[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-damn-necromancer":3,"chapter-damn-necromancer-damn-necromancer-chapter-19":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Damn Necromancer",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":20,"prevChapterSlug":21,"totalChapters":22,"novelImage":23},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":16,"volume":17,"translator":18,"content_hash":19},1212616,1580,"Chapter 19","damn-necromancer-chapter-19",19,"\u003Cp>[Translator – Prøks]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Proofreader – Prøks]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chapter 19: The Intruder\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A vast forest spread out before his eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whooosh!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Crunch!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cries could be heard from a distance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To massacre those gorillas….\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Warning!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[There is currently 1 outsider inside the gate!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Huh?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He wasn’t particularly surprised.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was because it was one of the fairly common events that happened while playing Gate Hunter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘Someone must have infiltrated.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The gate divides into sections each time you enter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Section 1, Section 2, Section 3…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It felt like parallel worlds with the same boss existing in each section, making it easier to strategize by entering one by one as a party.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘They must have entered together before the sections were divided.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Usually, they’re assassins.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They’re skilled in stealth and assassination, making them adept at hiding.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their reason for entering was simple.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘Because killing pays.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No matter how many ordinary monsters you kill, you’ll only get one piece of equipment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But what about the Awakened?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If you catch one, you can strip it from head to toe.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It would be easier to hunt since they would be of a lower level than them, and there would be those who enjoy killing people more than anything else.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was one of the main reasons awakeners formed parties in this game.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For gates of D-rank or lower, the maximum number of entrants per section was five.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By forming a party of five and having the party leader stand in front of the gate, all party members receive an entry message.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This prevents assassins from sneaking in beforehand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, associations or governments also react sensitively to this issue, often stationing awakeners to guard popular gates.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘But you can’t stop those who are determined to come.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Assassin stealth is difficult to detect even among same-level players.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To reliably catch intruders, the level of the guarding side needed to be much higher.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That wasn’t easy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The world is vast, and there are many gates.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From the cost of hiring to the scarcity of high-level awakeners.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Preventing intrusions was fundamentally difficult.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘At least they must be C-rank.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If the assassin is D-rank or lower, it becomes a problem when they exit the gate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whether they clear and exit, or exit from the middle zone, a light bursts from the gate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It is a signal that they are saying, “We are coming out.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But what if nobody comes out?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It means the assassin killed everyone and used stealth to escape.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then the investigation would begin immediately.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>D-ranks are highly likely to get caught.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Levels 101 to 150.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Up to this line, there were almost no skills that could erase traces.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘But it’s different from C-rank and above.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Levels 151 to 250.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This is the section where they move from the lower ranks to the middle ranks for sure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They learn the art of the assassin, Trace Erasure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With this, one can’t track an assassin who has disappeared, even with a decent tool.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He thought he knew roughly why this guy had followed him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He went into the gate alone?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unless they’re suicidal, they must have high standards, and ultimately, that means they have good equipment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That must have piqued their interest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Minwoo smirked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘I know why you came, but…’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Does the guy know?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That the number of assassins he has killed in the gate so far is in the thousands.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He’s really good at dealing with these guys.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Using Cedric Summon (SSS)!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Using Skeleton Summon (F)+9!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After summoning the undead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Consume Detection Potion (Highest Grade)!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Effect will be activated for one hour!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Consume Strength Enhancement Potion (Highest Grade)!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Strength increases by 50% for one hour!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Agility Enhancement… …]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He took the potions he bought from the auction house. It was time to hunt him down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>* * *\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Woo-woo-woo!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ook! Ook-ee!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chattering sounds echoed from afar.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The giant gorillas and monkeys rushed forward, filled with excitement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, their momentum was quickly turned to blood as the small dagger swung, killing them instantly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hmm.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She seemed to be enjoying herself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a sly smile, the woman killing monsters, Lee Seoyoon, continued her spree.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was an elite assassin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In Korea, known as a country of low-ranked awakeneds, she had reached the B-rank.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And among those B-rank awakeneds, she belonged to the higher echelons.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Levels 251 to 350.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The segment of B-rank awakeneds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And among them, her level soared to nearly the early 300s.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She had another name.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shadow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Given for her ability to move stealthily.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Beautiful and graceful, she possessed an intellectual demeanor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was very popular.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To the point of being compared to the Sword of Justice, if that’s not an exaggeration.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But behind her active public persona, there lurked a cold-blooded killer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Stabbing, killing, dismantling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She enjoyed it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But she was bored with monsters.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She had killed too many.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘But people are different.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The joy she felt when she cut off the tendons in their limbs and made them crawl!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her pupils contracted as she recalled past memories.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a sensation one could only experience firsthand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Similar to the pleasure of pouring soda into one’s veins.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That’s why, even though she couldn’t do it every day, she made sure to kill at least one a month.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’ve been too busy lately.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She hadn’t been able to enjoy herself for a while, as she had been busy with the work assigned to her by the ‘organization’.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[TL\u002FN: Name not finalised]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It had been a long time since she had had the time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An E-rank gate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was the perfect place to play with her prey.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And there were suitable prey.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A man entered the gate alone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Entering an E-rank alone, he must be around D-rank.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even if he’s higher, maybe up to C-rank.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even if he’s B-rank, it wouldn’t be a problem.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was confident in her abilities.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since it wasn’t a party, the positions generated inside the gate were random.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That didn’t mean that one side had an advantage of being closer to the middle area, for example.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By now, he must have received a message and would be rushing through with his back on fire. she hoped she would reach the middle ground first.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Humanoid Tracking (B) activated!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her skill activated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It signaled that the prey was nearby.