How a Calamity Necromancer Retires

Every time people sell energy to Seron, they earn one turn.

And you can sell this episode whenever you want to make money.

However, when the value-added tax was applied to this episode and the point system was introduced, the situation completely changed.

With the points accumulated in this round, it is possible to draw the priority product for the protégé product, so if you pay 10% tax and convert it into money, you can get a lot of money by holding it as much as possible and aiming to win the protege priority by accumulating points.

In this way, when people recognized the round as a lottery ticket like a subscription passbook beyond a simple means of making money, various phenomena appeared.

From people who spend money to buy high-scoring rounds, to farmer-type investors who bought a lot of low-scoring low-scoring rounds and started to let go, assuming that they would accumulate scores and resell them.

However, among them, it was the Johnber-type investors who held the stock to the end that stood out.

They were the ones who held the round until the end even during the mass liquidation process due to the application of the VAT.

Others started from 0 by liquidating all rounds, but the rounds they had had already accumulated a lot of points over time.

In that way, they used the rounds with accumulated points to receive and resell the protege product priority, or sold the rounds themselves and made a huge amount of money.

And as the stories of such people became known to the outside world, even those who were not interested in energy began to take an interest in the energy market, which is literally at the center of all topics.

“The premium was added up to 500 for the 4 points.”

A situation where a 4-pointer worth 7,000 won is traded at 5 million won.

I said with a smile.

“Of course, if you win, 10 million won for profit alone would be ridiculous.”

Of course, this situation won’t last forever.

Right now, there are so few rounds with the highest score that the chance of winning is overwhelmingly high, but if all the rounds with the highest score are won and initialized, the rounds that have accumulated millions every day from then on will become the highest score.

The competition between the highest scores will be fierce, so by then, the premium for each score will only be a few thousand won at most.

Of course, if that’s the case, I’ll try to have as many rounds as possible to increase my chances of winning, and that’s the point of my planning this time.

As points accumulate, the probability of winning increases and a premium is added, but Seron pays only a fixed level of 7,000 won, so it is much more profitable to sell to an individual who wants to win and pays a premium.

“How much is the percentage returned to the taxon?”

At my words, Deokbae Kim smiled and said,

“Less than 1 percent.”

When just trading was introduced, the recovery rate, which was about 20 percent, fell to less than 1 percent.

“It’s good.”

At least for the three years required to accumulate the 36 points I set as my highest score, the current flow will be maintained.

“When will the factory be completed?”

And all of this is possible because Protige’s products are traded between people at a much higher price than list price.

So, Protige’s products should be made with more care.

When I asked Deok-Bae Kim about the construction of a steel-barreled security factory to engrave magic circles on leather, Deok-Bae Kim said with a confident expression.

“Sooner or later.”

“What about security?”

“The walls are thick with reinforced concrete and there are no windows. There are only two doors to enter the factory, one leading to the warehouse where the skins completed by the skeletons will be stored, and the other through which the president can enter and exit.”

A factory with tight security that only I can come in and out of.

In this factory, skeletons are used to mass-produce leather with magic circles on it.

“Once this is completed, I am freed from work.”

In the meantime, how boring and annoying it was to do the simple repetitive task of drawing magic circles on leather for several hours a day while increasing the number of protige products.

Now, if you only make and operate this factory, you will be freed from work.

“Tell me right away when the factory is finished, because I will prepare it and start it right away.”

*

Factory finally finished.

I said looking at the factory.

“This should be sufficient security.”

Outside the factory, guards dispatched by private security companies take turns guarding the factory 24 hours a day.

Their role is to prevent intrusion by the general public and to guard against suspicious persons, and since this role is more suitable for people who can make flexible decisions than skeletons, a private company was used.

In addition, some of Park In-gwi’s guild members, who have been naturalized in Korea, are on standby at all times, so a reasonable level of intrusion will be blocked at this stage.

I opened the thick iron door with my master card and went inside and immediately summoned a large number of battle-type skeletons.

“Place S-class at the entrance, and A-class and B-class along the wall. Also, the SS class is deployed as an emergency standby…”

Originally, it was an SS-class layout that shouldn’t be revealed to the world.

However, this is a space that no one except me can enter, and if it is a guy who can break through this tight security and thick reinforced concrete, it doesn’t matter because he is full of malice in the first place.

