The wizard era begins with the alchemist wizard

Chapter 173: Naming and Puppet Billy

After leaving the forest, Richard returned to the village with the cage that held the Nightmare Knight. At the entrance of the village, Richard unexpectedly discovered that several powerful Nightmare Spirits were looking around the forest where the Nightmare Beast appeared.

Seeing him come out, the nightmare spirits quickly retreated back into the corner.

Richard felt that these nightmare spirits were a little strange, so he stepped forward and pulled out a nightmare spirit that looked like a skeleton, and asked viciously:

"Why are you running? Don't you recognize your own boss?"

The captured Nightmare Spirit trembled and said, "I know him! I know him! Of course I know him!"

"Then why are you running!"

The captured Nightmare Spirit was in tears. Several old guys had come to check, so how come they only caught him?

Looking at the fierce god in front of him, the Nightmare Spirit said in a trembling voice:
"Boss, you've changed so much that we can hardly recognize you."

"I don't recognize you..." Richard's voice was flat at first, and then he shouted, "Aren't you usually sleeping at this time? Why did you guys suddenly come out and gather here?!"

The nightmare spirit's body trembled, and every bone in its body seemed to fall apart.

He had no doubt that if he couldn't come up with an explanation, this boss would instantly crush him to death and swallow him.

"Boss, you're making such a big noise, we're sure to notice it."

As he spoke, the Nightmare Spirit glanced at the stone behind Richard. He could clearly sense that there was a guy inside the stone who was no less powerful than his boss.

Richard turned his head to look at Ulises: "Did I make a lot of noise?"

"Gah, it's not that small anyway."

Richard nodded, and then asked:
"Who among you has lived the longest?"

"...Me, boss." The Nightmare Spirit said tremblingly.

Richard raised his eyebrows: "You? That's quite a coincidence."

Richard turned and walked to the front of the stone. He used alchemy to manipulate the stone to open a window, revealing the face of the Nightmare Knight inside.

"That's great, take a look..."

"Ah! The Black Knight! The Black Knight! The Black Knight appears again!"

When the nightmare spirit saw what was in the stone, it screamed and retreated, rolling and crawling as it ran.

Richard frowned and quickly caught the Nightmare Spirit back.

"Do you know this thing?"

The Nightmare Spirit looked at the Black Knight, his body shaking constantly. Only after he found that the Black Knight was trapped by Richard did he feel a little relieved.

"Boss, this is the Black Knight!" The Nightmare Spirit said excitedly, "These guys will kill us if they see us. In the village I stayed before, there was a leader who was almost as strong as you, but he was stabbed to death by the Black Knight with one shot."

Thinking of the boss who had been killed, the Nightmare Spirit felt a pang of fear in his heart. That scene left an indelible shadow in his heart.

But now, looking at the black knight trapped in the stone by Richard, the Nightmare Spirit felt a dreamy feeling in his heart.

I, the new boss, am so strong!
"interesting."

Richard stroked his chin. It sounded like this beast tide was quite common.

"What's your name, little one?" Richard asked casually.

"Um... Boss, how could I have a name? Only big shots like you have names." The Nightmare Spirit said cautiously.

"no name?"

Richard looked at this nightmare spirit. It seemed to be the one that learned the final reversal. It looked quite smart.

If he wants to develop his own power in the nightmare world, he must have subordinates, and this nightmare spirit seems to be quite suitable at the moment.

"You don't have a name, so I'll give you one. You'll be called..." Richard glanced at the Nightmare Spirit and said casually, "You'll be called Bones from now on."

The Nightmare Spirit was stunned for a moment after hearing the name, and then bowed and thanked Richard:

"Bones, bones...Thank you, boss! Thank you, boss!"

And as the Nightmare Spirit acknowledged the name, the nightmare power in Richard suddenly began to move.

A wizard character "bone" condensed by the power of nightmare appeared in Richard's hand, and then automatically drilled into the body of the bone.

The name seems to have a special meaning in the nightmare world.

After the characters entered the bone's body, Richard felt a connection between himself and the bone.

This connection was a bit like a contract. Richard could not only sense Bone's emotions through this connection, but also immediately detect any changes in Bone's mind. He could also share the nightmare power that Bone had obtained through this connection.

If Bone obtains the power of nightmare, he will take away a quarter of it.

However, Richard had a sense that the naming mechanism had limitations. The names he could bestow were limited. Once he had given all the names, he could no longer bestow them unless he revoked a name he had previously bestowed.

"Ulises, do you know the mechanism for naming nightmare creatures?"

"Gah, what is that? Name-giving? I've never heard of it. I didn't hang out in the territory much back then, and I only know a little about nightmare creatures, and I heard about them in the lawless land."

"A lawless place?"

