From Skeleton Soldiers to King of the Undead

Confederate States, Orario, College of the Holy Dawn.

In a huge tower containing tens of millions of magic and alchemical books,

Philip and Meili, wearing the academy's standard mage robes, were walking up the long spiral staircase little by little under the leadership of Calvin.

More than two months ago, the young man and his companions met Master Qianzhi again at the gate of the academy.

Phillip felt a little happy and excited, while Cavin was surprised and confused. He thought that the boy would not survive the disaster that day.

The two parties found a quiet restaurant nearby and sat down to ask each other about the situation.

Calvin couldn't remember the key things, but Philip abided by Roja's warning and would never admit that what happened that day was related to him.

In the end, the former came to the conclusion that the boy took advantage of the fierce battle between General Skeleton and the Eagle Group and escaped with great luck together with Meili.

The latter concluded that...

Well, no conclusions have been drawn, and in short, Kavin is lucky to survive.

After experiencing the tense and dangerous events three months ago together and escaping from death, the two parties, who were originally "accomplices", developed a "feeling of sympathy for each other."

Things went smoothly after that.

Kavin works as a "lecturer" in the college and has some connections and status.

He submitted a letter of recommendation to the college, allowing Philip and Mellie to enroll early, and introduced them to his teacher, the water mage Helen, as planned.

Speaking of which, after Helen escaped back to Orario last time, she saw that Calvin was safe and sound, and she temporarily gave up her thoughts of going to trouble General Skeleton again - partly because she was afraid of being beaten, and she really couldn't beat him.

Currently, both Philip and Mellie are students under Helen's name.

They usually live in the college dormitory, take classes with other students, complete homework and practice spells on their own in their spare time.

With the equipment and copper coins donated by Roja, they don't need to worry about lack of money for the time being if they save money.

In addition to being a commoner, he could clearly feel a sense of alienation from many people around him, but he also lived a peaceful and fulfilling school life.

Kavin said:

"This is the Endless Tower, the academy's library. If you need to inquire about information in the future, just come here and ask the Djinn."

"The Djinn" is a kind of familiar inside the Mage Tower. He has an illusory body like a blue ghost and extremely high intelligence. He is also the "librarian" of the Endless Tower.

Tutors and students at the academy also call them "Smurfs."

Afterwards, Cavin took them into a room inside the tower,

"Here are the books and materials related to the Holy Empire. The history and some records of the Undead Mountains that you are looking for should also be here."

"Thank you, Mr. Carvin."

Kavin nodded calmly, turned and left.

He no longer wanted to see any information about the Holy Empire and the Mountains of the Dead.

Only then did Philip look at the whole room carefully.

He found that it was like a small reading room, with a long square table and six chairs in the middle, and five rows of bookshelves on the side filled with books.

If they were all in the historical category, the number of books in the collection would be truly astonishing.

At this time, Phillip's eyes moved and he walked to a wall.

This wall is covered with "paper notes". If you look closely, you will find that they are all news clipped from Orario's "Daily Morning News".

And they are all related to the Holy Empire. The latest news is:

“A cardinal of the Church of Light was attacked by monsters and died in a border town. One holy relic and two gospel weapons were lost.

"The unanimous opinion of the critics on this incident is that the Church of Light is simply useless. It is better to disband it as soon as possible!"

It turned out to be something that Philip had experienced personally.

At this moment, the golden pot-shaped oil lamp placed on the table nearby made a clanging sound, startling the boy and Meili.

Immediately afterwards, a stream of blue gas spurted out from the spout, condensing in the air into a blue-skinned muscular man with smoke covering his lower body and pigtails on his head.

"It turns out to be the djinn." Philip breathed a sigh of relief. This kind of familiar is very common in this tower.

"Hey hey hey!"

The genie had a broad chin, but let out a high-pitched laugh. It spun twice in the air, opened its arms and said excitedly to the boy:

"Welcome to my room! No one has been here for months! I'm almost bored to death!"

Are familiars also bored?

Philip said to the Djinn: "I want to take a look at the relevant information about the Holy Empire's Mountains of the Dead."

"Pah, pah, pah—"

The genie waved his hand, and a large stack of books floated up from the bookshelf and landed on the table.

It spread its hands and said in a funny, high-pitched voice: "That's all! You can stay here and watch it slowly!"

After saying that, it waved and opened a small portal emitting white light, and took out several black and white newspapers - Orario's "Daily Morning News".

"There is also new news about the Holy Empire's Undead Mountains today!"

The Djinn said excitedly, then cut out a few pieces of paper from the newspaper and pasted them on the wall.

Phillip leaned over and took a look:

“A ghost-type monster from the Undead Mountains recently joined the Adventurer’s Guild.

"It has profound knowledge and superb magical abilities, and successfully signed a contract with the vice-principal of the Magic Academy, Holy Magister Cynthia."

"The critics' opinion on this is - that is really a beautiful and precious familiar. Let us congratulate the noble Moonlight Witch, Lady Cynthia!"

ghost?

Isn't it Miss Chris?

The young man instantly thought of the white ghost.

As for the Holy Magister Cynthia mentioned above, Holy Dawn College does have such a vice-principal.

It was an extremely powerful female mage known as the "Moonlight Witch".

She has a high status in the Magic Academy, Orario, and the Adventurer's Guild, and is considered to have the potential to enter the legendary realm.

If Chris signed a contract with her, it would really be a big deal.

Philip then moved on to the second message:

"There is a snowstorm of unknown origin in the Undead Mountains, which has been raging for half a month. Some kind of change may have occurred there.

"In response, the Adventurer's Guild will organize manpower and a sixth-level adventurer will lead a team to check it out."

snowstorm……

When the boy saw this news, he thought of Roja.

He pointed to the piece of news on the wall and asked the Djinn: "Why is there no reviewer's opinion on this?"

The Djinn scratched his head and said, "If it's just some ordinary monsters, do you need any opinions?"

"Ordinary monster?"

Phillip frowned slightly and said doubtfully: "There is a skeleton general in the Mountains of the Undead."

The genie floated in the air, shook his finger and said:

"The Guild's assessment of General Skeleton is only level four. This little monster may be a demon king in the Holy Empire, but it is not worth mentioning here in Orario.

“The guild has already taken it seriously by sending powerful first-class adventurers to deal with it, which is enough to easily kill all the monsters in the Undead Mountains ten times.

"Perhaps only some intelligent monsters can escape?

"Their souls will be planted with mind control spells, brought back to be tamed, and forced to sign a contract to become the familiars of the magisters."

"..."

Phillip fell silent for a moment and slowly clenched his fists.

I will post one chapter first and then continue to code the next chapter. It may be very late. Book friends can read it tomorrow morning.