It’s because I’m not nice enough to show mercy to someone who covets my core knowledge of magic circles.

Having placed a large number of battle-type skeletons inside the factory, I said while rubbing my hands.

“ruler. Shall we place the workers now?”

*

Dalgrak. Dalgrak.

Skeletons draw something on the leather with a pen connected to artificial essence.

Those are, of course, magic circles that go into protégé products.

I said, shaking my hands.

“End with this! Liberation!”

Skeletons who draw the same magic circle 24 hours indefinitely according to an algorithm using a tool that can draw a magic circle.

In fact, this method was nothing short of atrocious in terms of efficiency alone.

Because it consumes a lot of mana and is slow.

However, what does it matter when there is a huge amount of mana and skeletons obtained while growing the energy market?

“As expected, being comfortable with my body is the best.”

Insufficient efficiency can be eliminated by quantity.

Anyway, now, the finished leather will be piled up in the warehouse next door, and the employees of Seron will periodically take it and supply it to the Protégé production line.

So I just stop by once in a while to check if there are any problems and take care of it.

“…Anyway, what to do with Najiun?”

When the moment came when a skeleton, not me, drew a magic circle, I remembered Na Ji-woon, who caught my eye while making counterfeit products after being threatened by gangsters.

He has a talent optimized for learning magic, so he was recruited as a designer to keep it aside, but he showed considerable talent as a designer than I thought, and now he has grown to the point of designing some of Protige’s product lineups himself.

“If you teach me the magic circle and then give me that tool, I can act as a quasi-necromancer.”

Na Ji-woon, whom I’ve seen so far, is a fairly simple and altruistic person, and his personality itself is really good.

“If you teach me well, he will do everything for me… No, no.”

I shook my head and said.

“What’s the point of building a factory like this if you’re going to give a designer without power just a handful of magic tools?”

The most certain thing is to raise Najiun as a real necromancer and capture all of his own powers and abilities.

And in order to do that, I have to directly pass on a considerable amount of knowledge I have.

Honestly, I wouldn’t know if it was a situation where I had to raise a disciple unconditionally, but I want to avoid that.

“Anyway, the factory seems to have been completed, so now we can continue mass-producing. okay.”

I want to make it and sell it.

*

Distribute rounds to people, buy magical power with them, and sell protege products.

Indeed, the business was a tailwind itself.

However, one news came out of nowhere.

“A manpower shortage?”

“yes.”

Energy purchase funds were released in Gunsan, and the manpower shortage that small business owners complained of spread beyond Gunsan to Jeonbuk and Chungnam, where energy purchase booths were introduced.

“It seems a bit too serious. Recently, with the introduction of points in the rounds, the price has risen, and it is said that there are many people who depend on energy sales for their livelihood. The trend is especially strong among low-wage workers and small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).”

As the energy purchase price, which was previously 210,000 won, was given a premium according to the score, and income increased, more people quit their jobs altogether.

“No, even if it is, it would be a little over a million won for a family of four if it wasn’t for the peak episode…”

“Even that amount of money is a lot of money for people who used to work double-income on low wages.”

“ah.”

“For low-wage, dual-income couples, rather than working part-time jobs to earn a few dozen more money, if one of them concentrates on housekeeping, they can save on living expenses and focus more on their family.”

That makes sense.

“Of course, not everyone is like that, but because of this, small business owners and SMEs say the manpower shortage is serious.”

Because the wages are so low, factories and small business owners who were foreigners or part-time part-timers were directly hit.

I said with my eyes shining.

“Push the skeleton?”

When small business owners were suffering from a labor shortage in Gunsan, where energy purchase was first introduced, they hesitated because they thought it would be difficult to manage each and every small store, but now the situation has changed.

When people looked at Seron anxiously through the fake SS-class gate incident in China, I completed a system that works by receiving magic power from artificial essence even without me, completing the independence of the skeleton, and the number of programmers also increased exponentially.

“Should we introduce it on a trial basis starting with Gunsan City?”

A very natural flow that fills the void created by the skeleton with the skeleton.

If I leave it alone, I’ll bring in foreign workers to fill it up, but in that case I’ll just suck up the money with my skeleton.

Of course there are risks.

After deliberately sending out human employees, there may be a company that insists on labor shortages.

I thought about it for a while and said.

“Let’s borrow a skeleton.”

“Are you okay? There is a risk of abuse.”

