The Wizard: Starting as a Corpse Burial Man - An Infinite Side Hustle

The villagers were skeptical.

However, he still stated that if the Ratman could truly eliminate the swarm of rats, he would offer the large amount of gold coins he had previously promised.

So the ratman started playing his flute.

The mice, following the melodious flute music, began to dance joyfully.

Then they lined up and jumped off the cliff, turning into rat carcasses.

But when the ratman was about to receive his reward, the hunter shot him in the hand with an arrow, and he lost the ability to hold the flute.

The villagers tricked the rat people.

They kept the payment and even claimed that the ratman had summoned the swarm of rats, so they threw him off the cliff as well.

Until it was exposed to the wind and sun for an unknown period of time.

After a long time, when all the rat-man corpses and rat corpses had turned into bones.

The blood moon has descended.

Under the crimson moonlight, streaks of eerie blue flames immediately appeared inside the skulls of the ratmen and the swarm of rats.

And then they turned into spirits.

The skeleton ratman, playing his flute, left the bottom of the cliff along with many other skeleton rats and returned to the village that had deceived him.

Until all living beings within sight are dealt with.

He then continued playing the flute.

The people, now transformed into skeletons, followed the sound of the flute and began an endless dance.

The Piper Ratman

Loyalty: 100% (Constant)

[Physical Constitution: 3, Mental Strength: 5, Mysticism: 6]

[Entry - Pied Piper (Blue)]

[Effect: When playing music on the flute, you can designate any unit]

If the other party hears the music, they will receive the temporary status effects "Ratification" and "Dancing with the Song".

(The higher the mysterious attribute of the attribute owner, the greater the difference between the mysterious attribute of the attribute owner and the attribute of the designated unit, and the longer the duration.)

If the gap becomes too large, the temporary state can be upgraded to a permanent state.

Effect 2: Limited to once per day

When 'Effect 1' is active, skeleton rats can be summoned around the unit that has gained the temporary status.

(The basic skeleton rats consist of 10)

The owner of the entry has a mysterious attribute of 1 point, and the Skeleton Rat is increased by 2.

The skeleton rat's loyalty is always 100%, and its duration is the same as the duration of its temporary status.

If the temporary state is upgraded to a permanent state, the skeleton rat will also become a permanent companion.

'With just 6 points of mysterious attributes, it can serve as my assistant, just like the Shadow Dragon.'

Moreover, the entries are quite good.

Not only does it have a control effect, it can also summon temporarily existing skeleton rats to fight alongside it.

After glancing at the effects of the terms that appeared on the panel, Ansu immediately realized the immense potential of this term.

Therefore, we plan to test the effect of the entry first.

While pondering whether to use the Shadow Dragon for the test or the [Cast-Colored Skull] derived from another extraordinary painting, Ansu suddenly thought of something.

"Using the daily chance to summon skeleton rats for ordinary testing seems a bit wasteful."

Perhaps this will even allow me to summon some followers.

Upon realizing this, Ansu immediately abandoned the idea of ​​using Shadow Dragon and Undead for testing.

Then he turned and looked around.

Until their gaze settled on an ant nest located nearby.

"Although unlike the family members, we can't see the specific values."

However, his physical attribute is likely only 0.01, or even lower.

With that in mind, Ansu chose the thinnest-looking ant.

Then, with a thought, he transferred it to the cemetery area within the soul space.

At the same time, it allows the Pied Piper to use the [Entry - Pied Piper (Blue)].

Without hesitation, the skeletal rat known as the Piper Ratman took the bone flute hanging from his waist and put it to his lips.

In an instant, a melodious flute tune rang out.

Just like the paintings Ansu had created during the course.

A moment later, the sound of a flute, accompanied by the effect of a word entry, also reached the ants' location.

The moment the sound waves came into contact with the ant, ripples like water immediately appeared on the ant's body surface.

At the same time, the other person's body began to distort visibly.

The limbs that were once indistinguishable from those of an ordinary ant have been transformed into rat claws.

Strands of whiskers grew on its face, and you could even faintly hear squeaking sounds coming from its mouth.

After its body proportions were distorted to a certain extent, the creature, half-rat and half-ant, stood up.

Then it started dancing like a mouse.

At the same time, the space around the opponent also began to distort.

Several seconds later, a skeletal rat, about the size of a palm, with a skull containing a ghostly blue soul fire, appeared.

Then came the second, the third, and the fourth.

Up to the maximum of twenty-two.

Then, a large number of skeleton rats immediately swarmed forward.

Before long, the twisted creature, half-rat and half-ant, was torn to pieces.

Even so, the numerous palm-sized skeletal rats did not disappear.

It remains in the cemetery area of ​​the soul space.

It seemed to be waiting for the next instruction.

The panel's "Family" section also gained new characters.

Skeleton Rat

Loyalty: 100% (Constant)

[Physical Constitution: 0.5, Mental Strength: 0.5, Mysticism: 0.1]

Twenty-two skeleton rats, all with identical attributes.

"It worked!"

An Su thought to herself.

"If the attribute difference is too large, the temporary state brought by the flute will become a permanent state."

The skeleton rat will also exist forever.

In this way, as long as the Pied Piper uses the [Entry - Pied Piper (Blue)] once a day.

I can only get 22 skeleton rat companions every day.

The attributes aren't particularly strong, but over time, they accumulate and can be considered a fighting force.

Even if it doesn't affect combat.

The soul fire from the skeleton rats alone could be used to concoct a considerable amount of alchemical pigments.

An Su thought to herself.

After collecting some ants from the roadside and transferring them all to his soul space, Ansu did not linger.

Before long, they passed through a series of cemeteries and arrived at the residential area.

Ansu also took out the Ether Crystal that he had previously obtained from Sandru.

He absorbed the ether particles contained within by once again practicing the "Death Breathing Technique".

This is to enhance one's mysterious attributes.

In addition, the [Secondary Class - Mystic Transcendent] provides a boost to the [Main Class - Gravekeeper Knight].

Even if there is no trace of the dead around, one can still gain something from practicing the Death Breathing Technique.

This will improve one's physical attributes.

The efficiency of improving attributes can even be further enhanced.

As Ansu continuously improves his physical and mystical attributes, his talent related to alchemical pigments also increases.

The progress in analyzing [Alchemy Pigment - Type 42 Spatial Color] also received an additional boost.

"It won't be long before my mystical attribute, which represents my talent in occultism, reaches 15 points."

This will allow us to thoroughly analyze the specific effects and formula of [Alchemy Pigment - Type 42 Spatial Color].

Furthermore, by combining it with other previously acquired knowledge, the effects of the pigments can be adjusted again.

This will enable it to be of greater use to me.

And when Ansu analyzes pigments and improves their properties.

They also didn't forget to turn the shadows into two shadow dragons.

Then he commanded the two shadow dragons to pick up their paintbrushes and apply alchemical paints to the ether.

This allows you to improve your proficiency in both [Virtual Painting] and [Painting-type Spell Scroll Drawing].

Two more days passed in the blink of an eye as they worked to improve their skills.

It is not possible to reach the condition of analyzing [Alchemy Pigment - Type 42 Spatial Color] without raising one's mental strength to 15 points.

The Gravekeeper Knight Ryan then approached Ansu once again.

"Mr. Ansu."

A buzzing sound came from Ryan's helmet:

"The materials for the ceremony have been collected."

"We can now use a ritual to transform elemental spirits into shadow elemental spirits."