Volume 6: Fighting for the World Chapter 274: New Soldiers Under His Command
What does this mean? "Undead Dragon Knight", is it the name of an undead creature? Suddenly I remembered the undead knight that was killed by the Holy Angel Almati who invaded the "Dead Space" in the Native Continent. It seemed like an undead flying dragon knight. Undead dragon knights should exist. But the meaning of the last few words is worth pondering - "artificial cultivation method", does it mean that there is a way to artificially cultivate undead dragon knights? Will the cultivated ones be a small number of elite soldiers, or can they be cultivated in large quantities, or even replace the ninth-level upper-level black bone dragons to become my main combat soldiers? The level of bone dragons is quite high. Among the common types of bone dragons, the weakest green bone dragon has a strength that exceeds the eighth level, and the black bone dragon has even reached the ninth level. If they are used as mounts to cultivate a new type of soldier, the Undead Dragon Knight, with an extra Undead Knight on its back, its strength will definitely be stronger than a single bone dragon. If it is an Undead Black Bone Dragon Knight, it should at least have a strength that exceeds the ninth level or even reaches the tenth level, which can effectively make up for the lack of number of tenth-level undead that can serve as cannon fodder for Undead wizard players who have reached the ninth level, and there is no way to take advantage of the human wave tactics as before.
I opened my "eyes" more attentively and stared at the "Death God Tablet", speeding up the display of the contents recorded on it, eager to know what the "artificial cultivation method of the Undead Dragon Knight" meant, how valuable it was to me, and whether it could help me further enhance my strength. At the same time, I issued a strict order that Ebola and Taotao must do their best to contain the unconscious Ice and Snow Goddess clone who was constantly trying to attack me, and those black bone dragons who played the role of cannon fodder must cling to her at all costs. So as not to interfere too much with my inspection. Originally, I just wanted to learn and master a new powerful undead magic through the "God Tablet Taobao" task to further improve my own strength and help my subordinates, the Hell Dragon and the Great Pharaohs such as Khufu, win fair challenges from the inside, but I didn't expect to find such a strange piece of information as the "artificial cultivation method of the Undead Dragon Knight", which should represent a new function related to the strength of my subordinates, which really surprised me. I have a feeling that it will bring about a new change, which will further enhance the strength of necromancers, especially top-level necromancers, and help them better compete with other professions, especially light profession players.
The cautious tactics I followed before allowed me to always have a considerable number of undead men in the battle. I effectively blocked the attack of the Ice and Snow Goddess, and finally I was able to concentrate and use my "wisdom eyes" to successfully read all the words displayed on this "Death God Monument". Just as I guessed, the so-called "artificial training method for undead dragon knights" is to use the bone dragon family as mounts. We undead wizards artificially cultivate a new type of undead knight, which can not only create a small number of powerful elites, but also mass produce. Although the process is a bit complicated. The number should not be too large, but at least it can better replace the bone dragons of the same level as the mounts and serve as the main combat force of the undead wizards summoned to the human world.
After all, I am in the process of completing the task now. I am constantly being attacked by the Ice and Snow Goddess. The "Death God Monument" with the "Zhongji Puppetry" magic has not been found. I don't have the time to carefully ponder the specific significance of the "artificial cultivation method of the Undead Dragon Knight " in theory and practice. After repeatedly confirming that I have firmly remembered the contents recorded above through the "Wisdom Eye" and truly mastered and possessed the ability to artificially cultivate the Undead Dragon Knight, I put it aside and don't think about it for the time being. I try my best to suppress the joy and excitement in my heart and continue to check other "God Monuments" to find targets with the "Zhongji Puppetry" magic. This is also very important to me. I don't want to lose such a large amount of merit points easily. I must strive to complete the task and not leave any regrets.
