Damn Necromancer

Chapter 392: Galaxy (11)

“Kya. As expected of a megacorp subcontractor's safe, the level of items dropped is different.”

The Control Bureau's underground warehouse.

Kim Minwoo was laying out the spoils looted from Davis's safe and putting on a very pleased smile.

From titanium alloy armor and high-frequency vibration modules to anti-tank plasma cores. Useful military supplies that slum Scrap Metal Faction gang members couldn't even dream of seeing in their entire lives were piled up like a mountain.

Of course, the majority were mass-produced equipment manufactured by mid-tier corporations, and genuine state-of-the-art items from top-tier megacorps like Zenith Corporation were only spotted occasionally.

Still, that was something.

As they say, even a rotting herring is still a herring; it was a quality that did not allow comparison with the crude scrap metal used by the lower class.

As he was happily agonizing over how to dispose of them, Yoo Honbi, who was resting her chin next to him, asked.

“So? Are you planning to arm your bones with these lumps of iron?”

“Uh?”

For a moment, Kim Minwoo's eyes sparkled.

Although he had been crossing over to the cyberpunk worldview and smashing machines around, this was the first time he had looted such intact, high-quality, state-of-the-art equipment in bulk without a single scratch.

Kim Minwoo picked up one of Zenith Corporation's alloy gauntlets placed on the floor.

Ttiring―!

[Zenith Tactical Alloy Gauntlet for Infantry]

[Rank: Rare.]

[Tactical armor concentrated with the technology of a top-tier corporation. The built-in plasma core maximizes destructive power.]

[Effect 1. Plasma explosion upon melee strike. (Physical penetration power increases by 20%)]

[Effect 2. Strength +80, Agility +40.]

[Restriction: Cybernetics artificial neural network connection mandatory.]

[Warning: Incompatible with mana circuits and organic nervous systems. Forced equipment will cause operational errors.]

Kim Minwoo smacked his lips.

For a Rare rank, the equipment's performance was quite outstanding.

Looking only at the stat increase, it was comparable to a decent Unique grade.

But…….

“The performance is okay. But every single one has crappy equipment restrictions.”

While Kim Minwoo smacked his lips regrettably, Yoo Honbi rather snorted and turned her head without lingering attachment.

“Hmph. Obvious words. A true martial artist would never rely on such crude lumps of iron. A pure physical body and qi and blood are exactly the most perfect vessel. It is a fact anyone can see that circuits flowing with mana could never be compatible with such mechanical power lines in the first place.”

The state-of-the-art technology of cyberpunk was merely a bothersome lump of scrap metal blocking qi and blood in the eyes of the Heavenly Demon, the apex of the martial arts world.

“Well, you're not wrong.”

Kim Minwoo clicked his tongue, putting the gauntlet down with a tuk.

Basically, all these equipments were structured to be linked by brainwaves. A structure that only reacted to guys with an artificial neural network installed. However, there was no way skeletons or undead summons would have a chrome slot implanted.

“Tsk. Then what are you going to do? You won't even be able to use them like this, are you going to sell them to the shop as scrap metal?”

“Hmm…….”

Kim Minwoo pondered for a moment.

Honestly?

If he handed them over to the Eastern Witch Coven, they would probably sell them for him.

However…….

‘Is there no room to utilize them differently?’

If he couldn't use them because there was a reason.

Shouldn't they just solve that reason technically on their end?

His gaze headed toward his production-class summons sleeping in his inventory.

Weren't they Dragon Tooth Soldiers who had received even the knowledge of dragons, the origin of all knowledge, going beyond simple skeletons.

‘Wouldn't they do something about it?’

If not, whatever.

“Guys, let's open the workshop.”

Seureureuk!

From the darkness, the massive-boned Dragon Tooth Soldiers spewing blue eye glints appeared in a line. Blacksmiths holding hammers carved from dragon horns, alchemists holding reverse-scale crucibles, and even rune makers and tattooists holding sharp fang brushes.

“You guys see this equipment here.”

Ttalgeurak―!

The skeletons nodded their heads in unison.

“The performance is amazing, but our guys are treated as tin cans because they don't have chrome slots to connect to the nervous system. So I'm thinking of going with a project to completely modify these from now on.”

Kim Minwoo took out a glass containing a liquid emitting a faint light from his inventory and whispered like a devil.

“If you perfectly operate this so our legion can use it…… Cocktail of the Dead. I'll shoot them to you guys too. I'll give you as much as you want.”

That moment.

Beonjjeok―!!!

The blue eye glints spewing from the empty eye sockets of the 30 Dragon Tooth Soldier entities burned bright red as if turning on high beams.

Cocktail of the Dead!

A miraculous elixir that revives the lost senses from when they were alive to the dead.

Even within the legion, it was a precious item among precious items that only ultra-high-ranking Legion Commander-class beings like Cedric, Merhen, and Vulcan could drink.

Of course, a Dragon Tooth Soldier is an entity formed by the fusion of 1,000 regular skeletons, possessing an ego.

Even if they drank the cocktail, when the Dragon Tooth Soldier mode was deactivated, those senses would be split into 1,000 pieces and scattered, so they wouldn't be able to feel all the intact pleasure, but…….

Even that tiny fragment of a sense was like the ultimate realm that the undead, living trapped in eternal numbness, wanted to experience even if they had to risk their lives.

Ttalgeurak!

Ttalgeurak!

Ttalgeurak!!

At the single word cocktail, the Dragon Tooth Soldiers began to literally run wild.

