The Boundless Necromancer

aditional gukbap* restaurant near my apartment.

Chicken and pizza all sounded good, but nothing could beat this.

‘I’d rather down a piping hot bowl of pork gukbap.’

Stirring the sauce into the bowl, I took a hearty bite of what could only be described as heavenly.

When the perfect combination of spicy and hot soup slid down my throat.

“Kaaaah….”

A moan of ecstasy inadvertently came out of my mouth.

Once I dipped a spoonful of rice into the soup and put it in my mouth, I couldn’t resist anymore.

My head went empty as I shoved down the rest of the bowl down my throat.

After two more bowls, I finally felt satisfied.

I felt myself slipping into a food coma, but I shook myself awake and took out my wallet to pay for the meal.

Oh, and the wallet I thought had disappeared when I was transferred to the tower was on the floor next to the bed.

Same with my smartphone.

The battery was a little low, but it was still usable.

“Phew, I’m so full.”

My thoughts were finally starting to organize themselves now that my stomach was full.

Hm, my next order of business is…

‘Going to the training center for my refund.’

As big of a name the center was, I poured a lot of money into there.

It would be a waste to not get it back.

But thinking about it a little harder, it might be more worth it to not get it back.

Of course, it wasn’t because of the little pride I had left.

‘Wouldn’t it be easier to make use of the gym’s name?’

Players in dedicated hunter training centers got a fast pass to take the exam.

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This center was no exception.

Normally, you could only take the hunter exam a day or two after applying for it.

‘Then I won’t be able to utilize my time here as effectively as possible.’

But if I applied through a center, I’d be able to skip all the paperwork and the written exam and just take the practical.

Of course, you’d still need to show an impressive amount of skill to pass but… 

I didn’t think that would be a problem for me.

“Hm, what should I do?’

There wasn’t a good reason to be desperate for the money now that I knew I could sell the items from the tower.

‘I don’t want to let the center keep my money but whatever.’

Like with necromancy, I was the only one who’d be hindered by not using it.

And time was a precious resource at this point.

I couldn’t afford to waste any more of it.

‘I’ll use everything in my arsenal to prepare to go back to the tower.’

Ring-ring.

After I decided my course of action, I acted fast.

A couple of rings later, a low voice answered the call.

…Hello, this is the manager of the White Lotus player training center, Hwang Manho.

I smirked after hearing the hostility in his voice.

“Yeah it’s me, do you remember me, manager?”

 

Yeah, I remember.
You can just apply for the reimbursement online.

I sensed annoyance and contempt in his tone, but that didn’t matter.

“I changed my mind.
I don’t need that refund anymore.”

…Are you serious? You can’t take that back later.

“I’m not planning on it, but I want to ask for a favor.”

If you want to keep on using the center, I can’t allow—

“Help me apply for the hunter exam.”

For a second, I thought the call dropped.

It was like he didn’t even know how to react to that.

All of the sudden, Hwang Manho replied in a voice full of laughter.

Sir, do you remember what you received on your evaluations?

“…”

You received an overall ranking of F, that’s a failing grade.

“I know.”

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You don’t have an innate ability or skills.
You’re making this difficult for me.

He didn’t say it outright, but he was telling me to know my place.

‘Yeah, that’s what I was going to do.’

Technically, he wasn’t wrong.

I didn’t know about anyone else, but I was considered to be the weakest of the weakest.

But that was a story of the past.

“So you can’t do that even if I give you the money?”

Hearing that I wasn’t aggravated, he calmly replied.

Well, I mean, I’m not going to reject $70,000.

It was a little bitter to hear the amount of money I threw down the drain but… 

I guess that just goes to show exactly how awful I was before the tower.

He was being an ass about it, but this was as close to an acceptance as I was going to get.

“It’s a deal then.
I’d like to take the exam today.”

…Today, today.
You must have gained a lot of confidence in the last couple of days.

He didn’t seem too pleased at my confidence and made a sly comment.

A couple of days, huh?

To him, it must look like I was full of unearned confidence.

But I couldn’t deny that I did get a huge ego boost recently.

He wouldn’t understand why I was suddenly acting like I had something other than persistence.

It did make sense from his perspective though.

Stats, innate abilities, skills… 

Like Hwang Minho said, I didn’t have anything that a normal hunter should have.

But I wasn’t the same person I was when I entered that tower.

I knew that for a fact.

This isn’t me being cocky or arrogant.

It was my rightly deserved self-assurance.

So I didn’t let him shove me around and gave a short answer.

If I was the trash trainee Han Sungyeun up until now…

“Yes, I did.”

It was now time for hunter Han Sungyeun.

 

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Ayo translating this chapter got me so hungry

I hope yall appreciate the descriptions I worked hard on

*Pork gukbap with the sauce on top: See comments for photo.