My Alter Ego’s Path to Greatness - Chapter 7

Undead (2)

Another week passed in the warehouse.

“Ta-dad-dak!” Ta-da-da-da-da-da-!”

‘Ahh—I can’t eat it—!’

The idea and method were not wrong.

There was also Garak who used “Avatar” and was able to successfully move the undead after much trial and error.

Scribble—

I sat down and blankly watched a zombie dancing around in front of me, flailing its limbs.

Yes, all I could move was one zombie.

The total amount of ‘black magic’ in my body was ridiculously low to control multiple undead.

Even though all but the minimum strength needed to maintain the body was scraped together, the weakest zombie was the limit.

Well, even if they are elite, they are at most skeletons.

It wasn’t a commander to begin with, much less could it use magic.

Perhaps due to its “magic affinity,” it absorbed the surrounding energy over time, increasing its amount, but this growth rate was unbelievable.

‘If I were a skeleton wizard, I wouldn’t have to worry about this.’

It was a time when I was lamenting meaninglessly and struggling to come up with something different.

“Squeak—”

A now-familiar rat was seen crawling over to where the skeletons were standing and gnawing on their toes.

‘That guy is also very diligent… Wait? ‘Maybe this?’

As I was watching this, my eye sockets glowed, I quietly got up from my seat and slowly approached the rat, which was busy grinding its teeth.

***

The only undead I could move was a zombie.

But the zombies standing here are of no help to the current situation.

So what zombies are there that can be helpful?

“Squeak—squeak—!”

I quietly looked down at the rat writhing between my finger bones.

He was unusually quick-witted for a guy who had lived a carefree life in an affluent environment.

I thought I could easily catch it when I was off guard, but it noticed and ran away before I could get close, so I had to fight hard.

They blocked the mouse holes and even used ‘life detection’ to throw themselves together with the zombies.

‘Just when I thought I had caught it by attacking it with my entire body, I was so shocked to see it slipping through my ribs.’

In the end, the rat was attacked by zombies in the direction it was running away from and was barely able to catch it.

Thanks to the practice of quickly changing the control target unintentionally, my undead control ability further improved.

‘sorry. I will not forget your sacrifice. ‘Alfred.’

A finger bone containing ‘black magical power’ was inserted into the lower jaw of the arbitrarily named rat.

The tip of the finger bone, which had become sharp after becoming undead, was deeply embedded.

Alfred, who was struggling, slowly stopped moving, but did not remove his fingers and continued to inject ‘black magic’ into his small body.

And… the body that had stopped began to wriggle again.

I carefully placed Alfred on the ground and concentrated on watching him spin around.

‘Is it because I infected it myself and it is a small organism? It seems much easier to control and the connection is smoother.’

Now I have a great colleague.

Let’s export it the next time the door opens.

***

The opportunity came soon.

Squeak, squeak—

“Ah— It’s annoying. bothered. “Why do I have to do this every time?”

Coincidentally, the person on duty who came into the warehouse this time was Grumpy Zephyr.

Before he came in and closed the door, he let Alfred, who had been waiting in the corner of the entrance, escape.

Because he was inattentive, he didn’t even know what was passing under his feet and was busy grumbling like always.

“Really, we’ll see later. “I’ll take care of that old man later…”

Alfred left the bumbling man behind and carefully moved to the shade.

The way I controlled Alfred was different from the way Jeffy controlled me.

Perhaps because they are the same undead and because they used the same method as the “Avatar,” the connection became stronger, making it possible to share sensations to some extent.

It’s not as perfect as Avatar, but it’s enough to gather information.

Alfred wandered around diligently, but unfortunately, he didn’t get much information.

There is only a road leading to what appears to be another warehouse and a passage that appears to lead outside.

The only thing I wasn’t sure about was…

Of course, it was because all the doors were closed so I couldn’t check.

‘Oh, if you do this, I’ll leave. Well, it must be a secret place, but there’s no way you can go outside just by going through the door.’

But I had a helper, Jeffy, who helped me whenever I was in trouble.

“I really am not a talented person who should rot in a place like this. “Because things without power are only relying on their backs…”

Just then, I saw Zephyr, who had glanced around the warehouse I was in, coming out into the passage.

Alfred moved carefully behind him in the shadows.

Jeffy was constantly grumbling as he walked down the path to another warehouse.

‘Isn’t that guy even tired? Anyway, what’s in the warehouse over there? ‘Other undead?’

Clang—

As he opened the cellar door and entered, Alfred quickly followed him in.

The guy who had been talking non-stop about what was inside this warehouse quietly began to look inside this time.

No, actually, I found out about it naturally as soon as I entered here.

Why is that guy doing that?

‘here is…?’

The inside was full of undead, but their presence could not be clearly felt.

