Surviving the Apocalypse as an All-Time Best Overpowered Necromancer - Chapter 109

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Episode 109
109. A Day in December (10)
“Scatter!”
The moment Yu Seol-hwa’s team joined the fray, the Chungmuro Alliance members stationed outside began to disperse.
“Whee!”
Moments later, the sound of Yu Seol-hwa’s Whistle Signal echoed out, as if she meant to pursue them.
But…….
The positions of three enemies still remained unclear.
Fearing an ambush if they moved rashly, Lee Gang-hyuk hurriedly raised his hand to block those about to charge forward.
“We can’t determine the positions of three of them. Finding them should be our priority.”
“Ah……. Understood.”
At those words, Yu Seol-hwa nodded readily and held her team back.
Was that why?
The scattered enemies regrouped and began to provoke again.
It was unmistakable—their retreat the moment they saw Yu Seol-hwa’s team must have been part of their plan all along.
The instant that thought struck him, Lee Gang-hyuk felt an inexplicable sense of dread and glanced upward.
‘Could they have gone up?’
As that thought suddenly took hold, Lee Gang-hyuk’s brow furrowed, and when he looked again at the enemies outside the building and saw their gaze directed upward, his pupils dilated and he cried out.
“Above! Captain Park Mu-jin is in danger!”
“!!”
“U-Uncle!”
Startled by the sudden shout, Yu Seol-hwa was about to sound her whistle when Jeong A-ram cried out loudly and bolted toward the stairwell.
“Whee!”
Yu Seol-hwa’s Whistle Signal came a beat too late—half of the Jungnang-gu Alliance members in the lobby rushed up the stairs in a panic, and watching them, Lee Gang-hyuk gazed upward with a look of surprised bitterness.
‘I thought she was simply a subordinate he valued, but they’re uncle and niece.’
Though they hadn’t seen each other often, every time they met Park Mu-jin showed affection toward Jeong A-ram—Lee Gang-hyuk understood it now. He bit his lip and exhaled a small sigh.
On the other hand, he felt reassured.
Since Rangers had gone up, he thought they would arrive before Park Mu-jin could be harmed.
‘So now…….’
He only needed to focus on the enemies remaining outside the building.
‘Six of them. Ten of us. That’s enough.’
After quickly assessing their strength from the corner of his eye, Lee Gang-hyuk used his Command Domain to form the Skeletons into formation, then turned to Seo Hwa-rin and Kang Pil-du and spoke quietly.
“Kang Pil-du, use Stealth to exit the building and lure out the Yetis. Seo Hwa-rin, use Fire Wall to keep them from perceiving their surroundings. Even if the power is weak, make it as tall as possible.”
“Right. I think I know where they are anyway, so I’ll be back shortly.”
“Understood. As tall as possible. Fire Wall!”
Whoosh!
As Seo Hwa-rin activated her skill, a massive wall of flame erupted on both sides of the Chungmuro Alliance members, threatening them.
Believing their escape route was being cut off, the enemies took a step back to secure space, then immediately unleashed their skills.
“Defensive stance!”
Clang! Clang!
The commanded Skeletons stepped forward to block the skills, and Yu Seol-hwa quickly approached and asked urgently.
“What’s the plan?”
Three of them were clearly plotting something—one disappeared, one was using Fire Wall to threaten the enemies—so it seemed she’d come over to ask that they share the strategy.
“We’ll lure the Yeti and have them attack. Draw their attention as much as possible.”
“Understood!”
As she nodded, those remaining in the lobby unleashed their skills in retaliation.
They didn’t even need her whistle for Lee Gang-hyuk’s words to reach everyone.
With the entrance between the two factions, skills flew back and forth until the entrance completely shattered and collapsed.
Even as they relentlessly exchanged blows and attacked one another.
One of the Chungmuro Alliance members’ skills struck a pillar, and the ceiling caved in, filling the lobby with acrid smoke.
In that instant…….
“Charge!”
Seizing the opportunity, the sounds of the Chungmuro Alliance members shouting and rushing toward the lobby entrance echoed through.
“Seo Hwa-rin.”
“Fire Wall!”
