Dark Wizard: Rise! My undead army!

Through the analysis panel, Lynn instantly understood the key to the mission: "Investigate the cause of the anomaly".

It must be said that although this swamp aggregate doesn't look very appealing, its abilities are quite remarkable.

It has considerable resistance to physical and energy forces, and can also "recover health" and enhance its strength by devouring others.

Killing other creatures has a chance to turn them into undead minions, and they also come with a "restoration aura," which not only heals the user but also strengthens the undead minions and restores their damage.

A very well-rounded lord-type baby; if you could catch it, it would definitely be a major force.

Unfortunately, it belongs to the chaotic creatures and has no independent consciousness. Like the "Cthulhu creatures," it is disorderly, irregular, and irrational.

This also means that he is not bound by any witchcraft, contracts, or other such things, and is completely uncontrollable.

It could be sealed away and thrown into the enemy's lair to wreak havoc on the enemy.

Although it was a pity, Lynn didn't have a good way to control the situation, so he had no choice but to kill him.

He rode the giant lizard quickly toward the swamp aggregate. The low-ranking undead surrounding him noticed this uninvited guest and roared as they charged forward.

Lynn immediately unleashed Megatron and gave the order to launch a full-scale attack.

"Megatron, unleash the full power of [King's Aura]! After scattering his servants, he directly slays that mud monster!"

Megatron let out a deafening roar, and his dark golden skeleton erupted with a powerful dragon's might, crashing into the sea of ​​undead servants like a tangible shockwave.

[The Emperor's Majesty]!

The low-level undead immediately began to flicker with soul fire, scattered by the oppressive force, and their formation instantly fell into chaos.

Lynn wasn't idle either; he continuously bombarded the aggregate's soul fire with streams of [Soul Impact].

The undead rings flashed continuously, and undead minions jumped out from them, clearing away the surrounding undead while launching attacks on the aggregate.

Megatron followed closely behind, unleashing [Death Slam], his massive body slamming into the bottom of the aggregate like a battering ram, attempting to topple it and disrupt its balance.

puff!

The impact actually pierced through part of the aggregate's body, instantly scattering large amounts of mud, corpses, and other debris.

Megatron's dark gold body was covered in filth, making him look extremely disheveled.

This enraged him greatly, and he turned around and unleashed a [Dragon Breath] at the aggregate.

The dragon's breath struck the core of the aggregate squarely, causing the energy connection between the tumor and the fragment of soul fire to flicker violently and become extremely unstable.

The aggregate emitted a soul-piercing howl, its entire body convulsed violently, and the attached debris fell off one by one.

Megatron pressed his advantage, delivering another powerful ramming attack that sent half of his body plunging into the mud, further disintegrating the aggregate's structure.

As its form weakened significantly, the aggregate's aura plummeted, falling from its peak level 3 and becoming extremely unstable.

The surrounding undead servants appeared even more chaotic.

"Clear them all! Don't give the undead a chance to recover!" Lynn shouted, ordering all his undead minions to attack, while also increasing his own attack frequency.

The undead squad launched a full-scale attack, and under the continuous suppression of the mighty dragon, they quickly eliminated the servants who had lost their commander.

Lynn kept his eyes fixed on the aggregate, and before it could struggle to reassemble, he unleashed several enhanced versions of Soul Impact and Mental Lash, precisely striking the already cracked fragment of Soulfire.

Finally, with a crisp cracking sound, the corrupting energy on the aggregate completely dissipated, and the fragments of soul fire were completely annihilated.

The massive aggregate collapsed like rotten mud stripped of its skeleton, turning into a pool of putrid matter that slowly sank into the swamp.

Lynn reacted swiftly, using his skeletal hands to retrieve the required [Aberrant Tumor] and several larger [Unstable Soulfire Fragments] from the mud.

As for the main remains of the aggregate, they were too large and filthy to collect, so he simply gave up on them.

After the battle ended, Megatron shook off the putrid mud covering his body and let out a dissatisfied roar.

Lynn used her magical trick to cleanse the filth off its body, restoring it to its original dark golden form.

He then quickly cleaned up the battlefield, collected some materials that had been "dropped," and captured a few valuable undead before stopping.

After remounting the giant lizard zombie and getting a feel for the direction, I charged towards the outer edge of the Rotten Swamp.

Only after leaving the swamp area did they switch back into their luxury vehicle and speed off towards the academy.

The mission is complete; it's time to go back.

The small stone on the shoulder glowed faintly, as if dispelling the last trace of filth and decay that had stained its owner.

...

After traveling for half a day, Megatron's heavy footsteps finally landed on the relatively solid gray wasteland.

This place is far from the Rotten Marsh, but it's still quite a distance from the academy.

After all, the Rotten Forest is located on the border between the Everlasting Graveyard and the Abyss of Decay, while the Academy is located in the center of the Everlasting Graveyard, and the two are far apart.

However, Lynn did not plan to go back so soon. He would no longer go on missions and would probably stay in the academy for a long time.

I won't be able to experience the joy of "jungling" and "catching pets" anymore during this period.

Why not take this last chance to roam freely and let the undead minions do their bidding to replenish their soulfire?

After we've had enough of the back waves, we'll take public transportation back to the college.

Lynn breathed in the desolate air of the plains, surveyed the bizarre "stone forest" around him, and marveled at the wonders of nature.

Just then, a man and a horse suddenly appeared from behind a weathered rock pillar to the side, as if it were a chance encounter.

This really startled Lynn.

Where did this person come from?

The bone crows in the sky kept circling and monitoring, and the person also occasionally opened [Mental Vision] to observe the surrounding situation, but neither of them found anything unusual.

Something is wrong!

Something's definitely not right!

The newcomer was a young man dressed in the standard gray robes of a third-class apprentice, riding a rather tall skeletal warhorse, coming towards them.

His face was slightly pale, showing signs of fatigue from the long journey, but his eyes had a strange liveliness, as if he were extremely excited.

When he saw Lynn and Megatron, his eyes lit up, and he spurred his skeletal horse to trot closer, his face displaying just the right amount of friendliness.

"What a coincidence! I just finished a mission and am heading back to the academy. The road is a bit dangerous, how about we travel together?"

His voice was calm, yet carried a subtle, almost imperceptible, abrupt shift.

It seems... that he rarely speaks?

Lynn frowned slightly.

The person's appearance was too abrupt. Although his aura was undoubtedly that of a third-class apprentice and his mental energy fluctuations matched, it still made Lynn instinctively wary.

In the wild, overly "coincidental" encounters often mean danger and trouble.

Especially when encountering dark wizards!