Chapter 14: The Change of the Undead
"This is where they call the treasure?" Morey asked Balta behind him uncertainly, and in front of him was a barren plain, lonely with a few dead trees and mounds of what appeared to be a cemetery, which looked desolate.
"It should be here, yes, if I'm not mistaken, the ribbon hanging on the dead tree fifty paces away from your right hand should be the material for the servants of the family Ministry of Internal Affairs this year, poor Laili, I heard that she has a good figure, it's really a pity......" Unlike ordinary members of the dark department, Balta is like the white clothes he likes, sunny and cheerful, likes beautiful women, likes to flirt with them, and also moves his hands and feet, which is very different from the members of the dark department who like to wear black clothes and are silent.
Ignoring the playboy in white, Morey and Hyde stepped into what the commoners saw as a life-changing treasure.
Coming out of the alchemy room today, Morey took Hyde and Balta to the place where the time fragments appeared, the long-abandoned civilian mass grave outside Red Leaf City.
Morey didn't want to discover any "treasure", but was attracted by the low-level undead that appeared here. Since the last time he took the soul energy of the Extermination Stone Duobu, Morey's soul energy has not entered for so long. Originally, he planned to collect a little on the way to Saber Castle, but the bandits and bandits in the mountains had already been subdued, and when they saw that it was the red goat (the family crest of the Faist family), they immediately shrank back, which disappointed Morey, so until now Morey's soul energy is still 60 alone.
It's just that after he told Hyde the news, he said that he wanted to come with him. Knowing that he was kind, Morey had no choice but to let him follow. As the patriarch, Ire's can't accompany Morey for a long time, and he plays the role of a father and brother to Morey's love house and Udihyde, and before Morey has the ability to protect himself and become a professional, his meticulous care for Hyde can only be moved.
Now that he has become a mage, and his combat power has been tested on the battlefield, he still can't even explore the mass graves of the extreme danger alone. This made Morey feel like he had grown up, but was still regarded as a child by his parents, and had a kind of happiness that he had never experienced.
As soon as he stepped into the abandoned mass grave, Morey was keenly aware that the temperature here was several degrees lower than outside. Although the death energy here is not up to the level of forming soul stones, it is still much higher than a normal cemetery.
"No wonder some undead creatures can come back to life here, this was supposed to be a necromancer's lair, but after it was destroyed, those people were so rough that they didn't even clean up the circle where the souls gathered......" Balta muttered and took out a broken fragment of the circle out of nowhere and threw it in front of Morey, despying the clean-up troops in front of him.
Morey picked up the debris that was still stained with dirt and found it unusually cold, but it quickly returned to its normal temperature of the stone material.
"Energy Infusion Detected, Soul Energy +35"
Looking at the soul energy that had risen to 95, Morey couldn't help but smile, there was an entry before the battle started, which was a good sign!
The further you go, the cooler it gets, and the sun is gradually blocked by the fog that gradually rises on all sides. Because Morey knew that today's main opponent was the undead, he temporarily memorized a zero-level trick last night, [Fight the Undead].
Name: Fight the undead
Level: Trick Zero
Cast Time: Instant
Cast Cost: Spell slot level zero
Cast Range: Close
Duration: Instantaneous
Effect: Deals 1d6 (1-6) damage to undead creatures
Because it's a targeted spell, even the zero-level magic damage can be compared to a first-level magic missile, and if the magic missile (change) doesn't add a spell, the damage is 2-5 force field damage, and the damage of hitting the undead is 1-6 points, which is on par with the two. So after Morey studied the memory overnight, he also specially interrupted the burning process of the magic missile (change), burned three strikes against the undead, plus all four zero-level spell bits all the memories to hit the undead, and now Morey has seven strikes against the undead, plus the high-purity holy water taken from the temple of Red Leaf City Mountain Dakor, which can be called an undead killer.
The invisible fog is like a celestial dome curtain, and at this moment, the fragments of time also happen to project the phantom of a fragment of history on this screen, such as the dreamlike aristocratic life, the battlefield fight, which made Morey amazed, except for the lack of popcorn and coke, he suddenly had a feeling of watching a giant screen movie in the cinema in his previous life.
