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In the tent of Matthew's team, Matthew was seen huddled in the corner, cold sweat breaking out on his head.

Lifa and Ed didn't ask, just stayed on the other side in silence.

Soon, Matthew summoned the tyrant Barak.

They had long heard from Matthew about the reason why she had become a necromancer.

"When I was a child, I read comics in a used bookstore where the fighters had a power called a 'stand-in'. The stand-in is the powerful image generated by their life energy, the image floating behind them is the stand-in, and the person who controls the stand-in is the stand-in messenger! And I, I want to be like that!"

Because of this naivety, she began to practice necromancy. But she immediately discovered what the consequences of practicing necromancy could be.

Dark elves are born to use magic, the most important of which is elemental magic. Elemental is the soul of a person after death, which is dissolved over a long period of time, and extracting the magic in the air to manipulate the elements is a common technique used by ordinary magicians.

However, not all Dark Elves are born magicians, and some Dark Elves have become "Night Messengers" through the practice of physical arts, and they do not have powerful magic, but they have strong and agile skills. They often join the camp of the queen or the senator and become sleepers, completing tasks such as spying, stealing, informing and even assassinating.

Some of the Night Messengers were tired of licking blood from the knife edge and went to other places to continue their cultivation, while some of the Night Messengers were desperately cultivating physical skills in order to strengthen their bodies.

If you don't have a strong body, how can you control the dead?

Necromancy, as the name suggests, is the soul of the deceased. Conventional wisdom among dark elves is that attempting to manipulate the necromancy rather than the elements formed by the necromancy is disrespectful and rebellious. But they have to admit that it is more convenient to manipulate the necromancy directly than to manipulate the elements, and it is easier to obtain great power. Therefore, some dark elves have not given up their exploration of necromancy.

Because necromancers are disrespectful of tradition and act secretively, their actions cannot be approved by other dark elves. Although they are also Night Bringers, necromancers are not respected as they deserve in the world of Dark Elves. Even the most brilliant necromancers are not recognized by the public and have basically no social status to speak of. As such, the reputation-conscious Nightbringer disdains to be a necromancer.

Ordinary necromancers control those nameless souls, while powerful necromancers directly control "Tyrant Barak", who is exactly what Matthew is after.

A long time ago, the dark elves did not form a unified nation. At this time, a dark elf named Barak appeared, he conquered the dark elf clan, so that the dark elves formed a unified country, and he himself was named the king of the dark elves.

Barak was vindictive and very belligerent towards other races. In order to support his war, he increased taxes and forced conscription! This tyranny made his people very dissatisfied, but because of his tough methods and great prestige, no one dared to resist him.

During the Dark Holy War, Barak conspired with the pretenders who attacked the humans to launch an attack on the elves, but before he could realize his ambitions, he was killed on the front lines.

But sadly, after Barack was killed in battle, he still could not free himself from his own bigotry and hatred. His obsession with life turned him into a necromancer, and thus a source of power for a necromancer.

After the brutal Barak was killed in battle, his family was also suppressed by the forces that seized real power. His descendant, Bererian, was born and raised in such a family environment, and his boyhood was destined to be dark. Because of his origin, he has been ostracized, unable to use his talents, and even his personal freedom has been restricted.

He left his country with a grudge and began to wander around. One day, when Belerian stumbled upon a Devil May Cry using the power of a ghost, he was inspired to study how to harness the power of Barak's necromancy, who had followed his family for generations, and eventually developed necromancy.

Therefore, the use of Barak's necromancy was inspired by Devil May Cry, so Devil May Cry can also be regarded as a "stand-in messenger".

Of course, Matthew doesn't have ghost hands, so he naturally can't become Devil May Cry, but ordinary souls are at most similar to Nicholas, and they can't form a "phantom standing behind".

Therefore, she also consulted the powerful necromancer, but they agreed that with the current strength of Mathieu, she could not control the tyrant Barak.

Later, Matthew embarked on an adventure in the Drifting Cave, first recruiting the powerful ancient soul from the Spider Kingdom, Nicholas, the prince of the Spider Kingdom, and then, defeating many ancient heroes in the Hero's Tomb (but she didn't want to control the souls of the ancient heroes, so she didn't try to sign a contract), killing the greedy dwarven king in the Golden Cave, and sealing the Fire Demon King Batalusis in the Ancient Tomb, and finally got the master's approval and was able to learn the technique of summoning the soul of the tyrant Barak.

