Chapter 207 Necromancer

In March, the situation in the northern border finally stabilized.

Zakri commanded a legion of redeemers stationed in Harden Castle.

The news that Baron Harden was a member of the Venus family was not leaked. On the surface, Baron Harden fled the territory because he was deeply involved in the rebellion and failed in the political struggle.

If King Roger was overthrown, Baron Harden would still have the possibility of turning over within the system of the Grant Kingdom.

Baron Harden ran away with his family, and the three baronies of the Harden family became the direct jurisdiction of the royal family. The two baronies in the northern border were under the jurisdiction of the Gascoigne Province.

Because Richard moved Baron Harden's people away, it became very difficult to supply the legion of redeemers.

Zakri had no choice but to report it to the governor of the Gascoigne Province.

When the governor of the Gascoigne Province received the news, he immediately felt a lot of trouble.

It is difficult to do things across provinces, and Richard is still a famous troublemaker in the northern border.

When Baron Harden took away the people of Stopa in the province of Geda, there was no way to hold him accountable. It is also difficult to hold Richard accountable for this kind of thing now.

There is no way, the Redeemer Corps can only cultivate the land by themselves.

If you fail to stand in the political team, you can only blame yourself. Now the troops commanded by Zakli are like children without a mother. If there are difficulties, they can only find ways to solve them by themselves.

The Redeemer Corps is positioned as a front-line cannon fodder in Nolan, and the treatment is not as good as the weak city defense army.

Unless you make military achievements, you will have a chance to turn over.

Especially during the reign of King Roger, it will be very difficult to turn over.

No matter how hard it is, no matter how much money you lose, if you want to survive in the Kingdom of Grant, the failed nobles can only endure it and wait for the next king to come to power to find a way to change.

Patience is a survival skill that nobles must have. Another survival skill is to admit defeat and compromise.

First-generation nobles like Richard are often very tough in character, and would rather break than bend, and will not endure or compromise. Most of the time, the first-generation nobles and the nobles who have been passed down for many years are almost two different political creatures, and it is difficult for them to integrate into the same circle of friends.

For example, the one who has the best relationship with Richard and the nearby nobles is Baron Sharp. They are all first-generation military nobles. Compared with his uncle Baron Dark, Baron Rice and others, Richard and Sharp are more straightforward in character.

March is the season for spring plowing. After several generations of operation, Baron Diram has reclaimed 160,000 acres of farmland.

In recent years, the orcs chose to invade from the Harland Valley and the Pratos Mountains. Baron Diram suffered heavy losses and eventually lost its hereditary territory.

Because the war lost too many people, a large amount of farmland has been abandoned in recent years.

But it is relatively easy to restore abandoned farmland to cultivation, which is much easier than reclaiming wasteland. With these 160,000 acres of farmland, Richard is not going to reclaim wasteland this year. He has 16,000 strong laborers, which is enough for Richard to resume production.

Not long after the spring plowing began, Richard received an unexpected news.

Twenty kilometers north of the military station, a large area of ​​gray fog suddenly appeared.

A scout accidentally entered the gray fog and did not send back any news.

After receiving this information, Richard was shocked and his face changed suddenly.

The action of going to the Undead Realm to block the plane channel three years ago was an unforgettable experience for Richard.

In that battle, he was almost taken away by the legendary lich and his soul merged. Thinking back to it now, he still feels scared.

Now that he heard the news of the gray fog again, he couldn't help but think of the Undead Realm.

Thinking of the Undead Realm in his heart, Richard immediately took it seriously and immediately wrote a letter to the Dawn Church in Geda Province to inform him of this unexpected situation.

I hope to get the help of the church to solve this trouble together.

The Dawn Church is very powerful in the Grant Kingdom, with legendary magicians in charge. If things can't be handled, the big guy will support it even if the sky falls.

If it can't be supported, Richard can also take his family and subordinates to other areas to develop.

The Dawn Plane is vast and boundless, and there is always a safe place. According to the current strength of the Harland family, they can live well wherever they go. It is not too difficult to obtain noble status.

After receiving the information sent by Richard, the Dawn Church did not dare to neglect it. The provincial bishop Deng Lejin personally led the team and brought four church members to the Harland territory.

