Volume 6: Fighting for the World Chapter 315: Becoming the Pharaoh
The "telepathy" that originally existed between Heinrich and Haishar was forcibly severed because Haishar had signed a "soul contract" with me, which had a stronger binding effect. They had lost direct contact with each other before. However, as Heinrich was signed a "soul contract" by my pet Rossberg, he indirectly became my subordinate and had restored the "telepathy" function with Haishar. This was also the premise for Heinrich to transfer the seeds of power into Haishar's body and promote its evolution into the Pseudo Ghost Knight King. During Haishar's evolution, Heinrich took on most of the care work instead of me, the undead wizard master, and stayed by his side, always paying attention to Haishar's evolution. Through the direct connection of "telepathy", he cheered Haishar up, strengthened its spiritual will, and tried his best to help it endure the painful process of having its body structure forcibly changed by the seeds of power .
The evolution of Haishar does not require too much help from me, but because it is too far to return to the Ghost Rider Kingdom for the time being, I am taking this opportunity to join hands with Khufu to challenge the Great Pharaoh again, and to duel with the last Great Pharaoh giant who is qualified to compete for the title of Pharaoh, Vilenzov, to clear the obstacles that prevent Khufu from becoming the Pharaoh and help him ascend to the throne of Pharaoh as soon as possible. Although it is only late June, far from the one-month recuperation protection period, in order to make Khufu the Pharaoh before the last "World Heroes Conference" on August 1st, I can successfully sign the "Soul Contract" with the other ten Great Pharaohs, directly subdue them and make them my subordinates, so that I can summon them to the human world to fight, and lay the "Great Pyramid Sky Cage and Earth Locking Array" as one of my main combat forces, so I must hurry up as much as possible. After all, in addition to Velenzov, there are four other Great Pharaoh followers who remain free. Even if they lose the qualification to seize the Pharaoh, and the Great Pharaoh they originally depended on also surrenders to Khufu, Khufu still has to personally challenge the Great Pharaoh and defeat them one by one. With Khufu's current strength, there should be no danger, but it will take some time to fight four consecutive battles. In addition, it is unknown what changes will occur when Khufu becomes the Pharaoh, and how long it will take to evolve. There are only more than 30 days left before the "World Heroes Conference", so he must not relax.
With the help of the "Ten Thousand Years Fire Crystal" and "Millennium Fire Lotus", and my long-term use of the "Soul of the Dead" magic to help Khufu heal, his injuries recovered faster than I expected, and he was able to accept Vilenzov's challenge in advance. Before the one-month recuperation protection period, Khufu took the initiative to announce that he would accept the challenge, which was naturally beneficial to Vilenzov. It could be said that he had been longing for it. He reacted very quickly. As soon as he received the relevant information from Khufu, he quickly responded and rushed to meet with Khufu. He was eager to propose the challenge the next day, which of course was exactly what we wanted. We immediately agreed to his request and agreed to start the most critical challenge to determine the ownership of the Pharaoh's throne at 12 noon the next day.
Considering that there are still four Great Pharaoh followers who need Khufu to defeat and subdue one by one, we must strive to complete it in the shortest possible time and cannot delay too long. After all, Velenzov is one of the three great pharaohs and can also use the skill of "Soul Burning Wand", so his strength is not weak. Even though Khufu has absorbed 10% of the "pyramid" energy of Jefferson and Kurt Hubble successively, his strength has been further enhanced, but after all, the time is too short to fully absorb and digest it and transform it into his own. He cannot exert the corresponding combat effectiveness for a while. Compared with the veteran Velenzov, his strength should still be inferior. For the sake of safety, to avoid suffering more serious injuries under Velenzov's desperate attack, it is difficult to recover quickly, which will affect the next four Great Pharaoh challenges, I gritted my teeth and let Khufu swallow a "Millennium Fire Lotus" so that it can fight in the best condition. In addition, I have improved my basic mental power attribute by about 10%, reaching the second level of Super Silver, and the effectiveness of the "Intermediate Puppetry" magic has been strengthened, which can better help Khufu to contain Vilenzov's attacks. The chances of winning this challenge should be quite large. If handled properly, perhaps Khufu will not suffer too serious damage and will be able to successfully defeat Vilenzov and win.
