Chapter Twenty-Six: Zombies
Faust breathed a sigh of relief and opened his eyes, although the inexplicable spiritual battle just now was not Faust personally fighting against the green mist, but the system and the green smoke used his body as a battlefield, which still brought him great trauma.
Faust tried to stand up, and easily stood up, and it seemed that both sides of the war were restrained, concentrating the battlefield on a spiritual level. Therefore, Faust's body was not too traumatized.
"You...... Are you awake?" asked the old toad, Hama, standing timidly five or six feet away.
Faust couldn't help but smile wryly, it seemed that his behavior when he was possessed made a very deep impression on old Hama.
"There's probably a ghost or something in this ruin, and even I was almost possessed. Faust explained.
"That'...... So let's ...... Let's run. The old toad Hama looked around suspiciously, as if a ghost was about to emerge from the shadows around him.
"At the very least, we'll have to find the samurai captains. Faust said righteously, he certainly didn't care if the samurai chief and the rookie adventurers lived or died, but to be on the safe side, at least Kuaza's body had to be found—and if Kuaza wasn't dead, he would make up for it.
"But...... But...... "Old Toad Hama also tried to persuade Faust to stay away from this dangerous ruin.
"I'm not going to let them get lost in the ruins like that, even if it's ...... Even if they are dead, I will take their bodies with me. Faust was almost moved to tears, risking his life for a friend he had only known for a few days, a story that had previously existed only in fiction and was finally playing out in reality.
Old Toad Hama certainly didn't believe that Faust could be such a good man, but he muttered for a while, and finally gave in - it wasn't that he didn't want to leave alone, firstly because he couldn't remember where he came, and secondly because he had always believed that Faust could take away his spell-casting powers, so he didn't dare to disobey him in the slightest.
"At the very least, we should have a little more rest now, you see, you've just woken up......," said the old toad, Hama, as he made his last efforts.
Faust thought about it, and the old toad Hama made a rare constructive suggestion - since he woke up, the system has been constantly reminding himself that there is a situation.
After Faust dealt with the old toad Hama, who had been thankful for a thousand years, he quickly opened the system interface.
As soon as you enter the system interface, the first thing you see is still the default Faust character data, and just when Faust was about to take a closer look at the system notification, a pop-up window popped up, blocking Faust's data.
"Does the collection of high-energy matter strengthen the system? Yes/No. ”
Faust chose yes, the more powerful the system, the more it would help him, and besides, he couldn't use this so-called high-energy matter at all - he didn't even know it existed.
The system upgrade didn't take too long, in fact, the system upgrade progress bar only took a few dozen seconds to come to an end.
Faust saw that the system had been updated and couldn't wait to study the new features of the system.
Soon, Faust found a new feature, adding a new slot just behind his class level column, followed by a progress bar.
Faust has always been worried about his level up - the Psychic Warlock's ability to improve is mainly based on long hours of meditation and research, unlike classes such as warriors and thieves that can be upgraded in battle, and Faust will not have enough time to level up in the foreseeable future.
This function solves this urgent need, and Faust couldn't help but smile when he looked at the words "experience value" written on the column.
But it's not all good in the world, and in addition to this feature, there is an additional psionic slot at the bottom of the perks column, which records all the abilities he can display.
This means that the system's grasp of him is gradually seeping from the physical to the conscious level, which Faust is quite concerned about.
Faust smiled self-deprecatingly, as if mastering the flesh alone was not worth worrying about, and after thinking about it, Faust decided not to worry about the system anymore - it was useless to worry anyway.
"Tick. Faust heard another chime in his ears. Faust looked up, and another dialog box popped up on the system interface.
"Finding the remnants of energy extraction, is it converted into experience points? Yes/No. ”
Of course, there was nothing to hesitate about, and Faust chose yes.
So the handwriting of the pop-up window blurred for a while, and finally turned into a miserable green broken corner, which only appeared for a few seconds before turning into a green point of light and disappearing.