Calling out to stop them, Seo Hwa-rin hastily activated her skill to block the Chungmuro Alliance members—but.
For some reason, the sound of their shouting never actually drew any closer.
A feint charge.
Realizing it was a tactic to drain his Mana, Lee Gang-hyuk’s brow furrowed involuntarily.
‘More annoying than dealing with Zombies and Yetis.’
It wasn’t his first time fighting people, but this was his first time in a large-scale group-versus-group battle.
Perhaps because of that.
When the situation didn’t unfold as he intended, the irritated Lee Gang-hyuk bit his lip and scanned his surroundings again.
‘If I could only trigger a melee……. Is there some way?’
Drawing their attention was good when the Yetis that Kang Pil-du would lure came to attack them, but.
Triggering a melee to blind them to their surroundings would be far more effective.
However…….
Whenever he tried to move the group outside, they simply scattered, so he’d been searching for a way to trigger that melee—and.
When no viable method came to mind and frustration turned to irritation.
Lee Gang-hyuk suddenly remembered that there was more than one entrance to the building and turned around.
“Yu Seol-hwa. Take your people through the rear exit! Distance yourselves and snipe them.”
“Yes. Mana Sharing!”
Before heading to the rear exit, Yu Seol-hwa restored Seo Hwa-rin’s Core Power, then led five members toward the back.
“Fire Wall!”
Whoosh.
Seo Hwa-rin erected a wall of flame to block the view from outside, then immediately activated Burst Burn and concealed herself behind the wall.
She was clearly timing her attack for when those who’d gone outside would ambush the enemies.
‘Forward.’
Clang! Clang!
In sync with this, Lee Gang-hyuk also concealed his Skeletons behind the wall of flame she’d created, and.
Fearing the enemies might catch on, he gave attack orders to the lesser Liches and Bone Mages and activated Flesh Melting.
“Flesh Melting!”
Hisssss!
“Gyaahhh!”
Since Flesh Melting was an instant-activation skill with no targeting, the target couldn’t evade—and the marked enemy’s ankle melted away entirely.
“Light of Regeneration!”
Shhhh.
Then, apparently the enemies also had a healing-class Awakener, because they immediately activated their skill to regenerate the melted flesh.
Understanding why they’d remained unscathed despite the barrage of attacks, Lee Gang-hyuk gestured to Seo Hwa-rin and sent a message to Yu Seol-hwa.

[Yes. We’re ready here.]
As they’d taken positions near the rear exit, a single flame that had been concealed behind the wall flew toward the healing-class Awakener.
Thwack!
“Ack.”
Though the smallest flame had limited power.
Its speed was proportionally greater—they couldn’t react before the healing-class Awakener was struck, and.
The instant a mark appeared above the Awakener’s head, five Arrows flew toward him.
“B-Barrier!”
Bang!
Whoosh.
Shocked by the sudden barrage, he hastily activated his skill, but two Arrows pierced his shoulder and thigh before the shield could form.
It was a shame.
Had one gone just slightly to the side, he would have died outright.
Still, a good opportunity had arrived.
With the healing-class member wounded, he could now trigger that melee.
‘Can’t let him heal.’
Setting aside his regret, Lee Gang-hyuk quickly reached out to stop the wounded man from activating his healing skill.
“Flesh Melting!”
Bang.
Grrrgh.
He’d tried to attack before the shoulder could be healed, but when his skill hit the barrier, he ground his teeth and sent his Skeletons charging.
Clang! Clang!
“Block them!”
Evidently the healing-class Awakener was their leader—he pointed at the charging Skeletons and cried out.
“Light of Regeneration!”
Following up, he activated his skill to heal his thigh, then rose and erected a barrier to block the Skeletons’ advance.
That was when.
Shhhhh.
Thwack!
Something fell from the sky in front of the building.
‘What…….’
Examining the bloodied object more closely, it was the corpse of the female Awakener with an ice attribute.
It must have been knocked out the window during the battle above.
“B-Bae Ji-na!!”
“You damn bastards.”
Lee Gang-hyuk wasn’t the only one to recognize the corpse.
The Chungmuro Alliance members gritted their teeth the moment they saw her face, and consumed by rage, they flooded their surroundings with massive Mana and Core Power, taking control of the space.
