Chapter 723 - The Dead & Alive (1/2)

Translator: Atlas Studios  Editor: Atlas Studios

Rhode had to admit that this statement was quite the style of a ‘Necromancer’ and even Bayer had a whole new level of respect’ for him. Rhode got someone to place the corpse above the horse back and brought all the ‘spoils of war’ back to the fortress. Upon sensing the aura of death, one of the Battle Angel inquired and Rhode came clean with everything since he wasn’t the one who cast the evil undead spell anyway. After confirming that there wasn’t any evil aura exuding from him, the Battle Angel left without saying a word. Bayer and Frederick were equally speechless.

Thereafter, Rhode invited them to inquire about the ‘Zombie Puppet’. Serena hesitated for a moment and eventually nodded after failing to resist her curiosity. On the other hand, Bayer refused politely, but this didn’t mean that he bore a grudge against Rhode. Instead, this was his first battle with the Undead Creatures, after all, and the treacherous enemies had left him baffled and mentally exhausted. He felt even more uncertain after hearing Rhode’s description of the situation, which was why he looked for his men to talk about his ‘personal experiences’ in dealing with the Undead Creatures. Whereas for the ‘Zombie Puppet’, he wasn’t too mindful. Since Rhode had arranged a time to share with him the findings on a later date and Serena and Frederick were also with him, he didn’t have much to worry about.

Bam.

Rhode tossed the corpse on the ice-cold floor in the prison cell and the deep sound echoed between the walls. Serena knitted her brows in silence while Frederick whistled as he was more interested in this underground prison than the corpse.

Rhode had chosen the cell at the extreme end. Back then, the designer of this prison seemed to have the intention of imprisoning massive creatures, which explained the enormous, circular space with manacles and leg-irons. Rhode currently didn’t have anyone worthy of being imprisoned in this special cell, but for the sake of avoiding panic and trouble, he had chosen it.

The underground prison was dark and dim. Chilly air shook the candle flames and sent chills down Serena’s spine. She had never been to such a place. She looked around while trembling with fear. The echoing mourns of grief from the prisoners left her uncomfortable.

“Sir Overlord, how do you intend to…”

Frederick pointed at the corpse curiously. After a few moments, he felt that something was amiss. He approached the topic from another direction, but didn’t know what to say. He let out an awkward cough.

“… do it?”

“You guys will know soon.”

Rhode didn’t give a specific answer. As a player who had fought against Undead Creatures for years, he knew what condition this young lady was in. Indeed. No matter how they saw it, she was a corpse, but the situation wasn’t this simple. Rhode spotted traces of corpse solidification. In other words, her body had been modified when she was alive perhaps for the sake of maintaining this form after her death. For example, they could treat this young lady like a human-shaped balloon. When she was filled with spiritual energy, she wouldn’t be different from ordinary humans. But, when spiritual energy left her, she would deflate and become a corpse.

Since that was the case, it would work after pumping spiritual energy into her like a balloon.

Rhode held the necklace hanging on his chest and injected spiritual powers.

“Ah…!”

Everyone widened their eyes in disbelief.

The young lady’s stiff, ashen skin slowly softened and ‘restored’ with signs of life. Her stone cold body became warm and in the blink of an eye, a show of the resurrection of the dead was staged before them, where even Lize and Marlene were baffled. They had never seen similar things happened…

“Argh…”

The bewildered young lady opened her eyes and groaned weakly. Frederick stared at Rhode at a loss.

“S-She revived?! Sir Overlord, how did you do it?”

“Argh…!”

Frederick’s scream resounded in the chilly underground prison. The young lady knitted her brows and was horrified as soon as she saw the people around her.

“W-Who are you people?!”

She cowered at the corner and widened her eyes in terror. Lize went up to console her, but Rhode pulled her back. Then, he approached the young lady.