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Chapter 74 Clearance Mission (Please continue reading)

Upon hearing Meiluo's anxious tone, Richard knew that something must have happened.

Richard immediately followed Melo and hurried to the second-floor laboratory of his mentor, Seras.

Along the way, Richard tried to ask Meiluo if she knew what had happened, but Meiluo looked around, shook her head, and said that she would know when she got to her mentor.

Seeing how cautious Meiluo was, Richard immediately understood that Meiluo must know something, but she couldn't reveal it.

The wizard apprentices of all levels they encountered along the way all looked hurried!

As soon as the two arrived on the second floor, they heard the voice of their mentor, Seras, coming from inside.

"You two come in! Ahem." This time, Seras wasn't conducting an experiment; it seemed he was waiting specifically for Richard.

Richard was immediately shocked when he entered the room. His mentor was pale and bloodless, and was coughing incessantly.

He looked like he was seriously injured.

"Master, are you injured?"

"I'm fine, just a minor injury!" Seras waved his hand and said.

"You both saw what happened this afternoon, right? I can't reveal the specifics because it involves top secret. But as my disciples, I hope you two will prepare in advance."

Tomorrow, the school should organize all wizarding apprentices to participate in wartime missions.

Richard's expression hardened, and he couldn't help but ask, "Mentor, has the situation deteriorated to this extent?"

If the opponent is truly a Shadow Hunter or even higher level, it's barely acceptable for second or third-level wizard apprentices to participate in the battle, but sending first-level wizard apprentices to participate is no different from sending them to their deaths.

When Seras saw Richard's expression, he couldn't help but laugh: "Richard, what are you thinking? We have already repelled the enemy, but the school's official wizards are still stationed near the passage to prevent them from making a comeback."

cough.

In the previous battle, some of the Night Elf's vassal races were defeated and fled in all directions, so wizard apprentices were sent to clean up these fodder.

At that time, third-level wizard apprentices will fight independently, while second-level and first-level wizard apprentices will be mixed into small teams to carry out the extermination.

Generally, one or two level-two apprentices lead three to four level-one apprentices, but the specific personnel arrangements are not yet clear.

cough.

As for you, Richard, since you are the top freshman, although you have not yet participated in the second-level promotion assessment, the school has already recognized that you have the strength of a second-level wizard apprentice, so you will likely be recognized as a second-level wizard apprentice.

"Ahem. The top three in the freshman ranking competition will all be determined in this way."

Richard remained silent after listening.

"What? Are you scared?"

"No. It's just..." Richard hesitated, unsure of how to put it.

"Richard, you need to look at things from a different perspective. This is both a challenge and an opportunity for you! For example, this time, I finally found a material that I had been looking for for a long time—the eyeball of a dark fishman."

Things I always thought had disappeared from the main plane actually still exist in the Underdark.

Therefore, I believe that Richard, you will definitely have your opportunities and your gains.

Moreover, the wizard's path to truth will never be smooth sailing; what you need to do is increase your strength and eliminate all obstacles!

Richard wasn't in a very good mood when he left the Seres Lab!

The only thing worth mentioning is that Richard has already made an appointment with Senior Sister Meiluo, who will contact Hans, Karina, and another senior student in advance to join the team led by Richard.

The initial joy of winning the top spot among the new students had long since vanished.

Unexpectedly, the school directly recognized the top three in the ranking competition as having the strength of a second-level wizard apprentice, thus indirectly increasing the difficulty of the task for the top three freshmen.

This annoyed Richard a bit.

The vassal races of the night elves are considered lowly, but so are first-level wizard apprentices.

Small fish against small fish!

If I had known this would happen, I would have preferred to lie low, but if I had, I would have lost the banshee's finger on my hand.

However, what the mentor said wasn't wrong.

Even his own cheat codes require him to kill monsters to gain energy points, so a steady approach isn't suitable for him.

Moreover, this operation, though fraught with danger, also presents opportunities.

Who knows, I might be able to gain a large number of energy points again, thereby rapidly improving my strength.

It is also possible to obtain rare alchemical materials, just like the mentor.

However, the preparations still need to be strengthened.

The charred wooden staff buried outside the school's territory needs to be dug up immediately and sold for items that can instantly boost strength.

Given the current situation, there's no time to worry about anything else.

Moreover, he is now surrounded by the halo of the top freshman, so even if others have doubts, the school will definitely not do anything to him without real evidence.

Also, we need to bring the Soul-Devouring Spider Egg.

When you kill an enemy, you can also use their soul to feed it, killing two birds with one stone.

Finally, you need to raise the level 0 spell "Summon Skeletons" to the "Mastery" level or higher.

According to the instructor of the previous paid course "Introduction to Undead Summoning", those who are proficient at summoning skeletons have a certain chance of summoning two skeleton soldiers at the same time.

Master level, on the other hand, has a smaller chance of summoning three skeleton soldiers at the same time.

However, Richard's current mental strength is insufficient to summon the Skeleton Warrior.

It is said that one must reach a certain level of total mental energy before one can directly summon a skeleton warrior.

Otherwise, the only option is to slowly cultivate them, constantly killing enemies and using the death energy of the dead to strengthen the skeleton soldiers.

Death energy, also known as death energy, is a type of dark energy.

Similar to ice energy, ice energy belongs to the category of water energy, or rather, it is a mutated energy.