Just when Morey saw a scene of a noble son eloping with a maid, the belated skeleton ghost finally appeared in front of Morey's eyes.
There weren't many of these skeletons and undead, and Morey counted them to be six, oh no, seven, and there was a skeleton with the lower half of its body missing, lying on the ground, almost unrecognizable. With such a remnant of the defeated army, he couldn't even find a single one who didn't lack an arm or a broken leg, and Morey was a little embarrassed to smear holy water on the giant sword that he had enchanted with flame energy.
Since discovering his innate divine power (Strength 18), Morey has become more and more fond of heavy weapons such as two-handed swords in the course of battles and sparring. So after dismantling the Wolf Knight's scimitar, Morey directly turned these materials into magical spells and permanently fixed them on his refined two-handed sword, making it a magic weapon.
Name: Flame Strike (Greatsword)
Quality: Magic Tier 2
Damage: 1*10 (1-10)
Range: Melee
Weight: 8 pounds
Need: Military weapons mastery
Effect: +1 sharpness, +1 fire damage
"This is a refined greatsword enchanted with the element of fire"
This damage is not counted on the critical part of the skull that doubles the damage, just lifting the back wheel flat and adding an undead strike is enough to kill these skeletons.
Watching Morey pull out the giant sword that flickered with pale red energy behind them, Hyde and Balta felt calm inside.
If it seemed to other warlock families or mage organizations that it was a great rebellion to use melee weapons to kill enemies, it was a natural thing to do in the Faist family.
The Faist family, who have inherited the bloodline of the demon god, are not only unique in fire-based spells, but the bloodline also gives them strength comparable to that of warriors, and also gives them enough courage to pick up a sword to protect their own safety. Let's talk about the current patriarch of the Faist family, the legendary warlock Ile. Faist, when he fights, he usually has a [Flame Whip (Spell)] in his left hand and a high-level magic weapon in his right hand that resembles a horse slasher, which looks like a miniature version of the Fire Demon.
The undead skeletons smelled the breath of life on Morey's body, and they immediately rushed over with a natural hostility to the living.
The first to come to Morey was a skeleton with a missing left hand but an intact right hand, its speed was much faster than that of its peers, and it was clear that the undead aura here was slowly strengthening it.
"Snort" Morey pointed his finger, and a beam of undead hit its chest, as if cold water was like an oil pot with a violent spell shock, a large area of white bone in the chest was eroded, and the remaining spell energy also dissolved a large hole in the left shoulder.
The skeleton, which lacked half of its shoulders and couldn't adjust its center of gravity, threw itself on the ground in one fell swoop, and before he could get up, Morey, who was snatched up a step, pierced his head with a sword.
The soul fire in the skull slowly extinguished, and the entire skeleton seemed to have spent a hundred years at once, instantly blackened and withered into a puddle of black ash, and then burned by the flame energy carried by the giant sword.
"Undead Ray deals 6 spell damage to the target"
"Fire Strike deals 18 melee damage (Critical Attack) and 2 fire damage (Critical Attack) to the target."
"Target Death, Soul Energy +2"
There is not much soul energy, but it is always an income, looking at the skeleton team that is still grinding behind, Morey rushed forward with one arrow step.
Stopped, leaned forward, and slashed horizontally, and a cold arc of knife light slashed the three skeletons in half. With one finger, an undead strike brought a rushing skeleton to a halt, and kicked it away with a side kick. One left and one right, two more understatement slashes, and two more were reimbursed.
Looking at the half-skeleton slowly crawling in the distance, Morey directly used a spell to kill it.
"Deal 10 melee damage and 1 fire damage to the target"
"Target Death, Soul Energy +2"
"Deal 18 melee damage and 1 fire damage to the target"
"Target Death, Soul Energy +2"
......
"Target dies, Soul Energy +1"
"Huh!" A string of "Soul Energy +2" suddenly popped up with a "Soul Energy +1". Could it be that half a skeleton can only be regarded as half-price soul energy? Thinking of this, Morey glanced at the skeleton that was gradually turning to gray with disdain.
