My Catastrophic‑Level Summon Devours Gates - Chapter 87

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Episode 87

As Corpse Crafting was enhanced to C-rank, I learned two additional undead creation methods.

―Zombie Enhanced Soldier.

―Dark Hood.

What I’m going to make today is the Zombie Enhanced Soldier.

【Our forces will be strengthened considerably.】

“If I may be so bold, could I ask one question?”

“By all means.”

“I was wondering if you shouldn’t practice corpse stitching first.”

There are four skills I acquired upon promotion.

Blacksmith’s Soul[S]

Corpse Stitching[C]

Necromantic Structure Creation[C]

Craftsman’s Breathing[C]

Blacksmith’s Soul is an ability that gives bonus effects when using armaments, and Craftsman’s Breathing is an ability that assists with stamina.

Necromantic Structure Creation isn’t even activated.

Excluding those three skills.

Her question was whether I should test Corpse Stitching first.

【That makes… sense!】

Sir Isra nodded in understanding.

Only Zaugman, who couldn’t join the conversation, scratched his head vigorously.

“I’m trying to strengthen you all.”

【Us, you mean?】

“Revived Ones don’t have set design plans.”

Creating Ingrid to match her appearance in life wasn’t a proper method.

An undead creation method that exists nowhere else.

Based on 5 years of experience, I created a human-like appearance.

And held it together so it wouldn’t collapse.

【You succeeded anyway.】

“It’s not enough to be recognized as a new species like Dracna or Armed Zombie Warriors.”

The ultimate goal that necromancers pursue.

The ‘Revived One’ is an arrangement to resurrect the dead in complete form.

“I should be able to extract and graft only the strengths of undeads.”

Once I get the hang of creating Zombie Enhanced Soldiers.

I should be able to perform the same procedure on Sir Isra to strengthen his muscles.

【Oh, ohhh! My Lord had it all planned out!】

“As expected of Master!”

【I don’t understand what you’re saying, but my Lord is amazing!】

Good.

Then let’s begin.

I placed the corpse that would become the base for the Zombie Enhanced Soldier.

And injected the reagents I had purchased in advance according to the predetermined injection order.

Bubble bubble.

The muscles swelled up dramatically.

“Shield.”

Bang!

It wasn’t as much of an impact as when making Armed Zombie Warriors.

Back then, the barrier enhanced with Eclipse shook quite a bit.

“The third reagent was 0.1ml too much, and the fourth reagent was 0.05ml too little.”

Ugh.

That happened from such a tiny difference?

“In alchemy, even a small error can drastically change the result.”

“Do you also have knowledge of alchemy among Eclipse’s knowledge?”

“Hoho. Just inscribing all the knowledge of elemental magic would be tremendously impressive.”

What a roundabout way of saying no.

Even if Ingrid’s advice didn’t play a decisive role.

She did enough to serve as a signpost showing the way forward.

On the fourth attempt.

The muscles that had expanded about 1.5 times stabilized.

“I have to do this to each body part.”

What choice do I have.

If I have to do it, I have to do it.

[Corpse Crafting]

[Successfully created Zombie Enhanced Soldier.]

[Zombie Enhanced Soldier]

*Race : Undead

*Classification : Zombie

*Grade : C

Strength : 648

Agility : 201

Stamina : 577

Durability : 450

Mana : 209

*Skills

―Monstrous Strength[C]

―Dead Doping[C]

―Immortal Legion[C]

―Weak Intelligence[D]

[Dexterity increases.]

More powerful specs than Armed Zombie Warriors.

Just one thing.

Excluding the Durability stat, it was a perfect upgrade.

【Armed Zombie Warriors would be better for escort duty.】

“Sharp assessment.”

【My Lord’s safety comes first.】

There’s no need to be disappointed that a C-rank undead is below expectations.

The key points in creating Enhanced Soldiers are the timing and amount control of reagent injection.

What if I maintain the framework of Armed Zombie Warriors and only enhance the muscles with reagents?

Heavy infantry that enjoys the doping effects that are the foundation of Enhanced Soldiers would be born.

【You already foresaw that far ahead?】

“It seems like it would work.”

Originally, I intended to strengthen Sir Isra.

But it’s a bit… the muscle swelling from doping was excessive.

If I control the amount, wouldn’t it be possible to enjoy strengthening effects within reasonable limits?

I should confirm this while making an Enhanced Soldier version of Armed Zombie Warriors.

Where else could you find a master like me?

【Hmm. Too much muscle would reduce agility, which is somewhat problematic.】

Look at that.

Just making complaints from a position of comfort.

“Shh. I’m concentrating.”

I took out the Armed Zombie Warrior I had stored in Death Space and began working.

* * *

[Revision of Armed Zombie Warrior crafting method confirmed.]

[The undead created with the revised crafting method shows significant differences in both grade and stats compared to the original.]

[This specimen will be classified as a separate undead type.]

[Would you like to name it?]

After modifying the third Armed Zombie Warrior.

This time, the swollen muscles didn’t suddenly shrivel up or explode.

“I didn’t expect it to be recognized as a separate species though.”

Having an addition to the undead creation list wasn’t a big deal.

It would have been better if I gained another achievement.

That’s fine.

How much have I gotten for free up until now?

Getting too greedy would be trouble. Yeah.

“I’ll enhance you next time, Sir.”

[Hahaha. Since we successfully enhanced all the knight order members, I’m not disappointed at all.]

Three were destroyed during enhancement.

All five knight order members successfully upgraded to enhanced soldiers.

“I need to purchase reagents generously.”

I bought hundreds of millions worth, but after some experimentation, they’re all gone.

It’s fine.

I have plenty of money.

If enhancing one costs roughly 10 million won, it’s still profitable business.

