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My alter ego is becoming a big shot - Episode 6

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I laughed and realized the situation..

Actually, there was nothing to think about..

Hans died.

I couldn't reverse summon it because the connection was completely lost..

While meditating and trying out various skills, I learned a few more details about “Avatar.”.

If an avatar dies, it will be possible to regenerate it after a certain period of time..

The newly created avatar becomes a new entity with everything accumulated so far initialized..

The individual that died this time had only exercised hard for a few days, so I don't have any major regrets, but I couldn't help but feel a bitter taste in my mouth..

Now it was time to figure out the cause..

Why did Hans, who was in a safe village, die??

No matter how deeply you fell asleep, you didn't even realize you were dead.?

‘Well, if you think about it, it’s an obvious question..’

If it had simply been an external attack, it could have been detected somehow..

So what was the problem??

‘That old man···.’

I gritted my teeth without realizing it..

I thought I was lucky.

I only encountered one leopard in the dangerous forest and was able to kill it somehow. There was a small village nearby, and the chief I met there treated me kindly..

I was definitely complacent.

It was the first time we met in an unfamiliar land..

Just because you meet them in town doesn't mean they're harmless NPCs like they appear in the game..

But that doesn't mean we can't just be vigilant and sharpen our guard..

No matter what anyone says, wasn't this the one that went to this side first and owed it to them?.

‘What did you do? Was there some kind of drug in your drink? sleeping pills? But she didn't feel anything special until she fell asleep.···.’

He even shared the drink with the village chief, and even after a long time had passed, there was no special reaction..

Maybe I just misunderstood, or something unexpected happened.···.

match!

Instead of thinking about it that much, I slapped myself in the face and came to my senses..

Actually, the loss I suffered wasn't that big..

It was Hans' hard work for several days, the resulting food expenses, and the belongings that were lost after being sent with him..

Rather, it was a great achievement to be able to understand Avatar in more detail by losing Hans before suffering further losses..

But that doesn't mean I can't just think positively and be complacent forever..

Isn’t the danger of this world proven by the statistics that the average return rate is 20%?.

Even with what I experienced this time, if it wasn't for the avatar that crossed over, I would have died less than two days after going to this world and everything would have been over..

Now was the time to think about how to respond..

Should I send another avatar? Otherworld Transfer Jin also has a one-day cooldown, so it's impossible right now..

In the first place, I am reluctant to send it back to a place where I don't know what risks may remain..

Send it somewhere else? The only place that could be sent to the transmission line was where the previous avatar had passed..

Even though it is far from the village, it is still in the middle of a dangerous forest..

It was a time when I was worried and couldn't do this or that..

···I was reconnected with the avatar of another world..

***

The first thing I heard was the village chief's voice..

“Tsk... I thought he was a useful guy, but he turned out to be a complete mess..”

“That's right. Not only did he go through the forest of monsters alone, but he also seemed like he had some tricks up his sleeve..”

“At best, it's an Elite Skeleton. I guess my expectations were too high. Just two things.”

“yes. Master.”

The village chief's voice, who was talking to someone, became increasingly distant, and the sound of a door being locked was heard..

I must have been nervous without realizing it, so I relaxed my stiff body and sighed..

“Just—”

No, it was just my mood..

When I realized it, my stiff body did not relax and not even a sigh came out..

It was a moment when I slowly lowered my gaze and checked my body condition..

《The species value of the object has been changed to ‘Undead’. Acquire the special skill “Corrupt Heart”.》

I stared at the phrase that appeared before my eyes, then lowered my head again and looked at my body..

Here was a human skeleton model that I saw in the nurse's office when I was in school..

I took a closer look again. I lifted the arm bone and checked between the ribs..

and concluded.

‘I don't have a heart···?’

「“It’s a rotten heart.”?

I ended up complaining about the uniform naming that did not take into account the characteristics of the individual and settled the situation..

The village chief was a necromancer, and he murdered me and then resurrected my body as undead..

And 'Hans' became an elite skeleton, a moving skeleton..

-Entity Name: Hans

-Race: Undead (Elite Skeleton))

-Common Attributes: “Mind Herb”, “Super Recovery”」

-Object characteristics: “Corrupt Heart”, “Magic Affinity”」

-Special Note: Turned into undead using a forbidden technique. Immune to all negative effects, including death, poison, curses, and illusions. Mental contamination did not occur due to the influence of “Mind Herb”.

My head hurts. Maybe it's my mood because I don't have a brain..

Then, I soon stopped lamenting my situation and decided to start by understanding my surroundings..

I was just embarrassed by the sudden situation, but since the avatar was thought to be dead anyway, there was nothing to change..

As I looked around, I noticed a difference from before..

First of all, it was possible to see clearly even though it was in the dark without a ray of light..

No, should I say ‘seeing’ this?.

I tried putting a finger bone in the eye socket just to be sure..

Well, it was empty too.

I took my fingers out of my eye sockets and looked forward again..

Even though I had no eyeballs, I had no trouble seeing..

In addition, unlike humans who have a limited viewing angle due to the focus of their eyes, the entire frontal area facing the eye sockets was visible at a glance..

And I could feel the vitality around me..

Yes, I could clearly feel a rat going in and out of a hole in the back of my head..

Perhaps this is also one of the effects of “Corrupt Heart”.

