Boundless Necromancer

Chapter 61: Another Administrator (2)

「 Category: Powers 」 

「 Listing (2/3) 」 

「 Power: Bone Reconstruction (C+) 」 

「 Power: Iron-blooded Sword (A-) 」

「 Power: Hand of Death (B-) 」 

‘Why are all their ranks so high…?’

They were all better than the ones I saw on the first page.

You could just by looking at the names of the powers that they were more favorable for battle.

‘I guess this is why she told me to check the store…’

And.

「 Power: Bone Reconstruction (C+) 」 

「 Price: 1,500 SP 」 

「 Explanation: A power that can turn any bone structure into one suited for martial arts with no regard for the level of martial understanding. All stats increase by +2 during the reconstruction. But, if you have already achieved bone reconstruction or are at a level where you can achieve it at any point, you are not able to purchase this power. 」 

「 Power: Iron-blooded Sword (A-) 」 

「 Price: 5,000 SP 」 

「 Explanation: A power that allows you to summon an iron-blooded sword made of mana. However, this does not deplete the user’s mana. The quality of the sword depends on the user’s mana and swordsmanship level and can be resummoned when broken. However, only one can be summoned at a time. 」 

「 Power: Hand of Death (B-) 」 

「 Price: 2,500 SP 」 

「 Explanation: Necromancy and black magic become twice as effective. Causes slight deterioration of flesh upon injuring opponents with an item in your hand. However, if the opponent has a regeneration skill, the ability will only reduce healing by half. 」 

“…”

My first impressions weren’t wrong.

‘How are they all so good…?’

The bone structure one was probably decent considering the stat increase but…

The two others were on a different level.

Summoning an iron-blooded sword or deteriorating flesh…

All I could do was laugh.

They we’re so good that having one of these could make you an S-rank hunter.

‘Especially this hand of death one…’

Iron-blooded Sword simply increased your power level, but the Hand of Death was different.

‘If I’m going against an opponent with a lot of regeneration, I’ll come out on top pretty easily.’

It was an enticing power since I knew of a lot of monsters who had a lot of regeneration.

But there was a dark side to all this.

‘That means other administrators have skills just as powerful as these.’

In other words, they might possess a skill that would render my Ashen Blood useless.

“I’d have to be careful…”

I’d just have to put a little bit more emphasis on being wary of other challengers’ abilities.

‘Anyway, which one should I pick…?’

Currently, I only had 2,000 points at my disposal.

That meant I’d only be able to get powers around C-rank…

‘Hmm.’

I could save up a bit more SP and wait to buy a better power, but I couldn't risk that.

Because I knew exactly how strong these intruders from another world were.

Even the old man I just faced on the 9th floor was crazy strong.

He did talk like he had a screw loose in his head, but his strength…

It was important to buy something so I didn't die to anyone like that.

“I guess this is the only choice.”

「 Power: Sword Ki Master (C+) 」 

「 Price: 1,500 SP 」 

「 Explanation:  Sword ki that only top tier masters can use, embodied as a power. Stronger than normal sword ki and is able to be strengthened with mana, ki, or other energies. 」 

Sword Ki Master.

Baek Sunhak was able to strengthen his sword enough to block an attack from my Triple Laceration.

‘That was probably this power’s effect.’

Not only that, I got chills the moment his sword emitted an aura of lightning.

Just one glance was all it took to see how much power that packed.

Of course, the skill was canceled immediately, but I still needed a way to counteract something like that.

「 You have purchased ‘Power: Sword Ki Master (C+)’ 」 

「 1,500 SP deducted. 」 

“Phew…”

I couldn't help but let out a sigh as I felt all my SP escape from me.

‘I needed to buy it but… money leaving my wallet…’

I really wanted to get the +2 in all stats with the Bone Reconstruction power but…

Well, it might be more efficient to buy it when my stats get harder to raise.

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Reaper Scans

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“Status.”

「 Han Sungyeun 」 

「 Radiance - Conqueror ] 

「 Strength - 67 」         「 Stamina - 66 」

「 Agility - 68 」             「 Mana - 63 」 

「 Tenacity - 63 」 

「 Innate ability - Necromancy (C) 」 

「 Innate power - Skill Combination 」 

「 Power - Serenity (C-), Sword Ki Master (C+) 」 

「 Skill - See details 」

‘Nothing’s really changed except for a small increase in my agility.’

