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Forced by a System quest into a kill-or-be-killed scenario, Jinwoo mercilessly executes the assassin. This act marks a pivotal point in his transformation, solidifying his evolution into a colder, more ruthless anti-hero who is shedding his humanity and severing ties with his past, symbolized by his final parting with the traumatized healer, Lee Joo-Hee. His exponential growth triggers the arc’s centerpiece: a grueling job change quest. This trial pits him against the formidable and honorable knight, Igris, and forces him into a harrowing psychological battle against a manifestation of his own former weakness. Surviving this ordeal only through a clever, strategic use of the System’s daily penalty quest as a temporary sanctuary, he emerges victorious. Rather than a conventional class, he is unexpectedly reborn as a Necromancer. 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Surviving this ordeal only through a clever, strategic use of the System’s daily penalty quest as a temporary sanctuary, he emerges victorious. Rather than a conventional class, he is unexpectedly reborn as a Necromancer. With the iconic command \"Arise,\" Jinwoo raises his defeated foes as an army of the dead, resurrecting the powerful knight Igris as his first loyal commander and officially ascending as the Shadow Monarch. This newfound, god-like power is immediately tested when he is trapped within a perilous red gate alongside his sister’s friend and an arrogant, insubordinate A-Rank hunter, Kim Chul. Forced to protect his companions, Jinwoo unleashes his shadow army for the first time, effortlessly dominating the high-level dungeon in a spectacular display of overwhelming force. 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