Chapter 55

...Brain Reverse?

A hidden skill that automatically subjugated a target to the attacker when the exact center of the target’s head was struck.

It was famous enough that he knew it existed. He had seen it in a video by the (Necromancer) specialist YouTuber Corpse.

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Brain Reverse Triple Chain (feat. Siege War 20XX.XX.XX)

Corpse

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@UntilSunrise-o32

Wow, how the hell did Corpse do that???? Hidden hidden hidden, a triple combo pops there?????? Is that even possible??

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@istj00022

Isn’t that hacks?

@Foldo

@istj00022 hacks my ass, go watch Corpse’s early vids. He’s always been good.

@istj00022

But isn’t that gun not supposed to trigger Reverse? I’ve never seen any of the Necros around me trigger that at all.

@HitThatggq023

@istj00022 It’s not that bad. I’ve played Necro for years too and it does trigger. Like two or three times a year?

@istj00022

@HitThatggq023 That means it basically doesn’t trigger lol. Isn’t it hacks?

@lilililrirlrl

Looks like hacks.

@MargareT

Does Brain Reverse actually exist? Damn. I’ve never seen it, for real.

Even in the video comments, people had fought fiercely over whether using that gun to trigger Brain Reverse meant he was hacking or not. In the end, Corpse even made a follow-up video.

Subjugation: Core Beast

Remaining subjugation time: 04:23

Current status: [Engaged in combat]

※ A subjugated target moves with its master’s safety as its top priority.

But Yeonhoo had pulled off something that hard. Against a special zombie, no less!

He could not believe it himself, but with the Core Beasts fighting each other right in front of him and the system window open, he had no choice but to believe it.

Did I hit it by accident?

But he could not just stand there being shocked.

—Boom! Thud! Boom!!!

The zombie horde surrounding the two of them clung to the tower, scratched at the walls, and thundered with noisy footsteps.

—Guuuh, guh, guuuuh.

At the gasping groans of zombies on the verge of death, Mo Yeonhoo immediately clung to the window. Brain Reverse or whatever, first he had to focus on the current situation.

Still, now that he had taken control of the most troublesome Core Beast, he could breathe a little easier.

Let’s subjugate as many as possible.

If this kept up, then maybe even he, a (Necromancer), had at least a small chance of winning. Of course, there was a limit to how many entities he could control, so he would have to manage them carefully.

Even if (Necromancer) was unwelcome in PVP or raids, in theory, it had the greatest advantage in this kind of many-against-one situation, so he decided to place his hopes on that possibility.

They only get subjugated if I hit the head....

Click. Mo Yeonhoo aimed at the zombies packed densely through the gathering site.

Subjugate as many as I can.

If he fired ten shots, maybe one would hit the head. With his heart trembling, Mo Yeonhoo carefully aimed at the zombies’ heads and began shooting.

—Bang, bang bang, bang, bang bang!

—Guh! Guuuuh!!

The sound of gunfire drew aggro from even the distant zombies, and more of them began gathering.

The sight of them filling his entire field of vision was suffocating just to look at. Mo Yeonhoo calmed his shaking heart as much as possible, shot the enemies pressed closest to the tower first, then pressed his skills in order.

I can’t see anything....

The problem was that there were too many of them, so he could not tell whether he was hitting anything properly or not. For now, he pressed skills one after another according to what he had memorized, but when he saw no particular change, he gave a hollow laugh.

“Ah, why am I so bad at this....”

Mo Yeonhoo muttered gloomily.

Apparently, he had not hit a single one.

When he was young, even if nothing else, he had been pretty good at shooting games. Maybe it was because it had been so long since he played one.

As he was thinking that, a zombie snapped its head back and looked precisely in Mo Yeonhoo’s direction.

“......?”

He flinched when his eyes suddenly met the zombie’s, and then the area around the zombie’s body began glowing blue.

That was.......

An ally marker?

At that moment, several zombies snapped their heads up and stared at him. Then came the alerts, ringing like crazy.

(Notification) You have subjugated ‘Zombie: Sorrowful Defeated Soldier’!

(Notification) You have subjugated ‘Zombie: Covered in Bandages’!

(Notification) You have subjugated ‘Zombie: Sorrowful Defeated Soldier’!

(Notification) You have subjugated ‘Zombie: Bloody Menial Soldier’!

(Notification) You have subjugated ‘Zombie: Soldier in Rusty Armor’!

(Notification) You have subjugated ‘Zombie: Limping Zombie’!

(Notification) You have subjugated ‘Zombie: Limping Zombie’!