Faust took a closer look at his character interface, and sure enough, there was a change.
Name: Faust
Ethnicity: Aventus
Faith: Demigod Legba
Faction: Order and Evil
Class: Psychiocrat
Level: 3
XP: 3→4 (34/200)
Attribute:
Strength: 13
Dexterity: 12
Constitution: 15
Intelligence: 17
Perception: 12
Charm: 13
Remaining stat points: 2
Characteristic:
Children of Water and Atmosphere: The Aventus are the darlings of water and atmosphere, and can travel freely between the two worlds, increasing the effects of their abilities involving water and wind.
Meningeal Resonance: You know the brain so well that when you use this ability, the brains of all creatures within ten feet experience a strong concussion.
Psionic Words: Powerful psionic entities permanently alter your speech centers, allowing you to understand and speak all the languages of the multiverse that don't have much power—if your vocal organs support it.
Channeling Negative Energy: Any pastor can release waves of energy that originate from faith. This energy can be used to heal or inflict damage, depending on the type of energy and the target species. The Evil Priest channels negative energy, which can be used to deal damage or heal the undead.
Abilities:
Level 1: Dissolving Touch, Inert Armor, Astral Entanglement, Energy Ray, Levitation, Synesthesia
After reaching level 3, Faust also unlocked the knowledge related to the second-level psionic energy in the Legba lineage, but unfortunately it is too late to learn it now.
As for skill points...... Faust hesitated for a long time, and finally decided to allocate skill points to perception and intelligence.
Intelligence 18 is a threshold, and only those who cross this value can truly be called geniuses, and almost all known knowledge can be understood by them, and there will be no situation where they cannot learn, and as for perception, it is a secondary attribute of the psychic warlock, and the effect of many psionic abilities depends on perception.
After sorting out his gains, Faust stood up, beckoned old Hama to follow, and walked forward without looking back, knowing that old Hama would follow him even for his own safety.
Old Hama did follow, and he followed Faust silently, staring suspiciously at the dark corner, where the insects that ran by made him tremble.
Before, the old toad Hama had not gone far with Faust, and he had been walking back the way he remembered for fear of getting lost, which saved Faust a lot of effort, and he soon returned to the place where the battle broke out.
However, apart from a few traces of blood on the ground, and some debris, there was not a single living person here.
Jebido's body lay upright on the ground, his hands crossed over his chest, his long dagger still in his hand, his posture and clothes clearly organized.
Faust had always had no respect for the dead, and he did not hesitate to rummage through Gebido's pockets - all the supplies were taken away.
Faust withdrew his hand with a look of regret, thought about it, and took Jebido's dagger anyway, "It's useless for you to ask for this, is it? And I'm still defending myself with an obsidian dinner knife, I hope you can understand my distress." ”
The old toad Hama followed behind Faust, and when he saw Faust rummaging through his finances without respect, he couldn't help but remind, "Be careful...... Beware of disturbing the undead. With that, he took two steps back, as if the corpse of the thief Jebido would jump up and bite him at any moment.
Faust was naturally full of contempt for his caution, and while playing with the dagger as Jebido's life, he carefully explained: "Brother Hama, not everyone will become zombies when they die, there is neither abundant negative energy nor evil necromancers......
Old Toad Hama interrupted Faust with a trembling voice, "Lord Apostle, that ...... That one...... The corpse seems to be ...... Moved, moved. ”
Faust sneered, "How can you ......?"
"Jingle Bell~" Faust's movements instantly stiffened, and the dagger fell to the side.
A hand gripped Faust's ankle tightly. Faust couldn't see the movement of the corpse behind him, but the corpse in his vision did tremble with its legs and tried to stand up, and there was a rustling sound behind him.
Faust sighed and looked at old Hama, who had run off into the distance, looking warily at the corpse at his feet.
"Brother Hama, I sincerely hope that you will pick something more positive next time, and lo and behold, we are in trouble now. ”