After another hard search, the result was not as I worried. The saying "good fortune never comes in pairs" was finally fulfilled. After struggling for almost five hours, I successfully found the "Death God Monument" that could emit golden light and record the magic of "Intermediate Puppetry", and successfully completed two tasks. Of course, I paid a considerable price for this. Not only did I die in the battle of many black bone dragons, but even the tenth-level undead subordinates such as Wuji and Kekexili were severely injured. If I hadn't used the "Wartime Return" skill to rescue them in time, I'm afraid at least three or five of them would have been sacrificed. It seems that the task of "God Monument Taobao" is indeed not something that top players at this stage can easily complete. If I hadn't been able to summon a group of tenth-level undead subordinates with different abilities, and had a considerable number of them, it would have been impossible for me to persist in the "Relics of the Gods" for so long and explore so many divine domains. If it were someone else, a neutral professional player would have to have at least a tenth-level upper-level magic pet and a set of top-level equipment or even a divine weapon. A light player and a magic knight would also have to have a tenth-level upper-level magic pet and even be able to summon multiple tenth-level upper-level angels or demon gods to replace them. Otherwise, they would not have the strength to deal with the attacks of so many unconscious main god clones, and it would be difficult to explore too many divine domains. If I had not completed the task of learning the "Intermediate Puppetry" magic, and listened to the dead old man's advice, I would have completed the "God Monument Taobao" task together with it. Without a specific time limit, with my current strength, it would definitely be impossible for me to find and learn and master materials such as "Artificial Cultivation Methods for Undead Dragon Knights" within the limited eight hours, which can be said to have high practical value for undead wizards who have been promoted to the ninth-level profession. As expected, the old man would not harm me. He gave me a reasonable suggestion to merge the two tasks together. He was quite considerate of me, his "favored student". It is impossible to gain something for nothing. As long as you dare to take the corresponding risks, seize the opportunity and dare to try, you can often get unexpected rewards. This is an alternative way of helping without violating the principle of fairness of the game.
To die after accomplishing one's mission is the quickest way to leave the "Relics of the Gods", but dying in the divine domain of the Lord God. But there is no such good treatment. Although there is the divine power given by the God of Death to protect the body, so as not to reduce the upper limit of mental power, it is impossible to return to the "Dead Soul Space" like dying in battle. Under the influence of the divine power of the Lord God, it is still inevitable to suffer some punishment. I have to enter the "Resurrection Corridor" to face the wall and reflect on my mistakes. I have to endure the longest death punishment of twelve hours before I can be resurrected and return to the human world. This makes my original eagerness to study the "artificial cultivation method of the Undead Dragon Knight" as soon as possible to see how much help it can bring to me completely fall through. With my current mental state. It is impossible to persist in the "Resurrection Corridor" for such a long time. I can only go offline to rest, wait for my spirit to recover, and go online to survive until I am resurrected.
I have been playing Tianxia for more than four years. Every time I die, I enter the "Dead Soul Space", where I spend most of my gaming time. I have almost no experience dealing with the "Resurrection Corridor". I suddenly went in once. It felt very uncomfortable. I can't do anything in there, except boringly looking at the wall, or spending some gold coins to enjoy some music or movies. I can't handle anything related to Tianxia. Even my own status is completely blocked. The "artificial training method of the Undead Dragon Knight" that I originally mastered has become a blank. I can't remember the specific content, and I can't take the opportunity to study it. It's useless to worry, so I can only reluctantly calm down, enjoy the music and movies, and wait for the resurrection time in twelve hours.
Finally, I was resurrected and returned to the human world. I appeared in my private room in the meeting hall of the Tongxin League. I hurriedly checked the "artificial cultivation method of the Undead Dragon Knight" and prepared to study it carefully. I didn't expect that it was still in the "unable to view" state. I was shocked and almost jumped up in anxiety. What's going on? At that time, it was fine in the "Ruins of the Gods". I could check the specific content and repeatedly confirmed that I had learned and mastered it. Why is it not working now? Shouldn't I leave the "Ruins of the Gods" by dying, or violated some other taboos, and the system deprived me of the qualification to master the "artificial cultivation method of the Undead Dragon Knight"? But the dead old man didn't explain the matters that need to be paid attention to in this regard. I tried over and over again but couldn't get rid of the "Unable to View" status of "Artificial Cultivation Method of Undead Dragon Knight" and couldn't find any relevant tips. I was so anxious that I cursed and really wanted to rush to the "Undead Castle" to make a scene and find a way to call the dead old man out to ask for clarification. However, this is a serious violation. Even if the dead old man is willing to come out to meet me, he will punish me severely. It is definitely not a good way to solve the problem. I finally suppressed my anger and regained some calmness. With a glimmer of hope, I came to the "Undead Space" through the "Undead Gate" to see if changing the environment can bring any turnaround.
