From Skeleton Soldiers to King of the Undead

Chapter 166 New Undead Legion

Get out of here first...

Roja did not change his job immediately, but entered the ghost curtain to hide himself and quickly left the "murder scene".

He entered the river, used the key given by Sea Sage Fels, opened the five-layer magic barrier, and followed the waterway to the twenty-fifth floor.

This place is far away from the City of Order and there are no strong adventurers, so it should be considered safe.

Then he began to examine three career transfer directions,

——War Lord, Plague Lord and Shadow Lord.

Corresponding to legion growth, curse power, space movement, and concealment abilities respectively.

The first option is War Lord. All legion monsters can grow like mounted moose and can increase wisdom.

Coupled with the immortality characteristic, in theory, the strength of legion monsters can grow indefinitely, with a very high upper limit. The disadvantage is that it cannot directly increase its own strength.

The second option, the Plague Lord, possesses a variety of powerful curse powers that can spread infinitely to a large area.

This option brings a new ability, which can easily create a terrifying curse like a natural disaster. It is the most direct way to improve strength. The disadvantage is that the upper limit should not be too high.

The third option, Shadow Lord, has the ability to move through space with the help of certain media, and can also hide himself and his territory in dimensional space.

The advantage is that the life-saving ability is greatly improved, but it seems to be just the icing on the cake for the lord who can be resurrected himself, and the improvement in combat effectiveness is minimal.

After thinking about it, Roja felt that he needed abilities in all three directions.

But comparing them with each other, he still feels that the first option has more possibilities for legion growth.

[Frost Lord→War Lord lv25]

[All commander-type abilities have been merged and optimized]

[Current legion types: Frost Undead, Self-destructing Rotten Corpses, Labyrinth Monsters]

[Remarks: 1. All legion types gain the attributes of summoning repatriation, territory resurrection, combat growth, and shared perception (the survival time limit of rotting corpses is lifted)

2. Different types of legion monsters have different resurrection times. Frost undead have the shortest time, and self-destructing rotten corpses have the longest time.

3. Legion commander-level monsters can be canonized, and the leader monster will gain additional growth]

Job transfer completed!

Roja's strength did not improve accordingly.

But his own attributes have undergone qualitative changes, and the aura he exudes is deeper and loftier, like a superior person who controls many lives.

Apart from him, the one who felt the most obvious feeling was the ancient lich.

"This is?!"

In a dense forest on the twenty-fifth floor of the labyrinth, the skeleton mage who was hiding here and waiting suddenly raised his head, wondering in his heart, "Lord..."

As the only "highly intelligent creature" controlled by Roja, a great mage with hundreds of years of accumulated knowledge, it felt that something incomprehensible had happened.

"Why..."

The Lich looked down at his hands. He felt that he suddenly had several unfamiliar talents, which seemed to be given by the lord.

"Buzz——"

Suddenly, an invisible summoning spell was generated, sucking the skeleton mage into the void and disappearing in place.

After a few seconds, its eyes blurred and it found itself in a cave.

‘Lich. ’

Hearing the voice in his head, the skeleton mage turned to look behind him.

I saw Roja leaning against the rock wall, sitting in a relaxed posture on a seat made of high piles of white frost, his breath like an abyss.

"Lord..." The Lich was slightly startled and bowed slightly to Roja.

‘From now on, you will lead some of the monsters for me. ’

With Roja's words, the pattern of the command mark in the Lich's soul became more complex and upgraded to a new level.

Now, it also has the ability to control some legion monsters.

Roja made the Lich the leader not for anything else, but simply because he was the only subordinate with high intelligence and the ability to complete complex instructions.

"yes."

The skeleton mage accepted the order and then asked: "Lord, what should we do next?"

‘Our opponents are adventurers above level six, and monsters that are too weak are meaningless. ’

Roja set the starting point for the "Legion Soldiers" to be transformed in the future at level five.

Those who are weaker than this level will not be able to control a large number of people unless they have special abilities or special needs. After all, it will also cause a burden to him.

It's worth emphasizing, though, that Legion is just an ability derived from itself.

Expanding the legion is just a way to use abilities. The ultimate result that Roja pursues has always been to improve his own level and attribute points.

"Wow."

He took out the book containing information about monsters, opened it and looked at it carefully.

After that, Roja made a preliminary plan to hunt monsters in the middle area...

…

Somewhere on the outskirts of the City of Order.

Hundreds of meters in radius have turned into scorched earth, and the ground is covered with vitrified sand and ashes of grass blades.

A large group of adventurers stood here discussing:

"Who was fighting here just now? Did anyone see it?"

"I only saw a mage in black robes, and a mage in black armor."

"They should be two sixth-level great magisters."

…

Roja's battle with the Infernal Fire Mage lasted only a short time, but he was still seen by some adventurers from the City of Order.

