Chapter 115 – 115. Joining the Younger Brother (2)
After giving Song Jang the magic stone of her, he let her into the room where her younger sister was locked up.
We were told that it would take some time to gain control over our younger brother and to strengthen him with magic stones, so in the meantime, we gathered some things to take with us.
It was mainly daily necessities and food that my father had saved with Seongho. Moreover, he packed a lot of portable generators, chainsaws, and motorcycles, so there was quite a lot to bring into the base.
“First of all, it’s too late today, so let’s stay here for a night and go straight to Busan tomorrow morning.”
“Okay.”
“Then, let’s have a quick meal and rest. “Father, have you got any water?”
“Uh, I left it outside. Just boil it and use it.”
Fortunately, my father had a large rubber basin filled with water. There’s also a blue water tank in the warehouse, so I’ll have to put it all in a compressed water tank before I leave.
‘First of all, I’ll take some water here that I can use in a hurry, and later on I’ll go down and get some water from the Nakdong River.’
As I looked back, I remembered that Saeyeon had said that there was not enough water.
As I conquered the 3rd floor of the Warlock’s workshop and found a water tank, I need to get about 5 tons into the compressed water tank. Later, when winter began, even the sea froze over, so it was necessary to stock up on water before everything froze.
‘I need to quickly collect water and magic stones, and I also need to enter the infinite labyrinth I got last time… But I’m busy.’
The full-blown disaster hasn’t even started yet, but I’ve been really busy. Rather, they must be this busy because a full-blown disaster hasn’t started yet.
Maybe now is the busiest time. You have to lay the groundwork now to be able to survive in the future.
Yes, this is a kind of preparation period. It is a period to gather as many resources as possible and recruit colleagues before the night and winter begin in earnest.
If you don’t spend this time busy, it will be difficult to guarantee your future survival. You will be left with only terrible choices: go crazy at the call of a strange being, become livestock for vampires, or commit suicide.
“Now that I think about it, it’s time for you to teach yourself some skills. “I said in the morning that I would give it to you today, right?”
“Oh..! Finally.!!”
I gave Kang Ji-yeon’s biological father a C-level physical enhancement that I had received in advance. If you receive 2, you will immediately be level B, so I only accepted 1. There is no need to give him a high grade since he will be a worker at the base anyway.
‘No, but there are only 15 body enhancements included.’
Of the 20 skills, 15 were body strengthening. Isn’t this a bit too much? Even though physical strengthening is a basic skill, 20 awakened people were killed, and 15 of them were duplicates.
‘Rather good.’
It might be better since you can quickly advance to S rank.
Even with 15, I had 14 left over even after giving one to Lee Do-hyung, so I was able to use 4 to strengthen my body to S level and use the remaining to make another S level to raise it to SS.
Even then, there are two left.
“By the way, mom…”
We gave Kang Ji-yeon’s parents C-level physical enhancements, but we can’t give that to my mother. I passed on to her mom her her her her her her her her B-level skill her her her, cooking.
This is a skill that can give random effects to all types of dishes except grilling. If you mess up your cooking, it becomes poisonous, so it was a unique skill that could make poison if you deliberately ruined it. Depending on how it is used, it can be used as a buff or as an attack weapon.
“Inho. Are you okay..?”
“Yes? Ah. Yes. Are you okay. And this isn’t my blood. Those bastards are bloody.”
“Whew.. I’m glad. “Don’t push yourself too hard, Inho.”
“Yes, Mom. And Seongho… It’ll be okay. I will definitely find a way to revive it.”
Mom hugged me tightly. She must have been very anxious waiting for me and her father all day today. She must find a way to bring Seongho back to life as soon as possible.
Afterwards, we each wash up and eat ramen. After a light dinner, the night got deeper.
Mother and father sat in front of Seongho’s room and waited for the invoice to come out. I sat by the window and decided to check out the skills I hadn’t properly checked yet.
‘First, make your body strengthening to S level..’
I acquired 4 physical enhancements to level A and combined them with the existing physical enhancements.
[Body Strengthening (S)]
[Effect: For each survival level, you gain 1 additional ability point to all stats.]
[Handicap: Stacks only up to 100 times.]
“This is it.”
With this, I was able to continue to get the effect of stat increases until I hit survival rating 100.
To be honest, I’m not sure when I’ll be able to reach survival level 100 in the current situation, but if I keep taking care of small things, I’ll become stronger.
