Witch, don't be so lazy

The bright moonlight shines in the dense forest.

With silent chanting and the infusion of magic power, a crooked four-legged skeleton beast crawled out from the messy pile of corpses. It was hard to tell whether it was a wolf or a dog. Its appearance was very ugly, but the spell patterns etched on its bones were very exquisite.

…It seems that Madam Black Crow is indeed not good at the Undead Summoning Spell.

While Yin Ya put away the silent communication props, he carefully looked at the distinguished guest who turned over and sat sideways on the skeleton beast.

Its body is even smaller than expected, it has no horns on its head, and it seems to have no tail. It is impossible to confirm what kind of abyssal race it belongs to.

But the other party does have a noble origin. The Pale Grand Duke personally admitted that she is a servant of the legendary demon Shax, and she can also be sent from the abyss to the present world as an apostle of the Eternal Death Star. The royal court or the demons behind it are willing to spend a lot of resources to open up the time and space corridor, which proves that the other party's weight is far above those precious resources.

That's why they call him a distinguished guest.

Not all beings living in the abyss are worthy of respect. For those inferior demons who have neither royal origins nor strength, let alone welcoming them respectfully, it would be considered merciful not to capture them directly as materials. After all, it is quite difficult to encounter abyssal creatures in the real world.

The only surprising thing is that the other party's temper is better than expected.

Although one can detect his condescending and arrogant attitude towards life in his words and actions, he is indeed far inferior to the rumored visitors from the abyss.

Maybe Lady Black Crow is more introverted, or there is a slight possibility that they are indeed lucky enough to meet the "good people" in the abyss.

But at the moment, he still doesn't understand the other party's strength. It is estimated to be at the third level. He has no way to judge, and Lord Bro cannot confirm it from a distance, but he should understand when they actually meet.

While thinking, Yin Ya raised his hand and summoned a dead wolf with twisted bones.

He did it on purpose, making it uglier than Ms. Black Crow's, but the quality was almost the same.

After all, Yin Ya has been an undercover agent in the Disaster Cult for more than ten years. His emotional intelligence is not low, and he must pay attention to some small details.

"Sorry to have kept you waiting. Please follow me."

After he quickly cleared the area with spells and summons, he immediately began to lead the way.

The night was dark.

The two of them shuttled through the dense forest, one in front and the other behind. Since the undead they used for transportation were not very powerful, their speed was not very fast.

This is not a problem because the stronghold is not far away.

What troubled Yin Ya was that he didn't know how to start a conversation. He wanted to seize every possible opportunity to leave a good impression on Ms. Black Crow, but he was afraid that bringing up the topic rashly would cause the other party to be disgusted.

Fortunately, Ms. Black Crow actually spoke first.

"You've trained this sly, sly-looking black warrior very well."

As soon as these words were spoken, Yin Ya's enthusiasm was ignited almost instantly.

He was still worried just now, afraid that his performance in the Pale Night would leave a bad impression on the distinguished guests - although it was impossible to defeat the opponent, it was reasonable to admit defeat, but he did not fight with style, and it would be easy for the other party to mistakenly think that he was a mediocre mage.

But now, not only did the other party notice his most proud work, he even praised it and recognized his attainments in necromancy. This almost made Yin Ya jump with excitement.

"Lord Black Crow, you truly have a keen eye. This is indeed the summon I've put the most effort into cultivating. I'm not exaggerating, but even among the summons of the same level of followers of the Well of Silence, this black warrior is definitely the best of the best!"

Silver Fang held his head high and introduced enthusiastically, "You may have guessed that it is not summoned by conventional means, but is made through the transformation of undead spirits and then carefully cultivated."

"I'm not bragging. Compared to ordinary dead soul summoning, I'm better at dead soul conversion. It's a pity that I can't use it in the Pale Night... Of course, even if I could, I would definitely not be a match for Lord Black Crow."

Silver Fang said modestly.

An Ke raised a brow.

