My Alter Ego’s Path to Greatness Chapter 98

#98

The Beginning of Change (2)

“Then we’ll just go, Grandma.”

“Oh, I’m fine, so don’t worry and go. “Be careful with the car.”

“Hahaha, your grandmother. “I’ll come again next time.”

“Well, there’s no need to come now.”

The visit ended in a friendly atmosphere.

I smiled softly as I left the hospital room with Taesan.

“I’m glad you seem to be feeling better.”

“right? Even the doctors were very surprised! “I think you’ll be able to be discharged from the hospital soon!”

Taesan made a fuss as if he was happy.

Even the doctor’s opinion was very positive, so I had no idea that the tension would drop.

“Some say it seems like some high-ranking priest decided to pour out his divine power for several days, but how do I, a low-level civil servant, have such connections? “It would be difficult for even high-ranking officials to enjoy such luxury.”

“…right? I guess my grandmother overcame it on her own. “That happens sometimes, right?”

“that’s right! After all, if you live a good life, you will be blessed, right? “My grandmother worked hard all her life without committing a sin, and even heaven was impressed!”

I glanced back towards the hospital room as the boy was talking excitedly.

‘I’m glad it worked. I’ve been so busy with work over there these days that I thought it would be difficult to take further action. ‘This is a satisfactory result.’

There is no problem in using divine power by turning into Heinrich through “object projection,” but if a barrier to block the energy is not installed through Hans or Heinz II, various troublesome situations may arise.

‘It wouldn’t be a big deal if it was divine power for the purpose of healing rather than black magic… but it would still be a problem if it attracted unnecessary attention.’

Since it is not a crime, it will not lead to persistent tracking, but it is true that even that is burdensome for someone who is in the middle of hiding.

Isn’t he, no one else, the ‘Hahoe Mask’ and ‘master of the clan’ that is causing a stir in Korea these days?

It was better not to take unnecessary risks.

“really! What happened to you moving? “Have you decided where to go?”

“Oh, that? I wanted to live a more leisurely life, so I found a house in the suburbs. “I plan to move soon.”

“Oh—Han Seonghyun has succeeded! A single-family home! But wouldn’t it be a bit inconvenient if we were far away from Seoul? “Delivery or something.”

“Well, I guess I’ll just have to endure that.”

In fact, distance had no meaning anymore.

Even these days, he was carrying out the work of Hahoe Mask himself, using “Object Projection” on behalf of Hans, who was very busy.

‘Now I can stay in the projected state for 30 minutes. Also, I’m thinking of keeping the house I’m living in rather than selling it.’

It will now become a base area for smooth movement.

Busy days continued on Earth and Outerica.

***

In the forest of a Viscounty of the Kingdom of Sharoti, located in the western part of the continent.

A sudden disaster struck the Yeongji army, which was dispatched after receiving reports of an abnormality.

A long two-handed sword held in one hand.

Thick black armor covering the entire body.

From the blazing red glow around the eyes to the thick black magic that covered all directions.

That being had the power to overwhelm the living and breathing people around it just by existing.

Hiss—shhh!

“Wow!”

“Sa…sal…kruk!”

With every step, clear traces of death were engraved, and with a single cut, more than one life ended.

“…Ugh, how can you do something like that….”

“Hehe—of course not! “Run away!”

“You idiot! “Where on earth!”

And it wasn’t alone.

The area was already surrounded on all sides by the army of death that had crawled up from hell.

“Ah ah….”

The soldiers sigh in despair.

There was… nothing they could do in this situation.

In the end, after a short period of time, there was not a single living person left in that place.

The knights and wizards who led the unit had already died a long time ago, so it was natural that the ordinary soldiers had nothing to do.

[…Weak.]

The Death Knight, who had annihilated hundreds of troops, slowly looked around and let out a gloomy voice.

[But this won’t be the end. The future must be seen as real.]

Right now, it seemed like they had not made proper preparations because they suddenly appeared, but once the human army started moving properly, it would be a difficult fight.

Like when no matter how much you step on them, they somehow manage to climb up and eventually force them to hide behind the border.

The situation for the Immortal Army was not so good for them to brag about cutting down these mere meat shields.

By appearing scattered across the continent, they caused great confusion in many countries, but in other words, the risk of individual factions breaking out increased accordingly.

‘That’s why I wanted to move as quietly as possible until I figured out the situation.’

The Death Knight slowly turned his head and looked at the army of undead hiding in the shade of the surrounding trees.

Due to their very nature, they were not suited to covert action.

Not only does the energy of death that naturally radiates out into the surroundings stimulate the instincts of the living, but even the plants in the place where they stay for a short time cannot withstand it and die quickly, leaving too many traces.

Wasn’t that the reason why the conflict with the Yeongji Army just broke out?

And once the battle had taken place, it had to be seen that moving secretly was now a thing of the past.

In other words, from now on it was necessary to move in preparation for a full-scale fight.

[There is nothing we can do about these guys as they are in a disappointing situation right now.]

The Death Knight poured dark magic into his two-handed sword and slowly headed to the center of where the corpses of Yeongjigun were gathered.

Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu wasssing-

Every time he took a step, black energy exploded from his already long sword body.

And finally, he stood at the center of the pile of corpses.

The two-handed sword, burning like a huge torch, was plunged into the floor.

Grumble—!

A black flame that seemed to absorb light spread around him in an instant.

The ominous flames swept through the surrounding area like a torrent, covering the bodies of humans lying on the ground and burning everything except their bones and the equipment they wore on their bodies.

And the body with only the bones left….

noisy!

