Damn Necromancer

Chapter 402: Higher God (5)

[Promotion materials confirmed!]

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

The flames swallowed the thousands of tons of super-alloy and AI cores piled on the asteroid in a single breath.

Under the fully strengthened authority of the Death Lord, the solid physical resources melted down like liquid and decomposed into particles of light.

Soon, all the particles surged toward Kim Minwoo's physical body like a storm.

“Keu, euk……!”

The first change that came was the expansion of his mind.

The super-massive quantum AI core that processed the information of hundreds of billions of people in real-time.

The calculation power transcending imagination turned into light and began to perfectly synchronize with Kim Minwoo's soul.

Jjirit―!

Kwaaaaang―!

The pain was fleeting.

In fact, the faith that had been snowballing since he ascended to an Intermediate God was a secret headache for Kim Minwoo.

It was because it was in a precarious state, like a small cup filled to the brim with water, sloshing as if it would overflow at any moment.

Especially after stepping into this massive Galaxy dimension, as the tens of billions of cyber believers forcibly converted through chips exploded exponentially, the capacity of his soul had long been dangerously hovering at its limit.

The unrefined, blind faith data was packed so tightly that it felt like it would burst his head at any moment, so even if he didn't show it outwardly, he was inwardly suffering a headache.

However, it was different now.

As he attached the overwhelming calculation power of the quantum core as an auxiliary device for his soul, that ignorant amount of information was neatly organized and settled in his mind.

He reached a relaxed state, as if drinking black tea, while accommodating the prayers of tens of billions.

“The mind is taken care of. Next is the shell.”

[Condition 1: Completes the reconstruction of a transcendent vessel (physical body) through supreme materials.]

Uuuung―!

Pajijik!

Along with the system message, the dense and pitch-black faith of death poured down like a waterfall over the thousands of tons of ultra-high-density compressed alloy that had melted like liquid.

It was a transcendent quenching where the faith and death mana pouring from all over the galaxy put the most expensive materials in the universe into a crucible and forged them into the bones and flesh of a god.

The frail human joints transformed into a black skeleton harboring the strength to chew up and swallow even the pressure of a star.

Instead of red blood, purple divine power fluctuated like lava inside his blood vessels.

It was a miraculous molting, casting off the mortal shell and being reborn into a perfect physical body governing death.

Kwagagagang―!

The spewing energy was so massive that the surrounding space could not withstand the density and cracked and distorted.

How much time had passed.

The purple storm that had been raging as if to tear outer space apart subsided.

Paaat―.

Kim Minwoo, who had been floating in the empty air, slowly opened his eyes.

His outward appearance was that of a young man, not much different from before the promotion. However, the aura he spewed was different.

“Is this…… the vision of a true god.”

The landscape of the universe contained in Kim Minwoo's pupils completely changed.

If rising from a Lower God to an Intermediate God felt like switching from a black-and-white TV to an ultra-high-definition color TV, the leap to a Higher God was on a completely different level.

A sensation where the dimension itself was being overhauled beyond his vision.

The movements of countless stars, the massive flow of energy filling outer space, and even the boundaries between invisible dimensions. That complex and massive structure of the universe was clearly seen through as if looking down at the palm of his hand.

Above all, what changed greatly was the quality of the divine power he handled.

Seueuk.

Kim Minwoo lightly reached out his hand toward a massive meteorite swimming in the empty air.

It was merely that the dense ‘energy of death’ blooming like a haze from his fingertips brushed past the meteorite.

Pasasak―!

At that moment, the massive rock lump that had been wandering in the vacuum for tens of thousands of years crumbled into ash-colored powder in a single breath.

Literally, the concept of death was forcefully bestowed upon the inanimate object itself called a rock lump, and its very existence decayed away.

“Wow.”

Even Kim Minwoo burst into a hollow laugh.

His essence was a Necromancer.

An existence that handled the dead and commanded souls.

However, now having risen to the ranks of a Higher God, his divine power had broken down the boundary between animate and inanimate objects, reaching the realm of concept that sentenced death to all creations.

An absolute destruction capable of turning everything in sight to ashes if he only set his mind to it.

It was the transcendent authority possessed by a Higher God.

‘This is why those old geezers struggled desperately, risking their lives to create an Artificial God. It's a pleasure you can absolutely never forget once you taste it.’

Even Heavenly Demon Yoo Honbi, who was standing a short distance away, instinctively trembled her hand gripping the sword hilt with a flinch upon meeting the gaze of Kim Minwoo floating in the empty air.

It was a sense of pressure that suppressed even the fighting instinct of the apex who cleaved even a space battleship in a single sword strike.

Heavenly Demon Yoo Honbi, who had been standing guard a short distance away, blankly stared at Kim Minwoo. A sigh mixed with astonishment flowed from between her red lips.

‘……The class has completely changed.’

Until just a few hours ago, a massive power that could not be hidden had raged like a storm from his body.

Like a balloon that looked like it would burst at any moment.

However, it was completely different now.

Neither murderous intent nor the fluctuation of mana could be felt at all.

As if no one was there when she closed her eyes.

