Chapter 457

[Would you like to unlock the potential seal?]

"Of course."

As soon as his answer dropped, a bizarre rupturing sound that seemed to forcefully overhaul the causality of the universe shook the entire dimension.

[From now on, forcibly destroying the physical potential seal of the Death Lord!]

[Your vessel permanently expands into the flawless form of a Higher God!]

"Haa……."

Kim Minwoo let out a rough breath and looked down at his two hands.

The sensation of the vessel of his soul lightly shattering its limits and endlessly stretching out.

A transcendent pleasure thrillingly struck his brain.

In the past, there was a time he paid 1,200 points in the Achievement Shop and lifted the restriction for an hour with a physical potential amplification potion.

But back then and now were fundamentally different.

At that time, there was a lurking sense of deficiency and loss that he would have to return to the terrible shackle once the drug wore off, but now the very skeleton of his soul was being rebuilt into the flawless vessel of a Higher God.

'It took a really long time to get all six.'

That's how tricky each and every one of the materials was to procure. Since he achieved growth with materials obtained so laboriously, he would never have to return to a talentless physical body again.

Gripping the hilt of Hell Rhapsody, Kim Minwoo lightly rotated his wrist.

In the past, when his potential was temporarily unlocked, he had just in case pulled out all sorts of class weapons stuck in his inventory—swords, bows, spears, magic staffs—and swung them all.

But even with the restriction lifted, his talent for swordsmanship or magic was merely at the level of an expert at best.

However, just one thing.

Necromancy is different.

The moment his consciousness touched the realm of necromancy, a bizarre and overwhelming sensation on a completely different level swallowed Kim Minwoo's soul whole.

The chilling aura of death and magic power emitted by hundreds of thousands, millions of the undead legion, and the pulse of the dead filling the space of the universe began to mesh flawlessly like perfect gears with Kim Minwoo's breathing and divine status without a single bit of error.

A thrilling sense of unity, as if all the instruments and members of an orchestra were perfectly subordinated to the tip of the conductor's finger, holding their breath.

Just by thinking and conducting, it becomes the music of ruin that tears apart the physical laws of the universe.

Ttiring—!

[Overwhelming talent perfectly realizes the essence and principles of necromancy!]

[The inherent authority that remained a temporary effect is permanently engraved into your soul!]

[The Conductor of Death is permanently activated!]

"……Finally found my true class."

He had swung a sword for a really long time until now.

But now, he could proudly declare himself a Necromancer.

Why the Death Lord had brushed aside all the numerous geniuses of the universe and pinpointed Kim Minwoo, a scoundrel stuck in a corner of Earth, as his one and only successor.

Now he somewhat understood.

Kim Minwoo was a necromancy genius.

Even an unprecedented talent that could be counted on one hand throughout the history of the universe.

His soul, which remained as ordinary mediocrity in all other fields, bloomed fully only in front of necromancy.

As if it was a vessel forged for this single thing.

There was no room for doubt anymore.

Thud———!

Thud———!

Thud———!

From Kim Minwoo's waist, chest, head, and both hands, resonant sounds that felt like his heart would burst exploded simultaneously.

The Crown, Heart, Ring, Gauntlet, and even the Belt of the Supreme Sovereign of Death.

The five Mythical-rank legacies Kim Minwoo had collected while robbing all dimensions resonated with their master's perfect awakening and simultaneously spewed bloody and pitch-black rays of light.

There are 10 legacies in total.

Currently, what Kim Minwoo had gathered was exactly half, 5 of them.

And the moment the final seal placed on those 5 legacies met their master's talent for necromancy.

Wiiiiiing———!

Ttiring!

Ttiririring!

Massive golden system warning windows seamlessly pasting his vision burst up loudly, dyeing the vacuum of the universe bright red.

[Special condition activated! Half of the legacies of the Supreme Sovereign of Death (5/10) resonate perfectly!]

[The first chapter of the New Order is forcibly reorganized!]

[You can now instinctively detect the locations of the remaining legacies!]

[Due to your transcendent necromancy talent, the true power of the legacies is unlocked!]

Kim Minwoo's eyebrows trembled slightly.

The true power of the legacies is unlocked?

Amidst the bizarre vibration, Kim Minwoo recalled the detailed descriptions on the status windows he had seen every time he collected the past Death Lord's legacies one by one.

Come to think of it, regardless of whether it was the crown, belt, or heart, all the legacies had one thing in common.

The un-unlocked phrase stuck like an ominous brand at the very bottom of the options.

[The true power is still sealed. If specific conditions are met…….]

At the time, he just thought they weren't activated because his unlock level was insufficient or the number of pieces he had collected fell short.

'When I temporarily unlocked my potential last time, were the activation conditions not met because it was a fake talent pulled up by drugs? Or was it a condition triggered only when at least five legacies were collected from the start.'

