How a Calamity Necromancer Retires

When I arrived at Incheon International Airport with Deokbae Kim, many reporters scrambled to ask me questions.

Apparently, if you don’t give me a rough answer, I’ll keep blocking you.

“I will answer a few questions and then I will go. This one first.”

Then, the reporter who was pointed out said with his eyes shining.

“President Han Ji-hyeok! During this SS-level gate attack, the skeleton stopped sporadically for two days, and rumors of injury emerged. What happened?”

I said with a calm expression.

“Nothing. It’s just that the fight against the monsters was so intense that the mana was running low, and the supply was not good. As you can see what.”

I said, patting my body here and there.

“There are no injuries, so you can rest assured. Alright, next reporter.”

Then the reporter put the microphone in and said.

“There are many opinions from experts that this incident shows the limits of the public opinion that completely relies on Chairman Han’s individual abilities. What do you think of the argument that it is necessary to prepare for the risks that arise when an abnormal situation occurs to Chairman Han like this time?”

You need to be prepared for risk.

To be honest, the right word is the right word.

To be precise, it was to alleviate the anxiety of those who are related to Seron rather than me.

I have the confidence that I will live a long life and never die, but other people don’t know that.

And this kind of insecurity can soon lead to a trust problem in Seron.

So, by suggesting a solution to it, it soothes that anxiety.

“Anyway, I also learned a lot through this event. I am a civilian, but given the impact it has on society at large, I am in no position to act recklessly.”

“Are you saying you won’t go to dangerous places like SS-class gates in the future?”

That’s not it.

Wherever the undead army comes out, I will unconditionally intervene.

Therefore, what people need right now is the conviction that even if I disappear, at least the status quo can be maintained.

I said looking at Deokbae Kim.

“Do you have any artificial essence left?”

“There are two left.”

“Give me one.”

After receiving the artificial essence from Kim Deok-bae, I showed it to reporters and said.

“This is an artificial essence created by buying energy from people. With this artificial essence, I plan to build a system where the skeleton can be maintained even without me.”

“yes?”

“Currently, I buy energy from people to create an artificial essence and then absorb this artificial essence to maintain the skeleton. By twisting this a bit, I mean to study a way for the skeletons to directly receive energy from this artificial essence.”

It was said to appease, but this was feasible enough.

Just like my undead legion’s magical energy was replaced and turned into monsters, it’s just that the supplier of magical energy is replaced by an artificial essence instead of me.

In this way, just as a machine really needs to be supplied with oil or electricity to operate, the skeleton will also complete a system that only works when it is refueled with the mana of artificial essence.

Of course, it would still only be possible for me to create additional new skeletons, but at least it would be possible to maintain the ones that have already been created.

“Once this system is completed, the skeleton will be operated by the mana of the artificial essence, not me, so even if there is a problem with me like this time, the mana supply will not be unstable.”

Then another reporter asked a question.

“But wouldn’t that require more artificial integers? The power plant project is also underway.”

“Of course it is.”

“Then, is the energy purchase business being introduced in other regions beyond Jeonbuk?”

Currently, the Seron Group was only purchasing energy for 3 million people a day.

However, people’s awareness of energy sales is getting better, and everyone is asking for it to be installed in their area.

“Yes? I need to increase it.”

At my positive response, the reporters said with excited expressions.

“Then, which region do you consider to be your top priority?”

“I’m thinking of two places for now.”

“Two places?”

“One is, first of all, the Chungnam area. We are considering it because it is geographically close to Jeonbuk and has a good transportation network.”

“Where is the other one?”

“that······.”

I said with a smile.

“It is China.”

*

When I arrived at the headquarters of the Seron Group, my aides who greeted me smiled brightly and said,

“Chairman, I am very glad that you are safe.”

“I was worried, Chairman.”

I patted people on the shoulder and said.

“It was a lot of hard work.”

The skeleton suddenly stopped and it must have been very scary.