And the only reason it went up was that achievement I got for blindly dodging his attack.

I then selected Sword Ki Master to see the details.

「 Sword Ki Master 」 

「 Grade: C+ 」 

「 Sword ki that only top tier masters can use embodied as a power. Stronger than normal sword ki and is able to be strengthened with mana, ki, or other energies. However, mana cost increases with duration. 」 

“Hm…”

There wasn't much added to the explanation.

Just that the mana cost increased the longer I had the skill active.

‘Does that mean there’s no cooldown…?’

If that’s true, this power may be better than I thought it was.

After reading the explanation, I started to push some mana into my sword.

「 Activating the power ‘Sword Ki Master.’ 」 

Shhhht…!

A blue fog started to form around my sword with a message that my power had been activated.

The blue fog gave it an almost dream-like atmosphere.

“Oooh…”

Mana flowed into my sword when I used Triple Laceration, but this was different.

If a river of mana flowing into the sword was called sword ki…

Triple Laceration was more like a wave of mana splashing into the sword…?

‘It feels different though.’

I couldn't test its power here but…

I was fairly sure I knew exactly what they meant by ‘mana cost increases with duration.’

「 Power ‘Sword Ki Master’ has been active for 1 minute. 」 

「 Mana cost increases by 2% 」 

「 Power ‘Sword Ki Master’ has been active for 2… 」 

「 Mana cost increases by 4% 」 

「 Power ‘Sword Ki Master’ has been active for 3… 」 

「 Mana cost increases by 6% 」

A message popped up telling me that my mana cost was increasing by 2% every minute.

‘So in about 50 minutes, the mana cost is going to be increased by 100%.’

Basically, it was going to eat up my mana like crazy.

It was costly enough without the cost increase…

「 Power ‘Sword Ki Master’ is deactivating. 」 

‘Well, I think I that’s enough of that…’

And as always, it was time to check the trial reward.

‘I think it was supposed to be sixth sense?’

I’d check that first.

「 Skill - Sixth Sense (C+) 」 

「 Proficiency - 0% 」 

「 Effect - Your instincts become accurate enough to awaken as a sixth sense. 」 

“…”

‘Basically, my instincts just get better.’

If just that was enough to make it a C+ rank skill, it should be pretty substantial.

But there wasn't much else to see.

I then sat on my waiting area bed and opened the community.

‘I wonder what’s trending now…’

「 You have entered the community. 」 

「 Difficulty - Hard 」 

「 Floor 10 Community (721/1321) 」 

• MaxLevelSwordsman: What the hell is a public area? And how do I get there?
• OhChoonsuk: Just say ‘public area’ and a message will pop up.
• MartialOldie: I don't fucking care about that. Someone, please do something about the intruders.
• Bush: Ah loool you met another one? What’s with your luck? I haven’t seen a single one.
• Hehead: Lmao maybe they keep targeting you because you're weak or just unlucky.
• MartialOldie: …Says the rank 347 and 517.
• Buuush: You fucker.
• SurviveOnLuck: Have yall seen administrators who you haven’t contracted with send messages? What’s that?
• OhChoonsuk: That’s just from them spectating you. If they like you, they’ll give you powers.

‘Public area?’

I took note of all the things that seemed useful.

• AmHyeji: FUck, I went to the public area and… there were mad foreigners. I think we share it with all the other countries.
• MaxLevelSwordsman: I just got here… what is this place? Why is this here?
• OhChoonsuk: Dunno. I think it’s there for challengers to interact.
• Wildlife: Holy shit, I think I just saw a Japanese S rank hunter. What?
• Buuush: lol even S rank hunters got in here? Damn I trusted them.
• MartialOldie: I think I get why it’s there… I started getting hella messages from administrators as soon as I got in there.
• Buuush: You’re getting messages? Why am I not getting it?
• MartialOldie: Maybe because you’re a rank 347 scrub? TT?
• Buuush: You lil shit.

‘Interesting.’

The presence of foreigners meant it would be good for networking…

But it was important that I could receive messages from administrators there.

And…

• MaxLevelSwordsman: Some foreigner just asked me if I wanted to trade powers with their administrator.

Well, I guess I knew what I was doing next.

“Public area.”

「 Moving to the 10th floor public area.  」 

‘Interacting with other challengers and being able to make deals with their administrators…’

Sign me up.

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