The Wizard: Starting as a Corpse Collector Apprentice and Paying for a Monthly Subscription

Tyron held the circular bone fragment that served as the controller, his brow furrowed slightly.

Under his mental control, the skeletal dog was moving erratically on the table like a drunkard.

"go ahead."

The bone dog stepped out with its left front leg, followed by its right hind leg, but lost its balance and almost fell flat on its face.

"Back off."

The bone dog moved stiffly backward, its joints making a teeth-grinding grinding sound.

This feeling is quite difficult and uncomfortable.

It felt like playing a game with a latency of 500ms, and the joysticks on the controller were rusty.

Tyren must convert his mental energy into commands through the bone fragments, then transmit them to the rune core on the bone dog, and finally the runes drive the movement of the skeleton.

There is a noticeable lag in each step of the transformation process.

Fortunately, Tyron possesses the [Slacking Off Sacred Body].

With his mind accelerated by 30 times, he was able to quickly analyze the feedback from each instruction and adjust the frequency of his mental output in real time.

Five minutes later.

As its magic power was exhausted, the skeletal dog, like a robot dog that had lost power, slumped onto the table with a thud and remained motionless.

"call……"

Tyron rubbed his slightly throbbing temples.

"As described in the book, the 'Dominate Bones' runes are a complete and self-consistent system."

"The entire rune system can directly access and store magic power, achieving self-powering."

"By controlling the runes and consuming 1 point of mental energy, you can activate and control a skeleton unit for about 5 minutes."

The theoretical knowledge in the book has been fully verified.

Although the principle is similar to that of a "mind control controller", the upper limit of this operation is extremely high.

With precise micro-management, these bones can perform all sorts of incredible movements.

Let's summarize and digest our experience.

Tyron expended another 1 point of mental energy to continue practicing.

This time, he was no longer satisfied with simply walking around, but tried to get the bone dog to run and even make a pouncing and biting motion.

When his 2.6 points of mental energy were completely depleted, Tyron had completed a total of 13 minutes of practical training.

With the blessing of the "Slacking Off Sacred Body," this is equivalent to him having practiced at a high intensity for 6.5 hours!

Tyronn has now completely gotten used to that "delay" and has learned to anticipate.

He can control the bone dog to run in a straight line, although the posture is still a bit awkward, but at least it won't fall flat on the ground anymore.

It can also control its jaws, which are full of sharp teeth, to bite.

Unfortunately……

"Too weak."

Tyron looked at the faint teeth marks left by the bone dog on a piece of scrap wood and shook his head.

"This bite force is barely enough to penetrate human skin, but it's simply impossible for it to damage muscles or even bones."

"Moreover, because it is driven by a purely mechanical structure, the dog is unusually stiff."

"Turning around requires moving little by little like a tank, and when running, braking is all done by using your face, tumbling and crawling."

"Jumping is a pipe dream; my joints are as stiff as rusty iron gates."

After exhausting his mental energy, Tyron sat cross-legged and began to meditate to recover.

Twenty minutes later, his mental energy was fully restored.

The upper limit also rose slightly from 3.6 to 3.7.

Although he had successfully acquired his first undead minion, Tyren felt that it was quite different from what he had expected.

This thing might be good for scaring ordinary people, but in a real fight, it would probably be kicked to pieces.

He turned his head and looked at the two skeleton soldiers standing in the corner.

That was the assistant that Professor Markley left for him.

"Bring me the boning knife," Tyron ordered.

The skeleton soldier on the left flashed green flames in its eye sockets and immediately turned and walked into the morgue.

Its movements are smooth and natural, its joints are flexible, and even when it picks up the boning knife, its finger bones adjust its grip.

Then, it walked back with steady steps and handed the knife hilt to Tyrion.

Tyron took the knife and tried to give a few more complex commands:

"Stand on one leg."

"Make a chopping motion."

"Imitating the throwing of a javelin."

The two skeleton soldiers executed their mission meticulously; their movements, while not exactly fluid and graceful, were quite intelligent and agile.

Compared to them, his own skeleton dog was practically a defective toy that had just come off the assembly line.

"Where does the difference lie?"

Tyronn's eyes were fixed on the eerie green flame burning in the empty eye sockets of the skeleton soldier.

"The core of it should be this—the fire of the dead."

"According to the knowledge in the book, the essence of the fire of the dead is the aggregate of the sublimation of the spirituality of living beings."

"It's like the 'soul' and 'nervous system' of the dead, capable of endowing cold skeletons with biological instincts and functions."

"I definitely don't have Undead Fire right now; that's a high-end item that only formal wizards can handle."

"but……"

A sudden inspiration flashed through Tyron's mind.

"What if I also imbued my skeletal dog with a certain degree of sentience?"

"Could we also increase its flexibility?"

"Furthermore, if these spiritualities originate from myself... can I exert deeper control through the 'Spirit Domination Technique'?"

Thinking of this, Tyren immediately moved closer to the two skeleton soldiers and carefully examined the surface of their bones.

really!

In the dim candlelight, he noticed that the runes on these skeletons were not a deathly black.

Instead, it shimmered with a faint green light, as if it had been infused with some kind of flowing liquid.

"The undead fire followed the path of the inscriptions, covering all the key nodes."

"This is the core reason why they can move so flexibly: the energy transfer medium!"

"My runes contain only magic power, without any medium, which is why they are so awkward."

"So, what possesses abundant spirituality and can serve as an excellent conductor of magic?"

Tyron's gaze fell on the boning knife in his hand, then he looked at his wrist.

A ruthless glint flashed in his eyes.

"Perfect, let's test this body's current recovery capabilities."

He took a clean wooden bowl and placed it on the table.

Take a deep breath.

laugh!