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Mo Yeonhoo’s mouth fell open as he watched the alerts keep rising through the chat window.

What is this...?

He had subjugated that many? That made no sense. At that point, it was practically as if every shot he had fired had landed.

Me?

Sure, other people could do that. With zombies crowding together like a sea of bodies, even spraying bullets roughly could land that many hits. But a (Necromancer)’s gun was.......

Why is it so easy to control the recoil today?

Was it not the kind of weapon that forced its head up toward the sky whenever he fired a single shot? Mo Yeonhoo looked down at his hands anew.

Something had been strange since the moment he logged in. Normally, when he moved the mouse, the background whipped past so fast along with it that he could barely check his field of view, but today it was smooth.

This is weird.

Did (Necromancer) get buffed?

He did want to find out why this was happening, but.......

“Wow.”

Well, whatever. Mo Yeonhoo grinned widely. In the meantime, every zombie he had subjugated was looking up at him.

Looking at those faces full of only whites, he began issuing orders in earnest.

(Notification) You have used the (Necromancer) skill ‘Species Attack’!

0momo0 stretched out a hand.

“Kill them all.”

The zombies looking up at Mo Yeonhoo snapped their heads around.

And as he watched them start tearing into the other zombies, Mo Yeonhoo’s eyes flashed brightly.

*****

—Click.

A female character dressed entirely in black from head to toe, having put away the dagger she was holding, climbed onto a tree and looked out over the forest. A faint glow surrounded her body, as though she were using a Stealth item.

—Gruk, grrrk.......

The area below the woman was packed with zombies. But every single one merely brushed past as if they could not see her. The zombies that passed her by all swarmed toward the sloppily built tower up ahead.

She watched it silently, then spoke as if dumbfounded.

—...Hah, what the hell? Is that really one total beginner and the leader? What’s with that (Necromancer)?

The woman gave a hollow laugh as she watched zombies clash with each other near the tower.

—Isn’t (Necromancer) supposed to be a trash character? Then what the hell is that?

A (Necromancer)’s subjugation skill lasted longer the higher the headshot accuracy was.

So if someone was good with a gun, it was a broken character, but the difficulty was so high that, naturally, most players could not keep control for more than a few seconds before the zombies broke free.

—Is that subjugation time for real?

Then what was that (Necromancer)?

Fine, say it was possible to subjugate several zombies in a short time. Even so, at a glance, was the maintenance time not long too?

When the woman with the low voice spoke in a slightly sharp tone, a male character who had climbed into another tree and was watching the tower the same way answered.

—Hm-hm. What is that? Weird.

—Maybe he isn’t a beginner?

—Hm. For that, his skills whiff a lot.

Unlike his aim, however, his skill casting was extremely clumsy and slow. As though his skills were getting tangled, the zombies in subjugation state sometimes attacked awkwardly or stared in the wrong direction. And yet—

—What is this? It’s different from what we heard. They’re not dying. Weren’t we supposed to kill Miu with zombies so there’d be no log, then loot his inventory? Now he’s got a guard knight.

At that level, was he not among the very good (Necromancer)s? But his skill was not the only thing that surprised them.

—His aim is one thing, but... hm. Why does he have so many items?

Since he had been suddenly isolated, he should not have had many resources on him, yet all sorts of items kept coming out. It looked like he was buying whatever he lacked from the shop on the spot and using it.

—Hm-hm. Did he bet his whole life on this game or what?

—Guess he’s buying everything. I wish he’d just donate that money to me instead.

The shop had terrible value for cost. Judging by the speed at which he was using items, it was obvious tens of thousands of won per minute were flowing out like water.

—But we’re going to get caught when we loot them anyway, so can’t we just kill them now and take everything?

Shing. The female character took up a combat stance again. But the male character clicked his tongue.

—Whyyy?

—Hm-hm, tsk. Just got contacted. They said to withdraw if it’s iffy.

—Ah! Fuuuck. Then we wouldn’t have used the abnormal weather token. Let’s just attack, okay?

The user in black spoke irritably, fuming, and the other glanced at her before moving.

—If we want to kill them now, we have to break through the WAVE and destroy the tower too. Hm-hm. What can we do...? Let’s go.

—Ugh! You’re telling me that guy’s class is really (Necromancer)? Are you sure they bit the right info? We need to get it again from scrat.......

Then the two of them disappeared in an instant.

In the quiet space, only the slightly tilted branches showed that the two of them had been there. Of course, even those returned to normal after a few seconds.

“Uwaaaah!”

There was no way Mo Yeonhoo could know they had existed.

“When does this end!”

His face still white as a sheet, he was holding back the WAVE.