Necromancer Survival

esidential amenities are concentrated here.

HH3: A bit out-of-the-way from the hub center, this place is both cheap and quiet.

     Brief information about each housing zone was conveyed through the message window.
Before, I would click [Sort by Price] to find the cheapest residential area, but this time……

     “These are close to downtown, Lee-kyung-ah.”

     “The major guilds are concentrated in this section.
It’ll be easy for us to keep an eye on those who enter and exit the area.”

     “The biggest room will be mine, right?”

[Clack Clack?]

     Heeding the requests of the servants standing behind my back, I had no choice but to choose an area between NH1 and 2.
Considering the incoming future members of the Red Lotus guild, the size of the house also had to exceed ten rooms.

     The problem was, if we wanted to build a house in that area with all the accommodations they wanted, the price would…add up to almost half my current fortune.

     “I-it’s so expensive…is that okay?” My eyes widened, surprised by the unprecedented price tag.
But, the servants simply looked at me with eyes that seemed to say, ‘What are you doing, standing and dreaming, instead of paying quickly?’

Would you like to purchase this house?

     In the end, I paid for that almost unfathomable lump sum.

      The new house was located in a famous uptown 3 where a bunch of top rankers lived.
And, with the addition of more detailed options to customize the home (I didn’t even know this feature existed), the simulated hologram of the home was the definition of luxury itself.

Thank you for the purchase.
Tax information will be sent as a system message upon arriving at your new home. 

     Then, with that significant parting message, the process to purchase a house was easily finished.
When I opened my eyes again, both the overhead view of the hub and the carpeted room disappeared; I was standing a little ways away from the stele.

     The Users around me chatted amongst each other and glanced at me from time to time, but no one kept staring at me for a long while.
Do they know? That I just bought a home worth more than 10 billion…

     “Choi Lee-kyung, you’ve made it now that you have a house and all.
How do you feel?” Jung Garam asked, giggling as he noticed my dazed appearance.
Of course I still couldn’t believe this was truly reality.
It felt like I bought New York in Monopoly… 4

     “L-lee-kyung hyung-nim?”

     Suddenly, a big shadow fell across my way from behind.
I turned around at the familiar voice; a giant in a tracksuit–perhaps he was out exercising–looked down at me with his eyes wide open.

     It was Kim Sangyoon.

     “……Sangyoon-ssi? Are you out exercising?”

     “Yes.
It’s my morning routine.”

     As I expected, Kim Sangyoon was in the middle of his morning workout.

     As a user, as your level rises, you will naturally be able to use extraordinary power beyond a human’s normal limits.
However things like body type and shape must still be maintained through exercise.

      Even very fat people can run quickly through skills, but they won’t lose weight on just that.
So even rankers, who continuously defeat monsters as large as houses, must still work out at the gym.

     Nevertheless, I was still a little shocked to learn that Kim Sangyoon jogs until he sweats every day.
It may be rude to think this way, but I didn’t think he looked like such a diligent person who has a morning routine……

     “By the way, what brings you here?”

     “Ah, So…” He was so happy to see me, I could only hide my astringent feelings and pointed at the stele.

     “Ah, so you’re here for the stele.”

     “Yes, well…..”

      Kim Sangyoon looked at my awkward hand gestures and my wide eyes.
I thought he would leave soon, since we had nothing more to talk about…

      “Then, shall we go to a cafe? We can’t just talk here.”

      “What? Ah……Yes.” By the way, Kim Sangyoon was oddly active in talking to me, considering that we just met coincidentally.
I could only nod at this force of nature.
D-did he have something to say to me?

TL: Whoot~ new house! I’m going to upload another chapter within a few minutes, so this bonus chapter is for Areli! Thanks for the constant support and the kofi! Sorry this bonus was a long time coming T_T I’m so swamped with work lately…but I ended up turbo-translating yesterday, so I replenished the stockpile a bit!

Footnotes

Houses/apartments are measured in the number of pyeong in Korea.
Number of pyeong is said in the original, but I said size for ease of reading.
FYI, that’s around $450-500 a month.
부촌 is a place where a bunch of rich people live The original said 부루마블 which is a board game similar to Monopoly.
I just felt that the english-speaking readers would be more familiar with Monopoly though.