My Catastrophic‑Level Summon Devours Gates - Chapter 146

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Episode 146

Skeleton Wizard.

A magic-type undead whose crafting method I secured before challenging the Tower of Chaos.

“I was lucky.”

It’s the magical power that was always lacking.

Tigris, who holds the heavy cavalry position, has a B+ grade.

Armed Zombie Enhanced also gets a C+ rating.

On the other hand, Skeleton Mage is D-grade.

Even with the bonuses from [Undead Maker], [00] achievement, and [Corpse Processing], the specs were significantly lower.

“Dark Hoods are too expensive per unit.”

The reagents, byproducts, and material costs for crafting were enormous.

Tigris costs about 50 million won.

Dark Hood’s material costs alone exceeded 400 million won.

The crafting difficulty was also quite high.

Materials like ghostly afterimages couldn’t be touched, so they had to be processed by infusing mana.

The quality didn’t come out as expected, but the production costs were expensive too.

I made the minimum amount and gave up on making more.

“Skeleton Wizard is worth trying.”

On the other hand, undead that use bones as a medium.

Skeletons are undead I’ve made countless times since E-grade days.

Since the grade is much higher, the crafting process is complex, but that didn’t matter.

I can touch bones, after all.

[Chilya Obsidian]

Grade: Rare

Category: Catalyst

Restriction: None

Durability: 100/100

Obsidian refined in darkness where light doesn’t reach.

Used as a catalyst for dark magic or to borrow demonic power.

A catalyst that costs 30 million won each.

I wonder if such a tiny size should be this expensive.

I placed five Chilya Obsidians on both shoulders, chest, and knees.

“This alone costs quite a bit of money, doesn’t it?”

“This is where the money spending ends.”

Bones of mage-type monsters.

Chilya Obsidian.

With just these two things, I can make a Skeleton Wizard.

“The production cost is less than half of a Dark Hood!”

“Instead, the labor intensity goes up.”

[Spirit Circuit Installation]

I need to densely carve spirit circuits into the bones and Chilya Obsidian.

Wow.

My eyes are going to fall out.

If the circuit position was even slightly off, crack! A short circuit would occur immediately.

The corresponding part that went crunch and shattered into pieces.

“Phew.”

[Ring of Life ― Built-in Skill: Healing]

Fortunately, restoration was possible with the item effect.

Whew.

That’s a relief.

If the Ring of Life hadn’t worked, I would have had to put it in the furnace and reprocess it.

【Master. Sorry.】

Roan’s healing spell didn’t work.

The bones themselves weren’t subject to blessing spells.

“Nothing to be sorry about. You’re doing well enough.”

【…!】

The blue light flickering above his unfocused pupils became even deeper.

“It’s quite difficult.”

“Please have some water while you work.”

Ingrid approached from the side and wiped my sweat with a handkerchief.

“Gal! What are you doing, mage!”

“Master is having a hard time, and you’re just sucking your fingers and watching?”

“What if your actions break our Lord’s concentration!”

“He’s not saying anything. It’s fine, right Master?”

I listened to the two vassals’ words with one ear and let them flow out the other.

My only interest was densely carving the circuits.

I had to do it without even an inch of error.

[You have succeeded in precise work.]

[Dexterity increases by 1.]

I ignored the System Message and continued installing spirit circuits.

Concentrating on work without noticing time passing, there were no more spirit circuits left to carve.

“Uaaaah.”

My neck is stiff.

After concentrating for a long time with my upper body bent, everything from my neck to shoulders and arms was pulled tight.

“Lord. I shall loosen your stiff body.”

Huh?

The way he’s wiggling his hands looks exactly like a pose for strangling someone to death.

“It’s a massage technique passed down in the Gale Knights.”

“It’s not assassination?”

“Gal! Ambush attacks are a knight’s shame.”

“I’ll just take the thought.”

He had such a stern expression while offering to massage me that just looking at it seemed to relieve the stiffness.

