Chapter 12: The Birth of the Knight King

I looked at the incomplete bodies of the two 'behemoths'. The joy of escaping alive from the danger instantly disappeared.

Incomplete materials!?

Moreover, the body materials of the two 'behemoths' were not intact.

What was even worse was that the incomplete parts were extremely important ones.

Just like the body of the Ghoul without legs.

If that was the case, then the powerful Ghoul that I would create with this body would have no legs.

As for the undead that didn't have legs and couldn't move...

They wouldn't be able to attack any enemies at all. They would only be able to passively take a beating. It would be completely useless.

As for the Wild Boar King whose head had been smashed...

It wouldn't even be possible for it to be turned into an undead.

Because according to the Necromancer's research notes, creating an undead didn't require a complete body or even an intact head...

However, it couldn't be without a head.

Without the head as a material, there was no possibility of carrying the power of death.

The only thing left of the Wild Boar King's head was a layer of skin.

The bones and brains in the head were all smashed.

Unless I found another head that matched the Wild Boar King's, I would lose the possibility of creating an undead.

However...

Where would I find a wild boar that was about the same size as the Wild Boar King?

And even if I could find one...

I had already lost two Corpse-Eating beasts, and I didn't have any undead with me.

It was impossible for me to kill another wild boar that was the size of the Wild Boar King.

In other words, it was impossible for me to turn a Wild Boar King that had its head smashed into pieces into an undead.

Looking at the bodies left behind by the two 'behemoths' in front of me, I had no choice.

It was as if one were looking at a peerless beauty, and the two of them were chatting happily.

They had already booked a hotel, but she said that she was menstruating.

He could look, but he couldn't touch.

I felt that his mood should be similar to mine at this moment.

Looking at the bodies of the two 'behemoths' in front of me, I couldn't help but mutter to myself.

"Am I going to give up just like that? Such good materials..."

But what could I do if I didn't give up?

If I wanted to keep these materials, I would need to spend a large amount of time processing them.

However, I didn't have a lot of time left.

In a place like this, there would definitely be new dangers appearing very quickly.

Don't think that because of the two overlords, nothing else would dare to offend this place. But as long as the two overlords didn't appear for a long time, there would definitely be new animals or something that would come to fight for territory.

And I, who was next to the corpses of the two overlords, would definitely become a stepping stone for the 'new overlords' to prove themselves.

After clearly thinking things through, I was prepared to bear the pain and give up on these precious materials to return to Regulus' little house.

But just as I took a few steps, I remembered something.

My two Corpse Eaters were dead.

I had no protection left.

If I choose to go through the dangerous woods alone...

I would have been dragged away by the carnivores before I could return to the lodge.

This time, I was caught in a dilemma.

Staying here was dangerous, but it was also dangerous to leave.

Such a situation made me extremely vexed.

Looking at the two 'behemoths' lying on the ground, and then looking at the gloomy forest, my mood instantly became irritated.

I stood up and circled around the two behemoths.

As I circled around, I kept muttering.

"Isn't this a dead end?"

"How could these two fellows be so coincidental? Why are the broken parts so awkward?"

"One of them has a good head, but his legs are crippled. The other one has a good leg, but his head is crippled..."

"That's great, the two of them are quite complementary..."

Complementary!?

The words I unintentionally muttered caused me, who was pacing back and forth in frustration, to stop in my tracks.

That was because I suddenly recalled a sentence I had seen in the [ Necromancer, Research Notes ].

"The highest goal of Necromancers is to explore the origin of life and explore the endless possibilities of life!"

[ explore the origin of life ]

[ explore the possibilities of life ]

Since Necromancers used the power of their own death to create 'life' that shouldn't exist in the first place.

In that case, combining the bodies of the Ghoul and the Wild Boar King into one...

Was that possible?

Thinking of this possibility, I immediately started to work on the task.

In any case, if I stayed here, I would die. If I went back alone, it was very likely that I would die.

So why not give it a try and see if I could create a new species after combining the two behemoths!

I was in the wild and didn't have the experimental equipment in Regulus' laboratory.

I could only use my sword and knife to start cutting off the bodies of the two 'behemoths'.

First, I cut off the Wild Boar King's head that only had a layer of skin left.

Then, I sawed off the Ghoul's crippled legs and waist in the middle...

Finally, I spliced the two heavyweights together.

Spine to the spine and the chest to the chest, in accordance with the notes...

Finally, with my face covered in blood after a while, the two giant beasts spliced together like human centipedes.

Because I was already a true Necromancer, I didn't need to use the power of death from my own blood to awaken the undead.

I pressed the Ghoul's intact head with one hand, then the place where the two bodies intersected with each other.

I closed my eyes.

I began to feel and connect with the death energy in my body and the outside world.

Finally, I used my own spiritual power to transfer the death energy into the bodies of the two fellows while my mouth was chanting a spell.

"@%@#% ..."

The general meaning of the spell was, 'My Great Necromancer, the messenger who communicated with the mortal world and Hell. I call upon the soul of this body... Wake up, wake up! I command you to wake up immediately!'

As I chanted the spell, I noticed that the body started to tremble slightly.

 And the longer I chanted the spell, the more the body trembled.

"Kacha, Kacha, Kacha"

In the end, the body was even making some sounds.

However, I didn't choose to stop. Instead, I started chanting the incantation faster and faster.

"...@# #"

As the last sound of the incantation fell...

The body that was originally sitting on the ground with its eyes closed suddenly opened its eyes.

I collapsed onto the ground due to exhaustion. However, I didn't care at all. I even started laughing out loud.

This was because, in my heart, there was a new connection. It was the same feeling as when I had successfully refined the Corpse-Eating beast.

I knew that my experiment had succeeded, and I had won the gamble.

The new undead in front of me immediately stood up on all fours.

I carefully looked at the connection between the Wild Boar King and the Ghoul's body.

It was intact.

It was impossible to see where it was pieced together.

Looking at the undead in front of me, which was similar to the humans and horses in the myths of my previous life, I felt a wave of excitement.

I reached out and touched the rough body of the undead.

I decided to call this undead that had never existed in this world the Knight King!

This was because the original owners of the two bodies were the kings of their respective races!