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Ervas glanced at the 'ingredients' as he began his work.

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He had carefully analyzed the anatomy of the corpses being used, so he was rather knowledgeable about what to do.

Is design was going to be simple, by utilizing different body parts that he was capable of saving, he decided to recreate a Patchwork Zombie.

What is a Patchwork Zombie?

It is a reanimated corpse made by many pieces of different corpses patched together, sometimes they can be made to look greatly grotesque, but if the creator is refined and knows about anatomy, it might end up looking like a convincing human being.

However, because Ervas intended to add monster parts, it would never look like a real human being.

"Most of the bones are way too weak, so let's replace them with the bones of wyverns and rock wyverns," said Ervas.

"Very well then, lord Ervas," said Lilith, as she brought two of such monster's corpses, which were already opened up and ready to be taken of any piece if needed.

Ervas borrowed Jason's Gnome, which he asked to conjure the spell 'Material Refinement', giving him the ability to change the shape of the bones into the skeleton parts that it was replacing.

Gnome has always been close with Ervas since he helped Jason bond with it, and because Ervas has a bond with Jason, he was allowed to 'borrow' the Earth Spirit with the permission of the two.

After reaching such a high level of Spirit Magic, Ervas had an easy time bringing Gnome with him without any issues, and Gnome had become accustomed to his mana long ago as well.

"Thanks for the help, Gnome," said Ervas.

"No problem, Ervas-san! Though this is rather creepy" said Gnome, who had acquired the ability to speak weeks ago.

"Sorry about that… now that I think about it, should I replace my bones? They're rather weak" said Ervas, as he glanced at the sturdy bones of wyverns and rock wyverns, capable of rivaling iron to an extent.

"I don't think that would be a good idea, lord Ervas… Your bones are still growing after all! I am sure that they will become sturdier!" said Lilith.

"That's right, my lord," said Legion behind Ervas.

"Hmm… I guess you have a point, though absorbing bones might be also possible to an extent… well, I will try it out on another occasion" said Ervas, continuing his work.

Ervas remodeled the sturdy and large bones of wyverns and rock wyverns until he came out with an even greater idea, opening his Item Pouch, he took out several ingots made out of Veronica's metal.

"Let's use these to coat the bones, so they're even more sturdy," thought Ervas, wanting to create a zombie with unbreakable bones.

"Oh! I see! Wonderful idea, Ervas-sama" said Lilith.

Ervas used both Golem Transmutation to transform the ingots into golems and mold them accordingly, and then he used Material Refinement to properly coat the bones and finish the small details.

Afterward, when Ervas had most of the skeleton parts that would be replaced done, he began to open up the corpse pieces and to replace the bones carefully, making sure to not break nerves or blood vessels.

Then, the assembling began, using Lilith and her sister's assistance, Ervas began to slowly stick together the pieces of different corpses.

The head was that of a beautiful red-headed woman who only had her head intact while most of her body was destroyed.

The torso was that of a warrior woman, which was rather packed with muscles, with glossy chocolate-skinned beauty.

The arms were those of that warrior woman as well, but the hands were missing so Ervas used those of Lizardmen instead.

The legs had to be of different people as they were missing, and it was quite hard for Ervas to find two legs that had almost the same height, so the Patchwork Zombie would not suffer from imbalance when walking, but in the end, he managed to find two fitting ones. One of them was blueish black as it belonged to a Dark Elf woman, while the other was pale white as it belonged to an Elf. Such races were common in human civilizations and were often considered as 'humans' too, just like most dwarves were.

Ervas and the Lilith sisters considered that leaving the feet as they were would not be right, as they wanted the Zombie to have strong kicks, so they replaced the feet with those of small Lesser Wyverns, which had a similar color to the Lizardmen hands, being quite fitting.

"It is mostly done?" asked Lilith.

"Yes… but it is not enough into my eyes… let's keep adding more 'power' to it," said Ervas.

