Chapter 329: The Dead and the Living
Looking for trouble with the undead? Many people will choose to find a paladin or priest of the Holy Light, they regard the undead as natural enemies, many abilities and divine skills are specifically aimed at the undead, and there are also professional undead detection divine arts.
"No undead can escape the judgment of the Light!" All along, in the face of the undead, the holy profession is so confident.
But if I want to say, the paladin's undead detection is a bit exaggerated, its principle is to emit a small amount of holy light, using its natural resistance to the power of death, to detect and perceive the undead around it.
First of all, due to the limited amount of holy light, its detection area is not large, even high-level paladins can probably only detect a few kilometers, and low-level ones are probably only the area of a house, if you are in an open area, it is not good that the other party's vision is still in front of the detection range, and the most important thing is that the principle of this magic determines that if you find the undead, the undead will most likely find you.
At least the few antiques and old demons I know of are more than 300 years old, and they can reverse perceive the priesthood from the concentration of holy light in the air, and casually use the undead spirit knowledge divine magic in places where the undead are concentrated, which is basically equivalent to death.
The best scout rangers and thieves in the ordinary team are not good, the rangers are difficult to track life-type magic skills, the undead's perception of life allows them to ignore the inferior level of stealth, and the necromancer's various anti-detection magic techniques always make the thieves miserable, many undead even use souls (lichs) to perceive each other, borrowing light, shadow low-level stealth has no effect at all...... Well, speaking of which, we all know how outrageous Agen is, that girl can actually deceive the blood nobles because of her disguise that can not be counted!
So, what class is best for searching for the undead?
First of all. He had to have enough detection of the undead. The second is that it cannot be killed by the undead. At least there is an escape effort,
Well, the final conclusion has come out, the best class to find trouble with the undead...... Oh necromancer!
"Smack."
With a snap of the fingers, the simplest operation of the necromancer, the hound-like ghouls have changed to a boss, and their original owners have been reduced to broken bones.
Got rid of the corpse witch who herded the low-level undead. The ghouls were stripped of their old masters. Becoming a group of wild mad dogs that bite people when they see them, as long as they are branded with my soul, they will naturally become my puppets.
Close my eyes, the breath of death that ignores appears in my mind, compared to the detection of the undead by the paladins, the perception of the nivecromancer's innate power of death is the most effective means of detection, without this, how can the necromancers find the undead and corpses.
"There is also a squad about three kilometers ahead, and the captain seems to be a black knight."
He shook the black cloak from the hapless corpse witch and put it on himself. It seems that there are a lot of prey, and it is estimated that it will be very busy today.......
A cloudy aura of death rose from within. While covering my face, I also kept adjusting the intensity of the death breath, until the whole person disappeared in the black mist, and at this moment, in the death spirit of the paladin and the necromancer, I was a corpse witch who had just become a high-level undead.
As for why not a lich? I'm here to hunt, not to be the prey, if a weakest and legendary lich appears not far from the temporary station, the wood spirits will inevitably send a cleaning team, and even if the strong undead lord is like a cloud, each lich is also a big man with a name and a surname, and casually pretending to be very likely to be directly exposed, and Rex's skull should have been exposed long ago.
Well, by this time, I'm afraid I already have a guess of what I'm going to do...... The old bank organized the undead natural disaster!
"Oops, it's another team of little black (knights), running there!"
Now that I'm here, it's just to investigate how interesting it is, these undead all over the world are free troops, since the big war is imminent, how appropriate is it not to accept the combat power sent to the door, maybe you can also use the cover of these undead to collect some information,
Although it is not uncommon for the undead to fight in the undead plane, when there is the undead lord to restrain them now, the wise undead will not fight among themselves, but the battle between the low-level undead will not attract much attention, and if there is a target that is obviously deliberately destroying and reorganizing other undead, it is too conspicuous.
"Remember, when you hear my commands, meet me."
Therefore, every time I attack the other undead, I do not completely reorganize them, but only the high-level undead who have left their soul imprints, and let them circulate around here, obeying my orders when necessary.
Of course, if there are reformed undead and powerful troops in the team, I will naturally accept them unceremoniously, and then exchange some low-level undead for the past.
This is like a wooden boat that keeps changing parts while it is moving, and in the end, maybe the appearance has not changed very much, but I'm afraid that all the parts have been replaced, as for whether it is still the original ship? I won't consider this philosophical issue, at least the undead soldiers under my command will be strengthened at a high rate in the renewal.
