The Saint Who Levels Up Through Necromancy

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Chapter 103: All-Out War (4)

Crack!

The axe, swung with all his might, split the white bone in half.

The bones that supported the 5-meter-tall structure, the [Tower of the Dead], were split one by one.

When the pillars that supported the weight of the tower disappeared, it tilted to the side and collapsed in an instant.

“This must also be a kind of magic turret, right?”

“It's amazing. Oppa.”

“Don't get too interested. We're only here to do our job.”

Min Sangjin gripped his axe.

2 billion won just for swinging his axe a few times?

He had been living like a mouse after a problem occurred during a recent commission.

Thanks to this commission, his pockets were about to get a lot heavier.

“Don't lose to those skeletons. It'll be embarrassing.”

“Sangjin hyung, I'm a 4 Star, you know? I won't lose to those things.”

The specs of the Revenants and Skeleton Warriors were about 3.5 stars.

Considering their simple movements and skills, their actual combat power should be adjusted downwards.

But no matter how they calculated it, it wasn't enough to threaten the [Black Wolf] team.

“Let's finish off the remaining two quickly.”

“This fog is ominous.”

“Yes, oppa. Let's just destroy the fixed turrets and go back.”

Before departure.

They observed the direction the bone shells were flying from and also identified the location of the two remaining fixed turrets.

The Black Wolf team picked up their pace.

After running for about 30 seconds, the second [Tower of the Dead] on top of a hill came into view.

“What's that bright red monster in front of the turret?”

“A golem. Is its body made of blood?”

“It doesn't look easy.”

“It's a 2 billion won commission. The power of the turret is considerable, so we'll finish it before it notices us…”

Clang!

Min Sangjin's axe danced in the air.

An arrow, flying from a strange angle, hit the blade and bounced off.

The team members following behind also easily deflected the arrows with their respective weapons.

“The angle is strange.”

“The mana wavelength is faint. It's not a hunter.”

Arrows flying from their blind spots.

The power contained in each arrow wasn't strong, but they accurately targeted the gaps in their armor.

As the Black Wolf team stopped their charge and moved their eyes left and right,

⋯⋯⋯

[Unique Ability - Space]

[Magic Scroll – Lightning Web X 3]

[Magic Scroll – Water Wall X 3]

⋯⋯⋯

Min Sangjin's facial muscles twitched for a moment.

Magic manifested without any warning?

How could he, a 5 Star peak expert, miss the mana wave generated during the rearrangement?

[Aura]

Apart from the surprise, the body, hardened by countless battles, instinctively responded to the danger.

The aura enveloping the ax blade tore through the lightning net.

The [Water Wall], originally deployed to amplify the power of [Lightning Web], was also split in two.

"Sangjin hyung. What was that just now?"

"I don't know either."

There was a counterattack that wasn't there when they destroyed the first structure.

Min Sangjin scanned the surroundings of the structure with his eyes wide open.

"There it is. You little rats!"

The blue ax blade was aimed down the hill.

The Little Runts team, who were lying hidden under the camouflage, flinched and got up from the intense murderous intent.

"That's why I told you, sunbae. We'd get caught soon."

"Ugh. That ahjussi has a good sense of things."

"It's as hyungnim said. It's okay."

As the Little Runts team removed their camouflage, the Blood Golem approached them.

"They're just kids who can't even get over the wall?"

"Wow. The Black Wolf has nowhere to go now."

"Oppa. This is unpleasant, let's kill them."

Kang Minho swallowed his saliva at their appearance.

"The Scavenger Mercenary Team, the Black Wolf. I heard that the leader is a 5 Star hunter."

"Hiek. Is that true?"

"It's okay. We can stop them if we follow hyungnim's instructions."

Kang Minho glared at the Blood Golem.

A powerful force that Yoojin gave them for defending the Tower of the Dead.

- It has no judgment, so you have to give it good commands. Otherwise, it can only act as a wall.

A sign that he trusts the Little Runts team.

The three wanted to repay Yoojin's trust with results.

"Everyone, relax and let's do this."

