Chapter 14

Chapter 14: Necromancer (3)

TL by Myoni

Edited by Myoni & Yoni

The Guide regained his composure after looking like he saw the collapse of the world for a while .

Soon after, he looked through his clothes, took out a small magical item with his one hand and offered it to Muyoung .

“Accept it . Since you beat me three times, you have the right to receive this . ”

Muyoung examined the magical item . As soon as he accepted it, information popped up .

Name: Long-distance Teleportation Magical Item

Rank: B+

Type: 1 Person, Single Use

Effect: Within the Underworld, you are able to teleport to a place you remember .

Muyoung tried to keep himself as calm as possible .

He calmed his spirit and regained his composure .

Although it couldn’t endlessly emit flames like the Glass of Fire, to Muyoung, the Glass of Fire was incomparable to this item .

‘To a place I remember…’

He couldn’t return to Earth, but depending on how he used it, it could be incredibly useful .

It was peculiar that it didn’t have a limit to the distance .

If Muyoung was a beginner, he might not have had much use for this item . However, as the current Muyoung possessed his past memories, he could make use of it better than anyone .

He could teleport to a currently undiscovered place with the Star of David and monopolize the rewards or he gain a secret class much more easily .

However, the first thing that came to mind when he first laid eyes on the magical item wasn’t either of those .

‘Hedley Kow[1] . ’

Humans have been summoned into the Underworld for a long time, but there were more unexplored areas than there were explored .

5 years from now, due to the foretelling of the Great Calamity, every guild and clan started to organize a wide-scale exploration of the Underworld . During that time, they happened upon Hedley Kow .

‘Hedley Kow’ was the name of a certain fairy .

Although fairies normally have the appearance of a four-legged rock, they were able to shapeshift .

On top of that, they were able to possess the same abilities as the target they shapeshifted into .

And one of those targets was… the phoenix .

Once they felt that their life was threatened, they would break out of the rock as a phoenix .

However, Hedley Kow was too cowardly and fled as soon as it transformed .

If he could only capture it, it could have become a material necessary to create an S rank weapon .

Even if he was to absorb it, he anticipated an incredible growth to his abilities as the heart of a phoenix was an endless supply of magical power .

Although the phoenix was a bit weaker than a dragon, its heart was comparable to that of a dragon’s .

If it was a regular phoenix, it would be impossible to catch, but a Hedley Kow-transformed phoenix could even be captured by Muyoung .

It was better than most rewards he could receive from a place with the Star of David . What was worse was that the trials were designed to be impossible to complete by one person .

The only obstacle in capturing Hedley Kow was that area which Hedley Kow inhabited was quite deep in the territory of a Demon so, to secretly traverse the territory, he needed to get stronger .

“Is this all?” asked Muyoung as cool-headed as he could .

It was because it was him, that he had a use for the item, to any ordinary beginner, the item would have been an insignificant reward .

At the same time, the Guide’s expression stiffened .

“What do you mean ‘Is this all’! It could be a life-saving item you know . ”

“Every time I win, don’t a get a reward?”

On the first bet, he won the Guide’s guidance . On the second, he won the Long-distance Magical Item and now Muyoung looked like he was waiting to see what he would get for his third win .

“You… are very greedy!”

“You are the one that said you would give a reward for a win . ”

“Urgh . Fine . For the last reward, why don’t you tell me what you want . I will do my best to fulfil your request as long as it’s something I can do . ”

The biggest compromise .

It was obvious he was going to coldly refuse the difficult requests .

Also, Muyoung didn’t have anything special to ask of him .

“Guarantee my safety for 10 days . ”

Muyoung was certain that the Guide wouldn’t refuse as this request overlapped with the initial request of guiding him .

“10 days? Too long . I won’t go over 3 days . ”

“Then let’s settle for 3 days . ”

Muyoung nodded his head .

Truthfully, one or two days would have been sufficient .

Since he knew the Guide was going to haggle, he purposely asked for 10 days . 3 days was a splendid result .

The Guide was stupefied when Muyoung agreed so easily .

However, Muyoung knew what kind of existence the Guide really was .

‘The past aide of Solomon, a magician who can only live in the Blue Temple .

A supreme magician more than a thousand years old .

He was a guide and at the same time, a protector .

With his existence, the Blue Temple was completely protected .

Even the great Demons were not able to easily break into the Blue Temple .

However, he was unable to leave the Blue Temple, in a certain way, he was the Blue Temple .

It was because he had aged to a point where he should have been long dead .

However, he heard that the Guide periodically reverse the effect of time on his physical body .

It was magic that was only permitted in the Blue Temple .

This was why he currently had a naïve appearance .

As both his physical body and mind would always revert back in time, his physical body had to die to truly awaken the power of the supreme magician .

‘This was uncovered through the Demons . ’

A full-scale invasion started after the Great Calamity, where all the humans on Earth were summoned to the Underworld .

And then, because of the massive gathering of humans, the barrier of the Blue Temple collapsed .

