Chapter 008: Zombies
With the key in hand, Gaudus came to a door in the depths of the church and pushed it in.
Using the light of the torches, Gaudus was able to see the interior of the room, which was actually a study, as evidenced by the dusty books on the shelves, most of which were religious books such as the Bible, the Gospels, and the Divine Revelation, and not the really useful ones.
Gaudus finds an old-fashioned writing desk and uses the key to open the central drawer, revealing an old copy of The Foundations of the Earth Element.
That was the book he was looking for.
【Earth Elemental Foundation】
[Author: Barren Land. Dis. 】
[Introduction: A theoretical basis and practical book for the introduction of earth elemental magic, and records a 1-ring earth magic, through which you can master the ability - earth element lv1.] 】
[Learning requirements: Affinity for the earth element, chanting lv1, casting spell lv1.] 】
After going through the relevant information, Gaudus put the book away.
It's a pity that it's "Earth Element Foundation", not the expected "Black Magic Solution".
The so-called affinity of the earth element is the sensitivity to the earth element, which is an attribute that cannot be presented in data, and can only be experienced by itself.
For example, Gaudus, who was very young was able to see souls that others could not see, and sometimes even communicated with them, which is a reflection of his extreme sensitivity to souls, which he was born with, but it was not shown in the personal attributes panel.
It is unknown whether this book is suitable for Gaudus, after all, Gaudus has not really tested his earth elemental affinity. However, even if he doesn't have an affinity for the earth family, this book can be sold for a good price, or exchanged for an ability study book of equal value, such as "A Little Solution to Dark Magic" that he wants.
Once in possession of the book, Gaudus left the study, then walked over to the two corpses, a man and a woman, and used the Dominant Skeleton on them.
After just 3 minutes of chanting, along with the decomposition of flesh and blood, two skeletons, one large and one small, slowly stood up, their eyes dancing with a very faint soul fire, and the completeness of the souls remaining in the corpse was less than 1% of normal.
Despite this, the skeleton awakened by the male corpse looked much thicker and thicker, and it was obvious that it had good physical strength during its lifetime. Thinking of the cross infantry sword he held in his hand, this must have been the cross keeper of this church during his lifetime.
The other skeleton, awakened by a female corpse, is likely to have the identity of a church nun and a tomb keeper's lover.
Gaudus inserted the torch into the jack, illuminated it by the firelight, and then, under the protection of the two skeleton minions, pushed open the church door and returned to the cemetery.
At the moment when the door was pushed open, the five tombstones standing in the center of the cemetery suddenly fell, and the tall zombies with rotten surfaces and no longer able to see their faces crawled out from under the tombstones, staring at Gadoth with crooked eyes.
This is the first wave of enemies that newbies born in Sindh Town in the game have to face.
In the game, all players are born with an attribute panel with an average value of more than 15, especially players born in Sindh Town, the system will also give a tabula rasa weapon as an excess, but it is said to be an excessive weapon, but it also comes with an attribute of [50% extra damage to the undead], which can be said to be tailor-made for this novice's first battle.
Gaudus glanced at his template, and only felt a little miserable: [Strength: 13; Dexterity: 10; Constitution: 10; Perception: 15; Will: 14; Charm: 8]. You know, he's already a level 6 necromancer, and the average attribute value is less than 12 points... Ants that used to be easily killed in the game have now become enemies that must be dealt with carefully.
Under the command of Gaudos, the two skeleton minions slowly approached the zombies, and then waved the cruciform infantry sword and dagger in their hands, and launched a provocative attack, like two cunning wolves, bite, run, bite, run.
Although zombies have no intelligence, they have instincts, which are characterized by high health, high attack power, poor agility, and irritability, instinctive irritability.
Irritability is the key to Gauldos's victory. Enraged by the two painless swords slashed by the Dominant Skeleton, the zombies spread their claws, bared their fangs, and pounced on the two Dominator Skeletons with a huffy pace.
Although the zombies are less agile and cannot approach the dominant skeleton at all, they will produce a few variants that will not only be more powerful in all attributes, but will also have the skill [Rush], which can quickly approach the enemy with a short dash. Among the 5 zombies, there is such a variant, it has a tall body comparable to an orc, but at a speed no less than a cheetah, it suddenly approaches the skeleton summoned by the corpse of the grave keeper, and then bites its arm fiercely, never letting go, waiting for the arrival of other zombies.
Seeing this, the nun skeleton instinctively wanted to save her lover, but under the forced orders of her master Gados, she still chose to wait and see. The grave keeper skeleton twisted desperately, only to hear a "click", and after tearing off a hand bone as a price, it managed to break away.
Under the command of Gauldos, the Grave Keeper Skeleton and the Nun Skeleton moved separately in opposite directions, and the zombies split into groups of two and three, and launched a fruitless pursuit of the two dominant skeletons.