Kang Chan-soo looked at Kim Deok-bae and said.

“Still, thanks to the vice-president’s focus and calm response, I was anxious, but I was able to persevere.”

At those words, Deokbae Kim coughed and said, as if he was embarrassed.

“All of these are the things the president ordered in advance, so don’t act rashly no matter what happens.”

“Regardless of instructions, everyone is calm in an uneasy situation…”

“Stop, stop. Today is the day to celebrate the Chairman’s return, why do you keep talking nonsense?”

I looked at it and smiled and said.

“The vice president and the bosses, everyone did a good job. Now, let’s talk about the rest in the conference room.”

That’s how I led the people and headed to the conference room.

After sitting down, I briefly conveyed the situation.

“…so I dealt with the monster through cooperation with China, and China agreed to abolish the tariffs it had raised so far and cooperate with the energy purchase business as a sign of friendship toward me.”

I explained the cost of silence as a reward for dealing with the monster.

Secrets shine brighter the fewer people know them, so there’s no need to tell them anything that’s not related to business.

“Of course there are conditions.”

The biggest reason China decided to attack me was energy.

If China is subordinated to this energy, it might be swayed by me in a situation where it is already suffering damage from Seron.

However, since I can’t just refuse it, I tried to kill myself and make it a thing that didn’t exist, but it failed.

When the situation went like this, China negotiated with me and put other conditions instead of concessions.

“Energy purchases will only be made in designated areas in consultation with the Chinese government.”

There is no way to stop it because it has already been spilled, so at least the local management is in the direction of the government directly.

“And the second. Lower the purchase price.”

Then, Deokbae Kim said with a surprised expression.

“You want me lower? Aren’t you posting more?”

“yes.”

The Chinese government’s greatest concern was that Chinese people might be swayed by Ceron by relying on the profits from energy purchases.

That’s why China came up with an extraordinary method in this negotiation.

“The original contract with the Chinese company was 50,000 won, right? A Chinese company takes 3,000 won and gives 47,000 to people. But they said they would do it by giving 15,000 won to people and 35,000 won to the Chinese government.”

In Korea, 210,000 won per month is now equivalent to 60,000 won.

In addition, the Chinese government can take money as the government does.

Of course, there’s no way I could do something good for the Chinese government, right?

“So I negotiated well and finally agreed to give 25,000 to the people and pay a 3,000 won fee to the operator who passed the screening, not the Chinese government, but me and the Chinese government jointly.”

To be honest, 15,000 won is too little.

No matter how much it is, you have to be at the level of 10% of your monthly salary to risk a little inconvenience.

So, I decided on 25,000 won.

“By the way, wasn’t our original plan to introduce all energy purchases in Korea first and then go overseas?”

“Originally it was. But things are different now.”

An energy purchase project started as part of an experiment to understand the natural flow.

When people thought of it as a welfare benefit, they delayed going abroad with the idea of catching public sentiment in Korea, but what is urgent now is not public sentiment, but the supply and demand of artificial purified water.

We need to build a power plant, introduce the skeleton maintenance system we told reporters, and above all, there are over 200 A-class or higher High Awakened corpses piled up in subspace right now, so we need to quickly buy essences and incorporate them into the skeleton corps.

There are insanely many things to do, such as how to control the powers of the awakened people, but the artificial essence is sorely lacking.

It takes too long to cover this with expensive Korean mana.

However, through negotiations with China this time, it is possible to purchase mana at almost 1/10 the price of Korea, so all of this can be done more quickly.

“Artificial water is needed in large quantities. So both China and Korea are doing business at the same time.”

South Korea is for appeasing public sentiment, and China is for mass supply of cheap mana.

At my words, people nodded and said,

“All right.”

This is the content of the first consultation with China.

But this was just the beginning.

“In addition, there are many gifts from China. Not only supporting the relocation of local Chinese companies, but also mining rights for some of China’s undersea resources…”

The Communist Party has been applying various disadvantages and pressure to delay the relocation of overseas companies.

