The Dark Master of the Abandoned Auto-Hunting Game

Chapter 6

Auto hunting that has been running for 100 years.

The auto hunting has been running without a single day off.

Moreover, the profession is a poison necromancer, specialized in mob herding.

‘Besides, the landlord dungeon where the auto hunting was conducted is a place where expensive equipment drops a lot.’

This is why Rayzen chose the landlord dungeon for auto hunting.

Farming in the most efficient place.

This is obviously what one should do.

Auto hunting that has been running in the landlord dungeon for 100 years.

The wealth gathered in this way filled this place completely.

‘Moreover, it feels like I hardly touched my money.’

Rayzen’s equipment was just as it was when he first started auto hunting.

At most, he had only recovery potions and a mask on his face.

Nothing had changed at all.

In other words, it meant he had hardly spent any money.

Rayzen let out a hollow laugh.

‘With this, it’s no wonder I haven’t been caught as a necromancer all this time.’

Auto hunting is done solo.

Except for the landlord dungeon, there was no need to use necromancer magic.

Just changing his appearance would have been useful for hiding his identity.

‘Other explorers probably treated me as a weirdo who goes to the landlord dungeon every day.’

Explorer information is personal data.

Even in the explorer guild, only the ascension level can be checked; skills and classes cannot be verified.

This was the same even for royal family members.

‘I don’t know the details since it was the original game system.’

In any case, that was how it was. 

‘Auto hunting that has been running for 100 years without being discovered as a necromancer.’

Rayzen smiled broadly.

“Long live auto hunting.”

With this, he could prepare for the empire’s downfall.

‘The top priority has been set.’

Using the wealth to buy all the necessary equipment and materials.

And then, explosive growth.

Dungeon replay is ultimately a world where strength is the most important.

The game ending and the empire’s downfall.

It all comes down to growth.

Rayzen clenched his fists tightly.

‘See, I’m not that unlucky.’

Rayzen thought positively.

Even if the world ended tomorrow, he would be the kind of person to plant a tree.

‘I’ve confirmed the wealth.’

Now, all that’s left is to check the ascension experience points.

‘How much has it increased?’

It’s a disappointing story, but.

There is one restriction on ascension experience points.

This restriction was put in place considering that players would only do auto hunting.

The restriction is as follows.

After the first hunt, the experience points gained from hunting the same fantasy species decrease.

So players must always hunt new fantasy species.

This becomes a reason for players to aim for high-level dungeons.

To grow, going to higher-level dungeons is ultimately the fastest way.

‘Moreover, auto hunting cannot be done in dungeons that haven’t been visited.’

Since the dungeon must be cleared for auto hunting to be activated, it’s inevitable that auto hunting yields relatively low ascension experience points.

‘But still, it will increase.’

After all, it’s been 100 years.

It’s worth looking forward to.

Suddenly, his heart raced.

It seemed to be because of the large amount of wealth.

Just as Rayzen was about to stand in front of the door.

Creeeak—

Suddenly, the door that he hadn’t touched began to open.

Rayzen looked at the open door and slowly widened his eyes.

The explorer guild’s storage is the personal property of the explorer.

It is absolutely impossible for anyone other than the explorer to enter.

But now.

The door that should never open was opened.

Before Rayzen could even react.

Someone walked in through the open door.

The one who walked in was a girl with long white hair cascading down.

With red eyes, she was undeniably beautiful at first glance.

However, despite her appearance, her clothing was extremely simple.

She was wearing only a long white nightgown.

She held a book in her hand.

Without taking her eyes off the book, she walked past Rayzen and then turned around, picking up a gold coin and flicking it in her hand.

Then she tried to walk out just like that.

But before long, she suddenly grabbed Rayzen’s hand tightly.

“Ugh!”

The girl, who was heard by Rayzen, struggled.

“What, what is it!”

Only then did she lift her head from the book, blinking as she looked at Rayzen right in front of her.

