From Skeleton Soldiers to King of the Undead

Confederate, a remote coastal town.

The sky was clear, the sun was shining brightly, and people were coming and going in front of the tavern.

"I'm so hungry!" A young man walked in quickly, holding his stomach.

He looks young and has neat short black hair. He is dressed in simple cloth and has a long sword hanging on his waist.

"Boss! I want two portions of beef, two portions of potatoes, one portion of bread and a bowl of soup!"

The young man said to the bearded man behind the counter, and then discharged a few copper coins.

"Hal, you have a great appetite."

After a while, the tavern owner placed the tray with food on the boy's table.

"I have to learn swordsmanship from the teacher every day, which consumes too much physical energy."

Hal took a big bite of the beef, grabbed the bread, dipped it in the vegetable soup and stuffed it into his mouth, looking like he was gobbling it down.

The boss wiped his hands with a towel and asked, "What? Are you planning to become an Orario adventurer?"

The young man nodded with something stuffed in his mouth.

The boss sighed: "New ruins have appeared in the maze. For this reason, there have been so many people becoming adventurers recently..."

"Relics?" Hal looked confused.

The boss was a little surprised:

"So you don't know? It is said that it flew from the distant Mountains of the Undead and contains the demon's treasures. Unfortunately, no one can enter."

"oh."

Hal nodded slightly. Although he was a little moved, he still felt that things like ruins were too far away from him.

I'm not even an official adventurer.

At this time, there was a little noise outside,

Several men and women wearing leather armor and carrying bows and arrows could be seen riding horses through the streets, surrounded by many small town residents.

"Who are they?" Hal asked curiously, feeling that the residents were very enthusiastic towards those people.

"It's Team Hayate."

The boss said: "Their leader is a third-level adventurer. He heard that a bipedal dragon appeared in the nearby mountains and forests, so the mayor paid a lot of money to invite them to fight against it."

Level three or above is considered an advanced adventurer, and can be considered a powerful master in most areas of the Southern Federation.

As for the bipedal dragon, the average rating is level three. Ordinary people cannot kill it simply by relying on numbers. They can only find adventurers of the same strength.

The boss smiled and said: "Little Hal, work hard and try to join an elite team like the Gale Team one day."

After the boy finished his meal quickly, he chatted with the boss for a few more words, then left the tavern and walked out of the town.

Finally, he came to a dilapidated church in the wilderness.

Hal walked into the church and greeted a figure who was reading a book in the shadows under the statue.

"Teacher, I'm back!"

"Hal..."

In the shadow, the figure closed the book in his hand, slowly raised his head, and made a low voice:

"It's too noisy, please lower your voice."

Roja stood up and walked out of the shadows.

At this time, he was not wearing the ferocious armor, but instead put on leather clothes and boots dressed like a businessman, and a felt hat on his head.

The frame under the clothes was covered with a thick layer of spider silk, and the outermost part was covered with white bandage strips, leaving no gaps exposed.

Coupled with the effect of the "aura convergence" ability, he just looks like a strange man dressed in a strange way, and will not be associated with the undead and monsters.

This boy named "Hal" is the demigod child brought out from the ruins.

But for some reason, he seemed to have lost all his memory, leaving only some common sense and literacy skills. He didn't even know his original name.

But what surprised Roya was that

The first words the child said after waking up were:

——Where is the underground maze? I'm going there to be an adventurer.

Although he couldn't even remember his name or origin, he seemed to have no doubt about this goal, and was extremely certain and convinced.

And have a clear idea of ​​what the Underground Labyrinth and Adventurers are.

Roja guessed: It was the Demon God who erased his memory of not belonging to this era, retaining only his common sense and the goal he was determined to pursue.

This saved him a lot of trouble.

Based on many considerations, Roja did not reveal his undead identity to him, but only showed his current disguised appearance.

The fabricated identity was that of a traveler from the Holy Empire who mastered superb swordsmanship and some minor spells.

On the way to the Confederate States, a young man was found sleeping in the grass in the wilderness.

What happens next is a matter of course.