If it didn’t get relieved, I felt like I might die.

“Then please test it quickly! Master.”

Ingrid’s cheeks turned slightly red.

It was understandable that she’d be excited since strengthening the Witch Coven’s power was right around the corner.

I’m also slightly looking forward to it.

“Open your eyes.”

[Corpse Crafting]

[Crafting 1 Skeleton Wizard.]

Mana rotates around the five Chilya Obsidians as the center.

The densely carved spirit circuits supported the flow of energy.

“Gegel! Loyalty to Master!”

[Skeleton Wizard]

*Race: Undead

*Classification: Skeleton

*Grade: B

Strength: 105 / Agility: 348 / Stamina: 157 / Endurance: 50 / Mana: 2,033

*Skills

Army of the Undead[B] / Burst Flare[B] / Ice Pillar[B] / Cyclone[C] / Banish[C] / Fireball[D]…

Specs even more enhanced than Dark Hood!

It also inherited all the magic that Ingrid had worked hard to research.

On top of that.

Magic like Burst Flare and Ice Pillar also came with skills that the Skeleton Wizard possessed.

“Hehe. Hehehe!”

Success. It’s a success!

“I believed in you, Lord. I’m truly grateful!”

“To succeed at such precise work in one go. As expected of Master!”

【Will you make my body right away too?】

【Stupid. Thief.】

I had concentrated for so long that my eyes felt like they’d pop out.

But thanks to my familiars’ congratulations, my cheeks kept twitching.

【Youngest! You know what you want too, don’t you!】

【….】

【Why aren’t you talking again!】

“Thief. Roan can only say five words per minute.”

“It’s natural to forget. He’s a thief after all.”

【My lords. It’s a duel!】

“Are you serious? My sword shows no mercy.”

【Hiiiiiik!】

While my familiars were making noise, I projected Skeleton Wizard Unit 1 with Corpse Processing.

Hmm.

Hmmmm.

“Still not enough.”

“Not enough, you say? I don’t understand.”

“The completion level of the Skeleton Wizard. I can raise it higher.”

Based on the data generated from analysis through Corpse Processing.

Looking at the completed Skeleton Wizard, I could find quite a few immature parts.

By supplementing those points, I raised the mana stat to the 2,300s for Unit 2.

The third Skeleton Wizard I made had mana approaching the 2,500s.

“The feedback comes quickly.”

“It’s a matter of technique in engraving Spirit Power Circuits.”

I had to engrave dozens of Spirit Power Circuits in an area with a circumference of less than 10 centimeters.

If I deviated even slightly, the mana control ability would drop.

That’s why there was such a difference in specs between Units 1 and 3.

“Raising the specs further seems impossible.”

“Lord. Doesn’t this undead need mana folding?”

“Skeleton Wizards won’t be doing close combat.”

Mana folding isn’t a panacea that can be used in any process.

It’s about infusing mana for enhancement when folding and striking down heated bone.

Doing so often grants additional options when crafting bone weapons or creating undead.

“If you fold it and the shape changes, the difficulty of Spirit Circuit Engraving increases.”

“Hoho. Wouldn’t it be too much for Iron Head to understand delicate work?”

“Gal!”

Honestly speaking, I also learned one thing this time.

I thought Bone Metallurgy was the core of Undead Enhancement.

For Skeleton Wizards, it was the complete opposite.

It would be the same for other undead too.

For warrior-type undead, it’s better to use techniques like mana folding to enhance durability or physical abilities.

On the other hand, for delicate ones like Skeleton Wizards, it’s right to modify them in their pure state.

Experience is important for this reason.

“Let’s try using this guy last.”

A flame-shaped stone.

I held the Soul Stone containing Alphonse’s soul in my hand.

* * *

[Corpse Processing]

I slightly pushed aside the Skeleton Wizard’s ribs.

Thanks to activating the skill, the bones moved left and right without resistance.