However, through this negotiation, at least they promised not to interfere, and in addition to that, they even brought some subsea resource mining rights.

This mining right even has a non-disclosure agreement in which all the mined minerals will be shared by the Chinese government as long as the designated project cost is paid, so it will be a huge benefit.

“For now, this is an official gift. Then there’s the unofficial secret gift. We will lend some of the Chinese funds in overseas accounts to Seron as an investment.”

Since this is a secret fund from the Chinese government, the horse lends it, and it is practically the same as reparation money given to me.

“In addition, we received a portion of the monster essence stockpiled by the Chinese government. Add to······.”

When I listed the list the Chinese government had given me, people opened their mouths and said,

“That, you give me that much?”

“How strong was the monster that it was so far…”

It was a very strong monster.

Enough that China replaced over 200 High Awakeners.

“ah. And the introduction is late.”

I pointed to Park In-gwi, who had followed me without a word, and said.

“Because I had a lot of conversations with Guild Leader Park In-gwi at the SS-level gate, and my friendship grew stronger. So I persuaded him and brought him to Korea. I will officially become a naturalized Korean sooner or later.”

At my words, Park In-gwi lowered his head and said.

“i look forward to.”

Then people said with their eyes shining.

“Then Korea’s 7th SS class?”

hmm······.

After meeting a lot of SS class in China, why do the number of SS class in Korea look so shabby?

anyway.

“ruler! I received so many gift packages from China, so I have a lot of work to do. Let’s all get to work in earnest.”

Then, Kim Deok-bae, who was silent for a moment, spoke.

“President.”

“Please speak.”

“Before work, how about we all take a vacation together like I said at my inauguration ceremony?”

“Are you on vacation?”

Come to think of it, this incident happened all of a sudden while we were talking about vacation.

“yes. Go to a nearby place and cool off your head for a few days. We are also us, but the president entered the gate and went through all the hardships, but you should rest even a little.”

“hmm······.”

I thought about it for a while and said.

“okay. I think the work is finished, let’s go and get some rest.”

It’s because they didn’t say anything, everyone here must have been constantly contacted by partners and contracted companies as the skeletons stopped.

What the hell happened, did the contract go smoothly, etc.

Of course, since they themselves do not know what happened, they must have suffered all the hardships in the process.

Anyway, I suffered so much, but it’s okay to let go once in a while, right?

Anyway, we can work in earnest only when artificial water purification is supplied from China, so in the meantime, let’s play for a while.

“oh! Are you sure!”

I nodded and said.

“yes. Plan your vacation. Instead, not too long.”

“of course. I guess I’ll have to call and tell my wife to clear her schedule.”

ah.

Come to think of it, I asked to go with my family, right?

“Where are you going?”

“Not for long, but it’s a little too far.”

People who talk about vacation in earnest like that.

I looked at those people and smiled.

“great. Let’s enjoy it properly this time.”

*

After such a long meeting, the final vacation destination was Jeju Island.

It’s true that it’s a bit empty to be the first family vacation destination for the chairman of a chaebol and his aides, but since all the people who came with us are key members of the group, we couldn’t be away for too long, so we decided on the nearest Jeju Island.

But I was very satisfied.

“I like Jeju Island.”

It was my first trip since returning to Earth, and it was the first time I had been to Jeju Island itself.

I said while drinking a cocktail while lying on the sunbed.

“It’s not bad to be this relaxed sometimes.”

Back then when I was enjoying myself so much.

An old lady came up to me and said.

“Thank you again, Chairman.”

That woman is the mother of Baek Sang-ho, who has brought him on a family trip.

“It is all thanks to the Chairman that our son is acting as a human being.”

From the first time I saw him, he held my hand and expressed his gratitude, and he continues to do this whenever he has time.

“no. It is thanks to the outstanding skills of Center Manager Baek.”

