Chapter 767 – Guardian of the Dungeon
“As expected… He is the one who descends to the world when the end comes…”
Interestingly, Adalan seems to be able to understand the messenger’s words to some extent. Since he is the messenger and his mind is connected, he could always understand the messenger’s thoughts and intentions, but since most humans except himself could not understand the messenger’s words, Seong-il was very interested in Adalan’s appearance.
“Can you hear me?”
“Ah, after signing a soul contract with the Shade Lord, I gained the power to communicate with Yin and Darkness, albeit immaturely. It’s an insignificant ability compared to the Great Warrior.”
At Seongil’s praise, Adalan replies with a very embarrassed expression, blushing. Then, after hesitating for a while, the necromancer carefully looks at Seong-il and begins to tell him an important story.
“Originally… The reason I met the Grand Master was to declare that I am the new representative of the Necromancer denomination…”
“Isn’t that right?”
“…Not now.”
Adalan explains that in fact, there were necromancers who were dozens or hundreds of times greater than himself in the Necromancer Church. As he appointed himself as the new head of the next necromancy sect, he originally had no intention of talking to Seong-il about the old leader, but he changed his mind after seeing the messenger of destruction that Seong-il showed him today.
“Why did you change your mind?”
Seong-il realizes that the current situation is exactly what he has been waiting for so much, and tries to dig out the hidden character in a metaphorical way without making direct remarks as much as possible.
“He has now severed ties with the Cult of the Moon. He has become aloof.”
“Are you cold?”
“Simply put, you can think of it as giving up your faith.”
Adalan explains that for reasons unknown to him, the head of the old Necromancers has given up his faith in the moon god and is currently living in seclusion on that floor.
“…Do you know where he is?”
“Yes. He is the one who summoned me and other high-ranking necromancers to the deep layer here to protect them. He told me not to reveal his secrets in exchange for protection… It’s nice to talk to him once in a while.”
Adalan insinuates that he would like to bring back the old chief, who does not return despite any persuasion. Of course, if I can meet him and bring him back, he will be of great help to the Church of the Moon, as well as to himself, so Seong-il agrees with his words.
“But…”
As much as Adalan did not want the old necromancer chief to reveal his location to the Church of the Moon, he wanted Seongil to keep his secret.
Of course, Seong-il, who wanted to make a relationship with him, agreed to his request, and Adalan took him to a place hidden in the Great Labyrinth with a relieved expression on Seong-il’s oath.
“This is it.”
A huge crack in the ominous-looking Great Labyrinth. Seong-il could understand why no one had found the necromancer at the sight of the seemingly endless cliff.
‘Fuck… The evil power of darkness flows endlessly from the crack, and the depth and width of the cliff are no joke…’
While Seong-il evaluates the place where the old necromancer chief is hiding, Ah Dal-lan takes out a strange-looking black crystal ball from his bosom and begins to recite an incantation.
Then, interestingly, red light emanated from the bead, and it turned into a snake’s eye and looked at Adalan.
“Hmm? Isn’t that Adallan? Why did you come back all of a sudden?”
And a strong voice emanating from the beads. The voice that makes other people’s souls cry steals conversations from a distant place and makes the soul of Seong-il cry as well.
“Actually…”
Adallan explains what happened with the new moon warrior he met this time. If he was a normal warrior or apostle, he wouldn’t have brought him here, but he was a messenger of destruction, so he explained the holy day as best he could.
『Hoho… Great warrior. Will you show me that existence?”
At the words of the necromancer, Seong-il obediently summons the messenger of destruction and makes it settle in front of him. As if that wasn’t enough, Seong-il quickly summons two alter-egoes that look just like Seong-il by using the split-marriage technique.
『It’s amazing… Although he’s really young, he’s a shadow great spirit who can transform into a great being with time. Wait… That’s…?]
At first, he was a necromancer who only focused on the messenger of destruction, but soon his snake-like eyes did not think of leaving the alter ego Seong-il summoned.
“It’s a split-marriage alter ego.”
『…A split-soul alter-ego?』
Seong-il starts explaining about split marriage to the necromancer, who is very interested. After dividing the soul and sealing it somewhere, the necromancer begins to keep an eye on the holy day at the word that it is a powerful sorcery that uses magical powers, jewels, and dolls as medium.
‘…I knew that soul magic would be as interesting as it is related to necromancers, but they are more interested in it than I thought?’
I just acted on the hint given by the emotion, but when the other person seems to be more interested than necessary, Seong-il wonders why he is showing such interest.
“Could you promise not to take me by force to the moon god?”
‘Come!!’
Since the necromancer’s remarks were practically permission for an interview, Seong-il exclaimed inwardly. However, Seong-il, pretending to be as calm as possible, indifferently gives an affirmative answer as if he is not interested in him.
“Thank you. Please follow me.”
The necromancer’s crystal eyeballs float in the air and start flying up the pitch-black cliff. The ominous green light that flows from those eyes guides the two of them like a lantern. Meanwhile, at the bottom of the cliff, a skeleton horse that emits blue flames from its eyes and feet appears and stands side by side in front of them.
“Get on. This guy will break through that cliff.”
“Ah, I’m done.”
Since he didn’t want to give the necromancer he met this time the image of being easygoing as much as possible, Seong-il overrules Adalan’s consideration and starts flying as if he were floating using Jungcheonjinkyung and telekinesis.
“Hoo…”
As Seong-il floats in the air without using any special spells, Adalan by his side, as well as the eyes of the snake guiding the way in front of them, look at Seong-il with an interesting expression.
In the meantime, while descending for a long time, the snake’s eyes start digging into the cracks that have formed again in the wall of the cliff. It’s been a while since I dug into another ominous space in the gap of a pitch-black space. A huge plaza appears in front of them, illuminated in all directions by a green light overflowing with the power of death.
“…Dragon?”
“Yes. That’s right.”
Surprisingly, when there are several piles of what appear to be dragon bones in the plaza, Seong-il examines them with a surprised expression. Adalan thought that Seong-il was surprised to find out that the head of the old necromancer was the archmage who transformed the Bone Dragon, but in fact, Seong-il was surprised for a completely different reason.
‘Wow… It looks like I’ve come to the right place…?’
When the strongest necromancy skill and hidden skill ‘Bone Dragon’ smelting technique, which appears randomly with a 1% chance in addition to the necromancer who can meet with a probability of 1%, appears, Seong-il realizes that he has really caught on and cheers inwardly. .
“He is using the dragon’s corpse to create a ‘Bone Dragon’. It’s a powerful secret technique that no other necromancer would dare to attempt.”
Adalan’s face filled with pride. In fact, since the dragon crafting technique he saw is a great necromancy technique that he can be proud of, Seongil doesn’t seem to deny his words.
‘The worldview here says that most dragon corpses turn into powder and return to nature upon natural death. It is said that there are usually only two cases of dragons with corpses remaining, either with severe lingering feelings or being killed by others.’
In the first case, the dragon’s corpse was covered with a powerful curse because of lingering attachment, so the fact that it was captured meant that the necromancer had a great understanding of the curse. In the meantime, it also means that you can raise a dragon by honing the other system, corpse control, to the limit, so you could say that the necromancer has the best skills.
‘The second case is even greater. Because I can directly kill the strongest creature on earth.’
Seongil knew all too well how absurd it was to kill a dragon because he had previously killed the red dragon Kasarak’Tarun, a difficult enemy in the Throne of the Cursed world. Because of that, he was more curious about the wizard who was handling this great achievement without incident. Suddenly, intense fire pours down at the entrance of the dungeon, and the owner of the building appears.
