Skeleton King

The sky in the Deadland is gray and white, and it never has distinct day and night.At this time, the gray-white sky slowly sank, replaced by a gray-black sky, and the chilly wind blew in all directions irregularly. The magic elements of the dead world were extremely chaotic, and this was a world without order.

On the endless plain, there are only a few dead trees, solitary, that have not fallen down yet.These bare trees have been submerged in bones, all kneeling in the same direction.

Mountain shouts and tsunami-like shouts filled both ears.

Ace's voice was mechanical, "General Arnold, are you sure you didn't mistake the person?"

Siben Arnold knelt on the ground on one knee, still holding his saber in his hand, "I am sure."

Ace said calmly, "I wish."

Ace's voice is silent, and he has no ability to make his voice spread across the wilderness, but Siben Arnold, and every skeleton that belonged to the Knights of the Royal Guards, even if they are far away, Ace can't see However, they still heard Ace's voice.

From then on, they are no longer soulless knights, they have a loyal king!

They will regain their former glory!

Many skeletons were so excited that their skulls trembled.They had waited so long for this day, and they remembered the last battle, when they took up their swords and fought under the pansy banner.

In the world of the dead, in this boundless loneliness and solitude, they still did not forget the faith in their hearts, their honor and bravery, and they never said how difficult they were.

Because their waiting was worth it, and they will finally welcome their king.

Ace looked at Siben Arnold and said, "General Arnold, get up."

Siben Arnold stood up, and the skeleton soldiers behind him also stood up.Although Ace is a necromancer, although he has seen many skeletons in the tomb of the Skeleton King, the skeletons in front of him obey his orders, and when he points somewhere, they will go there without hesitation.

Ace stood in a daze for a while, with Sieben Arnold by his side.

When Ace withdrew his gaze into the distance, Siben Arnold stretched out his right hand bone and pointed to the grave next to them, "Your Highness, please follow me."

Ace: ...

Ace: Oh, undead creatures live underground.

Ace followed General Arnold to the edge of the tomb. General Arnold's hand bones were quietly pressed against the black stone of the tomb, and a small door opened at the bottom.

General Arnold walked ahead, with Ace following behind him.

Because the underground road is very steep, Ace's astrology doll's body is also not used skillfully. He accidentally tripped and fell on the armor on General Arnold's back, hitting Ace's nose sorely.

"Whoo~"

A blue torch suddenly appeared in General Arnold's hand, illuminating the underground path, "Sorry, Your Highness, most undead creatures have no eyes, and there is also a lack of lighting here."

Ace wandered between the two options of being invisible and unable to walk, and silently shut his mouth.

Ace followed General Arnold to a stone room underground. There was a stone chair at the bottom of the stone room. Dragons and phoenixes were carved on the back of the stone chair, and two small flowers were carved on the armrests.

Ace: He understands Longfeng, but Xiaohuaer, what kind of operation is this? ?

General Arnold pointed to the stone chair, "Your Highness, this is your throne."

Ace walked up to his throne like a robot and sat down.The throne is icy cold, and because of the carvings, the surface of the stone chair is also uneven, making it uncomfortable to sit on. But sitting on the throne, Ace can have a panoramic view of the scene in the stone house.

Ace: "So you all live underground."

General Arnold: "There will be an elemental storm in the dead world for more than ten days. It is difficult for ordinary skeleton soldiers to survive by themselves. It will be better to stay underground."

Ace: "Oh."

General Arnold: "I don't know what your Highness is doing in the Dead Realm?"

Ace thought for a while and said, "I'm here to find some boundary stones and soul crystals."

General Arnold: "The Boundary Stone is in the space crack, you can send the Skeleton Knight to look for it, if the Soul Crystal..."

"Is there a problem?" Ace asked.

General Arnold summoned a skeleton knight into the stone house, "Is this it?" Before Ace could react, he saw General Arnold grab the soul fire in the skull with his hand and took it out.The skeleton only left a pile of white bones on the ground, but General Arnold had an extra light blue spar in his hand.

At the same time as General Arnold moved, Ace stood up from the throne, "What are you doing?!"

Although the skeleton knights are dead creatures, their minds are still alive. In Ace's view, they are still independent life forms.

General Arnold put his right hand on his left shoulder and bowed to Ace, "Your Highness has a compassionate heart."

Ace was furious, but he didn't show it.

General Arnold: "I didn't hurt him."

Ace watched General Arnold put the light blue crystal on the bone, and the crystal instantly turned into a burning soul fire.The skeleton knight stood up again, he saluted Ace and left the stone house.

