Chapter 32

An arrow was fired, but at that moment, I felt a scorching heat flying in from the side.

I turned my head.

Fireball…!

Muhyuk hurriedly pulled out his shield.

Kwaang!

He took damage from the explosion, but it wasn’t severe.

There are so many users, it’s troublesome…

Muhyuk organized his thoughts amidst the rising dust.

Tie up the priest and the shield-wielding guy with Bow Bone 1. Tie up the mage with Bow Bone 2, and keep the archer in check with Bow Bone 3. The six Sword Bones can target the guy in front…

Lastly, Muhyuk.

He intended to roam freely and dismantle the hostile party.

Just in time, the dust settled.

He rose to his feet and issued commands.

The situation unfolded as he had planned.

The most struggling was the guy who had first picked a fight with Muhyuk.

He looked flustered by the combined assault of six Sword Bones.

“Wh-what the hell!”

He must have been ignoring the Skeletons.

But the damage was at a level he couldn’t ignore at all, so it was natural for him to be surprised.

“Damn it! Why isn’t anyone coming! And Minseo! Heal me!”

Watching him, Muhyuk smiled.

Nine Skeletons.

Having gained 30% of Muhyuk’s fraudulent stats, they were by no means weak.

Sword Bone 1, in particular, hadn’t invested much in strength and agility.

He had focused entirely on stamina to increase HP. Nevertheless, both strength and agility were over 15.

His HP easily exceeded 700, and his pure damage was close to 50.

With the sword he had newly purchased today, his damage had reached 100.

Of course, Sword Bones 3, 4, 5, and 6 were weaker than that, but they still possessed damage of 85 or higher.

With six of those guys attacking from all sides, even a level 40 user couldn’t ignore them.

Even considering defense, at least 60 HP was being drained with each attack.

And that’s not all.

Swoosh.

If he allowed Muhyuk’s carefully approached attack.

[Critical Hit!]

[Deals 256 damage.]

Instantly, over 250 HP was lost.

“Heal, heal!”

The guy shouted urgently.

Bow Bones 1, 2, 3. Rapid Fire.

Muhyuk looked at the priest and issued a command.

The three Bow Bones indiscriminately fired arrows at the priest.

One guy was blocking with a shield in front, but he couldn’t block all the countless arrows.

Eventually, Bone Arrows were embedded in the priest’s body, causing the healing magic to be canceled.

“Heal me, you fuck!”

Muhyuk smiled and took aim at the back of the swearing guy.

He extended his Skull Staff.

Thwack.

The blade pierced through, and another critical hit landed.

“Y-you crazy…!”

That was the end.

The guy turned gray and disappeared.

The spot where he disappeared.

Swoosh.

Muhyuk picked up the dropped item and smiled faintly.

An item.

He was lucky.

If the opponent who initiated the PK dies, there is a 50 percent chance of dropping one of the items in their inventory or equipped.

Often, useless things drop, but the guy dropped a necklace that looked quite valuable at a glance.

Check it later.

After putting it in his inventory, he turned his body.

Whoosh.

In the meantime, the mage had finished casting and a fire arrow was flying.

Damn it…

There was no time to dodge.

Kwaang!

He was directly hit by the fire arrow.

[HP (120) decreases.]

Thanks to the weaker power than a Fireball, it wasn’t burdensome.

Since the Bow Bones were constantly keeping him in check, he had no choice but to switch to a spell with a shorter casting time. As a result, the power must have decreased.

At this level, it’s not a big threat. But it was ambiguous to ignore it.

Since he had killed one person anyway, the Sword Bones were relaxed. He decided to divide them and send them.

Bow Bone 1, Rapid Fire.

Sword Bones 1, 2 forward.

Sword Bones 3, 4 to the right.

Sword Bones 5, 6 to the left.

Bow Bone 1 and Sword Bones 1, 2 began to focus on the archer, Bow Bone 2 and Sword Bones 3, 4 on the mage, and Bow Bone 3 and Sword Bones 5, 6 on the priest.

Muhyuk also inflicted great damage by weaving through the gaps.

As a result, the hostile party became more and more disadvantaged over time, and eventually, they couldn’t hold out and lost their lives one by one.

“Kuh, damn it…!”

“Next time…”

Muhyuk ignored their last words and picked up the dropped items.

A total of 3 items were acquired.

He immediately checked the information on the spot.

[Nimble Necklace]

Movement Speed +2%

Attack Speed +2%

Usage Restriction: Agility 15

Durability 70/85

[Flow Bracelet]

Magic Attack Power 15

Casting Speed +1%

Usage Restriction: Knowledge 15

Durability 62/75

[Heavy Boots]

Maintains balance in any situation

Defense 2

Agility +1

Usage Restriction: Agility 15

Durability 73/75

Muhyuk’s eyes widened.

“Heo…”

Each item was extraordinary.

It would be good for me to wear them.

Of course, the Flow Bracelet is meaningless.

He was only thinking of selling that.

The Nimble Necklace was fine, but…

He couldn’t equip the boots. This was because Muhyuk’s current agility was 14.

