Game reset complete.
Initializing Player Lee Dojin’s Status Window…….
Error! Error!
Failed to initialize Player Lee Dojin’s Status Window.
Unable to delete Unique Skill <Death Qi>.
Retrying. Failed.
Retrying. Failed.
Retrying. Failed.
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Unable to delete Unique Skill <Death Qi>.
Errors predicted in multiple areas, including Class selection and Skill acquisition.
Searching for alternative.
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Search complete.
Hidden Class selection has been unlocked.
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“Urgh……!”
Breathing hard, Dojin’s eyes snapped open.
“Haa…… Haa……!”
After steadying himself, Dojin slowly looked around.
“This is…….”
Yellowed walls and ceiling, the single window in the cramped room, a worn-out mattress, and one folding table.
“…….”
Dojin searched his memories for a moment, then finally nodded.
It had been so long that he had not recognized the place immediately, but there was no mistaking this scene from his memories.
It was the one-room apartment in a hillside slum where he had lived eight years ago, back when he was still an ordinary person.
“I’m back…… I really am.”
Could this be some kind of hallucination?
No.
Everything before him was real.
During the five years of the Main Scenario, Dojin had spent every waking moment locked in a brutal tug-of-war between life and death. His senses had long since surpassed those of an ordinary human.
The Reset was real.
This room was real.
He had returned.
“Heh…… Hehehe……!”
How many minutes passed like that?
Before he knew it, the quiet laughter that had filled the tiny room had vanished without a trace.
Just as Dojin reached for the phone lying carelessly on the bed—
Regression Successful
Current Date: August 25, 2026
A notification window suddenly appeared.
The old Dojin would have been shocked senseless.
Or perhaps he would have been overjoyed that he had Awakened too.
But Dojin’s black eyes remained cold and composed.
Congratulations.
You have Awakened as a Player.
Name: Lee Dojin
Level: 1 (F)
Class: X
Title: Regressor
Strength: 5
Agility: 5
Mana: 5
Stamina: 5
Attribute: X
Unique Skill: <Death Qi (EX)>
“……<Death Qi> is still here?”
Why?
But Dojin could not focus solely on that.
The notifications did not end with just those two windows.
He read the windows that appeared one after another with a detached expression.
Amazing Achievement!
You are the first Player to regress.
A reward will be granted.
Would you like to view and claim it?
Yes / No
“…….”
Dojin pressed [Yes] without hesitation.
Reward confirmed.
Additional Skill Slots (x4)
Fourfold Composite Attribute
“This is pretty good.”
A smile spread across Dojin’s lips.
It was closer to a smirk, but it was unquestionably a smile.
Four things were important to a Player.
Class, Skills, Items, and Attributes.
Among them, one rule applied absolutely to every Player when it came to Skills.
They were given only three Skill Slots.
‘There are cases where someone gets an extra Skill Slot as a reward if they’re lucky, but there aren’t many Players like that.’
Attributes were even rarer than Skills.
He had heard of additional Skills being acquired later, but never of someone gaining an additional Attribute.
‘Of course, most people are born with only one Attribute in the first place.’
This would undoubtedly be a tremendous advantage even after Dojin selected his Class.
So he immediately tried to choose one.
But then something unexpected happened.
“What’s this?”
A glowing window appeared before Dojin.
It was one he had never seen before his regression.
A Hidden Class has been unlocked.
Would you like to view it?
Yes / No
“A Hidden Class?”
Was this because Dojin himself was a Regressor?
Or was it because his Skill had not disappeared?
But in the age of the Great Upheaval, there was one ironclad rule: accept the changes appearing before your eyes instead of doubting them.
No matter how much pointless thought he put into questioning it, the window in front of him would not disappear.
The moment Dojin selected [Yes], another window appeared.
<Hidden Class – Necromancer>
To you who bear a fate that defies Heaven, I proclaim the truth.
Do not deny your fate.
Walk the path prepared for you.
The dead whose grudges remain unresolved shall gladly become an army for you,and those who perish before you shall transcend the boundaries of race and kneel at your feet,becoming blades and shields that will never betray you.
“…….”
A Necromancer.
Even Dojin, who had been through every kind of hardship imaginable, had never considered such an option.
“……Necromancer was a Class Players could choose?”
It was almost absurd.
If other Players spotted him, there could hardly be a better way to get mistaken for a monster.
Before his regression, there had been Players who were monks, Mages, Spirit Summoners, or Tamers.
But there had not been a single Necromancer.
Before his regression, Necromancers had appeared exclusively as monsters.
“……It really does seem like this is because of <Death Qi>.”
Before the regression, Dojin had been the only Player who possessed <Death Qi>.
If so, there was a high chance the System had detected it and presented him with the Necromancer Class because of it.
More than anything else, however, what kept Dojin’s eyes fixed on the Class window was its wording.
“…….”
- An army for you alone.
- Blades and shields that will never betray you.
Perhaps it was because of his memories from before the regression.
Dojin could not tear his gaze away from those lines.
“…….”
Before the regression, most Players had been powerless against enemies that grew stronger by the day.
Eventually, intelligent monsters began appearing, and the Players themselves became prey.
Some Players had then sought out intelligent monsters and attempted to surrender to them.
They infiltrated the ranks of the Players, assassinated promising talents, and stirred up division and conflict.
By the time the other Players finally discovered the identities of the traitors and dealt with them—
“……‘Those things’ appeared.”
The number of Players had already been reduced to a catastrophic degree by the traitors.
They had no choice but to be pushed back helplessly, and in the end, humanity could do nothing but walk the road to extinction.
Those things.
The monsters.
Amorphous beings covered in multiple eyes and mouths.
They were the decisive reason Dojin had to choose Necromancer.
Other Players who did not possess <Death Qi (EX)> had effectively had no way to kill those monsters.
Even Dojin himself had acquired <Death Qi (EX)> only through a split-second stroke of chance while repeatedly crossing the boundary between life and death.
‘I’m sure some Spirit Summoners and Golemancers were able to share their own magic with their spirits or minions. And every Necromancer that appeared as a monster fought while commanding countless minions.’
If that were the case.
If Dojin, the holder of <Death Qi (EX)>, became a Necromancer—
Could the undead army under his command also use <Death Qi (EX)>?
“If that’s possible……!”
Then he would never be pushed back by those monsters that appeared in the late stages of the main game!
“Good.”
Dojin made his decision.
You have selected the Hidden Class ‘Necromancer’.
Proceed?
Yes / No
Without hesitation, Dojin selected [Yes].
“……!”
At that moment.
Pitch-black darkness coiled around Dojin and seeped into his body.
At the same time…….
- ■■■■■■■■■■■■!
Along with a bizarre sound that could not possibly be rendered in human language.
Every person in the hillside neighborhood felt an inexplicable chill crawl down their spine.
Class: Necromancer
Attributes: Bone, Poison, Blood, Soul (Fourfold Composite Attribute)
Basic Skill: Necromancy (E / Lv.1) - Active Type. All Attributes. Can turn small animals or monsters among the dead into minions.
Mana Cost: 5
Minion List: 0 / 5
The moment Dojin finished choosing his Class, he rose to his feet.
“Shall we go make some minions first?”
His eyes, now glowing green, gleamed.
Dojin immediately walked out of the one-room apartment.
“On the mountain behind the neighborhood…… I remember dead wild animals turning up there from time to time.”