The moment I placed it in the empty heart area.

Woooong!

The Soul Stone slowly vaporized and permeated throughout the bones.

“When you made the Armed Zombie Warrior, didn’t you insert it first and then craft?”

“Post-processing is fine too.”

It wasn’t intentional, but.

When crafting the Armed Zombie Warrior, the Fragmented Soul Stone had been quite helpful.

Because it prevented the body from collapsing due to imprecise processes.

This time was a bit different.

Since I knew the Skeleton Wizard’s crafting method for certain.

“It’s not too late to use it after confirming the improved completion.”

“Lord always had a plan after all!”

“As if an Iron Head like you could be the same as Master.”

“Haha. Truly someone worth following.”

[It’s similar to the soul’s records.]

[Spirit Power Circuits are stabilizing.]

[All stats increase by 50%.]

When I used Fragmented Soul Stones, stats increased by about 10-20%.

Compared to that, the Soul Stone I made with my own hands had overwhelmingly high efficiency.

The Cursed Gravestone said it could change the properties of Soul Stones.

The Soul Stone made in the Tower Lord’s office should also be changeable.

Then instead of just enhancing Skeleton Wizards.

If I change it to close-combat abilities and use it on Draco or Tigris, they’d receive additional stats and fly around.

Oh.

That’s not a bad idea, is it?

While I was imagining rosy fantasies in my head.

An additional message appeared.

[Skill – Photon Ray is added.]

Huh.

Did I hear that wrong?

[Photon Ray]

Grade: A

Classification: Active

Type: Magic

Condenses light mana and fires it in a straight line.

“Crazy.”

Why was this magic added!

It’s a skill I couldn’t not know.

Since I’d seen this magic several times during the exchange match with Ms. Emilia.

With a sinking feeling, I looked at Ingrid.

“Master. Is something wrong?”

“You can use light attribute magic too.”

“The Eclipse Witch’s only weakness is the light attribute.”

Huh.

The possibility that Ingrid developed this as a surprise became zero.

It was also a skill that didn’t exist when I checked just moments ago.

Which means.

“Alphonse’s experience was contained in the Soul Stone.”

Incredible.

This is.

Really.

Soul Stone crafting is an absolutely amazing skill!

When I shared what I had just confirmed with my Familiars, they all looked surprised.

“I had no idea that containing traces of souls meant something like this.”

“Master now has a way to become even stronger!”

【You just need to scrape more souls from skilled Hunters!】

“That’s impossible.”

The Time Tower Office.

The place where Alphonse had stayed for decades.

Even such a location had its soul essence depleted after making 25 Soul Stones.

Finding skilled Hunters would be difficult to begin with.

Their cooperation is uncertain, and the number of Soul Stones I could make wouldn’t be many either.

“I’ll have to use them sparingly.”

Will I be able to enter another space like the Time Tower Office again?

It won’t be easy.

I’ll enhance only the five Skeleton Wizards assigned to Ingrid with Soul Stones.

The rest should be stored in the Death Forge.

“Now that I have a rough idea, shall we move on to the next task?”

“Masterrrr. Weren’t you going to reinforce the Witch Coven?”

“Stop being coy, Mage.”

“I will do it, but there’s something I need to examine first.”

The remains of the Death Knight and Lich.

They couldn’t display their true abilities due to penalties in the Tower of Chaos.

But that doesn’t mean the grade of their remains decreased.

Original specifications intact!

Analyzing these two Undead might give me new inspiration.

Just as I was trying to suppress a laugh.

“Oh right. Training time has arrived.”

“The Support Team?”

Eh.

I was supposed to see those guys tomorrow morning.

“It’s already morning.”

Huh?

What did I do that it’s already morning?

What a joke.

I chuckled lightly and looked at the clock installed in the Death Forge.

[AM ― 07:32]

Oh.

It’s real.

Did I pull an all-nighter making Skeleton Wizards?

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