Dark Wizard: Rise! My undead army!

Lynn looked around and saw that many apprentices were practicing witchcraft here. It would not be wise to make a move at this time.

He stopped arguing, gave Holm a cold look as if to remember his face, and then turned and left the training ground.

Holm watched Lynn's "shameful" departing figure, chuckled smugly, and walked in another direction, preparing to go back and practice the optimized witchcraft.

But he didn't notice that a subtle spiritual imprint had silently adhered to his shaman's robe through the contact just now.

Lynn hung far behind him, her [Mental Perception] fully activated, locking onto his location.

If we don't avenge this, our resolve will not be at peace!

In high spirits, Holm soon realized someone was following him and casually cast a detection spell.

Upon recognizing Lynn, Holm was initially taken aback, then a sinister smile spread across his face.

"Are there really people who aren't afraid of death? Do they really think that useless death knight can hold their own? Fine, it'll show you the consequences of offending a second-class apprentice!"

He deliberately quickened his pace, leading Lynn through a maze of turns to an abandoned storage site on the edge of the academy.

This place contains some low-value "parts" and is rarely visited.

Walking into a pile of abandoned skeletons, Holm suddenly turned around, grinning maliciously at Lynn who had followed him:

"Kid, I gave you a chance and you didn't do it right, so don't blame me for being ruthless!"

Before he could finish speaking, Lynn had already moved!

The Death Knight charged out from behind Lynn like a heavy tank, his skeletal greatsword slashing straight at Holm with a fierce wind!

"court death!"

Holm snorted coldly and quickly summoned his strongest undead—a level 2 Skeleton Hunter wielding a bone knife and moving with agility!

The hunter deftly dodged the death knight's heavy slash, and the two instantly became entangled in combat, with bone fragments flying everywhere.

Holm himself began chanting, preparing to use his signature apprentice-level sorcery, the Negative Energy Ray, to finish off Lynn first.

However, Lynn was faster than him!

He raised his hand and interrupted Holm's spellcasting with a [Weak Soul Impact], followed by a skeletal claw that slammed down hard.

Holm hadn't expected Lynn's spellcasting speed to be so fast. He had no soul protection measures and took a solid soul impact.

Fortunately, the second-class wizard apprentice had relatively high "resistance" and recovered after only a moment of dizziness.

However, the [Negative Energy Ray] in his hand completely collapsed.

Seeing a bone claw reaching for him, Holm's expression changed, and he quickly pulled out a bone shield from his body and activated it.

The bone shield instantly enlarged, firmly blocking the bone claws.

As a physically weak wizard apprentice, survival is always the top priority.

So it makes sense to carry a shield with you, right?

It must be said that before mastering true witchcraft, magic tricks have a very weak effect on Bone Shield.

Whether it's [Small Fireball], or [Small Water Arrow], or [Small Wind Blade], they are all difficult to break through the bone shield.

Holm could safely cast spells from behind the bone shield, remaining invincible.

That was indeed what he thought, and seeing that the bone claws couldn't do anything to him, he began chanting again.

This time, the chant is the optimized version of [Acid Splash]. Holm is preparing to use Lynn's optimized sorcery to send him on his way!

Seeing that the bone claws were ineffective, Lynn abandoned his ranged attacks and instead rushed towards Holm.

My magical power is not as strong as Holm's, so I must finish this battle quickly!

As he ran, [Shadow Occlusion] took effect, and his figure became blurry in the dim environment.

[Weak Soul Impact] shot towards Holm as if it were free, interrupting his spellcasting rhythm.

"Damn it!"

Holm was constantly affected by the soul impact and had no chance to fight back.

They had originally planned to hold out until their own Skeleton Hunters killed that damned Death Knight and then come to their aid.

But the Death Knights are not weak; they are currently locked in a fierce battle with the Bone Hunters.

Seeing Lynn rush towards him, Holm drew a dagger from his waist, held a shield in one hand and the dagger in the other, and charged directly at Lynn with the shield against him.

