Volume 6: Fighting for the World Chapter 201 Eliminate the hidden dangers first
It seems that there won't be much problem in taming and summoning. With this level 7 forbidden mage as a pet, it is equivalent to consuming only 10% of the spiritual power in the human world to summon a level 10 undead. It is really cost-effective. As long as I train it well and I develop smoothly, the role that the level 7 forbidden mage can play will probably not be much inferior to the shaman who has the opportunity to be promoted to the prince of vampire fangs. At least I didn't waste my fourth pet quota.
Looking at the hatching egg of the seventh-level Forbidden Mage placed in the center of the magic circle and still absorbing energy, I seemed to see the seventh-level Forbidden Mage summoning a tenth-level undead, with Taotao and Shaman, who had evolved to level ten, and another unknown undead who was conquered when he was promoted to the ninth-level profession, guarding me on both sides. I couldn't help but laugh out loud. I'm afraid there is no other player in the world who can summon such a luxurious lineup consisting of four tenth-level pets.
While I was excited, I suddenly felt something was wrong. "Lord Death, the hatch of this forbidden wizard has already been placed in the magic circle. I killed all the forbidden wizards here. To be precise, it should be my trophy. Now you give it to me as a mission reward. Isn't it just a favor for you? You didn't give anything. This behavior is suspected of taking advantage of me, right?"
"What do you mean by your spoils of war? If it falls into your hands without knowing the secret, it will basically be just a piece of trash of unknown use. If I hadn't appeared to point it out to you, would you be sure what that egg was? Would you have waited patiently for it to hatch instead of destroying it? Would you have the courage to even think of seizing the opportunity when it hatches and signing a 'pet contract' with it? This is the opportunity given to you. If you want to seize it, you not only need to rely on your own efforts, but also the guidance of a wise master."
"It's just a small matter, any Holy Spirit Mage or Undead Holy Mage can do it, why do you need to do it yourself? Just move your mouth and it's done, I did all the work, can this be called the highest level of reward for completing the special task given by winning the double championship?" I muttered unconvinced, and my mood calmed down from the climax brought by the super power of the taboo mage. The more I thought about it, the more wronged I felt, I must have suffered a loss.
"You were so happy just now. Don't come back to your senses and whine like you've suffered a great loss. You're treating everyone else like an idiot. Besides, I haven't finished talking yet, and you're complaining. Do you think I'm just bored and came here to watch the fun? Reserve your mental strength, wait patiently, and do as I tell you. If you succeed, you'll get the benefit."
There are other benefits! I immediately stopped talking and stood aside quietly, while activating the "Touch of Death" to replenish my mental power. The old man walked to the magic circle, observed it for a while, and shot out a few black lights, which merged into the magic circle, but there was no obvious change. Seeing that the energy contained in the magic circle was getting weaker and weaker, and was almost exhausted, and could no longer supply energy to the forbidden wizard egg, the old man turned around and waved at me, calling me forward, "A-Dai, sit cross-legged here. Touch the ground with both hands, press the two magic symbols respectively, close your eyes, concentrate, and your mental power will be automatically absorbed into the magic circle. Let everything take its course, and don't forcibly obstruct or stop the action on your own in the middle of the process."
I walked closer and looked curiously at the place the old man pointed to me. "What is this for? What benefit can it bring to me?"
The old man glared at her and said, "Just do what I tell you to do. Do you think I will harm you? Don't blame me if you fail due to wasting time."
Seeing that the old man spoke seriously and didn't seem to be joking, I didn't dare to neglect it. I hurriedly sat cross-legged in the position he specified, pressed my hands on the two magic symbols emitting dark light at my sides, closed my eyes and concentrated. After a moment, my mental power was attracted by a force and automatically and slowly input into the magic circle. But I didn't know what the old man was picking, and what the purpose of doing this was.
The speed of my mental power loss was very slow. I felt that it was being transmitted to the forbidden wizard egg in the center of the magic circle. It was almost sucking me dry. I was a little worried. Then it suddenly stopped. At the same time, I heard the old man's shout, "Hurry up and get up and prepare to sign the 'Pet Contract'."
I opened my eyes hastily. The magic circle no longer emits light. There is no sign of existence on the surface. The forbidden wizard egg in the center of the circle has also returned to its original color. The shell has become dull. However, if I look closely, the egg that was originally standing upright and motionless begins to shake slightly. It should be a sign that the forbidden wizard inside is about to break out of the egg. I immediately stood up and rushed over, standing in front of the egg, holding the "Pet Scroll" in my hand, ready to sign a "Pet Contract" with the seventh-level forbidden wizard. The dead old man stood far away, standing aside, showing his absolute neutral position.
The egg was shaking more and more, and it was making a crackling sound, as if it could explode at any time. It lasted for a while, and then there was a "crackling" sound, and the eggshell broke into pieces, and instantly turned into pieces of debris, without splashing or scattering, falling to the ground, forming a circle of black powder. The eggshell was broken, revealing the forbidden wizard inside, standing upright, still in a sleeping state, but his eyelids were trembling slightly, and he would soon regain consciousness. The period before that was the best time to sign a "pet contract" with it.
