My Alter Ego’s Path to Greatness Chapter 11

Finishing up (1)

We searched the village and gathered all the useful things in one place.

Of course, I just pointed the finger and the work was done by my men, who numbered close to two hundred.

[Hmm, even though it is a slash-and-burn village, I expected that they would have a lot since it is occupied by warlocks. This is pretty good.]

After gathering up personal lodgings and belongings, I searched the village chief’s house and found quite a bit of currency and precious metals that appeared to be public funds used during the operation.

[They must have stayed here for a long time and used it a lot, so these guys are richer than you think.]

I don’t know much about the value of the currency here, but gold coins are generally high-value currency, so it must be a lot.

Above all, we also found several gold bars.

[…Is this real gold?]

How can you tell since you have never touched gold in your life?

I slowly opened my teeth and bit into the gold bar. Looking at the teeth marks, it must be real gold, right?

Feeling suddenly better, I looked at other items.

It was decided to use the weapons and armor used by the minions on the undead.

What was more noticeable were the magic tools used by warlocks.

There were many tools that were helpful in living a comfortable life, starting with walking sticks and robes.

First, I put on a neat-looking robe.

It is a robe with temperature control and a simple defense function. Although the temperature control function is not necessary, the defense function would be helpful at least a little.

And isn’t it possible to walk around naked with nothing but bones forever?

[…Oh, this is a bit much.]

I looked at the body wearing the robe and immediately took it off again.

Perhaps because he only had bones in his body, he didn’t live well.

[Doing this like this…]

I put on the cloth clothes, thick leather armor on the shoulders, and then put on the robe again.

[Well, this is better than before.]

After all, men don’t have shoulder problems.

Next, he looked around at the wands and chose the one that looked best.

[Hey Malcolm. Come here.]

[…Yes.]

[Here. Take this for yourself. Give me what you have now.]

And I bartered with Malcolm.

I guess the one that Malcolm used is the best one.

I took a look at the floor with a skull staff with jewels for eyes.

The ground beneath their feet turned black, and undead wearing all kinds of equipment and carrying loot sank to the bottom one by one.

Lastly, I looked around the village.

It was the first village I visited in another world, but now it was in an extremely shabby place without a single living person.

I walked slowly and took in my eyes one by one.

I passed by the pile of water and firewood of the village chief’s house where I stayed, and passed by a building that appeared to be the village hall where I had been trapped as an undead.

Burning—

black flames erupted wherever they passed and burned down the village.

When I reached the center of the village with the fire on my back, I stopped for a moment.

A place where completely destroyed undead are gathered.

On one side, corpses that appeared to be the original villagers were lying together.

Most of the weakest zombies were destroyed during the battle.

There were quite a few zombies that could be revived, but I did not revive them and instead gathered them in the center of the village.

I made eye contact with the only surviving zombie standing in the center of the area where the corpses of the villagers were gathered.

[So…]

It was damaged here and there during the fierce battle, but it was recognizable at a glance.

A young zombie who helped kill Zeraf with me.

I made eye contact with him for a moment, then bowed lightly and turned around.

Soon, black flames burned everything.

He wanted to protect his loved ones, and only after his death did he complete his revenge and rest in peace with his family.

Grumbling—!

The whole village was on fire.

Eventually, I passed the wooden fence that I had helped repair and approached the entrance to the village.

I could feel the barrier now blurred due to the effects of the fire.

‘The defense function in case of emergency, detection of dark magic by outsiders… and the barriers inside are quite high-level, aren’t they?’

In particular, the black magic concealment function was essential to all the barriers passed so far.

It must have been to hide the ‘Fragment of the Immortal King’.

‘Well, it doesn’t mean anything now that you’ve become one with me.’

Still, it seemed useful, so I built a dark magic cloaking field around my body as I learned from looking at the barriers.

It seems that dark magic is a taboo, so it would be better to hide it if you can.

As I left the entrance, I set fire to the wooden fence.

Burning – Burning –

The flame lit by this magic would only burn where I wanted, and after everything turned to ash, it would die out naturally, so there was no need to worry about forest fires.

So I left the village I first visited and headed east into the forest.

