Damn Necromancer

Chapter 406: Mothership (2)

"D-Death Lord! No, oh great savior! I beg of you!"

Dr. Higgs and the research team, who had been staring blankly up at the grandeur of the massive mothership from below the dock, suddenly prostrated themselves toward Kim Minwoo and cried out as if screaming.

"Please allow us…… to research the inside of that miraculous product just once! If I cannot confirm with my own two eyes how the scientific common sense I built up by dedicating my entire life has been realized inside that battleship, I don't think I will be able to close my eyes in peace!"

"I beg of you, Lord! I don't care if it's cleaning the floors, just please let me board!"

The rare spectacle of Megacorp's chief engineers, hailed as the best intellects in the galaxy, collectively planting their heads on the floor and begging.

Kim Minwoo, looking down at those desperate gazes, lightly stroked his chin.

'Well, these guys did provide quite a bit of useful labor for the quantum core tuning and framework assembly.'

Furthermore, regardless, weren't the intellects of this vast galaxy all his precious believers and subcontractor employees now. Giving them a tour as a form of employee welfare wasn't difficult at all.

"Alright. I will specifically include only the chief engineers in the VIP tour. Follow me."

"Ooh……! Your grace is immeasurable, Lord!"

Leaving behind the doctors wiping away tears of emotion, Kim Minwoo reached out toward the entrance of the mothership.

Shweeeek―!

The side hatch of the massive mothership, reaching 150 kilometers in total length, opened left and right with a soft sound of cleaving air.

Cold and damp air poured out from inside. As if a massive beast had opened its mouth.

From the mouths of Dr. Higgs and the engineers, who were the first to set foot inside, sounds of astonishment burst out in unison.

"Heok……!"

"Wh-what is this……!"

Over the pitch-black super-alloy walls, which could be called the essence of cyberpunk, the dark flesh and thick veins of the dimensional predator beast Apocalypse were bizarrely entangled like massive vines.

Instead of cold LED lighting, the Mana Neural Network flowing along the bones lit up the hallway, spewing a soft purple pulse in time with a heartbeat.

Seueuk, seueuk.

Every time they took a step, instead of a cold metallic sound, a minute and organic pulsation, as if walking inside the belly of a massive beast, was transmitted intact through the soles of their feet. Somewhere from the ceiling, a sound like gulping something down echoed, and the veins on the walls fiercely fluctuated thickly in time with it.

"Th-the machinery and biological tissues are perfectly fused at the cellular level……!"

"It's unbelievable. It's as if…… the entire battleship is a single massive living and breathing organism!"

A distant space where the cold mechanical precision of sci-fi and the sticky, organic vitality unique to the undead were mixed into one.

While the doctors, overwhelmed by the unknown ecosystem achieved by science and magic, continuously let out exclamations, Kim Minwoo arrived at the massive captain's seat, the heart of the mothership, with leisurely steps.

Kim Minwoo placed his hand on the main console.

Beyond the cold, smooth touch of the pitch-black super-alloy, the heavy pulsation of mana beating like a massive beast was transmitted.

Jiiiiing―!

[Checking the soul frequency of the supreme decision-maker, Death Lord Kim Minwoo.]

[Transferring main system authority.]

Seureureureuk―!

In an instant, the entire massive mothership trembled and awoke roughly.

The heavy mechanical sound of tens of thousands of degenerate engines spinning and the dreary wailing of the dead flowing along the hull formed a perfect harmony and shook outer space.

"Okay, registration went cleanly. Then shall I test the performance a bit."

As a test, Kim Minwoo injected a small amount of divine power drawn from his body.

Uuuung―!

Paaaat!!

[Physical/Magic Immunity Shield, output increased by 200%!]

[Dimensional Jump Engine, preheating accelerated by 150%!]

"……Uh?"

Kim Minwoo's two eyes widened checking the numbers floating on the system window.

"What's this. Why is the fuel efficiency like this?"

Honestly, for a Mythical-rank item called a super-massive undead mothership, he had thought the option descriptions were too simple.

Because it was just using his own faith as power by injecting it.

However, the moment he rolled the power himself, Kim Minwoo keenly realized why this battleship was Mythical-rank.

He injected faith of 1, but the actual output the battleship spewed was reaching 1.5 to 2.

The calculation power of the quantum core and the mana dwelling in the bones of the dimensional predator beast resonated with each other, wildly amplifying the efficiency of the injected faith.

'Wait. But the basic consumption amount is…….'

The efficiency was overwhelming, but there weren't only advantages.

Since it had a size of 150 kilometers in total length, the basic energy consumption amount itself required to maintain and roll that heavy body was on a different level.

It felt like a hippo where chunks of faith slipped away just by breathing.