A child who wanted to be an adventurer but was unfamiliar with the world and didn't even know a little swordsmanship or magic met a kind-hearted person who was willing to be his teacher.

The two sides naturally developed a teacher-student relationship.

Roya named him "Hal" and took him all the way to the Southern Federation, where he settled temporarily in this small town and began to teach him swordsmanship.

"teacher."

The young man suddenly said: "I heard something in the tavern. Recently, a high-level adventurer is planning to hunt a bipedal dragon!"

Roya glanced at Hal.

You don’t want to watch the excitement, do you?

He said quietly: "Don't think about it. With your current strength, you will die if you are affected by the magic power of high-level monsters and high-level adventurers."

Hal blinked and asked, "Teacher Roja, when can I become an official adventurer?"

"have no idea."

Roja took out a long sword, pointed it at the boy, and said in a deep voice:

"Stop thinking so wildly and keep practicing your sword. When you can beat me in swordsmanship, maybe you will be a qualified adventurer."

He wouldn't teach Hal for too long, only a few months at most.

But it will require the boy to break the limit at least once before he officially enters the dungeon to grind.

From a teacher's perspective, he is definitely not the gentle, tolerant and considerate type.

Hal has his own clear goals, so he doesn't know how to talk about life principles. All he communicates with his students is sword practice, sword practice, sword practice!

"Then I'm coming!"

Hal shouted softly, pulled out the long sword from his waist, and suddenly attacked forward.

Roja put one hand behind his back, and held a sword in the other hand to fight with the boy.

"Ding, ding, ding, ding..."

Hal looks only thirteen or fourteen years old, but his physical fitness is quite amazing.

There are no signs of training on his limbs, but he can easily strangle a snow leopard with his natural strength. This is something that really happened on the road.

In other words, Hal's underage body is close to the limit-breaking level of ordinary humans. This is probably the function of the divine blood in his body.

His learning ability is also excellent. After practicing for just over a month, the young man's swordsmanship looks impressive.

But with this talent, he still has a long way to go before he can reach the highest level of a warrior and become a "hero".

"Qiang, ping, pong, clang..."

The two iron swords collided one after another, making a crisp metallic trembling sound and sparks flying everywhere.

"Pa!" Roja slapped the young man's hand with the spine of his sword, knocking his long sword off, and then kicked him away!

"Pay attention to your breathing techniques!"

Hal fell to the ground hard, then got up immediately, picked up the sword and stabbed Roja.

Although Roja usually uses a spear, under the influence of the "Mastery of Hundred Arts" achievement, his swordsmanship and spearmanship are at the same level, reaching the legendary level.

Under his guidance, Hal's swordsmanship growth path was combined with the "breathing method", leading directly to the highest level of martial arts without any detours in the middle.

"Snapped!"

Two hours later, the sword in the boy's hand was knocked away again.

Roja put the blade on his neck and the practice stopped.

At this time, Hal was covered in bruises, and his waist, abdomen and limbs were all bruised and purple.

He panted violently, sweat dripped from his forehead, and his physical strength reached its limit.

"Hal."

Roja said: "That's it for today, you can rest and go back and think."

After saying that, a dark green branch-like staff appeared in his hand and was placed on the young man's shoulder.

A burst of green light surged out, carrying a strong breath of life, slowly healing Hal's fatigue and pain.

This staff is a trophy from the past. It is made of special material and has a constant healing spell on it, which allows the mage to cast spells directly without having to recite a spell or consume his own magic power.

"Thank you teacher, I'm going back!"

The young man walked out of the abandoned church, waved goodbye to Roja, and then turned and walked towards the town.

He would only come here to see Roya during "school time" every day, and he would go back to the hotel in the town to sleep.

Although Roja was strict, he would not let the boy sleep in the wilderness every day for no reason.

After Hal left, Roja continued to open the book and read.

During the time I left the Mountains of the Dead,

In addition to teaching young men swordsmanship every day, he spends his free time reading books and reading various magic books.

Fire, water, earth, wind... learn magic almost from scratch, starting from the simplest apprentice-level spells.