Richard and Sophia were also ready to go to the gray fog with the church members to check.

The military station fort is already the northernmost end of the Harland territory. Going further, it enters the unowned territory and there is no human habitation at all.

Walking 20 kilometers north from the military station fort, the terrain gradually slopes downward, forming a mountain basin of several hundred square kilometers.

The drainage of the basin is not very convenient, and there are swamps everywhere.

The gray fog shrouded the swamp and appeared in everyone's sight.

In the thick gray fog, there was no sound, and nothing could be seen quietly.

Seeing this gray fog, Richard immediately confirmed that it was related to the dead world.

"I have felt the power of the dead."

Deng Lejin sighed, sat cross-legged and began to recite the holy words.

Richard had seen the power of the holy words with his own eyes.

This divine spell is very effective against undead creatures.

As the holy words were recited, holy light emanated from Deng Lejin's body, immediately dispelling the gray fog.

After the gray fog gradually dissipated, Richard saw hundreds of undead creatures.

These undead creatures staggered towards the crowd, and there were still countless undead creatures behind them, hiding in the gray fog.

All the undead who heard the holy words were liberated in an instant, and their souls turned into a puff of green smoke.

Although these undead creatures were all low-level skeletons and zombies, their number was endless. According to Richard's estimate, there were at least several thousand.

Although Deng Lejin was a seventh-level priest, he had no chance of winning if he continued to consume them.

If only a few priests of the Dawn Church came to investigate, accidents might happen if they were careless.

However, beside Pastor Deng Lejin, there were also members of the Harland Mage Association such as Richard, Sophia, and Wendy, and dozens of Warcraft cavalrymen were protecting Richard and others.

At Richard's command, the Warcraft cavalrymen drew their bows and arrows and shot feather arrows at the skeletons and zombies.

Unless the arrows hit the soul fire of the undead creatures, they would have little restraint on the undead creatures.

Shooting off an arm bone or tibia did not affect the activities of the undead creatures at all. The undead creatures could only be eliminated if they were completely shattered and the soul fire was extinguished.

There are only a few archers who can hit the head and heart with every arrow.

Most of the Warcraft cavalry have a level of archery at the second level. This level is neither high nor low. Although they can aim at the opponent and hit the target, it is difficult to cause too much damage to the undead creatures.

Seeing that the arrow attack was not effective, the Warcraft cavalry urged the iron-horned horses to shoot magic missiles.

The power of the magic missiles was very good, and the undead creatures were immediately smashed to pieces.

However, the iron-horned horses could only release three to four rounds of magic missiles. After killing more than 200 undead creatures, they ran out of magic power and felt a sense of sluggishness.

Richard did not let the Warcraft cavalry fight the undead creatures in close combat.

The Warcraft cavalry in the Harland territory are all carefully selected backbones. Richard was unwilling to put them in danger unless it was absolutely necessary.

Seeing that the undead creatures were approaching, the four church members who followed Deng Lejin were all mid-level warriors. They all drew out their enchanted long swords and blocked Deng Lejin.

Deng Lejin immediately released an auxiliary divine spell, the Holy Flame Attachment Spell. This fourth-level divine spell is a group auxiliary divine spell that can attach holy flames to enchanted weapons. The holy flames carry a trace of the power of the divine fire, which is very lethal to undead creatures and has a very good effect.

After the spell was released, holy flames immediately ignited on the swords of the four church knights.

The four Dawn Church warriors raised flaming swords and lightly swept an undead creature in half. The flames attached to the undead creatures and immediately burned fiercely. In a blink of an eye, an undead was burned to ashes.

Whenever the undead creature was hit by the holy flame, a pale golden divine fire would immediately emerge, and it would instantly turn into a fire man, and the soul fire would be extinguished in an instant.

The four Dawn Church warriors were extremely brave and invincible, and they cleared a large area of ​​undead creatures in an instant.

Before Richard, Sophia and others took action, the number of undead creatures had been reduced by half.

However, at this moment, a strong spiritual wave suddenly came from the depths of the swamp and fell directly on the four warriors of the Dawn Church.

