Damn Necromancer

Chapter 401: Higher God (4)

[Breaking News! The headquarters of Zenith Corporation, one of the 5 great megacorps of the galaxy, Zenith Tower, has been attacked by an unidentified assailant.]

[Currently, the outer armor plating of Zenith Tower has been torn off like a canned food lid, and the stellar fleet in charge of defense has been annihilated…….]

The massive hologram billboards in the center of the galaxy's major planets and megacities were simultaneously covered with red emergency screens. Tens of billions of citizens walking on the streets stopped their steps and looked up at the empty air.

“What? Did you just hear the news? Zenith Headquarters got robbed?”

“Nonsense! That's a fortress that wouldn't get a single scratch even if hit by a planet-destroying-class main gun!”

“How many ships are in Zenith's elite fleet, how could they pierce that? Did the rebel alliance launch an all-out offensive or something?”

The citizens were astonished.

Not the lawless Under City or a frontier planet, but a megacorp headquarters symbolizing absolute power was robbed.

The common sense of the universe was essentially shattered.

However, the anchor's trembling voice trampled the public's expectations even more ruthlessly.

[What is shocking is the scale of the enemy that attacked the headquarters. Reports say that the headquarters was brought down not by a large-scale fleet or the rebel alliance, but by merely two transcendent beings……!]

“Merely two people?!”

“Two people swept away the space fleet and pierced the headquarters?!”

“Look at the screen there! That man in the black coat…… Isn't he the Death Lord rumored to have eaten the Under City recently?!”

A video was broadcast over the hologram screen. A woman with red sword aura snapping a massive battleship in two with a single sword strike in the vacuum of space.

And Kim Minwoo's destructive rampage, tearing off Zenith Tower's super-alloy armor plating with his bare hands.

From pubs, plazas, and cybernetics shopping malls, to the red-light districts.

A heavy silence settled across the entire galaxy.

To the citizens of a scientific civilization without magic or martial arts, it was a sight no different from cosmic horror.

Before long…….

Ppibik―!

The red emergency breaking news screen suddenly switched, and the faces of the remaining 4 megacorp leaders ruling the galaxy completely filled the hologram.

“It's a joint statement! It looks like the 4 megacorps are uniting to subjugate those guys!”

“Yeah! No matter how strong they are, if the entire universe's military power and capital unite, they won't be a match!”

It was the moment the citizens swallowed dry saliva and tried to watch the prelude to a space war.

The leader of Ares, standing in front of the microphone, opened his mouth with a deliberately solemn yet strangely joy-mixed expression.

[Citizens of the galaxy. Today, our 4 megacorps have concluded a historic pan-universal partnership agreement with the great Death Lord who will bring a new order to this universe.]

“……Huh?”

[Our megacorp alliance has agreed to voluntarily provide our headquarters' highest-grade infrastructure, including each company's main quantum AI core and core super-alloy resources, free of charge to aid the Lord's noble great work of universal peace.]

“……Huh-uh-uh?”

Following the bombshell declaration of the Ares leader, the remaining three leaders also nodded as if overwhelmed with emotion and continued.

[That is correct. As the eternal partners of the great Death Lord, we solemnly declare here and now that we will dedicate half of the megacorps' total monthly profits as a pan-universal development fund for the development of the space economy and the Lord's task!]

[For the great work of the Death Lord!]

The absolute powerhouses standing at the apex of the galaxy clenched their fists and poured out praises in front of live cameras broadcasting to the entire universe.

It was a bizarre sight of old leaders, who had been on death's door, rejuvenated into youthful bodies in their 20s and beaming as if they had lost their minds.

“…….”

“…….”

The millions of citizens gathered in the plaza doubted their eyes and ears.

“Voluntary free support? Development fund?”

“Partner sounds nice, but isn't it just saying they will hand over half their profits?!”

“They're supporting with main AI cores and core resources? They gave everything away and surrendered!”

“They gave everything to the Death Lord without even fighting and became subcontractors!”

“The master of the universe changed overnight……!”

Astonishment and fear struck the entire galaxy.

The predators of capitalism, who reigned while grinding up people on a planetary scale, ultimately put on their own leashes and lay flat before a greater power, having only packaged it with media play.

In the first place, this shameful live broadcast was entirely under Kim Minwoo's instructions.

From the leaders' perspective, it was a universal disgrace, but to Kim Minwoo, there was no creative economy more perfect than this.

‘Faith comes from overwhelming awe and fear anyway. With the rulers of the universe voluntarily advertising that they've come under my command, is there any way faith wouldn't burst forth?’

Sure enough.

In real-time as the broadcast was transmitted, massive faith power surged in like a waterfall from all over the galaxy.

It was an amount more than enough to completely fill the vessel of the mental medium required to promote to a Higher God.

The time when the public declaration of being pushovers spread throughout the universe and the faith value exploded.

