Bang, bang, bang!
I fired mana bullets into the heads of the 5 zombies that popped out. The zombies with pierced heads collapsed with a thud.
“Is this the price?”
I held the gun barrel with both hands while maintaining my elbow angle. Victor went ahead into the boss’s room and we followed behind him.
Then, in contrast to the shabby and old mine, a rather neat room interior unfolded.
There was a red carpet, a deep maroon wooden desk, and a subtle lantern.
‘For a lich’s room, it’s quite…’
If it were an undead mage, I thought the boss stage would naturally be a gloomy laboratory.
Seeing the purple crystal elephant statue filling one side of the room, I couldn’t think properly.
What’s with that elephant that looks full of luck?
Behind the wooden desk facing the door, a black leather chair that looked plush was turned around.
“Oh my, oh my.”
A rough voice that sounded like it had phlegm was heard.
It was a bit surprising that the boss could speak human language. The golems and slimes we caught only uttered strange onomatopoeia.
It was when I was gripping the gun with tension.
“Having uninvited guests come to my mine. Don’t you know that coming out violently like this is likely to provoke resentment?! If you want to meet the boss, you should formally request a meeting!”
Eventually, with a creak, the leather chair slowly turned around.
What was revealed was a very small zombie with yellow eyes, but wearing a suit.
Definitely not a lich.
Compared to the tiny body like a newborn, it had a disproportionate head and yellow eyes. On top of that, it wore a monocle and a three-piece suit.
‘What’s with that strange outfit?’
Just then, a status window appeared in front of everyone.
[System: Appearance of the ‘Boss’.] [The owner of ‘Magic Gem Mine’, ‘Exploitative Businessman Zombie (D)’ appears.]‘Exploitative businessman zombie?’
I looked at the boss zombie with an absurd expression.
I naturally thought an undead mage would come out as the boss of zombies, but it turned out to be an exploitative businessman zombie exploiting miners in the mine.
“Low wages and high labor! With that noble value, we’ve been mining magic gems in our mine for over 200 years, what business do you have coming here?! Even if you come like delinquents like this, you won’t be able to harm our home ground!”
Adrian quietly gripped his sword.
I grabbed Adrian’s hand from behind. The jade-green eyes turned to me.
“If you swing your sword here, the mine will collapse right away and we’ll be buried alive.”
“We can just stab it to death.”
“Let’s first see what tricks it has. Later, Sir Benjamin will compile all the dungeon data we’ve cleared.”
Of course, with Adrian’s skills, he could easily kill the blabbering little zombie.
However, we’ve been updating dungeon information after struggling in dungeons each time. Sir Benjamin said each piece of data is important because it’s a transitional period not long after the dungeons opened.
Although Adrian had a disgruntled expression, he eventually lowered his sword.
‘Moreover, it’s a magic gem mine.’
I didn’t get a close look while coming down the mine, but it meant this huge mine was entirely for mining magic gems.
‘How much would it be if we confiscate everything?’
Even if we give some to the military for conscience’s sake and take the rest, it would surely amount to a tremendous sum.
‘Will it be in the vault? Is that elephant statue actually carved from magic gem? No wonder the color was unique.’
The calculator in my head was constantly being punched.
Trying to gauge that amount made my heart race and my face grew warm.
You know, it’s a real jackpot. Becoming a true rich person.
Now that I knew this was a magic gem mine, I decided to maintain this mine nicely.
And confiscate everything to become rich at the age of 18.
Just then, the businessman zombie shouted.
“Zombies!”
Along with a metallic scream, miner zombies poured out from the small door on the right. It seemed he could command the zombies even with just a vocal announcement.
‘Even though he’s the boss, he doesn’t have any special skills?’
But no matter how many, it doesn’t matter.
Because with mental focus, I can land headshots on every single one without missing.
“Gyaaaah!!”
The zombies that rushed in from the side door collapsed while howling. By the way, my mana bullets received as a quest reward are showing infinity in the inventory.
The zombies disposed of in front of the door were 5.
And after killing the zombies that came in through the side door, about 20 fell.
As I shot the zombies to death and reloaded the magazine, I saw the businessman zombie’s face turning even more pale.
“No matter how many tens of thousands you call, it’ll be the same. Want to try more?”
“Gasp. My zombies…”
The businessman zombie gritted his teeth with a resentful face.
But the perplexed look was only for a moment.
“Kukukuk…”
“What. Are you laughing?”
The businessman zombie jumped up with his small body and stood on the desk. Then, he started laughing while twisting his body this way and that.
“If you think I’m in the leader position just by commanding zombies, you’re mistaken! I’ll show you something amazing!”
“What…”
The businessman zombie rummaged through his coat and pulled something out.
It was a fist-sized bright red garnet.
The gem reflected light, shimmering with a red glow redder than fresh blood.
Soon, the garnet emitted an eerie glow as if it contained a soul, shining with light.
“Behold, the ‘Stone of Revival’!”
Along with the businessman zombie’s shout, a red light filled the small room. At the moment when my eyes widened at the strange, glaring light…
“Th-the zombies… are moving!”
Teacher Gina exclaimed, startled and stepping back.
I definitely shot bullets into their heads and killed them, but the fallen zombies absorbed the red light and began to get up unsteadily.
“That boss wasn’t an ordinary zombie either.”
Adrian muttered.
The businessman zombie had a special item called the ‘Stone of Revival’.
Using that item, he was a kind of necromancer who could revive dead zombies.