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a smirk, she activated her skill.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Shadow Concealment (B) activated!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Skill may be deactivated upon receiving an attack or colliding with an object!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her body blurred in an instant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She didn’t activate the skill for a careful surprise attack.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The level difference was overwhelming.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unless the enemy was an A-rank or above awakened, there was no need to move cautiously.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘I have to go and surprise them.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was all for the pure fun of it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Usually, when she revealed herself in front of them, they would be so surprised that they would tremble as if they were having a seizure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The process of instilling fear in prey.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That’s why she had come here personally.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thud.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thud.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her body, hidden in the darkness, seeped into the forest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And then, the moment she found her prey.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘Oh, my?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her eyes widened in surprise.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was because she was faced with a sight she had never imagined.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A group of gorillas had been defeated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was nothing strange about that so far.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the beings that had defeated them were a group of skeletons.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At a glance, there were over four hundred skeletons.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘A Necromancer?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When she came in, she thought he was a swordsman because he was only carrying a sword.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a job that shattered her expectations.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But what was even more surprising was.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘Is this… maybe him?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The hottest super rookie in Korea right now!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kim Minwoo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was a reason she couldn’t help but think of that name.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Each skeleton was armed, and they were armed with equipment that easily cost hundreds of millions of won per piece.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If it were just dozens, she might not have noticed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But there was no Necromancer in Korea who could arm hundreds of skeletons like that other than Kim Minwoo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘Oh my god!’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lee Seoyoon’s eyes sparkled like crazy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When she thought about it, it wasn’t strange for Kim Minwoo to come here in disguise.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He wouldn’t want to attract too much attention.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So, he probably forged his ID.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With his identity, it was a piece of cake.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘There it is! That’s it!’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cedric.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The skeleton that had been introduced on broadcasts and had numerous articles written about it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was there among the skeletons.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She had come here just to play around, but she had unexpectedly caught a big fish.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Like a cat looking at a mouse, her eyes were full of curiosity and mischief.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And then, the moment she stepped forward, full of excitement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Click.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘Huh?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[You have stepped on an Explosive Debris Trap.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boom!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A huge explosion erupted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>* * *\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘Found you.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kim Minwoo’s eyes lit up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even though he had drunk the highest grade detection potion, there was still a basic level difference.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It would help with detection, but it was not easy to find an assassin approaching in stealth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the end, the key to victory was whether he could find the assassin before they approached him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If he didn’t find them, he would be stabbed in the back and die.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That’s why he used traps.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unless they were a professional thief who was an expert in finding and disarming traps.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘Assassins are vulnerable to traps.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had not just placed one or two traps.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had used the skeletons to set them all around him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Assassins basically have a lot of tracking skills, such as body heat detection and humanoid tracking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘So they’re supposed to approach first.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was especially true in lower-rank gates like this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were not hunting monsters of the same level, but rather opponents who were much lower level than them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nine times out of ten, they would be careless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They would be filled with the desire to kill them quickly and take their items.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And since traps were generally pricey, there wasn’t much investment in preparing for assassins in these lower-rank gates.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘She probably didn’t think she would step on a trap.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In fact, judging from the skeletons, the prey was that rich Kim Minwoo?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The equipment alone cost hundreds of billions of won.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And his level was also widely known to be in the 20s, making him a newbie.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Would she hold back and not attack him?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If she did, she wouldn’t be an assassin, but a Buddha.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His expectations were exactly right.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just like numerous assassins before, this one also rushed in like a moth to a flame and stepped on a trap.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘Well, the damage itself isn’t that much, but…’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Exploding debris traps had a very effective feature.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once the debris gets on your body, it doesn’t come off easily.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The body of the assassin in front of him was sparkling as if covered in glitter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That’s why the assassin’s body in front of him was sparkling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If she tried to hide now, she would be caught.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Nice to meet you?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Huh.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The assassin snorted as he greeted her, as if to say this was ridiculous.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The moment the assassin raised her head, Minwoo’s eyes widened in surprise.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘Huh?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A woman with a familiar face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He knew that woman very well.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘Lee Seoyoon?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was one of the most famous villains in Gate Hunter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A character who pretends to be kind on the media but is a psychopath on the inside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If left alone, she would continue to grow and even reach S-rank Awakened, becoming a damn character that would interfere with the game’s progress.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘I’m meeting her now?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, she is one of the characters that users would love to kill.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The problem was that it was difficult to kill her in reality.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was a celebrity, so it would be very difficult to deal with her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So if he was going to kill her, he had to do it in the gate when she appeared randomly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the word ‘random’ was there for a reason.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was random when she would appear to hunt Awakeneds, and in which gate she would appear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And he happened to meet her now?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘This is great.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just then.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lee Seoyoon’s eyes narrowed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Mr. Kim Minwoo, you have a lot of guts, don’t you? I thought you would run away, but you set up traps instead.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Poison dripped from the dagger she was holding.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You have a lot of guts too? You’re trying to attack me all by yourself.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ha…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lee Seoyoon sneered as if she found it ridiculous.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Given, the level difference between them was over 200.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even with talent and skills, it was normal to run away without looking back at this level of difference.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Don’t you know who I am? I’m a celebrity.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Let’s see, right now… you’re just a level 300 assassin, right?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’ve never encountered a crazy person like you before.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Translator – Prøks]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Proofreader – Prøks]\u003C\u002Fp>",2170,"2026-06-03T14:21:21.107Z","2026-06-03T14:21:26.970Z",1,"novelbin.me","5fa656fd093dcb22293be86216249e6bfd71ba616620a1778f8927bab540cc40","damn-necromancer-chapter-77","damn-necromancer-chapter-76",362,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fdamn-necromancer-cover.jpg"]