Chapter 2
[You have acquired the class 'Necromancer.']
[You have acquired the basic skills for the class 'Necromancer.']
I am in a stark white space with nothing in it.
In my hand, I hold a piece of chicken I was eating. That is all.
"Sigh... I wish I could have finished the chicken before awakening..."
I hadn't even finished half of it yet. What a waste.
Thinking this, I popped the rest of the chicken into my mouth. The crispy, savory flavor spread across my tongue.
Savoring the taste, I glared at the message window that kept appearing before my eyes.
I know roughly what a Necromancer is. In my past life, I knew them as those who summoned things similar to the *Jiangshi* used by the Jinju Eon clan.
I’ve lived quite a long time in this current life, and I’ve enjoyed my fair share of games, so it’s not like I’m ignorant.
But at the end of the day, a Necromancer is just a corpse-monger, isn't it?
Me? A Martial God, reduced to a corpse-monger!? No. What is this nonsense, Mr. System! How can I be a corpse-monger!
To be one of those cowards who hides in the back, pointing fingers and sending out corpses to do the work!
"Whew... No. Fine. What’s the point of getting angry? Check skills."
Thanks to various GodTube channels, the tutorial process is already fully public. Even if the tutorial process is randomized, I know all the basics required of an Awakened.
When I checked the skills, the ones I had acquired appeared.
[Skill: Corpse Control]
Turns a corpse into an undead and controls it.
[Skill: Small Undead Sub-dimension]
Creates and maintains a sub-dimension to store undead.
[Skill: Necrotic Magic Arrow]
Forms Necrotic Magic into an arrow shape to attack enemies.
[Skill: Necrotic Magic Manipulation]
Grants the ability to manipulate Necrotic Magic.
It was simple, if not concise. Since I enjoy watching videos related to the Dimensional Tower, I understood them immediately.
The only problem is that the videos I usually watch are of melee dealers, so I don't know much about Necromancers.
[The Awakened has checked the skills.]
[You are an Awakened of the class 'Necromancer.']
[Three basic corpses are provided.]
"Damn it. Don't give me this service, just change my class."
With a flash of light, three corpses appeared before me.
They were 180cm tall, shorter than me. Their bodies had little muscle, little fat, and looked to weigh about 80kg.
In other words, they were a bit tall but looked like perfectly ordinary people, and they looked exactly the same.
They were male triplets.
They were wearing short-sleeved shirts and shorts. Black.
This... did it create them rather than bringing them from somewhere?
As expected of the Dimensional Tower.
The method of providing corpses is quite something.
[Please create an undead.]
[The tutorial will begin once you create an undead.]
[Even if you die inside the Tower, you will be resurrected.]
[If you die 100 times inside the Tower, you will lose the qualification to climb it.]
[May luck be with you.]
The message ended. Nothing more appeared.
It’s giving me prep time before the tutorial starts.
I know this, too, from having seen it on various broadcasts.
Then, does the broadcast start once I enter the tutorial?
That’s right.
Whether the Tower values entertainment or not, it broadcasts everyone who enters.
You can watch it on GodTube.
Thanks to that, they say there aren't many people who act like total trash in the Tower without a care in the world.
Well... that’s that.
"Let's see..."
*Whoosh.*
"Hmm..."
Passive skills are said to be used automatically without needing to be spoken.
Meaning they are used by will alone.
So I tried it.
This... the feeling is exactly that, isn't it?
It’s similar to the Necrotic True Qi of the Necrotic Martial Sovereign.
Necrotic True Qi. Necrotic True Qi, huh...
Wait. Then, perhaps?
I sat down in a cross-legged position and steadied my breathing for a moment.
I tried operating the Necrotic Heavenly Zombie One-Body Art, the Legendary Divine Technique I obtained after thoroughly thrashing the Necrotic Martial Sovereign.
If I could melt the Necrotic Magic lingering in my body according to the method of the Necrotic Heavenly Zombie One-Body Art...
[An illicit method incompatible with your class has been attempted.]
[You cannot accumulate power using this method.]
And just like that.
The Necrotic Magic that was about to settle into my *dantian* scattered in an instant.
Oh ho.
So... it wasn't impossible? It’s just that it doesn't fit my class.
Is that it?
Somehow... this is interesting.
"Keh... My, my. I was planning to live moderately like a sloth, but... you’re making things interesting, aren't you?"
I was enjoying my life as a bonus, but to make it even more fun for me.
Tower, I like you too much!
*Kuh!*
I jumped to my feet.
I focused my will.
From the moment I acquired the skills, the knowledge of how to use them had already been shoved into my head.
Should I say it felt like knowledge was forcibly rammed in? So, I immediately reached out and used the skill.
"Corpse Control."
*Tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk.*
[Undead 'Walking Corpse' has been created.]
[Undead 'Walking Corpse' is controlled via spirit.]