Phew, I finally felt relieved and entered the "Dead Soul Space". The "Artificial Cultivation Method of Undead Dragon Knight" was displayed normally without any restrictions. It seems that this is a technology unique to the Undead Wizard and cannot be viewed in the human world. It's really a good thing that takes time. I was alarmed. The damn system always likes to play these little tricks in the settings, hiding and not wanting to show its true colors, testing the psychological endurance of our players.
I carefully read through "The Artificial Training Method of Undead Dragon Knight" several times, and studied the meaning of every sentence in it. It was probably translated directly from the divine text used by the main gods. The text is quite obscure and difficult to understand. It often requires connecting it with reality and pondering for a while before I can understand the correct meaning contained in it. After spending several hours, I finally basically figured out the specific content of "The Artificial Training Method of Undead Dragon Knight".
The so-called "artificial cultivation method of undead dragon knights", as the name suggests, is a technology for artificially cultivating and manufacturing undead dragon knights in the "dead space". The basic method is to use bone dragons as mounts and human-shaped undead creatures as knights, and use special methods to promote the combination of the two, so that they merge into one and mutate into an undead dragon knight. The common bone dragons that can serve as mounts are usually green bone dragons, bone dragons, white bone dragons and black bone dragons. The human-shaped undead that serves as a knight must have the same strength as the mount bone dragon, or even higher, but in general, the level cannot be lower than two levels, otherwise the strength or IQ gap is large, and it is easy for the knight to be unable to control the bone dragon mount, and the cultivated one is not a dragon knight, but a "knight dragon". It does not help to improve the overall combat effectiveness after the two-in-one. Of course, special bone dragons like the Hell Dragon and the Abyss Dragon that have reached the tenth level can theoretically also become mounts for Undead Dragon Knights, but they have higher levels and IQs, requiring the humanoid Undead who serve as their riders to also have corresponding strength and wisdom. Excellent riders are hard to find, and the success rate of training them is relatively much lower.
From the basic principle, the artificially cultivated Undead Dragon Rider is a bone dragon mount and a humanoid rider, two relatively independent undeads, forcibly merged using special methods. It can only be regarded as an acquired Undead Knight, but it is different from those acquired Undead Knights formed due to natural reasons. In the process, there are also Undead Wizards who intervene and add their own power to promote the two to be more closely combined into one. Compared with the natural acquired Undead Knight, it has more advantages. On the one hand, the bone dragon mount and the humanoid rider who are ready to be combined must sign a "soul contract" with the Undead Wizard. Only in this way can the powerful power of the "soul contract" be used to eliminate their resistance as much as possible and promote their combination. At the same time, the independent consciousness of the bone dragon mount is effectively weakened during the combination process. And the rider's will is strongly strengthened, so that after the successful combination, the knight obtains the control of the Undead Dragon Rider, avoiding the situation where the mount and the rider have their own ideas and cannot cooperate closely. At the same time, in the process of promoting the integration of mounts and riders, the necromancer must also invest at least 50% of his mental and physical strength to act as a "neutralizer" and a bridge of mutual communication. It is used to weaken the instinctive conflict between the two subordinates and help them integrate better. These are characteristics that natural acquired undead knights do not have. Their mounts are forcibly subdued by force and have relatively independent consciousness. They are only forced to obey the orders of the riders, but they have a strong sense of resistance instinctively. Compared with artificially cultivated undead dragon knights, they are naturally much better in terms of cooperation. Even if they are not as good as the riding skills of the innate undead knights, the gap should not be too big, and they can play the effect of one plus one being greater than two, so as not to spend a lot of effort and cultivate a group of useless waste.