Because there was something in the center of the warehouse that gave off a truly overwhelming presence.

‘…What on earth is there?’

Alfred, who was just a zombie rat, couldn’t even go nearby to check.

It felt instinctive.

If you even get close, everything will be robbed by ‘that’.

I hid near the entrance and thought about it while waiting for Zephyr, who was looking inside with a serious look that I had never seen before.

‘That’s what they want.’

I was surrounded by undead, so I couldn’t tell what they were doing or their purpose.

Isn’t it natural to first look at what bad guys do with a view to sabotage them?

‘Let’s wait and see the situation a little more first. ‘Because ‘Jeffie Chance’ is not over yet.’

After looking around and checking something, he quickly left the warehouse.

“Wow, I really feel drained every time I go in there. “How did I really…” I

followed the guy who slowly started the engine again and headed towards the door leading outside.

The door there didn’t have the usual locks I’d seen so far.

Ugh—

When Zephyr placed his palm on it, a strange pattern appeared and the door swung open.

‘Oh, if I do this, I can’t just leave, right?’

After being embarrassed for a moment, I quickly followed him out the door.

“Oh, are you out? Good work.”

“okay. I really feel drained every time I go there. When does ripening end? “Did you hear anything?”

In front of the door, there was a young man sitting at a desk doing something.

Like Zephyr, he was a guy who visited the warehouse regularly.

He was probably guarding the entrance to the passage.

“Well, won’t it be soon? These days, Master is there every day to check. “He couldn’t come today because he had to communicate with his superiors.”

“Okay, I want to finish it quickly and get out of here. “I’m sick of ‘Fragments of the Immortal King’ and all that.”

“That goes for me too. “I have to check the warehouse where it’s located every day.”

I eagerly cheered for Jeffy, who hid Alfred in the shadows under the desk and listened to his story, helping him again.

“Hey, but isn’t it funny that we’re guarding it here like this? “This door has a barrier surrounding not only the building but also the entire village. Who could sneak in here?”

“Well, just in case. “There’s nothing you can do about it, right?”

“What if? As long as you’re alive and breathing, there’s no way you can avoid this multi-layered barrier, right? “Wouldn’t it be better if it were a corpse?”

Jeffy, who was chuckling, quickly left the place, saying he was going to take a rest.

‘If you get to know him, wouldn’t he be a good guy? ‘If anyone saw me, they would think I was intentionally trying to help.’

In any case, to this extent, the operation name ‘Rat Listens to What I Say at Night’ was a great success.

I thanked Jeffy for his cooperation and quietly left the building.

It was night outside, so I was able to move around more comfortably.

Alfred crossed the length and breadth of the village through the darkness of the night.

Most of the buildings were closed, but Alfred used his expertise to find small mouse holes and succeeded in infiltrating.

However, there was no information beyond what was obtained through Zephyr.

As for income, does that mean that the number of them was around 40, and most of them were not warlocks but their minions?

It was a time when I was moving around, satisfied with a decent harvest.

Phew—!

A black thorn rising from the ground pierced Alfred’s body.

“Hmm… I tried to do something, but it turned out to be a rat.”

The voice of the village chief, or rather the warlock Malcolm, was heard.

‘Damn you got caught?’

“Undead? I can’t feel the energy of black magic… Is this an entity naturally created by black magic? “Where did this come from?”

As Malcolm approached, I quietly disconnected from Alfred.

‘You haven’t noticed my presence yet. Slowly… naturally so that no abnormality can be detected.’

“It’s strange that your body is full of dark magic. I don’t think it was caused by magic. Where did you get exposed to so much dark magic?…”

In the blurred connection, I could hear Malcolm pause and sigh in frustration.

“There is only one place here that is full of dark magic. “So, the person in charge of the warehouse today was Zeraf.”

Jeffy, I helped you a lot, but I’m sorry!

Wow!

***

The connection is completely lost.

I could see that Alfred had been completely destroyed by Malcolm.

Today, we took a moment of silence to remember Alfred, who performed admirably and died heroically.

‘Alfred. I will definitely get revenge. ‘Watch from there!’

Alfred’s enemy is Malcolm. I decided that way.

I tried to ignore the prickling conscience and organized the information I had gained this time.

‘Zephy’s real name is Zeraf.’

Well, that was useless information.

‘What they want is the ‘Fragment of the Immortal King’ that is maturing in the warehouse next door, and Malcolm is watching over it with affection. Undead are not affected by the barrier.’

It didn’t matter what they wanted to do with the ‘Fragment of the Immortal King’.

I just did my best to screw them over.

‘I think everything will work out if I just get rid of Malcolm…’

Well, it depends on how you make it, right?

‘Wait… Alfred’s enemy!’

