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Chapter 29
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At the eastern end of the vast Perthville Plains.
A tranquil forest, filled with the gentle rustling of leaves and the fragrant scent of the woods carried by the breeze, created an infinitely serene landscape.
The songs of birds chirping echoed from all directions, and the buzzing of insects clearly revealed that this was indeed a forest.
In the distance, at the end of the forest, a sheer cliff stood tall, bathed in sunlight and shining brilliantly.
It was truly a breathtaking sight.
The peaceful and tranquil eastern forest of Perthville Plains.
However, in an instant, black smoke billowed up, and a massive inferno engulfed the area.
The gentle breeze fanned the cruel flames, and the fragrant scent of the forest was soon replaced by the acrid smell of burning.
The raging flames devoured everything, silencing the chirping of birds and the buzzing of insects.
Crackle, crackle, crackle.
Whoosh!
Green fur and skin, and short, stubby bodies.
The red eyes of the goblins reflected the raging inferno.
And then...
-Keruk! Kek! (Kill them all!)
-Keheuk, Kahreuk! (Burn everything!)
-Kehuk, Kahreuke! (Purify for the master!)
Undead, clad in black darkness and emitting a turquoise aura, beheaded the despairing goblins.
Amidst the undead that had set the entire goblin village ablaze...
Someone emerged from the flames.
The undead, cloaked in darkness, bowed their heads in reverence as they saw the figure emerge from the inferno.
As if worshipping a god.
-Kikirik! Kereukhu! (Oh! Our great master!)
-Kereuk, Pareuhu! (Our great Lord!)
-Kehak, Kereuk! (We worship you!)
Seonghyun, the master of the undead, who had watched everything from beginning to end, scratched his cheek with a troubled expression.
He wondered if this was right.
'Are they... worshipping me?'
Objectively, it looked like they had swept through the goblin village as if worshipping an evil god.
Moreover, he couldn't understand why they had set the fire.
He understood that it was for efficient hunting, but they could have swept through the village without doing that.
Seonghyun didn't think too deeply about it.
It would only give him a headache.
Still, he had achieved his initial goal.
He was somewhat satisfied.
First, his level.
[You have gained experience points!]
[Level up!]
[You have reached level 20.]
'Finally.'
He had reached the level required to go to the next village.
But that wasn't all he was waiting for.
In Eternal World, you learn new skills every 10 levels.
You learn skills immediately upon changing classes, so you don't gain skills at level 10.
And the first time you gain a new skill is at level 20.
Seonghyun was also excited, wondering what kind of skill he would get.
With a heart full of anticipation, Seonghyun waited.
The message he had been waiting for appeared.
[You have reached level 20, and a new skill for 『Overlord』 has been unlocked.]
[You have acquired the Almighty rank skill, 『Netherworld』.]
'Oh?!'
Seonghyun was quite surprised, which was rare for him.
The first reason was that he had expected a Legendary skill, but an Almighty rank skill appeared.
The second reason was the name.
'Netherworld!'
Just hearing the name, it seemed similar to the skill "Mortuary," which Bejiron had boasted about learning at level 30, a skill that stored undead.
He wondered what the effect would be.
Seonghyun immediately opened the Netherworld skill window.
『Netherworld』
→ 《Almighty》
→ [Lv 1] [Growth Type]
[Passive Effect] [Compound]
Praise the Lord of Death who rules over death, the deceased, and spirits, and awaits here.
The deceased and spirits who praise their Lord are forever blessed here.
→ Overlord exclusive skill.
→ You can send the created Death Legion to the Netherworld to restore all their health and store the legion.
→ Mana is not consumed when sending or recalling the Death Legion.
→ Undead eroded by the Death Aura can also be sent to the Netherworld.
→ The Death Legion stored in the Netherworld grows very slowly.
'......?'
To say the effect was significant was an understatement.
It was tremendous.
The fact that mana wasn't consumed when storing and retrieving them was unbelievable, but...
The last part was especially unbelievable.
The Death Legion stored in the Netherworld grows very slowly.
Undead storage type skills like Mortuary only stored the undead.
To summon undead even in places without corpses.
But for the undead to grow just by being stored?
It was an effect that would get him beaten up if he posted it online, with people telling him not to synthesize it.
Making everyone their enemy wasn't so bad either.
