From Skeleton Soldiers to King of the Undead

"The blacksmith's body has been found!"

"Um?"

Calvin, Scar and others all showed doubts in their first reaction.

Because the mercenaries in front of them were not the ones responsible for searching the blacksmith's body, but people from the forward camp.

Logically speaking, he should not be here at this time, let alone receive relevant orders to investigate this matter.

Kavin frowned and asked, "Was the body found in the mountains?"

The mercenary took a few breaths, nodded and continued:

"In Camp 6 in the mountains... on a piece of grass nearby, the blacksmith had turned into a rotting corpse when he was discovered, and was killed by us in time!

"Captain Finn asked me to inform you that the person who killed the blacksmith was not someone from the town. There is a high probability that it was the Skeleton Knight who appeared some time ago!"

"Skeleton Knight?"

Kavin felt that this title sounded familiar, and he recalled it for a few seconds before remembering:

"Oh, it's the knight-like undead that killed Pige..."

"How can it be?!"

Scar's eyes widened with an expression of disbelief.

"A high-level undead ran out of the mountains, quietly killed an ordinary mercenary, and then left quietly. Is this possible?"

It’s really hard to understand!

The mercenary shook his head: "According to Captain Finn's speculation, it was the blacksmith who ran from the town to the mountains after getting drunk, and then encountered the Skeleton Knight and was killed."

"Because the blacksmith's body not only had wounds poked by the skeleton knight's gun, but we also found his footprints nearby and traces of chopping down trees with his sword."

The footprints on the main road in the town were too messy, so the mercenaries couldn't trace them through the footprints.

But in the inaccessible mountains, experienced scouts can do this.

From the above information, we can know that the blacksmith was still alive and drunk when he walked near Camp 6.

Because under normal circumstances, rotten corpses would not do such meaningless things as cutting down trees with swords.

As for how to confirm that the murderer is the Skeleton Knight, it is also very simple. Finn and others all know that it uses a spear, and if killed by it, it will turn into a rotten corpse.

"..."

In silence, several people present looked at each other.

Although it's a bit incredible that the blacksmith could travel so far by being drunk, but this may be the only way to explain it.

At this point, except for reminding the members to drink moderately and be careful about the high-level monsters hidden in the mountains, there seems to be nothing more to explore about this matter.

But Scar still felt something was wrong and said:

"Why did the undead appear near the camp but only killed one Black? Isn't this a bit..."

"No, Scar."

The mercenary corrected: "In addition to the blacksmith, two people died in our camp just this morning.

"They were also turned into carrion corpses when they went to the woods for convenience. I can understand that you will have doubts, but this is the unanimous conclusion that all of us have reached."

"..."

Now, even Scar couldn't say anything anymore.

Phillip adjusted his collar and said, "I just said it has nothing to do with me!"

After saying that, he rolled his eyes at Scar and was about to turn around and leave.

He had to go back to the house quickly to deal with the copper coins and the necromancer's notes first, and he had to find an opportunity to hide them outside the house!

"Wait!" Kavin called out to him.

Phillip was startled, stopped and looked back at the young mage, "Mr. Cavin, do you have anything else?"

He knew that the other party was also the captain of the Eagle Regiment like Wolf, so he had to be more careful than he would with an ordinary mercenary like Scar.

Calvin adjusted his glasses and said calmly: "I didn't use any violence against you. I hope you won't say anything nonsense to Wolf when you go back."

He seems to be very afraid of Wolf?

"Okay, Mr. Carvin."

Phillip nodded and hurried away.

The mercenary who came back to report the news bowed slightly to Cavin and said respectfully: "Captain Cavin, Captain Finn invites you to meet at Camp No. 6."

Kavin glanced at him and said, "He didn't finish a lot of work that he gave me last time. What's the point of having long ears looking for me?"

The mercenary explained: "All captains are invited to discuss the battle plan deep in the mountains."

"Um...everyone?"

Kavin nodded slightly, "Okay, thank you for your hard work, I will go over now."

"You're too kind."

Calvin walked out of the house, waved his staff, and a purple square portal opened next to him.

"Uu——!!"

A slender, tall, snow-white unicorn walked out of it and let out a loud cry.

The mage turned over and rode up, touching the mount's head.

The huge surge of magic power on the unicorn's body immediately unfolded a pair of huge white wings of light, accompanied by countless illusory light feathers falling around.

It screamed loudly again, flapped its wings and blew up the strong wind, carrying its owner into the sky.

…

Mountains of the Dead, outer area.

Roja stood on the hillside, quietly looking down at the temporary camp of the Eagle Group in the distance, carefully looking at the figures of every mercenary in it.

He was collecting intelligence on potential enemies and seeing if there was any chance of completing his mission of revenge against Scar.

Although humans are not driven by the power of the undead and magic stones like the undead and monsters, they also have special aura fluctuations in their bodies.

The level of magic power of the mage and the strength of the warrior's energy and blood are all displayed in Roja's field of vision, and he uses this to judge the approximate strength of each mercenary.

Of course, Roja never believed that this method was foolproof.

For example, the mage who just wore round glasses and flew down from the sky on a white unicorn.

The mount's magic power was obviously exaggerated, but the mage himself smelled like an ordinary person.

Roja guessed that the man might have used some kind of prop or spell to cover his aura.

This was the first time he had seen such a situation.

He probably wanted to use this method to paralyze monsters with sensitive senses. It was really insidious.

Fortunately, even the mysterious mage couldn't find him and the skeletal moose hiding under the ghost curtain, hundreds of meters away.

In order to prevent others from using this trick, Roya also carefully observes the attitudes and working methods of these people towards each other.

Finally, he confirmed that there were only two people in the camp here who posed a great threat to him.

An elf, a mage, and two captain-level mercenaries.

As long as he avoided these two people, he could make this camp almost deserted.

On the contrary, as long as either of them is around, Roja will not risk getting close.

In particular, these two people have considerable magic power and are extremely versatile mages.

The profession of mage has always been known for its rich methods.

In Yule's memory, there was once a famous rumor about the "Thousand Masters".

——It is said that ten years ago, a young mage declared in a personal magic competition held in the imperial capital that he would never use the same spell twice.

In the end, this person played from the preliminary round to the final, using hundreds of spells with all attributes, and won the second place.

Mage is not necessarily the most deadly, but he is so mysterious.

"belch--!"

At this time, the young dragon next to him was happily eating the magic stone and even burped.

[Lich Dragon lv1→lv2]

[Awakening Ability—Ghost Possession]

[Remarks: You can use part of your power to possess and control certain creatures/dead bodies/skeletons that are weaker than yourself. This ability can be used in combination with some of your own abilities]