How a Calamity Necromancer Retires

Reporters who filled the yard of the Awakened Registration Center in Gunsan City were talking.

“Will there be an S-class?”

“That’s right.”

Naturally, the subject of their story is Han Ji-hyeok, who decided to take a grade test today.

Han Ji-hyeok is now officially an F-class awakener, but no one in the world thinks Han Ji-hyeok is an F-class.

It is known that the number of skeletons deployed so far exceeds 10,000 and is approaching 20,000, and now they have released bodyguard skeletons, proving that summons with armed forces are also possible.

“Then what about the SS class?”

“Wouldn’t it be SS?”

Currently, there are only 5 SS ranks in Korea.

Everyone expected that Han Ji-hyeok would easily win the S-class, but I wasn’t sure because he was on a completely different level from SS.

“Anyway, since he’s a multi-talented person, his combat power itself seems to be declining.”

“Still, if you look at the influence alone, it wouldn’t be strange to say it was SS class.”

It was Seron that not only brought about a significant economic effect by attracting investment from foreign companies as well as U-turning Korean factories to Korea, but also focused on exporting and earning considerable foreign currency.

“Do you give SS ranks based only on their influence? If that’s the case, all chaebols are SS level?”

“No. no The basis of that influence is ability and simply having a lot of money is different. There are Awakeners in the US who received an S rank for potion-related abilities. They say that Awakener’s fighting ability is bad.”

An American Awakener who became famous for making instant ability enhancement potions.

Although it has almost no combat capability, it has been officially recognized as an S-class in the United States in recognition of its usefulness.

A clear case of being useful to society even if it is not necessarily combat ability, and at the same time being useful enough, you can get a high grade.

“But still, that’s up to S rank. There is no case of an SS class without combat capability.”

Journalists so divided.

But in the end, there was one common opinion.

Considering the influence and ability Han Ji-hyeok has shown so far, the S-class is certain, but the SS-class is ambiguous.

That’s when the reporters were talking about this and that.

“It’s one representative!!”

Han Ji-hyeok appeared at the main entrance of the registry office.

The moment the reporters approached with their eyes shining, Han Ji-hyeok shouted.

“Everyone stop!!”

“uh?”

“I’m going to summon a skeleton from now on, so don’t come close!”

“Suddenly summoning a skeleton?”

“Since it’s a summoning class, are you trying to show off your summoning abilities? But does that mean anything to CEO Han right now?”

At that time, Han Ji-hyeok raised his hand, and behind it, an unprecedentedly large sub-space appeared.

“and. Did it grow that big?”

“I think it’s bigger than the gate?”

and that moment.

An enormous number of skeletons lined up in a subspace and walked forward.

chuck. chuck. chuck.

Skeletons advancing in ranks in an orderly fashion, like a well-trained army.

Even though the reporters knew that the skeletons were all summoned by Han Ji-hyeok, the ranks of skeletons were so large and magnificent that they fell into the illusion of seeing monsters coming out of an unstable gate.

“Why do you think you have to run away?”

“I know.”

Then Jihyeok Han said.

“This is the Seron shoe skeleton.”

“···uh?”

“Then SR electronics.”

Only then did the reporters realize what those skeletons meant.

“I’m putting out the skeletons I’ve made so far by type.”

From the basic worker skeleton to the transport type, as well as construction and firefighting skeletons, all the skeletons Han Ji-hyeok has made so far are dispatched.

“The following is a prototype skeleton created through joint research by me and our research team!”

Then, this time, skeletons with unique appearances appeared.

Skeletons with bizarre appearances, from skeletons with four arms to quadrupeds.

There was even a large skeleton that was nearly 7m tall.

“Oh oh! Unreleased skeletons!”

Then, the reporters who were dumbfounded and wanted something like this gradually show interest.

“Finally, these are the bodyguard skeletons released this time!”

Han Ji-hyeok, who had been walking while summoning the skeleton, finally stood in front of reporters and said.

“Five thousand in total like this. By the way, these are all spares.”

In short, they left the working skeletons and summoned only the skeletons with leisure.

“…So you’re saying it’s already over 20,000?”