I said with a bright smile.

“We just need to make it so it can’t be abused.”

A side effect of skeletons is that skeletons are more efficient and cheaper than human employees.

Then, shouldn’t we twist this and make it more profitable to have as many human employees as possible?

“First of all, businesses with more than 5 employees are passed and targets small business owners in Gunsan City. Besides, shouldn’t every store have to set the settings to suit the store anyway? In addition, if there is a change, the programmer has to be dispatched.”

“you’re right.”

I said with a grin.

“Then you will receive a corresponding fee, and use the skeleton only when it is really unavoidable.”

*

The owner of a convenience store in downtown Gunsan is literally dying these days.

Thanks to the tax loan, the economy of Gunsan City revived, energy sales funds were released, and sales increased thanks to increased consumption by people who became more relaxed, but they could not find workers to do the work.

So, I have been working at a convenience store for 12 hours a day, taking turns with my wife, but recently the night part-time job has stopped, and now the owner of the convenience store works 16 hours a day.

The contract with the head office was based on 24 hours, so there was no other way because it had to be open 24 hours unconditionally.

The convenience store manager said with wide eyes.

“I might really die like this.”

In order to somehow find a new part-time job, he posted a job advertisement at a price higher than the minimum hourly wage, but even so, he never received a call.

“Ahh.”

But then a man enters the convenience store.

“welcome······.”

The owner of the convenience store, who had been greeting each other out of habit, noticed something behind the man and said with a blank expression.

“… Skeleton?”

It was the Skeleton.

Of course, the skeleton itself was not very strange.

Gunsan is the base of Seron, so when you go to the industrial complex, you can see a lot of skeletons at work, and other than that, Seron’s construction skeletons are also placed here and there.

However, that was only limited to construction sites and companies, and it was the first time I had ever seen an individual carrying only one skeleton.

Then the man came up to the boss and said.

“hello.”

“ah. yes.”

“I saw a job advertisement, did you find a part-time job?”

The convenience store manager opened his eyes and said.

“Ah, a part-time job!?”

Upon hearing what he wanted the most, the boss, who erased the skeleton from his mind, spoke.

“I haven’t found it yet!”

At that, the man smiled brightly and said.

“That’s good. Then, do you have any plans to use the skeleton as Alba?”

“Skeleton?!”

As high-quality jobs were created in Gunsan, energy purchases were distributed, and low-wage workers disappeared, one of the opinions from the Small Business Federation was to use skeletons to fill the empty seats.

However, it was canceled due to Ceron’s opposition, but Ceron, which was like that, finally moved.

‘If you use a cheap skeleton, your income will increase, so it’s the best!’

The best option to work less and increase your income.

The boss nodded vigorously and said.

“Of course!”

As is the case with other regions, Gunsan City was perfect because there was no objection to skeletons at a time when the affinity for skeletons and Seron was sky-high.

Then the man handed me a piece of paper and said.

“Then please read this and sign if you agree. The installation will begin immediately.”

The president who accepted the documents like that.

But the more you read, the more your expression hardens.

“…This is something strange.”

“What is strange?”

“Is the installation cost 1 million won?”

“Of course. We need to create and apply an algorithm only for this store, but this algorithm will not be usable anywhere else. Instead, we’ll visit you once a month to make any changes you want. Of course, an additional 200,000 won will be charged if you call other than that.”

If you want to change something after installation, you have to pay an additional fee of 200,000 won or wait a month.

The boss was silent for a moment.

“I will understand that. Originally, robots are the same, because automation is expensive in initial cost but low in maintenance. But is it expensive to maintain?”

The president pointed to the skeleton usage fee written in the contract and said.

“Isn’t this money a bit more expensive than the minimum hourly wage?”

“you’re right.”

“I have to pay the installation fee and I can’t do the repairs on my own, but it’s more expensive than the minimum hourly wage. If this is the case, who uses skeletons instead of just using humans?”

The man nodded and said.

“That’s the point.”

“···yes?”

“In the first place, this project was started by the president as a special consideration for those suffering from a labor shortage. So, these skeletons serve to fill the manpower shortage for a while, not a complete replacement.”

The boss said with a blank expression.

“If you can find a human employee, use it, and if you can’t find one, borrow the power of a skeleton?”

“Exactly.”

The male employee smiled and said.

“How would you like to make a contract?”