The Martial God Becomes a Necromancer and Conquers the Tower - Chapter 45

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Episode 45
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“Right then. And today, I have a new face to introduce to all of you.”
The chat erupted at my words.
-A new face?
-A new crew member??
-What else are you recruiting??
-The recruitment team’s working overtime lol
-Is this a new character release?
“That’s right. A new member. Bihalat, come on out.”
Whoooosh.
A new form rose slowly from my shadow.
It was a knight clad entirely in bone-white armor, fully armed from head to toe.
She wore a complete set of pristine bone crafted by the Bone Workshop, from skull to heel.
Breastplate, pauldrons, greaves, and a helm that covered her entire face.
The bone knight advanced with a heavy tread, armed without a single gap.
Within the helm, eyes of vivid cyan blazed with cold radiance.
“Let me introduce her. My lord’s new servant. Knight Bihalat.”
“I receive your acknowledgment and offer my respects.”
Bihalat knelt on one knee and bowed her head with formal courtesy.
Every movement bore the precision and dignity of a true knight.
-?!?!?!
-What the hell is that??
-A bone knight!!!
-But the style is insane???
-Full plate armor set plus helm omg
-Wait, is she female? Her voice sounds female?
The viewers were instantly blown away by Bihalat’s visual presence.
Well.
In full plate armor carved from pristine bone and wearing a helm besides.
This really did have the look of a final boss concept art from a game.
“I pulled some armor from the Bone Workshop and dressed her in it. What do you think? Pretty striking, right?”
-So she’s female? Female? Female?
-When’s the face reveal?
-Can’t you remove the helm? I’m curious
With so many viewers, the chat moved too fast to follow properly.
So I couldn’t quite make it all out, but I caught glimpses of questions about a female and her face.
Jesus.
Are they really causing a fuss now that a woman’s shown up?
“Her face? That’s for later. For now, let’s keep it secret for the aesthetic. Oh, and Heuk Gang and Baek Gang here have changed outfits too.”
I called forth Heuk Gang and Baek Gang next.
Whoooosh.
The two hopping corpses appeared on either side.
This time, they weren’t in the ragged, bare-chested undead garb from before.
They wore black and white Martial Robes that I’d picked up at the market.
Heuk Gang in black robes, Baek Gang in white robes.
The colors matched their names perfectly, clean and crisp.
“You’ve been wandering around half-naked for too long. It’s only proper that my guards dress decently.”
I couldn’t very well keep dragging corpses around naked forever.
Now Bihalat was fully armed in plate, and both Heuk Gang and Baek Gang wore proper robes.
My retinue was gradually taking on the appearance of a real military force.
“And. Four pallbearers. Their name is Ho Pung Hwan U.”
I’d learned that the Dimensional Tower shop—not just the marketplace—actually sold generic corpses too.
Male human bodies identical to the ones I’d received in the tutorial.
So I bought them.
Six pairs of twin corpses now in my possession.
I’d spent some time partially converting them to hopping corpses.
Once I finished with this floor, I planned to complete the full Zombification.
“Well. Introductions are done. Now let’s get to the main event, shall we?”
I leaned back against the Royal Throne and began to speak.
“We’re heading to the 3rd Floor today.”
-Finally the 3rd Floor!!
-Time Reaper’s conquering a new floor!
-What’s gonna show up on the 3rd Floor omg
I sent my will toward the Dimensional Tower System.
“Enter the 3rd Floor.”
A familiar message materialized before me.
[We propose to the Awakened One who has achieved three perfect clears:]
[Will you enter a floor composed of higher difficulty?]
“Oh. This showed up again?”
-There it is!!
-Hard Difficulty proposal!!
-Time Reaper obviously gotta go!
-Going normal would be weird lol
-Let’s go Hard Difficulty!!
“Yeah, I got a taste of Hard Difficulty yesterday, and Normal mode does feel a bit dull.”
I’ve already cleared Hard Difficulty on the 2nd Floor and picked up two Mythic Tier Rewards.
There’s no reason to go back to Normal mode now.
Besides, the rewards are far better on Hard Difficulty anyway, so there’s no reason not to.
“All right. Obviously going Hard Difficulty. I accept.”
The system responded to my will.
Whoooosh!
Light surged up from beneath my feet, and my vision shifted in an instant.
A new floor, a new map.
What scene awaited me on the 3rd Floor?
Just thinking about it, anticipation began to stir.
[You have entered the Hard Difficulty Dimensional Tower 3rd Floor Rescue Stage.]
[You must rescue a specific individual.]
[If the Awakened One dies or the rescue target dies, the 3rd Floor trial will fail.]
[You are limited to summoning ten Undead.]
[May fortune be with you.]
Whoooosh!
As the light faded, an entirely new landscape unfolded before me.
I remained seated on the Royal Throne, slowly surveying my surroundings.