It's a new place again.

“Gah, the lawless land is a place where a group of nightmare creatures do not live in the nightmare territory and make a living by robbing other nightmare creatures.

Usually at the borders between territories."

"Lord, don't you want to clear it out?"

"Gah, sometimes it happens. I've encountered it once, and it almost got me stuck in the nightmare crow world."

…After giving him the name, Richard made Bone the village inspector, taking over the management of the order of the nightmare spirits in the village on behalf of Richard's clone, while he himself began to dissect the Black Knight in the room.

Time flies, and three days have passed in the blink of an eye.

During these three days, Richard's understanding of the Black Knight was greatly enhanced.

The structure of the Black Knight was similar to that of other nightmare creatures, but in its nightmare core, Richard did not find any consciousness, only an emotion of endless hunger.

This hunger drives the Black Knight to seek out nightmare creatures, then devour them and obtain nightmare power.

Under Richard's test, the Black Knight's hunger would only temporarily subside when he obtained the nightmare power, but before long, the Black Knight's nightmare core would produce hunger just like it produced mental power, causing the Black Knight to devour endlessly.

I have to say, if Richard hadn't seen the Black Knight growing out of the ground, he would have thought this thing was some kind of man-made creation.

This thing looks too much like a biological weapon used to exterminate nightmare creatures.

After devouring the dissected Black Knight, Richard obtained nearly ten thousand nightmare powers from the Black Knight. This number was also very wrong.

According to the nightmare power consumed by Richard in weaving the nightmare body, this black knight should be able to produce 50,000 nightmare powers.

The Black Knight must hold a greater secret.

However, this secret is still too far away for Richard, so he should deal with the current situation first.

Someone is coming to the Nightmare Territory.

……

At the entrance of the village, Bones was confronting a little nightmare.

After being named by Richard, Bones became the leader of the village, patrolling the village all day long.

To him, Richard's command was God.

And with Richard as his backer, Bone became bolder.

Facing this little nightmare from outside, Gu Du was not afraid at all, and went up to interrogate him:
"Where are you from? This is our..." Bone thought for a moment. It seemed that Richard didn't give their faction a name. "...our boss's territory."

The stopped puppet Billy looked at the nightmare spirit in front of him who was not aware of the danger and felt a little surprised.

How dare you stop him?
Can't this idiot see that he is a little nightmare?

Maybe I hid it too well.

As he thought about it, a powerful nightmare force burst out from the puppet Billy.

"Now I can finally see it." thought Billy the Puppet.

He looked at Bone with some anticipation, wanting to see Bone terrified and pissing his pants, and apologize tremblingly. At the very least, he wanted to see him give way obediently.

He really enjoyed scaring these nightmare spirits and then eating them while they were trembling with fear.

Fear is the best spice.

But soon he became unhappy.

Because the bones did not shake at all, instead he pointed a spear condensed from the power of nightmare at him.

"What are you doing? This is our boss's territory, are you trying to take it away?"

Puppet Billy was a little unhappy, but a thought flashed through his mind.

Unless the nightmare spirit in front of him is an idiot, the reason he doesn't react now is that his boss is stronger than him.

Are there wild little nightmares in such a new village?

The puppet Billy decided to play it safe and meet the boss that the nightmare spirit mentioned.

"Little guy, call your boss out. I am a subordinate of Master Demon Sword Amade, and I am here to investigate the matter of the Black Knight.

Little one, have any black knights appeared near your village?"

For the last question, Golem Billy did not expect to get an answer. After all, the Black Knights would at least form a small team when they appeared. An ordinary little Nightmare would be killed by their lances in the first encounter.

Moreover, even if the Black Knight is alone, it takes a lot of effort for an ordinary little nightmare to kill him by chance.

Many times, Little Nightmare would perish together with the Black Knight.

Even if there are wild little nightmares in this village, they cannot continue to exist under the iron hoof of the Black Knight.

"First, my name is not Little Thing! My name is Bone! Second, the Black Knight near the village has been dealt with by the Boss!"

There was admiration in Bones' tone when he spoke. It would be an honor to talk about a boss who could kill the Black Knight.

"Um!?"

Puppet Billy was shocked. He could actually kill a black knight single-handedly. It seemed that the boss of this village was quite capable.

Such a little nightmare is already worthy of being a subordinate of the Demon Sword Master Ahmad.

But he immediately doubted, "Little guy, are you sure you killed the Black Knight?"

A wild nightmare spirit that can live for one or two years is considered long-lived, but the last black tide occurred three years ago.

But before Bone could answer, he saw a black-robed figure walking towards him.

"I did kill the Black Knight."

Richard walked in front of the puppet Little Nightmare and asked calmly:

"Where are you from? Tell me your name!"

(End of this chapter)