Whatever it was, one thing was certain.

That at this very moment, the chains of the seal placed on the five legacies had snapped.

Thump thump!

Pure death magic power pulsated from deep within his heart. His heart began to beat wildly at the intense premonition that the very hardware of his soul was being modified.

He could intuitively know.

That this was unconditionally bound to be freaking awesome.

Kim Minwoo opened his inventory without hesitation.

And the moment he checked the detailed descriptions of the reorganized legacies filling his vision, an exclamation burst from his mouth.

"……Oh my god."

[Crown of the Supreme Sovereign of Death — Divine Creation]

You can consume divine power to raise the status of a designated entity.

[Belt of the Supreme Sovereign of Death — Descent of the Underworld]

You can consume divine power to make the subspace, the Fortress of the Dead, descend entirely onto the current coordinates to deploy a unique domain.

The allied undead legion within the domain maintains an immortal state.

[Heart of the Supreme Sovereign of Death — Divine Core of Death]

The caster's heart awakens as the power core of the dead.

It absorbs a portion of all energy occurring in the surroundings to infinitely recharge mana and divine power.

[Gauntlet of the Supreme Sovereign of Death — Concept Extortion]

Crushes the target's soul to directly extort its value.

The extorted power can be re-bestowed upon a summon.

[Ring of the Supreme Sovereign of Death — Tithe of Death]

The Stigma of Death is applied as a massive area-of-effect across the entire battlefield.

Every time an allied summon kills an enemy, the target's essential capacity is converged into the ring, permanently distributed, and accumulated as the basic specs of the entire legion.

"……Killer?"

Kim Minwoo gulped down dry saliva.

The more he looked at them one by one, the more it was a feast of options that left his mouth hanging open.

The first thing that caught his eye was the crown.

You can consume divine power to raise the status of a designated entity.

The most important point here was that there were absolutely no strict restriction phrases like limits or constraints visible.

'That means…….'

If he could just pour in ample divine power, wouldn't it mean he could break the limits of not only ordinary skeleton soldiers rolling around, but even Lord-class entities that have already reached the apex of their growth, and elevate their status entirely to divine beings?

It meant infinite spec pumping was allowed.

What about the performance of the belt?

The infinite subspace, Fortress of the Dead, originally built into the belt.

It says he can make that subspace itself descend entirely into the real universe to deploy his own unique domain.

What's even more amazing is that the undead receive an immortality ruling there.

'Originally, thanks to the Death Lord's authority, 1 resurrection was possible for free.'

But after using up that single life, there was the drawback of eventually having to use mana to manually resummon them one by one.

However, inside the unique domain, that risk is completely erased.

The completion of a truly infinite-powered immortal legion that continuously rises vibrantly even if destroyed.

Next, he examined the heart.

It absorbs a portion of all energy occurring within the domain to infinitely recharge mana and divine power.

'This is just an infinite supplier that needs no long explanation.'

The longer the battle, and the more enemies are sliced down, it was no different from a permanent engine that doesn't run dry of mana and divine power boldly operating.

The effect of the gauntlet was also extraordinary.

Concept Extortion.

Crushing the target's soul to directly extort its value and re-bestow it upon a summon…….

'That means it goes beyond the level of just stealing some stats…….'

He felt like he would only get a sense of exactly how the performance is exhibited by catching a suitably sturdy pushover later and conducting a practical field test himself.

Finally, upon checking the ring's effect, Kim Minwoo ended up letting out a hollow laugh.

'The performance is really crazy, this.'

Not only is the Stigma of Death applied as a massive area-of-effect across the entire battlefield, but it permanently upgrades the specs of the entire legion.

Until now, there was a frustrating restriction where only Kim Minwoo himself could slowly suck up stats three times a month, but now it was different.

It means every time the undead legion slaughters an enemy, those experience points and stat fragments are accumulated exactly as they are as the raw stats of the entire legion.

The more they fight, and the more they kill, every single undead would evolve wildly.

"Out of all five, there is not a single one to throw away."

Kim Minwoo nodded his head with a smile of great satisfaction. It was indeed fitting of the Death Lord's legacies.

'Then, first…… shall I test the crown's performance first.'

Pouring in divine power to raise status.

It was the most intuitive and simple ability to test.

Kim Minwoo's gaze naturally headed toward the four Legion Commanders lined up behind his back.

The reliable and loyal guys who had taken on all sorts of dirty work and worked their bones to the breaking point for him until now.

Staring intently at them, the moment he carefully concentrated his consciousness to try operating the newly unlocked power of the crown.

Ttiring—!

A welcome golden system message popped up before his eyes with a cheerful notification sound.

[With the divine power you currently possess, it is possible to bestow divinity upon one Lord-class entity.]

[Would you like to proceed? (Y / N)]

"Oh, it works?"

But, only exactly one works?

Then, who should I choose?