The abandoned mass grave is not large, and these six half-skeletons are the only force in this small land of the dead. With the help of the apparition of the time fragment to attract people's attention, and then the skeleton sneak attack, this is the truth that circulates among the civilians, the forbidden place of death.
As for Riley, Balta also found her bones, and in the Land of the Dead, flesh dissipates extremely quickly. After the bones were burned into ashes with fire oil and carefully packed, Balta would return them to Riley's relatives.
"Let's go!" The purpose of coming here has been achieved, and Morey beckons Hyde and Balta to leave.
At this time, the curtain of the sky dome, which was still playing the video, suddenly vibrated like a ripple of water, and then in the center of the curtain, a black sphere that absorbed all the light suddenly appeared, like a feather slowly falling!
"Not good! It's the gate of time, run! Hyde reacted first, dragging Morey out of the range where the black ball fell, but he continued to run out of the fog with Morey for a moment.
"No, the surroundings have been affected by the power of time, and I don't know what will happen when I run out at this time!" Balta, who emerged from the mist, stretched out his left hand to stop Hyde, who was about to run out, with a solemn expression.
After hearing this, Hyde silently picked up his fangs, aimed at the black ball that had fallen, and protected Morey with Balta.
The Gate of Time is an uncommon phenomenon in the River of Time, if the fragments of time are just the bubbles of the waves stirred up when the River of Time flows, and the phantom is illusory, then the Gate of Time is the vortex that appears in the River of Time, which is substantial.
After the Gate of Time lands in the material realm, it will form a range of time illusions of different sizes. These illusions, taken from the river of time, span the past, present, and future, encompassing the entire universe.
For most time illusions, they are not dangerous, and the affected creatures can just wait for the drama to end, just like the audience watching the play.
The black time gate that Morey faces is another kind of dangerous time illusion.
This kind of illusion is usually the main illusion structure formed by important historical figures or historical events, and the affected creatures must participate, either help the characters complete the historical events, or kill the characters to destroy the historical events, no matter what you do, you must have a certain level of participation. If you just act as a spectator, you will be swept into the river of time together after the scene is over, and you will be exiled forever.
But after you have to get involved in order to survive, you will find that it is a time illusion, but the damage you suffer is real. Think of an open plain where you are fleeing for your life with a group of remnants, and then a cavalry regiment appears on the distant horizon, or another example, you have an army of 100,000 behind you, but the generals want you to step on a ladder to attack a fortress with walls tens of meters high and armed to the teeth.
No matter how extraordinary your force is, you have to be afraid in the face of such a desperate situation. Not to mention those who face the evil dragon slaughtering the city, and the resurrection of the evil god, they will always die nine times and live a life.
When he first read the data, Morey was still a little afraid of remorse, if he didn't covet this bit of soul energy, what would not happen, but after the remorse and frustration, a feeling of unconvincing as a man began to spread.
Since sticking out my head is a knife, and shrinking my head is also a knife, I want to break into this Longtan tiger's den, can I be trapped, Morey. Faist!
The black ball finally touched the ground of the material world, and a silver luster time gate that was ten meters high and five meters wide suddenly stood on the ground instead of the black ball, as if there was no black ball at all, and the time gate had been placed here a long time ago.
Hyde and Balta only thought that Morey didn't know the meaning of this time gate, so they briefly introduced it.
"So young master, you will follow me and Balta later, although this time illusion is dangerous, but with me and Balta protecting you, we can naturally come out when the time comes!" Seeing that Morey didn't say a word, Hyde thought that he was frightened by his words, and hurriedly relieved Morey's heart.
"With you and Balta here, I'm not worried at all!" Morey said this, but he actually understood in his heart that he might really have to rely on himself in the illusion.
Not to mention that the location after passing through the gate of time and entering the time illusion is random, even if they are lucky enough to teleport nearby, but if they rely on Hyde and Balta to desperately protect their lives, then it will be their own death when the curtain falls after the scene is over.
Hyde said this more likely to make Morey relax and play to his best so that he could survive.