Zion has always dreamed of becoming a great adventurer, so he leaves his small hometown in the boonies to head for the city. He is able to quickly move up in the ranks, until he suffers a fatal wound in a dungeon far beyond his abilities and his dreams are cut short. As he lays dying, his blood is mixed with the essence of a just-fallen dragon. For hundreds of years, his soul is steeped in this mixture... and then he reawakens as the strongest undead!
With shocking white hair and blood red eyes, Zion is the very epitome of an undead, a race feared by humans for their lack of self and vile nature. However, unlike most of his kind, he retains his memories and (admittedly shy) personality from the past. Wielding unimaginable power but none of the will to use it, Zion journeys across an unfamiliar world, searching for a way to finally end his own life. From corrupt necromancers to all-powerful dragons, why can't any of them lay a scratch on him?!
After Spending Hundreds of Years as a Common Undead, I’ve Become The Strongest Undead When I Woke up It is also Known as: ただの屍のようだと言われて幾星霜、気づいたら最強のアンデッドになってた, Tada no Shikabane no You da to Iwarete Ikuseisou, Kizuitara Saikyou no Undead ni Natteta
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5. Next Life
Yamada Takashi lost his life in the snowy mountains—that is what he thought, but he then appeared in an unknown place; another world that looked like the game he played. Moreover there are many things that he doesn't know... While puzzled, he still retains the strongest class ability and is relieved.
High rank magician, "Wise man" Marius is still living till today.
Next Life is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: ネクストライフ, Next Life
4. Zombie-Loan
Michiru Kita’s a weak-spirited girl who has a hard time saying what’s on her mind. One day, she notices mysterious, ring-like markings around the necks of two of her classmates, Chika Akatsuki and Shito Tachibana — two boys who miraculously survived a horrible accident six months before. Michiru, possessing the rare ability to see these rings, knows that they warn of impending death. Thinking that, perhaps, she can do something to save her classmates’ lives, she approaches them... but it seems the boys have already made a different kind of deal and garnered themselves a heavy debt
Zombie-Loan has finished publishing and it has 83 Chapters. It is also Known as: ZOMBIE-LOAN, Zombie-Loan
3. Shokei Sareta Kenja wa Lich ni Tensei Shite Shinryaku Sensou wo Hajimaru
The Sage Dwight, he along with the Hero defeated the Demon Lord who sank the world into darkness.However, they were falsely accused of becoming the next Demon Lords because of his power, and were thrown to The Valley of the Dead to die.......But though his flesh has rotten away, he lives on as a skeleton because of his grudge against the world. Dwight has vowed to deny that wrong world, and with a power that surpasses even the Demon King of the past, and also leading countless Skeletons he's going to start an all out war...!
The Executed Sage Is Reincarnated as a Lich and Starts an All-Out War is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: 処刑された賢者はリッチに転生侵略戦争を始める, Shokei sareta Kenja wa Lich ni Tensei shite Shinryaku Sensou wo Hajimeru
2. Nozomanu Fushi no Boukensha
It's been ten years since Rentt Faina, a down-on-his luck Bronze-class adventurer, set his eyes on becoming Mithril-class. Unfortunately, Rentt finds himself helpless when confronted by a legendary Dragon in the Labyrinth of the Moon's Reflection...and is summarily eaten. But Rentt has miraculously reawakened...as a Skeleton?!
The Unwanted Undead Adventurer is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: 望まぬ不死の冒険者, The Unwanted Immortal Adventurer
1. Saihate no Paladin
William is the lone human in a city of the dead. Born with vague memories of a past life in contemporary Japan where he failed to do anything useful, he is determined not to make the same mistake again, and that this time, his life will be lived. But what does that really mean? Raised by a group of the undead, William must discover what circumstances brought him to this city and these people as well as what it means to not just exist, but to live a full life.
The Faraway Paladin is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: 最果てのパラディン, Paladin of the End, Ultimate Paladin