“B-boss! No, great Lord! How could you make such a precious visit to this shabby place!”

The VVIP docking area on the top floor of the Ares Corporation Headquarters. On the highest-grade red carpet that space admirals would normally tread upon while bowing, the Ares leader executed a folder bow with the momentum to plant his forehead on the floor.

The hundreds of megacorp executives lined up behind him trembled like aspen trees and were astonished.

“Just who is that young guy for the Chairman to wag his tail like that?”

“Be quiet! Will you survive in this field with such slow information?”

“Just who is he?”

“That is the Death Lord! The one who tore apart the impregnable Zenith Headquarters in just 10 minutes and twisted Chairman Arthur's neck!”

“Hi, hiiik……!”

The color drained from the executives' faces in unison.

Seeing the absolute powerhouse, the Ares leader, rubbing his hands and bowing, cold sweat poured down the spines of the directors and executives.

However, among the numerous executives, the one experiencing the most sh*tty feeling was someone else.

‘E-eternal life……?’

The successor of Ares Corporation, the 1st Vice Chairman.

He blankly stared at his young and firm father with an expression that looked like he would vomit blood at any moment.

He had waited for decades.

He had endured all sorts of dirty secret feuds, waiting only for his father's equipped mechanical organs' lifespan to end so he would die as soon as possible. If he endured just a little longer, this massive corporation would become entirely his.

‘Damn it! Then when will I ever become Chairman! Are you telling me to just play the successor my whole life and die of old age first!’

Whether the successor's insides burned black as coal or not, the Ares leader, intoxicated by the sweet taste of eternal life, flattered Kim Minwoo with all kinds of adulation.

“Here is the lump-sum payment you promised! I have torn out the super quantum AI core, the heart of our headquarters, and the super-alloy safe containing the core minerals whole and presented them to you!”

The Ares leader pointed at the massive cargo container with a servile smile.

It was an infrastructure of astronomical value that had supported Ares Corporation for thousands of years.

Even as he tore it out with his own hands and offered it, joy rippled deep in the leader's pupils.

‘My body has returned to its 20s from life! My sense of taste and touch are 100% vivid!’

The pleasure of the VVIP premium eternal life package bestowed by Kim Minwoo was beyond imagination.

He discarded his decaying old physical body and numb mechanical organs and gained eternal youth and senses.

Although he became an undead molded by the Death Lord, the Ares leader was not anxious.

The pledge of the absolute dimensional contract perfectly guaranteed his autonomy.

He was not forcefully controlled and maintained his thoughts and will completely.

Even though his main core and safe were torn away and he fell into being a subcontractor offering half of his monthly profits and faith, doing the math, there was no business more profitable than this.

‘Zenith, which divided the galaxy in 5, flew away whole, and we tore apart the empty spot and expanded our size. Even if I offer half, I am still a king of this Galaxy!’

Offering this paltry resource was merely a rational franchise fee for perfect eternal life and maintaining power.

The Ares leader cheered inwardly and shouted loudly.

“Our Ares will be the Boss's faithful 1st-tier subcontractor from now on, and we will roll the universe until our bones break to offer dividends and faith every month!”

Kim Minwoo smiled and patted the Ares leader's shoulder, then opened his subspace and sucked in the massive resources like a vacuum cleaner.

“Yeah. Keep working hard in the future. I have my next collection stop, so I'll be going now.”

From Ares, Poseidon, Hermes, to Apollo, excluding Zenith. Touring the headquarters of the 4 megacorps of the galaxy, Kim Minwoo shook out and robbed their hearts, the AI cores, and the highest-priced super-alloys in the universe.

It was an extortion of an unprecedented scale.

Having finished his collection, Kim Minwoo moved to an empty asteroid belt where no one was around.

“Now, shall I slowly press the payment button.”

As Kim Minwoo gestured, the gap of a massive subspace opened.

Kwaaaaang―!

Kung!

Kwagang!

The 4 super-massive quantum AI cores that had been the hearts of the large corporations.

And thousands of tons of rare super-alloy lumps, said to withstand even the heat and pressure of a star, poured down onto the asteroid like a mountain. It was a massive resource that could not be bought even if one sold off several planets.

Looking at the offerings that could be called the crystallization of capitalism, Kim Minwoo brought up the system window.

[You have fulfilled the conditions for promotion to a Higher God (上級 神).]

[Would you like to proceed with the promotion?]

[Y / N]

“Of course yes.”

He ran collections keeping those old geezers alive to do this.

Kim Minwoo pressed down on the [Y] button in the empty air.

Tearing through the vacuum of space, overwhelming purple mana flames surged as if exploding.

Hwareureureureuk―!

Kwagagagang!

[Promotion materials confirmed!]

[Absorbing the massive offerings to begin reconstructing the physical body and mind!]

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