There are usually four ways for a necromancer to obtain undead creatures - autonomous summoning, contract summoning, cross-border summoning, and undead conversion.

There is nothing much to say about autonomous summoning. The most common way is to collect corpses, process them in advance through different means, and finally cast the necromancy spell in the place where negative energy gathers.

The characteristic of this method is that the cultivation cycle will be very long, because it has to be cultivated from scratch, which takes a long time, consumes a lot of resources, and the risk of raising it wrong is also relatively high. The advantage is that you have absolute control over the undead creatures from the beginning.

Contract summoning, as the name suggests, is to recruit those wild undead.

Some special environments will breed undead creatures, such as mass graves and cemeteries. If left unattended, creatures such as corpses and vengeful spirits will emerge from time to time.

The Necromancer can capture them through fighting, or he can find ways to seduce and lure them, and then sign a contract with them. As for the level of the contract, that is hard to say.

Cross-border summoning, this can actually be considered a contract summoning.

However, it takes a lot of resources to set up a cross-dimensional magic array, which is generally directed at the surface of the spiritual world. Those who are able to respond are usually third or fourth level undead.

This requires extreme caution, because the other party may have bad intentions and try to use this to invade the real world.

The final undead transformation is also easy to understand. Bro and others planned to turn Surtur into a lich, which is a typical undead transformation.

Of course, such a large size is very rare.

Generally, the caster captures a living creature and then transforms it using a technique extended from the trick "Negative Energy Transformation" - this not only preserves the undead's strength and wisdom to the greatest extent possible, but the painful torture of the transformation process also helps to cultivate a powerful undead, and even makes signing a contract more convenient.

This method can reduce the luck factor in summoning the dead to a minimum, and anyone you like can be turned into an undead.

For example, Silver Fang's Black Knight was once a second-level Earth School spellcaster in Gray Reef Harbor. Born as an adventurer, he followed the path of war and was very suitable to be a Black Knight (strong body), with reasonable moves (good spell practice), a happy family and life (easy to create resentment after destruction), his wife was an adventurer teammate, and they had a pair of children.

Yin Ya fell in love with him at first sight, and later found a way to use the power of the Disaster Cult to kidnap his entire family, set a trap to capture him, and finally transformed his undead into a black warrior, and by the way, transformed his wife into a ghost, well, the one who was in charge of vigilance before.

"You see, due to my decent skills and the favor of the great Death Star and the Abyss, this Dark Warrior perfectly retained the three intermediate spells he mastered in his lifetime after his transformation, though his proficiency has slightly decreased."

Silver Fang said with immense pride, "Look at his skin again, it's shiny black, with such beautiful spots of negative energy. It's simply a work of art combining offense and defense."

"……good."

Anke glanced at the taciturn black warrior and the vengeful spirit with a blurry face flying in the air.

The reason why she asked this question in the beginning was mainly because she saw the twisted soul trapped in the body, fragmented and extremely hideous.

It's so pitiful. Just because it was suitable to be a summoned creature in the eyes of the Necromancer, it ended up like this.

No wonder the School of Necromancy has a bad reputation.

Even though other schools also have terrible dark wizards, this one who kills an entire family and makes them work for him after death is indeed more hated.

along the way.

Yin Ya has been enthusiastically telling about the knowledge and secrets he has mastered, not only about the Well of Silence, but also about the Cult of Disaster.

He was not surprised why Ms. Black Crow asked questions so frequently, some of which included some very basic questions. Since she came from the abyss, it was normal for her not to understand the situation in the present world.

This is a rare and precious opportunity to show off! The chance to journey into the abyss in the future may fall on this person!

Silver Fang was very happy.

Anko was also very happy.

She got a lot of information about the Well of Silence, including its rules, personnel structure, size... and even some valuable combat intelligence.

As Bro's confidant, Yin Ya also revealed some of the spells that Bro is good at, as well as the characteristics of the undead creatures cultivated by his subordinates.

