The Saint Who Levels Up Through Necromancy

[Translator - Hestia]

[Proofreader - Kaya]

Chapter 113: The Defiler

An undead that, in appearance, is not much different from a zombie.

If it weren't for the divine power swirling around its hand, he might have overlooked it.

Yoojin infused the body of the newly awakened undead with spirit power.

'Physical function is reduced by 63%. I didn't completely resolve the backlash.'

Despite taking various measures before using necromancy, he couldn't avoid damaging the body.

Well, it's okay.

What's important is that he succeeded in resurrecting it as an undead while avoiding interference from the Star Cluster or Constellation.

'Next to look at is...'

The paths of divine power cleared by mithril, spirit iron, and spirit power.

Since it would be troublesome if spirit power clashed with divine power, he carefully manipulated the power and checked the condition of the deceased.

'The divine power residing in the body has stabilized.'

The power that revives the deceased's body and, furthermore, gives it the power to move is spirit power.

The undead he just created was different.

The power that controls the body is divine power, the source of a priest.

He checked the status window, and saw divine power displayed instead of mana.

〔Have you finally succeeded!〕

'It's too early to pop the champagne.'

Divine power, which is less efficient than spirit power.

If the ability of an ordinary undead created with [Raise Undead] is 100.

The deceased, raised based on divine power, possesses specs that are only at the level of 30 or 40.

'At this level, you can't even use basic-level divine magic.'

It will require several adjustments to function properly.

Yoojin thoroughly inspected the inside and outside of the revived deceased's body and supplemented the lacking parts.

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The 15th attempt.

The rearranged spirit power slowly permeates the priest's body.

The two contrasting energies did not collide and circulated through the corpse, injecting new power into the stiff body.

⋯⋯⋯

[Divine Zombie]

Race: Undead

Grade: ★★

◎ Stats

Strength: 30 / Agility: 22 / Constitution: 35 / Resilience: 21 / Divine Power: 441

◎ Traits

▷ Immortal Existence [C+] / Reversal [C+]

◎ Skills

▷ Unholy Blessing [D] / Life Drain [D] / Punishing Spike [D]

⋯⋯⋯

His hands trembled slightly.

An existence that achieved 9 Star and reached the realm of transcendence.

It was the moment when a divine undead, something even the 8th Monarch recognized by the system, the Immortal King, had failed to achieve, was completed.

＊ ＊ ＊

[Undead possessing divinity are beings not recorded in the history of the Pantheon.]

[Your achievement spreads throughout the universe.]

[This achievement is recognized as a rule of the world. The Constellations presiding over this concept are affected by the new rule.]

Just as Yoojin was thinking that he had created a proper 'Undead with Divinity'.

As if waiting for it, the system voice displayed countless messages.

‘How noisy.’

At this moment, he only wanted to savor the results of research that he couldn't even achieve before the regression.

〔Contractor!!!!〕

'Why are you making such a fuss?'

〔Have you seen it? Your actions have not only twisted the rules of the world but have also been recognized as a new truth!〕

Ah.

The system was talking about rules anyway.

'So what about it?'

〔Don't you still understand? What you've done this time is enough to twist the ■■■ ■■■ of ■■■...〕

Kronos's thoughts were garbled.

Static noise swallowed all the rest of the words.

'What were you trying to say?'

〔Ummm. This... is the world's power of restraint.〕

'Power of restraint?'

〔It refers to the rules beyond that which are not allowed to you.〕

It's like stopping in the middle of taking a dump.

Cutting off words in the middle.

Just as Yoojin was about to grumble and curse.

⋯⋯⋯

[The One who covers death takes an interest in you.]

[The affluent Father observes you with incredulous eyes.]

[The Master of Abydos slowly chews over the revised new rules.]

…….

Countless stars hanging above the sky shone brightly on Yoojin.

It's not that stars actually appeared in the daytime.

It was a phenomenon that occurred as the presence of the great beings registered in the Pantheon, the Constellations, cast upon Yoojin.

〔These… These shameless beings!!!!〕

Kronos roared.

