Chapter 180

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An artificial Arachne made up of the spider corpses and the corpse of a female soldier. Well, the soldiers were mostly males amongst the hundreds I had slain back then, but there were also some females within the groups of mercenaries and adventurers, especially of the church guys. There were some girls on them.

I could use them and make my very own Arachne Zombie wife!

But what’s the point? It will have the mind of a toddler.

Although it would be a strong addition to the team, I would have to put some effort into it, so for now, all of you will become just classic Spider Zombies.

“Rise… [Fake Life]!”

FLAAASH!

I spread my phantasmal aura across the entire place as the corpses of the spiders began to slowly move. Some ended up dying pretty ugly, so they were all dismembered apart. This very ax I got in my hand was the one that just cut tons of them in half.

The spiders were still moving while being cut in half but had a hard time unifying both pieces.

Some were even worse, looking like barely moving pieces of flesh and exoskeleton. I had randomly inserted their souls back into their bodies, so they still should know how to hunt and cooperate together as they did before.

But god, they look awful.

“But don’t worry, I got you guys! [Undead Healing]!”

I activated my Level 7 Undead Healing, an excellent Skill that can heal Undead’s HP and even merge back their dismembered pieces as if it were a phantasmal glue.

I began to spread the effect of this Skill around my phantasmal aura, and the spiders began to reattach themselves with one another, being brought back from their death to another death, but now just as zombies this time around.

Crackle… crackle…

“Gryyyyhhh…”

“Grryyeehhh…”

“Grryyysshh…”

The spiders began to walk around with their legs, which released little cracking sounds that made them even more terrifying.

They also released some very eerie sounds from their jaws, as if they were telling me something awful but didn’t want me to hear them…

“Okay, you guys… You’re around fifty, and that guy is still on flames? Oi, turn off the flames!” I said.

I was pointing at a spider that was still in flames due to Silvio and Francesco. The spider zombie felt no pain, so it was mostly not aware that it was burning, or if it was, it didn’t care.

“Grryyyhhh…”

SPLASH!

Lucifer generated a large water bullet and threw it to the spider. The flames were slightly turned off but continued to flare.

“Huh? This fire… Maybe Silvio and Francesco can turn it off? Perhaps water doesn’t work that well against phantasmal fire.” Said Lucifer.

“No, wait! I get it! This guy in flames is actually a different species… I just saw his Status… He’s named Blazing Spider Demon Zombie?! Wow… So he’s a spider zombie that is on flames….” I said.

“That’s… very weird. I guess sometimes oddballs like these will come out….” Said Emeraldine.

“Gryeh!”

Suddenly, the spider controlled the fire and made several fireballs, throwing them into the sky and making them explode.

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!

It had a lot of firepower as well!

“Wow! Okay, I believe you. You like your fire, don’t you? I wonder if you could technically be Silvio and Francesco’s child… Okay, you’re going to be named Pyro,” I said.

“Gryshiiiiii!”

The spider, now named Pyro, seemed more energetic than the others. To be honest, he seemed to be a promising new recruit that came out unexpectedly out of this risen mass batch of undead.

Maybe we should have burned all the spiders before turning them into Undead, and we could have gotten more of these guys… Or well, better not.

“Pyro? Really? That’s the name?” Said Lucifer.

“What? What’s wrong with that name?” I asked.

“Nothing, it’s your decision….” Sighed Lucifer.

This annoying dragon really makes me want to slap that good ass he sometimes got with how cocky he acts in the most unexpected times.

“Gryshiii…!”

The adorable Pyro was in flames, and I suddenly noticed that his carapace turned from black to red, and he gained some fire patterns across it.

He really just became a blazing spider…

“Anyways, now that we are done with this, I’ll pull back the people, and then I’ll store you guys inside my shadows….”

I quickly took out the people as they seemed to be all okay. Gofumin, Takeshi, and Laura ran to my side and hugged me tightly. They appeared to have been scared.

Takeshi and Laura are mildly strong, but they don’t stand a chance against a swarm of C+ Rank Beasts yet… They still gotta train a lot before anything like this. So they cannot easily turn overpowered like us so fast without more proper foundation.

And the little Gofumin is just a newbie, so of course, she cannot fight either, but I guess she could hunt little monsters like Horned Rabbits or Demon Rats fairly well.

“Maria, are you all okay? What happened?” Asked Laura.

“Th-There were these HUGE spiders! I think I hit one hard with my Fishing Rod, but it wasn’t enough to break its exoskeleton….” Sighed Takeshi.

“Auntie! Are you okay?” Asked Gofumin.

“Yeah, I am doing fine… We slay them for good and look! I just made them all into new friends,” I said.

I showed the kids the Spider Zombies, and their eyes opened wide in surprise. The spiders greeted them while hissing and roaring loudly.

The blazing Pyro was leading them all, raising a leg and greeting them cutely.

He was also the most active, too, surprisingly. It seems he developed a personality quite fast.

“W-Wow… Nee-san, your power is really broken….” Said Takeshi.

“W-Well, every Death Mage can do this, right?” Asked Laura.

“Can I keep one as a mount?” Asked Gofumin.

“Mount? I had… not thought about using them that way, but actually, yeah, if you want to….” I said while petting her head.

“I want the blazing one!” Called out Gofumin.

“Erm… I don’t know… that one might… burn you, dear….” I sighed.

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