Surviving the Apocalypse as an All-Time Best Overpowered Necromancer - Chapter 41

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Chapter 41
41. Im Jae-beom (4)
‘Damn it.’
It was only a guess, since he’d never seen this skill before.
But he couldn’t just stand by and let Jae-beom’s skill activate unopposed.
So Lee Kang-hyeok stopped his assault on Electric and turned his attention to the zombies, intending to block Jae-beom’s skill.
As if reading his thoughts, the zombies moved toward the whirlwind Jae-beom had conjured and began killing each other.
They needed corpses as material for Tactical Fabrication.
Shortly after.
The moment five corpses suitable as material appeared, Kang-hyeok activated Tactical Fabrication.
Crackle, crackle, crackle.
Crackle, crackle.
“Block it!”
A bone wall materialized, and he used the remaining zombies to encircle Jae-beom.
Whether because he was dying and fighting with all his strength,
Or whether he simply couldn’t move—
Jae-beom failed to stop the zombies.
“To the Emergency Exit!”
“Yes!”
“Ah, understood!”
Kang-hyeok, who had erected the wall, shouted loudly. The two people who had been holding back Jae-beom released their Core power and immediately rushed toward the Emergency Exit.
“Kgh…… You think I’ll just let you escape?”
Splash—!
Watching them flee between the walls, Jae-beom cried out that he would not allow it, and created a Water Serpent.
Drip, drip.
It seemed that using his ability forcefully while Pressurize was activating
Or perhaps the pressure from the skill’s effect—Jae-beom suddenly began bleeding from his nose.
Yet he seemed determined to drag all three of them down with him to the afterlife.
Even as he continuously absorbed the water around him, he kept controlling and sending Water Serpents their way.
At that moment….
“Tactical Fabrication!”
Kang-hyeok used Tactical Fabrication again, warping the bone wall that surrounded Jae-beom.
Thrust—!
“Kgh.”
Simultaneously, dozens of bone spikes sprouted from the wall and attacked him.
Whether Jae-beom lost control of the Water Serpents to Seo A-rin due to the sudden assault, the Water Serpents that had been hovering in midair flew toward him.
But Seo A-rin had reached her limit; the moment she sent the Water Serpents flying, she collapsed.
Her Core had been exhausted, and she lost consciousness.
Fortunately, Seo Hwa-rin, standing nearby, supported her and they managed to escape safely through the Emergency Exit.
“Gaaahhhhh!”
Right after the two of them escaped, as bone spikes erupted from the wall and Water Serpents piled on, Jae-beom let out a scream.
Regardless.
Lee Kang-hyeok left him behind and escaped through the Emergency Exit.
But he did not close the door.
He wanted to watch the situation to the very end and completely snuff out his life.
“Tactical Fabrication!”
Crackle, crackle.
Using the skill again, the bone wall surrounding Jae-beom thinned, while the bone spikes impaled through his body grew thicker.
But that was only temporary.
Kang-hyeok did not stop there; he used Tactical Fabrication once more, erasing the spikes that had pierced Jae-beom’s body.
His intention was to induce shock from massive hemorrhaging and force the skill to stop.
On another level, he also intended to preserve Jae-beom’s body as much as possible so he could tame him like Electric.
If he turned a Water Attribute Awakener into a zombie, his fighting power would be strengthened considerably.
However….
Contrary to Kang-hyeok’s expectations, as the spikes vanished and holes opened in his body, not a single drop of blood flowed.
Instead, his blood smeared on the wall was being absorbed back into him.
‘Insane.’
Watching him absorb even the blood on the wall like the water around him, Kang-hyeok realized it was a skill effect, and he furrowed his brow as he used his ability.
“Tactical Fabrication!”
Before it was too late, he would pierce through the heart and head to kill him instantly.
He decided it was better to abandon his greed and kill him cleanly rather than risk putting everyone in danger.
And so….
Just as bone spikes began sprouting from the wall surrounding Jae-beom to pierce his heart—!
The energy that had been absorbed into him until now gushed out, enveloped his body, and suddenly took on a definite form.
It seemed a skill had activated due to a momentary miscalculation.
Should he run now? What’s the range of that skill? Its power? What if he ran but was still within range?
As Kang-hyeok’s mind grew complicated and he furrowed his brow,
The energy that had wrapped around Jae-beom’s body transformed into liquid and separated from him. Then, as if his breath had left him, Jae-beom’s body fell backward.
[You have eliminated an Awakener with Chaotic Nature.]
[You receive a large amount of Experience Points as a reward.]
[Congratulations. You have leveled up. All physical attributes increase by 1.]
With Jae-beom’s death, Kang-hyeok leveled up. Quickly raising his Dexterity, he turned to Seo Hwa-rin and spoke.
“It seems that was a summoning skill. I can’t leave it as is, so I’ll handle it. Please provide support from here, Hwa-rin.”
“Yes!”
Since Seo A-rin had lost consciousness, Seo Hwa-rin couldn’t leave her alone at the Emergency Exit to fight.
So he asked Hwa-rin to guard her and provide support from a distance.
As a ranged dealer, there would be no problem.
Of course….
Since this was a creature created by Jae-beom’s skill, not an Awakener or zombie, it would actually be better for her to step in, lacking proper offensive skills as he did.
But with Seo A-rin unconscious, he couldn’t expect her to fight with a clear mind.
There was also the possibility that A-rin might use Ignite like last time.
He’d be grateful if it worked out,
But if Ignite didn’t work against this liquid creature due to poor elemental compatibility—
There was a high chance they’d be wiped out. So Kang-hyeok judged that stepping in himself from the start gave better odds, and he left the Emergency Exit and took his stance.
“Don’t attack until I’ve drawn its full aggression. Just wait.”