The enhanced Armed Zombie Warrior, that is, the [Armed Zombie Enhanced] has a grade of C+.

Its total stats were slightly higher than a veteran C-rank Hunter.

Combining initial creation cost and enhancement fee, it would be about 30 million won.

Hiring a veteran C-rank Hunter for a month would cost at least ten times that.

“Since they share Master’s abilities, their skills are guaranteed too!”

Heavenly Martial Body.

The Armed Zombie Enhanced who share SSS-rank combat sense weren’t ordinary undead.

Their lack of skills was a minor flaw.

With such superior physical abilities, it didn’t really feel like a disadvantage.

Once I become more familiar with reagent mixing.

I should enhance the Dracos too.

Since there aren’t many byproducts imbued with dragon race essence, I need to be careful.

[Since we’ve used all the reagents, we can go train now.]

“What are you talking about when there’s a mountain of work to do.”

I got a bite while hammering the Green Drake bone.

Before I forget the sensation remaining in my hands.

Shouldn’t I try mana folding with monster bones?

Whoosh!

The portable furnace began blazing with heat.

* * *

Owlbeast bone dyed crimson.

Clang!

After hammering it once to spread it wide.

I applied force and folded it in half.

Normally it would have snapped with a crack.

Thanks to the effects of bone metallurgy and the magic stone powder scattered before the work, it folded into an L-shape.

Clang!

[Mana Folding]

I hammered once more while imbuing mana.

I filtered out impurities and refined it to be even more solid.

“Good. It works once.”

The sweat I shed at Hanil Forge was worth it.

Folding it more would be pushing it.

It wouldn’t be able to withstand the additionally imbued mana and would shatter to pieces.

“It’s different from Green Drake bone.”

I understood why Master Han Yo-han got excited when he saw me.

Bone was much more difficult to handle than metal.

The difficulty was impossibly high while the results were weaker compared to metal.

Without abilities like Bone Metallurgy, there was no reason to handle it.

Right.

Unless you’re a Necrosmith like me.

[Corpse Processing]

[Armed Zombie Enhanced’s performance has been improved.]

[Durability: 701 → 873]

[Heavy Armor Defense: C → B]

[Monstrous Strength: C → C+]

Whoa.

Look at that enhancement effect.

C-rank gets fifteen bonus stats per level up.

It’s equivalent to gaining eleven levels from the mana folding effect.

And what about the enhanced skills?

The heavy armor trait greatly improves the armor’s defense.

Monstrous Strength grants additional stats proportional to the strength stat.

Enhanced to B and C+ respectively.

Considering the stats increased from the enhanced soldier upgrade, how strong have they become?

[Wouldn’t it be worth attempting even B-rank Hunters?]

“Master’s strength knows no limits!”

[I don’t really understand, but congratulations, Great Lord!]

Each individual is at B-rank Hunter level.

It would be somewhat different in actual combat though.

Even with the Heavenly Martial Body buff, their judgment isn’t exceptional.

[The knight order members would be better.]

Sir Isra’s command was definitely extraordinary.

Even while swinging his sword on the front lines.

He commanded the knight order members as if he had eyes on the back of his head.

Well now.

Am I not getting too strong?

Clang! Clank!

Unlike the reagents.

I had quite a bit of bone remaining.

The armor of Armed Zombie Warriors that exploded during enhancement.

Including the extras I purchased from Hunter Market.

[Corpse Processing]

As I enhanced the armor one by one, the sun had already set.

“Mmm. Has this much time already passed?”

“You worked hard, Master!”

I wiped my body with the towel Ingrid handed me.

Why am I sweating so much?

【You might have been sweating from being absorbed in your work.】

“I figured I’d sweat a bit.”

【Seeing you concentrate, you looked like a master-level craftsman.】

“You must be hungry, shall we go eat some soup?”

【Let’s go! Mage. Do you think you’re the only one with a mouth!】

“Then you can eat together too.”

【Gaaaah! Are you mocking me!】

“Ah. Sorry. Our Iron Head can’t eat, right?”

Soup, huh.

I am craving it a bit.

“Let’s eat later.”

My body was heated up with moderate tension, fatigue, and a sense of achievement.

A little more.

I want to swing the hammer.

“I should work on all the Armed Zombie Enhanced armaments too.”

If I craft using mana forging.

Even with the same materials, I could produce more powerful strength.

Clang!

Claang!

[Bone Metallurgy]

[You have crafted a Wavy Bone Axe.]

[Wavy Bone Axe]

Grade: Rare

Category: Weapon

Restriction: Warrior Class

Durability: 200/200

An axe made by refining bone strengthened with mana forging.

Focused on enhancing the inherent nature of the axe.

Being made of bone, it’s weak to impact and durability depletes quickly.

*Slash Lv 41

“Huh.”

Finally.

An item I made received a ‘Rare’ rating.

[You have crafted a Rare Grade Item.]

[Dexterity increases.]

A weapon faithful only to the essence of an axe as a weapon.

Even the poor options were my intention.

If I apply mana forging more actively.

Additional effects could be granted, but there was no need for that.

The advantage of Armed Zombie Warriors is tremendous strength and toughness.

While taking the opponent’s attacks.

Swinging the axe even one more time is the best operational method.

In that sense.

【The Wavy Bone Axe is the most suitable weapon.】

Sir Isra also acknowledged that my judgment was correct.

My lips twitched as the Continental Greatest Sword said I was right.

While I was absorbed in my work.

Ingrid also achieved modest results.

[Magic Research]

―Lightning[D]

One D-grade magic was added to the undead magic skills.

“Let’s go eat.”

“Sounds good!”

Past midnight.

Even though my limbs were shaking from hunger.

I felt very good.

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