The process of the challenge was similar to what I expected. Perhaps he was too . Even though Jefferson and Kurt Hubble, two great Pharaoh giants, were defeated by Khufu one after another, and he was the only one left to hold up the facade, it could almost be said that the situation was over and there was no hope. Vilenzov still insisted on not giving up, showing high morale and indomitable spirit. He launched a brave attack at the beginning, used the "Burning Spirit Wand", and fought desperately. It was clear that he was going to fight Khufu to the death, and both sides would suffer losses. Even if he was defeated in the end, he would not let Khufu have an easy time. He was still so ignorant of the times and did not understand the principle of helping others. He basically had no hope of becoming the Pharaoh, but he was unwilling to let Khufu ascend the throne smoothly. This behavior was really extreme.
Khufu and I had already made full preparations for Vilenzov's mentality. The "Millennium Fire Lotus" that we had taken in advance was constantly emitting its effectiveness under the catalysis of the "Pyramid", replenishing Khufu's battle losses, so that he had enough capital to fight Vilenzov head-on. Moreover, after experiencing a series of hard battles with Jefferson and Kurt Hubble, two senior pharaohs, Khufu was no longer the rookie who had just comprehended the "Burning Spirit Wand" skill. Through the tempering of actual combat, even if the use of the "Burning Spirit Wand" skill was not perfect, it could be said to be quite skilled. All kinds of basic changes and techniques were basically clear in mind, not much inferior to Vilenzov. Under the control of my "Intermediate Puppetry" magic, Khufu was given more opportunities to attack, and he was not at a disadvantage at all. If it were not for the fact that Vilenzov was determined to fight to the death from the beginning, like a mad tiger, without caring about himself, and all the moves he used were mutually destructive, and he exerted his combat power beyond his level, which made Khufu hesitate many times and unwilling to suffer heavier injuries, and he had to dodge, or let go of some opportunities to attack and hurt the enemy, and it would be difficult for him to achieve much results for a while. I believe the situation should be more favorable to Khufu.
Unfortunately, the strength can't last long. Such a desperate fighting style will certainly double the power, making it difficult for the opponent to fight, but it will also consume a lot of the user's energy. It is impossible to persist for too long. Once the physical strength is exhausted and the spirit is lost, the situation will quickly deteriorate and it will be difficult to do anything. With the timely containment of my "Intermediate Puppetry" magic, I can always buy time for Khufu to dodge, effectively avoid Vilenzov's attacks that are willing to hurt both sides, and find opportunities from time to time to launch counterattacks, leaving Vilenzov with no place to use his strength. He has a desperate heart, but he can never find too many opportunities to hurt Khufu. Many attacks fell into the air, just wasting its energy. On the contrary, because of the single-minded attack, it ignored its own defense, giving Khufu more attack opportunities. The timely counterattacks have repeatedly been successful, constantly increasing the damage to Vilenzov.
The final challenge did not result in any surprises. With the careful response of Khufu and I, we adopted appropriate tactics, so that Vilenzov's plan to fight Khufu to the death was not successful. When its physical strength was consumed too much and it could no longer maintain the previous stormy and desperate offensive, it lost its most powerful magic weapon to resist Khufu. As the pressure from Vilenzov gradually eased, Khufu and I naturally took advantage of the situation to increase the intensity of the counterattack. The restraining effect of the "Intermediate Puppetry" magic and the timely attack of the "Burning Spirit Wand" were more and more tacit, making Vilenzov more difficult to resist and suffering more damage. Although Vilenzov's performance has been very tenacious from beginning to end, no matter how the battle situation changes, he insists on not giving up resistance and choosing to surrender, but in the face of the superior strength of Khufu and I, it is still powerless to turn the tide, defeated by Khufu's staff, and completely lost the qualification to compete for the Pharaoh, becoming a dependent of Khufu.
