Necromancer Survival

d no confidence that those actions would cloud Jung Garam’s judgement.
He still had [Listrad], [Gae Bolg]’s top skill, but he wasn’t confident that [Listrad] would subdue Jung Garam.

     Gradually becoming impatient, the man looked here and there, trying to find an opening.
Even though Jung Garam was standing still, the Assassin’s aura made it so that not a single viable gap was visible.

     “Didn’t you have an exciting skill before?” Jung Garam asked.

     “……”

     “Are you going to keep being no-fun like this?”

     The man was unable to budge one inch despite the blatant taunt.

Clack–

     Right then, the man could hear a very faint noise from behind–a very soft footstep.
At that moment, the man realized once again that he and Jung Garam were not the only ones present.

     “Where are you looking?”

     “[Listrad]!” With that realization, the man sent a final blow towards Jung Garam’s companion and not the young Assassin.

     He did so instinctively; the man thought it would be better to kill the companion rather than to retreat while firing useless attacks at Jung Garam.
Of course, there was a high chance that he would die first at Jung Garam’s hand before the companion died…

     ‘……Huh?’

However, the results far exceeded the man’s expectations.
Jung Garam ran towards him at tremendous speed, but he just passed by without attacking the man.
[Gae Bolg] was aimed directly at the heart of the man behind him; Garam, who had barely flown to his companion’s position, blocked the spear with his bare body.

     Originally, [Gae Bolg] would pass through obstacles to hit only the target, but it seemed now that its [blink] ability had been disabled because of its severe durability depletion.

     Nevertheless, [Gae Bolg] did its job wonderfully.
As soon as Jung Garam judged he moved one step too late, instead of reaching out one hand, he stepped directly in front of the target.
[Gae Bolg] directly hit Jung Garam’s chest–right in front of his heart.

     [Gae Bolg] had the added ability to split as soon as it penetrated its target, damaging their organs.
As soon as Jung Garam was pierced by the spear, he fell to his knees, trembling as if he had suffered a grave blow.

     “Garam-ah!” The Assassin’s companion who stood behind him screamed.

     Watching that scene, the man almost shed tears of overwhelming joy.
Though the message [Gae Bolg has been completely destroyed] appeared, nothing could dampen the man’s excitement.
The joy of winning over Jung Garam once again and saving his own life had filled the man’s head.
“Hahaha! Crazy bastard! I won! I did it again!”

     “Garam…”

     Of course, the man wasn’t simply drunk on his own victory.
He had eventually succeeded in overpowering Jung Garam with his wit, but this incident had frightened him in various ways.
He had to catch Jung Garam’s companion and learn the truth at all costs.

     The names of some torture experts ran through the man’s head; he also recalled that Bae Jaemin had showed extraordinary interest in this guy.

     ‘I guess I can just leave him like this…’

     He had witnessed Bae Jaemin’s cruelty several times–handing this guy over to him would probably yield satisfactory results.
Plus, with this, the man could earn extra points with the Priest.
After some mental calculations, the man decided he had no need to use violence against Jung Garam’s companion.

     However, seeing Jung Garam’s body stretched out underfoot, he couldn’t hold in his anger, so he raised his foot–showy, as if he were performing for the Assassin’s companion–and stepped on Jung Garam’s white hand.

     Rather, he was going to step on it, but……

     Just before his foot touched Jung Garam’s hand, the foot was squeezed tightly, as if it were caught in some trap.
Surprised, the man looked down and discovered a finger–Jung Garam’s finger–holding onto his foot.
“W-What’s going on!”

     Goosebumps running up and down his arms, the man shook his foot recklessly to release his foot, but, instead of falling off, the fingers continued to tighten.

     “…Aa…Arghh!”

     Crack.

     The pain of his toe bone breaking followed the sound.
Eventually, the man screamed, raised his legs, and gave one last ridiculous shake.
However, the man’s foot continued to shrink from the force of Jung Garam’s grip.

     The tip of the man’s boot ran red with blood, and it seemed like his foot would soon crumple into a bizarre shape.
Only then was the man released; of course, he lost his balance and collapsed onto the floor.

     At that moment, Jung Garam, who had his eyes closed for a while, opened his eyes again.

TL: Whew, two chapters out today.
I’m running out of stockpile, to be honest, but I didn’t want to leave you guys with only the last chap >.