I, the wizard, the foolish Buddha.

Chapter 96: Ghost Slaves and Soul-Stitched Puppet

In the northwest corner of Heiyuan Academy, a row of large houses sits quietly.

This is the college's temporary dormitory area. It was very lively a few months ago when the new blood arrived.

Since this is one of the safest places in the academy, occasionally some poor apprentices living in the wizard settlement come here to live.

But recently, a lot of things have happened in the academy. The night watchman of the academy often extorts money when he sees people at night. Therefore, those apprentices who live outside dare not stay in the academy to avoid losses.

In a large house, a young wizard sat on the ground, chanting spells.

Not far in front of him, seven candles formed a magic circle. A wailing ghost floated above the circle. It flitted about, but the black smoke from the burning candles held it captive within the circle.

As the spell continued to be chanted, the black smoke burned out a series of spells on the ghost's body. These spells kept wriggling on its body, like black tadpoles.

Half an hour later, more and more spells were wriggling on the ghost's body. When the last spell burned on it, the spells all over its body flashed and disappeared.

The wizard waved his wand and the candle stopped burning. After the ghost gained its freedom, it rushed towards the wizard fiercely, but crashed into the protective shield in front of the wizard.

"It seems that lanterns can keep ghosts away."

Roland touched his chin and chanted a spell. Then the ghost howled in pain and began to wander around the house according to his instructions.

"Finally, one success." Roland showed a satisfied look.

He had just been busy for more than two hours, enslaving five ghosts in a row, but only succeeded in one.

If it were just ordinary enslavement, it would actually be relatively simple. However, Roland discovered that ghosts were not so obedient after being enslaved, and if they encountered a necromancer stronger than themselves, they could easily take away their undead spirits.

Black Bone mentioned a solution in the magic of soul stitching, which was to leave a spell in the body of the undead, split off a trace of his own mental power, and stitch it into the undead's soul.

The spell and this trace of mental power will form a double insurance.

From then on, anyone who tried to forcibly deprive the undead slave of control had to break the spell first. And the arrangement of the spell would change with just the slightest thought of the master.

The spell is the first encrypted lock, and the owner's mental power can change the password on the lock at any time.

Moreover, the undead slave will nourish the master's spiritual power. As the slave becomes stronger, this spiritual power will also become stronger. When the master does not need the undead slave, he can retrieve the spiritual power at any time.

This magic of Black Bone is very powerful and can be used in conjunction with many undead magics.

Soul wax and magic circles are both used in soul stitching. The spells on the ghosts are also part of the spells used in soul stitching magic.

Roland checked the ghost and found that its body was so weak that it was difficult to see clearly.

It seems that it suffered severe damage during the ceremony just now.

Roland tapped the soul shrine in front of him with his wand, and then a strange ghostly fire as big as a shadow flew into the ghost's forehead.

The ghostly fire was the essence of the soul. After the ghost absorbed this essence, it did not completely digest it. Roland chanted a spell to help it complete the swallowing.

After a moment, the ghost's body became much more solid, and the room suddenly became a little colder.

"The effect is good. It's a bit expensive though. One piece of soul essence costs three magic stones." "But if you feed them soul essence regularly, these ghosts can be promoted to evil spirits."

Ghosts were tier 0 monsters, while evil spirits were tier 1 monsters, the latter being the equivalent of low-level apprentices. Alone, evil spirits were definitely no match for apprentices, but in numbers, they were still quite formidable.

After thinking about it, Roland took out the Soul Tear, and after hesitating for a while, he put the Soul Tear back.

"This thing is definitely better than soul essence, but I'll save it for higher-level pets. When I patrol the forest, I'll collect more soul garlic and ripen soul tears. Then I'll feed the extra soul tears to the ghosts."

Roland put the ghost back into the soul shrine and threw a doll out of the bag.

This doll bears a passing resemblance to the Ballet Ghost, but it's just a doll. If Helena were here, she'd definitely find it familiar.

It was originally placed in the Defense Against the Dark Arts classroom. When Roland went downstairs, he went to that classroom specifically and borrowed one to play with.

Roland adjusted the position of the candles and placed the doll inside. He then lit the candles and chanted another spell.

While chanting the spell, Roland continuously threw the soul essence from the soul niche onto the candles. This time, the candles burned and emitted a faint blue smoke.

The blue smoke burned dense spells on the doll. These spells were much more complicated than those on the ghost, and the whole ceremony was longer and more complicated.

But thankfully, the dolls were inanimate objects, so failure wasn't an issue. Even if the spell was engraved incorrectly, it could be corrected. Unlike ghosts, if the spell was incorrect, the ghost would perish in the chaotic magic.

A few hours later, Roland poured a trace of his mental energy into the puppet, completing the final inscription of the spell. Then, the puppet began to dance at his command.

Roland thought, and the human figure floated up like a ghost. It passed through the wall without any hindrance and wandered around the house.

The house suddenly became much colder, and even fine frost formed where the doll passed.

"I'm exhausted. I've failed so many times."

Roland wiped the sweat from his forehead and said, "Judging from its soul power, this puppet has already reached the level of a Level 1 monster. This is the most basic puppet."

The reason why it is just a basic puppet is because Roland's work is not yet completed.

Because the completed puppet can cast spells.

However, this task was rather complex, requiring the engraving of several magic circles and a spell model. After that, as long as a few more magic stones were inlaid, the puppet would be able to cast spells like a lowly apprentice.

Although the magic the puppet could cast was limited by the magic circle and spell model on its body, and the types of magic it could cast were not comparable to those of a low-level apprentice, it was as elusive as a ghost, able to pass through walls and become invisible. It was no exaggeration to say that it was a low-profile banshee, and it was not something that a low-level apprentice could deal with.

"Let's do it tomorrow."

Roland looked out the window and saw that it was already dawn.

The continuous high-intensity work made Roland extremely tired. He tidied up the room and fell asleep.

It was autumn now, but the sun was still strong at noon. Roland was woken up by the sun after sleeping for a little after ten o'clock.

(End of this chapter)