I was positioned halfway up a steep Rocky Mountain—beneath me lay rough stones and barren earth, while desolate boulders jutted up all around.
And in the distance.
Far down the mountainside, a massive Stone Fortress loomed.
It was a formidable military stronghold, complete with tall walls and watchtowers.
“Hmm. What’s that all about?”
I squinted, studying the fortress.
But what was guarding it wasn’t human.
Prowling the walls were goblins, kobolds, and hordes of orcs.
Green-skinned monsters with grotesque faces were swarming the fortress, occupying it entirely.
“A monster fortress.”
From the atmosphere, this didn’t seem like a simple hunting ground.
As that thought crossed my mind, the chat exploded all at once.
-Wait, isn’t that a Rescue Stage???
-Why is a Rescue Stage appearing on the 3rd Floor????
-That’s supposed to only show up on Floor 10 and above??
-That’s the notorious hostage rescue map in the monster fortress
-Seriously they buried a Floor 10 difficulty in Floor 3, talk about rank stealing
-Even Time Reaper can’t do this
-With only 10 Undead, how are you supposed to take the fortress???
-Rescue Stages are hard maps even with full party composition
I could see the viewers spiraling into panic once again.
Well, gathering what they’d said, I got the gist of it.
There’s a hostage trapped inside that monster fortress, and rescuing them is the objective of this stage.
And apparently it’s a high-difficulty map that normally only appears on Floor 10 and above.
An arrow materialized above my head, pointing toward the fortress.
At least the system gave me a way to locate the target I need to rescue—I suppose I should be grateful for that.
“Well, this is strict, isn’t it?”
I chuckled to myself.
The Dimensional Tower, placing a 10th Floor map on the 3rd Floor—it was clear the system intended to make things brutally difficult.
Not that I minded. Difficulty made it interesting.
“Let me take stock of my current forces first.”
I began tallying the Undead I could mobilize.
Heuk Gang and Baek Gang.
And the newly arrived knight Bihalat.
Then there was Ho Pung Hwan U, the sedan carrier who hauled the Royal Throne.
Seven total.
Since the Undead deployment limit was ten, I had three more slots to use.
“But there’s one thing I need to clarify.”
The meaning of a ten-Undead limit was ambiguous.
Did it mean only the initial ten I summoned could be used?
Or could I resummon and replace one if it was destroyed?
The distinction mattered greatly for combat strategy.
“Only one way to find out.”
I summoned three additional walking corpses made from Hobgoblins.
That brought me exactly to ten.
“Heuk Gang. Destroy one of them.”
At my command, Heuk Gang moved without hesitation.
Crack!
Heuk Gang’s hand crushed the skull of one Hobgoblin corpse flat.
Now I had nine.
“All right. Now let me try summoning a new one.”
I attempted to summon another Undead immediately.
But then—
[You have reached your maximum Undead deployment limit.]
[No further summons are possible.]
“Ah. So that’s how it works.”
The summon was blocked.
That meant the ten I’d initially summoned were the cap, period.
Once destroyed, a slot remained empty forever.
This was hardcore mode indeed—every life precious, every loss permanent.
“I’ll need to deploy more carefully, then.”
Well, my army’s backbone was Heuk Gang, Baek Gang, and Bihalat anyway.
As long as I didn’t throw the others away recklessly, I’d be fine.
Besides—
Hiss… hiss… hiss…
Even now, Necromantic Power was flowing ceaselessly into the four Ho Pung Hwan U carriers, and the Zombification process continued apace.
A little more time, and they’d become Hopping Corpses—full combatants in their own right.
“Black and White Phantoms.”
I addressed the two Hopping Corpses before me.
“Yes, Your Majesty.”
“Yes, Your Majesty.”
Heuk Gang and Baek Gang bowed their heads in unison, their voices clear and distinct.
That was the moment.
My chat exploded.
-?!?!?!?!?!?!?!
-Wait, hold on???
-Did that corpse just speak???
-The black and white pair just talked!?
-A walking corpse can talk???
-What in the world is happening
-I didn’t just imagine that, right??
-A Hopping Corpse is speaking! It’s speaking!!
The viewers erupted all over again.
I suppose it made sense.
Until now, Heuk Gang and Baek Gang had been silent, taciturn characters.
So when they suddenly spoke, saying “Yes, Your Majesty,” the shock was warranted.
“Ah. These creatures here.”
I gestured lightly and spoke.
“From now on, they are the Black and White Immortals. Everyone understand? Their names aren’t Heuk Gang and Baek Gang anymore—they’re Heuk Mu-sang and Baek Mu-sang.”
Heuk Gang became Heuk Mu-sang, Baek Gang became Baek Mu-sang.
I’d crafted their selves after the Demonic Sect’s legendary Black and White Immortals, so it was only fitting to give them names to match.
The supporter chat exploded into a torrent of messages.

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