My necromancer career begins at Hogwarts

Chapter 87 Skeleton Unicorn

When Maurice reappeared from the shadows, the forest had returned to its usual tranquility.

He looked around and breathed a slight sigh of relief.

Those damn unicorns kept him hidden in the shadows for almost half an hour.

He almost choked on his breath.

I don't know who wrote the book "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them," but they actually claimed that unicorns are gentle, non-aggressive animals.

What happened to the promise that unicorns would never attack wizards unless provoked, and would only run away if they encountered danger?

Morris was certain that the author had never experienced being chased by five or six angry unicorns.

He clearly didn't do anything wrong, not even a little bit of malice, but perhaps he did have some bad thoughts.

When he saw the unicorn carcass, for a moment he considered turning it into an undead creature.

But it only lasted for a moment.

It is important to know that one of the requirements for performing a ritual to transform an undead creature is that the person being transformed must have a strong will to live and not resist becoming an undead creature.

For a pure and sacred creature like a unicorn, it would be a miracle if the transformation were successful.

There is no hope of success unless the transformation involves a long-dead unicorn or simply a unicorn skeleton.

Because at that time, the unicorn's soul had completely dissipated, and even if it became an undead creature, it was almost just an empty shell, only able to understand and execute the simplest commands.

Just like those first-stage skeletal dogs.

Of course, the above theory is just Morris's speculation, and further research is needed to determine its validity.

Forget it, there's no point in thinking about it now.

Morris stretched his stiff shoulders and neck, then turned and walked toward the clearing in the woods.

When he arrived at the destination, he found that the unicorn herd had disappeared, and the corpse had also vanished without a trace.

All that remained at the scene were the unicorn's messy footprints and a few stray hairs of its mane.

They really didn't leave him any chance at all.

Morris sighed.

However, it was within expectations.

He took out the compass again, and it still pointed steadily in one direction, most likely the location of the unicorn's corpse.

It would be unwise to provoke those unicorns again.

Fortunately, Morris had set up a reset function on the compass. By simply turning the pointer counterclockwise once, the current target could be skipped and the pointer could be pointed to the next location that met the criteria.

Well then, let's get back to work.

Around noon, the sun rose high overhead and made a rare appearance, casting a few rays of sunlight.

Morris had been wandering around the Forbidden Forest all morning.

Although he encountered two patrolling centaurs, he managed to evade them with the help of fireworks and remained undetected.

His haul was meager; he found only a skeleton resembling a wolf or dog by a stream, along with the corpses of several giant eight-eyed spiders.

But he didn't take the giant spider's corpse with him because those spiders, which were larger than an adult, were too ugly and had a strong, sour, putrid smell.

Even after shrinking it and putting it in his backpack, he thought it was dirty.

Immature spiders are better; they're small and very cute.

At that moment, Maurice suddenly realized something very important: he hadn't brought any food with him.

Even though he was a wizard, he still needed to eat.

If possible, he would prefer to eat some dessert.

So he decided to search for one last place before returning to the castle.

Following the compass, Maurice arrived at an extremely large ancient tree.

This tree is incredibly thick; it would take ten people to encircle it.

After careful inspection, he discovered that the compass was not pointing at the tree itself, but rather at the ground beneath it.

What's buried underground... could it be a grave?

Morris immediately became interested.

He had never experienced digging up graves in either of his lives.

"Sorry to bother you."

Morris muttered something under his breath, then used the Bone Summoning spell to summon a shovel made of bone.

He waved his wand and cast a spell on the shovel.

The shovel immediately started moving on its own, efficiently scooping up the soil and tossing it aside.

Such efficiency earned Maurice's satisfied nod.

He learned this automatic digging spell from a book; the inventor was a professional tomb raider who made a living from it.

Incidentally, the inventor was currently on vacation in Azkaban.

Azkaban certified, trustworthy!

The object under the soil wasn't buried very deep. Before long, the bone shovel touched and dug out a thick hind leg bone.

It doesn't look like a human.

As the soil was removed, more details were revealed.

Ribs, spine, the other leg bone...

In the end, he roughly pieced together the skeleton of an adult horse, with a spiral horn on its forehead that shimmered with a dim silver light.

unicorn!

It really is a unicorn!

Moreover, it was a complete unicorn skeleton, complete with its horns still intact!

Morris couldn't help but feel a little excited.

He checked his surroundings to make sure no other creatures were lurking, then carefully used a shrinking spell to shrink the entire unicorn skeleton and put it into his backpack.

The backpack suddenly felt much heavier.

Afterwards, Morris used a directional charm to find the right direction and leave the scene.

Before leaving, he made sure to restore the pit to its original state.

The lucky and wonderful Forbidden Forest journey ended perfectly with a unicorn skeleton!

Back in his dorm, Maurice removed the skeleton and placed it on the floor.

Then, he took out a book he had gotten from Frick called "The Skeletons of 100 Fantastic Beasts Explained" from the drawer.

He turned to the chapter on "Unicorns" in the book and began to meticulously adjust the details of the skeleton according to the book.

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The skeleton is quite old, yet it shows almost no damage, with even the slightest cracks being extremely rare.

All I can say is that it truly lives up to its name as a unicorn.

Finally, all the bones were properly aligned, not one missing.

This also means that the unicorn's carcass was intentionally buried, perhaps by its own kind, or perhaps by a human.

But no matter what, Maurice didn't care at all.

He immediately set up a magic circle in the room to transform undead creatures.

"The world of the living has not forgotten you, and the peaceful rest of death is not the end of your story."

As the chanting ended, the magic circle was successfully activated, and the scarlet lines began to flow, all of them drilling into the skeleton.

The unicorn skeleton, which had been lying quietly, slowly stood up amidst a series of grinding sounds from its bones.

At the same time, two dark blue flames suddenly ignited in the unicorn's empty eye sockets.

Even more striking is the spiral horn on its forehead, which has turned a deep black. A wisp of blue flame also flickers and dances on its surface.

"Whew~~"

A neighing sound rang directly in Morris's mind, carrying a hint of intimacy.

The skeletal unicorn has been successfully born!

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