The specific process is to first "select" and select two intact and strong undead subordinates who have signed a "soul contract" with me, one bone dragon as a mount, and one humanoid undead as a rider. Use the method learned from the "artificial cultivation method of undead dragon riders" to test their compatibility. Only the bone dragon mount and the humanoid rider that meet the conditions and show a specific compatibility value can be combined and fused into an undead dragon rider. Otherwise, there will be no possibility of success if the compatibility is zero. In addition, the higher the compatibility value, that is, the closer to 100%, the higher the success rate of successful fusion, and the stronger the combat power that can be exerted after the combination into an undead dragon rider, the highest can reach the effect of one plus one equals three, four or even five. After all, this is not just a simple combination between two undead of different races. They can complement each other and assist each other when they merge into an individual. They can give full play to their advantages, make up for their own shortcomings, and use their overall strength to fight against the opponent. As long as the combination is proper, they can exert extraordinary combat effects. Of course, the degree of compatibility is only a basic reference indicator and is not absolute. As long as there is a degree of compatibility, there is a possibility of merging into an Undead Dragon Rider. How strong a dragon can be after being trained as an Undead Dragon Rider depends more on the strength, especially the IQ ratio, between the Bone Dragon Mount and the humanoid rider. The humanoid rider usually occupies a more important position. If it is unable to suppress the independent consciousness of the Bone Dragon Mount as much as possible and gain absolute control, it will be difficult for it to have much room for improvement.
Then I have to find a safe place in the "Dead Soul Space" to avoid being disturbed by external forces during the cultivation process. Once I use the power of the "Soul Contract", invest my own mental and physical strength, and coordinate the consciousness of the Bone Dragon Mount and the human rider, the action will produce a large fluctuation or even stop halfway. At the least, it will cause the failure of this fusion, and the compatibility of both parties will be reduced to zero. It is impossible to try to merge again, and the opportunity to be cultivated as an undead dragon rider will be completely lost, even if the object is changed. In severe cases, the consciousness of the Bone Dragon Mount and the human rider will be severely damaged, and they will become mentally retarded with low IQ, and even their original strength will not be able to be exerted. In addition, I need to pay my own mental and physical strength in the process, at least 50%, if I am unwilling to give up and try my best to promote the fusion of the Bone Dragon Mount and the human rider. At most, it can reach 99% of the consumption, and I can be said to be in a dying state. Once I encounter foreign invasion, it is easy to threaten my life.
After that, it depends on the competition and coordination of the consciousness power between me, the bone dragon mount and the humanoid rider. Try to reach an ideal balance point. This is also the key factor that determines whether it can merge into an undead dragon knight and whether it can exert several times the strength before. The whole process usually takes three to six hours. The mental power consumed for this can be supplemented with the help of "Touch of Death" or "Hand of Darkness" magic, and the recovery of physical strength will be slower. It takes some time to rest. To reach a perfect state, if the "raw materials" are prepared sufficiently, sixteen hours of online time a day can almost artificially cultivate two to three undead dragon knights. The newly cultivated undead dragon knight does not need to go through other alienation procedures, and can directly obey my call to action. However, after just merging into a dragon knight, it still takes some time to train and adapt, and to cooperate and become familiar with each other. Get used to the fighting methods and skills in the knight form. For the time being, it is not possible to fully exert the due combat power.
If I use a black bone dragon as a mount and find a suitable humanoid rider to merge and become an undead dragon rider, I should be able to cultivate individuals with strength up to the lower level of level 10. However, if I use the "Undead Summoning" to summon an undead dragon rider to the human world to fight, I only need to consume the mental power of the black bone dragon and the humanoid rider combined or even less, which is much lower than the consumption of a lower level 10 undead. It is absolutely cost-effective and can completely replace the black bone dragon as the main combat force summoned to the human world. Moreover, the daily production can reach two to three, which may not seem high, but it is much faster than searching for level 10 undead in the "Dead Space", which often results in nothing for three to five days or even ten days and half a month. If it weren't for the control of the holy land "Karamayi" of the giant magician clan and the Hell Dragon clan that has touched the "Hell Volcano", I wouldn't have many level 10 undead under my command.
