The Rise of the Cemetery

Chapter 0024 Return safely

Compared with Li Xun's An Ran, Thomas Knight's life can be called uneasy. Every two hours, he took a few attendants to inspect the tower, from the gate on the first floor to the platform on the third floor, and finally made it through the night.

Standing on the platform and looking far away, the thin sun slowly rises from the forest tops, but it is red but without any warmth, and the trees around the stronghold are gradually revealed from the thick fog. Hearing that the mage was still sleeping peacefully, Cavalier Thomas muttered something like "These master mages..." and then sent his attendants to prepare breakfast, and asked the mage to discuss the next steps after the meal.

Li Xun, who was woken up, shook his head helplessly, knowing that others cannot be as peaceful as himself, and these worries and anxiety can only be diluted by doing things non-stop. After washing up and having breakfast under the service of his attendants, Li Xun found Knight Thomas and said that he felt the fluctuation of magic in the northwest of the stronghold, and hoped that he could lead someone to search for it.

Cavalier Thomas listened calmly, and immediately went down to assign tasks. After some distractions, the 20-member search team set off under the leadership of Cavalier Thomas. An hour later, a messenger ran back to ask for the support of the mage, so 5 people were left to stick to the stronghold, and Li Xun led 23 people to reinforce Thomas Knight.

When we arrived at the cave where the necromancer was last night, the battle was going on "fiercely". Knight Thomas led the soldiers to resist the attack of nearly 40 zombies. Stabbing and stabbing, but the zombies have rough skin and thick flesh, and they are not afraid. As long as their heads are not smashed, they will still swarm and scratch at the wooden shield blocking the way. Knight Thomas yelled loudly to maintain the stability of the shield formation with a long sword in his hand. The shield was broken and the gap was torn open by the zombies, so he took a few attendants and rushed forward to cut down the influx of zombies, and then contracted the shield to continue reducing the number of zombies. As a result, the zombies are slowly decreasing, and the soldiers are dragged out of the queue by the zombies to share food from time to time, and the two sides are still deadlocked.

Li Xun asked the soldiers he brought to go up for reinforcements, and he stood behind the formation and began to use "spider web", "greasy", and "blazing ball" to wreak havoc on cute baby zombies in turn. The favorite experience baby is a zombie.

In less than 5 minutes, the zombies who were still crazy just now fell to the ground and turned into corpses again. With the fall of the last zombie, Cavalier Thomas let out a sigh of relief, and let the fighting team retire. The new reinforcements stepped forward to inspect the corpses, and pierced the heads of all the zombies with spears, making sure that they couldn't die any more. , before entering the cave to search. Then, a "magical" scene happened, and the broken bodies of three necromancers and some beasts were found in the cave.

Knight Thomas and the mage carefully inspected the "scene", and could only announce the conclusion: the three necromancers were accidentally attacked by wild beasts, and both sides died. Although absurd, it can only be accepted. After all, the corpse of the necromancer is here, and it is a credit to bring it back. As for the real situation, let those who should have a headache have a headache!

After discussing with the mage, the knight and mage didn't stay any longer. They set fire to the corpses of the zombies, leaving 20 soldiers to stay at the stronghold, and returned directly to Goodfield City with the corpses of 3 necromancers. On the way, Li Xun also found an opportunity to take back 12 lickers and the spoils.

Thomas Knight's return shook Goodfield. After hearing the report, the consul felt that the situation was serious, so he ordered Knight Thomas to lead a team to send the corpse of the necromancer to the command center Valencia City overnight, so Thomas, who was only a low-ranking knight, was honored to be received by Prince Antria. , and accepted detailed inquiries from the prince and the consultant mage, and received generous rewards afterwards.

After dismissing the lucky little knight gently, the young and capable Prince Antria hurriedly asked the 17th-level consultant mage West Huaian, could this be true?

West? Huai'an pondered for a while, then said slowly: "The wild beasts in the Aveli Mountains want to kill the necromancer with high-ranking servants. This is an insult to the mage! There must be something behind it. I understand the secret, but I have detected what Thomas Knight said just now with magic, and there is no concealment or pretense, it seems that outsiders have intervened in that stronghold."

"A few days ago, several places reported that the outpost towers in the mountains lost contact. It seems that these low-level necromancers are making trouble." Prince Antria asked: "Now that you know it's them, should you send some The mage cooperated with the local troops to wipe them out or drive them back?"

West Huai'an shook his head and analyzed: "These undead mages are just low-level mages. As long as they defend properly, they will not cause great harm to the principality. What I care about is the information conveyed by their appearance. The elites of the southern countries and the United Council of the Undead are currently just confronting each other, and there has not been a real war. At this time, these skeletons are not planning how to deal with it. Instead, they crossed the Avery Mountain to harass us. I think they are warning us not to take risks. intervene in this war."

Prince Antelia asked in surprise: "Are these necromancers allowed to slaughter our soldiers at the border?"

"It's not laissez-faire, but control. You can destroy them appropriately, but you can't go too far. You can't really wipe them all out. Then the Undead Council must take more drastic measures!"