***

A sacred place in the middle of the Outerica dimension continent.

Among them, in the worship room of the Roselia Shrine in the center, a girl was kneeling and praying in front of the statue of the main god.

A soft glow began to rest on the silver-haired girl who was praying with her hands clasped with her eyes closed.

Eventually, the light faded and the girl, who opened her eyes, slowly stood up, bowed reverently to the statue, and carefully walked out the door of the chapel.

“Saint.”

Priests wearing pure white robes who were waiting outside the door approached and bowed their heads to the girl.

“Bishop Martin, may I ask you to contact others?”

“yes? “What…”

Saint Riesta of the Girl’s Main Church looked toward the west with a stern expression.

“Omens of the resurrection of the Immortal King have been detected in the west.”

“Boo…are you talking about the Immortal King? “Okay, I’ll let you know right away and convene a meeting.”

Bishop Martin greeted the saint and hurriedly left the place.

The name of the Immortal King, who terrorized the entire continent hundreds of years ago, was such a big issue.

‘I won’t let that happen again!’

The saintess bit her lips tightly, clenched her fists and strengthened her resolve.

Hans thought that there would be no problem as long as he could hide his dark magic, but the saint’s abilities were beyond his imagination.

In this way, one of the continent’s largest powers recognized Hans’ existence and began tracking him.

***

“Hmm… I’m craving soup today.”

Heinz, who was preparing to return home after exercising, headed to a nearby soup restaurant.

There was no need to worry about the menu.

“Please give me one piece of bean sprout soup, sundae soup, and beef head soup.” Please pack the beef stew and seolleongtang. ah! “Please give me some boiled pork instead.”

I just had to order whatever appealed to me.

As my appetite increased and I became more gluttonous, I found it fun to try a variety of different foods.

Still, if it were normal, I would have restrained myself a bit, but today I was in a really good mood, so I ate whatever I wanted and took out a lot of food.

‘Hmm… what’s the gold price like these days?’

I think the gold price has risen quite a bit due to the current situation.

I browsed the Internet while eating the soup that Heinz had packed.

After doing a rough calculation, I felt warm and full.

‘This restaurant’s soup is delicious.’

Hans was currently moving east through the forest, so he couldn’t get the gold bars right away, but it was as if he already had them in his hands.

I felt like I would be lenient about everything now.

Even if you encounter a troller in a team game, you can just smile and move on.

“What is that bastard doing over there?! “Please come to work!”

Hmm… I guess that was too much.

As we ate the packaged boiled pork together and watched Heinz playing a game to help us digest it, I used the “Mind Herb” to calm my mind.

Peace came to my heart.

‘I guess it will also help with mental training?’

I cleaned up all the dishes and looked at Hans’ situation.

After Hans became a demilich, he naturally radiated fear to those around him.

Now that the black magic is concealed, the effect is halved, so you only feel fear when you encounter it directly, but perhaps that was enough, as there weren’t many attacks from demonic beasts.

The monsters that attacked from time to time only eased my boredom.

‘We are using them to increase the number of undead.’

It’s already been a week since Hans left town.

As my disbelief began to grow, I suddenly remembered that I had not believed Malcolm’s words, whether there really was a city in the east.

‘I’ve dealt with quite a few bad guys, but wouldn’t this be a lot of karma?’

Aren’t they guys who were plotting in secret? The level was also quite high.

I opened a Karma store, hoping to make a lot of money.

『Karma Store』

『Unique Skill Enhancement (600000)』

『Status Enhancement – View Details』

『Karma Possession – 792208』

Although I had some expectations, it was strangely generous.

‘The last time I checked, I think there were a little over 400,000… Were they that great? Or did I do something different?’

I thought about it for a while, but there was no other reason.

‘Well, I guess they were just that bad. Rather, should we try strengthening our unique skills?’

In the first place, all I did was take the heart of the Immortal King and kill the warlocks.

《Your mental strength has exceeded the standard. Acquiring the skill 「Mysterious Index」.》

As I strengthened my unique skill, the phrase that I had acquired a new skill came to mind along with a brief headache.

It was a skill that prevented the mind from being shaken by external stimuli and defended against mental attacks.