Their movements suddenly stopped for a moment, and they screamed in pain. It was as if a needle was pierced into the depths of their souls, and their brains seemed to be emptied in an instant.

"Everyone be careful, it's soul magic, mental whipping!"

Seeing this scene, Sophia seemed to have thought of something and immediately reminded everyone to be careful.

Soul magic has always been weird and unpredictable. It is not only difficult to learn, but also particularly difficult to guard against.

Because Richard received materialistic education in his previous life and formed a complete worldview, it was very difficult for him to learn this kind of idealistic magic.

The few soul magics he learned were almost all given by the goddess of dawn, which was equivalent to the divine arts released by the priest. Richard's divine arts ability was roughly equivalent to the third level.

On the contrary, Sophia and Wendy did not accept the complete materialistic values, and it was easy for them to self-recognize idealistic things, so it was easier for them to learn soul magic.

The necromancer hidden in the dark used a soul spell to control the four warriors of the Dawn Church. The remaining undead creatures rushed forward and grabbed the four warriors of the Dawn Church.

Richard saw this and immediately released the second-ring magic soothing spell.

A faint magic aura fell on the four warriors, and their souls suddenly felt warm, and they immediately regained consciousness and waved the Holy Flame Sword to drive away the undead creatures.

In the past two years, although Richard failed to advance, he also learned several new spells.

The first one is the second-ring magic tracking spell.

Although this magic is of low level, it is very useful in actual combat.

It was thanks to Sofia's use of this magic that they found the rhinoceros and killed the rhinoceros to obtain a very critical amount of funds.

Sofia used the materials from the rhinoceros to refine a batch of Tenghui potions and trained the first batch of backbones of the Harland Territory. If there were no backbone soldiers, the Harland Territory would not have developed so fast.

The second magic is the Weakness Ray. Anyone hit by this magic will immediately fall into a weak state. It is a very good control spell.

If you want to capture a creature alive, the Weakness Ray is definitely a very good spell.

The third magic is the Dimension Anchor, which is a typical fourth-ring magic that can block the opponent from opening the other-dimensional space.

The fourth magic is the Lightning Spell, which is also a fourth-ring magic with very strong single-target lethality.

After learning four new magics, Richard's combat effectiveness has been further improved, and he has become more comprehensive in the battle of magicians.

Seeing that the mental whipping was ineffective, the necromancer hiding in the dark attacked again, and a powerful mental wave came from the depths of the gray fog.

This powerful mental power was directly aimed at Richard.

In an instant, Richard lost control of his body. Although he lost control for only a short moment, he realized the essence of this mental wave.

Soul control, soul-based six-ring magic.

After using this spell, relying on powerful mental power, you can control the opponent from the soul.

If it is an ordinary four-ring magician, although the mental power is strong and the soul is also very condensed. Facing the mental control of the high-level necromancer, it is simply impossible to resist and will lose control of the body in an instant.

If this magic is aimed at Sofia and Wendy, it will become very troublesome for the two to resist.

If Sofia or Wendy is in danger, Richard will immediately be in a hurry and unable to free his hands.

Unfortunately, this spell is aimed at Richard. Richard's soul is very special, and the power of the three gods is hidden deep in his soul.

The God of Slaughter, the Goddess of Dawn, and an unknown god who made the panel.

These three gods are equivalent to signing a special soul contract with Richard. If you want to control Richard, it is equivalent to controlling the three gods.

Although the three gods are in bad condition, some are dead, some are sleeping, and some are missing.

But how can a nine-ring necromancer control three gods?

Moreover, Richard's mental power is very strong, equivalent to an eight-ring magician, and his will is very tenacious, and his resistance to soul spells is very high. Normally, he can resist this soul control spell.

Even the legendary lich wanted to merge his soul, but his soul was absorbed by the power of the God of Slaughter. This necromancer hiding in the dark is not even a legend. After using soul control on Richard, he was immediately backfired by magic.

In an instant, a powerful mental wave exploded, and a roar came faintly from the depths of the swamp, and then all the undead creatures stood still.

The necromancers hiding in the dark were killed by the backlash of magic, and the remaining low-level necromancers were leaderless.