A quick glance showed that this Forbidden Mage was about 1.8 meters tall, not too thin, at least stronger than the average magician-type undead, such as corpse wizards and blood wizards. He was wearing a gray-black robe, indicating his identity as a seventh-level Forbidden Mage. As an elite with excellent qualities in the eyes of the dead old man, he seemed more muscular than the seventh-level Forbidden Mage he had killed before. My first impression of him was pretty good.
I didn't have time to read any more, and hurriedly signed a "pet contract" with the level 7 Forbidden Mage. With my strength, plus the enhanced level 6 "pet scroll", even if the Forbidden Mage's qualifications were good, his level was still level 7, so it was impossible for me to fail. I succeeded in signing the contract on the second try, and subdued the level 7 Forbidden Mage as my fourth pet.
After a few minutes, the Level 7 Forbidden Mage woke up from his deep sleep and officially became my property. I could check its attribute status. The Forbidden Mage is a unique race of undead. Some powerful Level 9 Forbidden Mage may have a name given by the system. As an elite among the Level 9 Forbidden Mage who was selected to learn "The Death God's Dinner", it is naturally not an unknown person. Although the growth and evolution process was not completed and the level was reduced to Level 7, its soul origin has not changed. The original name is still retained, called Rossberg, which saves me from giving it another name.
A level 7 taboo mage can have up to six undead subordinates who have signed a "soul contract". Selecting several types of undead with characteristics for Rossberg to subdue, and summoning different types of subordinates to fight according to different enemies can play a greater role. Although the taboo mage is already an undead physique, I don't know how to measure its specific basic mental power value, but if I borrow 100% of my basic mental power, it should be enough to subdue the ninth level undead creatures. At least at this stage, its combat power is probably higher than Taotao and Shaman.
As an undead, Rossberg's initial spiritual power is not low, at least much higher than my spiritual power in the human world, and it can grow with age and strength, so I don't need to worry about it now. As for some other undead magics he mastered, I didn't look at them carefully. In the battle, I mainly relied on Rossberg's "Undead Summoning". The magic below level 7 cast by the seventh-level forbidden mage could not play a big role.
After a preliminary inspection of Rosberg, he hurriedly turned back to look at the dead old man. "Lord Death, you just asked me to input my mental power into the magic circle, saying that it would be beneficial. What exactly are the benefits? Will it benefit me directly or will it affect the forbidden mage?"
"Hey. Didn't you check the status of the Forbidden Mage? Didn't you find anything? Take a closer look, it's a rare hidden ability."
Hidden ability? Sure enough, it is called "Ethereal Body". Once activated, Rosberg's body will turn into a phantom. In this state, he cannot use any skills, but he can effectively reduce the damage he receives - physical attack damage is reduced by 50%, magic attack damage is reduced by 75%, and it can also improve agility to a certain extent, and the movement speed and actions will become faster. The protective effect is far better than "Unparalleled Guardian", plus it shares the function of summoning the undead life, the survivability is further enhanced, and it will not be easily killed by the enemy.
"'Ethereal Body' is an ability that only a level 10 Forbidden Mage and a few extremely powerful level 9 Forbidden Mage have. Under normal circumstances, it is impossible for a level 7 Forbidden Mage to have it. In addition, it further improves the degree of spiritual connection between you and the Forbidden Mage pet, allowing it to borrow a higher percentage , so that it will not always hover at a low level between 50% and 70%. It has a higher chance of borrowing more than 75% of your basic spiritual power, which can effectively save time and summon powerful undead minions in a timely manner. These are all new abilities given to your Forbidden Mage pet as an extra reward for you being the first to complete the task and completing it excellently. Even if other undead wizards also have a Forbidden Mage as a pet by chance in the future, they will never have such an opportunity again. This is the main reason why I, an old man, came forward in person, and it is not without any sacrifice."
At this point, the mission was finally completed, and I got Rossberg, a new pet, as a reward. Since its rebirth, the ten "soul contracts" it had signed before have automatically become invalid, and the ten undead subordinates it had conquered have dispersed on their own. Now it is alone and needs to conquer six new subordinates. This place is remote and lacks human resources. It is not a place to stay for a long time. Rossberg walks and moves slowly. I don't want to waste time with it, so I arranged Wuji and a dozen white bone dragons to protect it and return to my range of activities. I turned into a bat and rushed back with the remaining twenty or so bone dragon guards.
