RE:BORN Zombie

By the time Victor got to the 48th floor, he had already finished the beholder, and left the system to do its analysis. He quickly went through the floors one after the other, and on the way he would encounter a group who were also heading out after the dungeon was cleared while trying to kill the rampaging monsters that attacked them.

By the time he got to the lower floors as he climbed closer to the surface, he slowed down a bit and paced himself. First of all, the system had finished analyzing the tenaise, so he immediately instructed the system to incorporate the tenaise into his second form. The process was started, and all Victor had to do now was wait for it to be through with.

While going back through the floors, Victor came across a death body that he thought looked familiar, so he stopped to check if he recognised it. Since it was a human body, it would only belong to one of the young men that were part of the group he followed not long ago.

As he bent to look at the body’s face, he immediately recognized who it was. It was Larry, and his body had so many different injuries, and even Victor who wasn’t an expert could tell from the marks and injuries that it wasn’t done by a monster. He had noticed two of Larry’s team mates acting suspiciously, but he didn’t care to bud in since it had nothing to do to him. In the end, he wasn’t surprised that this was the end result.

“Quite unfortunate indeed.” Victor said, as he stood up to leave. He had found the body while using one of the shorter routes through the floor, and this place was a bit hidden, so Larry’s body would not be found, and it could just be said that he died of a monster attack.

Victor left the body and moved on, but as he turned to leave, something grabbed unto his trouser. Though the strength wasn’t much, it was still noticeable. Victor knew it was Larry, and as he turned he saw a body that had already given up, but with a soul that still longed for the world. Even then, there was no way for Victor to help Larry._.

There was a way, and Victor could turn him into an undead, but whether or not he would retain his intelligence was uncertain, and Victor was not going to bring back a useless human to become his soldier. Maybe if he felt some sort of sentiment he would, but he didn’t.

“Maybe I should just try. If it works, then good for him. If not, then I did my part.” Victor said.

He turned to face the body properly so that he would use his skill, but then since the body moved, it meant it wasn’t dead yet… This would be a good experiment.

Victor stared down at the body, and with a word, ‘Arise.’ He watched the body on the ground twitch a little, then violently, then it slowed down and slowly stood up and just stood there.

‘Maybe it failed in the end.’

[You have acquired an undying soldier that will forever serve at your side with unquestionable resolve]

[Human has dropped in level due to effects of being reborn]

[Human Level 65]

Victor was about to release the summon and disband the new undead he had gained, but then he heard a voice call his name.

“Victor? Is that you? But, I am sure that… This is not the after life either.” The voice said. It was Larry.

Victor didn’t say anything and just watched Larry speak to himself until after about a minute, he calmed down.

“Are you done now?” Victor asked.

“Yes master.” Larry replied.

“Do you remember your life from when you were alive?”

“Yes master, I do, but…”

Victor could more or less guess what was going on. He had become an undead, and his feelings and emotions, something he used to have are no longer present. The life he once lived as a human now feels distant to him, yet familiar in a way, but it was one he could never go back to living. Because of the nature of Victor’s skill, he resurrected loyal followers that would fight by his side and even sacrifice themselves for him. He didn’t rely on some grudge or negative emotions to bring and bind souls back to the world. He himself wasn’t sure on how it worked, he just got the skill and used it, nothing more.

‘It’s interesting that he still retains his memories. This means his past experiences are not lost, but are also retained and are still accessible. His ability should still be there too, so it all works well.’ Victor said in his head.

“It’s all good. You shall be known with your former name, Larry.”

Moving forward from there, Victor found another body, and it belonged to one of the members of that group, but unlike Larry, this body was brutalized. Many major parts were missing, like the hand, legs, and part of the chest and guts. It was completely wrecked. It would be better for him to ignore this one and proceed.

Also, there was no need for Larry to follow him behind, so he just unsummoned him and carried on. With Larry, he had gained a very good experimental subject where he would try to make him as strong as possible, while maintaining his human form. Who knows, maybe when he get’s out of the dungeon, he would have to infiltrate the human cities and things like that. Having an at least close to normal looking subordinate worked well. If he ended up not needing to infiltrate or work with the humans, which he felt was how it was going to go, then he could just forget about retaining a human form and just buff him as much to make him more powerful.

Overall, there was no special effect from having a human in his legion. If not for the superior intelligence for now, there was no other thing that placed them higher than the rest.

Victor finally got to the first floor, and without time or the feel to reminisce with his base floor, he headed straight for the exit.

Getting there, Victor walked towards the exit, and as he got close a message popped up before him.

[You are no longer bound by the effects of the dungeon]

In that moment, Victor didn’t walk out of the dungeon, instead he was sucked in be something that seemed to cover the exit.

The world around Victor went blank, and then suddenly light reappeared, but when Victor looked around, it was utter chaos, something didn’t seem right.

“Where exactly is this?”