‘What’s left… ‘
I received everything. Since the physical enhancements did not overlap anyway, I decided to apply all the physical enhancements I could receive to make it SS level.
[Body Strengthening (SS)]
[Effect: For each survival level, you gain 2 additional ability points to all stats.]
[Handicap: Stacks only up to 100 times.]
‘It turned.’
For each survival level, you get an additional 2 points to all stats. Skill efficiency has doubled. This is truly extreme reinforcement.
‘The power in my fist is different from before. I feel like I can do anything now..’
Stats were pumped. In addition, if you hold the Demon Demon’s long sword, you can have crazy stats with a 2x physical ability bonus.
In fact, there are probably only a few guys who can harass me with simple physical abilities anymore. Extreme reinforcement has been achieved.
Of course, you will still die if you get shot in the head, but shooting a gun in a fist fight is against the law.
‘Other skills.’
The two skills that we checked earlier, excluding increased immunity, increased vitality, and cooking cost.
[Quality maintenance (B)]
[Effect: Registers one item and maintains durability at a constant level.]
[Handicap: If you cancel registration, the registered item will be destroyed immediately.]
[Penalty: Each time you register an object, you will vomit 0.5 liters of blood. You will become anemic for two days.]
[Evasive Counterattack (C)]
[Effect: Damage increases rapidly when avoiding melee attacks and counterattacking.]
[Handicap: You must strongly think about using an evasive counterattack for the ability to activate.]
[Penalty: After using it 10 times, one nail will fall out. When using a skill, weapon durability decreases quickly.]
‘Oh..’
Quality maintenance and evasion counterattack were obtained. Evasive Counterattack was a skill I had previously acquired, so I was able to strengthen it right away.
[Evasive Counterattack (B)]
[Effect: Damage increases rapidly when avoiding melee attacks and counterattacking.]
[Handicap: You must strongly think about using an evasive counterattack for the ability to activate.]
[Penalty: After using it 100 times, one nail will fall out. When using a skill, weapon durability decreases quickly.]
As the grade increases by one, the penalty for losing a fingernail after using it 10 times has increased to 100 times. At this point, you can use it with peace of mind.
‘I need to maintain quality first..’
It’s good to strengthen Yeongsik, but if Yeongsik dies during battle, all the items registered to Yeongsik may be destroyed, so it would be better for me to keep one.
‘The Destruction Demon’s long sword is already sufficiently durable, and it can be restored with magic stones… ‘
I’ll have to save it until something that really needs quality maintenance comes out. Because only one item can be registered in quality maintenance class B.
Anyway, this concludes the skill check. I was quite satisfied because I was able to increase my body enhancement to SS level.
Now, go out and get the reward box…
“Owner.. It’s done..”
“Huh?”
“Ohh..!!”
Just then, the song opened the door and came out.
The guy looked pretty haggard. However, rather than simply looking tired, he had a strangely proud and rewarding expression.
“Finally… I feel pretty good about acting like a necromancer. Now, let’s go in and take a look.”
Song Jang invited us to Seongho’s room, as if bragging about his work
My father and mother held hands and entered Seongho’s room, and I also went inside to check on Seongho’s strengthened form.
“Uh…”
Seongho sitting blankly on a chair.
Eyes with cataracts, a slightly open mouth, even a faint odor and bluish skin that were erased as much as possible.
It was truly a zombie. However, it did not behave like a zombie. She did not try to attack people, nor did she make strange, eerie zombie-like cries.
He just sat blankly and looked at us.
“Ah.. Seongho..!”
The mother must have been touched by Seongho’s calmness, so she ran over and hugged him. And the father held both shoulders of Song Jang, who was smiling, and asked a question.
“Hey, look. Now.. You’re not biting..?”
“Yes.. Haha… He won’t bite unless I tell him to bite…”
“Her. Hehe… “
Everyone seemed happy that the aggression was gone. Yes, if he has become this calm and the smell has gone, it is worth taking him with you.
“Good job, Song Jang.”
“This is it.. It is possible if you have enough time and magic stones.. Just removing the smell is a bit daunting..”
A necromancer who can remove the poison of zombies. I’m so glad I left the invoice on hand. Technical positions are also good.
I came out of the room, leaving my parents and Seongho behind.
I will slowly enter the base, inform the rest of the party about the current situation, and also check out the reward box I received earlier.
More than anything, I want to get some water from the Nakdong River tonight. It seems like it will take quite some time to receive 5 tons.