After a series of battles, the bone dragons under my command were almost killed or wounded. The top priority now is to restore the size of the bone dragon army. I need to subdue hundreds of bone dragons as soon as possible for use. Especially in the "Dead Soul Space" where the strong are respected and everything depends on strength, without a sufficient number of rapid response forces, it is difficult to deal with some emergencies, which will threaten my development. In order to be summoned to the human world by me, Ibola, who has been wronged for so many days, can finally be free. I will provide a large amount of soul energy for it to absorb and transform, to repair the damaged original power and restore it to the true state of the tenth level intermediate. As for personally supporting the pharaoh under my command to challenge another great pharaoh, Geruda, to replace him, and to help Khufu get rid of the restriction of not being able to leave the Lost Continent, because I am now busy going deep into the "Dragon Bone Mountain" to subdue the bone dragons, it will take some time to start. Alas, now there are so many things waiting for me to solve, and I have no time to spare. Just thinking about it gives me a headache.
With my current strength, I can easily subdue the white bone dragon, except that I am in the "Dragon Bone Mountain" and cannot start a war in multiple places at the same time, so as not to cause too much chaos. I dare not use my strength, which only affects the speed of subduing, and there are no other troubles. The white bone dragon is the main target of subjugation, and some low-level bone dragons and green bone dragons are also added to meet the needs of summoning in different situations. At the same time, I have to constantly dispatch bone dragons to Yibo La to kill the various devourers. The "Nine-fold Thunder Tribulation" killed two levels at once, and the vitality was seriously damaged. It needs to absorb more soul energy to restore to its original level.
I waited for Rossberg to arrive near the "Dragon Bone Mountain". I first sent Wuji to continue to explore the hiding places of other immortal ghost phoenixes, and then forced a white bone dragon that occupied the mountain to come out. After defeating it, I let it try to sign a "soul contract". It probably reached its limit of subjugation. It took at least hundreds of times and wasted a lot of time. Finally, it succeeded in subjugating the white bone dragon. When Rossberg cast the "soul contract", I had to hold its hand. Every time I borrowed my basic mental power, it fluctuated in units of 5%. I could clearly sense the exact proportion of its borrowing at the moment the skill was activated, just as the dead old man said. The spiritual connection between the two of us was further strengthened. The lowest was only 50%, and most of them were above 75%, but rarely exceeded 90%, especially the 100% complete borrowing state, which rarely appeared, otherwise it would not have failed so many times. But the result was not bad, proving that the old man was not exaggerating. With my support, Rossberg was indeed able to subdue higher-level undead. When I was promoted to level nine and ten, my basic mental strength was further increased. Rossberg was fully capable of subduing level ten undead creatures.
For now, there is no time to stay with Rossberg and help it subdue more bone dragons. The remaining five have been replaced by bone dragons, which are one level lower and much easier to subdue. When I have time in the future, or when I encounter more suitable targets, I will kill these bone dragons, so that there will be room for me to subdue new subordinates.
After killing and devouring the soul energy of hundreds of bone dragons, and after a day of dormancy, Ibola finally recovered to the original level 10 intermediate. The first task he faced was to deal with the four blood-sucking fang princes, including Sablotu. It's not that I have to fight them head-on. At present, I don't have the strength to defeat them. The main purpose is to lead them away from my range of activities, so that they won't stay here and get in the way. Many actions need to avoid them, so Ibola, especially Wu Ma, dare not go out easily, which brings serious safety risks. I don't know when they may cause trouble for me.
Originally, the four blood-sucking fang princes were tricked by Wuji to the territory of the bone giant near the "Dragon Bone Mountain", but they couldn't find any trace of Ibola. These guys were not so stupid. Maybe they confirmed that Ibola was not here, so they didn't continue to wait and see. They had a tendency to expand the scope of exploration and began to be restless. This made me have to be extra careful when dispatching bone dragons to the bone giant territory where Ibola was hiding. I would rather fly a longer distance and bypass the area where the four princes were, and I didn't dare to act in groups, so as not to attract their attention. There were layers of defense along the way, full of open and secret sentries, for fear of being followed by the four princes. These days were full of fear. I had to check everything every once in a while, for fear that something would go wrong. If the four princes didn't leave for a day, it would be like a bone stuck in my throat, making me restless. Moreover, Wu Ma is about to start evolving. The unfamiliar area is too unsafe. It seems to be in a remote location, and there are no undead creatures living around. It is a place where those tyrannical beings like to hide, which is more likely to attract their attention. Several encounters have proved this point. It is better to arrange it in the sphere of influence controlled by me and strengthen the vigilance, which may be safer. Therefore, no matter what, I must lead the four princes away from my range of activities as soon as possible to facilitate my free action.
I have already designed a plan to lure them away. The main character is naturally Ibora, the thorn in the eyes of the four princes. He has recovered to the middle level of level 10, and his speed should be faster than that of the vampire fang prince. In addition, he has summoned Xiaobai to possess him, and has the ability of "instant teleportation". Even if he cannot defeat the four princes, he will not have any problems escaping. I have already spotted a territory of bone giants far away from their range of activities. I will first subdue them all and bring them under my control, and then let Ibora lure the four princes over and make them spend more time there.
