Chapter 103: Task 2
Rod knew that wasn't all the reason why the rewards were so generous.
These tasks issued by the academy are also target-based.
This task, although not explicitly stated, is clearly not intended for ordinary apprentices.
All the way forward, in the continuous march, it is not far from the mission goal. At this time, in Rod's perception, there was an obvious abnormality around him.
This is the second time that Rhodes has come to the border position, and at this time, there are no more merchant groups that dare to trade with Eli in Diya, or in other words, anyone who is discovered by the necromancer will be attacked.
At this time, Rhodes was not far from the place where he handed over the mission.
Rhodes looked to the end of the road and saw several tents in front of him, with wide intervals between them, and a number of undead creatures gathered around each tent.
Following the instructions from the badge, Rhodes sensed that the necromancer, who was preparing to receive the undead creatures, was in one of the tents.
Perhaps at the same tip, a necromancer stepped out of the tent and turned his head to the side of the carriage, where he saw Rhodes and the apprentice in front of the carriage.
Having reached the target location, the apprentice stopped the carriage. Rod, who had been following the carriage, also stopped the centaur.
The apprentice had just gotten out of the carriage and was looking at Rhodes about to have a few words, when the necromancer not far away was already walking towards the two.
As the necromancer's steps approached, the bat on Rhodes' shoulder, which had been sleeping, suddenly opened its eyes, and its eyes stared directly at the necromancer who came to him.
The apprentice wanted to say something to Rod, but it was certainly too late to say something.
The necromancer said to the two, "You're the ones who transport the undead creatures?" Now that it's all here, what are you waiting for? ”
There was some impatience in his tone, and at this time, the apprentice in front of the necromancer was so frightened that he couldn't say anything, and hurriedly let the undead creatures on the carriage step down and came to stand in a row in front of the necromancer.
At this time, the apprentice in front of him suddenly realized something, and wanted to speak, but he didn't dare to say it.
The necromancer scolded, "What? You don't want to complete the task anymore? ”
Realizing that the necromancer in front of him was a little angry, the apprentice said, "No...... I don't know how to uncontrol the undead creatures......"
"You don't even know how to lift the spirit seal, and you dare to take on this task?"
The necromancer stepped forward and began to loudly reprimand the apprentice in front of him, although the apprentice had some complaints, he obviously did not dare to show anything, so he could only accept them one by one.
In the process, Rod kept watching from the rear and didn't make any movement.
Rhodes keenly sensed that although the necromancer had been talking to his apprentice, his attention had always been on himself.
At this point, in Rod's line of sight, the necromancer took a few steps forward, but stopped a little distance away from the apprentice, and did not approach the apprentice further.
Ever since the centaur came down, Rhodes had been standing still, watching what was happening in front of him.
After a few curses, the necromancer stopped his movements and began to teach the apprentice in front of him how to remove the spirit imprint of the undead creature.
Although it only requires a few small skills to remove the spirit seal, it is difficult for an apprentice who has not experienced it before to comprehend this method on his own.
Under the necromancer's teaching, the apprentice quickly mastered the art of removing the spirit mark, and then began to free the spirit mark that was within the soul fire of the undead creature according to the method taught by the necromancer.
At the moment of attempt, a tearing pain suddenly welled up in the apprentice's mind. The apprentice let out a muffled grunt, and was forced to stop the attempt as he could no longer bear the pain.
Soon, as if aware of the necromancer's eyes in front of him, the apprentice did not dare to rest, and continued to try.
This attempt, the apprentice did not persist for a few attempts, and immediately failed under the pain.
Seeing this, the necromancer immediately said, "What? Don't you want to complete the task anymore? Do you think this quest reward is so easy to get? ”
Speaking of the back, the necromancer roared out almost directly, and the apprentice in front of him was already completely frightened.
The apprentice remembered the horror of the necromancer, and at this time he didn't dare to answer anything, turned his head away, and wanted to ask Rhodes for help, but Rhodes didn't say anything, just looked at him so coldly.
After some gestures to no avail, the apprentice began to regret a little, when he first found out about this task, he carefully checked the situation of the task, and then dared to take it, but when he arrived here, he found that this task was not so simple.
At this time, looking at the fierce appearance of the necromancer in front of him, the apprentice had to start trying again to remove the spiritual imprint in the mind of the undead creature.
Holding back the pain in his mind, the apprentice lifts the mental imprint of a walking corpse.
At this time, Rhodes noticed that although these walking corpses whose spiritual imprints had been lifted were very close to the necromancer in front of them, they did not attack them, but seemed to be stunned, and did not dare to make any movements.
Once again, the spirit imprint of a walking corpse was lifted, and the apprentice could no longer bear the pain in his head. The already low spiritual attributes, and then being devoured by this kind of backlash, caused the apprentice to cry out in pain for a while.
Rod recalls that the setting that lifting the spirit mark will bring backlash was originally only intended for players.
Since the player cannot gain any experience by killing an undead creature with its own spirit mark, in order to prevent the player from directly disarming the spirit mark and killing it after the undead creature is seriously injured, as well as directly mending their own undead creature in a melee, the game has a relatively strict restriction on removing the spirit mark.
Not many players can fully bear the pain of lifting the spirit seal, and even if they can, the loss of spirit attributes is even more difficult for players to accept.
With this restriction, the player would rather kill the undead than remove the spirit mark of the undead on their own. At this time, this setting was used by the necromancer on the apprentice.
Seeing the tragic situation of the apprentice, the necromancer in front of him not only did not have any sympathy, but said to the apprentice in front of him: "You see, there are still six undead creatures in front of you, and the pain is only temporary, after it is lifted, you can get a reward of two hundred gold coins." ”
Perhaps moved by the necromancer's words, thinking about the imminent reward, the apprentice once again lifted the two spirit seals.
The successive pains made it almost impossible for the apprentice to stand up, and he had to cover his head with his hands to make it a little better.
The necromancer was unmoved, but urged vigorously. Rod could clearly see a smile on the necromancer's face as he did so.
At this time, Rod's gaze happened to meet the necromancer who swept his gaze to this side.