Dark Wizard: Rise! My undead army!

Thomas paused, then lowered his voice:

"Eileen is still the same as always, preferring to be alone. In order to speed up her cultivation, she has been taking on missions like crazy, and has suffered quite a few injuries during this period."

"As for Mary..."

Thomas glanced in one direction at the market, looking somewhat hesitant to speak.

Lynn waved his hand to indicate that he understood the situation.

Thomas also knew that Mary originally wanted to rely on Lynn, but he didn't like her. Now she had "betrayed" Lynn and turned to someone else.

But since he didn't know the details, he stopped talking and started talking about others.

"The most troublesome one is Benjamin..."

"Oh? What's wrong with Benjamin?"

"That kid is too cowardly."

Thomas frowned.

"The last time I saw him was seven or eight days ago. He was huddled in a corner, saying that someone was watching him and he felt like he was about to be captured and experimented on at any moment."

"After I took him back to his dorm, he stayed inside and refused to go out."

"After that, I lost all contact with him. I searched for him in several places he frequented, but I couldn't find him."

"When I asked the steward, he only said that according to the rules, no action would be taken if an apprentice had been missing for less than a month."

A month of being out of contact before taking action? What kind of action? Ashes?

Thomas looked at the bustling market, where most of the apprentices wore menacing expressions, and sighed.

"This place is too dark... Lynn, I'm afraid not many of the people from Blackswamp City will make it through."

"I know you have your own ideas, but I still hope you can help them as much as you can."

Lynn listened silently, his face expressionless, and made no comment.

To help out?

How can I help?

Why should I help?

Why does everyone ask me for help?

Just because we're from the same city?

Come on, we're dark wizards!

I'm not that noble...

Lynn patted Thomas on the shoulder and didn't say anything more.

He changed the subject, took a magic stone from his ring, and placed it on the stall.

"Get me two bone daggers."

Seeing that Lynn did not respond, Thomas knew what he meant, so he sighed and said no more.

Buying two bone daggers with one magic stone is already an extremely extravagant thing, after all, they are just undead weapons.

Thomas didn't hesitate and picked out the two best bone daggers gleaming with an eerie light from the stall.

"These two daggers were made from a piece of unknown animal bone that I traded with my mentor. The material is extremely sturdy, and they are very sharp. What do you think of them?"

Lynn picked it up and tried it out; it felt pretty good.

Bone tools are lighter than iron tools, and those made from the bones of supernatural beings are much more effective at transmitting energy than iron tools.

Having achieved his goal, Lynn said goodbye to Thomas and then turned and left the stall, his figure quickly disappearing into the chaotic crowd.

Lynn left the market.

This "shopping trip" was very fruitful; I not only recorded a lot of witchcraft, but also obtained a "powerful baby".

We're running low on magic stones, so we need to find a way to get some more.

...

Back in his dorm room, Kevin was sitting cross-legged on the stone bed, meditating.

Seeing Lynn return, he reluctantly ended his meditation and ran to the door to close it.

These past few days, Kevin suddenly felt that Lynn's meditation was having a greater impact, and even when he hid by the door, the effect of his meditation was still very poor.

If it weren't for the extreme danger outside, Kevin would have wanted to run as far away as possible.

Lynn was also aware of this; once the analysis of meditation reached 100%, the effect and scope of meditation greatly increased.

All he could say to Kevin was this.

"So what?!"

After Kevin left the dormitory, Lynn took the curled-up black skeleton out of the bone ring, preparing to activate it.

He inscribed the analyzed [Weak Necromancer Domination] onto his spiritual core, thus completely mastering this trick.

Although the skeleton is humanoid, it differs slightly from human bones, with smoother lines and longer arms.

After the skeleton was released, Lynn immediately lifted the restriction, preparing to subdue it first.

It immediately struggled to stand up, the two faint sparks of soul fire in its eye sockets flickering violently, radiating chaotic and resistant mental fluctuations.

"Quiet."

Lynn let out a low shout, and his mental power spread out like invisible tentacles, unleashing [Weak Necromancer's Domination].

A forceful power enveloped the black skull, attempting to suppress its instinctive resistance.

However, the Black Skull's soul is not weak, and the effect of [Weak Undead Domination] is extremely limited. The Black Skull could "rebel" at any time.

This was under the influence of Lin En's extraordinary soul talent. If it were an ordinary apprentice, they would probably be countered by the skeleton after only three to five seconds.

Lynn dared not be negligent, and activated the [Analysis] function at full power, instantly scanning out the most core node deep within its soul fire.

Ten seconds later, the analysis was finally completed.

[Analysis complete: The optimal location for the mental imprint is on the inner side of the skull, one-third of the way above the foramen magnum.]

The panel provides the precise location.

Lynn immediately focused his mental energy into a sharp needle, bypassing the skeleton's chaotic mental defenses, and precisely pierced the node!

"Buzz—"

The black skeleton's entire skeletal structure trembled violently, its struggling movements instantly freezing, and the chaotic soul fire in its eye sockets gradually began to pulse regularly.

A spiritual imprint belonging to Lynn has been etched deep within its core.

After completing this step, Lynn breathed a huge sigh of relief; he had finally subdued the enemy.

This uniform cannot achieve long-term control; the duration of control varies depending on the strength of the undead being controlled.

Lynn made a rough estimate.

With his superior soul power, optimal mental imprint, and 100% control over the [Weak Necromancer Domination] skill, he needs to reinforce his "mental imprint" every ten minutes.

This is already quite remarkable, considering the Black Skull's strength is extraordinary, and the method by which I control it is only a level 0 trick.

Other apprentices could probably only control ordinary undead of the same rank for a minute.

Under Lynn's control, the skeleton performed a series of fighting and dodging maneuvers.

Their movements were remarkably smooth, unlike the clumsiness of ordinary skeleton soldiers.

He tossed the high-quality bone dagger he had previously reserved at Thomas's stall to the Shadow Skeleton.

It grabbed it and instantly refined it.

The black skull finger bones deftly flipped the dagger, then gripped it firmly and tentatively began to swing it.

Its movements are fluid, without the stiffness of an ordinary skeleton.

Lynn had initially thought that Black Skull's high bone density would make him rather clumsy, but to his surprise, it didn't affect his movements at all.

The black skeleton's attributes were significantly superior to those of the ordinary skeleton, and when it unleashed its full speed, even Lynn had difficulty reacting.

No wonder it's called a "top-quality baby"!

Soon, a "Dual Blade Style: Black Skull" wielding a dagger with impressive skill appeared before Lynn.

The method of using the dagger is recorded in the [Memory Library], so there is no need to learn it again.

The academy's skeletal remains repository contains all sorts of knowledge, including all eighteen martial arts skills, and Lynn collected them all.

Hmm... The knight's path of training is also included, including the most advanced knight breathing technique—the [Corona Breathing Technique].

It is said that when one cultivates to a high level, one can transform into a great sun and burn away everything in the world.

Of course, it cannot be compared to the path of the wizard, otherwise this top-notch breathing technique would not be placed in the "general" knowledge section at the bottom of the library.

The "life energy" condensed by the knight and the negative energy particles absorbed by the black wizard clashed, making it impossible for the two to cultivate together.

Although Lynn felt some regret after learning about it, she had no choice but to give up.

Wizards have many ways to strengthen their bodies; they don't necessarily have to follow the path of knighthood.

Looking at the black skeleton that had finished its work, Lynn pondered for a moment and then gave it a catchy name—Wu Liuqi.