Outrageous! I started as the Elf King!

Chapter 11 The Resurrected Dead

After another full day, Lin Yi finally finished clearing the entire forest.

Except for a few magical beasts that escaped, all the others died at Lin Yi's hands.

A total of more than 6,000 energy crystals were harvested.

"This harvest isn't even as good as yesterday's!"

Yesterday he wiped out the swarm of vampire mosquitoes.

He collected thousands of energy crystals from those vampire mosquitoes alone.

The forest was not large enough to support many more monsters. Apart from the vampire mosquito swarm, he did not find any other large-scale monster territories, so his harvest today would be less.

"We need to find a different hunting spot tomorrow."

"The area of ​​the City Lord's Mansion is tentatively set."

The city lord's mansion is located in the northwest direction of the inner city ruins.

Lin Yi chose the City Lord's Mansion not mainly because of the number of magical beasts and monsters there, but because the treasure trove of the Elf Empire was located there.

At the same time, that area was once the most prosperous part of the entire ancient city ruins.

Although thousands of years have passed and most things have decayed and disappeared with the passage of time, Lin Yi still wanted to try her luck.

What if Lady Luck smiles upon you and you encounter a treasure that has escaped the ravages of time?

……

Lin Yi walked out of the woods.

As night fell, darkness was approaching.

He abandoned his plan to continue hunting and headed towards his territory.

This place is still several kilometers away from the territory, and large numbers of undead creatures will appear at night.

He doesn't think he should be so bold just because he's highly skilled.

Even if you want to hunt at night, you have to do it in the surrounding area of ​​the territory.

On the way back, Lin Yi suddenly heard the sounds of fighting.

They initially thought they had encountered a hunting party of elves, but upon closer inspection, they discovered that the two sides in the battle were actually undead and monsters.

That was dozens of undead knights besieging a group of giant swamp rats.

There are hundreds of swamp rats, more than ten times the number of undead knights.

However, it was the rats that suffered the slaughter.

Those undead knights were all high-level undead.

Their lowest level is seventh rank, and one even reaches ninth rank.

A single charge by the undead knights could kill a large number of swamp rats. Some swamp rats tried to break through, but they were no match for the knights and quickly fell into pools of blood.

The battle ended in less than a few minutes.

Dozens of undead knights, none were injured or killed.

The entire rat swarm was wiped out.

After dealing with the rat swarm, the undead knights quickly departed, disappearing into the dim ruins.

Shortly after the undead knights left, another undead creature appeared, wielding a bone staff and wearing tattered robes. It waved its bone staff, releasing a ghostly green light that enveloped the battlefield.

Just a few seconds later, the hundreds of dead swamp rats on the ground stood up again.

But unlike before...

By this time, some of them had already turned into skeletons.

Some turned into rotting corpses.

They were transformed into undead creatures!

"Necromancer!"

Lin Yi's expression turned somewhat serious.

In the previous two nights, he and his elven troops had killed a large number of undead creatures. But they had not encountered any high-level undead knights or similar necromancers.

Previously, the creatures hunted were just ordinary undead.

Mostly low-level, with very few being intermediate-level.

But now, he suddenly saw dozens of high-level undead.

"It must be because the death of the old tree meant that the evil and dark forces beneath the ruins could no longer be suppressed, so powerful undead were gradually born."

"I need to accelerate the development of my territory."

"We can't let these undead creatures get ahead of us."

"Otherwise, let alone clearing the entire ancient city ruins, the undead creatures in the inner city alone would be enough to give me a hard time."

Who knows if, in the future, undead creatures of the King rank or even the Extraordinary rank will emerge in the inner city? In front of the Old Tree, undead of this level are nothing.

But for Lin Yi right now, that's a big problem.

Not far away, the necromancer was preparing to leave with hundreds of resurrected undead giant rats. Upon seeing this, Lin Yi immediately threw a flaming spear at him.

The flaming spear pierced through space.

In an instant, the necromancer, who couldn't dodge in time, was pinned to the ruins of the building behind him.

A deep blue flame engulfed his entire body.

The necromancer was quickly burned to ashes.

As soon as the necromancer died, the giant undead rats immediately turned into headless flies, scurrying around aimlessly.

After Lin Yi used Fire Wall and Fireball to kill most of them, she let the remaining undead giant rats escape into the darkness.

They're all easy targets and low-level monsters; chasing them is pointless.

All we need to do is kill that necromancer.

These undead creatures pose a greater threat on the battlefield than the undead knights.

Because it can resurrect the dead.

As long as the soul fire of an undead creature is not completely extinguished, even if it is reduced to fragments, a necromancer can use magic to combine them to form a new soul fire and thus resurrect the fallen undead.

After cleaning up the battlefield, Lin Yi went straight back to her territory.

"The elf hunting teams should all be back."

"Go and see how their harvest is today."

"If we have enough energy crystals, we can upgrade the Ancient Tree of War and unlock even more powerful elven units!"

……

Shortly after Lin Yi's return, the elves who had gone out hunting also returned one after another.

Just like yesterday, many elves were carrying bulging leather bundles on their backs. The difference was that there were more bundles today, and they were also larger.

As usual, a headcount was taken.

No elven units were killed, but a few were wounded.

Upon inquiry, it was learned that they had encountered a formidable enemy while hunting.

Some were attacked by high-level magical beasts, while others, like Lin Yi, encountered high-level undead creatures.

The latter accounts for the majority.

"As expected, my guess was correct."

"Powerful undead creatures are gradually resurrecting."

Lin Yi knew that the plan to upgrade the War Tree was now urgent.

He not only needs to expand the size of his elf army, but also needs to have stronger elf units.

Currently, upgrading the Ancient of War is the only shortcut.

Soon, the elves handed over the counted spoils to Lin Yi.

"Your Majesty, we have collected a total of 53,749 energy crystals and 352 magic cores today. Additionally, a small team discovered this in the ruins..."

As she spoke, the tall elf took out a gray-black magic book.

The spellbook is made from the hide of an unknown magical beast.

It looks very heavy overall.

Lin Yi took the magic book and opened it.

The primary purpose of spellbooks is to record knowledge, magical skills, potion-making insights, forging techniques, and so on. With the help of spellbooks, practitioners can comprehend and master knowledge more quickly.

Generally speaking, as long as one connects their mental consciousness with the magic book, they can access the information recorded within.

The magic book found by the elf team contains magical skills.

This is exactly what Lin Yi urgently needs right now.

Unfortunately, most of the book's pages had been eaten by insects, and many pages were even missing a large portion. The magic circle used to establish a mental connection had also been damaged and was almost useless.

"What a pity."

Just as Lin Yi was about to return the magic book to the elf so that he could take it and do whatever he wanted with it.

The system's voice suddenly rang in his mind.

The host can consume energy crystals to repair the damaged spellbook.

[Not just spellbooks, but most damaged items can be repaired by consuming energy crystals. The higher the item's level, the greater the cost.]

(End of this chapter)