Dark Wizard: Rise! My undead army!

Since treating goblins and spaceships as consumables, Lynn has become much more relaxed.

If someone calls for help, first find out the situation, assess whether it is worthwhile to rescue them, see if there is enough time to rescue them, and whether you can break even.

If it's not worth much, then good luck to you...

The third distress call came from a massive, unfamiliar spaceship.

That's right, it's a wizard's spaceship.

When wizards invade a world, they usually bring along servants, slaves, or their own apprentices, guardian knights, and so on.

These armies cannot be carried by a single mount or vehicle; they typically travel by airships, manned magical artifacts, floating islands, and so on.

Alternatively, a teleportation array could be built near the invading world, but the cost of multiple teleportations for multiple people is extremely high, which is beyond the reach of ordinary people.

Wizards of the Bone Spire can carry undead with them, but their undead space is limited. They generally only carry elite undead, while low-level cannon fodder are transformed after arriving in the enemy world.

Unless one reaches the "Saint Mark" level and possesses a Saint Mark Domain, one cannot collect all of them into the Saint Mark Domain and directly enter other worlds with the Saint Mark Domain.

The goblin astronaut reported in the communications that a black ship had been following them, neither attacking nor getting close, but simply maintaining a fixed distance.

Lynn instructed the astronaut to point the communicator at the black ship and project a video of himself. In the video, he was wearing a dark purple robe, and the stigmata on his right chest was clearly visible.

He spoke in the common language of the wizarding world:

"I am Lynn, the Stigmata Wizard of the Bone Spire. This spaceship is an exploration vessel under my command. If there is no urgent matter, please step down."

The black ship paused abruptly after seeing the footage, then slowed down, turned, and left without leaving any information.

The title of "Stigmata" is still extremely useful in the wizarding world.

The goblin spaceship suffered no damage whatsoever.

During the fourth distress call, the voice coming back from the communicator was cut off, only a few words were heard: "Detected... anomaly... approaching..." before the communication was lost.

Lynn received no further news, nor did he receive any more signals from the spaceship.

He tried to trace the coordinates in reverse, but there was no debris, no residual energy, and no signs of battle at the location where the signal was interrupted, as if the spaceship had vanished into thin air.

That ship has been confirmed to be missing.

The fifth, sixth, seventh...

He doesn't always respond to every call for help, and he doesn't always arrive in time.

Some spaceships can hold out for a while after sending out a distress signal, while others can't hold out for long. Going there would just be to collect the bodies, so there's no point in making a fuss.

Lynn began to learn to ask about the situation in communications before deciding whether to go in person.

If the other party has simply encountered another force's fleet, revealing his identity will resolve the issue.

If it's a natural disaster or alien creatures, then there's nothing we can do. The spaceship doesn't have many offensive weapons, and ordinary weapons are completely useless against alien creatures.

After several months, only eighty-one of the original one hundred spaceships remained.

The remaining nineteen ships are either confirmed to be out of contact, confirmed to have been destroyed, or are drifting in the void, their locations unknown.

With the addition of the twenty more ships that Lynn deployed, there are still one hundred and one goblin ships drifting in the sky.

Meanwhile, on the spaceships closer to the destroyed ones, the surviving astronauts gradually went from initial anticipation and excitement to silence and caution.

Because the spacecraft was relatively close, the communication devices on board were able to receive signals intermittently.

They also learned of the wrecked spaceships' fate from the communicator and their ultimate end from the broken communications.

This voyage was not only about exploring the unknown for the great gods, but also carried extremely high risks.

From then on, the communicator no longer described the scenery and discoveries along the way, but only sent out brief distress signals when danger was encountered.

In the endless starry sky, there are too many unknown risks.

Sometimes, these goblin ships are destroyed in space before they can even send out a distress signal.

After those communication devices completely failed, Lynn learned that another goblin spaceship had met with misfortune.

He would put the recording crystals in the corner of his ring, marking them with the date and number. As those crystals accumulated, he never looked at them again.

The communication slab could ring again at any moment.

Each time the sound rings out, it means that someone is waiting for his answer in the void, praying for his arrival.

Each time, it means that yet another spaceship is standing on the brink of life and death.

He would pick up the stone slab the moment it vibrated, and then, based on the other person's voice and the situation, decide whether to set off immediately, wait patiently, or accept the fact that the spaceship could not return.

...

Meanwhile, in Marfa's laboratory, an apprentice who had just finished reporting on his work mentioned that Lynn was on a massive acquisition spree of the world.

After listening, Marfa put down the crystal bottle in her hand, and the bottom of the bottle fell onto the table with a slight sound.

Her expression remained unchanged, only her gaze shifted slightly. "What does he want to do with collecting world information? Does he want to conquer the world? Does he want to become the world's ruler?"

The apprentice, of course, was unaware and could only remain silent.

Without waiting for the apprentice's reply, she waved her hand, signaling the apprentice to leave.

After everyone left, she put the crystal bottle back on the shelf, walked to the window, and stood there, looking at the gray-black sky outside.

She was never sure if Lynn knew who was behind his assassination attempt, but Lynn's expression and words at the promotion banquet held for him last time were extremely intriguing.

But if you say Lynn knew, why was he able to wear the ring that she gave him with the added substance without any suspicion?

I don't understand, I don't understand.

However, it's best to eliminate this potential threat; otherwise, if they come knocking on your door, you'll find yourself in a passive position.

She needed an opportunity, and it would be difficult for her to make a move if Lynn stayed at the academy or kept her whereabouts unknown.

But if he leaves the academy and goes to some other world to check information, things will be much easier.

All you need to do is release the bait, set a trap, and wait for him to step into it.

However, she wasn't very confident in dealing with Lynn on her own.

Marfa didn't want to repeat the same mistake, since even the five great Stigmata couldn't defeat Lynn back then.

She needs a helper who won't betray her, won't hold her back, and can put enough pressure on Lynn.

There are very few people like this in the entire wizarding world.

Marfa turned away from the window, walked back to her desk, picked up a pen, and wrote several names on a blank sheet of parchment.

After thinking for a moment, I crossed out two more and added one more, then folded the parchment and put it in the drawer.

She needs to take some time to think carefully about who is suitable and what kind of leverage she can offer.