"Oppa, you do well."

"I… I don't want to die in a place like this."

"If we die here, won't hyungnim resurrect us as zombies or something?"

The Little Runts team relaxed.

Thick blood vessels bulged from Min Sangjin's hand holding the ax handle.

"You little brats. Are you crazy and want to die?!"

When he kicked off the ground and rushed in.

Kang Minho gave an order to the Blood Golem.

[Blood Flow Conversion]

[Blood Weapon - Blade Mode]

The golem and the hunter intertwined mid air.

At the same time, both the Little Runts team and the Black Wolf both began to act.

＊ ＊ ＊

The heavy sound of footsteps devoured all the other noises emanating from all over the battlefield.

A 6-meter giant appeared from the mist.

The large undead Brutal, created from the bones of a matured troll and the corpse of an ogre, revealed itself.

-Gerriaaak!!

A chilling shriek, like scraping iron plates with sharp awls, struck the eardrums of the group's hunters.

Yoojin used the [Midnight Sun] trait to convert his stats.

[Using Unholy Blessing.]

[Using Punishing Spike.]

He granted divine spells to the Brutals.

"Go."

The buffed Brutals accelerated and strode towards the group of Rakshasa, as colorful magic bullets rushed in.

The magic hunters, instructed by Oh Jeongsu, rearranged the mana they had stored all at once.

They released them with time differences so that they would not collide with each other.

[Using Unholy Shock Shield.]

The hexagonal shield that appeared in the air received the pouring magic bullet barrage.

Clang— Clang—

The wall woven with holy power broke like a glass window due to the overwhelming firepower of dozens of magic hunters.

You can't block ten hands with one hand.

Yoojin quickly released holy power without showing any signs of panic and used the spell again.

'Do you know what's better about the priest class than the magic class?'

〔What is it?〕

'You can solve it with just faith.'

Divine spells are not as complicated as magic.

The principle of magic is to rearrange the mana, the force that makes up the world, and twist the providence and rules according to the user's will.

On the other hand, the manifestation of divine spells is the protection of the constellation you worship or the star cluster to which the being belongs.

'Without the rearrangement process, if you have a high level of proficiency in handling holy power, the spell deployment speed also becomes faster.'

Stats, holy power, acquired by regressing.

It is a power that only the priest class can handle, but Yoojin can freely control it thanks to the [Midnight Sun] trait.

Energy that forms a symmetry while touching spirit power.

That's why.

Yoojin, who reached the realm of transcendence before regression, was able to perform divine spells more skillfully than any other priest.

[Using Unholy Shock Shield.]

[Using Unholy Shock Shield…….]

"Ask, and it will be given to you."

〔Khahaha. That's an inappropriate remark for you.〕

He burned through half his holy power in under ten seconds.

Dozens of hunters fired simultaneously, many of them at the same level as Yoojin, with some rumored to be even stronger, reaching the 4 Star realm.

Even if he'd spent every ounce of his spirit power, he couldn't have stopped that barrage of magic.

'This is enough.'

Undead created based on large monsters.

The Brutal's toughness surpasses that of ordinary undead, but it was dangerous to be exposed to that much firepower without any countermeasures.

"The trajectories of the magic bullets……?"

"They've been twisted because of that barrier."

A barrage of magic that should have been released sequentially to maximize its destructive power.

Yoojin used [Unholy Shock Shield] to deflect some of the magic or twist its trajectory.

The overwhelming numerical difference.

Even after pouring out half of his holy power, all he could do was indirectly interfere with the magic bullets rather than directly block them.

'But the strategic goal has been achieved.'

The reduced firepower due to Yoojin's intervention was not enough to stop the Brutal's advance.

[Using Unholy Shock Shield.]

[Using Unholy Shock Shield.]

[Using Unholy…….]

[Using Life Drain.]

[Pheidippides' Necklace — Built-in Skill: Using the Spirit of the Marathon.]

His holy power ran out due to consecutive spellcasting.

He converted his health into holy power with Life Drain.

