Wizard: Grinding experience starting with Knight's Breathing Technique

Chapter 97: Lonely Souls of Hell, Granted a New Life! (1st Update! 3800 words, please subscribe!)

On the lake, the great knight's body was dragged ashore by Li Wei.

Li Wei stripped off his armor and everything else.

Most of his belongings had been burned by the Flame Stream Mark.

"Damn it, thank goodness this guy didn't bring any breathing technique inheritance diagrams, otherwise I would have been heartbroken if they had been burned," Li Wei suddenly thought.

However, if given the chance again, Li Wei would still do the same thing. Breathing techniques are valuable, but life is even more precious.

In the end, he found several hundred gold coins, a shark-tooth broadsword, and a half-burnt portrait on the great knight. When he saw the half-face on the portrait, Li Wei immediately remembered where he had seen it before.

"I obtained the 'Exorcism Manual' from the middle-aged nobleman I killed before. That person was connected to the Duke of Black Mountain, and the Duke of Black Mountain sent this Grand Knight to find that person."

"Could it be that the Duke of Black Mountain is also searching for clues about the wizard? Does he also know the secrets of the four extraordinary families?" Li Wei pondered.

"Heh, anyway, the inheritance is mine now. This time, I snatched it away, that old dog Black Mountain must be furious." What's most infuriating is that Duke Black Mountain has no idea who snatched it away.

In the end, Li Wei gained nothing from the great knight except for the gold coins and the shark-tooth broadsword.

"This is a piece of junk sword. The only decent thing is the material. I added some mithril. I'll reforge it when I get back, but I'll let this big guy continue using it."

The big guy died, and Li Wei didn't even know his name.

It doesn't matter what he was called before; from now on, Li Wei will call him "Demon Shark".

"What I'm really looking forward to is what's coming next."

"Mark of Hell!"

Li Wei took out the Core of the Dead.

The Hell Seal requires a ready-made corpse to cast.

In other words, they were similar to "corpse drivers".

"A corpse at the level of a Great Knight, after being resurrected through the Mark of Hell, should at least have the combat strength of a peak Knight," Li Wei thought to himself.

The Hellish Mark spell requires some other materials.

After hiding the great knight's body, Li Wei returned to Icewind City.

……

Silver Mountain Castle.

The handsome Earl of Silver Mountain, dressed in brand-new armor, looked at himself in the mirror.

"Perfect," Earl Silver Mountain muttered to himself.

I don't know if it's praising the armor or praising itself.

Shortly after, his men came in.

"My lord, an invitation has been sent to Master Terra, and we are to meet at the Shining Tavern in three days."

"Alright, you may leave." Earl Silver Mountain gazed at the mirror in deep thought, recalling the Frost Heart that had appeared at the auction.

He was a renowned nobleman and a great knight in this kingdom.

He sees and knows more than the average person.

The world has changed since the turn of the millennium.

The church's shift from being unwilling to acknowledge the existence of evil spirits before the millennium to beginning to do so is a fascinating change in attitude.

Across the country, incidents of demonic attacks are on the rise year by year. Of course, the number of people killed by demonic attacks is still a fraction of the natural and man-made disasters such as war and famine.

However, this is not a good sign.

If we say that demonic attacks are only a low-probability event.

The frequent snow demon invasions in the Eternal Night Kingdom were almost a harbinger of the coming Dark Ages.

Although snow demons are not as terrifying as evil spirits and are physical beings that can be killed by ordinary people, their numbers are increasing day by day.

Based on the information currently available to Earl Silver Mountain, the Snow Demons seem to be a mutation of some residents of the Eternal Night Kingdom.

No one knows when this cataclysmic event began, and at first no one paid much attention to it, until winter arrived and the snow demons had become rampant.

The entire Eternal Night Kingdom is in a state of chaos due to these incomprehensible undead creatures. The Ice Queen has repeatedly appealed to the neighboring Emerald King and the Emperor of the Tuva Empire for assistance.

Unfortunately, the Emerald Kingdom was old and cowardly. He sat on the decaying dragon bone throne and refused the Ice Queen's request, wanting to focus his limited energy on the power struggles with the nobles below.

