Chapter 12

The growth of a Skeleton is slow.

Extremely slow.

No, beyond that, it’s maddeningly slow. That’s why many users can’t endure the slowness and give up.

Only a few users who don’t give up raise their levels and lead a large number of summons, but even then, their utility isn’t high.

Why?

As the character’s level increases, the Skeleton’s level naturally increases as well, but it’s always 5 levels lower than the main character.

Moreover, the main character gets 1 bonus point each time they level up, but the summon only gets 1 bonus point after two level ups.

So, even if the main character reaches level 100, the summon only gets 47 bonus points.

A level 90 warrior can break it with a casual touch, and a mage’s area attack can melt it away.

Of course, it gets an additional stat equal to 20 percent of the main character’s, but it’s meaningless since ordinary users don’t raise Strength, Agility, or Stamina.

Only Death Knights or Golems, which can be summoned in the later stages, can barely stand up to high-level users, but if they decide to ignore the summons and target only the main character, only a futile death awaits.

But someday it will be revealed.

That as Dexterity increases, bonus stats are gained when replacing bones, and because 20 percent of the main character’s stats are added on top of that, they become strong enough to not be ignored if Strength, Agility, and Stamina are the focus of growth.

Is that all?

No.

If you job advance to Gangster Necromancer, another 10 percent is added.

In other words, 30 percent of the main character’s stats are additionally added to the summon.

There is also the possibility of growth.

If you assemble bones with the bones of strong monsters, the stats increase even more.

The stronger the monster, the more so.

In particular, the skull is absolute.

It can only be replaced once and is difficult to obtain, so you have to be careful, but it grows by a large margin.

You can even give it Weaponry like swords and shields.

In the future, it will also learn helpful skills.

The higher the Dexterity.

The higher the skill level.

The better the Weaponry.

The higher the main character’s level and stats.

In the end, the summon also becomes stronger.

Grinding, time. Pouring those in. Enduring.

Muhyuk thought that if you were confident in enduring all of that, there was no better job than a Gangster Necromancer.

“So…”

This is the only way right now.

The only way to make the Skeletons and zombies, which are so pathetic in the early stages, even remotely helpful.

“Attack!”

To use the summons as bullet shields.

Taking advantage of that gap.

Flash.

Muhyuk, having jumped, climbed onto the snake’s torso.

Balancing himself, he moved to its head and, just before falling, forcefully plunged the sword in his hand downwards.

Crack.

A rough sensation of piercing flesh.

He twisted the sword.

Kieeeeeek!

The Snake of Wisdom screamed and thrashed.

But Muhyuk was already perfectly balanced from several experiences.

Once the sword was stabbed in, there was no need to worry about falling. From then on, it was smooth sailing.

After all, the Snake of Wisdom’s physical abilities were far inferior to those of the Snakes of Stamina, Strength, and Agility.

Stab, stab.

After stabbing it with several daggers taken from the Infinite Scabbard, it became quiet.

Is it dead?

After waiting a bit, a message popped up.

[Experience has increased.]

[Level has increased.]

[‘Wisdom(0.1)’ has increased.]

It was a pleasant voice.

An increase in Wisdom, as well as a level up!

But there was no time to indulge in joy.

Slowly straightening his back and getting up, he hurriedly went down and dismantled the corpse of the thing scattering silver powder.

His hands moved on their own, tearing the skin and pulling out the bones. After putting the extracted items into his inventory, he sat down and rested.

I’m already hungry.

He took out bread from his inventory and chewed on it.

Haa, it’s tasteless.

I desperately want kimchi stew.

I need to learn how to cook soon.

He was planning to learn how to cook as soon as he got out of here.

Acquiring cooking automatically raises Dexterity by 3.

After that, Dexterity increases little by little each time the cooking skill level rises or when making special dishes.

That alone helps with bone assembly.

In addition, eating good food temporarily increases stats.

From Muhyuk’s perspective, it was an essential sub-job to have.

Of course, most users prefer to bring along those who have learned it rather than learning it themselves because it’s troublesome and complicated.

Muhyuk, having eaten all the bread, checked his HP and MP.

They were 90 percent full, but in order to be safer, he decided to fill them to 100 percent.

Muhyuk relieved his boredom by checking his current character’s information.

[Basic Information]

Name: Muhyuk

Level: 17

Job: Necromancer

Fame: 600

Title: Beginning of Adventure

-All stats +1

[Basic Stats]

Strength: 23(+0.9)

Agility: 10(+0.2)

Stamina: 12(+0.3)

Knowledge: 10(+0.1)

Wisdom: 10(+0.3)

Bonus Points: 0

[Special Stats]

Endurance: 4

Concentration: 4

Flexibility: 4

Luck: 4

Dexterity: 27

Bonus Points: 0

[Detailed Information]

HP: 750

Recovery Rate per Minute: 39

MP: 650

Recovery Rate per Minute: 20

Physical Attack Power: 69 +16

Magical Attack Power: 50

Defense: 12 +14

Magic Resistance: 20

Attack Speed: 123%

Movement Speed: 111.5%

Reaction Speed: 101.5%

A smile naturally formed.