After a quick check, it was a skill that included the characteristics of general 'undead', from resistance to mental attacks and cold, to undead infection and hatred of living beings..

‘I can filter out negative effects with “Mind Herb” so it doesn’t matter..’

It felt like the place I was in was a large underground warehouse..

I took a quick look around the old basement-like area and approached the place where I felt a rat..

‘Oh, what a surprise! What are these!’

There were undead like me lined up there..

There was a pile of junk in the middle, and I didn't notice it as I was standing motionless in the dark..

From zombies to skeletons holding bows or wearing armor..

As I was looking at it for a while, the rat I had felt earlier came out and approached a zombie..

Then, it bit off one of the dangling little toes and went back into the mouse hole..

‘Ugh... Disgusting···.’

While I was so fed up, the sight of zombies caught my eye and I took a closer look..

···There were not only adult men and women, but also the elderly and children..

‘These bastards can't believe it···.’

brought back memories.

The scenes I saw while walking around the village the next day after entering the village..

···There were no children anywhere.

And the biggest reason I thought it was a slash-and-burn village when I first saw it was the fields attached to the village..

As I walked around the village to help with work, I did not see a single person working in the fields..

At the time, I didn't know much about farming, so I ignored it.···.

‘These bastards ate an entire village and sat down.!’

I am shaken by their viciousness..

At the same time, I sighed as I was at a loss as to what to do..

‘Of course, I can't sigh. No, no more of this.!’

This entire village was like an enemy territory occupied by warlocks..

Judging by the fact that there are not only villagers but also undead who look like knights, they must be planning something by disguising themselves as an ordinary slash-and-burn village to deceive the surroundings..

I must have been a prey that got excited and rushed into the mouth of a monster without knowing that I was in it..

Now that I think about it, I think the questions the village chief asked were intended to figure out whether I was a person who would have no problems if I suddenly disappeared..

The one-day reprieve must have been a process to see if there would be any harm even if they caught and ate this guy..

‘How can I deal with these guys??’

When I realized that I had been killed and later found out that I had become undead, of course I was annoyed that I had been stabbed in the back, but I wasn't this angry..

However, thanks to the “Mind Hub,” the emotions were filtered out, so even though the shock wasn’t too great, I couldn’t help but feel uncomfortable seeing even the children sacrificed..

They went way beyond the line..

If you didn't know, you wouldn't know, but even if you knew, you couldn't just ignore it..

Above all, I am now undead, so I have nothing to lose.?

It would be nice if I could fuck the people who hit me in the back, but if I tried and it didn't work, there's nothing I can do..

‘First, let’s gather information first..’

Anyway, all I had left was time..

***

Over the next few days, I searched the basement warehouse where I was trapped..

Well, it was only about a day in Earth time..

It appears that there were originally two entrances, but one was completely collapsed and was unusable..

In fact, it should have been assumed that there was only one passage through which the village chief and his disciples came and went..

‘Wow, how many are there in total?.’

Next, I looked at the undead that were with me..

Most of the zombies seemed to be ordinary people like villagers, but there were quite a few skeletons heavily armed with all kinds of weapons..

About fifty zombies alone. There seemed to be three hundred skeleton soldiers, including the Skeleton Knight..

Squeak, squeak—

The sound of footsteps getting closer along with the sound of the door opening..

I immediately stopped my actions and stood blankly like the other undead..

Ever since I became undead and was trapped here, I could see that the village chief's disciples took turns coming down to check the warehouse every two to three days..

“Ugh, how long do I have to stay stuck in a mountain valley like this?.”

The person who was grumbling and looking around the warehouse was a face I had seen once while repairing a village fence together..

Did you say his name was Zephyr?.

For some reason, even back then, I thought I would get left out if I didn't work hard, but I guess I was a warlock's disciple..

“huh?”

He looked this way as if he sensed something strange..

‘Did you notice??’

My heart sank..

「There is nothing but a “corrupt heart”.

“Why is this here again? Anyway, there is no one doing their job properly except me. [Move over there..]”

For a moment, I felt a voice pounding through my skull and a force trying to force my body to move..

And I noticed it right away.

I can easily ignore it if I decide to do so..

But it wasn't time yet.

Instead of going against the force that tried to move my body as it pleases, I obediently went to the place where other skeletons were gathered and lined up..

“Well, there's nothing wrong. But we're the only ones here in the first place, so why bother checking every time? The old man is strict.”

Zephyr, who was checking things out while roughly waving his shining wand, soon grumbled and left the warehouse..

Squeak - Squeak

Even when I heard the door locking, I stood still for several hours and then moved cautiously..

There was no need to rush.

It was better to be careful and work hard at everything than to be caught off guard..

‘For ‘Hans’, time was in abundance..

And this time there was one big gain..

The power I felt when Zephyr controlled my body.

It was a very familiar force..

Because it was the same force that moved my body right away..

The mechanism for moving the body of this undead was different from that of ordinary living creatures..

Isn’t the body without muscles to begin with?.

The power flowing through my body right now. The so-called ‘black magic’ caused all kinds of actions on behalf of sense organs and muscles..

I guess this is also the basic effect of “Corrupt Heart”.

And I, who possessed “magic affinity,” was able to imitate the new use of this power that I felt with my own body..

‘How to control other undead.’

Coincidentally, there were over hundreds of undead left around me..

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