Meanwhile, the neighboring Tuva Empire remains embroiled in civil war since the rebellion that erupted at the end of last year. The Imperial Fist has disappeared, and although the rebels have temporarily occupied the Holy City, the fervent followers of the Imperial Fist are still putting up a fierce fight. The two forces have expanded the war from the Holy City to the entire country, resulting in a protracted and intense conflict.

Therefore, no one offered the Snow Queen any help.

However, Earl Silver Mountain, who had witnessed the terror of the Snow Demon firsthand, knew that if the three countries near the far north did not unite now to eliminate the Snow Demon in its infancy as soon as possible, this disaster would spread from the Kingdom of Eternal Night to the Emerald Kingdom, the Tuva Empire, and possibly even to the entire Seven Kingdoms in the future!

The kingdom's territory closest to the far north is the Black Mountain Province, and the Icewind Territory located in the Black Mountain Province will be the first to be threatened.

"Something must be done. This corrupt kingdom is too big to be turned around, like a millipede with its own independent thoughts in each leg."

Regardless of whether the kingdom takes any action, as a great nobleman in the north, he must consider the sake of his millions of subjects and the continuation of the Silver Mountain family. He knows that the Duke of Black Mountain thinks the same way.

Count Silver Mountain has now amassed a considerable amount of mithril.

He needs a true master craftsman, someone like Master Terra, to arm him with an army fully equipped with the finest mithril armor and weapons.

"Who would have thought that such a small amount of mithril would be the key to fighting undead creatures like snow demons?"

Earl Silver Mountain muttered to himself, waiting for his meeting with the master three days later.

Within Icewind City, Li Wei quickly collected other materials for casting the Hell Seal from the Emerald Merchant Guild and the Shining Tavern.

After confirming that no one was following him, he quickly returned to the small island in Tianchi Lake.

Harris followed Levi, circling and soaring high in the sky, keeping watch for him.

On the island, the carcass of the demon shark was already cold.

However, the temperature is still relatively cool, so it won't rot that quickly.

In particular, Demon Shark himself is a great knight with an extremely powerful physical body.

"Preservatives, mercury..."

Li Wei checked the materials one by one.

Before casting the Hell Seal, the corpse must be embalmed, then infused with mercury, and wrapped up in a manner similar to mummification.

Half a day later, it was almost done.

Li Wei took out the Core of the Dead.

A deep blue mist drifted out, creating a beautiful scene.

This blue flame is like the soul fire in the eye sockets of undead skeletons in some games.

Li Wei had already memorized the hand seals for the Hell Seal.

He quickly finished forming the hand seals.

At the same time, he was muttering incantations, using syllables reserved for communication with Hell by the Constantine family. Translated into the language of this world, the approximate meaning was:

"Lonely souls of hell, I grant you new life."

boom!

A force emanated from the darkness.

The undead core slowly rotated, emitting a dazzling blue light, before drilling into the Demon Shark's head, which was already disfigured from burns.

Li Wei held the spellcasting materials for the Guardian Seal and the Flame Stream Seal in his hand, ready to deal with any unexpected situation.

After a few breaths, a ghostly blue flame suddenly emerged from the eye sockets of the Demon Shark's head, and streams of frost covered the Demon Shark's face, emanating a chilling aura.

A moment later, the eerie blue flame began to shrink, eventually becoming the size of a mung bean, resembling a blue eye, sparkling brightly.

Not long after, the already stiff body of the Demon Shark began to tremble, and eventually the Demon Shark's corpse stood up straight in an eerie way, just like a zombie in a movie.

Li Wei was startled. He brandished the Flame Flow Seal on his right hand and the Flame Seal on his left, while black energy covered his upper body.

However, the shark's corpse did not move after it stood up.

Li Wei continued to perform the hand seals according to the Hell Seal. At the same time, the Demon Shark's corpse began to walk, from being stiff at the beginning to becoming more and more fluid, until it was almost indistinguishable from a real person.

"This is much more impressive than corpse-driving," Li Wei thought to himself in admiration.

Then, he ordered the shark to attack a tree.

The Demon Shark charged forward like a locomotive, even picking up the serrated broadsword from the ground!

Rumble!

The black mist coiled around the Demon Shark's arm and eventually appeared on the serrated broadsword.

