Skeleton King

The faint moonlight slantly shone on the pitch-black clam, and shone on the magic item in the dead world.

The people on Magic Island, headed by Silver Sword Saint Heinrich, entered the tomb of the Skeleton King in the Dutch village.

Heinrich's silver grudge wiped out the skeleton soldiers, and the light mage purified the undead in the tomb.

When everyone on Magic Island was about to open the only door to the Skeleton King's tomb, a white undead appeared in front of them. He was different from other newborn undead in that the color of his soul had changed from transparent to milky white. He was not empty, but It began to solidify gradually, as if it was about to become solid.

"Welcome to the tomb of the Skeleton King. I am Daniel the steward and the guardian of the village in the Netherlands."

—— "Sword and Sorcery"

Skeleton soldiers kept climbing onto the bones of the skeletons in front, and there were also skeletons that fell apart because of the lack of a place to stand.

A skeleton soldier fell from a height. His armor was rusted and could not provide any protection. The entire skeleton fell to pieces in an instant. Only his soul fire remained in his skull.The skull rolled around at the bottom of the pit, rolled to his ribs, and pieced together his bones bit by bit, hand bones, leg bones, even though the armor was gone, even though the bones of the body were broken even more. , he still persisted in crawling towards the place where Ace was.

And in this deep pit, there are densely packed bones everywhere.Ace thought before that these were ordinary bones, and only those wearing armor were skeleton soldiers and undead creatures. Unexpectedly, those bones that had been at the bottom of the pit for more than a thousand years also became active, looking for other parts of their bodies everywhere. part.

It has been a long, long time since they have met a real person.

Only by absorbing the soul fire of human beings can they become stronger and hope to leave the tomb of the Skeleton King.

The deep pit in front of him couldn't see the bottom at all, and all the bones were moving. God knows how many skeleton soldiers will appear in the end.

Ace originally planned to conduct a simple blood sacrifice here, temporarily controlling a few skeleton soldiers. As long as he is fast enough, he can build a bridge of bones so that he can reach the other end of the hall.

This is the shortest way to the Skeleton King's Treasure and the Gate of the Dead.

But in "Sword and Magic", the number of skeleton soldiers who are just casually mentioned "even first-level swordsmen can kill them, and even ordinary people can run past them" is much more than Ace thought .They don't even need to catch up with Ace, they just need to crawl out from the bottom of the pit to fill up the entire underground palace.

Ace retreated to the corridor, and he walked back quickly until he retreated to an intersection.

This fork leads to five places, one is the deep pit where the skeleton soldiers are buried, and the other is the place where Ace entered the tomb, but he can't go back now.The mussels on the coast of the Netherlands are sacrificed with blood, and the mussels in the Skeleton King's tomb can only be driven by undead magic.

The people on the magic island also opened the gate of the dead world, entered the dead world, and fought a bloody path in it before they were able to return to the present world.Ace can only survive here unless he breaks through the Juggernaut here, otherwise he has only one way - to practice undead magic.

Ace originally planned this way. Although undead magic is not as cool as wind magic, nor is it as gorgeous as fire magic, it is the magic that requires the lowest qualifications for magicians. Ace doesn't have to worry, he has worked hard Find the Skeleton King, but not eligible for his inheritance.

Furthermore, when an army of millions of skeletons appears with a wave of hands, no matter how powerful an enemy is, it will be wiped out in an instant. Which boy did not have the dream of galloping on the battlefield like this when he was a child!

The sound of "click click" from the skeleton soldiers kept ringing behind him. Ace no longer hesitated, he picked the narrowest side road and walked over.

"If I were you, I wouldn't choose this path." Suddenly, a voice sounded in Ace's ear.

Ace felt the hairs on his arms stand on end, his head turned stiffly, and he saw a transparent undead standing beside him.

The undead also transformed into his previous clothes, short and narrow sleeves, very simple style, no fancy things, and it would not hinder his actions.He has beautiful curly hair on his head, tied into a small braid at the back of his head, revealing a smooth forehead, his facial features are deep, as if sharpened by a knife, he thought he was a handsome young man in his lifetime.However, at the corner of his eye, there was a small scar, which slightly spoiled the beauty of his entire face.

The undead are different from the skeleton soldiers. If the skeleton soldiers have injuries on their bones, they will always follow them even if they die.Only the soul body is left of the undead, and there is very little damage that can directly attack the soul.The greater possibility is that the undead stubbornly wants to leave this wound.

Ace recognized him because of this, and he said, "Daniel."

Undead, no, Daniel was a little surprised, "You recognize me?"

Ace said: "In the village, the uncle at the tavern mentioned you to me." In fact, Ace has read the story of Daniel in "Sword and Magic", but in this world, it is not safe to even talk to the dead.

Daniel suddenly realized, he smiled and said: "Oh, what did Thomas say about me?" He was just like what he said in the book, and he smiled with a three-pointed cynical look.

Ace looked at the end of the corridor, where skeleton soldiers had already appeared. He said, "I'm afraid I haven't finished speaking, and I'm about to be torn apart by the skeletons here."

Daniel turned around in mid-air and said to Ace, "Come with me."

Daniel floated ahead, and Ace followed Daniel to the sidewalk he had chosen before.Ace was a little upset and puzzled, "Didn't you say that I shouldn't choose this path?"

