The Death Knell

"I don't care. Anyway, the origin of this voodoo mushroom is Africa. You have to give me an explanation."

As he spoke, Su Ming threw a small red mushroom in front of the big cat. The red fungus bounced on the ground and rolled in front of the Leopard God's big paw.

As expected, Monaco did not argue with the mental patient about why he hit him with a pan. After lying there and sighing for a long time, he got up and helped the Supreme Mage identify the mushrooms.

As expected by Deathstroke, this is a voodoo material popular in Africa, and is generally used by tribal witch doctors to maintain their authority.

If there is a disobedient villager, or someone who dares to question them, they will secretly use this mushroom on the person to 'die'.

The witch doctor would then appear in the cemetery, 'resurrect' the corpse, and take it back to his home to be used as a slave. This is the origin of the legendary voodoo corpse.

The controlled person's expression was stiff, his eyes were white, and he was silent, as if he were really moving a corpse. The family members of the deceased did not dare to say anything out of fear.

This kind of voodoo zombie will only act according to certain secret signals, similar to some kind of deep hypnosis. During the process of being controlled, these people still have memories and thoughts, but their bodies are not controlled at all.

The advantage of this is that as long as the witch doctor gives simple commands, these people can complete more complex tasks, such as 'go farming' or 'go fetch water', and the original memory in their brains will let their bodies do what they used to do. Repeat this process for everything that has happened in the past.

The methods of making voodoo corpses vary from tribe to tribe, and there may be thousands of them. Anyway, for a black mage like Monaco, this method of making voodoo corpses controlled by potions or plants is actually just an entry-level apprentice trick. .

The real voodoo corpse is a secret method that searches for the souls of animals near the caster, injects their remaining wild will into living people or human corpses, and then drives them with animal control skills in the form of gestures or dance. It is a way to create powerful servants. and warrior means.

Monaco originally took this path hundreds of years ago, but after experiencing those things in his youth and gradually getting closer to Kama Taj under the influence of the Ancient One, his spellcasting and combat methods are now more inclined to Karma Taj is an academic sect, and has not used necromancy spells for a long time.

So after he recognized the mushroom, Su Ming let him continue to lie down and rest, while he returned to Wakanda without stopping, entering the dream world to find the Leopard God.

Speaking of coming here so frequently, he is already considering whether to secretly set up a secret room in the cave where heart-shaped grass is planted in Wakanda? Let Karma Taj install a directional portal?

At this time, the Leopard God was thinking about building the wall. The death knell came so many times a day, which was really annoying!

But behind the Supreme Mage is the rogue group Wei Shandi...

"I only look after Wakanda, and I have no control over the external situation. Or do you think that there is only one country in Africa, Wakanda?" The Leopard God reiterated his attitude with some helplessness. He is a god, how can he go there every day? Pay attention to something as humble as a mushroom.

Anyway, there is only one answer. This mushroom is not a plant from Wakanda.

Su Ming came closer, raised his hand to scratch the Leopard God's chin, and said while scratching: "I know, but you are not a local snake, you don't know yourself, take the mushroom and ask those friends of yours for me, lion, Wild boars, mongooses, and baboons should all know..."

The Leopard God gave him a strange look: "Why don't you go?"

Su Ming took out some more snacks from his belt, opened the package and stuffed them into the Leopard God's mouth so that he could be chewed. Then he said aggrievedly: "They are too high-level, I'm afraid."

The Leopard God didn't believe a word of what he said, but with the delicious food stuffed in his mouth, he was also shaken. Anyway, he just asked around, and it would be good to send the death knell away as soon as possible.

It popped out the nail from the little finger of its paw, tied up the mushroom and walked towards another big tree: "Okay, I'll ask for you, you wait for me here."

However, the death knell had already climbed up its tree in the blink of an eye, imitating the posture of a leopard, with its limbs hanging under the branches and its torso resting on the branches, as if it had fallen asleep.

The eyes of the Leopard God turned into the shape of a dead fish. It sighed humanely and continued walking towards the lion's territory.

The matter of building the wall is urgent. Today the death knell can occupy the branch where it sleeps, but there is no telling what it will do tomorrow.

The problem is still with the heart-shaped grass.

This was originally some kind of gift it gave to the successive kings of Wakanda. Although it can enable people to break through the limits of human bodies, it is mainly because it is full of cosmic radiation brought by vibranium.

Originally, people who ate the heart-shaped grass were bound to die. Before death, they came to this mysterious dimension and were recognized by the Leopard God, so that he could stop the soul and send it back to the body.

Therefore, there is an ancient legend circulating in Wakanda, that is, only the blood relatives of the chiefs of the five major tribes can take the heart-shaped grass, and others will die if they eat it.

This is why so many people plant and guard heart-shaped grass, but no one secretly takes it, because they will die.

But Deathstroke is not an ordinary person. Those excessive amounts of radiation are like condiments to him. Eating the heart-shaped grass only exerts a hallucinogenic effect. Nothing happens if he eats it three times a day. Even the witches he brought The doctor is also the best in the industry, but he passed the radiation damage to the rabbit through magic?

If this continues, the death knell will only bring more and more people, and I will have no quiet days to live in the future!

So the Leopard God thought for a while, stretched out his claws, and a small black hole appeared next to him. He stretched out his claws and pulled out all the heart-shaped grass now planted in Wakanda.

Only a single sapling remained, which was prepared for the next Black Panther.

Originally, only one tree was enough. I really don’t know what humans think, but they plant so many, giving Deathstroke an opportunity.

After doing all this, the Leopard God raised his chin, whistled in the cat's mouth, and went to find the lion easily.

