Necromancer Survival

Chapter 59

I have no idea how Jung Garam interpreted my silence, but he simply clicked his tongue.

–You can’t tell me before I sign the contract?

“Ah, that’s….” I was going to deny any such special condition, but Jung Garam’s bluish hands grabbed my wrist before I could finish speaking.

A system message popped up before my very eyes as soon as he grabbed me.

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Would you like to update your vengeful ghost contract?’

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….Updating the contract?

I momentarily paused, unable to understand. The system urged me forward with a supplementary explanation, [‘Jung Garam’ wishes to sign a contract with you.]

How should I say this…There were a few differences from compared to the first contract experience.

When I first contracted with Seo Dawon, plenty of messages popped up, explaining each step of the way; perhaps because this was my second time, the system offered no such patient tutorials. Though the process had become more concise, I was still tripped up by the unfamiliarity of the situation.

Of course, I couldn’t complain–the sooner I sign the contract the sooner I could welcome the Treasure Hunter into my party.

So, I rushed to press the [Yes] button.

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Vengeful ghost summon has been activated.

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As soon as I confirmed my intent to continue, the [Vengeful Ghost Summon] button changed yellow to signal that the skill had been activated. A familiar red holographic parchment appeared between Jung Garam’s skeletal shape and me.

The contents of the parchment were no different from before as well, except that Jung Garam’s name replaced the Mage’s. It was as if…the system copy-pasted the previous contract and passed the duplicate off as something novel?

–Ooh…The conditions are quite good?

After reading the terms, Jung Garam nodded in satisfaction. Of course…this contract was disadvantageous for party “A,” me; Party “B,” Jung Garam, should have no qualms.

The terms between Seo Dawon and me were already unfair, so I was once again anxious to see the lopsided clauses. However, I didn’t dare modify these provisions…and, again, I signed my name on the line for party “A.”

As soon as I wrote the last “g” for ‘Choi Lee-kyung,’ the parchment divided in half–once again, each half slipped to our palms.

The parchment piece melted into a floppy red cord. However, unlike before, the red cord did not engrave itself into my ring finger; instead, the contract sank below the skin of my left wrist, like a tattoo of a thin bracelet.

Coincidentally, the mark of the contract was located where Jung Garam would have worn his [Beatrice’s Prayer]. I rubbed at the red pattern with my thumb, a bit uncomfortable at the parallels.

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The ‘Vengeful Ghost Contract’ has been renewed.

The contract will immediately go into effect.

A new servant, ‘Jung Garam,’ has been added.

The success of the ‘Vengeful Ghost Contract’ has greatly increased your level! Please check your stats!

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Name: Choi Lee-kyung – Lv 69

Class: Junior Necromancer

HP: 101,500

MP: 41,000

Title: Greenhorn Adventurer – tasting the bitterness of life!

(While using the title ‘Greenhorn Adventurer’, movement speed will increase by 5%)

Main Stats (The three highest stats will be preferentially shown here):

Magic: 408

Magic control: 3.4% ¹

Movement Speed: 22.7% (+5%)

Skill:

– Summon evil spirits

[Summon vengeful ghosts: Proficiency 75%, Rank: Intermediate – High]

[Summon sacrificial offering: Proficiency 0.7%, Rank: Lowest Grade]

– Command Servants

Current number of commandable beings: (1/3)

(‘Lackey’ currently has two main skills available.)

–Possession

If special conditions are met, the servant can use the summoner’s body.

– Death Mark (New!)

After special conditions are met, you can attach a death mark to the enemy. A living enemy marked by death will suffer a significant loss in defense; furthermore, you can gain additional experience.

– A new servant, ‘Seo Dawon,’ has been added.

(‘Seo Dawon’ Currently has 115 main skills, 33 auxiliary skills, 25 summons, and 3 powerful combat magic finishers. However, due to the difference between the level of servant and summoner, all skill attack power has been significantly reduced and certain skills are currently unavailable.)

– A new servant, ‘Jung Garam,’ has been added. (New!)

(‘Jung Garam’ currently has 80 main skills, 21 trap removal and pathfinding skills, 7 assassination skills, and 4 anti-person powerful combat skills. However, due to the difference between the level of servant and summoner, all skill attack power has been significantly reduced and certain skills are currently unavailable)

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The system informed me of my level increases and the addition of a new skill, alongside basic information on Jung Garam.

It states that I can utilize something called a [Death Mark]…Is this an actual mark I can place and remove on an enemy? I was confused by the vague explanation and decided to ask Seo Dawon for clarification.

…I wasn’t being very honest to myself, however. As soon as I closed my own status window, I opened up Jung Garam’s–too curious about my new contract’s abilities. “Jung Garam’s Status Window!” I shouted.

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Jung Garam – ‘Choi Lee-kyung’s’ servant.