“…… This time the prey is a bit of a problem. ”
The bone blade in the hand of the skeleton swordsman who was enjoying the siege had a pale green brilliance, which seemed to be somewhat poisonous, and there was a dim yellow on the skeleton shell, which seemed to have been strengthened by the earth element, and it was obviously an undead of a high grade, but judging from the fact that there was no obvious fluctuation in the situation since the start of the fight, it was not a wise undead.
My horde of ghouls was so low that he sliced through them one by one, and he strode towards me, while behind him, a skeleton mage, also clad in a black cloak, was casting buff spells on him.
"A skeleton mage who specializes in undead transformation? Bone Earth Elementalization, Bone Blade Toxin Enchantment, at least experienced double strengthening, not bad. Although in the necromancer duel, killing the opponent's body is obviously the highest priority, ......"
The other party had already arrived in front of him, and the skeleton's eyes were full of burning soul fire, and I could smell the foul wind with a fishy smell, but I just shook my head and stepped one step ahead.
"It's stupid to find me, Charge."
A simple dash moves to the opponent's body and draw the sword. Spikes. Protrude directly from the ribs. Pierced the opponent's vertebrae, stabbed it and stirred it again, and then the skeleton clicked apart.
No one knows the crux of a skeleton better than a necromancer, this kind of high-level skeleton warrior itself has no pain, and if you smash the skull of the opponent, it will turn back to you as if nothing happened, and you cut off his right hand. He will give you a knife in his left hand, but the most vulnerable part of these patchwork bones is always their joints, and as long as the spine is scattered, it is impossible to even stand up.
The next step is even simpler, that skeleton mage is extremely knowledgeable about current affairs, and when he sees that the biggest reliance can't even bear the other party's face, he not only explained his own tasks in three clicks, but also signed the most demanding soul contract.
So, I ended up with the control of the skeleton warrior. Fix it up and weave it into your own guard. Then throw a few of the most seriously injured ghouls to the bitter-faced skeleton mage and leave.
This is just a microcosm of what I am doing now, and by the time the sun was still setting, the dozen or so patrols and undead transporters around the Wenders Mountains, where the camp was located, had become my men, at least, with these minions, my eyes were already on the entire surrounding mountains.
And strange things happened.
"It's weird, why don't you feel uncomfortable until now?"
It is not without cost for the necromancer to control the undead, let the bloodthirsty low-level undead obey the control of the mage, and the necromancer must imprint his soul imprint on his body, the more fine the control zhì, the higher the degree of completion of the soul brand, the more spiritual power the mage invests, and to tame the instinctive resistance of the powerful undead, the investment of magic and spiritual power is long-term and continuous.
My current magic level is the same as the knight's level, that is, the gold level, which is almost the level of high-level undead, if you control the high-level undead in this way, you will lose your energy if you control two at most, so I signed a soul contract with them, that is, I die and they die, and I want them to die, so that they can use their subjective initiative to serve me.
And most of the undead legions are also organized like this, and establish control with every undead in their own legion, that is, the undead emperor will be drained, so a large number of middle and high-level commanders are necessary, and the high-level and middle-level establish a relationship between superiors and subordinates or sign a soul contract, and the middle-level commanders directly control the undead.
This is only a perfect theoretical situation, since middle-level commanders are also rare, so most of the undead legions use the coercion of the upper undead to drive the undead to charge instinctively, and they basically fight on their own...... Well, it's very familiar, it's the legendary no-operation control zhì flow -- A In the past, if you win, you will have a celebration party, and if you lose, you will see hell.
Of course, there are also the completely opposite beings, such as Omar, who is not only able to control each individual, but also derives power from the individual, which is no longer within the reach of a normal necromancer.
According to my current level of magic power at the Golden Level, these more than 300 elite undead guards composed of transformations and special forces should already be a little uncomfortable, but what is surprising is that they are full of energy, as if there is enough spiritual power to control more undead, and even, it feels that there is no problem to double the number of them.
“…… This is not right, could it be the bonus of the blood body to the undead magic. But the willpower on the panel hasn't changed. ”
Perhaps, this is the only explanation, looking at the still mutilated undead soul emblem, I can only make such a judgment.