Back in his dorm, Richard immediately set out to improve his level zero sorcery, which involves summoning skeletons.

[Host is casting a level 0 spell to summon a skeleton. Do you wish to consume energy to gain inspiration for the level 0 spell to summon a skeleton?]

After glancing at the 0-1000 slider, Richard thought for a moment, then decided to drag it to the 1000 position and selected "Yes!"

This time, Richard decided to use up all his energy points and see if he could directly upgrade the Summon Skeleton skill to the Master level.

With a dizzying spin, Richard found himself in a dream world, this time in a vast, empty hall. In the center of the hall, the phantom Richard possessed held the Banshee's Finger, also inlaid with a crystal ball.

As a deep incantation rang out, the miniature magic circle carved inside the crystal ball was immediately projected onto the floor in the center of the hall.

With a crystal ball pre-printed with the magic circle, the entire summoning process becomes very simple.

A few seconds later, Richard's mental tendrils once again probed into that strange dimension.

This process of summoning, probing, and communicating continues in a loop until it ends.

After hundreds and thousands of times, Richard's mental tendrils became more and more efficient in communicating, from only being able to communicate one-on-one to being able to communicate one-on-two, and finally, he could barely communicate one-on-three.

Moreover, this time, Richard specifically tried to select skeleton soldiers who held a sword in one hand and a shield in the other.

As for why he did this, Richard had thought it through carefully and made this choice specifically based on his own combat characteristics, because Richard knew that his strength lay in his superior long-range attacks.

Therefore, if you have sword and shield skeleton soldiers who are mainly defensive and can block the enemy in front, while you attack from the rear, you will be more comfortable using either witchcraft or bows and arrows to attack.

Considering personal safety, it would be best to summon two sword and shield skeletons, one to block in front and the other to protect you from the side. Wouldn't that be wonderful!

If successful, even if he encounters an enemy like William, with extremely high attack power and lightning-fast movement speed, he will show them why the flowers are so red.

After his soul returned to his body, Richard suppressed his desire to summon things in the room.

I glanced at the panel: [Witchcraft]: Summon Skeletons (Master 7%, Arcane: Triple Summon)

A surge of joy filled his heart. It seemed that his feeling in the dream was correct. He could indeed summon three skeleton soldiers at the same time. Moreover, unlike what the instructor had said about a certain probability, if he used the secret technique, he would definitely be able to summon three skeleton soldiers.

Just two words make all the difference!

In the eyes of ordinary necromancer apprentices, Richard had already mastered the art of summoning skeletons, a relatively simple sorcery.

Huh! Controlling skeletons (Mastery 26%), Richard was greatly surprised.

I remember I was only at the proficient level before, how come I'm already at the master level?

Could this trick be related to the level zero sorcery of summoning skeletons? After all, such a significant improvement is hard to explain using the commonalities of sorcery.

Unfortunately, I have now exhausted all my energy points and can no longer try.

Originally, I could have tried raising the skill of manipulating bones to the master level first, and see if it would be of any benefit to the level zero sorcery of summoning skeletons.

After a moment's thought, Richard decided to dig out the charred wooden staff first. Since the location was not far from the school, only five or six miles away, a round trip would not take too much time.

Moreover, this is a good opportunity to test the combat effectiveness of the skeleton soldiers and my new tactics in the wild.

Covered up completely, Richard walked out of the school's compound alone.

After walking several hundred meters, Richard saw that no one was around, so he began to perform witchcraft to summon skeletons.

With the injection of a wisp of spiritual energy, the crystal ball on the Banshee's finger instantly projected a summoning circle with a diameter of three meters onto the ground.

In just over a second, three skeleton soldiers wielding swords and shields crawled out from the center of the green-glowing summoning circle.

But at the moment of success, Richard suddenly felt as if his body had been hollowed out, and his head spun!

"This is bad, it's a sign of mental exhaustion!"

Richard immediately pulled out a vial of vitality potion and gulped it down.

As Richard sat down, the three sword-and-shield skeletons dutifully formed a three-point protective formation around him.

Richard, who was resting, was very satisfied with this!

An hour later, Richard, carrying a long, thin package, began his return journey. Along the way, he encountered a sharp-toothed crocodile and immediately ordered a sword-and-shield skeleton to attack.

Although the sword and shield skeletons were clearly at a disadvantage, the gaping maw of the crocodile was temporarily unable to do anything to the skeleton soldiers.

It seems having a shield is still useful!

Richard immediately sent up another sword and shield skeleton.

Under the combined attack of two sword-and-shield skeletons, the fanged crocodile began to sustain wounds. As time passed and the wounds multiplied, the fanged crocodile began to show signs of retreating.

But Richard wasn't about to let it escape, so he sent out the last sword and shield skeleton.

Surrounded by three sword-and-shield skeletons, the sharp-toothed crocodile had no chance to escape and was worn down to death on the spot.

Richard summoned three sword-and-shield skeletons to guard his side, and for a moment he fell into deep thought.

The sword and shield skeleton was weaker than he had expected, as a sharp-toothed crocodile was roughly as strong as a human quasi-knight.

In comparison, Richard's three sword-and-shield skeletons combined are only about the same as a regular knight, and their attack power is really not high.

However, its defensive capabilities are still acceptable.

Richard had a sudden inspiration and stuffed a tube of Fire Dance Star into one of the sword and shield skeletons.

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