Class: Legendary Special Hunter (Unique Assassin class)

HP – 27,000,000/27,000,000

MP – 82,000,000/82,000,000

Loyalty: Extremely low

Attributes: Lunacy, Evil, Darkness, Wisdom, Chaos, Endurance, Belligerence, Charisma.

Title:

Dragon Slayer – violent crazed dragon. A limited title given only to the first warriors to slay the Second Company’s ruler, Aestheya.

<The ‘Dragon Slayer’ title increases all physical and magical attacks by 150%>

Special Hunter – A title only given to the most extraordinary hunters amongst the numerous sea of normal Treasure Hunters who have mapped more than 100 unexplored Dungeons or paths–unrivaled in their ability andsingle-handedly.

<The ‘Special Hunter’ title increases agility by 10%.>

Matara’s assassin – A title granted to the assassin who single-handedly protected the tyrant Matara and assassinated 10,000 archers, 7,000 spearmen, 200 master-class knights, and 5 archmages.

<The ‘Matara’s assassin’ title grants you priority on all assassination related contracts. Additionally, you can use the [Black Market]’s VIP ticket at any time.>

Current mood: ‘Jung Garam’s’ loyalty is too low, so his inner thoughts are hidden.

Durability: Infinite (If Jung Garam is attacked for more than his total health, he will be reversed summoned back into Choi Lee-kyung’s personal space, and the user will sustain the overflow damage. Re-summon Cooldown time: 24 hours)

Stats:

Strength +1,180,000

Magic +350,000

Stamina +510,000

Agility +977,000

Luck +832,000

Intelligence +590,000

Physical Critical Damage: 5,335%

Max Physical Damage: 2,774%

Min Physical Damage: 1,003%

Physical Crit Chance: 90%

Curse Resistance: 9.41%

Vs. Monster Armor Pierce: 67%

Vs Monster Magic Resistance Pierce: 32%

Physical Skill Cooldown Time Reduction: 81.87%

Probability of Causing Status Effect ‘Poison’ with Skills: 20.22%

Main skills: What follows are the top five most proficient skills that are currently available.

–Explosion: You can use bombs to destroy the surrounding terrain or enemies.

–Dark Counter: A powerful counter that ignores the defenses of a specified target.

–Dark Gambit: Coat your shade-touched energy with poison and use it to stop enemy movement.

–Darkest Descent: Over a period of time, movement speed increases significantly and skills will output their maximum damage.

–Mapping: Update dungeon information in real-time, and share the information with party members quickly.

Enhancement: ‘Jung Garam’ cannot be enhanced.

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That’s crazy.

Everything, from the stats to the skills, was crazy…But, in particular, I couldn’t tear my eyes away from Jung Garam’s titles.

He earned the ‘Matara’s Assassin’ title?

That title was incredibly famous. A long while ago, a video titled <Don’t ever follow my example. The top 10 titles that risk your life> was uploaded to Youtube.

It was unbelievable to confirm that someone had already acquired this title because the acquisition condition itself was ridiculous. The mission entailed breaking into a heavily armed castle and assassinating the fiercely guarded king.

What’s even more unbelievable was that Jung Garam could barely have been twenty years old when he died in the <Tower of Command>.

When you looked at the list of titles, you could roughly guess the timeline. Since Dragon Slayer is the most recent, the title rests at the top…Then, Jung Garam won all those other titles as a minor…

“Seen everything?” A blunt voice cut across my thoughts, and I raised my head to see Jung Garam’s appearance for the first time. His features were even more shocking than what was contained in his status window.

It’s just…Jung Garam…

“What’s with that stupid expression?” The Treasure Hunter asked.

Why does he look so cute?

While looking at me, Jung Garam didn’t hide his disdainful expression, but I paid little attention to that. I concentrated instead on how his chic look contrasted with his squishy cheeks that had yet to lose their baby fat

Then, in vain, I tried to return to my senses and carefully scrutinized his face again…He had the unique markers of an undead: those red pupils and deathly aura…This spirit clearly claimed to be the recently contracted Jung Garam, but…

No matter how I see it….

He’s just too cute?

I’m not kidding. Among all the people I’ve seen…He’s seriously the cutest. Though with his eyebrows raised impatiently, Jung Garam looked like he had quite the temper. Even then, his pouty cheeks and crumpled forehead made him look like a coy and crabby child.

I think he’s slightly shorter than me as well?

Since I’ve never seen a man shorter than me since I arrived at the Hub, Jung Garam’s appearance pushed me beyond shock and pushed me into indignant feelings of disharmony.

He’s the ‘best’ assassin with that kind of face?

TN: Fanart depiction of Jung Garam (Fox) with Lee-kyung (Hamster)

(Source: Guak on Posttype)