Spiritual power is an attribute attached to the soul, and on the panel of the system, the attribute linked to the soul is only will, and this attribute is also the least changed in my many reincarnations, although it will rise a little each time, but the reincarnation and death will also drop a little, basically the same.
For the priesthood, the attribute of willpower is very important, only a strong enough soul can communicate with the gods, in order to withstand more gods and divine power without exploding, and for the mage, that is, when fighting against the opponent's illusion magic, the strength of the soul and firm will can play a small role.
Perhaps, higher willpower can slightly increase the recovery speed after overdrawing mana, but no one will overdraw their magic and mental power if they are fine, perhaps, willpower can allow the necromancer to operate more undead at the same time, but I am afraid that even the necromancer himself has ignored this blessing.
"System?"
If you don't understand, you ask, you don't even know your own physical condition, how can you go further.
[The bloodline belongs to the royal family of the Takayama clan, in a sense, they are the same clan of Ayer, and they are also the same clan of the ancient great devil, as one of the earliest users of necromantic magic, they are indeed quite talented in necromancy. 】
[Congratulations to the host for discovering his hidden racial talent: the whispers of the ancient devil, who have a natural affinity for undead magic, contract magic, and curse magic, and will never be eaten by them.] System Prompt: This ability belongs to the bloodline hidden passive ability, the specific role cannot be analyzed, and the hidden racial talent will not be prompted until it is discovered. 】
After acquiring this body, I had little time to study the undead, and it seemed that I had missed the opportunity to study my own bloodline.
"Even able to surpass the Titan Arbiter bloodline, since the rating is far beyond the double diamond level of the Dragon and Titan, the mystery contained is definitely not only out of the current table, it seems that it is still a lot negligent."
If my rank is going to enter the legend, and if I want to repair the other three soul emblems, it will not be a matter of time and a half, perhaps, it will be easier to see the results if I put my energy into discovering my talent potential in the near future, and this new body, after two years of growth, seems to have a foundation for further exploration.
"Idle is idle, since there is still spiritual power left, why don't you try to do something, such as the ice lich that was combined with ice magic and the undead caster last time, and it just so happens that there are so many test items here......"
And just as I looked at my new subordinate with bad intentions, a hoarse voice from the soul of the dead rang in my ears, it was the skeleton mage I had just received.
"Lord...... Master, a human has sent me a letter asking me to hand it over to the upper echelons of the undead. Judging by the token he took out, he should be our (undead) man! ”
"Mole?"
And before my surprise came out, a familiar figure, holding a camouflage cloth tied with rotten cabbage and white radish, approached step by step from behind me. And behind the rocks not far away, there are a few pit goods that specialize in making people angry, pushing and shoving each other.
"Oh, aren't you a priest? Hurry up and purify that corpse witch! ”
“…… Purifying the undead is the priest of the Holy Light, and my priest of the goddess of wealth is making money, and the profession is not right. Otherwise, you can go first. ”
"Actually, I used to be a brilliant adventurer, but three minutes ago I was hit by an arrow in the knee......"
A little magic made the wind tell me their words, and the big guy who was "sneaking" still approached me firmly and slowly, one decimeter, two decimeters, one centimeter, two centimeters.......
"No, you see that these are all high-level undead, and they can operate so many unconventional high-level undead at the same time, this guy is definitely not an ordinary undead, maybe it's a lich!"
Finally, someone pointed out the point, but it was not a problem from the beginning, they were not rookies, and they were naturally able to recognize the opponent, but a strong opponent equals rich gains, just passing the buck to each other, expecting someone to take the lead in the charge and attract firepower...... This is usually the work of paladins and warriors, but apparently the team is all in the back row.
I couldn't listen anymore, but Betty suddenly exclaimed.
"Damn it, Agen?"
"I'll go, he's there, don't, come back quickly!"
Teammates in the distance tried to convince the impulsive barbarian to come back with their mouths, and Agen whispered in response.
"Don't worry, this guy is asleep!"
Well, I was startled by the spitting up from there, from the fact that he thought the undead would actually fall asleep, or from the "whispering" of the barbarians, which shook the whole forest, and the deafening subwoofer war cry, and the priority was to hold back the laughter, otherwise the laughter would really be impossible to clean up.
Wait, let me recall how I would have spoken at this time.
“…… The living, since they dare to enter our territory, are they ready to pay the tolls...... Prepare to surrender your soul! (To be continued......)