“If you’ve become a zombie, you have to work even after death. Zombies are the epitome of productivity! It’s only natural!”
Well, even if it’s D-rank, a boss is a boss. It’s natural for him to have other tricks besides vocal announcements.
The eyes of the zombies that absorbed the light from the garnet and revived flashed red. The zombies with holes in their heads staggered and danced, approaching us again.
“Even with holes in their heads, they can move again and again with the power of this miraculous stone! If you’re scared, run away now!”
“That’s quite an amazing item. It has sufficient research value. Our team must acquire it unconditionally.”
Unlike the confident boss zombie, Sir Benjamin didn’t lose his composure.
Rather, he was looking at the Stone of Revival with eyes similar to mine coveting the magic gem elephant.
A rare item with high research value!
Sir Benjamin’s eyes glinted with both desire for research.
“I’ll activate ‘Eagle Eye’, so during that time, Miss Juno can take care of the boss zombie…”
“I’ll do it, sir.”
Adrian, who had been standing behind us all along, stepped forward and readily said.
I looked down at Adrian’s hands and flinched back.
‘…Why two?’
I’m sure when we were riding the cart down, Adrian’s weapon was a single magic sword.
But now he was holding magic swords of the same appearance in both hands.
‘Did he originally receive two when he awakened?’
The magic swords vibrated finely as if wanting resonance, shaking their bodies.
And the metallic sound ringing from the magic swords.
If you listen closely, it sounded like a young child’s feeble cry, or a beast growling from its core.
“…”
Hearing that subtle voice, my spine chilled as if facing a starving beast. I shuddered as goosebumps rose all over my body.
The magical energy and uncanny pressure emanating from the swords.
It felt like I was in front of an unusual living being rather than swords.
And I wasn’t the only one who sensed that energy. Adrian and Victor’s expressions weren’t good either.
Especially on Victor’s face, blatant antipathy was revealed, but he only watched with crossed arms as if observing the situation.
The zombies approached Adrian unsteadily, gnashing their missing teeth. They drew pickaxes from their backs.
Kyaaaah!!
A miner zombie let out an awful scream, baring its slack jaw. And it swung the pickaxe.
Adrian blocked the vertically swinging pickaxe with the sword in his left hand. He immediately slashed the zombie’s neck diagonally with the magic sword in his right hand.
Kiyaaaah!!
The miner zombie let out a terrible scream.
But it wasn’t a fatal blow.
Adrian glanced at the zombie trying to lunge again with its dangling neck.
And as if figuring something out, he blocked the pickaxe attack with the sword in his left hand again and slashed its waist with his right hand.
If he cuts off the waist and separates it, no matter how much a zombie tries to attack without feeling pain, it won’t be able to move.
Adrian quickly grasped the weakness of the zombies revived by the necromancer. And he proceeded to defeat the zombies by alternating defense and offense with two swords.
Seeing that, my mind went blank.
Adrian had excellent situational judgment when facing monsters and quickly found alternatives.
When the five of us were struggling to clear a dungeon with barely coordinated teamwork, it was clear that Adrian could easily defeat it alone.
This was due to the difference in experience.
‘He really meant it when he said he would close the dungeon alone in the arena.’
The upper bodies of the zombies with severed waists toppled to the ground. With only the lower bodies remaining, how could they continue attacking?
The face of the businessman zombie, who had been triumphant, turned pale.
The businessman zombie was trembling on the desk, watching Adrian approaching him.
“Pl-please spare me… I’ll hand over the mine, so please spare me!”
Adrian didn’t answer. Instead, the magic sword pierced through the businessman zombie’s forehead.
We witnessed that scene in shock.
The scene of the magic sword absorbing the businessman zombie’s mana.
“…Mr. Jade?”
Sir Benjamin, who was holding a gun in case more zombies came through the side door or the zombies revived, called out to Adrian.
Adrian’s behavior must have seemed strange to him as well.
Adrian’s sword remained stabbed through the businessman zombie’s body, emitting a green aura and greedily absorbing its life force.
An Indifferent Woman is the One Men Desire the Most
One-line summary: The female lead is actually cold-hearted and extremely rational. She has stage-by-stage relationships and won’t two-time, but there will always be someone who secretly likes her.
This novel has the following triggers, so if you’re sensitive to these, please don’t read:
1. The female lead has had many relationships, but she treated each one seriously and broke up properly.
It’s just that the men unilaterally pestered her incessantly. For the female lead, when she doesn’t like someone anymore, she simply doesn’t like them.
(This applies to her relationships with Male Lead 1, 2, 3, and 4 as well, but she’s loyal in each 1-on-1 relationship!)
2. In this novel, Male Lead 2 and the female lead kiss in a car, and Male Lead 1 sees it and beats up Male Lead 2.
The female lead calls the police and sends both Male Lead 1 and 2 to the police station! Male Lead 1 begs the female lead not to break up with him.
3. Male Lead 1 has a gentle appearance but an obsessive personality.
Male Lead 2 has a delicate and soft appearance, slightly green tea-like (two-faced).
Male Lead 3 is a youthful college student and a smart person who has secretly liked the female lead for a long time.
Male Lead 4 is the female lead’s father’s special assistant, a business elite with deep, hidden thoughts.
4. At the beginning of this novel, the female lead has already broken up with Male Lead 1 (Chapter 4) and gotten back together with Male Lead 2 (ex-boyfriend).
5. Enter with caution if you have triggers!!!