However, after that, Matthew immediately used this move, and at that time, she killed many enemies, but she could not stop Barak's killing intent, and watched as Barak dragged her body slowly close to her teammates and Nicholas, and fought with them.

The battle ended with Matthew being severely wounded and passing unconscious.

After a day and a night in a coma, Matthew finally woke up to find that she was not yet able to perfectly control the tyrant Barak.

The essence of necromancy is to sell one's soul to the necromantic in exchange for their power, and once one's own strength is not strong enough, it will be used by the necromancy, which is a very dangerous power.

Moreover, this is also a great drain on Matthew's body.

This time, it was the second time she had used Barak the Tyrant, and she had learned the lesson of the last time, and after destroying all the enemies, she immediately lifted the summons, including Nicholas.

But she was immediately out of breath, unable to fight again, unable to extract her magic power, and use necromancy.

In the Spider Cave, the reason why she didn't move forward was because of Krent's commission, and secondly, because she had lost her combat effectiveness!

Now, she was squatting in the corner of the tent with all her body weak, her body trembling, and she could fall unconscious at any time.

After holding on until the night, Matthew said to his two teammates, "You guys and them keep going." ”

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After a day of rest, we learned that Matthew had consumed too much stamina yesterday to fight. Amy hears that she will have to pass through a spider cave full of spider corpses and decides to stay behind to "take care of Matthew".

Danio and I smiled at each other, and under Amy's watchful eye, we re-entered the cave with Logan, Lifa, and Eddard.

I still have Alice's letter in my backpack, and I don't dare to open it to read it, but I'll just give it to the Queen of the Dark Elves when the time comes.

Despite losing Matthew as a guide, she has already given Lifa and Ed directions.

"After passing through the Spider Cave, it's the Dark Elf Graveyard......"

The Dark Elf Graveyard is a terrifying place to hear, and a contagion - or a plague - may resurrect many corpses into zombies!

But at that time, the only way to go to the Dark City, we had to step into it without hesitation.

No one cleaned up the corpses in the spider cave, it seems that the spiders have indeed been killed, and after passing through the spider cave, it is the legendary dark elf graveyard.

Here, like the previous one, it is inside a cave. But because it seems to be a cemetery, there are magical flames lit everywhere, lighting the way forward.

As soon as we entered, there was an arch on the left.

Our destination is directly ahead, so ignore the door on the left, just go straight to it.

Originally, we should have traversed this place easily.

But when we got here—

"Ah————————h

I don't know where I suddenly heard a roar!

The surrounding land began to stir, and in an instant, several short skeleton monsters jumped up from the ground!

They're a goblin tall and skeletal weapons in their hands, and they're lunging at us with their teeth and claws!

"Magic Shield!"

"Ghost Walk!"

Danio and I prepared in advance, and then Danio unleashed the "Frost Saya" to freeze their feet, and the others swarmed up and chopped them to pieces.

"I didn't expect this infectious disease to resurrect skeletons......"

I still care more about the roar than this.

Whose voice is it?

"Are you adventurers?"

As we passed through a large stone door, we saw a tall dark elf man standing at the door, who was talking to us.

"Who are you?" I asked, though alert, seeing that the man had no hostile intentions.

"I'm a grave keeper. Do you know who is sealed in here?"

I guess I know. After all, at this time, it was already possible to judge that the loud roar came from inside that door!

"What kind of monster is that?"

"It's the dragon Spitz that the Dark Elf Kingdom killed hundreds of years ago!"

Danio said, "Now that the epidemic is spreading here, you better leave and evacuate!"

"I'm dead, and the diseases that the living will contract are of no use to me. ”

......

Looking closely, this man's body is indeed translucent, which means that he is a necromancy?

"In order to prevent the resurrection of the evil dragon, the head of the evil dragon was sealed inside. However, the outbreak of the epidemic brought back many of the dead in the cemetery, including the head of the dragon! I was killed by four skeleton generals who took the key to open this door. In order to destroy the resurrected evil dragon, you must help me retrieve the key and go in and kill it!"

If you think about it, this grave keeper is quite dedicated, and after he died, he turned into a dead spirit and continued to guard this place.

"Then, we accept your request. ”

"Great! Someone is willing to help me, and I can rest in peace! Now, you have to go around the Dark Elf graveyard, find the four skeleton generals, retrieve the keys, and come back here. ”

"Going around? That is, the door before?"

We had come here in defiance of the gate, and it looks like we had to go back.

"Go on, and there's another door on your left. As with the previous doors, it is the way to the main cemetery, and you can enter through the front door and come out through the back door. Warriors, hurry up!"