The Villainess and I, her Zombie

Chapter 407: Before the appraisal (3)

/Rank up in progress...

/Calculating...

/System detected that the monster reached at least level 10

/System detected at least one sword related skill

/No magic detected.

/Calculating...

/Two paths available:

Basic undead (zombie) >>> Ghoul

Basic undead (zombie) >>> Undead page

Well, I've been working towards the specific outcome, the choice is clear- I choose the Undead page path!

Zombie - bathed in the blinding light of the system that made him feel as if he was transported to a separate dimension, something like the reverse sin of origin nucleus – thought confidently, since he couldn't actually feel his mouth or any other part of his body in his current state.

/Undead page path selected

*RIIIIIP*

WHOA!

As the next message popped up confirming his choice, the blue undead suddenly could feel his conscience being connected to his body as it suddenly grew – not by a lot, but enough to make the slightly burnt clothes rip apart like dirty rags – making him gasp in shock internally.

/Rank up completed

Basic undead (zombie) >>> Undead page champion

/Calculating...

/Player level decreased

Level 30 >>> Level 1

/Minor skill point decrease (penalty) due to the level drop

/You receive a race-specific skill

Bone sword summon (level 1)

/You receives a quest (level 1)

Upgrade any skill to level 2

Reward: +1 free status point

/Quest completed

Reward granted

/System detected at least one maxed out skill

Special reward granted

Title: Hardworker

/Error

/Hard worker title detected

/Changing the reward

/Calculating...

/Multiple maxed out level skills detected

Overlevel skill detected

/Special reward granted

Title: Workaholic

/Error

Workaholic title detected

/Changing the reward

/Hidden reward granted

/Title: Maniac

/Two title exclusive skills received

Bulldozer (level 1)

Machine mind (level 1)

/You receives a quest (level 1)

Gain at least one physical offense skill

Reward: +1 ATK

/Quest completed

Reward granted

/System detected at least one maxed out physical offense skill

Special reward granted

+10 ATK

/You receives a quest (level 1)

Use any skill 10 times

Reward: +1 free status point

/Quest completed

Reward granted

/System detected at least one skill used over 1,000,000 times

Special reward granted

Free tier-two skill

/Do you want to select a skill now?

"..."

"Zombie! ah...! Umm...! A- a shirt! We need to get you a new shirt...!"

As the blue undead was trying to wrap his mind around what in the world the flood of the messages that he already saw on that day meant, the red-haired girl by his side looked at him, her face became a few shades brighter than her hair, she then covered her face with her hands – then she spread her fingers open to continue looking at the undead who became maybe an inch or two taller than her, and she gasped as her eyes kept on darting down from Zombie's slightly older face down to his body.

"(Master! You look even stronger!)"

Baron stood up and gasped looking at the blue undead in awe.

"Sssss...? (Eh...? Huh...?) Ssss? (Master, why do you suddenly look different?)"

Monty, who evacuated from Zombie's palm the moment the light enveloped the blue undead, hissed a question from the top of Baro's head where it decided was the safest spot for the moment.

"Ah! That was a rank-up, wasn't it?! He ranked up!"

Mary gasped and her eyes lighted up as she bounced up with excitement – already showing the common trait that every tamer shared, the joy of watching tamed monsters getting stronger.

...Pati, I really could use your expertise on this situation – how the hell did I get the level 1 quests AGAIN?! And how what about that whole champion thing? Are things going according to our plan or is it going down the drain and the Eternal will show up here in a second?

Zombie didn't respond to any of the commotion that others raised around him and instead tried to contact the silent sealed overseer – sadly, in vain.

"Haa... That's annoying..."

"!!!!"

The blue undead shook his head and sighed – making Cranberry, Baron and Morty, Mary, and Claymore, flinch and back off with worried expressions.

"That wasn't about any of you – don't make those faces."

Zombie's eyes momentarily light up with a light-blue light as he smiled and put all the others at ease...

"!!!!"

Aside from Claymore, who got even more worried and backed off behind Cranberry – as they chose her to be a more reliant barrier than the body of the red dragon.

Ah, using a tier 1 lust-exclusive skill against the avatar of lust is a dumb idea, oh well...

Zombie squinted his eyes but almost instantly looked away from the androgynous child and checked up on how his body turned out.

His shirt got ripped into shreds that hung down to his waist- thankfully his pants held on though that was mostly because of the high-quality belt that Kopaia's scabbard was attached to.

Speaking of which, Kopia was silent but Zombie could feel that she was the most tense out of everyone there – it surprised him a little bit until he realized that the strings of her hair never unraveled from his right hand and the sentient weapon was reading his mind the whole time.

Sorry if I scared you.

The blue undead smiled softly and gently patted Kopia's crossguard.

"..."

She didn't let out the high-pitched noise but just vibrated in response, showing that she was okay.

That said, are you also curious about that bone sword summon skill?

"...!"

Zombie asked and received a vibration strong enough to shake his whole waist in response – Kopia couldn't be any more clear about that.

"Let's try this."

Zombie nodded and reached out his hand, and furrowed his brows concentrating on the new skill.

****

Then, with a low hum, a rather simple weapon appeared in his hand.

It was just a basic one-handed short sword but instead of metal, it was made out of the sharpened yellowish bone that looked like it was left in the ground for ages and was about to crumble apart – it was really difficult to imagine it being useful.

...Do you think the same thing that I think...?

Zombie glanced down at Kopia – and smirked as he saw a few new strands of red hair growing out of her pommel rising up and reaching towards the blade.

Kopia's jealousy towards any sword-related equipment was truly boundless – she could not stand Zombie holding anything other than her.

Bone Appetit. Khahaha!

Zombie's smile grew wide as he made a little pun and offered the bone sword to the jealous sentient sword.

*CRUNCH*

As soon as he did that, Kopia lost all restraint and her red hair exploded out and wrapped around the blade created by skill and hungrily devoured it with a loud sound of bones breaking apart.

/Skill upgrade

Bone sword summon (level 1) >>> Sword familiar (bound) summon ([max])

As soon as the red threads retracted and disappeared, another message popped up.

Hey, look, you are officially my familiar.

"Te-he~!"

The blue undead thought with a smirk and this time Kopia couldn't hold back her happiness and giggled out loud.

"Oh, hey, look, Roan is waving at us. They must be ready for our appraisal."

Zombie raised his head and motioned at the blond prince waving at them from the other end of the arena – while not addressing anything that happened – and started walking towards him.

"Cranberry, Baron – let's go. Let's not make him wait."

He waved his hand at them without looking back.