“Uh, R, Rayzen-nim?”

Can she recognize me even with a mask on?

Rayzen looked at the girl for a moment before asking.

“Who are you?”

“Eh?”

The girl blinked at Rayzen’s question.

As if she was wondering what she had just heard.

“W-What do you mean, who am I?”

She looked as if she couldn’t believe he didn’t know her.

“More importantly, why did you come into the storage so late today?”

She subtly slipped the gold coin into her pocket.

Rayzen gazed intently at the girl.

What is it? I don’t know what it is, but this girl smells like a freeloader.

As Rayzen stared at her, the girl shrank back.

Then she quickly pulled the gold coin out of her pocket again.

“Rayzen-nim? I-I really only used a little, just a little!”

It seemed she had been using money from the storage all this time.

Of course, with this much wealth accumulated, saying she used a little wouldn’t change anything.

Rayzen was puzzled by how she could freely enter this storage.

Then suddenly.

Rayzen remembered something.

‘No way.’

Rayzen’s only EX-grade skill.

Automatic Growth-Type Undead Creation (EX)

As soon as that thought crossed his mind, Rayzen asked.

“Are you, by any chance, undead?”

In the past, Rayzen had created five growth-type undead.

After 100 years, he thought they must have all been destroyed.

But the girl in front of him could only be explained as undead.

“Y-Yes? R, Rayzen-nim, do you really not recognize me?

Ah, even if it has been a long time since we last saw each other, to not recognize me!”

The girl exclaimed with a teary expression.

To anyone, she looked far from being undead.

Her appearance could easily be mistaken for a princess of a kingdom.

But judging by her reaction, it seemed she was indeed Rayzen’s undead.

“I’m Syria Nosferatu! The Vampire Queen!”

And the moment Rayzen heard those words, he froze.

He remembered.

Syria Nosferatu.

One of the five undead he had created using his skill.

Rayzen had directly input the name Syria.

“…The Vampire Queen?”

However, Syria was far too different from Rayzen’s memories.

No wonder, Syria was.

‘Just a small white bat.’

Syria was originally the lowest class of vampire.

Still, she had been so cute flapping around that Rayzen had fed her expensive growth-related materials.

But after entering the game, he hadn’t seen her anywhere, so he thought she had died.

‘…She became the Vampire Queen?’

The Vampire Queen is the highest-grade entity among vampires.

Rayzen was astonished that the tiny Syria had become a queen.

‘Thanks to the 100 years, I guess.’

Whatever happened, it was clear she had grown independently.

But Rayzen still had questions.

‘The Vampire Queen shouldn’t look this weak.’

Syria was flapping her arms, dangling from Rayzen’s hand just like when she was the lowest class.

The Vampire Queen possesses unique traits like ‘Overwhelm’ and ‘Charm.’

Yet right now, Syria looked like nothing more than a freeloader in a corner.

“Rayzen-nim, to think you, who used to find me so lovely, wouldn’t recognize me. I’m so sad that tears are falling.”

Syria touched her belly with a shocked expression.

“Could it be that I’ve gained weight?”

Far from gaining weight, she looked so thin that even feeding her daily wouldn’t be enough.

“…Syria.”

Rayzen felt he needed to clear up this misunderstanding.

Above all, if she was his undead, she would definitely be helpful in the future.

‘I need to prepare for the empire’s downfall right away.’

I need to borrow even a cat’s paw.

So Rayzen decided to tell a white lie.

A lie that would be useful for the future.

“I was recently ambushed in the landlord dungeon.”

“…Yes?”

Syria’s eyes widened.

“I was found out to be a necromancer and was chased by the empire’s soldiers.”

Syria listened to Rayzen’s words with a blank expression.

“Because of that, I had an accident and lost some memories. About a hundred years’ worth.”

He wasn’t lying.

Rayzen truly had no memories for 100 years.