It is said that Bro is best at the zombie system. He has a third-level abomination and at least eight second-level undead under his command. Moreover, he is not just a summoning mage, but also has strong frontal combat capabilities. He has high-level spells such as "Death Ray", "Bloody Storm" and "Evil Ghost".

His insight and perception abilities are also very strong. The former relies on the "vision of the dead", and the latter relies on his spiritual talents and the large number of resentful spirits he nurtures. It is no exaggeration to say that he can quickly detect and react to any disturbance within a radius of three kilometers.

A large number of high-level spells and powerful summons are very powerful and comprehensive, with no obvious shortcomings, and the above does not even include the props he carries with him.

Bro is the confidence of the Well of Silence to complete the Asda City plan. After all, the "Ruined Shepherd" has fifteen third-level people under his command, and four apostles. Excluding one fourth-level deputy, the remaining three third-level people are the elite among the elites.

If Kunda didn't have the "Requiem Record", and if it weren't for the extremely difficult task of attacking the wizard's workshop that had been run for many years, and Bro had to save his energy to preside over the ceremony, otherwise, relying on himself alone, he might be able to turn the city of Asda upside down.

Similarly, because Bro is here, they dare to say that they can definitely kill Wither and compete for the Wailing Angel.

When Yin Ya mentioned Bro, he always had a look of admiration and pride on his face.

As for Encore, although she pretended to be calm and indifferent, she couldn't help but feel turbulent inside.

Although she knew that as an apostle of the Well of Silence and a spellcaster specially sent to take charge of fourth-level matters, Bro could not be a weakling, but his strength was still quite exaggerated.

An Ke didn't even know if the Kunda City Lord could sneak attack and take down the enemy, given the intelligence. No, Bro would definitely recognize Kunda. Even with his help, Bro would probably sense something was wrong before they even got close to the main stronghold in the Limestone Forest. A sneak attack wouldn't be possible at all...

Hmm, do I have to rely on Momo?

But she hasn't even graduated from the Tower Academy yet, so I wonder if she's that good...

If Momo is unreliable, then she can only report the information and then run away from Asda City overnight, hoping that the city lord and others can report to the higher-ups and see if they can ask the boss to make time to come over.

Although the North is large, it takes a week to get from Xueshan Town to Asda City, and the distance between cities is even farther, but high-level spellcasters can walk very quickly if they are willing.

There should still be enough time now, as it will take ten days to complete the Wailing Angel...but the possibility of Withering being forcibly activated cannot be ruled out. Yin Ya said that he would try his best to appease Withering.

An Ke shook her head and threw these thoughts out of her head. She wanted to go to the base first.

A good while.

Finally arrived at the destination.

This is a small stronghold between the cliffs.

Although it is called a small stronghold, it is actually not small. There are very regular buildings inside, like an underground palace.

There are many areas, including the main hall, activity room, warehouse, side corridor, sanctuary...

The stronghold was surprisingly lively.

The undead creatures carrying corpses, the undead on guard and patrol, all kinds of shapes and colors, humanoid, animal-like, reptilian... There are also many types, such as ghouls, skeletons, zombies, and witches...

There are also some spellcasters occasionally.

"Let them assemble!"

Silver Fang gave a stern order to a servant, then turned respectfully to Anke, "Lord Black Crow, we have five first-level mages and twenty-three apprentices in this base. They have been responsible for collecting and transporting supplies."

Currently, there are more people in the small stronghold than in the big stronghold. The big stronghold has one second-level, two first-level, and twelve apprentices.

On the one hand, it is because this place is close to the city of Asda, and supplies need to be transported here; on the other hand, a large stronghold does not require so much labor. As a third-level necromancer, Bro can control far more undead than first- and second-level mages.

As for the so-called supplies, they are actually corpses and things that may be used in rituals.

The corpses are mainly wild monsters, including ordinary ones and first-level ones.

No one, not because the members of the Well of Silence are kind-hearted, but because they have other purposes.

