Surviving the Apocalypse as an All-Time Best Overpowered Necromancer - Chapter 55

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Chapter 55
55. Stockpiling Supplies (3)
Bang!
Crash—!
“Second floor!”
Whoosh.
At Seo A-rin’s shout, the two of them lowered their stances and watched the staircase, her eyes closed as she piloted the Water Snakes.
But only for a moment—something went wrong. Seo A-rin’s brow furrowed.
What was happening?
The moment doubt crept in, Seo A-rin opened her eyes, her expression clouding with perplexity.
“It just stopped.”
“Stopped?”
“Yes. It stopped suddenly and won’t even look at the Water Snakes anymore. I think it must have heard my voice.”
It must have picked up on Seo A-rin’s briefing about the Bulldozer’s location moments earlier.
“So it’s not as stupid as we thought. Where is it now, exactly?”
“In front of the second-floor staircase. It’s just standing there, right where you’d see it coming up.”
“In front of the stairs, then. And you said the Water Snakes got no reaction when they approached?”
“Right. It just stands there even when they attack it.”
“Its defense must be excellent. Hold on a moment.”
The moment Lee Gang-hyuk considered deploying Zombies instead of attacking with the Water Snakes, a memory surfaced—their first encounter with the Bulldozer.
Back then, it had heard the sound of Electric’s skill from over a hundred meters away and charged at them like a madman. Could it be the same situation now?
“Electric.”
“Screech!”
Crackle.
At Lee Gang-hyuk’s command, Electric launched a Lightning Bolt toward the staircase.
And simultaneously—
“Gwaaaaaaah!”
Thud! Thud! Thud!
The moment the Bulldozer heard the sound of the skill, it began to glow and pound its feet.
“It’s the sound! It’s sensitive to the sound of electrical attributes! It’s coming down now. Everyone, prepare!”
At her words, the two of them readied their skills in response, and Lee Gang-hyuk sent Electric and Lim Jae-beom to the rear while positioning ordinary Zombies at the front.
Of these, he placed the one wearing the large dual-ring bracelet at the vanguard and waited for the Bulldozer to descend.
A moment later.
“Gwaaaaaaah!”
As the creature descended the staircase and let out a terrible shriek, Seo Hwa-rin immediately activated her prepared skill.
“Fire Wall!”
An excellent choice.
It would block its vision of the Spiked Barricades set on the first floor while allowing them to strike it directly.
Of course—
they also couldn’t see the creature through the wall of flames.
That didn’t matter.
They only needed to hide the barricades from its view.
Lee Gang-hyuk gave a hand signal to approve her judgment, then ordered Lim Jae-beom to amplify the effect.
“Lim Jae-beom! Small Water Snakes!”
“Screech!”
Splash—.
The moment the command came, ten small Water Snakes materialized in mid-air and leaped without hesitation toward the wall of fire.
Sizzle.
Sizzle.
Waaaaaah—!
The instant the small Water Snakes touched the Fire Wall, they evaporated in a flash.
At the same moment, the Fire Wall grew fiercer, pressing harder against the Bulldozer.
“Gwaaaah!”
Thud! Thud!
Yet the creature felt little real impact. It shrieked and pounded its feet again.
“Charge!”
Just hearing the sound of its feet, Lee Gang-hyuk recognized this as the prelude to a charge and shouted a warning to the two of them.
Once the creature charged at the Spiked Barricades, they would unleash everything. But—
‘Will it really be all right?’
Could they stop a charging Bulldozer? If the barricade shattered instead of holding, what then? Should he have reinforced it more?
‘That thing smashed a concrete pillar. I was too careless in my planning.’
Uneasy about how hastily he’d prepared, Lee Gang-hyuk turned back to Seo A-rin and called out quickly.
“Seo A-rin, could you shield the barricade?”
“Of course! Aqua Barrier!”
“Burst Burn!”
As a shield of water wrapped around the barricade, Seo Hwa-rin summoned flames and layered them in front of it.
Again, to obscure the Bulldozer’s vision and attack it as it charged.
‘She’s reliable.’
Satisfied that Seo Hwa-rin could read his intentions without a word, Lee Gang-hyuk nodded and ordered Electric.
“Electric, Spark on the barricade!”
Crackle—!
As Spark infused the Aqua Barrier surrounding the barricade, the Bulldozer finished its foot-pounding and began its charge.
Crash—!
Heedless of the Fire Wall’s pressure, the Bulldozer kicked off the ground and charged through the wall of flames without hesitation.
Whoosh.
Slip—!
“Erk?”
Had it meant to destroy the wall of flames through sheer force?
The Bulldozer, which had braced itself for impact, simply passed through the Fire Wall and turned back in confusion, growling.
‘Its defense really is remarkable.’
