From Skeleton Soldiers to King of the Undead

Two days after the monster corpse wave broke out on the 25th floor of the maze.

"Mr. Carvin, is this the floor where the accident happened?"

On an empty grassland, Philip, wearing a black mage robe, held his wand tightly and looked around with vigilance.

Next to him are two teammates who are traveling together - the Thousand Mage Cavin, and an old awakened warrior named "Ren".

A few days ago, in order to hone his strength, the boy submitted an application to Holy Dawn Academy and registered as an adventurer in the Adventurer's Guild.

Although his own magic power is only level two, because he has the ability to control the corpses of high-level monsters, the guild's overall rating is level three.

——This meets the minimum conditions for entering the middle area, that is, floors 20-40 of the maze.

After getting help from the mage Cavin, and after several days of fighting and long journeys, Philip and two powerful companions reached the 25th floor.

"According to the intelligence, it's right here, but most of the rotting corpses have disappeared."

Kavin waved his staff and cast a detection spell.

He had already settled down as a lecturer in the academy. This time he entered the labyrinth with Philip, mainly as a senior to guide the novices.

As for the warrior Renn on the side, he was a temporary teammate whom he introduced to Phillip and charged a hiring fee. He was responsible for leading the two of them into the safe floor of the middle area.

Safe floor - refers to the floor in the maze where monsters will not be born.

People established bases and cities there, and quite a few adventurers settled there.

The safe floor in the middle area is the 30th floor, and the city there is called "City of Order".

Philip plans to live there for a long time, join a fixed adventure team, and exercise his magic power through constant battles.

Meili's strength was too weak to follow.

"Ouch——"

At this moment, a long wolf howl sounded.

Following the sound of dense footsteps, six brown wolf monsters sprang out from the woods not far away and rushed towards several people.

Kavin immediately waved his staff and deployed a defensive light curtain.

Philip quickly released a zombie Minotaur and a high-level fire-breathing bone dragon.

"It's a Sad Wolf, you should be able to deal with it."

The gray-haired Ren said. He stood there with his arms folded, as if he didn't intend to take action.

A few minutes later, with the cooperation of the two mages, the battle ended successfully.

No one was injured, and the only losses were Philip's minotaur and bone dragon summons, both of which were smashed by the sand wolves' rock cannonballs.

"Haha, you, a level three mage, have now been reduced to level two."

Renn smiled mockingly at the boy, then stepped forward to collect the monster's magic stone.

According to the agreement, all the magic stones from the monsters he killed along the way were his reward.

When he saw Ren dig out all the Minotaur's magic stones and put them into his storage belt, Philip frowned and was about to say something.

Calvin stretched out his hand to stop him, and said to the old warrior: "Mr. Renn, at least the magic stones and corpses of two monsters should be left for Philip to continue to control."

"Okay, 5,000 silver coins for a monster's corpse." Renn stretched out his hand.

This amount is very unreasonable, more than double the normal price, and it is already taking advantage of the situation.

Although adventurers are strictly prohibited from fighting each other, in this dangerous maze, the strong naturally have privileges, and it is almost natural to exploit newcomers and weak ones.

Renn even belongs to the category of people who do things in a measured way and have a good reputation.

Kavin sighed in his heart and felt helpless. He took out a few bags of coins and handed them to the old man's hands.

"Very well, I'm not an unreasonable person."

Renn smiled and put away the money bag and said:

"Only level three rookies have to be obedient if they want to survive in the middle level. I have taught this young boy a valuable lesson."

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After that, the three of them spent another half day walking through longitudinal tunnels and caves, and finally reached the safe floor on the thirtieth floor.

"Let's go, that's the City of Order." Renn pointed ahead.

There is a city surrounded by rivers and towering yellow walls, standing under white crystal walls on endless green grasslands.

A wide and smooth bluestone road led from their feet to the city. There were many adventurers walking in groups on the road.

Philip said in surprise: "That city looks no smaller than Orario."

Calvin nodded and said: "If Orario is the first floor above the labyrinth city, you can think of it as the second underground floor.

"The maze originally had no safe floors. They were all the work of ancient demons and sages."

The "underground level" is the fearless city on the tenth floor, which is a safe floor in the upper area. They chose the shortest route and rushed down without passing there.

The three of them walked forward along the bluestone road, passed the arch bridge above the moat, and finally entered the city through the open city gate.

Renn spread his hands and said:

"After getting you here safely, my mission has been completed. I'm going to the tavern to have a few drinks. From now on, it's up to you."

"Okay, thank you."

Kavin said to Phillip: "Let's go to the pub to eat something first."

Finally, they and Ren walked towards the same pub.

Philip looked at the shops on both sides of the street.

Some sell armor, weapons, staffs, and monster bones and furs, while others sell clothes, boots, jewelry, fruits, meals, and various snacks.

Among the people coming and going, there are almost all races including humans, elves, dwarves, orcs, Flügels, Amazon women, little humans...

However, many people's clothing and physiques suggest that they are not mages or warriors at first glance.

Philip said to Calvin: "It seems that not all adventurers are here, but also ordinary people..."

When Ren heard the young man's words, he laughed and said:

"Boy, are you a fool? How can we maintain such a big city without ordinary people?

"But as long as you are an adventurer, you must be at least level three, and you are not a dilettante like you who can only control dead bodies."

Philip frowned.

It was impossible for an adventurer to be as reserved as aristocrats and businessmen who wanted to lick blood with their swords. He was almost used to the old man's sarcastic words.

But there was no way, even Kavin was polite to this old awakening-level warrior.

Kavin said: "Even with the protection of adventurers, it is still dangerous for ordinary people to cross the maze.

"They are under the unified management of the Chamber of Commerce. They are engaged in the work of serving adventurers here. The working hours and workload are stipulated. Most of them cannot return to the ground once before the end of the contract period."

The three of them walked into a tavern on the street with the most elegant storefront and the most luxurious decoration.

As soon as Philip came in, he found that

——There are no ordinary people here at all, they are all powerful high-level adventurers.

1. Thanks to "Profound and Endless" for the reward

2. The transitional plot was written more slowly than I expected, so I will get to the point quickly.

3. Two more chapters will be updated later.