Daily AFK life from a young dragon

Chapter 59 Skeleton Spellcaster 'Mare'

Hogg thought a lot.

But now that it has happened, no matter what the reason, the most important thing now is to find the source of this undead group and then solve it.

The birth of the undead requires conditions.

For a creature to be born naturally, it would require a corrupt environment filled with dark elements. For example, the vast Howling Gray Land is the mother of endless undead.

When a living being dies on that land, soul fire will be born over time and the soul will rise again from the ground.

Obviously, there is no such environment near the Dark Scale Tribe, so there is probably only one other possibility - dark magic that can summon and revive the undead.

"Necromancer, or skeleton spellcaster? Lich?" Hogg narrowed his eyes.

Necromancers are living beings who practice dark magic, while skeleton spellcasters are a relatively rare race among the undead, and are naturally extremely intelligent.

They are usually undead born from the corpse of the caster.

Liches are similar to skeleton spellcasters, but tend to be more powerful.

"Whether it's the necromancer, skeleton spellcaster, or lich, we can't let these dark and dirty guys be so unscrupulous and summon the undead near the tribe."

Although the undead just killed were weak and most of them were less than level one, their numbers were extremely large. By the second half of the night, even the second and third level Dark Scale Warriors felt extremely tired.

Once a larger scale is formed
"The task of opening up a new hunting ground will be temporarily suspended. Let's go back and report this news to the leader."

The monster warriors who were lying on the ground to rest heard the cold shout from Commander Hogg, and they immediately stood up, took their weapons, and started to go down the mountain.

In a hidden corner that Hogg didn't notice, an illusory eyeball watched their departing backs quietly.

It was the first-level spell 'Mage's Eye'.

This is a spell without attributes, and it can be regarded as one of the must-learn spells for spellcasters. It consumes little mana, has a large detection range, and also has a certain concealment ability, which is quite practical.

In an unknown dark cave several kilometers away, a gray-robed figure sat cross-legged.

In the darkness behind the gray-robed figure, two balls of blue flames were strangely suspended in the air.

But if you look closely, you can see that this is not a flame, but a pair of huge soul fire eyes of a skeleton snake! !

The skeleton snake quietly hovered behind the gray-robed figure, protecting the safety of its master.

After a long time, the gray-robed figure began to move. His chin and upper jaw, which seemed to be made of white jade, opened and closed, and he said regretfully in the language of the dead,
"Discovered."

It has been decades since Mare was born of wisdom from the bones of a spellcaster.

More than two years ago, the great lich 'Alexi' under the Lord of the Dead summoned a group of high-level undead and ordered them to collect corpses and souls.

However, the high-level undead are all old hands who have lived for countless years, so it is naturally impossible for them to collect corpses and souls personally.

So the tasks were naturally assigned to the lower levels.

Mare is just an inconspicuous skeleton spellcaster under a high-level black knight.

Those powerful or favored subordinates of Lord Black Knight have been given priority in choosing an area.

By the time we arrived in Mare, all the relatively safe areas where large numbers of corpses and souls could be easily obtained had already been divided up.

But the task assigned by Lord Black Knight must be completed.

Therefore, Mare gritted his teeth and spent quite some time crossing the barrier of the Howling Gray Land, the 'Howling Mountains', and then secretly went around to the other side of the Fish Spirit Lake, preparing to quietly collect corpses and souls in this remote place where there were not many powerful creatures.

However, even though this place was remote and there were not many powerful creatures, Mare still acted very cautiously.

The undead are naturally unpleasant, and most beings, upon encountering the undead, would not mind destroying them if they are able.

Mare lets his skeletons sleep underground during the day, and only wakes them up at night to start hunting living creatures.

While collecting the souls and corpses of the living, they also sensed where there were more bones underground, and then went there to use the skeleton resurrection technique to transform them into skeleton soldiers to expand the team.

This furtive behavior has been going on for two years now.

The number of skeleton armies under Mare's command is increasing, and the scope and area they cover are also getting larger and larger.

It knew that the matter of the skeleton army could not be concealed and would be exposed sooner or later, but if it could be exposed later, that would naturally be best.

"That gnoll, judging by his strength, should have broken through to the fourth level. Moreover, it's a mixed team of gnolls and trolls. This kind of force where multiple monster races coexist and work together is a bit like the style of the dragon lords in the Emerald Dream." Could it be that there is a dragon lord nearby?

When Mare thought of this, he was suddenly shocked, and his soul fire jumped, and it was obvious that he was in a very uneasy mood.

It calmed down, and the more it thought about it, the more it felt that its guess was probably true.

Black-haired gnolls, blue-haired gnolls, and swamp trolls, these three monster races, under normal circumstances, it is impossible for them to live together.

Only the dragon has the power to rule absolutely!

"Should I leave here?" Mare was a little conflicted. He had not even completed half of the task assigned to him by his master. Moreover, if he chose to leave here now, he would not be able to take away all these weak skeleton soldiers. He could only take away the elites among them.

Then you have to start over in another place, find out the situation, and then summon skeletons. It is extremely time-consuming and energy-consuming.

And safety cannot be absolutely guaranteed.

"First, find out how powerful the evil dragon lords here are, how many there are, and the strength of the monsters under their command."

We have to take risks both ways, so we certainly can't give up this army of skeletons easily.

As a member of the Howling Grays, a hostile force in the Emerald Dream, Mare had a general understanding of the organizational structure of this evil dragon force.

In addition to the key regional nodes guarded by powerful dragons and high-level followers, the vast dream sphere of influence is populated by more underage dragon lords.

The growth stages range from adolescence to young adulthood.

"If it's a teenage or even a stronger dragon lord, I'll leave here immediately!" Mare thought secretly.

If it was just a teenage Dragon Lord, Mare wouldn't be that afraid.

Dragons are immortal species, so it is difficult for them to grow faster.

Even a young dragon in his twenties is only at level five at best.

Mare is also level five. Although he certainly cannot defeat a dragon of the same level in a one-on-one fight, he is a skeleton spellcaster. Who wants to fight a dragon in a one-on-one fight?
Of course, he would hide behind and control the undead army, then launch a surprise attack.

And if it is a younger dragon, then
"Bone dragon!" Mare said eagerly.

This is a powerful undead species with high potential, and is one of the best among all undead races.

Emerald Academy.

Black Dragon Castle.

A young black dragon lay in a comfortable nest with its head and tail intertwined.

The black dragon's body length from head to tail reaches eight and a half meters.

The sturdy limbs were covered with dragon scales, and the extremely strong muscles were faintly undulating. At the temples, the pair of forward-curved dragon horns were beginning to take shape.

The whole dragon looked more ferocious and hideous than ever before.

The dragon's accurate sense of time instinctively reminded Leon.

Leon slowly opened his dragon eyes and looked around the luxurious and spacious dragon nest. With some nostalgia, he muttered to himself in a low voice,

“It’s time.”

Just today, its dragon age reached eleven years old, and it entered the growth stage of a juvenile dragon.

I will never be able to eat free, delicious and nutritious monster meat again.

There is no longer a dragon castle that can gather elemental power for people to live in.

The black dragon raised his head slightly, his eyes showing a hint of melancholy.

It's just melancholy.

The powerful force flowing in the dragon's body and the protection of several trump cards gave Leon enough self-confidence.

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(End of this chapter)