Click,

The giant tree, as thick as a water bucket, was easily felled by the magic shark.

"Wow, they can even use black energy."

"That's pretty impressive."

Li Wei was shocked.

Try to get the Demon Shark to perform more combat moves.

After playing like this for about ten minutes...

Li Wei had almost completely mastered how to control the magic shark.

He discovered that the Demon Shark's fighting ability was indeed much weaker than when it was alive.

However, he is still much stronger than a peak knight, and can barely be considered a great knight in terms of combat strength.

Li Wei used himself as an experiment and discovered that the Demon Shark was actually getting back and forth with him more and more. If he didn't use his ultimate trump cards, the Demon Shark was still very strong.

"Very good, my combat power has increased again, although it's from external forces."

Li Wei was very excited. With the help of the Demon Shark, his strength had reached a new level. Although the Demon Shark was only half a Great Knight, he was definitely a loyal puppet.

For Li Wei, this was far more useful than a Grand Knight's subordinate.

After all, the Grand Knight's subordinates might betray him.

But the Magic Shark won't!

After finishing all that, he looked at his proficiency panel.

Sure enough, a new skill appeared.

Li Wei————

Mark of Hell: Tier 1 (5/1000)

……

"Hehe, the third seal has finally appeared on the proficiency panel. No, I only cast the spell once, how did my skill proficiency increase so much?"

Based on Li Wei's research on the Flame Stream Seal and the Guardian Seal, each spell cast increases proficiency by 1 point, without fail. This is completely different from practicing breathing techniques.

Until Li Wei saw the lines of prompts below the proficiency panel:

[Hell's Mark Proficiency +1]

[Hell's Mark Proficiency +1]

[Hell's Mark Proficiency +1]

……

Suddenly, Li Wei understood something.

He only needs to continuously use his hand gestures to control the "Demon Shark" to engage in a battle that lasts long enough.

The proficiency level of the Mark of Hell will increase by 1 point.

"Then this skill will be easy to master quickly."

"However, each undead core has a limited amount of energy stored. Each time the Demon Shark fights, it needs to consume a considerable amount of energy from the undead core, so there are still limits."

Li Wei made the shark stop, and then he made a closing hand gesture.

The undead core from the Shark's eye socket reappeared in Li Wei's hand.

Li Wei glanced at it and saw that one-twentieth of the Undead Core's energy had already been used.

"So, if you use up all the energy from a single Undead Core, it will only increase the Hell Seal's proficiency by 100. Advancing to the second tier requires 10 of these Undead Cores? Where the hell am I supposed to find these Undead Cores? Am I supposed to personally go to the far north to kill Snow Demons?"

Li Wei dared not play around anymore.

"Perhaps the quality of this undead core is too low."

According to the notes, the stronger the undead, the higher the quality of the undead cores that are born.

Li Wei then injected the Undead Core into the Demon Shark's body.

This time, he didn't let the Demon Shark use its black energy to fight; he simply had it follow him around.

Livy's research found that if it's not fighting, but just ordinary motivation.

The Demon Shark consumed very little energy from the Undead Core.

At this rate of consumption, it would consume about one percent of the energy per day.

"Got it. The Undead Core is the battery, walking is like being on standby, and fighting is like playing a battery-consuming game."

Li Wei gradually came to understand the principles behind this core of the dead.

This put his mind at ease. He had previously worried that the Demon Shark would expend a lot of energy to walk, which would make the Mark of Hell rather useless.

He can't exactly build a huge coffin, put the Demon Shark inside, and carry it around every day.

Li Wei then used the materials he had prepared beforehand to give Demon Shark a makeover, while also covering up the stench of death emanating from Demon Shark. He then had Demon Shark put on his own armor, wear an iron helmet, carry a serrated greatsword, and follow him back to Icewind City under the cover of night.

The next day, Li Wei found a place and reforged the highly distinctive serrated broadsword into a normal greatsword.

He also personally tailored a full suit of armor for the Demon Shark.

The Demon Shark's entire body was concealed by armor, along with an impenetrable iron helmet, making it difficult for others to notice anything unusual about him.

Although there was still a slight odor, it was normal for the nobles and knights in this world to have a bad smell, as many of them were not very hygienic.

(End of this chapter)