Chapter 102: Task One
Rod didn't know what was going on behind him.
After leaving the Magic Guild, Rhodes began to prepare for this mission.
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A day later, in front of the tomb.
Through the information conveyed by the crystal ball, Rhodes was able to locate the tomb mentioned in the mission.
Coming to the vicinity of the tomb, Rhodes looked around, and there were almost all kinds of tombs around, and the transformation of undead creatures was going on at this time.
Rhodes didn't have any idea about the rest of the surrounding tombs, and Rhodes knew that although the academy did not restrict necromancers from coming here to transform undead creatures, they could not use undead creatures that did not belong to him.
Once you take an undead creature that doesn't belong to you, you will likely be punished by the Academy.
After coming to the front of the tomb and checking it, Rhodes walked down.
Entering the tomb, not long after, Rod walked out again, and at this time, followed by Rod was a group of low-level undead creatures.
Among these undead creatures, most of them are walking corpses, with only a few skeleton soldiers.
According to the requirements of the mission, Rhodes needed to bring the undead creatures here to the front of the battlefield, but Rhodes knew that this task was not so simple.
At this time, Rhodes was followed by a wide, dilapidated carriage. Due to the slow speed of the undead creatures, in order to reach the battlefield early, Rhodes rented this carriage to transport the undead creatures after spending a few gold coins.
Under Rhode's control, at this time, the surrounding undead creatures, without exception, all entered the back of the carriage.
Suddenly, Rhodes noticed that the side had been staring at him, and Rhodes turned his head to see a necromancer staring at him.
Through the comparison in his memory, Rhodes recognized that the necromancer in front of him was the low-level apprentice who gave him the map when he first entered the City of Sorrow.
Through his eyes, Rhodes realized that the apprentice had apparently recognized him as well. Rod didn't say much, and was about to board the carriage when the apprentice took the initiative to walk in front of the carriage where Rod was sitting, and began to try to talk to Rode:
"Are you...... The necromancer who just entered the city yesterday, you also took the 200 gold mission, right? ”
Perhaps aware of the way Rhodes looked at him, the apprentice immediately asked, "Do you remember me?" ”
Rod didn't answer, but thought for a while, and then said, "Remember, you are the guard who gave me the map at the door." ”
Seeing that the necromancer in front of him was willing to answer his words, the apprentice was obviously overjoyed, and he was still thinking about how to complete the current task, but at this time, he met another companion who had taken on the same task.
Thinking back to the power of the person in front of him when he entered the city, the apprentice knew that he would not be as simple as an ordinary necromancer, and since he was willing to answer with him, he might be able to join forces to complete this task.
Without waiting for the apprentice to continue speaking, Rhodes took the initiative to say, "Listen to you, you have also accepted the task of transporting undead creatures, right?" ”
The apprentice nodded, and Rhodes continued, "So, would you like to go with me to the mission location?" I don't think you have a carriage to transport the undead creatures, do you? ”
After hearing this, the apprentice was overjoyed, but his intuition told him that things were not that simple. Having already experienced something within the Academy, the apprentice knew that the necromancer only thought about his own interests and would not help him for no reason, so he asked Rhodes:
"But...... What do I have to give? The benefits of this mission are so high, there should be a lot of danger on the way......"
Rod replied: "One more person, and any problems on the road can be solved." If you don't want to go, help me steer the carriage, and I'll follow by the carriage. ”
After saying that, Rod looked at the apprentice in front of him, waiting for his decision.
After listening to Rod's explanation, even though the apprentice still had some doubts in his heart, he dispelled a lot at this time, nodded his head, and agreed to Rod's proposal.
The apprentice then let the undead creatures beside him into the carriage that Rhodes was having. In the process, Rod has been watching from the sidelines.
As all the undead creatures entered the carriage, under the control of the two of them, the undead creatures did not cause confusion because of this, but stood next to each other.
At this point, Rhodes rode the centaur he had previously controlled. At Rod's signal, the apprentice drove slowly forward in the carriage.
Along the way, the apprentice tried to turn around and talk to Rod, but when he saw that he didn't have any intention of replying, he had to give up and concentrate on driving the carriage.
Due to the large number of undead creatures crowded on the carriage, it was difficult to increase the speed for a while, but Rod didn't care, and still followed behind the carriage like this.
The distance selected by Rhodes is the road closest to the mission target, along the way, Rhodes did not find anything abnormal, it was a big road, but at this time, there were no people coming and going, even the necromancer, for safety, deliberately avoided this road.
The apprentice driving in front of him had no doubts about this, as if he did not know the danger of the road, but was happy to have chosen the nearest road. Through this behavior, Rod knew that the apprentice in front of him was very inexperienced in handling tasks.
As the war is about to begin, if a powerful necromancer loses a lot of undead creatures, what he will do is to slaughter the rest of the necromancer apprentices, gather a large number of undead creatures in a short period of time, and then return to the battlefield again.
Therefore, even Rhodes was ready to leave at any time when he encountered a powerful enemy, while the apprentice in front of him was not alert.
Rhodes didn't remind him of anything. Rod realized that this might be why the apprentice chose to take on the task.
Rod began to ponder the oddities of his mission.
As long as you have a little magic ability, you can grasp the spirit imprint extremely quickly. For necromancers, spirit imprinting is the most basic skill, and the level of foundation is like spiritualism.
At the same time, as long as they have cultivated for a while, the necromancer will have a lot of understanding of spiritual imprints.
For low-level undead creatures, spirit marks are easy to establish but difficult to remove, and generally speaking, as long as a spirit mark is established, necromancers will hardly take the initiative to remove spirit marks.
Since the spirit imprint is firmly rooted in the soul fire of the undead creature, if the undead creature dies, it is fine, once the necromancer tries to take the initiative to dismantle, then it will directly suffer a strong backlash, and the severe pain will make the necromancer give up this idea.
In addition, actively removing the spirit mark will cause permanent damage to the necromancer's mental attributes.