So far, the three great pharaohs, Jefferson, Kurt Harper, and Vilenzov, who were all famous, have all been defeated by Khufu. No other great pharaoh is qualified to compete with him for the position of pharaoh. It can be said that success is in sight. The only remaining obstacle is the four great pharaoh followers. Their strength is no match for Khufu now. There is no need to take the "Millennium Fire Lotus". I can easily defeat them with the "Burning Spirit Wand". However, in the battle with Vilenzov, Khufu naturally suffered some injuries. In addition, the soul energy consumed by the "Burning Spirit Wand" was burned. Even with my "Soul of the Dead" magic to assist in treatment, it will take several days to recover. Therefore, I can't continue to challenge the remaining four great pharaoh followers for the time being. Fortunately, it shouldn't cause much harm to Khufu when dealing with the four Pharaoh followers. My "Soul of the Dead" magic will speed up Khufu's recovery from his injuries, and he can challenge the four of them consecutively without spending too much time. Nothing will be able to affect Khufu's ascension to the throne of Pharaoh as scheduled.
It took more than three days for Haishar to evolve. With the "telepathy" function between him and Heinrich, and the effect of my "soul contract", Haishar finally succeeded in evolving, becoming a pseudo-ghost knight king who assisted Heinrich. Compared with the original ordinary level 10 intermediate ghost knight with no special abilities, Haishar, who accepted the seed transformation of the power of the ninth ghost knight king Heinrich, has undergone a huge change. Its level has reached the upper level of level 10, and its attribute abilities in all aspects have been improved to varying degrees. It has also mastered the unique "explosive stab" skill of the ghost knight king. Although its overall strength is only slightly stronger than that of the upper level 10 ghost knights, and is not as strong as Heinrich, five javelins also appeared behind it, which can perform the skill of "flying lances for life", which is a skill that only Heinrich has, which belongs to it, the ninth ghost knight king. It has the same function as Heinrich's "Life-Chasing Spear" skill, and the range is also up to 800 meters, but the attack power is slightly weaker, and the range of automatic tracking of attack targets is not that large, so the power is slightly inferior. However, the biggest advantage between the real and fake Ghost Knight Kings is their ability to "communicate with each other" - except for the undead wizard and the undead subordinates who have signed a "soul contract" to subdue, very few undead creatures have such an ability. With this, they can choose the best time to launch an attack together. It is definitely not as simple as two different individuals joining forces to attack. The extremely tacit cooperation can exert a stronger combat power. As the master of Heinrich's master, the "soul contract" signed by Rossberg and Heinrich inevitably carries a trace of the "pet contract" signed by Rossberg and me, which makes Heinrich and I have a certain spiritual connection. Although I cannot directly summon Heinrich to the human world to fight, I can directly command its actions under the authorization of Rossberg, the direct master, and there is no inconvenience in mobilizing and controlling it. The best place for Heinrich and Haishar to develop is naturally the Ghost Knight Kingdom. Even if Heinrich lost in the Knight Duel, he had lost the glory of the Knight and was abandoned and betrayed by the Ghost Knights he had conquered before. He could no longer control them. Now he was just a king without a single stick. If he wanted to make a comeback and restore his former glory, he had to conquer other Ghost Knights one by one to be loyal to him. This was the huge risk contained in the Knight Duel - once he failed, he would either die on the spot or become penniless. If he was not really reluctant to sacrifice Haishar, who had been cultivated to the level of "spiritual communication" by him, and was unwilling to wait for hundreds of years to cultivate a new person, and was self-reliant and did not think that I or the Undead Knights I conquered could pose a threat to him, I am afraid that Heinrich might not take the initiative to propose to me that the Knight Duel be used as a condition to resolve the dispute. He would not be able to save Haishar, but would lose himself. But after all, the Ghost Knight King's identity is still there, and he is very familiar with the situation in the Ghost Knight Kingdom. He still plays an indispensable and important role in my development plan. With the help of him and Haishar, one real and one fake Ghost Knight King, it will be easier to act and save me a lot of trouble.
Of course, before that, the problem of Heinrich's mount had to be solved. The original Ghost Pegasus mount was killed by the horseless in the knight's duel. The Ghost Knight King without a mount could not play a big role. Not only was the combat effectiveness seriously damaged, but even the five javelins needed to be made using the mount's body. In addition, it had to travel a long distance back to the Ghost Knight Kingdom. It couldn't be allowed to walk back. Regardless of whether it was suitable or not, it had to be equipped with a mount first and become a real knight. Even if it was a ghost knight acquired later, it would definitely be much stronger than a ghost knight on foot, at least in terms of mobility.