Daniel suddenly grabbed Ace by the back collar and lifted him up amidst Ace's exclamation.

After "flying" in the air for a while, Ace saw a white flame appear where he had stepped on before.

"Yinhuo!!!" Ace exclaimed.

"I mean, you shouldn't choose this path alone." Daniel looked inexplicably, and looked down at Ace with interest, "You know this? By the way, how could a child of your age come to the Skeleton King's underground palace? I don’t remember that other undead have captured people recently.”

Ace: "Sure enough, Carl Caesar was captured by you?"

Daniel did not argue, he directly admitted: "Yes." Then he said to Ace: "You should answer my question."

Ace: "I read this in the Magician's Notebook." "Sword and Magic" is also a book, and the Magician's Notebook is also a book. This can be roughly equal, right?

Daniel suddenly floated in front of Ace. He took Ace's money bag from Ace's waist, weighed it, and said, "I also brought a lot of magic crystals. You are a magic apprentice, and you came here to get it under the order of your mentor. Is it the inheritance of the Skeleton King?" He said to himself again: "If there is a handbook recording undead magic, your mentor's strength is close to that of a mage?"

Some dark magic is recognized as a forbidden technique in the Magic Continent, and some undead magic is also the same, but many low-level magicians are always foolishly unable to distinguish between neutral magic and evil magic, so that the Magic Association has no choice but to ban almost all dark magic. Magic and undead magic.

So those who still keep the Handbook of Undead Magic are basically senior magicians, or even wizards.

Ace: "Why don't you guess my mentor is a mage?"

Daniel returned the money bag to Ace, "If it is a mage, he should come by himself. Some content in the inheritance is not allowed to be taught to others."

Daniel circled again in mid-air and flew to a place far away from Ace. Ace shouted behind him: "You were just a fisherman when you were alive, how did you know so much?"

Daniel: "Magicians are pedantic, and the knowledge that every magician masters will never be less than the magic they master. The top three most precious things in the Skeleton King's legacy must have his library."

Ace asked Daniel while walking, "Why are there so many skeleton soldiers here, but you are the only undead?"

Daniel: "Who said I'm the only undead here?"

Ace looked around, but saw nothing, "Where are the other undead?"

Daniel pointed to Ace, "There is one behind you. Lilith, she was Thomas' first love, and she died ten years ago."

Ace turned around abruptly, but there was nothing behind him.

Ace frowned, he didn't like people lying to him.

Daniel seemed to understand what Ace was thinking, and floated into his ear and said, "I didn't lie to you, it's just that Lilith's soul is too weak, you can't see her."

Ace stared at Daniel's eyes, which was the only colored place on Daniel's body, and those eyes were blue, like the sea.

The evolution of the undead starts from the eyes. An undead like Daniel can transform into a lich in less than 100 years.

Ace: "Then why are you so strong?"

Daniel: "Not everyone can become a magician. Some people have very low affinity for magic elements. Even in places where magic elements are very strong, they can only become magic apprentices; some people have very low affinity for magic elements. High, even if I never practice, the content of magic elements in my body is equivalent to that of a level 3 magician. This is very, very rare, but coincidentally, when I died, I was a level 3 magician gone."

Ace: "So you became the steward of Skeletron's palace?"

The smile that had been on Daniel's face suddenly disappeared, "Son, I think I have to ask you why you know so much?"

Ace: "Besides the nobility, the highest status in the Pansy Empire are magicians and knights. A superb magician can lead the outcome of a war, and a powerful knight can be the leader among thousands of troops. Take the heads of enemy generals. But there is another kind of man who stands above them, who can affect the rise and fall of an empire."

Daniel replaced Ace with the answer, "Astrologer."

Ace nodded.That's not what he said.

Daniel wanted to sigh, but he suddenly realized that he was an undead, so he couldn't sigh anymore, "There is an astrologer doing divination for you. I thought there were no astrologers in this world."

Daniel's eyes suddenly became dangerous, "But why did your mentor, a senior magician, only send you here? He didn't even bring you a magic scroll."

Ace's words are obviously full of loopholes.

Ace hesitated, and said, "I sneaked out."

Daniel was noncommittal.

Without waiting for Daniel to ask questions, Ace said, "My mentor is a black magician."

Daniel nodded, expressing his understanding, this is indeed a reasonable explanation.Black mages are a group of lunatics who experiment with their magic apprentices.

As a disciple of the Black Mage, who happened to know the secret of the Skeleton King's tomb, he wanted to survive, and getting the inheritance of the Skeleton King was indeed the best way.

However, Daniel said: "Only by yourself, you cannot obtain the Skeleton King's inheritance."

Ace: "You'll help me."

Daniel: "Although staying here is boring, I also like to chat with you. But I won't help you." Although his tone was joking, his eyes did not waver.

"You will help me." Ace said in Daniel's shocked eyes: "Because Stephanie is pregnant. Your wife, Stephanie, she had a ghost because of your lust. You know a ghost is very important to his What does mother mean? Only necromancers can save her. Helping me now is the only way for you. Otherwise, when the ghost baby comes into the world, her soul will be broken. If she is not stopped, she will not be able to live in this world. Death cannot return to the realm of the dead."