***

Zeraf was in a bad mood.

I’m annoyed that I was on duty at the warehouse yesterday, but I got ripped off by my teacher because I didn’t manage it properly.

‘Who would have thought that a rat would crawl out of there!’

It was unfair.

Due to disciplinary action due to negligent management, he was left in charge of the warehouse every day for a while.

Hu Yan, who guarded the entrance that day, was punished by guarding the entrance for the same period.

‘Dirty world! How can a person without a backbone live in such sorrow? And what a big deal it is that a rat crawls out! ‘You sound like a damn old man.’

Zeraf couldn’t spit it out like usual and just suppressed his anger inside.

I was anxious here because I didn’t know when my teacher would suddenly attack me.

Clap! Squeak—boom!

Zeraf, who was almost running, nervously opened the warehouse door and entered inside without hesitation.

And as soon as I closed the door, instead of just passing by like usual, I turned on the light and took a look.

“there! It stuck out! [Line up properly!] You idiots!”

I shouted in frustration at the skeletons lined up in a row.

“what? Why is this happening again? hey! [Stand upright!]”

He shouted at the zombie who was standing at an angle with one of his ankles cut off.

However, when he stumbled and failed to follow his commands properly, he immediately rushed at him and started kicking him.

“Oh, you think I’m funny too? uh? Not doing it right! [Stand upright!]”

Zeraf, who was huffing and puffing out his anger for a while, soon stopped kicking and looked around.

Everyone here absolutely obeys their orders.

I was satisfied.

This was the world that became right.

He looked down, looked disapprovingly at the still staggering zombie, and then quickly moved on.

“huh? Who is this? “Aren’t you that arrogant guy back then?”

Then I spotted a familiar figure.

Geraf chuckled and walked up to the still standing zombie and nudged its shoulder with his staff.

“Hey, try again what you said back then. huh?”

The zombie, who appeared to be a man in his early twenties, did not react in any way and just shook when touched.

“Why aren’t you saying anything? aha! I actually pulled out my tongue! “Tsk tsk tsk tsk.”

Zeraf twisted his face and smiled.

Have you been feeling stressed out and couldn’t find a good outlet?

“Whew—that was a good time. “When we hunt down the village guys one by one.”

Pow! puck!

He kicked the zombie and muttered like a madman.

“You, in particular, were particularly noisy. Talking arrogantly. What did you say then? “Did I say I won’t leave you alone if you mess with my family?” A small sound of teeth grinding came from

somewhere

, but Zeraf, immersed in his own world, could not hear it and continued to mock his opponent.

“Giggle, I put special effort into you. “The expression on his face as he watched his family cry in front of him was truly a work of art.”

He vented his stress towards the zombie and recalled the scene at that time.

The eyes of a young man who was overpowered by the undead, had his tongue pulled out, and was glaring at himself with bloody tears.

Recalling the thrill he felt at that time, Zeraf twisted his mouth.

“But what are you going to do? I am standing here alone, leaving the family I wanted to protect so much…”

Kwajik—!

Blood splattered out with an eerie sound.

Suddenly, a skeleton came up behind him without any sign, grabbed one of Zeraf’s shoulders and head, and bit the back of his neck.

“Kuh—! “What is this?!”

The magic barrier that was always around was broken by the sudden attack.

But thanks to that, I was able to avoid turning my head momentarily and having my neck completely ripped off.

Pow!

Zeraf immediately radiated black magic from his entire body and shook off the skeleton hanging on his back.

Then, he covered the bleeding wound with one hand and quickly backed away to check on the attacker.

“Skeleton? Why is this suddenly happening?”

But there was no time to panic.

Because the skeleton that had fallen backwards got up and started running again.

“Ugh…[Stop!][Stop!]”

The skeleton ignored Zeraf’s command as if it couldn’t hear and pounced.

Although he was ambushed and injured in a completely unexpected situation, Zeraf was also a warlock in name.

Seeing that the opponent was undead, I reflexively used commands, but even if it didn’t work, there were plenty of ways to respond.

If only the opponent was the skeleton in front of you.

Quack—

The moment I was about to use magic, something entered my mouth and I felt an intense pain in my throat.

Before he knew it, a zombie had come up behind him and was sticking his hand into Zeraf’s mouth and biting the back of his neck on the other side.

The fatal attack made without a magical barrier distracted me and the magic I was preparing was cancelled.

Zeraf, who was in a panic, soon made eye contact with dead, unfocused eyes.

It was the zombie he had been laughing at just a moment ago.

The eyes were glaring, saying that they would not leave him alone until the moment of death.

Discharge of magical power was not a skill that could be used in succession, and the skeleton ahead was now running right in front of us with its mouth wide open.

Fear filled Zeraf’s eyes.

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