Although I have mastered the technology to transform Undead Dragon Knights, it is not suitable for use on Heinrich now. Every Undead can only be transformed once in his lifetime. The one that can match Heinrich's status as a Ghost Knight King who is above level ten should preferably be a stronger level ten Hell Dragon, or at least a level ten Black Dragon King. However, I have not yet subdued such high-level powerful subordinates. At most, they are mid-level level ten. Using them as the Ghost Knight King's mount is a bit unfair to Heinrich and cannot bring out its strongest combat power. Naturally, I cannot easily transform it. Fortunately, as a normal Undead Knight, he is not like the Destruction Knight who will die when he rides a person. Even if he is as powerful as the Ghost Knight King, there is still a possibility of becoming an acquired Undead Knight. Naturally, he also retains the instincts of a normal Undead Knight and can use force to forcibly tame other undead creatures in animal form to serve as his mount. Although it is definitely not as commandable as the previous innate mount, it is better than nothing. It is better than an Undead Knight without a mount.
The acquired undead knights tamed their own mounts, but unlike my transformation method, they could not choose those undead subordinates who had signed a "soul contract" with me. Otherwise, no matter how they used force to coerce, they could not overcome the effect of the "soul contract" and could not make those undead completely obey their orders. They did not meet the conditions to become mounts. Heinrich could only go out by himself to defeat and subdue those ownerless undead creatures, forcing them to give up their independent consciousness and serve as mounts. In this way, the level of the undead creatures in animal form suitable for taming as mounts cannot be too high, at least those level ten undead must not be. They are all well-known strong men with high IQs. Even if they are defeated by Heinrich, they will not be willing to submit and give up their autonomy to serve as lowly mounts. The undead knight's acquired taming method is far inferior to the effectiveness of our undead wizard's "soul contract", and it is difficult to suppress the rebellious consciousness of the tenth-level undead. It is even inferior to the transformation method I have mastered. Therefore, even as a Ghost Knight King who is beyond level ten, Heinrich can only tame a level nine Black Bone Dragon at most, which is already the strongest candidate suitable to be a mount. In fact, in terms of its own combat power, the Black Bone Dragon is still better than the Ghost Pegasus mount that Heinrich died in battle, but it is far inferior in terms of the mental connection with the rider, and the cooperation is much more unfamiliar. It is impossible to use it as easily as an arm and command it at will, so it cannot be considered a qualified mount. For a Ghost Knight whose main combat force is a rider, the combat power that can be exerted by riding a Black Bone Dragon will be greatly discounted, and it is far from the original state.
I took Heinrich to the "Dragon Bone Mountain". Although I had no mount and could only walk, and lost the ability to fly and fight in the air, I could still help, and I would not let Heinrich fight alone. The black bone dragon that was prepared to be defeated and tamed must be a free person who had not signed a "soul contract", but there was no rule that no outside force was allowed to intervene in the process of defeating the black bone dragon. As long as Heinrich was the leader and showed its fighting power, I believed that as the Ghost Knight King, taming a black bone dragon that was only at the upper level of level nine, no matter how fiercely it resisted, the arm could not twist the thigh, and in the end, it would definitely be forced to surrender. First, I summoned some of the black bone dragon's subordinates and went to several nearby peaks to explore the reality and see which black bone dragon that occupied the mountain was more powerful. After a brief comparison, he selected the target to be tamed, assembled three or five of the Black Bone Dragon's men to besiege it, forced it to the ground, and then Heinrich rushed forward to beat it wildly, and even became very ferocious. When the target Black Bone Dragon struggled hard to break through and escape, he rewarded it with a "Life-Chasing Flying Spear", as if he wanted to vent his depression as the Ghost Knight King who was forcibly tamed. He was extremely excited and immediately severely injured the Black Bone Dragon, leaving it with little strength to resist. When Heinrich approached him, he used the unique taming method of the Undead Knight to torture and ravage the Black Bone Dragon. Under the dual torture of body and mind, he completely destroyed the Black Bone Dragon's resistance consciousness, and forcibly erased its independent consciousness, so it had to submit to him, and finally successfully tamed the Black Bone Dragon into a mount.