Little did he know that he had pulled out a lot of these grass-leaf death knells before and kept them in his bag. The Panther God's current behavior only caused a piercing alarm sound to be heard in Wakanda at dawn. When the current king arrived, he saw The only heart-shaped grass left in the cave was swaying in the darkness, and I almost fainted.

Why? Why is Wakanda so troubled?

Not to mention that Wakanda will devote all its efforts to develop defense facilities from now on. In the strange dimension, Su Ming, who was lying on a tree branch, squinted and watched the Leopard God walk away, and he also sat up.

The origin of mushrooms is Africa, so one of these Loa gods must know some clues. In the later stages of voodoo magic training, it has the same goal as other magics. It will inevitably connect to certain gods to gain power.

Neither Mustache nor Faust are spellcasters, and Su Ming has not encountered any living Warlock Commandos so far...

There must be someone behind them to guide them, otherwise who would think of using such an unpopular magic material as voodoo to cause trouble?

After all, the magic world is not the domain of the supreme mage Gan Gang. There are always people who are against Kama Taj. Many black magicians are scattered all over the earth, carrying out their own subversive plans in hidden places.

Some want to replace the Supreme Mage, and some are simply followers of the evil god, planning to bring their master to Earth.

In fact, Su Ming has been changing Kama Taj over the years. Although the progress is very slow, compared with the secretiveness in the ancient period, some information was disclosed during the years when Deathstroke was in charge, and more magic categories were introduced.

For example, Monaco's black magic and voodoo system, the magic network system obtained from the DND world Elminster, and the elemental system similar to shamanism obtained from the sorceress assembly.

Of course, reforms need to be made, but they must be done step by step. Taking too big a step can easily lead to overcorrection.

Now Karma Taj has asked Monaco to teach black magic on the stage, but the name of the course is called 'Defense Against Dark Arts Course', and the form has been changed. In order to avoid the invasion of Dormammu or beholders in the future, these students in the ivory tower will die in vain when they go to the battlefield and don't know anything.

However, it turns out that none of the Defense Against the Dark Arts teachers can stay on for more than one semester. Monaco was planning to take a break not long ago.

Originally, only by becoming a high-level mage and obtaining Gu Yi's consent could one choose the eight evil spells of the origin of magic. At this time, they have been opened to all students. It is judged whether they can learn the next category based on their personal mastery.

After most people enter school, they first learn physical skills, wands, and magic circles, and then learn the basics of magic and the various white magics of Emperor Weishan, mostly defensive magic and illusions. When they get older and their minds are stable, they then start learning various kinds of magic. Plant hell magic, and finally this Defense Against the Dark Arts course.

Contact started with Raggadorr, the claustrophobic demon, then Ikonn, the master of illusions, followed by Watoomb, the tearing wind, Exelon, the ice demon, and Pharah, the rotten water demon. Ter...

Learn thousands of magics from the eight ancient gods who are the source of magic, and minor in tens of thousands of magics to use the power of the seventy-two demon gods. Later, you will be promoted to advanced classes, including the Crimson Tyrant Settorak, Dark Dimension and more. There are tens of thousands of magics from Mamu, Zom, the God of Destruction, Seth, the Snake God, Sithorn, the Great Demon Shadow, and other super-large universe-level evil gods.

After learning this, I looked back and found that Emperor Weishan was still stronger, simple and crude.

No matter which evil god you borrow the power from, if you trade it for the same price, the power given by Weishan Emperor is three times that of others, and the cost of casting the spell can be paid in installments.

Shamanic magic also has great potential. It absorbs the free energy in all things to cast spells. This is a new idea.

If you really don’t like it, you can still study the magic network energy storage theory and contribute to the construction of a new era of magic earth.

Su Ming's point of view is that whether you treat a person well or not depends on whether you give him the right to choose.

The apprentices don't have the strength to fight for that choice for themselves, but Deathstroke does. They just need to follow along with peace of mind. This is what the Supreme Mage should do as the leader of Kama Taj.

In fact, there will be advanced courses taught by the Supreme Mage Deathstroke in the future, such as the Nine Eternal Sons, the Five Almighty Gods, the Life Tribunal and even some things outside the Marvel Almighty Universe that involve rules and real secrets.

It’s just that no one has reached this level of trust yet, but there will be in the future.

Nowadays, there are so many choices. We are not afraid of comparison shopping, but we are afraid of not knowing the goods.

Sometimes darkness is no longer taboo, but loses its mysterious appeal.

According to the comics of Earth 616, which is similar to the 40K universe, Casillas should have gradually been impressed by the power of Dormammu, became deeply obsessed with dark dimension spells, and learned them secretly. The forbidden pleasure made him more and more addicted. .

But what now? A lot of black magic from ancient gods were placed in front of him. Do you want to learn it? Monaco teaches you.

Casillas, a talented young man who had been specially approved by the Supreme Mage to study advanced courses in advance, was dazzled by his choices.

There is no way to worship Dormammu at all. The abilities and areas of responsibility of various evil gods are placed there, and they each have their own abilities. After making a side-by-side comparison, Casillas found that Dormammu's spells had average effects and the cost of casting them was surprisingly high. The price-performance ratio was too poor.

After learning Dormammu's system so deeply, can he integrate himself into the dark dimension and become a part of Dormammu's infinite body? Gain eternal life?

Uh... This is not a benefit no matter how you look at it, right?

After shopping around, Casillas majored in white magic, and also took the swallowing magic of the snake god Seth as an elective. Simply put, it is a food magic that can be replenished by eating.