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Chapter 77 The Three Major Schools of Necromancerry (Please continue reading)

Nonsense, the Bone Summoning Staff and the Black Jade Ring are worth 1680 magic stones, while the Banshee's Finger and the Scorched Wood Short Staff, not counting the crystal ball, are only worth 1190 magic stones.

The price difference is a whopping 490 magic stones!

Even the face of the top freshman isn't worth that much money.

Richard smiled, said nothing, and slowly took out two boxes from his pocket and handed them to Tulio.

"Senior Tulio, don't get excited yet. How about adding these?"

Tulio looked at Richard's confident demeanor and opened the boxes one by one with considerable suspicion.

The first box contained ten bottles of red Fire Dance Star, while the other box contained thirty packs of Silver Moon Dust.

Richard had taken them all from his dormitory before coming to the trading area.

Upon seeing these two items, Tulio's expression immediately improved. A sly smile appeared on his face, but he quickly suppressed it, shaking his head and saying, "It's still a little short!"

After hearing this, Richard turned and walked outside.

"Oh, then I'll check out another place! What a pity, this is the optimized Fire Dance Star!"

Upon hearing this, the fat man Tulio immediately jumped up.

An optimized version? Could it be the improved Fire Dance Star by Richard's mentor, the wizard Seras?

Wow! That's a real gem! Things from a proper wizard rarely end up among wizarding apprentices.

A small amount leaked out, usually through a favorite disciple, and only occasionally!

Clearly, Richard, as the top student among the new generation, must be the beloved disciple of the wizard Seras.

"Wait, Richard, wait! The optimized Fire Dance Star? Deal! Deal!"

Richard, who had already reached the door, heard the fat Tulio's urgent call behind him. He turned around with a smile and said, "Sure, but I'll have to trouble Senior Tulio to do me a small favor."

"Help me remove the crystal ball from the Banshee's Finger and re-attach it to the Bone Summoning Staff!"

Fat Tulio's expression changed several times before he finally let out a heavy sigh: "Fine! But next time, if there are any items improved by the wizard Celes, remember to sell them to me first!"

Richard smiled without saying a word!

An hour later, a delighted Richard returned to his dormitory.

Holding the bone summoning staff inlaid with a crystal ball, Richard couldn't wait to begin his summoning attempt.

A moment later, accompanied by Richard's chanting, the inverted pentagram magic circle projected on the ground began to light up with a pale green glow.

Mental energy, through the summoning skeleton sorcery model in his mind, began to slowly flow into the magic circle via the White Bone Summoning Staff at a special frequency. Instantly, a bright green light shone in the center of the magic circle.

But this time when Richard entered the Netherworld, he felt that his mental energy probing was much easier than before, which he thought was probably due to the Bone Summoning Staff.

After Richard probed the Netherworld with his spiritual tendrils, he was surprised to find that the countless unknown spiritual energy orbs responded to him much more enthusiastically than before.

It seems that those previously indifferent psychic orbs have become much more friendly towards him, and he can now barely manage to summon them.

Even undead like skeleton warriors and skeleton archers, who were originally beyond the reach of spiritual power, no longer seemed so unattainable.

Richard felt that if he just tiptoed a little, he could reach them!

The three sword-and-shield skeletons that had been marked by Richard were now enthusiastically calling out to him, beckoning him to come over.

But Richard refused.

This time, he wanted to test just how powerful the skeleton soldiers he could summon were.

Thus, his mental tendrils kept coming into contact with the unknown mental energy orb, and each contact was a constant exchange of information.

Strong enough to chat! No shield? Move on, next!

Have a shield? Let's talk! No "Strong" prefix? Move on, next!

Finally, Richard vaguely sensed that the time was almost up.

When he came to his senses, he found that he had already made a summoning pact with four strong skeleton soldiers!

That's right, four! Not three!

Instantly, the inverted pentagram magic circle on the ground shone brightly with green light, and a thick, white skeletal hand emerged from it.

Then, three, then four.

Eight skeletal hands emerged from the ground!

Four skeleton soldiers, each wielding a shield and an iron sword, crawled out of the inverted pentagram magic circle, their empty eye sockets glowing with deep green soul fire.

These four skeleton soldiers were all covered in black armor, wielding swords and shields, and had tall, thick bones with intact skeletons.

They were at least half a head taller than the original three sword and shield skeletons, and their bones were also more robust.

Even compared to the Skeleton Warrior, it seems to be only missing a nose shield.

Richard was thrilled. This was the first time he had summoned such powerful skeleton soldiers, and he had even summoned four of them at the same time!

In addition, after this summoning, he did not feel dizzy, but only mentally exhausted, unlike last time when he was directly dizzy.

Tsk tsk, the effect of the advanced sorcery item, the Staff of Bone Summoning, is comparable to that of a top-tier sorcery item for him!

Unfortunately, I'm in the dorm right now, so I can't properly test the skeleton soldiers' combat power. I can't just keep cutting down chairs, can I?

Even cutting down chairs now doesn't reveal how much stronger the skeletons are compared to the last one.

However, Richard still felt a little guilty towards the three sword-and-shield skeletons who had left their mark.

Sigh! I'm not the kind of guy who forgets his old flame just because he has a new one. I'll definitely call you guys out next time!

Although he was mentally exhausted, Richard was very excited. He couldn't sleep at this hour; he still had to hurry up and finish making the alchemical bomb!

It's worth noting that this purchase of the Black Jade Ring and the White Bone Summoning Staff consumed a significant amount of Fire Dance Star and Silver Moon Dust reserves!

It's always good to be prepared and to do more.

Moreover, Richard had already prepared a lot of raw materials beforehand, so he just needed to work a little harder to refine them all at the alchemy lab.

Two hours later, a exhausted Richard returned to his dormitory. He was so tired that he fell asleep immediately!

The next morning, Richard received a notification. Just as his mentor Seras had said, all wizard apprentices were to gather at the School Square at nine o'clock in the morning for a mobilization meeting.

When Richard slowly walked to the School Square, the scene before him stunned him.

Two enormous airships floated above the Ignis School's territory. One airship had a picture of an abnormally obese humanoid monster painted on its surface. Every piece of skin on its body seemed to be pieced together from various places, with intestines showing at the seams.

Besides its two exceptionally strong arms, the humanoid monster also had several small hands holding weapons such as chains and iron hooks, while its two large hands held a boning knife in one hand and a meat-cutting axe in the other.

Isn't this just the infamous Giant Abomination?

The other one depicts a gaunt, skeletal humanoid creature wearing a hood and a magnificent wizard's robe, holding a long skull staff, its empty eye sockets gleaming with a deep red light.

This design seems to be the ultimate form of a necromancer—the lich!

In the square, a large group of wizarding apprentices from their own school were discussing the matter animatedly.

"Holy crap! The insignia on this airship is the same as the insignia of the other two major necromancy schools, the Ring of North and the Academy of Gurus! Could it be that they've sent people here too?" a knowledgeable second-level necromancer apprentice exclaimed in surprise.

"Hiss! Is this some big move? Could it be related to that beam of light from yesterday?"

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