[Basic Information]

Name: Muhyuk

Level: 31

Class: Gangster Necromancer

Fame: 1,150

[Titles]

Beginning of Adventure

-All Stats +1

Top Disciple of the Gangster Necromancer

-HP, MP (+200) Increase

-Recovery Rate (+5) Increase

Not Tainted by Darkness

-Additional Damage to Darkness-related Monsters (+5%)

-Additional Defense against Darkness-related Monsters (+5%)

[Basic Stats]

Strength: 34 Agility: 14 Stamina: 20

Knowledge: 19 Wisdom: 26

[Special Stats]

Endurance: 4 Concentration: 4 Flexibility: 4

Luck: 4 Dexterity: 38

Bonus Points: 0

[Detailed Information]

HP: 1,480

Recovery Rate per Minute: 60

MP: 1,880

Recovery Rate per Minute: 87

Physical Attack Power: 102 + 65

Magic Attack Power: 95 + 75

Defense: 20 + 11

Magic Defense: 38

Attack Speed: 134%

Movement Speed: 117%

Reaction Speed: 101.4+0.5%

That was his current stats.

He was short 1 agility.

Muhyuk scanned the items he was wearing.

Except for the shoes…

The shoes had 1 strength attached, so it had nothing to do with agility.

Since there were no other parts to equip, he decided to find an accessory with agility attached.

Auction House System.

Fortunately, he was able to find an anklet with agility attached.

As soon as he wore it, his agility became 15, and Muhyuk was able to use the two newly acquired items.

Thanks to this, his movement speed and attack speed increased quite a bit.

He was quite satisfied.

Shall I go hunting again?

He set the Flow Bracelet to 72 hours and set the starting price at 30 Gold.

The users he killed would only be able to log in after 24 hours, so he decided to focus on hunting without worry during that time.

A video appeared on Illusion.

[PK Video taken at the Ogre Hunting Ground!]

PK always stimulates curiosity everywhere.

More users than expected watched the video. A confrontation between a user wearing a helmet and five users.

└How unfair. 5:1.

└More than that, who’s right?]

└Who knows.

└Shut up and watch the video.

Comments were posted in real time.

The viewers’ immersion increased more and more.

└Wow, awesome. I thought he would back down, but my heart fluttered when the helmeted user cursed!

└lol Get lost, you retard.

└You get lost.

└He was just copying what the user above said. Is he stupid?

It reached its peak as the battle unfolded.

└Holy crap, nine Skeletons?

└That’s amazing. Isn’t that quite a lot?

└A friend of mine is the number 1 Necromancer, and he brings around 15 summons. He’s over level 50.

└But why all Skeletons?

└I know, right. Aren’t Skeletons weak?

└He should have Enhanced Zombies or Mud Golems.

└Just by looking at them, the Skeletons look like they’ll melt.

But it went differently than expected.

└Crazy…

└Are those really Skeletons?

└Why are they so strong?

The Skeletons overwhelmed the users.

└If it’s the Ogre hunting ground, shouldn’t they be level 40?

└That’s right. And the Skeletons are winning against those users.

└Heo…

└That’s amazing, that’s amazing.

Due to that video, Necromancer even rose to 7th place in real-time search rankings.

Of course, new videos quickly surged, and that video was buried in a few hours. It also disappeared from the real-time search rankings.

However, hundreds of thousands of users watched the video, and the number was steadily increasing even now.

A unique Necromancer who only summons Skeletons was clearly etched in their minds.

He woke up early in the morning and headed to the gym.

He did 30 minutes on the treadmill and started strength training.

The delicate muscles that began to show as he exerted strength attracted the attention of the many women exercising around him.

His appearance was unremarkable.

A moderate height, moderate muscles, and deep-looking eyes added up to a strange charm.

No one would find him unlikeable.

But Muhyuk was unfamiliar with it.

Hmm…

He wasn’t used to those gazes yet. It was only natural since he had spent more than 7 years in the hospital.

It’s not like he hated it.

It was just awkward.

“Ahem…”

He tried to ignore it and focused on exercising.

Drrr.

At that moment, the phone he had placed next to the equipment rang. The moment he looked at the screen, wondering who it was, his eyes widened.

“Sungminwoo?”

The only being he could call a friend.

It was Sungminwoo.

He pressed the call button.

“Hello…?”

Come to think of it, he hadn’t met a friend since he thought he was living a new life. He hadn’t even made a phone call.

He hadn’t been in contact with them because he was originally a taciturn guy, but he had forgotten about it himself, so he had nothing to say.

(What are you doing?)

A way of speaking that went straight to the point.

A smile crept across his face for no reason.

“Working out.”

(Huh? Working out all of a sudden?)

Sungminwoo’s listless voice was filled with energy. It seemed like his eyes had lit up as soon as he heard the word Illusion.

He could fully guess just from that reaction.

“You’re doing it too?”

(Of course! Now that we’re talking about it, we should get together for the first time in a while? All the other guys are doing Illusion too. It would be so much fun if we met up?)

At that moment, Kang Muhyuk’s expression slightly hardened.

Those he once considered friends.

He remembered the sight of them being led to his hospital room by Sungminwoo when he was hospitalized with quadriplegia.

After the first visit, they never came again or even contacted him once.

Only Sungminwoo occasionally came to ask if he was okay with a worried expression and tone.

“I don’t know…”

That’s why he didn’t feel like it.

(Why? We can talk about Illusion too.)

“Umm…”

(We should see each other after a long time. Stop talking back and get ready because I’m going to contact the guys. I’ll text you the time and place. I’m hanging up now!)

And the call ended.

Kang Muhyuk sighed deeply.

“Haa.”

He wanted to see Sungminwoo, but not the others.

But it was ridiculous to avoid it unconditionally based on something that hadn’t happened yet.

It would be difficult for his feelings towards them to ease, but talking about Sungminwoo and Illusion would be a very enjoyable thing.

In the end, he decided to go out and continued exercising.

Not long after, he received a text message, and after confirming that he didn’t have much time, he entered the locker room inside the gym.