This is the feasibility of mass breeding of main combat arms. In this way, elite undead dragon riders can also be bred. The key lies in the basic mental power of the undead wizard and the choice of "raw materials". The basic mental power of the undead wizard is related to the effectiveness of the "soul contract", which can better control the humanoid riders and bone dragon mounts under his command and promote their fusion. Facing higher-level bone dragon mounts, such as the tenth-level Hell Dragon or the Abyss Dragon, if you want to suppress their instinctive mental resistance and help the humanoid rider's consciousness occupy a dominant and controlling position, you need to exert a stronger restraint to do so. If I successfully use two Hell Dragons and human riders of the same level to breed a Hell Dragon Knight, the overall strength level can be raised by one level. Wouldn't it be possible to have more high-level undead subordinates, and no longer have to worry about the difficulty of finding tenth-level high-level undead.
The bone dragons that can be used as mounts are all ready-made. There are thousands of black bone dragons of the upper nine extremes, and there are also two hell dragons of the lower tenth level (Taotao is my mount, of course, he cannot be cultivated into a dragon rider). When I defeat Hades, the king of hell dragons, and conquer the entire clan of hell dragons, there will be more hell dragons available for use. It can be said that the "artificial cultivation method of undead dragon riders" has great practical value and room for development. If the results of the experiment are really as ideal as recorded in the data, I can definitely further enhance my strength through transformation. I don't need to pin my hope of having tenth-level undead subordinates on the hard and aimless search of the pan-continent. Unfortunately, any ability learned and mastered through the "God Monument Taobao" task belongs to the exclusive ability given to the player by the system, and cannot be passed on to other players to learn. Even if I tell them everything, it will be useless. Otherwise, such a practical ability must be rushed to learn and mastered by many undead wizards, especially top-level undead wizards. If I am willing to sell it, it will definitely bring me a large income.
The key is that it is difficult to determine which undead can act as humanoid riders. The most common and most suitable ones should be the horror knights. They are originally riders. As long as their mounts are killed unilaterally, they can be freed to act as riders. However, their level is too low. Even the more advanced horror dragon riders are mostly only level eight. The strength gap is too great. Dragon riders simply do not have enough ability to control the black bone dragons that have reached the upper level of level nine. If I cannot cultivate an undead black bone dragon rider whose strength exceeds the upper level of level nine, it is meaningless for me to spend that energy.
Theoretically, corpse wizards and blood wizards, who are also humanoid undead, may also be selected. The "Artificial Training Method of Undead Dragon Riders" only explains that humanoid undead can be selected as riders, but there is no restriction that they must be melee fighters. Mage-type humanoid undead that cast magic attacks are not eligible to become dragon riders. But the level is still too low. Unless they are from the blood wizard royal family or some powerful blood wizards, they cannot control the black bone dragon mount.
After counting, the only ones who are relatively suitable for pairing with the black bone dragon and combining to become the undead dragon rider are the mummies and bone giants. The level of the mummy pharaoh is the lower level of the ninth level, and most of the general bone giants are also the lower level of the ninth level, which just meets the general restriction that the difference between the humanoid rider and the bone dragon mount is at most two levels. However, the strength of the rider is relatively weak, and the IQ of the bone giant is also a bit low. The strength of the undead black bone dragon rider cultivated in this way is at most surpassing the upper level of the ninth level, and it can't reach the strength of the lower level of the tenth level, and it can't play a big role. Maybe other undead wizards may be satisfied with this effect, but it is not ideal for me. Maybe the more astute mummy pharaoh and the ninth-level middle-level bone giant leader can be slightly stronger, but their number is too small, and they are also insufficient for use, and they can't be cultivated in batches of hundreds.
Centaur Skeleton Archers, another major undead race on the Lost Continent, are quadrupedal, humanoid beasts that do not meet the definition of humanoid riders in the "Artificial Cultivation Method of Undead Dragon Riders". I do not have much hope for them. The undead soldiers that really piqued my interest and that I think are most suitable for cultivating into undead dragon riders should be the giant magicians. Although they are sturdy and have four, six, or even eight arms, it is undeniable that they are definitely humanoid undead and should be qualified to serve as riders.