Their blatant interest was an act of ignoring Yoojin's patron, and at the same time, the Constellation who appointed him as a saint, the Heaven-Defying Giant.

[The Master of Abydos sneers at the Heaven-Defying Giant.]

[The affluent owner feels familiarity with the Heaven-Defying Giant and is puzzled.]

[The One who covers death ignores him.]

Coincidentally, the Constellations who took an interest in Yoojin were all beings related to death.

Undead are existences that deviate from the natural order of 'death'.

It's only natural that Constellations related to death would take an interest.

'In my previous life, those old men looked at me with contempt, saying that I was disrupting the natural order.'

Was it only like that before the regression?

Even after turning back time, when he went to the Pantheon for the first time, he was despised by them.

The fact that such beings have completely changed their attitude even gave him a sense of exhilaration.

〔Contractor!〕

'Why are you calling me like that?'

〔It would be troublesome if you send me beyond the River of Oblivion!〕

‘Tsk. For someone who was once the King of the Titan-Gods, he's so faint-hearted.’

Even if he worried that much, Yoojin couldn't receive sponsorship from other Constellations besides Kronos.

It's not that there are no hunters who receive sponsorship from multiple Constellations.

However, if he adds another patron, a 'channel' will be connected, and the possibility of Kronos being exposed increases.

'If it's revealed that the Heaven-Defying Giant is Kronos, it will be troublesome.'

Let's think about who dethroned Kronos.

Zeus.

The ruler of the Olympus Star Cluster and the God of the Sky.

He is also the guardian of the Karamanlis clan, one of the Seven Great Clans.

If Kronos, who has fallen to a Fallen Star, were to regain his divine authority, would he just stand by?

If he found out, he might even issue an oracle to the Karamanlis clan to kill Yoojin.

Even so.

'It wouldn't be bad to receive the blessing of another Constellation on this occasion.'

〔Contractor!!〕

'Well, let's see what our Constellation does.'

〔Keeeuk.〕

‘It's okay to tease him a little, isn't it?’

He used the sponsorship of the Constellations as an excuse to discipline Kronos.

With a smirk of satisfaction, he meticulously examined the undead with divinity.

'There are two things to pay attention to.'

Traits and skills.

[Reversal]

Possesses the divinity of the Heaven-Defying Giant. Mana (Spirit Power) is converted into Divine Power, and some divine magic can be learned.

The body does not collapse even when exposed to divine power.

Is it because it was made with Kronos's holy water?

A trait that seems to be taken from the Constellation name [The Heaven-Defying Giant] has been added.

'It's a trait I didn't see before the regression.'

〔Does it seem useful in your eyes?〕

'It's good. Quite good.'

Skills or armaments based on divine power are natural enemies of the undead.

It's twice as fatal as fire, which is a vulnerable attribute.

The reason why this weakness hasn't been exploited until now is that the job of a necromancer is not publicly known.

'Because of the battle with the Rakshasa Guild, the benefit of information is over.'

In the future, when targeting his territory, they will equip themselves with divine attribute equipment or mobilize a large number of Priests.

Undead with divinity will become a sharp dagger that stabs the enemy's blind spot.

'The second is a skill, but... it's all stuff I know.'

[Unholy Shock Shield] or [Memento] seemed not to have been passed down because their level was higher.

Looking at the information of each skill, there was one more difference.

'Life Drain has been nerfed.'

The ability to convert the absorbed life force into stats has disappeared.

‘Yeah, that option was a bit of a cheat.’

〔Do you now realize how great the grace I have bestowed upon you is?〕

'Your Majesty's boundless grace is truly overwhelming.'

〔My dear. Do not forget the feeling you just had and keep it in a corner of your heart.〕

‘Yeah, yeah.’

Anyone who sees him would think he's got his foot on fire.

[You have created an undead in a new way not recorded in the Library of Knowledge.]

[Undead Creation - Zombie Possessing Divinity]

[A great achievement that transcends the user's realm! This knowledge is recorded in the Library of Knowledge.]

'The name is a bit... lacking.'

The first Priest Undead he created.