The 0.9 to the left of Strength was the value that appeared because he had caught 9 Snakes of Strength so far.

If he catches just one more, that value will disappear and Strength will increase from 23 to 24.

Agility, Stamina, Knowledge, and Wisdom had already achieved a stat increase each by catching more than 10 each.

Truly enjoyable.

Because he was realizing that he was getting stronger.

I wish I could stay for a month.

Where is the end?

Perhaps the Dungeon will be cleared in the very next space, or maybe he will have to go up to the 2nd floor, 3rd floor, or even higher.

That’s how much time a Dungeon raid takes.

It’s easy to get tired and exhausted, but Muhyuk now hoped that this Dungeon wouldn’t end.

No, at least 3 more days.

In that time, he could achieve at least 5 or more stat increases.

Pfft.

A burst of laughter escaped for a moment.

The psychology of expecting even though he already knew that it wasn’t to that extent.

Unless it was an Ancient Dungeon, he would only be able to raise each stat by two, or at most three, since it was a Unique Dungeon.

Clearing his mind of distractions, he checked his condition again.

HP and MP were fully charged.

Swish.

Getting up, he took a step.

When Agility was 9, he couldn’t catch up to the Snake of Agility.

But as he persistently hunted the Snakes of Agility and raised it to 9, the situation changed.

100.5 percent.

101 percent.

101.5 percent.

Each time it increased in increments of 0.5 like this, he could feel his own reaction speed increasing.

Muhyuk was currently at exactly 101.5 percent, so he had a reaction speed that had increased by one level, and thanks to that, he was able to catch the thing’s movements, albeit faintly.

Looking at this aspect, reaction speed is definitely an amazing ability.

It allows you to feel a different world with just a slight difference.

However, that doesn’t mean that Agility is the best stat.

That’s because fighting doesn’t end just because you can see it.

Strength and speed to enter that world are needed, as well as Stamina to roam freely.

Muhyuk was in a state where those three were well harmonized.

His current reaction speed was 101.5%.

In terms of Agility alone, it was a value of 15.

But Strength was 8 higher than that, and Stamina was a bit lacking, but it was still at 12, so it was enough.

He had the qualifications to enter a faster world.

Kieeeeek.

That’s why he wasn’t worried at all.

Even though the Snake of Agility was currently circling around Muhyuk.

He stood still, holding a dagger in his left hand and the Iron Sword of Destruction in his right hand.

Then, at some point, he dashed forward.

At the same time as kicking off the ground, he swung the Iron Sword of Destruction.

It was a strike that accurately pierced the neck of the snake drawing a semicircle.

[Critical has occurred.]

[Deals 152 damage.]

Surprised, the guy hurriedly swung its tail, but Muhyuk’s increased reaction speed had already caught all of that.

He bent his knees slightly and floated into the air.

He could see the snake with its mouth wide open in front of him. He forcefully threw the dagger in his left hand.

The quickly flying dagger pierced the guy’s tongue.

Another critical hit!

Kiek, Kieeeeek!

While the guy was going crazy, Muhyuk landed on the ground.

“Huu…”

He inhaled and held it in.

He exploded his muscle strength for a moment and closed the distance.

Fortunately, two critical hits had occurred.

The guy’s remaining HP wouldn’t be much. Estimating from the battles so far, it would be about 300.

He just needed to land 4 or 5 normal attacks.

He judged that there would be no difficulty since he could catch the guy’s movements.

He roughly swung the sword at close range.

Slash, slash.

Already three times.

The Snake of Agility, writhing in pain, tried to quickly retreat, but Muhyuk summoned two Skeletons and a zombie at the same time to block its path.

While they were blocking it for a moment, Muhyuk, who had arrived near the snake again, thrust his sword.

With a rough sound of stab, the silver powder that started there began to cover the snake’s entire body.

Muhyuk leisurely approached the guy and used a skill.

“Corpse Disassembly.”

After disassembling it and putting the extracted items into his inventory and looking at them for a moment, the time of death, which had been temporarily stopped by the skill, flowed again.

The snake’s corpse began to turn into smoke and disappear.

The items that came out were a few pieces of leather.

He picked them up and put them in his bag.

Special materials from Corpse Disassembly.

In addition to monster drop materials.

The fun of collecting items was quite good.

After looking at the collected items for a while, he checked his remaining HP.

100 percent.

He hadn’t been hit even once in this battle.

Good, should I go right away?

He didn’t even need to rest.

Step.

While walking forward, he imagined what kind of snake would come out.

If it’s a Snake of Strength?

The guy’s HP would be about 700.

Since its defense is low, he could kill it if he succeeded in about ten attacks.

The Snake of Stamina had 1,200 HP and about 40 defense.

He just had to keep hitting it relentlessly, and the Snakes of Knowledge and Wisdom were much easier opponents than the previous three if he just blocked their retreat.

Very good.

His battle experience so far was ingrained.

There was nothing to fear.

All that was left was to achieve stat increases.

Step.

He moved forward again without resting.

A snake visible far away.

“Golgolil, Golgoli. Attack!”

After catching the guy, his stats increased by 0.1 again.