Necromancer Survival

Chapter 50



 

     The goose took continuous deep breaths, filling its chest with air. The feathered chest continued to swell, like pumping gas into a balloon.

     Damn it, Seo Dawon. How is that only a ‘little‘ larger?

     The goose had nearly bloated until it looked like it might burst; it was near twice its original size. I couldn’t hide my exasperation.

[Hooo, Hooo……! To think you pushed me to this form…You lot are impressive.]

      The goose stepped forward, delivering a line that would not have been out of place on an anime villain. Though its words may have been amusing, we couldn’t afford to underestimate this newly transformed enemy.

    Kim Sangyoon looked particularly pitiful–a single sweat droplet dripping down his temple. I reckoned that it was his dismay at the thought of fighting this opponent with a weapon that would fare no better than his bare hands.

     Without delay, the goose cracked its neck, once, twice, and rushed at the party.

     Kim Sangyoon lifted his bone sword to block the charging goose; the attack was so powerful that Kim Sangyoon, who was quite built, was pushed back, shoes squeaking against the ground.

     The goose continued to push at Kim Sangyoon, who had continued to shield himself with the blade. The Warrior had tried to hold out but eventually bent his knees with a groan.

    Then, the bird bounced off the sword into the air at a tremendous speed!

     “Dodge!” Seo Dawon shouted as soon as he saw the goose bend its knee. Kim Sangyoon briefly paused and rolled to the right as soon as he noticed the shadow hanging over its head.

Boom–!

      The goose, who had bounced like a spring, landed in Kim Sangyoon’s original position. Its ankles drove through the floor, but the goose simply shook the rubble off of them, as if it were merely annoyed that the attack missed. The goose straightened its back and lifted its wings up into the air, sashimi knives held high.

     The sashimi knives clanked into each other. The sound waves were not visible to the naked eye, but space clearly distorted, spreading out in concentric circles centered on the goose.

      Seo Dawon was already standing at the back with both palms covering my ears, but Kim Sangyoon stood stiffly with a pained expression–it seems as if he was unable to defend against the sonic skill in time.

      Without skipping a beat, the goose rushed towards Kim Sangyoon again.

[Clack Clack!]

      However, Lackey blocked the bird’s path.

     Of course, even if Lackey had grown a bit bigger due to the evolution and the level-ups,  the skeleton was still only 160 centimeters tall with nothing but bones. My servant helplessly bounced away when the muscle-bound goose shoved it harshly. However, Lackey bought Kim Sangyoon enough time to return to his senses and run away.



      “Tch….” The goose clicked its beak, upset that its target escaped.

     Kim Sangyoon, Seo Dawon, and Lackey hovered around in a triangular formation with the goose in the center. No one could deal with the goose one-on-one, but Kim Sangyoon and Lackey periodically darted with quick hits to hassle the bird.

      While they were buying time, Seo Dawon gathered the ropes that lay around in the room and weaved them together. Then, he kicked at the dead peacock and picked up some exceptionally shiny red feathers.

     As soon as Seo Dawon picked them up, a message popped up before my eyes to announce the acquisition of a new item.
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[The Bombardier Peacock’s colorful firework feather (Red)]
Type: Bomb

Durability: 30
Equipment Level Restriction: 50
Special Skill: Explosion (Lv. 5)

Description:
A feather-shaped bomb made from the plume of a Bombardier Peacock.

Throw it and blow up where it sticks.

Attack power +7,550

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    Oh my, isn’t this a weapon? A bomb…..they drop things like this? This isn’t even the reward room…?

     [Owl’s Ghost Ship] was a Dungeon famous for its plentiful experience basin; plenty of detailed information had already been released on its routes. I had even raided this place once before. But…this is the first time I’m hearing about this sort of item. I cautiously approached Seo Dawon, who was spinning the feather in his fingers, from the back and asked “This…Is it something we can pick up and use?”

     “Yeah. It’s placed here specifically to be utilized by Users.” With those vague words, he threw a feather at one of the perches nailed into the wall.



Boom–!

     The sudden commotion drew not only Lackey and Kim Sangyoon’s attention, but the goose’s as well. The perch that Seo Dawon hit with the bomb feather shook and swayed, half its wooden bottom disintegrated.

      I thought, ‘No way…is he going to attack the bird by collapsing the half-broken perch on top of it?’ and looked at Seo Dawon. However, the Mage left the swaying perch alone and did not touch it any further. Instead, he pulled at the various rope network that he spread all over the ground. It was clear that he was planning something.

