Chapter 11: First Fight, First Undead (2/2)

That hen Aldrich noticed with soraves, but floating cross-shaped toreen that indicated the presence of corpses that he could raise These corpses were only visible to Necroht to hiri his dead friends as undead, but for now, he had to survive He had to survive to give theeance they deserved

Aldrich put his hand out and casted [Raise Undead Rank 1]

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[Mana: 11/15 ] 6/15]

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Rank 1 meant that he could only raise undead froh he did not know entirely how levels correlated with the real world, the presence of graves e for revival

Two sets of pale ar over them faded away

Aldrich frowned as he saw Adaround, and from rotted splotches on their skin, he knew they were zo hole in her stomach and Adam with a completely twisted neck Their eyes were lifeless, and they let out guttural groans that belonged to monsters, not humans

Necromancers were not like Priests They did not revive the dead They simply used corpses to create monsters

Whatever soul was left in that corpse was long gone At least, this was according to gaht He had never been superstitious enough to believe in souls and an afterlife, but if it did exist, he did not want to keep his friends' souls trapped

The Strikers paused their circling as they saw the two zo their threat

Aldrich could feel mental 'tethers' linked to Adam and Elaine, and he had an instinctive sense that he could move them around with mental commands addressed to these links He had Ada his blind spot, and together like this, he almost felt like they were back as a team

Aldrich shook his head as he reether in this formation That was the past Adam and Elaine were dead They were zo had to pay for it

Aldrich took the initiative this ti off twin [Chill Bolts] at the Striker in front of him

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[Mana: 6/15 ] 2/15]

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He aimed not at the hardened skull this time, but at the eyes The Striker howled in pain as the pale blue bolts sla them apart in chunks of frozen flood and eye fluid

While the Striker was disabled, Aldrich ran towards the other Striker, causing it to charge him He ran so that he lured it away from Adam and Elaine while he commanded his undead friends to attack the blinded Striker

Adanificantly stronger than they were before As Zo bodies that would not give out unless they took head injuries, and a poisonous bite and rot aura that hters than Aldrich

Overall, both were level 3, and two of thele Striker easily provided Aldrich distracted the other one

Ada into it likeit over as they started to gouge their fists and legs into its skin They broke their fingers as they tried to tear into it and then used their sharp, broken bones as knives to start stabbing, unable to feel pain or any sense of self-preservation

Aldrich played a tense gaes, charges, and snaps froility He did this while listening to the other Striker growling and struggling before its death throes silenced

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[Striker defeated! + 10 EXP]

[EXP Bar: 0/10 ] 10/10]

[Level up!]

[Level 1 ] 2]

[5 stat points available to distribute]

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Aldrich nodded to hie into him The Striker leaped up and snapped at hi his hands on its jaws to prevent theth away to evade the tusks

The Striker's eye widened in surprise at Aldrich's burst of power

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[Stat points distributed…]

[Strength: 6 ] 11]

Aldrich had expected to get around twice as physically strong froer than even that, even though his class did not have an affinity for strength that granted a bonus point to every stat invested into it

Aldrich tossed the Striker aith an expert over the shoulder throw, sending it crashi+ng into the forest floor in a tu leaves and branches

His class priic, it was true, but that did not lect his physical stats, especially in the real world where superheroes faster than the huh him before he could even react and cast a spell

"Now then," said Aldrich as he cracked his neck and knuckles, walking casually up to the Striker as it slowly got back up from the heavy throw

The Striker looked first at Aldrich, then behind it at Ada towards it, covered in the blood, fur, and guts of its co between its legs

"It's time for you and your friend to join us," said Aldrich