In response, Yu Seol-hwa’s team’s attacks came crashing down on them, and as the Skeletons that had been blocked by the barrier advanced once more, their eyes began to tremble faintly.
Bae Ji-na’s death ignited their fury, but simultaneously, fear began to creep in at the thought that those above might also be dead.
“Attack! You idiots!”
But before they could decide, the healing-class Awaker roared out a command as a flood of Skeleton attacks crashed down upon them.
Deciding to fight it out, they raised their weapons and charged at the Skeletons, activating their skills.
Bang!!
Boom!
As the melee erupted, Lee Gang-hyuk signaled Yu Seol-hwa to join him as he slipped out of the building with Seo Hwa-rin.
Then…….
Those who’d been hiding nearby joined in to attack, but the Chungmuro Alliance members were quite high-leveled and held their ground, resisting to the very end.
Perhaps because of that.
The bodies of the Skeletons that had charged forward with such momentum shattered under their assault.
“Tactical Processing!”
Seeing that this wouldn’t work, Lee Gang-hyuk drew out a Bone Orb and activated his skill, and.
Using a Water Snake, he replaced the Skeletons’ broken bones and maintained their formation.
Seo Hwa-rin also continued attacking without pause.
“Burst Burn!”
Whoosh!
Boom-boom-boom-boom-boom-bang.
Kaboom!
“Barrier!”
As she shattered barrier after barrier, the healing-class Awakener who kept erecting fresh defenses against the relentless assault had beads of sweat forming on his brow when.
Crack!
Kang Pil-du burst through the towering Fire Wall on the left side and shouted.
“Everyone fall back!!”
“Retreat!”
At Kang Pil-du’s cry, Lee Gang-hyuk left only the Skeletons and hurriedly led the group back.
At the same time…….
The Fire Wall dissipated, and the Yetis he’d lured came shrieking toward the Chungmuro Alliance members.
“Groaahhh!”
“Gwooof!”
“You insane bastards!”
“Damn it, block them!”
As nearly twenty Yetis swarmed them, the panicked enemies pushed back against the Yetis’ assault and mounted a counterattack.
‘Right flank. Leave the Yetis and attack them!’
With that, Lee Gang-hyuk used his Command Domain to directly control the Skeletons, coordinating with the Yetis to assault the enemies.
Even as he relayed orders to Seo Hwa-rin and the Jungnang-gu Alliance members to stay concealed and wait, the moment Lee Gang-hyuk cried out, Kang Pil-du, who’d been in Stealth nearby, appeared at his side, and Lee Gang-hyuk gave him a thumbs up.
“Right on time.”
“Fortunately they were where I thought. Anyway……. You really drew their attention well. We’ll be able to wipe them all out now.”
Seeing this, Kang Pil-du let out a soft laugh, then activated Stealth again and vanished.
“We should block their escape route before they try to flee.”
Though he was invisible, his voice carried from right beside Lee Gang-hyuk.
Then, as Kang Pil-du’s presence disappeared outside, Lee Gang-hyuk issued orders to his Skeletons.
“D-Disperse!”
With the situation deteriorating, the retreat order finally came through.
They’d tried to hold out until Yu Seok-ho, who’d gone up to the rooftop to rescue Kim U-seok’s team, could return, but.
If things continued, they might be annihilated, so they decided to abandon their vanguard Yu Seok-ho and Kim U-seok’s team.
And so…….
The healing-class Awakener who’d issued the retreat order suddenly stabbed the eyes of the man beside him.
“Ah-ahhhhhh!”
As the man went blind from the sudden attack and cried out, the healing-class Awakener pushed him toward the Yetis and shouted to the rest.
“Now! Scatter quickly! Get out of here however you can and contact headquarters!”
“Yes!”
Though they witnessed his callous act, the Chungmuro Alliance members answered as if it were the most natural thing and scattered in different directions.
Of course…….
Some were caught by the Skeletons blocking their escape routes, but seeming to use themselves as bait, they cut across the Skeletons’ path.
As those who’d evaded the attacks scattered in all directions, the Yetis, now without a target, began to attack the Skeletons.

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