[Do you think this body would really get crushed to death by something like that perch?]

     The issue, however, was that Seo Dawon’s behavior was far too conspicuous.

    The goose had working eyes; there was no way he wouldn’t notice such suspicious movements on the side…In addition, from its words, it was no stranger to the intricate language of trickery…

     As the goose’s prideful boast implied, its awakened form was so huge that the goose would be able to catch and withstand the falling perch with no hardship.

      Unfortunately, my predictions were proven true when the ship hit a particularly rough wave. The tilted perch fell down slowly, and the goose broke it like a stick to flaunt its strength. He flung the shattered pieces onto the floor.

Crash–!

     Undeterred, Seo Dawon threw another feather bomb. This time, towards the second perch behind the bird.

      The perch, which burst with a bang, collapsed without delay. However, it fell to the side, without even touching the goose, making the explosion seem like a pointless attack.

      “…Is there a purpose to knocking down all those perches?”

     “Yeah. Ah, it’s coming.”

      The goose traveled underneath the third perch. I wondered if Seo Dawon, who seemed calm, was actually waiting to execute his plan or if he was uncomfortable dealing with two annoyingly curious companions.

      Lackey and Kim Sangyoon followed behind, but the two failed to match the speed of the awakened goose. Seo Dawon, however, prioritized flinging the feather bomb at the third perch instead of paying notice to the bird stomping–running violently–at him.

     With a bang, the third perch began to tilt. The goose jumped lightly over the falling perch and reached towards Seo Dawon!

      “Lackey!” Just then, Seo Dawon summoned Lackey into his embrace.

     Lackey reflexively bit the goose’s extended wing; the goose swung its bitten limb and flung the skeleton soldier away from it.

     Lackey flew through the air and landed on the last perch in the room! The collision created a deafening crash as if another bomb had detonated, and the last perch was perfectly destroyed.

     Did Seo Dawon attach a feather to Lackey when he summoned it?



     But…It was good that the last perch was destroyed and all…but, after flinging Lackey away, there really was nothing in between the monstrous bird and my possessed body.

The goose cast a huge shadow over us, spewing incredible bloodlust.

I trusted Seo Dawon…but, when I saw its muscled wingtips, I could only imagine my body squished like a can of beer in its grasp. I involuntarily screamed, “No!!!”

 

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Event Scenario – You have achieved ‘Tremendous noise’ which triggers ‘Owl’s Insomnia.’ Boss monster ‘Owl’ is soon arriving…

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     Simultaneously, the goose stopped moving. A special effect, which usually heralded the dungeon’s [Boss Monster]’s presence, filled the room.

     And the goose…..

[N-no! Owl-nim! I can handle this!]

     Watching the swirling magic circle–where the boss would appear–the goose panicked, grabbed its head, and screamed.

     After a moment, it soon wrapped its beak with both wings and buried its head between its thighs, trembling,as if making a sound would result in its death.

      Seo Dawon threw the remaining feather bomb straight at the bird. Since the goose had bowed its head and trembled in fear, it had not noticed the feather piercing the ground right below its feet. With a loud bang, the bird was flung into the air from the impact.

 

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Your level has greatly increased!

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     With the goose’s anticlimactic death, the level-up message was repeated five times. Seo Dawon immediately brought up the [Party] status window and pressed for a long while on party member [Kim Sangyoon] button.



 

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Would you like to expel ‘Kim Sangyoon’ from the party?

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     I watched in disbelief as Seo Dawon pressed [Yes].

     As soon as Seo Dawon pressed his confirmation, Kim Sangyoon, who had stared at the boss monster spawn point while nervously holding his sword, suddenly disappeared.

 

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The party has been dissolved…Would you like to abandon your current raid?

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     And, following Kim Sangyoon’s disappearance, Seo Dawon pressed [Yes] again.

     At the same time, a giant owl-shaped boss fluttered into existence…However, the scene soon faded into darkness; I couldn’t withstand vertigo that flooded over me and closed my eyes. When I opened them again, we had left [Owl’s Ghost Ship] and instead stood in the middle of the Hub’s open space–an area that received a lot of User traffic.

     “W-What?” Still gripping the old Bone Sword, Kim Sangyoon stood with a puzzled look on his face and grabbed my body by the shoulders. “But Why…We didn’t defeat the boss!”

 

 



TL: Thanks for Areli for the Kofi for this bonus chapter >.