As soon as Kim Minwoo finished his words, the guys rushed to the center, putting their heads together and roughly clashing their jaw joints, engaging in a heated free-for-all discussion.

Before long, the Dragon Tooth Soldiers began to move in unison.

And just a few minutes later.

Seukseuk.

A tattooist Dragon Tooth Soldier picked up a brush, drew a massive blueprint on the floor in a single stroke, and politely offered it at Kim Minwoo's feet.

The structure of an amazing magitech circuit diagram that perfectly transplanted the artificial neural network structure of a machine onto the bones of the undead through mana, runes, and tattoos.

Seeing that elaborate and perfect blueprint, Kim Minwoo swallowed a hollow breath as if he was dumbfounded.

“Wow, are you guys real geniuses?”

Dragon's knowledge, the apex of fantasy.

Collective intelligence formed by the aggregation of thousands of egos. With even a vicious carrot called a cocktail dangled there, they had reverse-engineered even the product of super-science in a single breath.

Ttiring―!

[The Dragon Tooth Soldier production-specialized unit perfectly tunes the combination of two heterogeneous civilizations!]

[Creates a new magitech integrated skill ― Mana Neural Network (SSS)!]

[Effect 1. Tactical Data Link — The legion's vision and combat data are integrated and shared in real-time.]

[Effect 2. Ultra-Rapid Response — Executes the conductor's commands immediately without a 0.01-second delay.]

[Effect 3. Can equip machine-related equipment. Upon possessing the Mana Neural Network, movements become special.]

Seeing is believing.

“Hey, let's do a test run. Bring one of the skeletons over.”

The Dragon Tooth Soldiers quickly engraved a dark blue fluorescent neural network tattoo on the arm bone of a regular skeleton soldier, and fused the Zenith Tactical Alloy Gauntlet for Infantry on top of it.

Wiiiiing―!

Paaaat!

The geometric circuits drawn on the pure white bone emitted light like a neon sign, and red plasma began to swirl around the gauntlet.

“Try moving it.”

He issued the command.

Assuming virtual enemies surging from all directions, he forcefully slammed complex consecutive evasion and counterattack trajectories into the skeleton's mind.

Pabat―!

Taaang! Kwajik!

The skeleton soldier's body bent abruptly.

It evaded as if bouncing backward by bending its knee joints in reverse, then its waist spun 180 degrees and it thrust the plasma gauntlet toward a blind spot.

Using the recoil that seemed like it would shatter its joints as elasticity, it bounced up and struck down a 3-hit combo in a bizarre trajectory absolutely impossible for a human.

Seeing that, Yoo Honbi raised her body with her eyes narrowed as if she found it interesting.

“It's a trajectory absolutely impossible for a living organism. Of course, it is an undead, but…… I don't recall them moving to that extent originally.”

“That's the point.”

Kim Minwoo swept down his forearm covered in goosebumps.

No matter how perfectly cyborgs calculated evasion trajectories in their brains, their physical bodies couldn't withstand it in the end.

Because if joints are bent at super speeds, muscles tear and bones shatter.

The only ones capable of that were elaborate machine humans whose entire bodies were made of solid machinery.

But what if the hardware performing these calculations was undead?

Of course, just because they were undead didn't mean they could ignore the laws of physics.

If they moved at super speeds, they too would equally have their muscles tear and bone joints shatter.

However, they had no pain.

There were no biological braking systems or hesitation fearing self-destruction.

Joint limits?

Muscle ruptures?

Such things could not become obstacles at all.

Even if their ligaments snapped and bones crushed, they would forcefully realize the inoperable trajectory exactly as commanded through the network.

A perfect fusion of cyberpunk's processing power and undead that chewed up even the collapse of the physical body.

“This is exactly it.”

Deep joy burned in Kim Minwoo's eyes.

This was a revolution that overturned the legion's paradigm itself.

Of course, the skeletons also clearly possessed learning abilities that evolved as they repeated battles.

But no matter how much combat sense they built up, forcefully shoving in inoperable trajectories while shattering their own bones and ligaments was a realm they couldn't realize on their own in the first place.

However, the newly created Mana Neural Network completely smashed that physical limit.

As ultra-high-speed tactical data calculations were directly slammed into their minds through the neural network without even a 0.01-second delay, extreme and bizarre maneuvers that would originally be impossible to realize began to be forcefully driven by cyberpunk technology.

Skeletons thrusting swords into enemies' blind spots using the recoil of their arm bones shattering into pieces as elasticity.

‘If even regular skeletons have this kind of movement…….’

What would the Dragon Tooth Soldiers, made by overlapping one thousand, be like.

But the admiration was only for a moment.

Kim Minwoo suddenly stroked his chin.

‘……Wait.’

Just now, Kim Minwoo had directly controlled one skeleton using the authority of the Maestro.

Naturally, it was perfect.

However, controlling tens of thousands alone in actual combat was impossible.

In the end, he had to entrust the troops to Legion Commanders like Cedric, Merhen, and Vulcan.

‘The Legion Commanders don't have this tattoo, do they?’

Without the tattoo, commands still had to be issued by mouth. No matter how ultra-high-speed the lower levels were connected, a bottleneck would occur at the top.

Like laying down a highway but getting stuck at the tollgate.

Kim Minwoo's eyes flashed.

He gestured with his chin toward the Legion Commanders.

“Guys, roll up your sleeves too. Let's plug in LAN cables.”

―LAN cable?

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