“But why aren’t you surprised at all? Have you gotten used to it all this time?”

At that time, Han Ji-hyeok smiled brightly and took out a bundle of papers from his pocket and passed them to the reporters.

“This is a catalog with specifications such as the types and abilities of the summoned skeletons.”

The reporters who received the catalog said with surprised expressions.

“Construction-type maximum carrying capacity…Firefighting-type features…”

said Han Ji-hyeok, who turned all the catalogs to reporters.

“I’m going to go in and test it now. The interview will be held after the test, so stay tuned for the skeletons in the meantime. For reference, unmanned pilots such as construction types are equipped with a control device so that you can try them out yourself, so please try them out. Then I go in first!”

Han Ji-hyeok left the reporters behind and went inside the registry office.

The reporters looked back and forth between the catalog and the skeleton.

“What kind of robot fair… no, it’s a skeleton fair?”

At that time, a reporter said with an interesting expression.

“Still, there are a lot of articles, so it’s good. It’s the first time that the detailed specifications of the skeleton have been revealed.”

“That’s right. good. Let’s take a bunch of pictures!”

The reason for releasing a large amount of skeletons was simple.

Because I am currently a very unique person.

The summon series is currently so rare that the highest grade is A-class throughout the world, and it is virtually the first time throughout the world that the president of a large company is recognized as an S-class awakened person.

Even if it’s up to awakening, if you want to improve your skills, you have to put in so-called hard work while catching monsters.

Anyway, that’s why if I was recognized as an S-class, it was clear that I would be interested not only in Korea but also abroad because it was the first case as the chairman of a large company and a summons affiliate.

Of course, you can’t miss this publicity opportunity.

So I made up my mind and even made a detailed specification catalog and disclosed everything to reporters.

Should I say it’s some kind of corporate publicity center?

“Let’s hear it earlier, it’s a robot expo… no. no. It’s called the Skeleton Fair. Well, that’s good too.”

Anyway, when I entered the registry office, what greeted me was a familiar face.

“Guild leader Kim Han-ul?”

It was Kim Han-ul, the guild leader who lent me money.

It’s been a long time since I’ve already paid back all the money I borrowed, but since I’ve been seeing him periodically for armor A/S and upgrades, he was one of the few Awakeners who can say I’m close with him.

“What are you doing?”

Kim Han-ul, who was wearing the armor I made, said with a bright smile.

“What is it? Chairman Han told me that he was doing a grade test, so I volunteered right away.”

“What do you mean by that?”

“ah. Chairman Han is the first, so you don’t know. Originally, A-class or higher High Awakeners are tested with the help of similar-class Awakeners. Because there are so many different abilities, there is a limit to measuring them only with machines.”

I’m not really interested in that kind of thing.

“Come in. Others besides me are waiting.”

When I moved to the test site with Kim Han-ul, this time, faces I had seen often in the news appeared.

It was Lee Jin-young, the director of the Awakened Person Management Agency, and Woo Do-hyun, the guild leader of the White Flower Guild, an SS-level Awakener and one of the best guilds in Korea.

“Guild leader Woo Do-hyun is here too.”

Then Kim Han-ul smiled and said.

“Because we can’t ignore the possibility that Chairman Han is an SS class.”

At that time, Commissioner Lee Jin-young and Woo Do-hyun approached me.

“Nice to meet you. This is Commissioner Lee Jin-young.”

Woo Do-hyun, who was next to me, quietly nods at me.

Then Kim Han-ul quietly whispered in my ear.

“Woo, the guild leader is a very reticent person, so please understand that he is the way he is.”

“ah. yes.”

At that time, Lee Jin-young looked at me intently and said.

“I really wanted to see you. Chairman Han. I wanted to ask why the hell are we doing this.”

“What are you talking about?”

“From making 10,000 skeletons to using them in unexpected fields, and so on. That put us in a lot of trouble.”

Jinyoung Lee said with a smile.

“From the tax issue on skeletons to whether a new law related to summons should be enacted, opinions were divided, and it was literally chaos. How are you? In the meantime, the number of skeletons increased without knowing the end, and now they have become a group.”

In the meantime, Skeleton has never been sanctioned in relation to the law.

