Wizard: I Have a World of the Dead

Chapter 96: The Wizard's Tower

After clearing out the troll undead outside the Wizard Tower, Lynch led his undead squad into the Wizard Tower.

The tower gate was made of ironwood covered with copper, so heavy that it took two trolls to push it open. At this moment, it was half-open, like a gaping mouth, the rust on the hinges gleaming dark red under the blood moon.

Lynch stepped across the threshold and went inside.

The tower was dark, with only the crimson light of the blood moon filtering through from somewhere overhead, casting dark red streaks on the rubble and tiles through the cracked ceiling.

Everywhere you look, there are signs of decay.

Several suits of knight's armor stood by the wall, their plates covered in a thick layer of dust.

In the center of the foyer was a huge circular carpet, scattered with various odds and ends, including broken glass bottles, dried ink bottles, several broken quill pens, a half-burnt candle, and so on.

There was also a collapsed bookshelf next to it, with thick books scattered all over the floor.

"Um?"

Just then, Lin Qi suddenly noticed a burlap sack in the middle of the bookshelf. Inside the open sack were some dark, square stones, a shape that Lin Qi was all too familiar with.

"Shadow Stone!"

Or rather, a magic stone.

I found something as soon as I entered the gate; I'm really lucky!

Overjoyed, Lynch spurred a skeleton servant forward, preparing to collect the bag of Shadow Stones.

However, the skeleton had only taken a few steps when suddenly, "Crack!"

A crisp clicking sound rang out, but it wasn't the sound of bones grinding their teeth like a skeleton; rather, it was the cold, metallic sound of metal rubbing together.

The knight's armor pieces that had been standing still by the wall suddenly came to life.

Within the empty helmet beneath the slatted visor, clusters of eerie blue soul flames ignited, radiating a chilling killing intent.

The armored man, who had been standing still, grabbed the long knight's lance that was propped up to the side, leaped up, and charged towards the dungeon skeletons in front of him.

"Armored Guard..."

This was one of the original defensive forces of the Wizard Tower, alchemical products crafted by wizards using high-quality enchanted armor and life-giving magic to protect the Wizard Tower's safety.

Although the world has perished, these things still faithfully carry out the instructions instilled by the wizards.

Furthermore, under the control of the will to die, these things also reacted in a special way with the soul energy that is found all over the world, and merged into one.

It became an immortal and indestructible necromancer's armor.

"Clatter!"

Lin Qi snapped his fingers and calmly directed the undead legion to advance and meet the enemy.

At the very front were several different skeletons.

They were exceptionally large, nearly three meters tall, with bones thicker than those of ordinary skeletons, and their bones were also unusually purplish-black in color.

Giant bone hands with only four finger bones gripped a massive white bone club formed from the skeleton of some kind of behemoth, almost as tall as themselves.

This is the troll skeleton that was killed outside the door.

Dominate the Undead: Troll Skeleton

[Rank: LV16 (High-Rank Knight)]

[Attributes: Strength 30.5, Agility 26.8, Constitution 28.8.]

When we faced the Death Knights earlier, several of the front-line skeleton warriors were knocked down, so the troll skeletons guarding the entrance were used as replacements.

These things may not have any special skills, but they are incredibly durable and reliable, making them very useful as meat shields.

"Whoosh!"

A sharp, whistling sound rang out.

The troll wielded a bone club and clashed fiercely with the undead armor. The long, conical knight's lance collided with the bone club, producing a series of dull, resounding crashes.

Meanwhile, Lin Qi was not idle either.

While controlling the other undead to surround the dozen or so undead armored figures in the hall, he directed the skeleton archers to aim at the center of the undead armor's back.

That is where the core of the Necromancer's Armor is located.

These undead armors were originally alchemical creations, requiring magic stones to operate, and the shadow stone was placed in the center of their backs, where there was a magic circle groove.

After the world was destroyed, due to the distortion of the will of death, the Necromancer's Armor no longer relies on Shadowstone for power.

However, the location of the Shadow Stone became the core hub for gathering soul energy. Lin Qi didn't know how this mutation occurred; he would study it later.

"Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!"

A sharp whooshing sound rang out as the magic bow's energy arrow shot out, tracing a streamlined arc in the air before turning a corner and precisely tracking and striking the back of an armored figure.

With a "click,"

A small hole appeared in the back of the armor, and an energy arrow exploded at the opening, tearing the magical grooves on it to shreds.

The undead armored figure, which was swinging its knight's lance with sweeping, powerful movements, suddenly stopped, followed by a series of clanging sounds as it collapsed into a pile of parts.

First one, done!

Lynch was about to proceed with the clearing out of the remaining undead armors as planned, but at that moment, a new anomaly occurred.

"Hoo hoo~"

A sudden gust of wind swept in from nowhere, passing over the collapsed bookshelf next to the stall. The pages of the books fluttered and rustled in the strong wind.

Then, one by one, these books floated up out of thin air.

Like birds disturbed from their sleep in the dead of night, they left their nests and flew into the air, forming a dense, swarming flock.

Lin Qi raised a finger, immediately seeing through the true nature of these things: "A necromancer's book?"

These were originally books used in the Wizard Tower to record magic-related content. To make them easier to use, the wizards also applied activation spells to them.

Like the armored guardians, after the world's destruction, these magical items, due to the distortion of the will to die, were aided by soul energy, thus forming a kind of abnormal undead.

Lin Qi frowned slightly, then rallied his spirits: These things are extremely troublesome.

At the same time, the books floating in the sky had already launched an attack on him.

A book opened outwards, and a pattern of a burning fireball appeared in the middle of the pages. With a loud "bang!", the fireball flew out from the pages.

Then came the second book, the third book...

In a short while, dozens or even hundreds of fireballs had gathered densely overhead, making one's scalp tingle.

"Whoosh!"

Immediately afterwards, swarms of fireballs rained down on Lin Qi's head.

Lin Qi frowned and quickly took control of his strongest tank, the three Minotaur brothers, who were positioned at the very front.

And in the very next second, a barrage of fireballs rained down from the sky.

It was as if a rain of fireballs had suddenly fallen from the sky, and in an instant, the entire hall was engulfed in flames, completely illuminating the originally dim hall.