Gao Duos drew his slashing sword and quietly approached one of the zombies, but because the hatred of this group of zombies had locked on the grave keeper skeleton in front of him, he did not notice Gao Duos behind him. Taking advantage of the zombies' inattention, Gao Duosi immediately slashed at the opponent's neck with a sword!
Poof! The sharp stabbing sword slashed hard, but halfway through it, it got stuck in the neck bone. The sword drew the hatred of the zombies, who gave up their pursuit of the gravekeeper skeleton and instead turned their heads, their heads drooping, trying to grab Gadoth.
Just as the zombies turned their heads, the grave keeper skeleton turned around, reflexively slashed his sword, and stabbed into the target of the attack of Goddoth.
Burst! The Grave Keeper's skull sword stabbed into the opponent's chest, and a stinky black blood burst out of the wound, causing the target zombie to slowly fall and die.
Gao Duos looked at the rusty cross infantry sword in the grave keeper's skeleton's hand, and guessed that the sword probably had the special attribute of [dealing 50% extra damage to the undead], otherwise this sword would not be so deadly.
In this way, the Grave Keeper skeleton once again attracted the hatred of the two remaining zombies, and Gadoth was able to pull out the stabbing sword that was stuck in his neck bone.
Using the same seduction technique, Gaudus cooperated with the Grave Keeper Skeleton to kill all 3 zombies.
On the other side, the nun skeleton faced two zombies at the same time, which seemed a little powerless, and because one of the zombies belonged to a variant with the [Rush] skill, the nun skeleton had already ripped off an arm, and it was immediately unable to support it.
Gaudus orders the Tomb Keeper Skeleton to support the Nun Skeleton.
Once again, the mutant zombie uses its dashing ability, quickly approaches the nun's skeleton, and lunges forward, knocking it to the ground. The nun skeleton struggled desperately, and the dagger in her hand plunged into the mutant zombie's head again and again, but to no avail, the mutant zombie held down the opponent's body, opened its fangs, and quickly bit off its neck like a wolfdog.
The skull of the nun skeleton rolled to the side, and the small soul fire in his eyes was quickly extinguished, and Gados could clearly feel that his soul connection with the nun skeleton was getting weaker and weaker, and after just two seconds, there was no more feedback.
After the death of the nun skeleton in battle, the skeleton battle intent of the tomb keeper began to soar rapidly, and his steps became faster, especially the soul fire in his eyes, which was actually brighter. This may be due to the relationship between the nun and the grave keeper, one of whom is killed, and the other is driven by hatred to explode with unimaginable power.
Under the orders of Gauldos, the grave keeper skeleton quickly rushed in front of another zombie and stabbed them through the heart with a sword. This is a zombie that is not a mutant, and it moves slowly, and it has been attacked by the skeleton of a nun twice before, and there is a lot of black blood on its body... The sword of the grave keeper's skeleton directly resulted in it.
The mutant zombie frantically tore at the bones of the nun's skeleton, and when he heard the jerky sound of the sword piercing the flesh, he turned his head sharply and saw the scene where the grave keeper skeleton pierced the zombie's chest with his sword.
Enraged, it immediately activated its [Rush] skill and pounced frantically!
The grave keeper skeleton didn't know what fear was, and in the face of a mutant zombie as tall and strong as an orc, it even calmly pulled its sword out of the chest of the dead corpse, and instead of retreating, it plunged its sword into the other party's heart!
Another burst of black blood shot out, and the grave keeper skeleton successfully plunged its sword into the mutant zombie's chest, but it was also thrown to the ground by the opponent. The mutant zombie's hideous eyes flashed with ferocious fierceness, and it opened its fangs, pressed the skeleton's body, and directly ripped off the opponent's head.
Gaudus felt that he had lost another soul connection, which proved that the grave keeper skeleton had also been killed in battle.
After killing the Grave Keeper's skeleton, the mutant zombie crawls up to its companion's corpse like a hyena and begins to gnaw on the carrion stained with black blood!
Eating corpses? This is a precursor to a zombie's imminent transformation into a ghoul!
Gaudus watched the scene, but did not stop it. The mutant zombies quickly finished eating, and the corpses of their companions had been gnawed into a pile of bloody skeletons. Its rotting body began to distort, its calves thickened, the corners of its mouth grinned, and its long, sharp fangs bared out of its lips. These are all physical traits of a ghoul, and it is clear that it has completed its initial metamorphosis.
It's just that the cross infantry sword is still stuck in its chest, and the wound is dripping and bleeding, and there is no sign of healing at all.
Gaudus swung his stabbing sword in his hand, its bright blade reflecting the moonlight, reflecting the light into the ghoul's eyes. The newborn ghoul was flashed in the eye, and naturally turned his head, only to notice Godoth standing in the door of the church, secretly peeping.
It roared and ran towards Gauldoth.
Gaudus turned and walked into the torch-lit church.