The problem was whether such a convenient story would be believable.

If not, he would have to add to the story somehow.

“I see. While I was distracted, something happened…”

Fortunately, Syria understood.

She didn’t seem to doubt what Rayzen was saying.

“Then we must destroy the empire.”

And soon she smiled brightly as she said that.

It was such a cheerful statement.

Rayzen blinked.

He had a look on his face as if he couldn’t believe what he had just heard.

Soon after, Rayzen felt Syria’s shadow lengthening.

She was definitely smiling now.

But that smile was anything but ordinary.

It was rage.

A deep rage that surged from her core.

Boom, boom, boom—

“How dare they lay a hand on Rayzen-nim. I left you alone because you wanted to be on your own all this time. Those trash have no fear.”

Syria’s shadow turned red.

Chills ran down Rayzen’s spine at that moment.

Right now, at this moment.

The entire space began to warp around Syria.

Cold sweat formed on Rayzen’s forehead.

A smell of danger emanated from her.

The fangs revealed between her parted lips glimmered.

Rayzen realized.

The Vampire Queen.

He understood how powerful she was.

“Such an empire should not be left alive, right?”

She had somehow set the book down.

Then the book immediately fell to the floor and was consumed by the red shadow.

Multiple eyes appeared over the red shadow.

What was inside?

Rayzen didn’t want to imagine it.

“Don’t worry, Rayzen-nim! I won’t leave a single life in the empire!”

Madness peeked through her bright eyes.

She was a vampire.

Vampires fall under the category of undead.

Undead are those who hate life.

To Syria, life was a handful of trash.

“Syria.”

Rayzen pierced through the tension and grabbed Syria’s shoulder tightly.

He had to stop this.

He couldn’t let Syria fight against the empire.

He knew she was strong.

But even if it was based on 100 years ago.

Rayzen also understood the power the empire possessed.

“You must not fight against the empire.”

The moment Rayzen’s words fell.

Shadows were instantly sucked into Syria.

The surroundings became eerily quiet as if there had never been any commotion.

“Yes, understood!”

Syria replied nonchalantly.

As if she had never intended to fight from the beginning.

‘…Was that an act?’

No, it wasn’t.

What she just said was sincere.

She truly intended to fight until the Nippleheim Empire was destroyed.

If she set her mind to it, at least a few cities would have simply vanished.

Rayzen had almost set off a time bomb just now.

‘For a moment, I thought the reason for the empire’s downfall would be Syria.’

His stomach turned cold.

And he realized one fact.

‘I need to be careful with my words.’

Syria was a loyal servant of her creator, who would follow Rayzen’s words unconditionally.

Rayzen took a deep breath.

Then his thoughts became clearer.

The Vampire Queen had become an ally.

It was an undeniably good situation.

Moreover, another question arose.

“Syria, I want to ask you something. Are there any other undead I created besides you that are still alive?”

I wondered how to express that the undead were alive, but.

Rayzen had to ask.

After 100 years, he had no idea how they had grown.

As Rayzen asked, Syria nodded as if it were obvious.

“Yes, that’s right?”

As expected, all five, including Syria, were still alive.

“Are the other four as strong as you, Syria?”

“Hey, I’m the strongest because I’ve received Rayzen-nim’s favor!”

Syria straightened her back and placed her hands on her waist.

Then she cleared her throat and puffed out her chest.

“Still, I might not meet Rayzen-nim’s expectations.”

Syria explained the general strength of the undead.

“About ten years ago, one undead killed a lord. They all can do that much now!”

Rayzen’s face stiffened.

“…A lord?”

“Yes, a lord!”

Syria answered cheerfully once again.

In dungeon replay.

There is a title given to the strong who have made a name for themselves in the empire.

Lord (軍主).

An undead killed such a lord.

And all five of those undead were under Rayzen’s command.

In a world 100 years after auto hunting began.

A truly absurd world had been created.