It's been a while since I walked around the forest. The forest is pretty refreshing and the plant life is pretty lush. I kept searching for humans that I might be able to communicate with, but all I saw were strange animals that I didn't know even existed, but I had a familiar feeling about them. The animals were afraid of me, running away as soon as they noticed me. They were too fast for my one eye to fully see what they were, but one of them looked like a rabbit. This 'subject' of mine that I have following behind me also helped with scaring the animals away...
I rest a bit on a chopped-down log and tell my subject to do the same. Out of curiosity, I checked Clyde's information table again.
> Name : Clyde Withers [Change Name?]
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> Race : Undead Human
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> Class : Undead Swordsman [D-rank Class] [Change Class?]
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> Level : 14 [10%/100% EXP] - [Allot your EXP?]
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> Skills : - 『Sword Spin Lv. 1』[B-rank Sword Art]
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> - 『Slash Lv. 3』 [F-rank Sword Art]
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> - 『Spark Lv.1』 [F-rank Fire Magic]
I already figured out the 'options' on his table. I can change his name to whatever I want to call him, but for now, I'll stick to his original name. I can also change his class, but nothing happened when I tried choosing it, so I'll leave that alone for now. Choosing 'Allot your EXP' instead showed me some information about myself.
> 👑 Zombie King 👑
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> "A King is Nothing Without His Subjects"
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> You won't be able to Level Up, but you can give the EXP you've gained to your subjects instead.
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> Race : Zombie
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> Class : Undead King [SS-rank]
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> Level : 1 [30% / N/A%] - [Allot EXP]
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> Skills :
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> 『Fair King』Lv. MAX [?-rank Unique]
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> - Able to take your subject's skill and rearrange them to yourself or your other subjects.
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> 『Undying Loyalty Lv. MAX』 [?-rank Unique]
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> - Anyone who surrenders to you is to be ruled without any restraints for as long as you please.
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> 『Undead Conversion Lv. 2』 [A-rank Black Magic]
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> - Able to convert a recently dead living creature into an Undead. Able to command the converted Undead. [Limit: 20]
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> 『Feast Lv. 3』 [D-rank Zombie Skill]
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> - Restore your Vitality and Hunger by feeding on meat. Moderate chance to fix your body.
It was quite interesting that I have these unique and high rarities of skills. Somehow all of these skills and info tables don't seem that outlandish to me. I instead feel really familiar with them as if my past memory has something to do with all of this.
The next thing I tried was to use the 'Fair King' skill that I have for Clyde, I was able to take all of his skills and give them to myself. The thing is, Clyde doesn't have any skills after I took them. Knowing that I'm forever a Level 1 Zombie, it’d be wise to give his skills back to him. I even gave him my 30% EXP and his EXP rose to 40%/100%.
"%*##*?" A voice of a girl was heard nearby.
Hmm…? Human voices...?
I heard the voices of multiple people talking. I can't quite make of what they're saying. They sounded gibberish and nonsensical as if they were speaking an entirely new language. That didn't quite stop me from trying to communicate with them physically. Talking is useless, knowing that I can only produce wailing sounds and weird noises from my throat. If I act friendly and give them peace signs, they will probably reconsider attacking me, right? I'm desperate to find out any information regarding me at this point, and who knows when I'll encounter another human in this forest.
I take a peek from behind a tree and I see 3 humans. 2 men and a woman. 2 of the men wear quite a similar set of armor to Clyde, but the tall and menacing man has a bigger sword, carries a wooden shield, and his armor is on the heavy side. The other man, on the other hand, wears lightweight armor and carries a fine spear on his back. The woman carries a crossbow in her hand, has mounds of arrows in her quiver, and is not wearing any armor, only a black cloak.
I might be able to befriend them, but I need to make sure that Clyde stays far out of sight so that they don't freak out at seeing him. Clyde already looks like a zombie, not to mention his neck and shoulder...
I commanded Clyde to stay out of sight and to protect me if I got hurt. He nods and quickly stays far out of sight.
Okay, now... let's see if this works.
I slowly show myself to the traveling people and wave at them. They noticed me with a confused looks on their faces. I then tried my best to get a warm smile on my face, but the woman talked angrily towards the 2 men and they nodded to her. She then aimed and pointed it at me.
Is she trying to kill me?!
I managed to barely dodge the first arrow that she aimed at my head, only scraping my ear. They were surprised and looked at me in disbelief. I then instinctively ran away from them. I looked back to see that the three of them were chasing after me. The woman kept shooting her arrows at me as I successfully and miraculously dodged them left and right.
I didn't really pay attention to my front as I stepped on a downward slope and slid far down deeper into the forest. I crashed to the ground. The crash didn't hurt, but it was enough to render me unable to move my body under a bush. The three of them looked from above, looking around for me. After a while, they turned back and gave up on their search.
Where was Clyde...? I commanded him to protect me but he didn't... uhh...
The crash made my head dizzy and I fell unconscious minutes later.