Although Prince Antria was unwilling, but out of trust in the consultant mage, he had to accept the reality and turn to discuss how to allocate the limited mages in his hands to achieve this. When the discussion had a preliminary result, West? Huai'an reminded again: "Your Highness, the most important thing at present is the German refugees gathered in front of Thunder Fortress. According to the fortress commander Earl Andrea According to the description, this group of refugees has reached nearly 800,000 people, and it is necessary to have a clear opinion on whether to let them go or disperse them, and they can no longer be allowed to gather there."

Prince Antria replied distressedly: "Of course it is allowed, but the safety of Thunder Fortress and the rear must also be guaranteed, and necromancers must not be allowed to take the opportunity to sneak in. Your Excellency West? Huai'an, this You need to work harder to get this matter done, and there must be no trouble. How to resettle these refugees, I will discuss a plan with the Secretary of the Interior soon."

Just when the heir of Novus Duchy was having a headache because of the situation he was facing, Li Xun, who was far away in Goodfield City, entered the mode of joy again, and the harvest was always pleasant.

First of all, after killing 3 necromancers, Li Xun got 460 experience points. It seems that when the caster is killed, the soul energy he can absorb is much higher than other professions. Two level 4 mages gave Li Xun 160 points , a level 6 mage gave Li Xun 120 points, and slaughtered zombie babies gave 180 points, which is much higher than the berserkers and thieves killed in the Whispering Forest. Then there are 3 necromancer equipment: 2 fireball rings (mana has been exhausted), a recovery necklace (slowly restores mana when worn), 3 bone staffs (with mage armor, group panic, negative energy ray, has been exhausted), 3 dimension bags (a lot of necromancer's spell-casting materials, which have been discarded because they are too evil), a "Undead Biological Identification Encyclopedia", a "Book of Death", an Amford Ghost Eye and Three soul beads.

The fireball ring Li Xun can replenish mana by himself. After wearing the 2 rings and the recovery necklace, it is not so shabby at all; although the spells in the bone staff are good, they are standard equipment for necromancers and can only be treasured. The bottom of the bag; "Encyclopedia of Biological Identification of the Undead" has many functions, it can broaden horizons, increase knowledge (Li Xun really improved a little knowledge after reading it), and can also be used as the basic template for biological transformation in cemeteries; "Book of the Dead" It is all the necromancer spells collected by the dead mage Heli. Levels 1 to 4 are basically complete, and now it is basically cheaper for Li Xun; the ghost eye of Amford is an alchemy item full of undead style, and you can check the ghost eye. In the cave, Hurley used this thing to monitor the situation near the beacon; the soul magic orb is just a common alchemy item necessary for necromancers, which can collect, imprison, and preserve wandering souls. With it, Li The material preparations for the Master Xun tower are complete.

Sort out and summarize the loot, use what can be used, destroy or hide what can't be used, and the rest is the summary of the battle. 15 lickers raid 3 necromancers + 2 vampires, it can only be said to be a narrow victory. Because there are too many preconditions for this victory, it does not have the value of promotion, and it cannot be used as the basic combat mode against undead creatures in the future. First of all, the 3 necromancers were not in the best condition. Because it was a surprise attack, only 1 necromancer had 2 vampires with him at the time, and the other 2 necromancers had no chance to summon their own undead creatures until they died; as you can imagine, 3 All the necromancers have summoned their own modified undead creatures. At least with these meat shields to entangle the lickers, they can give them a chance to stabilize the situation and chant spells. It is estimated that the loser will only be the lickers. After all Apart from a little strength and agility, lickers have no ability to quickly break through defenses; secondly, lickers are also considered undead creatures, which are naturally immune to some charm, control, and negative spells. This is precisely the main reason for the defeat of necromancers. The mage may have mastered many kinds of spells, but most of the necromancy spells that can be cast instantly and quickly are mainly negative energy necromancy spells, which just cannot cause fatal damage to the lickers, so they are licked without the support of a meat shield After the attacker approached, the three necromancers did not show their due level and died aggrieved by the claws of the second-level cannon fodder.

Although the lickers performed brilliantly, they still ended up with 4 deaths, 7 serious injuries and 4 minor injuries. This is probably the tragedy of the cannon fodder units. All victories must be obtained with their lives. From this point of view, my original intention of cultivating low-level troops now seems silly. No matter how excellent low-level troops are, they will fall on the battlefield sooner or later. The training plan must be suspended, and the soul energy in the future must be squeezed to the best of my ability. Use, only the high-level units above the vampire with self-protection ability are worth reconsidering the training plan.

If you encounter a necromancer again in the future, you should still not be careless, and you should not apply this experience. You still have to be cautious, and make a surprise attack when you see the right time, otherwise victory and defeat are only a matter of thought. If the Licker Squad is all destroyed, I can go back and recruit again, it's just the consumption of soul crystals, but if I am blocked by someone, I won't have a second life to exchange.

The 11 slightly or severely injured lickers can slowly recover in their own soul space, but the shortage of the 4 lickers cannot be filled. If you use the soul beacon to return to Eternal Night City now, you are a level 4 mage , It needs to consume 40 soul crystals, that is more than 2 days of production, I am really reluctant, anyway, there seems to be no battles in the near future, let's wait for a better time to go back and make up for it!

After making up his mind, Li Xun soon entered the happy two-person world with Master Mu Sai.