My Catastrophic‑Level Summon Devours Gates - Chapter 216

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Episode 216

Roan’s body, crafted using the Black Sage as a model.

Blue light so brilliant it made one’s eyes sting covered his entire body.

“Such intense holy power.”

Sir Isra took a defensive stance and stood before me.

“That would be fatal to undead, wouldn’t it?”

[Unique Technique ― Eclipse]

[Dark Veil X 5]

[Modified Technique ― Defend]

Ingrid went even further and deployed defense magic.

“You guys don’t take damage from holy power though.”

The dual nature of undead and human.

Unless it was something like the undead suppression spells the Chinese Hunters used.

Simply being exposed to holy power wasn’t a problem.

“Ah. That’s right.”

“Still feels rather unsettling though.”

【Graaah! Cover up that light!】

Ah.

Meigers can’t properly benefit from the Revived One buff.

“It’s not enough to kill you, is it?”

【It’s painful, I tell you.】

“These junior colleagues nowadays are such crybabies. Just endure it.”

【Kieeeek!】

Roan, wrapped in holy power like a coat.

I could even feel an unapproachable holiness.

It was identical to what I’d seen in my dream.

Had things gone according to my thoughts?

With a trembling heart, I checked the status window.

[Roan von Kreutz]

*Race: Undead

*Classification: Revived One

*Grade: S

Strength: 154

Agility: 712

Stamina: 299

Endurance: 98

Holy Power: 4,987

*Skills

Black Blessing[SSS] / Janus’s Blessing[S] / Army of the Undead[S] / Bless of Evil[A] / Unholy Cross[A] / Corrupt Blessing[A]

*All stats increased by 75% due to Revived One correction.

“Oh. Ooooh!”

The spells the Black Sage possessed by default.

In other words, spells like [Black Thunder] or [Dark Veil] were nowhere to be found.

Instead, let’s look at the skills that had taken their place.

[Bless of Evil]

Classification: Divine Spell

Grade: A

Type: Active

Increases highest stat by 30% for the duration.

[Unholy Cross]

Classification: Divine Spell

Grade: A

Type: Active

Deploys an inverted cross made of holy power to deal damage and inflict various debuffs.

[Corrupt Blessing]

Classification: Divine Spell

Grade: A

Type: Active

Increases all stats by 20%.

Three A-grade divine spells!

These weren’t Roan’s unique abilities, but divine spells formally added to an undead.

“An undead cleric.”

Hehe. Heheheh.

My cheeks twitched, but I forced them still.

There was one more thing I needed to check.

[Janus’s Blessing]

Classification: Divine Spell

Grade: S

Type: Passive

Reverses divine abilities. Suppresses constantly applied divine power in exchange for proportional physical abilities.

It worked.

I succeeded!

I clenched both fists tight with surging elation.

“Roan. Try suppressing Black Blessing with your newly acquired ability.”

[Janus’s Blessing]

[Target is Black Blessing skill.]

[The skill’s power is too immense.]

[Cannot convert perfectly.]

[Duration is 6 hours.]

[While Black Blessing skill is sealed, close combat-related stats increase by 1,000.]

Black Blessing.

The ability that forced ‘silence’ upon Roan while allowing him to perform powerful miracles.

Originally SSS-grade.

But when it dwelt in the Revenant, its grade had dropped to B.

Even so.

Thanks to the restriction of speaking only five words once per minute, it could exert A-grade or higher power.

It seemed the skill’s power had increased upon becoming a Revived One.

But thanks to the newly added skill, Black Blessing could now be suppressed.

Which meant.

“You don’t need to speak only five words per minute anymore.”

Roan’s eyes filled with shock.

“How, is this possible.”

A voice soaked in bewilderment.

The Familiars showed surprise at hearing this voice for the first time.

“What a beautiful voice.”

“It’s like listening to a choir’s song.”

“He’d probably soothe women’s hearts as well as Schne does.”

Don’t be too surprised yet.

I hadn’t even explained all the changes that had come to Roan.

“When I saw your past, you had performed this kind of ritual.”

The act of injecting holy power into a child.

This is the background behind the birth of the Black Blessing.

“Being revived as a Revived One is kind of like being born, when you think about it.”

A resurrection ritual that grants a new body.

It’s not complete resurrection.

Though it is only half-complete.

In any case, it’s being reborn with a body that has the dual attributes of living/undead.

So.

If I imitate the ritual Roan underwent as a baby while granting intention.

“I thought you might gain the ability to interfere with the blessing you carry.”

It was only a hypothesis.

A plan I could devise thanks to peering into Roan’s past.

I had no certainty it would work.

Still.

Roan’s life was too pitiful to just pass by without trying anything.

“An ordinary life isn’t bad either.”

Talking with other people.

Eating delicious food.

Scratching your belly and sleeping.

The ordinary daily life of a normal person that Roan couldn’t enjoy while alive.

“You can live normally for six hours a day.”

The effect I initially hoped for was just suppressing the Black Blessing.

Having buffs added on top of that was unexpected.

I should think of it as an additional effect.

Nothing wrong with that.

“I congratulate you on your liberation from bondage, Saint.”

“Hmm. Not as much as Master, but still handsome.”

“Doesn’t Schne look a bit better?”

“Thief, be quiet.”

【They both look like parasitic brothers, so why compare who’s better.】

“Please be quiet.”