They did not dare to get close at that time, but just watched from a distance, and notified the stronger adventurers in the city, including the captains of the top-ranked adventure teams.

Barbara happened to be in the city at this time, so she rushed over.

"Judging from the spell traces, it is indeed a sixth-level mage..." She poked the ground with a slender staff without expression.

"Madam, would you like to report this matter to the city lord?" an adventurer next to Barbara asked carefully.

The city lord and deputy city lord of the City of Order are not something ordinary adventurers can meet at will.

Only high-ranking captains like the female mage can regularly participate in high-level meetings organized by the city owner to decide on the size of the City of Order.

Barbara shook her head,

"It's just two level six mages fighting each other, and it didn't cause any other impact. The city lord probably won't issue a reward for this."

After speaking, she frowned slightly and murmured:

"Wears black armor and is good at lightning spells... I have never heard of him before."

Although she felt a little strange, she soon stopped caring.

…

On the other side, Roja followed the River of Sages to the twenty-first floor.

The environment here is slightly different from the one below, like a desert lacking vegetation.

There are also a lot of adventurers, and they can be seen in groups everywhere.

The suppression in the underground labyrinth here became stronger, and Roja was unable to exert even half of his magic power.

This was the labyrinth's way of repelling powerful beings like him from staying on weak floors and killing people wantonly.

Information from the City of Order shows that there is only one fourth-level monster that can survive here, and most of them are not even high-level monsters.

Roja wasted no time and found the target in an underground cave according to the map in the information.

It was a nest of large red centipedes that were covered with jointed limbs and were as thick as a water tank.

Level 4 monster, desert poisonous man.

"Hiss—" The giant centipedes raised their ferocious heads and roared at Roja.

"Poof!" The next second, their heads were penetrated by huge bone piles thrust out from under their bodies, and they died on the spot.

【Desert Poison Man 5/5】

[Illustrated book collection completed, experience +400, free points +2, number of prop exchanges +2]

Only three panicked giant centipedes were left, digging desperately to escape from here.

Roja activated the power of command and carved a spell mark in their souls.

The three-headed centipede suddenly froze in place.

In just a few seconds, they have turned into immortal legionnaires and become Roja's "eyes, ears and tentacles".

‘Elude adventurers and kill other monsters. ’

After Roja gave the order,

"Hiss—" the three-headed centipede roared, immediately crawled out of the cave, and quickly wandered in the wilderness.

A few minutes later, Roja received their results one after another.

[Big poisonous scorpion 1/10] [Deep-burrowing worker ant 3/50] [Colored-winged poisonous moth 23/100] [Human-faced spider 2/10] [Sandworm 7/100]...

…

"Ahhhh-help!!"

Several adventurers looked frightened and turned around to run away!

Behind them, a huge, ferocious-looking red centipede suddenly broke out of the ground, its powerful body raising large amounts of gravel and sand!

"hiss--!"

Instead of chasing down a few adventurers, the Desert Poison Man opened his big mouth and sprayed a thick column of white mist towards the poisonous insects flying above.

"boom!"

The poisonous mist mixed with powerful magic rushed towards the ceiling of the floor and exploded, instantly covering the sky like a large cloud.

And those colorful poisonous moths flying in the air, flapping their colorful wings, fell down like fallen leaves after being contaminated by the poisonous mist.

【Colored Winged Poisonous Moth 74/100】

At this time, several adventurers who had fled far away looked back, showing expressions of lingering fear.

"This shouldn't be the territory of the desert poisonous man. How could it come here?!"

"And why does it attack other poisonous insects? I don't seem to have heard of such a thing..."

"Let's go back to the City of Order first and report this matter to the captain and the others!"

…

Not just them, there are many adventurers gathered in the "Poisonous Insect Desert" on the 21st floor.

Almost everyone witnessed with their own eyes that the giant centipede that was supposed to stay in the hole crawled out and was frantically killing other poisonous insect monsters.

The Desert Poison Man is the only powerful monster here, second only to the Floor Master. No poisonous insect can harm them, and they die in droves.

Most of the adventurers who were only level three also ran away in horror.

Soon, the fourth-level adventurers gathered and launched a hunt for centipedes.

But what surprised and puzzled them was that,

The ferocious monsters that usually pounce on living people when they see them actually rushed towards them after seeing them from a distance, and immediately dug a hole to escape!

"What the hell?"

"Is this still a monster?"

Several adventurers looked at each other, feeling very confused.

After that, they spent a lot of effort to block a desert poisonous man, and worked together to kill him without any danger.

But something even more surprising happened to them.

The body of the dead centipede turned into a burst of black powder, floating in the air and disappearing.

Not to mention magic stones and dropped items, not even a centipede hair was left for them...

There is another chapter tonight