‘I have a “Mind Herb,” but it only applies to the avatar. It would be better if there were skills that could be applied to the main body as well.’

And then I realized that I could use one more avatar. It was just the right timing.

‘Because Hans has a hard time being active among people. I can send Heinz away and use the new avatar for outside activities.’

Hans found traces of people passing by.

***

Hans was riding along the forest road on a giant saber tiger made of skulls.

While walking through a forest infested with demonic beasts with several undead, including Malcolm, he turned the demonic beasts that attacked him into undead and used them as mounts.

‘It’s faster to ride, and more than anything, it gives me style!’

Isn’t being an undead wizard riding a skeletal beast a gamer’s dream?

It seemed like it would be a good idea to hunt them in large numbers and create an undead riding class.

However, there were no problems at all….

‘It’s inconvenient! ‘It’s so uncomfortable to be on top!’

Aren’t they undead with nothing but bones to begin with?

It was no fun to rattle and shake every time I ran.

Also, it was crazy to be hanging around without a saddle.

‘You won’t fall off if you put your foot between your ribs… but this is something worth thinking about. Should we try making different types of undead for boarding?’

As I walked along the forest path while thinking about something else, the trees became increasingly sparse and I soon realized that I had reached the end of the forest.

[…Over there.]

Malcolm, riding a skeleton wolf, approached and pointed to a place with his finger bone.

When I looked that way, I saw a castle wall rising in the distance.

[Oh… there was a real city, right? Malcolm, the old man wasn’t lying.]

I muttered and glanced at Malcolm, who was riding a skeleton wolf next to me, and the guy flinched and slowly walked away.

Even after moving east for several days, I couldn’t see anything other than a forest, so I started pestering Malcolm every chance I got.

Malcolm had no memories of his life left, but that doesn’t mean the mistakes he made go away.

They made various excuses to harass me.

‘Well, since they are undead with no pain and little emotions, it probably didn’t mean much.’

I turned my gaze away from Malcolm and looked at the castle walls in the distance.

[good. Then let’s move. You guys are in.]

Since there was no reason to crowd around the outskirts of the forest at once, I decided to move alone from now on.

However, since going out of the forest as an undead body could cause misunderstandings if caught, I did not leave the forest but followed the edge and moved as close to the castle wall as possible.

Hans couldn’t enter the castle, but he planned to move to the nearby area and then take turns with Heinz.

There was still one more day left until the Otherworld Transmission Jin could be used again.

***

〈Individual Information〉

-Individual name: Heinz

-Common characteristics: 「Mind Herb」 「Super Recovery」 「Mysterious Index」

-Individual characteristics: 「Strongness」

-Special information: Han Seong-hyun’s second avatar. Influence of 「Strongness」 As a result, physical strength and physical strength increased.

Heinz finished transmitting and opened his eyes.

The castle wall that Hans discovered was visible in front of me.

It was quite a distance, but walking for about an hour was enough.

Then I turned my head to look at Hans and flinched without realizing it.

‘Wow, look at how vicious it is…’

This was Hans’ first time facing another avatar since he became undead, and the destructive power was greater than he expected.

The basic ability of a high-ranking undead demilich is an aura of fear and an ominous feeling that seems to radiate from the whole body.

A skeleton wizard holding a skeleton staff in his hand and sitting on the imposing skeleton of Sabel Tiger, looking down with glowing blue eyes.

It was truly fantastic synergy.

‘If I run into you in the middle of the night, I’ll really piss myself.’

In fact, if it weren’t for the “Mind Herb” and the “Myunggyeong Index”, I would have been in the same situation as I am now.

I am like this myself. How would I appear to others?

Even just encountering it could have caused trauma.

‘Hans is invisible to others.’

We started organizing to organize our thoughts and separate to our respective positions.

Heinz changed into the clothes and leather armor from another world that Hans had packed, and took weapons and a large amount of travel expenses.

Hans took some useful magic tools, including gold bars and precious metals, in his hands.

Since it was not clear whether it was possible to summon items from Earth, it was decided to safely take them directly.

And after a while, Heinz headed to the castle gate alone.

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