Travels of the Necromancer

As night fell, the entire Juniper Town gradually quieted down, and the Pine Tree Bar had just started its business day.Although only the worst ale is served here, it is very popular with adventurers because of its reasonable price and generous portions.

It was late at night, but the bar was getting more and more lively.After drinking and eating, the men began to go crazy with alcohol, guessing fists, quarreling and fighting, and from time to time some people were thrown out the door with a broken head and blood amidst laughter.Scantily clad women roam the bar, taking the bar's chaos to new heights.

I sat in a corner of the bar, observing various interesting phenomena.I don't know why Ley didn't report my identity to the temple in the end, and there was no arrest warrant for me on the mainland, so I could continue my journey leisurely.I've been traveling for almost a year now, and just returned from the Storm Icefield a month ago.I collected a lot of magic cores on the ice field, and I sold all of them except the more valuable ones for future research, so now I can be considered a rich man.While there are fancier places in town than the Pine, I hear a lot of interesting stuff here that I can't get anywhere else.Also, I don't hate the noise, especially after nearly a year in the middle of nowhere.

From the chatting and laughing of the noisy guys around, I know that during the time I stayed in the storm ice field, after many provocations, the battle between Silver Moon and Holy Sword finally broke out completely.The process can be described as twists and turns, ups and downs.To put it simply, Holy Sword was aggressive first, then Yinyue accumulated a lot of money, and finally the situation suddenly reversed. After all, Holy Sword annexed Yinyue and became the well-deserved number one mercenary group.Although there are still some voices of dissatisfaction in the mercenary world, there is no force that can compete with the Holy Sword Mercenary Group.

What a bunch of boring guys, but it seems even more boring for me who bothered to find out all this, after all, it has nothing to do with me.After realizing this, I concentrated on gathering information about Skull City.

Skeleton City, like other cursed places, is surrounded by various legends, but unlike other places, it has always been tightly sealed by the temple.But since last year, the temple suddenly lifted the blockade.The Skeleton City after the blockade is lifted is not a place where there is no return like the Dark Swamp. It is said that someone once found treasure in the Skeleton City.This news attracted many adventurers, and even made Juniper Town, a small town on the border of the Skeleton City, extremely prosperous. It was crowded with adventurers from all over the place every day.

However, in addition to bringing wealth to the town, these adventurers who seem to have inexhaustible energy have also brought a sharp increase in the crime rate to the town, such as now.Two young men got into a heated argument, which quickly turned into a fight, fueled by a combination of booing and alcohol.The waiters are quite experienced in pulling away the tables and chairs in the middle of the bar to clear a space, allowing the adventurers to vent without causing too much loss to the bar.

However, the result seemed to be beyond the expectations of the onlookers. The little man took his opponent to the ground quite neatly by virtue of his speed advantage and proficient fighting skills.I want to explain here that thinness is only relatively speaking. In fact, he should be about the same size as me, and his opponent is at least two meters tall, and he seems to have orc blood.

The loser left the bar with a look of resentment amid boos, and the winner didn't look too proud. In fact, he seemed unwilling to fight the opponent from the beginning, but he still had to accept the cheers of the crowd according to tradition.I raised my glass and smiled in his direction as a congratulation.The matter should be over here, and this kind of scene happens almost every day in the Pine Tree Bar, but I didn't expect him to come to strike up a conversation.Uh well, chatting up is usually used between opposite sexes on the mainland, and it seems inappropriate to use it here.

I looked up and down the person in front of me, he had a pair of gentle amber eyes, he was wearing simple leather armor with the badge of the mercenary guild on it, it was the standard primary mercenary equipment, but his words and deeds were not quite like that. A mercenary.

"Dear Your Majesty the Mage, do I have the honor to invite you to be my companion?" Seeing that I still didn't answer, he repeated what he said just now.

It seems that he wanted to invite me to join because he saw the badge of a senior wind magician on my chest.A magician of all schools may not be able to become an excellent necromancer, but an excellent necromancer can basically master all schools of magic, and I am no exception.Among the minor magic, I am best at the wind system, so I passed the level test of the Magicians Association as a wind magician.After obtaining such a badge, ordinary people will not come to trouble, and travel will be much more convenient.

"I'm sorry, I'm used to acting alone." After thinking about it, I still rejected his invitation.After all, if you act in the ruins, who knows what accidents you may encounter, if you have to use undead magic, it will be very troublesome to have a companion by your side.In fact, after knowing my identity as a necromancer, Ley was the only one who was still intact. On the ice field, I did not hesitate to deal with a group of mercenaries who saw me using undead magic.

"I know your concerns, and I can assure you that if you join my mercenary team, your gains will be far greater than joining other teams." He paused here, "In fact, we have already got a certain degree of confidence. .”

"Oh?" I raised my eyebrows and looked at him, but he looked back at me firmly, as if he wasn't talking casually.

"Please come with me, it seems a bit noisy here." I said with a smile.

He nodded in agreement, and I took him to the hotel where I was staying.After setting up a sound-proof barrier in the room, he began to introduce their team to me.Earlier, I got news that the Holy Sword Mercenary Corps was still expanding its power, and the mercenary team he led was one of the dozens of new mercenary teams established by Holy Sword.However, they can't be regarded as official members. Only after passing the trial can they be qualified to wear the holy sword's regiment emblem.

Holy Sword, I don't know if I should be moved when I hear this familiar term again.

"In other words, the destination of your trials this time is Skull City, but you don't seem to have said what kind of confidence you have."

"Master Your Excellency, I think you should have heard the legend about the Skeleton City. Back then, the Western Expeditionary Army of the Temple of Light captured the capital of the Dark Empire and planned to dedicate the wealth accumulated by generations of the Dark Empire to the God of Light, but the night of death Afterwards, all the residents of the city turned into undead, and the treasures were also missing. These treasures have always been the targets of adventurers, and I have a map that may be related to the hidden location of the treasures back then."

"Treasure map?" Naturally, I know what kind of existence the so-called treasure map is, so I couldn't help but look suspiciously at it.

"This map is real, I think..." the mercenary stopped halfway through his words, with a sad expression on his face, "I assure you."

Swearing in the name of the family, this habit also exists in Kate's memory, it seems that it is not something that ordinary mercenaries should have.Well, my interest has been piqued.

"I agree to be your companion."

"I believe you will not regret today's decision, Your Excellency the Magician."

"Since we are already companions, you can call me Chris directly. Similarly, can I call you by your first name?"

Chris was the name I had given myself, which seems very common now, but in the ancient language Chris is pronounced the same way as the word for newborn, the last word of the soul-transfer spell, and it suited me perfectly.

"Of course." The mercenary stood up, "Chris, Noah, the captain of the Tenth Trial Squad of the Holy Sword Mercenary Corps, welcomes you on behalf of all members."

"I hope we can cooperate happily." I smiled.