When his breath reached his throat, he recovered with [Spirit of the Marathon].

The 5 Brutals rushed near the group of hunters, only suffering damage that did not hinder their movement.

- Gerriaaaak!!!

The 5 Brutals unleashed a barrage of physical attacks on the densely packed hunters.

A large foot poured down from above the crown of their heads.

One of the hunters raised a magic-enhanced shield above them.

"If I can just endure this!"@@novelbin@@

Crack—!

The hunter was crushed without being able to endure even for a second.

Their form was lost, and the blood and crushed flesh that flowed out between the armor dyed the surroundings red.

The other Brutals roared and crushed or struck the densely packed hunters with their arms.

"Deflect the attacks! Deflect them to the side!"

"Crazy. Why don't you try it? How can you parry that!"

The enormous difference in size.

Defense?

The difference in power was so great that they couldn't even withstand a single blow.

Parrying? Deflect the attack?

Because they maintained a dense formation to withstand the undead's offensive, even that was not possible.

They couldn't take a single step back.

How could they use weapons or shields to deflect the damage to the side?

"Damn it! Stab it first!"

A hunter from Rakshasa poured typified mana into a greatsword.

Aura that cuts even steel like paper.

Utilizing the long reach to the fullest, he swung the sword greatly, using his waist as an axis.

The blade skimmed past the Brutal's Achilles tendon. The spirit-enhanced hide was torn, and the post-mortem stiffened muscles were damaged.

"Look. It worked……"

Puaak—

As the Brutal moved its right foot violently, protrusions attached to various parts of its body pierced the hunter's chest.

To inflict a significant blow on the Brutal, which has sharp protrusions attached to various parts of its body, their movement path is also limited.

Even a greatsword is only long compared to a human's body.

It wasn't enough to reach a large monster the height of a two-story building.

"Cut it down!"

Woo-oong—!

Weapons imbued with a blue aura cut down the protrusions, but they grew back in a matter of seconds, as if time had been reversed.

The 'regeneration' concept imbued in the troll's bones was combined with spirit power.

As long as there was enough power, the protrusions could be regenerated at any time.

〔It's a pity. If you had deployed those monstrosities earlier, you could have reduced the damage.〕

'One thing you know, but two things you don't.'

Tsk. Tsk—

Yoojin made a gesture of pity and clicked his tongue, causing Kronos to become enraged.

〔Are those puny humans not being swept away like bundles of straw? Yet, why do you speak so!〕

'They can't respond because they're in a dense formation.'

〔Explain it in detail.〕

'To fight a large monster, you have to avoid a head-on fight.'

A tanker to manage aggro.

A dealer who can unleash firepower in an instant.

And even a priest to help with tanking.

Large monsters have much higher specs compared to their realm, so you have to maintain your position thoroughly.

'If they're packed together, they can't get into a position to deal with the Brutal.'

〔But if they hadn't moved according to your plan, wouldn't they have suffered even more damage?〕

'If that were the case, it would have led to a free-for-all.'

If the flow of battle goes to attrition warfare, that's not bad in its own way.

The enhanced Skeleton Warriors' and Revenants' specs are on average 3.5 stars. If it turns into a free-for-all, they could force damage on the group.

'It's fortunate that the leader of the Rakshasa Guild is moderately competent.'

〔Moderately competent?〕

'I prepared the strategy for this battle based on the information I received from Arhan.'

They meticulously searched in preparation for the corpse explosion.

Considering the possibility that Yoojin might manipulate the dead, they quickly formed ranks and responded as soon as the battle began.

Because of that, even though hundreds of Skeleton Warriors and Revenants were deployed, they couldn't inflict much damage.

'And now they're in a position to be ravaged by the Brutal.'

If it had been a free-for-all, they wouldn't have suffered this much damage from the Brutal 5's charge.

They could have maintained distance from each other and responded.

If they were more competent.

Or if they were just an enthusiastic idiot.

From the start of the battle to the present time, they would not have been played around in Yoojin's hands.

"Raaaaaaahhhhll!!!!"

