Chapter 232: The Gardener's Profession Misled Me!
After walking around Shadow Town, Rhode got a lot of useful information.
For example, many of those foreign souls came from polluted planes, because the power of decay eroded everything, making it difficult for many lives to survive, and turning those planes into paradises for the dead.
Some people said that it was because the power of the God of the Dead expanded too quickly that the Sun God launched the War of the Kingdom of Gods to stop the continued spread of the undead creatures.
Some people even said that the polluted power came from the God of the Dead, who wanted to take the opportunity to annex all planes, otherwise why only the undead and a few special races were not affected?
Rhode felt that what they said made some sense.
Perhaps it was because of the God of the Dead's wanton expansion and extinction of humanity that the Sun and Moon Gods attacked at the same time and severely injured the God of Death and put him into sleep.
This is also the most reasonable inference at present, and it just happens to explain why there is a scene of the sun and the moon in the sky in the Death Abyss.
There is just one thing Rhode doesn't understand.
You know, the three gods in the rumor are all top gods, and their levels should not be much different, and it is two against one, so how could the Moon God disappear because of this?
So he was still skeptical about this speculation, thinking it was not that simple.
Another thing.
It was the news about the new lord who took over Shadow Town.
On the way back, Rhodes heard from the residents passing by that he was a subordinate of the zombie ancestor, one of the three demigods under the God of Death.
There are three major systems in the Death Abyss, skeletons, zombies, and resentful souls, which are further divided into many types.
The new lord is a vampire, who is under the command of the zombie ancestor.
So walking on the street, you can often see many pale and shriveled figures passing by, forming a new guard army with the previous skeletons, which looks scary.
"I have to find a way to make money."
Walking on the street, Rhodes muttered to himself.
The currency of the Death Abyss is the same as the Dream Forest, which is a crystal condensed by soul power. That is the only thing he found out that can be used to convert into magic power.
Although he can now mobilize dark elements to cast spells, mobilizing elements to construct magic arrays also consumes magic power.
The magic power stored in the magic puppet is limited. Even if not much is needed, it will eventually run out.
"I should have drawn a few more dark ones when drawing the magic power conversion array..."
Rhodes sighed helplessly and crossed the street back to his residence.
Just as he was about to enter the house, he saw the little girl and her father trying to cast magic in the yard next door, and a gray array appeared in front of her.
"What are you doing?" Rhodes walked over and asked.
"Oh, benefactor, you are back. I am teaching the girl to summon contracted undead." The man said with a smile.
There are two types of undead summoned by undead magic, ordinary undead and contracted undead, to put it bluntly, temporary workers and long-term workers.
Because the summoned undead can only last for a period of time and then automatically dissipate, only the undead who have signed a contract can exist for a long time.
So when they are lucky enough to summon powerful undead, the necromancers will generally use contract magic to keep them by their side, such as those powerful undead bone dragons, which are definitely the best contract objects.
It can be said.
The strength of the contracted undead determines the strength of a necromancer, because it often represents his highest combat power.
"Contracted undead? Did you summon a suitable undead?" Rhodes asked.
"No." The man shook his head helplessly, "I tried several times and they were all the lowest skeletons."
As if in response to his words, the magic circle in front of the girl suddenly lit up, and a thin skeleton trembled and crawled out of the ground, holding a bone stick in his hand, looking like it would fall apart at any time.
[Skeleton Miscellaneous Soldiers lv1]
"..."
Good guy.
This is not weak anymore.
It's even worse than the trash, and it's destined to be cannon fodder.
"Daddy, big brother, do you think this is okay?"
The girl looked over with a questioning look.
The man opened his mouth, really not knowing how to start, but finally said: "Change it, maybe the next one can summon a stronger one."
"Is that so."
The girl was obviously a little disappointed, but she still obediently dismissed the little skeleton and continued to close her eyes and try to cast spells.
Ordinary residents like them don't ask for a powerful contracted undead, they just need to be strong enough to help carry things.
As for fighting, they don't expect it, that's exclusive to big shots and geniuses.
Looking at the girl who was still working hard, the man sighed softly: "If it doesn't work, you can only pay someone to help. I heard that the kid next door asked a necromancer for help a few days ago and successfully contracted a mutant skeleton with great strength."
"Can you make money by helping others contract undead?"
As the saying goes, the speaker is unintentional, but the listener is intentional. Rhodes immediately became excited.
"Yes, there will be necromancers in the town every month to help children of age contract undead, but the price is a bit expensive. Ordinary undead like me need five soul crystals, and mutant undead are more expensive, requiring fifty soul crystals."
The man said and called the skeleton who was moving things in the distance over, which was also his current contracted skeleton.
【Skeleton Civilian Husband lv5】
Rhodes glanced at the skeleton's information and asked, "What is a mutant undead?"
"They are the kind of mutated individuals that have more abilities than ordinary undead, such as one more weapon, stronger defense, faster speed, etc. The most popular ones are probably the mage undead, but I prefer the stronger ones. of."