General Arnold: "The characteristic of undead creatures is immortality."

Ace is glad that his body is an astrology doll now, otherwise his face would be burned.He, an undead mage, actually asked the skeleton general to teach him the common sense of undead biology.

Ace: "General Arnold, I'm sorry. This is the soul crystal I was looking for, but I didn't know he was transformed by the skeleton knight's soul fire."

Ace doesn't have the burden of being a superior, and if he is wrong, he is wrong.

General Arnold: "Not only the skeleton knights, but also the skeleton soldiers have soul fires. There are many soul crystals that His Highness needs in the wild, but His Highness wants a large number of soul crystals, and the only way is to start a war."

Ace doesn't want to fight, and he tells General Arnold, "How many skeletons are there in the Royal Guards?"

General Arnold: "2869 Skull Knights."

Ace: "But every time they fight, they will be killed or injured, and we have no place to add new skeletons..."

After Esbalabala finished speaking, General Arnold told Ace: "I am stationed here and killed more than 160 million skeletons."

General Arnold has been stationed here for more than 1000 years, and he kills an average of nearly 2000 skeletons every year.

Ace wondered, "But, don't the nearby skeleton lords know that this is your territory? Why would you send skeleton soldiers to die?"

Even if you didn't know it at first, there are millions of skeletons dead, how could you not know.

General Arnold: "Countless undead and skeleton soldiers are born in the world of the dead every day, but they are all immortal. One day, the world of the dead will be overwhelmed. The skeleton lords will fight, not only to compete for resources, but also to stay. More living space. When the war can't control the number of skeletons, they will be sent to the Jedi."

Obviously, General Arnold's territory is a Jedi in the eyes of other skeleton lords.

Ace thought, it is true that the world of the dead cannot be viewed from the perspective of the normal world, this is a world where wars happen all the time.

General Arnold: "And Your Highness, the knights of the Royal Guards Knights were all fourth-level swordsmen before they were alive. After they became undead creatures, they haven't transformed enough elements of the dark attribute. They are far from reaching their due strength. .Only when His Royal Highness builds a city, can the Royal Guard Knights have a supreme reputation in the world of the dead."

Ace: "Build a city, what should I do?"

General Arnold: "Ravenwood is needed to build the city, and there are still some in the territory. The formations in the city must be laid out by the city lord, and His Highness must learn the formations. After the city is established, His Highness needs to recruit skeleton attendants for the knights. Each knight needs Four skeleton attendants, two skeleton horses. The best armor in the dead world comes from Devil May Cry..."

Ace finally understood how expensive it was to raise an army. Fortunately, these skeletons don't need to eat.

General Arnold: "Only after the weapons are fully equipped, the skeleton knights will train again. They will ride the entire dead world and spread the reputation of His Highness to the endless planes."

Ace's blood boiled.

not at all.

Ace let out a sigh.

Ace encouraged indiscriminately: "The idea is very good."

For the first time, Ace felt that he not only accepted the allegiance of a knight order, but also carried the responsibility of 2870 knights on his shoulders, and the one with the most belonged to General Arnold.

It's not so easy to be a big boss.

"I will think about these things carefully." Ace said: "I don't know how long I have been away from this world, I have to go back." There is no concept of time in the dead world.

General Arnold shook his head, not very agreeing with Ace's decision.His Highness should accept the protection of the Royal Knights, how could he run around alone?

Ace promised: "I will come to the world of the dead every night in the future." His biggest shackles were that the affinity of the water element was too high, and he could not feel the magic elements of the dark attribute. If he stayed in the world of the dead all year round , this is not a problem.

Furthermore, since Ace has accepted the allegiance of the Royal Knights, he cannot leave them alone.

General Arnold handed a small bag to Ace, "Your Highness, take this."

Ace opened it and took a look, and there were six dark blue soul crystals inside.

Ace: "This is?"

General Arnold: "The soul crystals of the six great knight commanders all have the strength of level [-] undead creatures. If Your Highness is in danger, you can use this to summon them."

Ace took the small bag, "I know."

At this time, two more skeleton knights walked into the stone house holding a large bag, and they put the bag on the ground.Ace took a closer look and saw that it was full of boundary stones.

General Arnold: "The knights just went looking for it."

Ace felt something touched in his heart, "Thank you."

General Arnold and the two skeleton knights knelt down, "It is our honor to serve Your Highness."

Under their watchful eyes, Ace walked through the gate of the dead world again.