Its skin was charred black from passing through the Fire Wall, yet the Bulldozer seemed relatively unharmed.
And simultaneously—
As Lee Gang-hyuk recalled the Bracelet made from the Bulldozer’s Core, which boosted stamina and strength, he finally understood its formidable defense. He shouted loudly.
“Attack!”
At Lee Gang-hyuk’s command, the Zombies armed with Bone Spears hidden behind the barricade attacked the bewildered Bulldozer.
The Bulldozer, momentarily distracted by the Fire Wall, allowed their assault.
But the ordinary Zombies’ attack power couldn’t pierce its thick hide.
If anything, the creature only grew angrier. It shrieked and began pounding its feet again.
“Gwaaaah!”
Thud! Thud! Thud!
“Aqua Field!”
Though she’d already laid down water once, the Fire Wall’s passage seemed to have negated it entirely, so Seo A-rin deployed Aqua Field again.
Writhe, writhe.
This time, Water Snakes were woven into the water itself—the pool moved continuously.
The determination to hinder the charging creature by any means was palpable.
‘Please.’line>
Let the plan work.

Lee Gang-hyuk didn’t use his own skills, watching carefully as the creature finished its foot-pounding.
Bang—!
“Gaaaaaaah!”
The Bulldozer finished its preparation and charged toward the barricade.
It seemed fixated on the Zombies that had attacked it.
“Erk.”
The moment it stepped forward to charge, it must have stepped on a Water Snake in the pool—it let out a strange cry.
But once a charge began, it couldn’t stop mid-stride. The Bulldozer pressed forward, treading on Water Snakes as it went.
A moment later—
As the Bulldozer stepped on the fifth Water Snake, its feet suddenly skated out from under it like someone on roller skates.
“Kyaaah!!”
Its body twisted, losing its center of gravity.
Skewed to one side, it crashed into the Spiked Barricade.
Thunk.
Crash—!
Despite the spikes being made thick, only one had lodged in the creature’s body.
But if even one spike had penetrated, he could reshape it and attack from within.
“Tactical Processing!”
The moment the spike embedded itself in the creature’s flesh, Lee Gang-hyuk used Tactical Processing to reshape the spike into a saw-tooth pattern.
If it tried to pull the spike out, its internal organs would be ground to pulp.
‘Surely its organs aren’t reinforced too.’
The worry was unfounded.
Based on his analysis of every Mutation Zombie he’d encountered so far, they each possessed only one enhanced trait.
Of course, the mother and child Zombies from the decoy base were different, but each had their own ability—singular to the individual.
So Lee Gang-hyuk reasoned that the Bulldozer’s inner organs would be weak, even if its external musculature was strong.
And his instinct proved correct. The moment the spike transformed into a saw-tooth pattern, the Bulldozer began to shriek in agony.
“Gwooooaaah!”
A cry of pain—distinctly different from its previous roars.
Perhaps because of that—
“Tactical Processing! Bone Sphere.”
Emboldened by the plan proceeding smoothly, Lee Gang-hyuk quickly reshaped the barricade into a Bone Sphere. Seo A-rin’s hand shot out urgently.
Splosh.
Rumble, rumble.
The moment she saw the Bone Sphere, she understood his intent immediately.
“Fire Wall!”
Next, Seo Hwa-rin deployed Fire Wall across the ceiling to avoid contact with the water, and the surging flames obscured the Bulldozer’s vision.
Since her attacks were useless against the Bulldozer, both Lee Gang-hyuk and Seo A-rin could focus entirely on attack while she concentrated on blocking its sight.
Crash—!
“Gaaaah!”
Thanks to her efforts, the Bulldozer couldn’t move freely and writhed in place.
Once the Bone Sphere reached the creature’s feet safely with their help, Lee Gang-hyuk used his skill again.
“Tactical Processing!”
Splash—!
Click.
Since its exterior was too hard, shaping it into spikes would be pointless. Instead, he formed Shackles to bind both its ankles.
“Gaaah!”
Crack, crackle.
He’d reasoned that the narrower its stride, the less force on the Shackles, but the Bulldozer’s strength far exceeded his expectations. The Shackles around its ankles groaned ominously as cracks spread.
“We have to attack before the Shackles break!”
“Water Ball!”
“Burst Burn!”
With the Bulldozer immobilized by the saw-toothed spike and the Shackles, they had to kill it now.
At Lee Gang-hyuk’s shout, Seo A-rin, Seo Hwa-rin, Electric, and Lim Jae-beom all activated their skills immediately.
Even as they did, Seo Hwa-rin aimed only at its head, wary of her skill interfering with the others.
Seo A-rin, Electric, and Lim Jae-beom naturally combined their skills, targeting the creature’s lower body.