To be precise, I should say that I didn’t even have time to sanction them.

By the time the management agency’s administrative power was discussing what to do, Seron was already running a few steps forward.

“Now that Seron has grown so much, it’s hard to do anything recklessly. hahahaha.”

The influence of Ceron was growing, from the employees of Saeron and its partners to the investment effect of U-turn companies due to Saeron.

Of course, the moment you try something on Seron, everyone under the influence of Seron will be affected, so you have to be careful from the standpoint of an administrative agency.

“Of course, I am not saying that the theory is bad. Rather, it is of great help to Korea. I am also very grateful as the head of a national institution. For reference, speaking of my personal inclination, I am against limiting the possibilities of awakened people through sanctions. I just wanted to let you know that we are struggling without knowing it.”

“hahahaha. is that so?”

“Anyway, that’s it, isn’t today’s purpose a test?”

At that time, Lee Jin-young spoke in a quiet voice.

“Actually, it shouldn’t be said in advance, but we have already tentatively concluded that Chairman Han will be S-class internally.”

“Have you already made up your mind?”

“Because the steps you have shown so far are enough to receive an S rank. The number of skeletons summoned so far. In addition to that, in a situation where it was originally expected to have an A-class or higher armed force, now there is even a skeleton for bodyguards, and isn’t it practically a one-person guild? Just in case, are you planning to release more for bodyguards in the future?”

“hmm.”

“You can be honest.”

“what. you’re right. It’s because we plan to release at least dozens of B-classes in the future. A grade is also prepared… To be honest, I already made it.”

There is no need to hide things that will come to light sooner rather than later in a situation where the other side has already been honest with you.

“At that level, it can be said that S-class is already confirmed. Originally, since he is a multi-talented person, he has to mobilize researchers to perform various tests and verifications on summons, attacks, and flying abilities, etc., but we will omit that with the authority of the commissioner and only conduct basic tests.”

Oh oh.

How is it?

This is no different from a gift prepared by Lee Jin-young.

As Lee Jinyoung, wouldn’t you like to take this opportunity to experiment with everything?

To be honest, I was prepared for that as well.

However, Lee Jin-young made the exact opposite choice.

Rather than dragging the time into an experiment that may or may not reveal everything about me and causing my dissatisfaction, I would rather streamline the process and win my favor.

Although it is said to be a personal opinion, did you not openly say that you are opposed to sanctions against the Awakened?

In other words, this is no different from Lee Jin-young’s proposal to get along well in the future.

I said with a smile.

“That’s nice.”

So first of all, they released the package of simplified procedures, so I should return it too, right?

There’s nothing wrong with being friendly with the head of the management office.

“If you think about it, I’ve been out too long. The administration is responsible for managing the awakened people, but it must have looked as if they couldn’t manage it.”

“Thank you so much for saying that.”

“If you give me your phone number, I will contact the Commissioner in advance before we start working in the future.”

You will be able to prepare your mind in advance, and it will appear that Saron is cooperating with the management office.

In other words, it can save Lee Jin-young’s side.

At my words, Lee Jinyoung smiled brightly and said,

“Really? hey If I knew you were such a communicative person, I would have contacted you sooner.”

Now that Saeron has grown in size, he should get along well with the political world.

Lee Jin-young said with a satisfied expression.

“Anyway, the story seems to be about this, shall we start right away? First of all, we’ll check the basics like the pet’s strength with a test machine. After that, there will be a brief sparring with Guild Leader Kim Han-ul. Roughly to the extent of giving and receiving a couple of attacks from each other.”

Kim Han-ul licked his lips and said.

“I was thinking of competing properly with Chairman Han, but steam is leaking.”

“hahahaha. Isn’t that what is good is good?”

At that time, Lee Jin-young looked at me with a sorry expression and said.

“ah! By the way, are you thinking of trying the SS class? Just in case, I asked Guild Leader Wu to observe.”

In fact, there is no problem in moving even if it is S-class.

Originally, I was going to do what I had been trying to do properly, but in a situation where the atmosphere is flowing warmly like this, is it really necessary?

That’s when I thought about it for a while.