“Excellent, the guy who only played games at home every day. The guy who did that is able to succeed like this thanks to the president…”

At that time, Baek Sang-ho ran in one step and stopped his mother.

“mom! How many times has this been already!”

“Hey! To express my gratitude, a hundred times a thousand times is not enough!”

“If this is the case, the president cannot rest! Please stop and get to work!”

Baek Sang-ho’s mother is dragged somewhere like that.

I looked at it and smiled and said.

“It looks good.”

A mother for her children

Feelings I’ve never felt because I don’t even know who my parents are.

I said a moment of silence.

“Will I be like that when I have children?”

I thought about it for a while, but I shook my head and said.

“Okay, what about the child? I don’t want to see you die before me.”

Even if I gave birth to a child, there is no guarantee that my child will rise to the level of an archmage like me.

Then, it is said that my children and my children’s grandchildren may die before I die, but how can I endure that terrible thing.

It’s just that I’m comfortable being alone.

“By the way, after turning all the corpses into skeletons, there will be artificial essences left?”

Bulk supply of artificial water purification in China with low price.

It will be used to create high-level skeletons right now, but when the corpses are used up, the artificial essence will remain.

Of course, when a power plant is built on a large scale and fully operated, it can be sufficiently exhausted, but that will come after a while.

When a new power plant comes out, old power plants such as coal will be weeded out, but in the process, there are many things to deal with, such as contract issues with customers and employee turnover, so it takes a lot of time.

So the government talked about replacing it slowly over several years.

In addition, the skeleton maintenance system also requires essence, but this consumption itself is not that large, so this alone is not enough.

“Is there any place to use the essence?”

However, the financial power of the Seron Group is not infinite, and it is not possible to just pile up randomly.

The best thing is to create a cycle like a power plant.

A circular cycle of buying mana from people and using that mana to generate electricity and sell it back to people.

The more you grow this cycle, the more money you can earn and the more mana you can get, so it’s the best.

After thinking about it for a while, I shook my head and said.

“I’m thinking about working again. Let’s rest, rest.”

That time when I was trying to be absorbed in resting again.

“The child is drifting away!”

Hearing that sound, he woke up and looked at the sea, and he saw a child floating on a tube and drifting far into the sea.

“oh my god!”

“Call 119!”

I saw the figure and reached out my hand toward the child.

Then the child stopped and floated in the air.

Then it floats up and flies to me and lands lightly next to me.

A young couple who saw the scene approached and said.

“thank you! Chairman Han!”

I waved my hand and said.

“Nothing.”

“Nothing! If it wasn’t for the president, I might have lost my child!”

It’s really nothing.

It’s because I just cast fly and brought it.

“Just be careful next time. Isn’t it kind of like leaving a child alone in the sea?”

The young couple said while bowing their waists.

“All right! thank you!”

A young couple who took their children and went somewhere.

At that time, Deokbae Kim, who saw the scene, approached and said.

“Good job.”

“It’s nothing, what.”

“It’s not a big deal to the president, it’s not to ordinary people like us.”

Deokbae Kim said with a smile.

“At times like this, I really envy the Awoken. They do things that no one else can do.”

I envy you…

“Ohh?”

If you think about it, aren’t the awakened beings also equipped with magical weapons inside their bodies?

Because the authority they possess can only be used within a certain range.

Of course, having personally confirmed it, I know very well that magic and powers only seem to use mana as a power source, and everything else is different, but from an ordinary person’s point of view, both are there anyway.

Then, with the surplus artificial essence, make and sell magic weapons focusing on magic that will be useful in real life like Fly did just now?

“I think it will sell well.”

Then, when all the mana of the artificial essence is exhausted, it would be perfect if it was replaced with another artificial essence.

This completes the cycle of buying mana from people and selling it back as a power source for magic arms.

It’s good because people can use superpowers as long as they have money, and I like to make money with the remaining artificial essence.

I said with my eyes shining.

“Is this okay?”