“Dissolve Flesh!”
Lee Gang-hyuk targeted the spike-impaled area the others had neglected.
When all their skills connected, the Bulldozer shrieked in agony again.
“!!”
It was working.
The moment their attacks landed, all three of them gleamed with excitement and unleashed their skills in rapid succession.
“Gaaah!”
Whoosh—.
Bang.
The three pressed their relentless assault on their respective targets, but the Bulldozer had no intention of submitting quietly. It shattered the Shackles around its ankles and began pounding its feet.
Thud! Thud! Thud!
At that moment—
The ground beneath it cracked, and the creature suddenly plummeted through to the floor below.
The building’s structure couldn’t withstand its strength and collapsed entirely.
What he’d thought was merely a simple preparatory motion before charging—
had been powerful enough to collapse the floor itself.
When events deviated from the plan, Lee Gang-hyuk’s brow furrowed with irritation.
“Electric!”
But the annoyance was brief.
Lee Gang-hyuk turned to Electric to draw the Bulldozer back, now that it had abandoned the battlefield he’d prepared.
Pursuing it into the Basement would put them at too great a disadvantage.
His plan was to lure it back to the first floor, but even when Electric’s skill activated, the Bulldozer in the Basement only shrieked—it didn’t move.
“…….”
Was it trying to lure them down in turn?
‘It’s not intelligent enough for that… Wait. Could it be—?’
The moment doubt struck, his eyes caught on countless strips of flesh snagged on the saw-tooth spike.
Realization hit. The creature couldn’t move because part of its upper body had been severed by the saw-tooth spike—not because it was trying to lure them.
“Seo Hwa-rin!”
“Yes! Fire Wall! Flame Stream!”
Whoosh.
Whoosh.
Seo Hwa-rin, noticing the severed flesh at the same moment, didn’t hesitate. She approached the hole and began attacking the Bulldozer below.
“Guoooook!!”
The water on the floor would be gone by now. Fire Wall surged from precisely where the Bulldozer stood, engulfing it.
As the flames from Seo Hwa-rin’s hands were absorbed into the Fire Wall, the fire’s color began to shift.
“Burst Burn!”
Still feeling it wasn’t enough, Seo Hwa-rin used Burst Burn to amplify the Fire Wall’s intensity further.
“Water Ball!”
Seo A-rin, wanting to support her sister, sent six Water Snakes and a Water Ball down the hole.
Yet she still couldn’t resize her Water Snakes like Lim Jae-beom could—they flew down at their normal size.
One misstep and the Water Ball could dampen the Fire Wall’s power.
Just as worry struck, the Water Ball she’d sent collided with the Water Snakes mid-air, scattering like rain.
Splat.
Sizzle.
Waaaaah—!
The water droplets evaporated the instant they touched the Fire Wall, and with massive oxygen infused, the flames grew even more ferocious.
She’d learned by watching Lee Gang-hyuk use Lim Jae-beom to amplify the fire.
If they kept this up, the creature would die soon. Assured, Lee Gang-hyuk moved to assist with Dissolve Flesh, but—
The hole they’d created drew the attention of Zombies in the Basement. They climbed the stairs and charged up to the first floor.
Five in total.
Lee Gang-hyuk let out a soft laugh at the sight.
“Perfect timing. I needed reinforcements anyway. Corpse Control!”
Expending all his remaining Mana, Lee Gang-hyuk successfully subdued the Zombies and sent them downstairs.
To finish off the dying Bulldozer engulfed in flames.
Of course—
the effect was modest at best.
But the moment the Zombies he’d sent charged into the Bulldozer, fire spread across their bodies, and like adding fresh kindling, the Fire Wall’s power intensified.
Minutes passed.
The Bulldozer thrashed desperately, shrieking, but its severed portion couldn’t withstand the strain. Its internal organs spilled out.
“Dissolve Flesh!”
Recognizing the opportunity, Lee Gang-hyuk aimed Dissolve Flesh at the exposed organs.
“Kaaah—!”
Thud.
The creature let out one final wail, then went limp. The jump in Experience Points showed the Dissolve Flesh had stopped its heart.
‘Thank goodness.’
With the Bulldozer defeated without major losses, Lee Gang-hyuk was beginning to relax when—
Seo Hwa-rin and Seo A-rin both shouted at once.
“My level went up!”
“Oh! Mine did too!”
“Congratulations!”
At the news, Lee Gang-hyuk offered his congratulations with satisfaction.
After letting them enjoy their joy for a moment, he pointed upward.
“Now let’s head to the Laundromat and retrieve the Sewing Machine.”
“Yes!”
Having spent all his Mana, he deferred crafting an ornament from the Bulldozer’s Core to later and moved to secure their target—the Sewing Machine.

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