However, her fighting instinct, having stood at the apex of martial arts, was instead sensing a distant abyss that could not even be guessed within that perfect stillness.

The realm of a transcendent who perfectly controlled the overflowing power and assimilated their very existence with the laws of the universe.

It would have been less fearful when he was spewing power at random.

A distant gap that made even the absolute who cleaved even a space battleship in a single sword strike not dare to think of resisting.

Yoo Honbi had no choice but to bow her head deeply, instinctively trembling her hand gripping the sword hilt.

However, being intoxicated by the pleasure of omnipotence was only for a moment.

Jiiiiing―!

“……!”

The sensation wrapping around his entire body bristled for an instant.

A chillingly massive and distant sense of pressure crushed down from all directions.

‘Gaze.’

He felt numerous pupils piercing him in unison from beyond unknown galaxies, beyond firmly closed dimensional walls.

[The master of the ?? dimension observes the birth of a new star.]

[The constellation of the ??? dimension expresses wariness at your status.]

[A great existence of the abyss explores your coordinates.]

“Ha.”

Kim Minwoo twisted the corners of his mouth up looking at the notification windows popping up countlessly.

The birth of a Higher God.

An event akin to a massive cosmic IPO, something that might or might not happen once in thousands or tens of thousands of years across the multiverse.

At the fact that a new big shot had debuted, the absolutes occupying the upper dimensions were simultaneously sending investigating glares.

If it were a newly promoted divinity, he wouldn't have even been able to breathe properly under the weight of those distant gazes.

The sensation of numerous gazes flocking in was heavy enough to crush even a planet.

However, Kim Minwoo merely frowned nervously and unleashed the dense energy of death once.

Uaaaang―!

As the dreary death mana chillingly froze the surrounding vacuum, the unknown gazes trying to cross the line were startled, as if stabbed by a sharp blade, and fell away like an ebbing tide.

Being observed by the absolutes of all dimensions meant, conversely, that it was perfect proof that he had now entered the genuine major leagues.

Ttiring―!

A brilliantly shining golden system window popped up before his eyes.

[Congratulations, Player!]

[You have perfectly fulfilled all conditions!]

[You have torn apart physical limits and mental shackles and stepped into the realm of a new dimension.]

[You have completed the molting into a Higher God!]

Kim Minwoo laughed lowly while clenching and unclenching his two hands.

Just by lightly clenching his fist, space fluctuated like waves.

In his brain, the lucrative faith dividends pouring from all over the galaxy were being settled in real-time.

A perfect physical body. A perfect mind.

And an inexhaustible pipeline of capital and faith.

“With this much, it's not a spec that would fall behind anywhere.”

The middle of the vacuum of space.

Kim Minwoo was savoring the lingering feeling of the transcendent power wrapping around his entire body.

Every time he flicked a finger, space fluctuated and causality shook. The blind faith of countless living beings pierced his mind in real-time, delivering pleasure.

“This is really going to be addictive. It's thrilling?”

Kim Minwoo looked down at his palm.

It was a distant sensation that could never be handled by the brain structure of a mortal, felt for the first time in his life.

After possessing a body in this game, he had gone through all sorts of hardships and climbed up to here, but in fact, even Kim Minwoo himself had never stepped into the realm of a god during the days he played the game.

Let alone a Higher God, it was a perfect unknown territory where he hadn't even seen the bottom-most Lower God.

‘So this is what it feels like to become a god.’

Everything thought of in his mind immediately becomes the laws of the universe and is realized into reality.

The dizzying and overwhelming pleasure given by omnipotence.

It was certain that even if he brought any ultra-expensive, state-of-the-art VR capsule that existed in the real world and shoved it directly into his brain, it wouldn't be able to realize even 1% of this sensation he was feeling now.

It was the moment Kim Minwoo was swimming in the empty air, thoroughly intoxicated by the lingering feeling of that transcendent power.

Ppibibibik―!

[Emergency communication.]

As the hologram turned on, the usually arrogant megacorp leaders appeared with faces pale white.

“D-Death Lord! Please save us! It's a great disaster!”

“What's all this fuss.”

“Th-the seal on the dimensional predator beast Apocalypse has been released! The galaxy is about to be smashed right now!”

“Why are you telling me to clean up the shit you guys took. And why did something perfectly fine suddenly get released?”

The leaders answered with a fading voice, studying his expression.

“Th-that is…… because the Lord pulled out all of our headquarters' main AI cores as offerings earlier…… the seal maintenance system temporarily went dead…….”

“Oho. So you're saying it's my fault now?”

“N-no! Absolutely not! It's our fault for being incompetent and not preparing backup cores! H-however, it's chewing up the core resource planet we decided to offer to the Lord right now……!”

“Got it.”

Ttuk. Kim Minwoo didn't even listen to the excuse to the end and turned off the hologram communication without lingering attachment.

The communication was cut off, but his vision was already accurately capturing the massive energy running wild in the distant Tartarus star system.

‘Crawling into my territory and eating up my dividends?’

Seueuk.

Kim Minwoo pulled out Hell Rhapsody from his subspace.

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