Clatter, rattle, rattle!

Hundreds of skeletons creaking and slowly rising to their feet.

Starting with hundreds of ordinary skeletons, skeleton knights and wizards were incorporated into the immortal army as new troops.

The Death Knight looked around at the increased troops and nodded slowly.

The level of humans was low, so that was the limit, but now was not the time to question such things.

[…good. Once you continue to call numbers like this…]

That moment.

[You’re a step too late.]

A gloomy voice suddenly sounded, interrupting his words and echoing around the area.

At the same time, the ominous energy that began to be felt in the sky was so overwhelming that even the Death Knights could not help but feel nervous.

‘This…’

He knew very well what this energy was.

Isn’t that the energy of the being to whom he was loyal before hiding in the border?

The Death Knight slowly raised his head in the direction where he felt the energy.

In the middle of the dark sky, there was a being he had guessed, clad in darkness deeper than pitch black.

The immortal king, the incarnation of death, the destination of all life.

[Karam—]

At that moment, a strange wave spread out from the immortal king floating in the air.

The sound naturally penetrated into the body of Karam, the Death Knight located on the ground…

The contract from three hundred years ago was renewed and overlaid anew.

[Ah…]

He exclaimed in exclamation at the dark magic of the Immortal King flowing into his body.

The feeling that had been empty ever since I woke up was swept away by the full power of death.

The connection that had become blurred after the previous Immortal King fell became stronger again, and Karam was thrilled as he finally regained the strength he had in his prime.

‘As expected, the king never declines no matter how many generations pass.’

Of course it has to be that way.

Because the Immortal King was death itself, the end of this world!

chuck!

When the master-servant relationship was established again, Karam planted his sword on the floor, knelt on the spot, and bowed to the king.

[New greetings, my lord. [My name is Karam.]

Hans, floating in the sky, quietly looked down at the Death Knight showing the courtesy of a subject and the undead bowing down all at once after him.

Hans slowly came down from the air and stood in front of him, his eyes shining.

‘Karam is bigger than I thought.’

Except for him, there was no need to worry about the other undead as they could be subordinated with just the “Eye of the Abyss”.

The only ones that need contract renewal are top-ranking undead like Entracio and Karam.

Among them, Karam was a special individual and was not just a death knight.

An all-weather commander who possesses military power beyond that of a master, the leadership ability to lead numerous armies, and even mastery of necromancy to create undead.

It was ‘Death Knight Lord’.

‘If I had to guess the ranking… it would be in the single digits. A close associate of close associates in charge of a portion of the Immortal Army.’

In the first place, there was no way they were leisurely ranking the continent while conquering it, so there was no such thing as an exact set ranking.

However, there is bound to be implicit influence within the faction that takes into account the Immortal King’s personal credibility and abilities.

In that respect, Karam, who commanded a portion of the Immortal Army and invaded the continent separately from the main army, was not only the highest-ranking officer, but also a giant who appears in the continent’s history books.

I came across such a being by chance and took him under my command.

It’s literally like picking up a gold nugget while passing by.

[I never thought we would meet like this, Karam. But it looks like things were done quite loudly.]

[I’m sorry. As it happened, the place we first escaped to was close to a human habitation area. I tried to move as secretly as possible, but it looks like I got caught in the middle of it.]

[There’s nothing we can do about what’s already happened. However, it is still time to consolidate and gather strength. For now, let’s go back to this.]

[I will follow your orders.]

In this way, Hans was able to collect over hundreds of undead, including Karam, into the negative dimension space.

Meanwhile, in this area, I noticed skeletons mixed in with the crowd, wearing armor with self-made patterns.

…These were victims who had recently become undead.

‘It seems the damage is greater than expected.’

Although they were expanding their territory around the Kingdom of Thalia and controlling the immortal army, it was impossible to control all the damage before it occurred.

Although the Kingdom of Sharoti is a western country adjacent to Thalia, this area was even more so because it was not located right next to it.

‘I never thought it would happen this way.’

The aftereffects of opening the abyss due to the oath of Yeokcheon were having a bigger impact than expected.

Undeads drifting along the border were appearing simultaneously here and there, throwing the continent into chaos.

‘not good. It was also the case that the unnecessary damage was increasing…’

It was also the case that the immortal army, which was no different from ‘his’, was being wasted pointlessly.

‘This is all because of those pledgers from Yeokcheon.’

I need to find them and kill them, but I haven’t been able to track them down yet because I’m busy trying to resolve this issue.

Thanks to this, I was able to gain income by taking care of a few more executives such as Bone Dragon Entracio and Death Knight Lord Karam…

‘It can’t go on like this. We need to resolve this sooner. I wasn’t going to use this method…’

No, if you think about it, this method could have been more efficient.

Not only will you be able to identify the location of the immortal army more quickly, but there will also be other secondary effects.

‘There may be unexpected side effects… but I’ll have to deal with that.’

As Hans concentrated his mind, the terrifyingly dense black magic slowly began to expand its scope.

Phew—

that dark, heavy, sticky energy formed a specific structure and weaved the mystery that Hans wanted—.

In the meantime, the presence that arose was spreading, weighing down the space.

After a while, the black magic was finally activated.

Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuch—!

A wave of black magic spreading in all directions, beyond the forest, territory, and country.

At this point, you can never avoid the attention of the church.

No, not only the denomination, but anyone can feel it if they reach a certain level.

[Listen, my children—!]

Right here.

[This body is here.]

That there is an immortal king.

And the message from the Immortal King spread to all the undead in the western part of the continent.

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