Because [Martial Arts] has reached the highest legendary level, he now wants to start studying the field of magic a little bit.

A month ago, when Roja tried to learn the simplest fireball technique, a new column of information appeared on the panel:

[Magic: Fire (apprentice level 1%)]

Very similar to the information in the [Martial Arts] column, magic proficiency appeared.

However, this time there is no such thing as being able to continuously brush up proficiency with one action. You must read and practice down-to-earth to improve your progress.

But the good news is that after his martial arts reached the legendary level, his control over his own energy reached a state of "freedom and ease".

For Roja, his own energy is the power of the undead and magic power.

He can perfectly control his own magic power, which means that as long as he can understand the composition of a certain spell, he can master it immediately without practicing.

This allows him to master various spells much faster than ordinary mages.

[Magic: Space System (Apprentice Level 50%)]

In just one month, he has achieved some results in the space spells he mainly studied, and the space spells are far more difficult than ordinary elemental spells.

What Roja can do now is to temporarily create an extra-dimensional pocket with a capacity of about the size of a school bag, and put some things in it to hide it.

Although it seems useless now,

But I believe that if he continues to study like this, he should be able to open a teleportation array by himself when he reaches the "official mage level". When he reaches the "arch mage level", he will be able to open a space channel and run away in the blink of an eye when in danger.

Going up to a higher level, you may even be able to cast spells such as "Space Confinement" and "Space Splitting Slash".

Of course, in order to reach the level of Holy Magister and Legendary spells, it will take many years of study.

Researching magic is only done in my free time when there are no panel tasks. If I really want to become stronger quickly, I still have to do tasks to increase attributes.

"Buzz——"

At this moment, a portal with a surging black vortex opened in front of Roja, and a skeleton mage wearing a black robe floated out.

"Lord Lord."

The Lich bowed slightly and said respectfully: "I have already obtained detailed information on the matters you asked me to investigate."

Lich is a great mage who is close to the awakening state.

As long as it doesn't get close to Orario, a labyrinth city where powerful people gather, it can still walk sideways in the Southern Federation, and its activities will not be easily discovered.

So it now becomes Roya's intelligence agent.

Roja nodded and motioned for it to continue.

"The first thing is that a new student named Philip appeared in Holy Dawn College a few months ago. He studied with a water magician and seemed to show great talent."

Did Phillip successfully enter the academy? good.

Roja nodded slightly.

The Lich continued: "The second thing is that the guild's final announcement on the events related to the Undead Mountains is that all monsters have been eliminated and the hidden dangers have been completely resolved."

‘Haha, is that what you said? ’ Roja was not surprised by this.

It is worth mentioning that more than a month has passed, and the Undead Mountains are still his territory and have not been dealt with in the sense of "capture" by the Adventurer's Guild.

In other words, the "resurrection point" still exists, the undead army has not been affected, everything remains the same.

The Lich continued:

"The third thing is that Copperfield's ruins have appeared in the middle area of ​​the underground labyrinth. The news currently circulating is that several legendary mages have tried to communicate with the spirit of the ruins, but they still can't seem to enter."

Legendary mage...How many powerful people have Orario gathered now?

Roja was not surprised that the ruins were closed. What he was concerned about was - how should he enter the underground maze?

Whether he is hunting stronger monsters or entering the Rubik's Cube in the building again, he needs to advance through the maze.

The entrance to the underground labyrinth is located in the center of Orario, beneath the Tower of the Gods, and is sealed by countless layers of spells.

To enter the maze, ordinary people need to register as an adventurer and hold a special voucher to pass through the magic barrier and enter under layers of surveillance.

How can I get in as a "black house" undead?

Not to mention entering the underground maze, even entering Orario, he was at risk of being discovered by high-level adventurers all over the street.

For longer-term plans, in order to obtain a fixed access road that can be freely accessed,

Roja is looking for a small natural tunnel hidden under the sea that connects the legendary underground labyrinth to the outside world.

This is also the reason why he came to this coastal town.