Volume Dragon: Start by obtaining the Infinity Gems

Chapter 33 The Power of Example
Nemesis took a breath of cold air. It seemed that the six-ring wizard among the drow was a master who was proficient in necromancy.

Those thousands of skeletons and zombies were created by the third-level necromancy spell [Manipulate Dead]. This powerful spell is the core of the necromancy. The caster can transform up to four corpses into skeletons or zombies each time. Whether they are skeletons or zombies depends on the completeness of the corpses.

The two thousand skeletons and zombies in front of me were slave stocks that the other party had been accumulating for an unknown period of time.

This is only in the Underdark. If it were on the ground, the Necromancer would have to spend money to buy corpses from others. If he secretly went to the cemetery to dig corpses, he might be wanted and hunted by the Church of the Good God at any time.

Moreover, even if there are so many corpses that can be transformed into undead creatures, the Necromancer still has to face a difficult decision, which is to control the quota.

Skeletons and zombies are mindless undead creatures, but a normal wizard can still only control 3 per level of spellcasting.

Only the Necromancer who has a deep understanding of necromancy has the opportunity to awaken a supernatural power unique to the Necromancer through the power of the magic network - the Crown of Undeath.

[Crown of the Undead] grants the Necromancer the ability to infinitely control skeletons and zombies.

In fact, each series of spells will have the opportunity to gain a core supernatural ability when it reaches the sixth ring, similar to the [Undying Crown], which will make its own spell system undergo a qualitative mutation.

This ability is called——【Paragon】.

Of course, this varies from person to person. Some people only gain the power of [Paragon] after they are promoted to the ninth ring.

Apart from skeletons and zombies, the remaining several high-level undead were created by more powerful spells.

Sixth-ring necromancy spell - [Awaken the Dead].

Before reaching the sixth ring, a Necromancer can basically only control skeletons and zombies. Only after obtaining the spell [Raise the Undead] can he use precious magic gems to create various high-level undead.

Compared to cheap and weak skeletons and zombies, these high-level undead spirits each have their own special features.

For example, those ghosts floating in the air are immune to all physical attacks.

There are also those boda corpses with gray skin, no nose, and empty eyes. They can spread the curse of undeath with their death gaze. All creatures that die under their death gaze will be transformed into boda corpses.

Of course, controlling these intelligent undead creatures consumes a lot of the necromancer's mental energy. There are probably less than thirty high-level undead in the entire undead army.

In addition to this group of undead creatures, behind them, there is a slave army of three thousand monsters and five hundred dark elves wearing exquisite armor!
Nemesis was very familiar with them, a unique profession of the drow, five hundred shadow sword warriors! All of them were level six professionals.

Juancelong couldn't help but wonder how this city had managed to hold out for so long.

Gold said grimly, "No wonder we delayed the attack for so long. That necromancer actually raised so many undead troops in just half a month."

Saurfang waved his hand, and the gray dwarves on the city wall immediately took their positions, some holding bows and arrows, and some manipulating catapults made of burning stones mixed with flammable fungi.

Behind the wide city walls and gates stood three thousand strong orcs, each of them a warrior comparable to that of the gnolls.

In the undead army in the distance, a male drow standing on a tall platform was holding a staff. His eyes were filled with white and had no pupils, and he was wearing a gorgeous robe.

The staff was entangled by a winding black dragon shadow, and a huge obsidian was dotted on the top of the staff. He held up the staff and gave orders in a voice as eerie and slippery as a snake.

"Stop." A huge aura of death gushed out from his body, radiating the entire undead army. Those horrible monsters immediately stood still as if they were obeying an order.

The Necromancer's voice echoed across the battlefield with the power of his spell:
"Dwarves, orcs. The great Defoe family will give you one more chance. Submit to the greatness of the dark elves and you can continue to live as slaves. If you resist, my undead army doesn't mind adding some members."

Both Saurfang and Gord had blank expressions on their faces. Since the day they got rid of the mind flayer's control, they had sworn that they would never be anyone's slaves again.

According to modern psychology, they all suffer from typical PTSD.

After enduring the horrific slavery of the mind flayers, they would be tempted to commit suicide at the thought of returning to that kind of life.

"Okay, okay, since you want to die, I will satisfy you." The Necromancer lightly tapped his staff, and with the reappearance of the aura of death, the huge army set out.

The army of undead creatures surged like a tide, they had no breath of life, but they carried an unyielding will. The figures of the goblins flickered in the firelight, and their sharp cries broke the silence, interweaving with the shadows of the dark elves to form an evil picture.

"Ready!" Saurfang raised his hand, and the soldiers on the city wall immediately prepared their projectiles.

"put!"

"Whoosh whoosh!"

A huge rain of arrows mixed with burning stones hit the drow army, but for the undead creatures, these rain of arrows had no effect at all, only the stones occasionally smashed the skulls of some skeletons.

Instead, the monster army composed of goblins and orcs behind them suffered countless casualties.

But the dark elves' act of risking their lives to build up the road was effective. With the sacrifices of the monster army and undead creatures, the drow were advancing towards the city wall little by little.

Saurfang looked at Nemesis and Segna and said, "It's up to you now. Try to destroy the army before they break into the city. Only you true dragons can rely on your physique to be immune to the curse of the necromancer."

Signa nodded proudly, and the huge black dragon figure flew towards the enemy, saying jokingly: "I'll go first, young man, don't be scared and run away."

Seeing this, Nemesis also flew into the sky. The cave where Kulagromsh was located was extremely large, with a height of seven or eight kilometers, so he could fly freely in the air.

The black dragon flew over the heads of the undead army and spit out deadly acid breath before they could react.

The highly corrosive acidic liquid melted all the skeletons and zombies wherever it passed. Only the Boda corpses and mummies, which were comparable to level eight professionals, barely resisted, but they were also severely damaged by the terrible power of the dragon's breath.

The sky ghosts were immune to Segna's acid breath, but they were also helpless against the black dragon. The ghosts tried to pass through the black dragon's body and steal her physical strength, but the scales with strong anti-magic power kept them firmly outside the body.

Segna vented her strength to the fullest. With a casual wave of her dragon's tail, she knocked several weak zombies away. She slammed the ground with her dragon claws, and the powerful earthquake aftermath knocked countless skeletons to the ground.

For a moment, it seemed that the entire undead army was blocked by her alone.

This is the power of true dragons. Their tremendous strength, extraordinary physique, and powerful dragon breath are the greatest killing weapons on the battlefield. Unless you can break through the defense of their scales, there is no way to deal with them.

(End of this chapter)