It seemed like Yuna's ranking would rise soon anyway.
'Okay, let's upload it.'
It didn't seem like it needed much editing.
The original video was so amazing.
She would adjust the perspective, but not much.
There wasn't much to do in terms of editing, so she completed the video and uploaded it with her eyes closed.
She anticipated the kind of impact it would have.
'I'm going to be very busy for a while.'
But they had done well so far, hadn't they?
Rapid wasn't a pushover that would crumble just because they uploaded a rookie video.
'I guess things will get crazy around tomorrow.'
No matter how amazing the video was, the reaction usually came a day later.
As Rapid was doing other work...
About an hour after Seonghyun's video was uploaded, a guild member rushed in frantically.
"Guild master! The guild channel is overloaded!!"
"Huh?"
Already?
Rapid's expectations were spectacularly off.
2.
The Fastest Rapid Guild.
The channel of Rapid Guild, which shone at 3rd place in the overall guild rankings, was also impressive.
20 million subscribers on MeTube.
Although it was 45th in terms of subscribers among guild channels active in Eternal World...
It couldn't be helped.
Since it was a channel that focused more on live streams than videos, it was difficult to increase subscribers significantly.
However, Rapid Guild's ticket power was enormous enough to make up for the lack of subscribers.
Live tickets.
This referred to live streams that required viewers to pay a certain amount to enter.
A large number of viewers meant that the guild's status was high.
Although they lagged behind in subscribers, their ticket power was the second highest among all guilds.
Rapid Guild, which succeeded in raids faster than any other guild and cleared them first, had stronger characters than any other guild.
That's why they were called the Fastest.
And a new video was uploaded on that Rapid Guild channel.
The video uploaded by Rapid Guild, which usually focused on live streams, was none other than a solo rookie video.
It was a video introducing the rookie and promoting them.
Hong Jeongmin, a big fan of Rapid Guild, couldn't help but feel a bit disappointed when he saw the video.
'Ah, that's a shame.'
It would have been better if it was a video of another member of Rapid Guild.
But he was still curious.
'Rapid Guild is famous for not recruiting rookies, so this rookie must be quite strong, right?'
Rapid Guild was famous for not readily recruiting rookies.
There was a widespread rumor that they had previously rejected a Unique rank rookie.
They didn't accept people even if their rank was high if they weren't skilled.
That was their principle that drove fans crazy.
Each and every guild member was an elite, top-level user.
'It must be the same this time, right?'
Hong Jeongmin, who was initially a bit disappointed, soon started the video with anticipation.
However, even Hong Jeongmin, who was a fanatic fan of Rapid Guild but had poor gaming skills, recognized the field that appeared.
"Huh? Isn't that Perthville?"
It was the area where Hong Jeongmin had also played.
Perthville, the first village.
They brought in a user who was active there?
No matter how skilled they were, weren't they still a beginner?
That thought dominated Hong Jeongmin's mind.
Ah, this was disappointing.
With that thought, he continued watching.
He wanted to see what kind of user they were, at least their face.
With a skeptical attitude, Hong Jeongmin's eyes widened as he watched to see how good they were.
Undead, clad in black darkness and emitting a turquoise aura from between their bodies.
No, should he even call them undead?
They were so different from the undead that Hong Jeongmin knew, with an overwhelming sense of disparity, and they were invading a goblin village that looked similar to them.
No, this wasn't just an invasion.
"W-what the!?"
As if to thoroughly oppress the weak, they burned down the entire village, brutally ravaging and completely destroying the goblins.
They were filled with malice, solely aiming for the goblins' deaths.
And a man leisurely commanding those undead.
Although his face was blurred black and couldn't be seen, his sharp, turquoise eyes were visible.
But just from those eyes, Hong Jeongmin could tell.
That man was the master of the undead.
As a massive inferno engulfed the village and all the goblins fell to the ground...
The video ended with the man emerging from the flames and the undead bowing their heads in worship.
"Crazy. This is insane."
Hong Jeongmin couldn't hold back his praise.
He couldn't resist this.
Just as he was about to write a comment...
Seeing the warning message that there were too many users, he nodded, understanding.
"This is truly insane."
Once again, he spared no praise and went to another community to start writing.
Naturally, it was a post praising the new Rapid Guild rookie.
-Hey losers, haven't you seen the Rapid rookie video yet?
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