“Ah, understood. Be careful!”
Reality and games are different.
Obviously, there’s no concept like aggression in the real world.
But since this creature was made by a skill, wouldn’t it prioritize attacking whoever had the highest threat level?
With that thought, Kang-hyeok reached out his hand while gazing at the dead Jae-beom behind the liquid monster.
“Corpse Control!”
[You activate Corpse Control on the target.]
[The target’s Mana is higher than yours.]
[The probability of taming is reduced.]
[Current probability: 65%]
[The target is resisting the skill.]
‘Please….’
65%.
The success rate is higher than failure. But the failure rate is still significant.
Maybe that’s why.
Like with the Bulldozer, Kang-hyeok was anxious about failure and prayed earnestly in his heart.
Whether his earnestness reached divine ears or not, Jae-beom’s corpse jolted upright.
‘Got it!’
Kang-hyeok’s eyes gleamed.
He had acquired a new special zombie after Electric.
A Water Attribute special zombie.
The synergy with Electric’s Electric Attribute was perfect.
“Good, everyone take position!”
Satisfied, Kang-hyeok ordered the remaining zombies to form a formation.
The zombies had already been forming a formation since before he decided to fight the liquid monster.
But with a new zombie being added, he restructured it to match.
Following the effect of Command Aura, Jae-beom began moving to join the formation,
“Guuugh….”
Shuffle, shuffle.
The holes all over his body slowed his movements more than expected.
Still, Kang-hyeok didn’t mind; rather, he nodded as if approving.
‘If I’d attacked him any harder, he wouldn’t have made it this far.’
The poor condition he was in meant Kang-hyeok had handled the situation well.
He deemed this penalty acceptable and, leaving the zombies forming the formation behind, gazed out the window.
He needed to fill in the gaps left by the zombies he had consumed for Tactical Fabrication.
And so….
After Kang-hyeok used his skill on the zombies on the Road, he ordered the zombies maintaining formation to attack.
“Go! Kill that thing.”
“Kyaaah!”
“Guwaaahhh—!”
Crackle!
Splash—!
The first to attack upon receiving orders were Electric and Jae-beom.
They opened their Core power and activated Lightning Bolt and Water Ball, then sent them flying between the charging zombies to attack the liquid monster.
At the same time….
“Kyaaah!!”
Bubble, bubble.
Sizzle!
Hisss—!
As the attack landed, the liquid monster screamed. Its body bubbled and boiled, spewing massive amounts of steam.
“….”
Whether it was defending against the attacks or attacking the swarming zombies,
Since it was a technique he’d never heard of, Kang-hyeok ordered through his will for all but three zombies to fall back.
Not knowing the technique’s effect,
If he launched a full assault and the zombies were annihilated, the entire situation would shift against him at once.
So, pulling the zombies back, Kang-hyeok ordered the lead zombies to keep attacking, then
He reached out to transform the bone walls that had been left abandoned behind the liquid monster.
“Tactical Fabrication!”
The walls quickly transformed into dozens of small spheres that rolled across the ground.
‘Oh?’
After several attempts at transformation, he’d realized that as long as the material met the “bone” requirement the skill demanded, it could take any form. So he’d transformed them into spheres to make them easier to pull toward himself.
But the mana consumption was less than expected, and Kang-hyeok nodded unconsciously.
‘Low power output, low manufacturing difficulty—so the mana cost is low.’
Unintentionally discovering a useful method, Kang-hyeok was satisfied and ordered Jae-beom to retrieve the spheres.
Ten Water Serpents appeared in midair and immediately scattered in all directions, crawling across the ground to swallow the spheres.
The liquid monster, which posed no real threat to itself, ignored the serpents crawling on the ground and only attacked the zombies.
Responding only to what threatened it—
This seemed to be because the one who commanded it had died.
‘Then….’
What if he stopped attacking now?
If there was no one to command it and it was only reflexively counterattacking those who threatened it, and if he stopped attacking and the threatening presence disappeared, wouldn’t it stop too?
‘If it just stops attacking, there are infinite ways to eliminate it.’
Thinking that way, he had the attacking zombies stop, but the liquid monster, having already identified them as enemies, did not halt.
‘Just to be sure….’
He’d verify immediately.
He had plenty of replacement zombies anyway.
So Kang-hyeok released control of the lead zombies.
At the same time….
With the effect of Command Aura gone, the zombies’ movements became noticeably sluggish.
As the Command Aura effect vanished and the bonus to reaction speed and action correction disappeared, the zombies couldn’t dodge the liquid monster’s attacks and simply died.
But the liquid monster did not stop.
As it continued attacking the zombies behind them, Kang-hyeok grew irritated, furrowed his brow, and let out a low sigh.
‘It seems he gave orders before dying.’
Surely something like an order to annihilate all enemies in sight.
‘At this rate, I’ll have to overwhelm it with numbers.’
Kang-hyeok, who’d hoped to manage it without breaking a sweat, decided instead to go with overwhelming force once the newly tamed zombies arrived, and ordered an attack.
Electric and Jae-beom also joined in, activating skills against the liquid monster.
Crackle.
Splash—!
As Lightning Bolt and Water Serpents flew at it, the liquid monster hastily blocked them.
But its reaction was late; it failed to block even the Water Serpents that Jae-beom used.
No, more like….
It seemed to ignore rather than block the Water Serpents.
Just like earlier, when it was ignoring the bone spheres and crawling around the ground….
Did this liquid creature think Water Serpents posed no threat to itself?
However….
The part hit by the Water Serpents fell away and evaporated entirely, and its size diminished accordingly.
Though something seemed off, Kang-hyeok chalked it up to coincidence, and with the zombies positioned in front, thinking it wouldn’t attack Hwa-rin, he sent her the signal to attack.

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