once, even the skills I hadn’t checked yet. They were both B-class, but before we knew it, they had been merged into A-class.

[Expulsion of the Dead (A)]

[Effect: Disintegrates the bodies of those who have already died.]

[Handicap: Not effective on the living. If the dead are too strong, they will resist.]

[Penalty: If the banishment fails, the dead will show hostility and run wild.]

“Oh…”

This seems like a means of attack that is as deadly to the dead as the Holy Benediction. And I think it might work for zombies too. Because zombies are also dead.

“For some reason, the skeletons just collapsed in an instant and were expelled.”

-Clatter.

“Huh? Ah.”

As I was checking my skills, the dark spirits picked up the magic stone rolling on the ground.

They were all just low-level magic stones. Except for one thing.

[Lesser Command Stone: You can obtain it with a certain probability when hunting a necromancer. When fed to armor, it can provide a ‘reinforcement of spiritual power’ effect. It has the efficiency and value of 10 ordinary lowest grade magic stones.]

Like the intermediate bloodstone, the magic gemstone dropped by the necromancer was quite special.

“Reinforcement of spiritual power…?”

[Spiritual Power Reinforcement: Automatically recovers durability by absorbing the soul fragments of the killed target. The armor smells like rotting corpses. If durability runs out before sufficient soul fragments are absorbed, the armor will be destroyed.]

“The smell of a rotten corpse is a bit…”

Unlike the intermediate bloodstone, the low-level command stone was an automatic repair item that could be used on armor. Of course, you won’t apply it to armor.

I have no intention of wearing armor that smells like a rotting corpse.

“I should use it to summon dark spirits..”

First, I have to destroy the altar. I need to break it down quickly and get out. It’s so dark and humid here that I don’t feel very good.