By power, Ervas meant giving the Patchwork Zombie more natural weapons.

One of such were various organs of different monsters.

The stomach, intestines, and other digestive organs were replaced by those of orcs so she could be able to eat a lot and accumulate energy, her heart was that of a Demon Bicorn, a rare monster that roamed the Devil Forest at night, and her lungs and throat were those of Flame Salamanders, so she could be able to breathe fire.

She was also given an organ capable of producing vibrations that the Wyvern Boss used to unleash its sound-based attacks and another that produced electricity by a small amount across her body.

Her muscles were replaced by those of orcs for the most part, and she was also given the wings of Lesser Wyverns because if she were given bigger ones, her body would not be capable of balancing itself. The wings were carefully connected to her skeleton and tightly sewed into the corpse.

Ervas also decided to give decorate her head with the horns of Bicorns and Wyverns, with one of the Bicorn horns growing from her forehead and two of those of Wyverns growing at each side of her head.

These horns were not simply aesthetic, as they had the capacity of accumulating mana.

And last but not least, she was given the tail of a Wyvern with the tip of a Giant Dark Venomous Scorpion.

"I think… I think it is finally done" said Ervas, clearing the sweat off his forehead and releasing a sigh of relief, he had been immersed in his work, but spent many hours into this, more than he had expected.

Through this extensive operation, Ervas gathered great Experience in anatomy and surgery, even more than he had ever experienced before.

"Now… It's time for her to raise," said Ervas.

"My lord… do you want me to give a piece of myself?" asked Legion, offering a piece of its own gigantic body which was made of dozens of dead spirits converged together, for Legion it was an easy task to divide its mind into a split piece of itself that could serve as the new soul and spirit of this Patchwork Zombie.

"No thanks, Legion, I will use some of the roaming spirits of the Devil Forest, they all want a second shot at life," said Ervas, calling upon several spirits with his Death Attribute Charm and converging them together into a single one, which inhabited the Patchwork Zombie.

Such spirits were mostly incapable of remembering their past, so they were ideal to create a new being with this reanimated corpse.

The phantasmagoric dead spirits converged into a mass of a bluish gas-like substance, entering their new host body, and filling it with new 'life'.

The corpse was covered in this bluish phantasmagoric substance until it finally settled down within the body.

Suddenly, the corpse opened its eyes, which were of different colors, Ervas had replaced them by those of monsters for better visibility, one of them was that of a Giant Snake, and the other of a Gray Wolf, giving her two types of vision.

The Zombie then sat down at the table, glancing at its surroundings in silence.

"…"

"Hi, I'm Ervas, nice to meet you," said Ervas with a mild smile.

"A-And I am Lilith by the way, I could be considered to be your big sister! O-Or mommy!" said Lilith.

"…Er… Er… Ervas…" said the Zombie, trying to articulate words, she seemed to have the mind of a toddler that was just beginning to learn things.

"Liii… Liii… Lith" it said again.

"She seems to be learning how to talk very fast," said Legion.

"What name should I give to her?" wondered Ervas.

"Did she have any name before? Is there any information about her corpses names?" asked Lilith.

"No…" said Ervas.

"Well then, we'll have to do something else then… Master is good at names!" said Legion.

"She has a lot of dragon features, she reminds me of the Dragon-kin that I met in my previous life… she even holds a slight resemblance to a strong warrior of such tribe… I will name her after her then. Your new name will be Draconia" said Ervas, granting a new to his own creation.

"Dra… Drrraa… Drrraaaco…" said Draconia waving her head in confusion on how to properly articulate her vocal cords to speak correctly… it was rather hard for her, but she looked rather cute while trying.

"Welcome to the family, Draconia-chan," said Lilith.

"Indeed, welcome," said Legion.

"Welcome, little sister," said the Lilith sisters.

"Hmm…" said Draconia, glancing at everyone with great curiosity.

Ding!

[You acquired the [Surgery; Level 1] Skill!]

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