A name like 'Zombie Possessing Divinity' is a bit bland, isn't it?

As a deceased who opened a new horizon in necromancy, he should give it a plausible name.

Yoojin fiddled with his chin.

'Unholy Zombie? That's too direct. Ah, isn't there something plausible?'

〔Defiler. Isn't 'one who defiles' good?〕

'Oh. That's good. Our Majesty. You put some thought into it, I see.'

A name Kronos threw out casually.

It's a word that is catchy and stylish.

Without further thought, he decided on the recommended name as the undead's 'name'.

[The Defiler's creation method is registered in the Library of Knowledge.]

＊ ＊ ＊

The research didn't end even after creating the Defiler.

〔Do you intend to increase the level of completion?〕

'No. This is the best I can do with my current level.'

More mithril.

And white stones were needed to attempt a performance upgrade.

It's excessive to invest that much in a low-level undead like the Defiler.

〔I'm curious about the research topic.〕

'It's about strengthening the undead with holy water.'

The power granted by Kronos is different from ordinary divine power.

In terms of wavelength alone, it was close to spirit power.

Divine magic was applied to the undead without any penalties.

Rather, in the case of [Unholy Blessing], it even inflicts debuffs on the living.

〔Ho ho. You've been thinking about it in many ways.〕

'I checked the efficacy of the holy water thanks to this guy.'

Basic-level undeads like skeletons and zombies.

Lower-level but enhanced undead like Revenants and Skeleton Warriors.

Magic-type undead like Skeleton Mages.

In addition, even Yoojin's special original undead, which were not in the [Library of Knowledge], were used as experimental subjects.

- Zombie: Acquired divine resistance.

- Skeleton: No change.

- Armored Series: Defensive power weakened as holy water permeated. Instead, a repair option was added.

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The experiment's difficulty was quite high.

For each undead, he had to engrave part of the spirit iron and the reinforcement circuit, add a mana path that didn't overlap with the spirit power, and make the divine power flow.

If even a slight error occurred, the divine power and spirit power would react.

'Even so, data has been steadily accumulating.'

〔It doesn't look very useful, though?〕

'It will all be useful later.'

Data accumulated while strengthening low-level undead.

Right now, the results compared to the investment aren't very good, but it will be useful when modifying more powerful undead later.

It's not like he only had fruitless attempts.

[The Revenant has discovered a new power source.]

[Divine power acts as the heart of the Revenant.]

A higher-level entity created by modifying a Revenant.

The undead created by weaving together the corpses of low-level dragons, the Revenant, had a good affinity with divine power.

[All stats of this entity increase by 50%.]

[The power of the Cursed Fang skill increases by 100%, and spirit power consumption decreases by 50%.]

[The 'immature' disappears from the Trait - Immature Guardian (C+).]

A trait that is a disadvantage to the application of dark energy.

The option that was attached as a penalty for forcibly crossing the 'wall' has disappeared.

At this level, it's fair to say that it has power exceeding a mid 5 Star and reaching the beginning of 5 Star.

'Mass-producing Revenants strengthened with holy water isn't a bad idea.'

Conveniently, there is also a temple capable of producing holy water on Yeonpyeong Island.

It is a good option to produce and strengthen Revenants whenever he has time and bring them over.

Large undead created in the Necropolis are also powerful forces.

However, because of their large size, they lack delicate parts.

Revenants strengthened with holy water were perfect for the role of elite soldiers.

〔But the materials are all used up.〕

'That's right.'

Continuing the research on making Defilers and strengthening undead with holy water, he used up all the materials he brought.

To use up this much in less than three weeks.

It was a bit excessive.

Was he too excited about the achievements he couldn't even achieve before the regression?

'Well, it's probably time to check in on the mainland anyway.'

〔Trying to cover up your lack of progress, are you?〕

'Okay, okay, maybe I got a little carried away. But now that I'm on a roll, how about we push a little further?'

[Hooo. Easy there, contractor.〕

On the day of the third week since entering the island.

Yoojin boarded the speedboat that regularly came to the island and returned to the mainland.

[Translator - Hestia

[Proofreader - Kaya]