The sharp blade of the boning knife sliced ​​across the left wrist.

Bright red blood gushed out instantly, dripping down his wrist into the porcelain bowl.

Tick-tock, tick-tock...

Seeing himself bleeding profusely, Tyron instinctively felt a wave of dizziness and physical discomfort.

But he forced himself to keep his eyes wide open and stare intently at the wound.

"This is the necessary price to pay."

"If you can't even bear to look at this little bit of blood, how will you cope with even more brutal battles in the future?"

In less than two minutes, more than half a bowl of blood had been lost.

Then, a miraculous scene unfolded.

The wound, which was still bleeding, began to shrink and congeal at a speed visible to the naked eye.

The scab formed quickly, and the bleeding stopped very easily.

"Is this what they call 30 times the resilience?"

Tyron secretly praised him and quickly bandaged the wound.

Then, he closed his eyes and activated the first stage of his newly acquired "Spirit Summoning and Domination Technique".

hum...

In the realm of perception, the porcelain bowl filled with blood is radiating a vibrant, warm, and energetic spiritual glow.

"The knowledge in the books didn't lie to me!"

"In the mystical systems of this world, the blood of the living possesses the most spirituality."

"Legends from the Second Age record that blood carries the most important essence of the human body, and its circulation gives human life and spirituality."

"And the blood of a wizard is a rich spiritual entity!"

Tyronn no longer hesitated.

He picked up the boning knife and dipped the tip into the blood in the bowl.

Then, like the most meticulous painter, he carefully dripped the crimson blood, drop by drop, into the runic grooves on the skeletal dog's body.

The blood spread along the patterns, as if it had come to life, and quickly filled the entire rune system.

Ten minutes later.

That's it.

Tyron used a rag to wipe away the excess blood.

The originally grayish-white bones are now covered with dark red patterns, interwoven like blood vessels, exuding an eerie beauty.

"Blood Rune Bone Hound, complete."

Tyron took a deep breath and picked up the control bone again.

Consume 1 point of mental energy to activate the rune switch.

at the same time.

The Summoning and Domination Technique is activated!

In an instant, Tyren felt as if his mental energy had crashed into a warm ocean.

That was his own blood!

His spirit immediately resonated strongly with the blood flowing within the skeletal hound rune.

This resonance is quite wonderful.

No longer do you have to control the game character through a controller.

Instead... his spirit extended directly outwards, covering the skeleton.

The latency of 500 instantly dropped to 20.

He felt as if the skeletal dog had become part of his own body, as if it had become an extension of his hand or a leg.

"This feeling... is truly wonderful!"

Tyron's eyes were filled with astonishment and excitement.

Consumes 1 point of Spirit to activate the Skeleton Hound.

"rise!"

A thought crossed my mind.

The blood-rune bone hound on the table instantly sprang to its feet.

The movements were light and the landing was silent.

Although during the subsequent movement, Tyron could still feel the stiffness and rigidity of the mechanical structure.

However, the spiritual resonance brought about by the "Spirit Summoning and Domination Technique" perfectly compensates for the operational delay.

Tyrone's mental instincts took over the skeleton dog's balance system.

"run!"

The bone dog sprinted through the cramped morgue.

Sudden stop, turn around, jump.

Although he still stumbles occasionally when he lands, this is a qualitative leap compared to his previous state of hemiplegia, paralysis, and numbness in his hands and feet!

"This is the effect I wanted!"

In the following period, Tyren devoted 6.5 of his remaining 7.5 points of mental energy to training and controlling the Blood Rune Bone Hound.

The last minute before mental energy was about to run out.

At this point, under Tyrone's control, the skeleton dog had become almost indistinguishable from a normal dog.

Although its overall functionality is not as good as that of a real living dog, it has barely reached the level of those two skeleton soldiers.

The control time was about to end.

Tyronn's eyes narrowed.

"Let's test the attack power one last time!"

He used up his last bit of mental energy and poured all his magic into the bone dog's jaw.

at the same time--

[Magic Thorn Technique] Activated!

[Magic Assassination Skill Experience +70]

[Magic Spikes skill upgraded to Lv3.]

hum!

A chilling ripple instantly appeared on the bony dog's snow-white canine teeth.

"bite!"

Click!

The bone dog bit down on a discarded wooden plank about the thickness of a palm.

The sturdy oak plank was as fragile as a cookie in the face of the enchanted teeth.

It was bitten right through!

Wood chips flew everywhere, leaving two holes that were translucent from front to back.

"Okay, okay!"

Seeing this, Tyron couldn't help but clap and cheer, his face full of joy and excitement.

"With such terrifying bite force, coupled with the armor-piercing effect of the Magic Thorn Technique..."

"One bite is enough to unexpectedly pierce the target's throat!"

"This is the real killer move!"

All practice has ended.

Although Tyron was physically exhausted, he was in an extremely good mood.

He put the bone dog away, then took out the rune paper that Ars had given him and began to draw rune frames to make money.

After all, becoming stronger requires money.

Fifty minutes later.

Having finished everything, Tyron snapped out of his daze and habitually opened the system panel for a quick look.

They were shocked to discover that their attributes had undergone significant changes.

[Name: Tyron Arthas Magnus]

[Rank: 0 → Level 1 Apprentice]

[Constitution: 1 → 1.2]

[Spirit: 3.6 → 3.8]

[Magic Control: 7.666 → 11.7]

[Spell: Summoning and Domination (11684/100000)]

[Skill: Magic Spikes Lv.3 (10/300)]

[Knowledge: Rune Literature 0.2 → 0.4]

Looking at the rows of rising data, Tyronn let out a long sigh of relief and leaned back in his chair.

"It's finally getting better!"