【Kieeeek!】

The familiars each celebrated in their own way that Roan had regained his living appearance and been freed from the vow of silence.

“Oh, really. Is it okay to speak?”

“No problem.”

“Ah. Ahhh!”

Roan knelt down in place.

A single drop of liquid fell down along his chin.

“For the first time since birth, I feel gratitude for living. I will never forget this grace. My Master.”

Words pouring out like a storm.

It reminded me of the moment when Roan first swore his oath when I met him.

Clap clap!

“I too obtained salvation through my Lord.”

“Let’s cherish the second chance Master has granted us.”

“Don’t give Schne good buffs.”

【An undead imbued with holy power. I’d like to research it if I get the chance.】

Roan also smiled at the familiars’ applause.

Ugh.

Damn handsome.

If Zaugg had decadent beauty, Roan felt fresh like a youth drama protagonist.

[You have created an undead imbued with divinity.]

[This is a new existence not recorded in the Akashic Records.]

[The existence of Revived One Roan von Kreutz is being saved to the world’s records.]

Huh?

This isn’t the first time I’ve made a Revived One.

What’s with this message.

Reading it slowly, ‘divinity’ was the key point.

Wait.

Don’t tell me I got an achievement!

[Your achievement is being inscribed in the Akashic Records.]

[Achievement ― Heaven-Defying Creator is granted.]

[Heaven-Defying Creator]

Undead creation performance permanently increases by 25%.

The same effect is granted to modified undead.

“It appeared!!!”

A 5% higher value than Undead Maker.

What’s scarier is that it stacks.

25% is added to the final applied value, and with Undead Maker that’s a total increase of 45%.

If you add the effects of upgraded Corpse Processing and Corpse Crafting?

“Hmm. Just looking at the numbers, I can’t really grasp how much that is.”

“For the same undead, the specs would differ by almost double.”

If my skeleton fought an ordinary skeleton, it could handle up to three opponents.

An enormous spec increase bonus.

Plus sharing [Heavenly Martial Body] and my experience.

The weakness of undead being lower specs compared to the same grade?

That doesn’t apply to my undead.

Compared to monsters of the same grade, they’d actually overwhelm them spec-wise, right?

“Uhehehehe!”

Creating undead with divine attributes and even getting an achievement.

I skipped meals to focus on work, but I felt full.

“I. Silence. Must maintain. To help. Master.”

Even though the penalty was suppressed.

Roan spoke slowly with clumsy speech.

Just now when swearing loyalty he rattled off like rap.

Well, I understand the awkwardness.

“Even in the suppressed state, you can use three A-rank spells.”

“Black Blessing. Stronger. Can use. Various abilities.”

“When the situation calls for it, you can just cancel Janus’s blessing.”

“Ah.”

What unnecessary worries.

The ordinary happiness you couldn’t enjoy in your past life.

Enjoy it to your heart’s content in your second life and serve me.

Uhehehe!

I really am kind.

[With the appearance of an undead possessing divinity, a new dead is born.]

[Vengeance’s creation method is registered.]

Huh?

What’s this about now.

* * *

[Vengeance]

Grade: A

An undead with divine power. It worships the Dark God and uses divine spells that boost the power of the dead or curse the living.

Materials: 3 Banshee’s Wails, 3 Sylph’s Tears, 1 Communion Offering…

Should I call it the aftermath of crafting an undead with divine power?

A new undead with no recorded data from any gate was registered in the crafting list.

“Interesting.”

I ran a simulation in the simulation lab.

The expected results were quite novel.

Divine spells that give buff effects to undead.

On the other hand, it had the ability to suppress or halve the effects of the living’s divine power.

Should I call it an anti-cleric undead?

“This way, I won’t need to fear clerics as much.”

When we were attacked on the uninhabited island.

How much trouble did the clerics’ group chanting spell [Lectio Divina] cause us?

If Roan hadn’t suppressed the debuff effects while shedding tears and snot, it would have been really difficult.

“Tears. Didn’t shed any.”

“Let’s say you did.”

I didn’t mention that your sphincter muscles gave out.

However.

This extraordinary existence called a cleric-type undead, Vengeance, could counter divine spells if created.

A dead being that complements and strengthens the weaknesses of an undead army.

How can I resist this!

I asked President Baek to order the missing materials.

―Understood. It should take about two days.

“Yes. Please take care of it.”

Two days.

I can wait a little, I suppose.

“There’s one thing I’d like to suggest.”

“What is it?”

“The saint, you see. While suppressing the restraint of silence, your physical abilities increase dramatically.”

“That’s right.”

“Then how about learning basic combat techniques or weapon handling?”

Not a bad idea.

The spec enhancement effect was an unintended result.

Still, if there’s a way to use it, shouldn’t I try using it?

“Roan. Would that be okay?”

“Want to try. Fighting. Learning it.”

“Gyeong. Train him moderately.”

“Understood.”

Look at those eyes.

I told him to train moderately just one second ago, but he seems to have already forgotten.

“Haha. You can look forward to it, saint.”

“Please. Take care of me.”

“I’ll develop your capabilities enough to protect your lord.”

Sorry I couldn’t protect you, Roan.

But I didn’t threaten you to train with a sword, did I?

Anyway, it’s his choice, so I should respect it.

It’s not my fault. Definitely not.

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