'There's no need to take out this blunt guy for trivial neighborhood fights. When moving in small bursts, it's much faster and more cost-effective for me to swing my sword directly.'

However, rolling the calculations, Kim Minwoo immediately realized the true value of this mothership.

'Instead, when an ignorant defensive shield on a planetary scale is needed, or overwhelming firepower to sweep everything away in one blow is required, the story completely changes.'

Rather than squeezing out power with his bare body and pouring out area-of-effect skills, it's much more destructive and efficient to shove faith into this guy and fire the main gun.

In dimensional wars on a fleet scale, or all-out war situations where they had to clash with all their might, it was literally a super-massive strategic amplifier exclusive to a Higher God that amplified his faith to extreme output and spewed it.

It was the moment Kim Minwoo's lips drew a thick arc of satisfaction.

Paat―!

Hologram particles clumped together over the main console, and a single skeleton wearing a cute red ribbon on one side of its skull popped out.

The outfit was even a neat maid uniform adorned with frills.

"I greet the great Master. I am the main system in charge of controlling and managing this battleship."

An extremely polite yet elegant intonation.

It was a voice where even the texture of emotions was perfectly realized.

Kim Minwoo let out a pishik laugh as if he was dumbfounded.

"What. Because it's Megacorp's state-of-the-art battleship AI, I thought something like a flashy cyborg or a hologram beautiful girl would come out. …… By the way, are you a female entity?"

At that, the skeleton AI modestly touched the ribbon on its head and answered.

"Yes. I have been set as a female entity AI."

"Why a skeleton of all things?"

"Since the Master's noble essence is a ruler governing death, I adopted a skeleton avatar, and based on the statistical preferences of Megacorp executives, I customized the personality of a female secretary, which has the highest work efficiency. Is it to your liking?"

Dr. Higgs and the engineers, who had been listening to that answer with bated breath from behind, unknowingly inhaled a hollow breath.

No matter how highly developed a quantum AI is, it is impossible for it to autonomously pierce through the transcendent status of its owner, which is not coded in its database, and create an avatar.

This was ultra-high-dimensional cognitive ability far beyond mechanical calculation.

As death mana seeped into Megacorp's top-grade AI technological prowess, a bizarre hybrid pursuing extreme practicality was born.

"……Well, it's the result of efficient data collection."

"The praise is an honor. However, this battleship does not yet have a registered unique name. Will you give me a name?"

Kim Minwoo stroked his chin.

The name of the ship that old man Fersen rides is the Ark. A grand name indeed.

'Well, I have no intention of putting on airs with such a musty name.'

Intuitive and easy to call was best.

"Mary. From now on, your name is Mary."

Kim Minwoo declared as if throwing it with a tuk.

It was that moment.

Ttiring―!

[Super-Massive Undead Mothership (Mary)]

[Rank: Mythical.]

[Description: The ultimate decisive battle weapon combining the bones of a dimensional predator beast and Megacorp's technological prowess. It uses faith as its power source.]

[Your summon, Mary, is very happy to be bestowed a name!]

Simultaneously as the name on the system window was updated…….

Kkulleok, kugugugugung―!

The inside of the massive battleship reaching 150 kilometers in total length fluctuated and pulsated roughly.

The dark flesh and Mana Neural Networks of Apocalypse, which were fused with the cold sci-fi mechanical devices, trembled all at once as if rejoicing.

The purple pulse lighting up the hallway momentarily burned blindingly, then soon settled into a much deeper and stable light. It was a change as if a beast that had obtained a name finally remembered the body heat of its master.

"Aah……!"

Mary in the hologram clasped her two skeleton hands together and let out a voice overwhelmed with emotion.

"To think of the grace of being bestowed a name by the great Master……! I, Mary, will dedicate myself to the Lord until the hull's bones crumble!"

Checking the wave of that bizarre vitality in real-time on his data pad, Dr. Higgs' two eyes grew as if they would tear with astonishment.

"Th-this is unbelievable! The biological neural network of the entire 150-kilometer battleship is physically reacting to the changes in the emotional values of the software AI……!"

It had lightly surpassed the level of a computer program calculating by mimicking humans.

Using the cold quantum core as a medium, a real soul had been conceived inside the mechanical device.

In response to Mary's joy, the entire massive battleship was living, breathing, and pulsating as if it were her own physical body.

It was a marvelous miracle where magic and a Higher God's status broke through the singularity that no genius scientist in the galaxy could reach for hundreds of years in a single breath.

Overwhelmed by the unknown ecosystem achieved by science and magic, the doctors stared blankly and let out gasps.

The Mythical-rank space mothership, Mary, where the cold super-science of cyberpunk and the dreary vitality of fantasy were perfectly fused.

At last, the ultimate decisive battle weapon of the Necromancer who dominated the galaxy assumed its overwhelming posture toward higher dimensions.

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