Since it became Heinrich's possession, the black bone dragon was also related to me, and indirectly became my subordinate. Naturally, I could cast the "Soul of the Dead" magic to heal its injuries. After it recovered part of its state, Heinrich could not wait to ride it in the sky for a few laps to get used to his newly tamed mount. It can be seen that Heinrich was not very satisfied. He was not very flexible in commanding the black bone dragon mount. Compared with the previous time when he rode the ghost Pegasus, his reaction was obviously half a beat slower, and many actions were not done in place, more like a poor knight with poor riding skills. The combat effectiveness that could be exerted was obviously not as good as when he had the ghost Pegasus mount. However, this is the only way for now. Even if he can find a lower-level or even mid-level ownerless Black Dragon King of level ten, Heinrich does not have the ability to tame him. He can only ride the black bone dragon for a while. When I find an upper-level Black Dragon King of level ten, or have the ability to defeat and subdue an upper-level Hell Dragon of level ten, I will transform Heinrich into a Ghost Dragon Knight. At that time, he will have a higher-level bone dragon mount and can exert stronger combat effectiveness, which should be enough to make up for the shortcomings in coordination.
No matter how dissatisfied Heinrich is with his new Black Bone Dragon mount, it is better than having no mount at all. Moreover, the mount has been tamed and they are still a little unfamiliar with each other. I believe that as time goes by, the cooperation should be more tacit, and the contrast will not be too big compared with the past. In this way, Heinrich can also fly to the Ghost Knight Kingdom with Haishar, which will not affect my subsequent development plan. It's a pity that after signing the "Soul Contract" and being subdued, the Ghost Knight King has completely lost his dignity and glory as a king. He is no longer qualified to defeat those Ghost Knights and force them to surrender. He can only kill them but not subdue them. Everything still depends on me. Otherwise, it would be much easier for me to arrange for the two of them to subdue other level 10 Ghost Knights alone.
My current development focus naturally shifts to Khufu. I have defeated and subdued the three great pharaoh giants, Jefferson, Kurt Harper, and Vilenzov, and removed the biggest obstacle to becoming the Pharaoh. There are only four small shrimps left who are just dependents, and they are not a big threat. It can almost be said that I have a sure win. Ever since Khufu killed his enemy Osasura and succeeded as the Great Pharaoh, and learned about the existence of the pharaoh with higher authority, I have been helping Khufu work towards the goal of becoming the Pharaoh. I have been looking forward to it for so long, and now it is finally about to be accomplished. I feel extremely anxious and can't wait to see the moment when Khufu becomes the Pharaoh. After finishing the tasks of evolving Haishar and taming the Black Bone Dragon mount with Heinrich, and sending them both back to the Ghost Knight Kingdom, he temporarily put aside other matters at hand, and concentrated on using the "Soul of the Dead" magic to help Khufu heal the damage he suffered in the battle with Velenzhov, so that it could recover as soon as possible, so that he could then challenge the remaining four Great Pharaoh followers, gain the unanimous recognition of the other eleven Great Pharaohs, and ascend to the throne of Pharaoh.
Khufu's injury was not very serious. The residual effect of the natural treasures he swallowed, plus my continuous treatment of "Soul of the Dead" magic, in just a few days, his condition has recovered by almost 80%. The main reason is that it is not easy to replenish soul energy, and it is not possible to recover quickly with the help of external forces. However, 80% of the strength should be enough to deal with the four big pharaoh followers. Not to mention that their own strength is not as good as the three giants such as Jefferson, at the same time, as followers who have long lost the qualification to compete for the Pharaoh, their fighting spirit must not be very strong. It is impossible for them to fight as hard as the three giants with Khufu, and they cannot use the "Burning Soul Wand" skill with a strong damage effect. It should be easier to defeat them.
The fact was just as I expected. The four Great Pharaoh followers didn't have a strong fighting spirit. Once they found that the combined strength of Khufu and I was superior to them, they didn't fight too hard. They couldn't hold on for too long before being defeated by Khufu and me. They didn't cause too much trouble. Khufu's injuries were not serious in each challenge. After a day or two of recuperation, he could continue to challenge the next one. He defeated them one by one and directly won the recognition of ten Great Pharaohs through the Great Pharaoh's challenge. In addition to the Great Pharaoh that I had already conquered, he finally had the qualifications to become the Pharaoh.