Woo Do-hyun, who hadn’t said a word all along, suddenly opened his mouth and said.

“Do it.”

At Woo Do-hyun’s sudden words, Lee Jin-young said with an awkward expression.

“hahahaha. At best, I’ve brought guild leader Woo Do-hyun all the way here, but it’s a bit like that to just end it like this. Then, after the sparring with guild leader Kim Han-ul, a simple sparring with guild leader Woo Do-hyun…”

Then, Woo Do-hyun shook his head and said.

“Skip everything and proceed directly to Dalian with me.”

“yes? What is that all of a sudden…”

“Because Kim Han-ul, the guild leader, will not be able to compete with Chairman Han anyway. Maybe even me.”

Everyone froze at Woo Do-hyun’s sudden bombshell remarks.

‘what. Could it be that you felt my magical power?’

Originally, in Seron, it was possible to infer the strength of an opponent to some extent just by feeling the magic power of the opponent.

That’s why most of the strong people thought it was a basic requirement to keep their magical powers well stored.

But this is usually not a hassle.

Especially, the more powerful the mana is, the more so.

So anyway, since the deterioration of the undead corps is presumed to be an accident caused by a change in causality, my enemies are only the undead corps, and on top of that, no one feels magical power among the awakened people on Earth, so I let them go freely…

I started to store the mana I had left behind just in case.

Then Woo Do-hyun looked at me and said.

“You don’t have to. Because I already felt it before I entered the entrance.”

That’s right.

to feel the power

“Ohh.”

If you’re at the SS level, it’s clear that something is different, but it’s different.

Unlike ordinary awakened people who only use imprinted abilities, Woo Do-hyun clearly feels the power of magic.

‘Come to think of it, I’ve saved my magic quite well.’

Unlike Kim Han-ul, who exudes his magical energy, Woo Do-hyun maintains a calm and calm state.

‘I must have neglected the Awoken too much.’

I just thought of it as a frog in a well struggling within the given ability due to the laws of this unknown world, but not everyone was like that.

I said scratching my head.

“Looks like you’ve been doing too much.”

Woo Do-hyun looked at me and said.

“It’s because I’m not good at expressing myself, but in fact, I’m very surprised right now. It’s the first time I’ve felt an aura that’s the size of Chairman Han.”

I guess you describe the feeling of magical power as an aura.

anyway what

I already felt it, but isn’t it funny to just move on?

It’s been like this, so I’m going to take a look at the SS rank.

Personally, I was curious about the abilities of the SS class.

I said while looking at Lee Jin-young, who was still frozen.

“Then let’s just skip everything and go straight to Dalian, just like the guild leader said.”

The training ground that was guided like that.

It was blocked on all sides by high walls and was quite wide, making it perfect for sparring.

Opposite me was Woo Do-hyun, who pulled out a spear and held it lightly.

“By the way, how did you feel about the aura?”

“It just felt out of the blue at some point. And that moment was the moment when I became an SS class.”

They did not systematically learn magic as in Seron, but instinctively learned how to use magic through countless battle experiences.

That was SS class.

“I see.”

“There are many questions I want to ask. How can he have such power at his age, how can he control his aura so easily, and so on. But what do those words mean? After all, the fastest way is to see them hand-to-hand.”

I nodded and said.

“I agree.”

At that moment, Lee Jin-young’s voice is heard through the speaker.

-If both of you are ready, raise your hand.

When Woo Do-hyun and I raised our hands, Lee Jin-young said.

-Then start!!

After those words, Woo Do-hyun’s body suddenly disappears as if teleported.

And at that time, I heard Woo Do-hyun’s voice behind my back.

“Instantaneous acceleration. It is my ability.”

Accelerates the moment you move at a speed you can’t even see.

And if you put that acceleration force on the tip of the spear, you will be able to draw out considerable destructive power.

It’s definitely a weapon that goes well with his abilities.

Unless the opponent is me.

By the way, he even gave me a vision and made me relax…

I said with a smirk.

“Are you watching?”

“I will inform you. my ability. That’s why it’s fair.”

“is that so.”

I opened the subspace and took out the bones in a pile.

“Then I will show you. my ability.”