The corpse stood up with a jerk.
The feeling was quite different from a *Jiangshi*. The body was hunched, it made a *grrr* sound, it harbored hatred for the living, and most importantly, the body wasn't stiff—it was flexible.
Usually, a corpse should be stiff due to rigor mortis, but even though it was a corpse, I could see it moving smoothly.
I see. Is this a zombie, one of the types of undead?
"Check information."
[Creature: Walking Corpse]
Classification: Undead
A low-grade undead, even lower than a zombie.
Literally a walking corpse.
Possesses lower abilities than in life.
Fragmented pieces of the soul remain, moving the body.
Fragmented pieces of the soul remain, possessing beast-level self-awareness.
Controlled by the Necromancer via spirit.
The description is detailed. It’s weaker than in life... and it does have the self-awareness of a vengeful spirit that hates the living.
Well, I suppose controlling corpses one by one would be a chore anyway.
[Skill usage of Corpse Control confirmed.]
[The first tutorial begins.]
[You can earn higher rewards for the number of tutorials you complete.]
[The tutorial broadcast begins.]
[May luck be with you.]
Along with the clichéd phrase, something appeared in the empty world with a flash of light.
A rat about the size of a small dog.
"The first one is a monster rat."
The tutorial is also called a placement test. They say if you perform well here, you can grow significantly when you become a high-ranking player later, like rolling a snowball.
And there is only one way to get a good score on this placement test.
You just have to clear the tutorials infinitely.
The highest record for the tutorial so far is the 8th round.
I wonder how many I can clear.
[Enemies will be summoned shortly.]
[Your broadcast of climbing the Tower has begun.]
The broadcast started automatically.
I could instinctively tell where the camera was.
The Tower was interfering with my consciousness to let me know.
Convenient, isn't it?
And.
-A newbie? What? A Necromancer? Necros are good. Their floor is high. Though their ceiling is a bit...
One person entered my broadcast.
By the way, the ceiling for a Necro was bad? Well, I suppose. That’s how corpse-mongers are. They don't try to become strong themselves but rely on external objects.
And at the same time.
[Battle begins.]
"Squeak!"
The monster rat lunges.
-Go newbie!
Still, the viewer has a kind heart. I heard there are tons of people who pray for you to die.
While I was thinking that.
The Walking Corpse also revealed its hostility and tried to pounce.
"Ahem."
However, I pushed the Walking Corpses to the sides with my spirit.
Then, I gripped the chicken leg bone I had been holding since earlier.
The *Single Leaf Dagger* of the Sichuan Tang Clan's assassination technique.
Even without Internal Energy, just knowing how to move my wrists and arms makes it quite useful.
*Whoosh!*
*Thwack!*
"Keeeek!"
The chicken leg bone pierced its eye in one go.
The lunging monster rat shrieked and flipped over in front of me.
-Eh? W-what? What is that? What did you throw? Weren't you a Necro?
I can feel the viewer's confusion.
Welcome. Is this your first time seeing the assassination techniques of a martial artist from the past?
"Become... a star!"
I approached and delivered a soccer kick!
*Pow!*
"Keeeek!"
Screaming, the monster rat was kicked and flew far away.
Oh, nice.
And it fell and died.
Soon, it vanished with a flash of light.
*Crack, crack.*
I moved my neck to loosen up my body.
My, my. Perhaps because it’s my first time killing in a long while, my body is heating up.
Actually, living in this current life, I’ve never killed anything other than mosquitoes or cockroaches.
After all, there’s no reason to kill anyone in 21st-century Korea.
-Wh-what!? How did you do that?
There was only one viewer. Since it stood out, I replied.
"The secret assassination technique of the Sichuan Tang Clan. *Single Leaf Dagger*. Heh heh heh. Viewer, you are lucky."
-I'm getting dizzy... What kind of concept is this... No. Old man. Weren't you a Necro?
"I am a Necro. I just added martial arts to the Necro. What? Is this your first time seeing martial arts?"
-What kind of hybrid is this?
Whether the viewer was surprised or not. Whether they were confused or not. The clock keeps ticking.
[The next enemy is summoned.]
This time, something bigger than the monster rat appeared.
A Rat-man.
In Korea, they usually call them Rat-men.
And the creature was holding a crude sword.
My, my. A sword already in the 2nd round? Am I that unlucky?
I say this because I watch tutorial videos often, but usually, those carrying weapons appear in the 4th round.
Most are Goblins.
But for a sword-wielding Rat-man to appear? Isn't this a bit much?
-Wow, damn. A sword already? Is this the 4th round?
"No, it's the 2nd, but a guy with a sword is appearing. Maybe it's because I killed the last one too easily?"
[Battle begins.]
The Rat-man’s eyes rolled back, and it lunged.
It was about 1.2 meters tall. The blade was short, roughly the size of a paring knife.
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