Kid, you're dumbfounded, aren't you! Let me show you what a melee wizard is all about!

Looking at Holm's grinning face, Lynn remained completely calm. As Holm approached, his own shadow spread out.

As Holm charged forward, the shadow beneath his feet began to wriggle, and a figure that was almost blending into the environment burst forth from the shadows like a ghost!

[Shadow Strike] activated!

The skeletal dagger, imbued with armor-piercing and soul-disrupting power, pierced precisely toward Holm's back!

"What?!"

Holm's hair stood on end, and he subconsciously conjured a thin shield of negative energy.

"Pfft!"

The shield was torn apart like paper, and the dagger pierced deep into his body.

"ah--!!"

The intense pain, accompanied by a needle-like disturbance to his soul, instantly froze Holm, and his screams abruptly ceased.

At the same time, Lynn cast Soul Sting again, adding the control effect.

Holm's movements became completely distorted, and the bone shield and dagger in his hands fell to the ground.

Wu Liuqi struck successfully and, without pausing, sprang up from the ground, his dagger aimed fiercely at Holm's throat.

Take this!

Pfft!

The fragile throat was no match for the dagger, and the bone dagger pierced right through it.

Holm's wide eyes were filled with disbelief, astonishment, and fear. He seemed to want to say something, but in the end, he just collapsed to the ground with regret, his breath quickly fading away.

He, a dignified second-class apprentice, was actually killed in one-on-one by a first-class apprentice!

It really was... a failure...

With its master dead, the soul fire in the skeleton hunter's eyes flickered violently before it went berserk, attacking the death knight with frenzy.

Lynn commanded Wu Liuqi to join the battle, and they quickly tore the out-of-control undead into a pile of bones, and Lynn put away the soul fire.

It can be reassembled if needed later.

After completing his last mission, the out-of-control Death Knight tried to attack Wu Liuqi, but fortunately, Lynn recalled Wu Liuqi in time and re-imprinted the mental mark on the Death Knight.

The battle was over, and Lynn's magical power was almost depleted. He didn't dare to delay and quickly cleaned up the battlefield.

If someone tries to take advantage of the situation, it will be difficult to deal with them.

Fortunately, the place was deserted, so Holm had chosen an excellent burial site for himself.

Lynn found a money pouch on Holm's body containing twenty-six magic stones, some not-so-precious magical materials, and a small black cloth bag.

It was a palm-sized black cloth bag engraved with imprisoning runes.

Lynn had seen it at the Apprentice Market; it seemed to be called something like "Secondary Soul-Sealing Bag," specifically designed for temporarily storing and carrying undead creatures!

Its interior is filled with negative energy, and the space is quite large, a full three cubic meters, enough to cramm in a considerable number of the dead.

Remove Holm's "Dark Silver" identity plaque and transfer all 364 contribution points to your own plaque.

Fortunately, this thing doesn't require any identity verification, otherwise the contribution points would be wasted.

After the stranger transferred all the contribution points, the academy knew that Holm was definitely dead.

The magic array on the dark silver plaque automatically destroyed itself, losing all its functions and becoming a normal piece of material.

Looking at the magic stone and the soul-sealing bag in his hand, and then thinking about the mere 8 contribution points for the mission, Lynn suddenly felt enlightened.

Good heavens! We've taken the wrong path!

The loot from fighting a battle is far better than what you get from honestly completing missions!

It turns out that in this tower of withered bones, "robbery" is the shortcut to getting rich!

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Sorry, my previous statement that second-class apprentices mastered first-circle witchcraft and third-class apprentices mastered second-circle witchcraft was incorrect. It has now been revised to second- and third-class apprentices mastering apprentice-level witchcraft, and first-class apprentices mastering level zero magic. The "free" first-circle witchcraft mentioned earlier has been changed to apprentice-level witchcraft. Please be aware...