The necromancers were notorious and were wanted evil forces in the Dawn Plane.

Whether it was the Seven Gods Church, the secular kingdom, or the magic organization, they were all enemies of the necromancers.

The necromancers had too many enemies and no allies in the Dawn Plane, so they could only develop in the dark where there were few people.

These necromancers hiding in the swamp came from a necromancer organization called the Death Tower.

The Death Tower was hidden in the Markholm Magic Kingdom some time ago. Perhaps the most dangerous place is also the safest. The Death Tower actually disguised itself as a small magic organization and mixed in the Markholm Magic Kingdom for seventy or eighty years.

Unfortunately, the flaws were exposed in the end, attracting the attack of the Magic Council.

Although the Death Tower is not weak, it is far from being comparable to the Magic Council. The leader of the Death Tower, the legendary wizard Talrasha, was killed by Albert Sacco, the chairman of the Magic Council, and even his soul was annihilated by Albert, a fourth-level magician.

The Magic Council is so fierce that the Death Tower can't afford to offend. The remaining necromancers hid and fled to the uninhabited Eagle Mountains under the leadership of the nine-ring necromancer Savio.

The necromancers did not dare to approach the legendary black dragons and legendary ogres that occupied the east and west ends of the Eagle Mountains, and could only choose to stand in the middle of the Eagle Mountains. They also did not dare to get too close to the Orc Empire, and carefully selected this mountain swamp basin.

Through some records, they found that a floating city fell in this area in ancient times. Before the ruins of the floating city were found, a part of the wizard tower had just been built, but it was discovered by the scouts of the Harland territory.

The Death Tower had no time to move, and was blocked at the door by Richard and the priests of the Dawn Church.

The priests of the Dawn Church were very restrained against the necromancers. Although Deng Lejin was only at the seventh level, he suppressed Savio.

After being defeated by the Magic Council, there were only two high-level necromancers left in the Death Tower. Savio fought with Deng Lejin, and another nine-ring magician, Yura, manipulated the undead and fought with Richard and others.

Yura was proficient in soul control magic and wanted to control Richard's soul, but was backfired by magic and the mental space exploded directly.

As soon as the nine-ring necromancer died and lost a powerful helper, Savio, the temporary leader of the Death Tower, immediately planned to escape.

He had just opened the dimensional space when he was nailed by Richard's dimensional anchor.

The dimensional space could not be opened, and he had to fight against Deng Lejin's Holy Word. Seeing that there were fewer and fewer undead creatures under his command, Savio had to fight hard and released a nine-ring magic Banshee Howl.

Banshee Howl is a group soul attack spell that consumes a lot of magic power.

After this magic was released, even Deng Lejin had to stop chanting the Holy Word.

After seizing the opportunity, Savio immediately opened the space door and escaped before Richard could stop him.

Although Savio escaped successfully, the remaining magicians in the Death Tower could only become captives.

There were more than 20 magicians in total, including one five-ring magician, six primary magicians, and the remaining dozen magicians were apprentices.

After capturing the captives, Deng Lejin used the mantra to interrogate these necromancers and killed the necromancers with blood debts on their hands. One five-ring, two three-ring, three two-ring, and four apprentices were burned to death by holy fire.

The remaining necromancers were not guilty of serious crimes, so Deng Lejin let them go.

Savior had a dimensional bag on him, which took away the most precious resources.

However, as a legendary magic organization, the Death Tower has a very deep foundation. It not only seized a batch of magic materials for building the Mage Tower, but also a lot of undead magic materials.

Although the Undead Mage is evil, he is at the forefront of the study of the mysteries of the human body.

Orderly organizations such as the Harland Territory and the Dawn Church will not use the human body for large-scale magic experiments. Although they will also conduct anatomical research, they will generally only dissect death row prisoners. Occasionally, they will dissect some enemy soldiers who died in battle.

In terms of the study of the mysteries of the human body, the Dawn Church is actually far inferior to the Death Tower. In addition to the data of human experiments, Richard also found some magic books, which recorded a lot of soul spells.

These soul spells have supplemented the foundation of the Harland Mage Association.