Ordinary residents like them simply don't expect to be able to rise to the first level and fight like those big shots.
Therefore, being strong and able to work is the best standard, but the mage undead are not suitable for them.
Moreover, undead below the first level have very limited magic skills, such as the Weakness and Fatigue spells, which do not have much effect at all.
But when it fell into Rhodes' ears, it had a completely different meaning.
Although he doesn't know how to help others summon powerful undead, he can graft!
Even if the undead is weak, he can use grafting magic to synthesize a more powerful individual. Isn't it the same as the mutated undead?
Thinking of this, he said: "Maybe I can help create more powerful undead, do you want to give it a try?"
"Really?"
The man's eyes lit up.
Although he didn't know Rhode's specific strength, since he could contract with such a powerful skeleton hound, he was definitely not an ordinary person.
He suddenly spoke excitedly: "As long as my benefactor can help, I can agree to any request!"
"That's not necessary. Just give me five soul crystals."
"Okay, I'll get ready right now!"
The five soul crystals were at the normal market price. The man was already prepared and hurried back to the house to rummage around.
At this time, the girl also finished casting the spell. After the light flashed, she summoned another skeleton soldier.
Before she could be disappointed, she heard Rhodes next to him say: "Summon another one, don't send this one away yet."
"oh."
The girl didn't know why, but out of trust in Rhodes, she continued to cast the spell, and soon summoned another skeleton soldier holding a dagger.
All right……
Talent is something that not everyone has.
Looking at the two soldiers who were almost identical except for their weapons, Rhodes knew that he probably couldn't summon a more powerful guy.
He didn't force it. After taking a look around to confirm that no one was around, he calmed down and cast grafting magic on the two skeleton soldiers.
And with a careful eye, he used dark elements to cover the power of life and completely isolate the breath. It looked like he was casting high-level undead magic.
All of a sudden.
The black light comes on.
The feet of the two skeleton soldiers were shrouded in a magic circle, and their bodies and soul fire began to merge rapidly. The gray bones gradually became stained with a layer of white, and the soul fire became stronger.
The biggest change was that the bone rod and dagger slowly integrated with the skeleton's arm, turning into a scimitar-like weapon attached to the arm. The body also became taller and looked majestic.
The man who heard the noise ran out of the house and saw Rhodes finishing casting the spell and the tall skeleton standing in front of him. His eyes widened.
"This...is this done by the benefactor?!"
Compared with his skeleton husband, the undead in front of him was much more powerful. It was even more powerful than the one the guy next door asked someone to help summon. You could feel a strong sense of oppression just standing there.
"It turns out to be a skeleton of white bones!"
The man ran over in shock.
You must know that white bones are a symbol of the first level, many times more powerful than gray bones.
Although the skeleton in front of me has not completely turned white, it is far from comparable to the gray skeleton.
Moreover, it is a mutated skeleton with its own weapons, and the price must be at least ten times higher!
"Okay, let's try and see if we can make a contract."
Rhodes glanced at the skull's message.
[Skeleton Fusion Beast lv9]
It just so happened that the girl's mental endurance limit was not exceeded before she was stuck at the first level.
"Thank you, big brother!"
The girl obviously liked this majestic skeleton very much. She quickly started to cast spells on the skeleton according to the contract magic her father taught her.
The man stood aside and watched, nervous.
fortunately.
With Rod by his side, the whole process went very smoothly.
In less than half a minute, the girl successfully established the contract and obtained her first contracted undead.
"Okay, okay, thank you benefactor!"
Seeing the skeleton standing obediently next to the girl, the man was overjoyed and quickly ran back to get fifty more soul crystals and handed them to Rhodes.
This has been half his life's savings, but it's worth it for a mutated undead!
"We agreed on five yuan, five yuan, and the rest will be regarded as my rent for living here."
Rhodes picked up five soul crystals and put them away without asking for more.
"This...that's okay."
Seeing that he had said so, the man did not show any pretense. After thanking her profusely, he came to the girl to check on her contracted undead.
Seeing this, Rhodes did not disturb them, so he turned around and returned to the house on the other side with Gouzi, trying to absorb the energy in the soul crystal.
"Hope it's useful."
He felt very uneasy.
After all, he couldn't absorb the soul crystal when he was in the Dream Woodland. At most, he could only use it to replenish his magic power.
I don’t know if it’s because of his special soul. Even Augula and the others said that his soul level was too high and ordinary soul power was useless.
To put it bluntly, there is no way to gain experience by absorbing soul power.
The career of gardener was wrong for me!
Swish——
There was a flash of light.
The energy in the soul crystal was integrated into the magic puppet, and the originally dim magic stone on the body gradually became full, and the magic power was restored by one tenth.
"It really works!"
Rhodes was overjoyed. After coming here for such a long time, he finally solved the problem of magic supply.
He immediately took out the remaining crystals and continued to absorb them.