Three of the highest ranking Demons launched an attack on the Blue Temple and the Guide’s physical body turned to ashes in an instant . However, afterwards the supreme magician began to ‘reanimate’ himself .

The battle went on for ten long days, but the supreme magician ended up losing .

However, he was an incredible existence who was able to fight evenly against three high ranking Demons for ten days .

Although he was not the supreme magician, the current body of the Guide was more than enough to ensure his safety within the forest .

Since, no matter what his current condition was, his strength was in magic .

“So where are you planning on going? I will first fulfill my role as a guide . ”

Shiing!

Muyoung unsheathed Anguish .

And then, he ran towards the forest .

“That, that crazy… . ”

Huuuuuaaagggghhh!

After staring at Muyoung’s fleeting image and hearing the shrieks of various monsters, the Guide finally realized Muyoung’s intentions .

‘So that’s what he meant by ensure his safety!’

That was it .

The reason why Muyoung asked him to ensure his safety for three days .

Shut up and hunt!

He planned to wipe out the monsters without looking back .

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……

Muyoung ran like crazy .

As if to show what it meant to run like crazy, he didn’t even stop to rest for a second .

If anything, he jumped towards danger and fought with his life on the line .

He knew that the best way to increase his stats was to fight against monsters .

At the same time, the one who felt like dying was the Guide .

“Grr . You asked me to only ensure your life, what kind of impractical request is this!”

The Guide only acted when Muyoung was about to die .

However, that was not easy to time .

With the way Muyoung fought, it wouldn’t be weird if he dropped dead at any time .

After he had protected him with magic, he was thanked with replies like, “I almost lost my flesh and could have ended up as a pile of bones,” “I got scratched a little, but it’s not to the point I’ll die . ”

Crazy bastard .

So he couldn’t afford to look away for a second .

The observing Guide was much more exhausted .

After killing a Dark Bear, Muyoung said, “I need to fight a bit riskier . ”

“What?”

“When I avoid every attack by the width of a finger, my Agility isn’t increasing as fast as I hoped . I need to reduce the width to half a finger . ”

“Is that a distance you can reduce just because you want to?”

“It seems to be possible the more I try . ”

“……”

The Guide was speechless .

It seemed like he was looking at a person who couldn’t wait to die .

If he was able to choose the distance he avoided incoming attack at will, he could already be considered an expert .

No, it was difficult even for an expert .

However, there was no end to Muyoung’s mysteriousness .

His technique was definitely above an expert, but it felt like his body couldn’t follow through properly .

If he was to force himself to move a certain way, it would cause an untimely death .

However, the more he fought, the faster his body adapted to his movements .

‘What a crazy, but peculiar fellow . ’

A promise was a promise .

The Guide had to take care of Muyoung throughout the duration for the determined three days .

And Muyoung was definitely planning on maximizing the Guide’s help and fought with every monster he encountered .

After doing this for a day and a half, a message appeared .

There was even a ranking for this?

But, Muyoung shook his head .

He didn’t have the slightest intent to reveal himself .

Third place .

Muyoung had killed more than 1200 monsters since his arrival .

It was most likely that only monsters that were suitable opponents were counted .

Shortly after, ‘Hunting Record (3)’ was added to his history and a ‘Hunting Map’ was given as a reward .

The Hunting Map showed which monster’s territory he was currently in .

It wasn’t a very useful item, but it would save Muyoung some time .

Muyoung decided not to waste even a second of the remaining time and continued to hunt .

Then his ranking slowly started to climb .

Finally, he was even able to take first place .

‘Herculean Strength Leather Armor’ was given as a reward .

He didn’t expect much since he didn’t receive any reward for taking 2nd place, but it was a pleasant surprise to receive a B+ ranked armor with an effect that increased the wearer’s strength by 3 .

Although he was able to find some equipment in the forest other than those rewards, unfortunately none were useful for Muyoung .

Muyoung looked at his Status Viewer .

The Status Screen popped up .

Achievement Effect à Gremory’s Anguish (A, +3 to all abilities)

Class Effect à None

Strength 41 (30+11) Agility 35 (32+3)

Stamina 33 (30+3) Intelligence 17 (14+3)

Wisdom 16 (13+3) Fighting Aura 19 (16+3)

Special Note: Fighting Aura has been awakened .

Even considering that the Herculean Strength Leather Armor increased his Strength by 3, he could see that his base stats had increased considerably .

Agility especially increased a lot .

His senses had become sharper .

Although everyone’s stats increased rapidly in the beginning, there wasn’t anyone who could compete with Muyoung at this point in time .

‘Not bad . ’

While he was feeling content with his improvement, the Guide said, “The promised 3 days have passed . Isn’t it time to tell me where you want to go?”

Muyoung answered right away, “To the Cliff of Agony . ”

Finally, all the preparations were complete .

[1] Hedley Kow is a mischievous shapeshifting creature in a fairy tale .