"Although I gave you a magic duel you wanted, you are a necromancer after all...... Richard muttered, and Sandru's expression darkened slightly. However, Richard's next words made him angry: "I can consider giving you a chance, the twelfth-level ** master should be respected enough." Until I make a final decision, you will be my captive. I would like to see that the necromancer is also one of the noble mages. But in that case, I'd be taking a big risk, like running away, or sneaking up on ......."

Sandru straightened up and said proudly, ignoring the pain all over his body, "If magic is the yardstick, I am no worse than any great magician! And my dignity and pride are even stronger than those who have been corrupted by worldly pleasures! I can swear in the name of the King of the Dead that I will never do anything detrimental to my status during my captivity." But I would like to ask why you are taking me captive, and to which kingdom are you going to sacrifice me, and if so, then please put me to death now. I wouldn't want to be burned at the stake!"

Richard rummaged through the information in his mind and said lightly: "A twelfth-level necromancer, if he is dedicated to a king or a god, he should receive a lot of rewards or divine favors. ”

Sandru was silent for a moment before he said, "That's true." If you sacrifice me to the king or the archduke, then you can get at least a knighthood. If you sacrifice me to the gods, you will also have a good divine grace, and even the priests below the tenth level can be directly promoted. ”

Richard nodded, and just as he was about to say something, the quicksand behind him suddenly said, "For the dragons of eternity and time, the necromancer is also a good sacrifice. Although there is no shrine here, you can use Guò My Time to offer sacrifices and accumulate divine graces. ”

As soon as these words came out, Richard's gaze at Sandru immediately changed slightly, and the necromancer's face obviously couldn't be seen better. The flames of quicksand were extremely damaging to the undead, and even though she wasn't of a high level, Sandru still had fear in his eyes when he saw her.

After looking at the necromancer a few times, Richard shook his head, sighed, and said, "I really can't bear to give up such a precious sacrifice...... But don't worry, I won't be offering you to God, let alone a king, for a while. The destination of our trip was the Bloodstained Lands, where there were only bandit chiefs, slave traders, and barbarians, and no kings or grand dukes. However, the oath witnessed by the King of the Dead, although it speaks to your sincerity, is not enough, you see, it is clear that our beliefs are completely different. You need to go a step further and convince me why I should believe you. ”

Sandru nodded and said, "Please wait. After saying that, he went into the dilapidated small building, and after a while, he held a delicate box and handed it to Richard.

"This is a magic box made from the devil's skull, which I prepared for myself. If I can reach level sixteen, I'm ready to transform myself into a lich near the end of my life, and that's my future lifebox. For a necromancer, it is priceless. Sandru explained.

Richard nodded, put away the bone box, and said, "Welcome, Sandru, we've got one more member of our team to the Bloodstained Lands!"

While Sandru was packing up, Richard stood in front of the brood and fed the brood pieces of magic crystals, which were the food that the brood had named.

When you stand close, you will really feel the huge and terrifying of the brood, especially when the black shell fills the entire field of vision, it always gives people a sense of oppression in the face of a black hole. Even with the soul connection, Richard felt that the visual impact of the brood was a little too strong.

Pieces of magic crystals were thrown out by Richard, and the brood was immediately devoured. After devouring twenty magic crystals, the brood stopped eating for a while, and lay quietly for a few minutes, when a continuous crackling sound suddenly sounded inside the carapace, and then the will of the brood connected with Richard again.

"Master, I have now accumulated enough energy to advance to the second-order brood. Now you need to choose a new enhancement direction for me. At the moment, you can choose to strengthen myself or you can choose to strengthen the combat unit. There are three options for enhancing my body, including increasing speed, increasing defense, and increasing the ability to create a combat unit. In terms of combat units, you can choose to add an additional buff to the Velociraptor or develop it in one of two new combat units. ”

Then, a lot of information was added to Richard's consciousness. These include two new combat units, one being the Bat-like Vampire Wing, a fast-flying monster with strong perception that can be used for quick reconnaissance and vigilance. Although their individual combat effectiveness is not strong, once they form a sufficient number, they are still very terrifying. Especially when the toxin ability is evolved in the future, the combat effectiveness will be considerable. A female nest can hatch one velocitor with one egg, but it can hatch six blood-sucking wings.

The second combat unit, Wind Fang, looks almost identical to an ordinary demon wolf, except that the four claws are extraordinarily larger. They are characterized by speed, the ability to squirt through complex geographies, and the ability to spray wind blades. The special ability of the Spitting Wind Blade is similar to that of the Magic Wind Blade, and the recovery cycle is similar to that of a human mage, which can erupt three times a day. In terms of comprehensive combat effectiveness, Wind Fang can roughly be comparable to a level 7 warrior.

If the brood had a sufficient number of wind fangs around it, it would not be entangled by the undead in the swamp. Wind Blade's area cut is a great helper for group battles.

After much thought, Richard decided to let the brood increase its movement speed first. Although the brood's combat power is strong, its slow movement speed has become its fatal wound. Next, Richard left the brood twenty more magic crystals to give it the ability to cultivate wind teeth. Now Richard is thinking about survival, and the appearance of the wind teeth looks no different from the demon wolf, and whether it is a human, an orc or a barbarian, there is a tradition of domesticating the demon wolf. At that time, this group of people with a dozen tusks didn't seem so unusual.

By the time Richard led the team on the expedition again, the brood had already completed the increase in movement speed. Its carapace becomes open, revealing a row of translucent organs that can reduce its weight by a third. The arthropods, which are too short compared to the main body, all fall off, and new, more powerful arthropods grow. When the evolution is complete, the brood can move at speeds of up to 10 kilometers per hour.

It's still slow, but it's twice as fast.

After completing the second promotion, the will of the brood became clearer and stronger, and it contacted Richard again, saying, "Master, if you see an idol or an altar worshipped by the ancestors, you can bring it to me, I need the divine power hidden in it. If I have enough divine power, not only can I speed up my advancement, but it may also form my second consciousness. ”

"Second sense?" Richard asked.

"It's a new consciousness that can think independently. It can be used to assist command combat units, which greatly increases their overall combat effectiveness. ”

"Ancestor worship......" Richard noted the request for the brood. At this time, he suddenly remembered the collapsed idol in the Temple of the God of Courage in the Baronial Territory, but the Mother Hive asked and answered, it was not able to touch the divine power of this kind of true god at this stage, and it needed to advance to the seventh order before it was possible to absorb the divine power of the true god.

The team made its way through the mountains and forests, and it was no longer the Velocials that roamed around the team, but the Wind Fangs, which were constantly increasing at a rate of three per day. Approaching the edge of the forest, Richard decided to speed up his march with his team, leaving all the Swift Beasts to the Brood to guard and hunt, and the Brood would slowly advance through the food-rich and predator-free area, trying to replenish the energy needed before Richard found a foothold.

Ten days later, Richard finally walked out of the forest, and a desolate world unfolded before his eyes.