Oh Jeongsu's angry roar, filled with rage and frustration, echoed loudly.

'Look. I guess they finally realized it.'

〔How wicked.〕

'Is my method not to a Saint's liking?'

〔Khahaha. How could that be? Strategy is also one of a hero's qualities. They were ultimately defeated in a battle of wits.〕

Anyway, he's unpredictable.

'If you don't hate it, then it's fine.'

While Yoojin was smirking.

An army of the dead slipped through the gap in the group's formation that the Brutal 5 had broken.

"Hey. Don't push!"

"Hold on!"

"Get out of the way! If you stand there blankly, you'll get crushed by that monster!!"

The Rakshasa Guild's group formation collapsed.

The Bone Tower of the Dead was reduced to two, but it was still firing bone cannons.

The Brutals were wreaking havoc on the ranks.

The scattered hunters were no match for the fearless undead army.

More than half of the hunters were still alive, but they were no longer in the mood or situation to continue fighting.

[Using Dark Calling.]

〔Even if you create lowly spirits, you won't have any use for them in this war, so what are you doing?〕

'I need souls to combine them.'

An opportunity to acquire dozens of magic hunters' corpses.

If he turned all of those guys into undead, it would be a great help to the operation of the Necropolis.

〔How presumptuous. Thinking of the cleanup already?〕

'Gotta grab what you can. Sure. If necessary, I'll even strip the rafters from a burning house.’

He held the magic hunters' souls captive with curses.

"Cheon Yoojin!!!!"

A voice full of resentment pierced through the noise of the battle and reached Yoojin.

As he approached the battlefield to use [Dark Calling], Oh Jeongsu discovered him.

His eyes, revealed between his disheveled hair, were dyed with resentment.

"So it was you? The commander?"

"You bastard. Are you even human! How can you do such a wicked thing!"

"The one who gets tricked is a fool."

"Even if I die here, I'll kill you!!!"

A 5 Star mage was lacking in both casting speed and mana consumption.

Oh Jeongsu clenched his staff tightly and quickly rearranged his mana.

'Use the magic you're most confident in.'

[Chain Lightning]

The lightning crackled at the staff's tip before lancing forward.

‘Dodge?’

He could just redirect it. A 3 Star spell at best.

Yoojin might control undead, but his own combat skills couldn't be much.

"Die!!"

Kwa-rr-r-rung—!

The moment the bright blue lightning came crashing down in front of him.

Yoojin, who took a short deep breath, raised a long spear towards the lightning.

A faint white aura enveloped the unicorn horn spear.

[Verdian Basic Spear Technique]

[Sixth Form – Full Power Thrust]

Splat!

The aura and lightning gathered on the spear clashed in mid-air.

The lightning, which should have shot out in a straight line, split to the left and right.

"H-He cut the lightning with a spear?!"

"I have a few tricks up my sleeve."

Imperfect dark aura.

Using the half-baked technique he learned from Fafnir caused the spirit power he had filled with [Life Drain] to plummet.

Even repelling the lightning wasn't perfect.

Some of the Chain Lightning's energy seeped into his body, making his whole body tingle and causing pain.

He staggered, but his tongue moved nimbly.

"Impossible! How—?!"

Oh Jeongsu was a 5 Star hunter.

For over a decade, he'd slaughtered countless monsters, pushing past his limits in life-or-death struggles, twice breaking through the wall to achieve his five Star rank.

And now, this culmination of effort... was being humiliated by a novice, barely three months into his hunting career?

"This has to be a lie! Someone's backing you, aren't they?"

This was a force that dominated Busan's underworld: 150 hunters and 100 mercenaries from the Rakshasa Guild—over 200 combatants in all.

Even 3 Star hunters were considered walking tanks, and those who had broken through the wall were likened to missiles.

That kind of force.

And a hunter awakened only three months ago was handling it alone? There had to be someone else pulling the strings.

"Yeah. Makes sense…"

Yoojin replied.

Oh Jeongsu’s face contorted at the cynical response.

Moments later, the Rakshasa group's main force crumbled.

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