"There's no need to worry about the farms around Asda City. Once the Wailing Angel activates, we'll kill all those people. We'll capture some adventurers and imprison them in the dungeon. There seem to be thirty-six of them right now."

Silver Fang said, "Some of them stumbled upon our movements, and some were captured casually. We can't kill them yet. We'll wait until the event begins. Using the remains of the recently deceased will make the ritual more effective, otherwise their souls will be lost."

"We're being relatively restrained right now because we're afraid of alerting Asda City. In a few days, we'll be able to hunt down adventurers and civilians who've left Asda City on a large scale. Then we won't have to worry about alerting them anymore, as they won't have enough time."

"Huh? Just the three of you? Where are Dart and Kenro?"

Those people acted very efficiently. Not long after Yin Ya gave the order to assemble, a group of people in black robes gathered in the hall in just a few minutes and knelt on the ground in a large crowd.

"Reporting to Lord Silver Fang, Dart has gone to escort the supplies, and Kenro should be gathering intelligence in Asda City."

The mage who was half-kneeling below immediately replied.

"Okay, come over and introduce yourself. This is Lady Black Crow, a great figure from the Abyssal Royal Court. Remember this, or if you anger Lady Black Crow, she'll want to kill you. I won't plead for you, I'll just applaud!"

As soon as Yin Ya finished speaking, An Ke felt countless shocked and fanatical gazes falling on him.

Then everyone kowtowed and greeted each other in unison.

"Greetings, Lord Black Crow!"

It feels like a palace drama from my previous life.

Anke's thoughts wandered for a moment until Yin Ya respectfully asked, "What are your plans next?" She pondered for a moment before beginning to give instructions.

Chapter 117 Sacrifice

In the foggy cliffs, bright yellow lights were on in the corridors of the underground palace.

Yin Ya walked ahead, giving An Ke directions. "Turn left at the intersection to the Scriptures, turn right to the dungeon and processing yard, and walk all the way to the end to reach the warehouse and storage room. There's a small negative energy fountain there, and spare props and materials are also stored there."

He paused, "Lord Black Crow, don't worry. We have been preparing for the Asda City plan for a long time. Those things are all backups, and the reserves are definitely sufficient! Lord Bro also agreed, you can use them as you like!"

Yin Ya's face showed immense gratitude and enthusiasm, and his voice was trembling.

"I really don't know how to thank you enough for actually hosting the blessing ceremony for us. This... is truly an honor. I'm so grateful!"

When everyone heard that Lady Black Crow announced that she would hold a ceremony in the base to bless everyone so that they would be more confident in the upcoming battle with Asda City, almost everyone was excited.

After all, under normal circumstances, as lowly "dust covering the bones", it is impossible for them to receive blessings from the abyss.

Even Bro, an apostle, upon hearing the news, not only thanked Ms. Black Crow for her help, but also expressed his strong regret for not being able to take the time to attend the ceremony.

Although they are all apostles of the Eternal Death Star, and Bro is well-known in the Abyss Royal Court, he does have the corresponding blessing ceremony, but the problem is that his blessing ceremony... sometimes works and sometimes doesn't.

It mainly depends on whether the demon lord above is in the mood to respond. Generally speaking, there will be no response. Not to mention that the demon lord above will not respond even if he takes the sacrifice, he will not even pay attention.

There is no way, because there is a layer in between - the priest above Bro is the "Ruined Shepherd", who is also from the present world. He has to continue to contact upwards before he can reach the legendary demon of the abyss.

If the relationship is too distant and you have to find the boss's boss, the effect of the ceremony will of course be difficult to describe.

What's worse is that it is said that because the High Priest did not do his job well in his early years and failed to cooperate with the White Walker Lord to kill the Bone Witch, it seems that his reputation among the important figures in the royal court has dropped a lot, which is why he is now overshadowed by the "ghost in the mirror" of the Phoenix Kingdom.