Necromancer, but pre-collapse civilization

　For those in power who stand at the top of the pyramid of human civilization, the assassin "Forget-Me-Not" is nothing more than a sharp knife.

　As we all know, a knife can only kill when it is held in a person's hand.

　In other words, as long as they reach a tacit understanding with the Moth of Fire organization to which Forget-Me-Not belongs, they can not only rest easy without worrying about this sharp samurai sword hurting them, but also use its power to seize the initiative in the complex power struggle.

　In this situation, the expansion path of the Fire-Chasing Moth suddenly became exceptionally smooth.

　Consequently, the members of the Firemoth Council, the leading body of the Firemoth, also seized this opportunity to significantly enhance their power and influence.

　Even the United Nations, which was originally prepared to curb the expansion of the "Moth of Fire," had to back down and acquiesce to the fact of the "Moth of Fire's" expansion when faced with the will of those who truly dominate the development of human civilization.

　Moros was certainly aware of this.

　In fact, when this secret war broke out over whether to grant human rights to the nobles who had been transformed into vampires, Moros had already learned of the inside story through his own channels.

　Whether it was Alicia, who had joined the Moth of Fire and become the captain of an elite squad, or Mebius, a founding member of the organization and head of the First Research Institute, or the dignitaries from Australia and New Zealand, they all revealed the news of the outbreak of the war to Moros.

　However, Moros simply stated that he was aware of these reports and continued to immerse himself in the ocean of magical research.

　The necromancer saw it clearly: this war didn't actually have much to do with him.

　He had already fully demonstrated his strength in the secret war against the Allied forces.

　As long as those in power in human society remain clear-headed, they will not involve him in their own conflicts.

　Even though the root of this secret war was the [Vampire Transformation Dagger] provided by the necromancer, he maintained a detached attitude, observing the bloody hunt between the private soldiers and assassins of both sides as a neutral observer.

　After all, Moros's strength had already been fully proven in the flames of war.

　If the power of the entire human society cannot be unified, any single powerful faction will be at a significant disadvantage when facing him.

　Therefore, the powerful and wealthy could only carefully maintain the delicate and fragile tacit understanding with Moros, trying their best to avoid angering this powerful necromancer.

　There was no way around it; these powerful figures knew perfectly well that, unlike the mortal assassin [Forget-Me-Not], the necromancer Moros truly possessed the ability to overturn the entire game.

　For this reason, even now, many powerful people are well aware of the close relationship between Moros, Alicia, and Eden, but they can only pretend to be unaware to avoid causing unnecessary trouble.

　Moreover, those in power in human society must think carefully and be constantly vigilant about the possible reactions of Moros, lest they suffer greater losses and fall into a deeper predicament.

　Under the indifferent observation of the necromancer, the undercurrents that had surged on this planet due to the appearance of vampires were temporarily calmed.

　When the powerful elites who wield overwhelming military force reach a consensus, the social consensus of the masses cannot restrain them.

　With their sophisticated skills in manipulating public opinion and controlling information, those in power in human society can easily divert the attention of the people living in information cocoons from the vampires.

　Under the influence of experts and professors, a series of bans on vampire transformation were enacted, convincing the public that their voices were respected and that those in power...

　They have given up the idea of ​​becoming vampires to prolong their lives.

　Of course, when the base is large enough, there will always be some clever people who can see through the weakness and ineffectiveness of these bans.

　But since they are intelligent people, they naturally know how to assess the situation and will not engage in futile resistance.

　In this context, when the news of the tragic hero Herbert's death quietly spread, it did not cause much of a stir in society.

　This iconic figure, who once championed the fight against vampires, rose to power through illegitimate means, indirectly pushing the vampire issue to the forefront of public attention. He has long been regarded as a thorn in the side by other powerful figures.

　Once he loses his usefulness, the other powerful figures will naturally not allow such an unruly individual to continue existing.

　Herbert is not Maurois; he does not possess the power to transcend the constraints of the social system.

　Faced with the united suppression from powerful figures around the world, "dying of illness" may have been the best outcome for him.

　The return to peace in human society is undoubtedly bad news for those ambitious individuals.

　They had hoped to create a huge uproar through the vampire incident, thereby reaping even greater profits for themselves.

　But now, everything seems to have returned to square one, and their plans have vanished.

　But for Moros, this was good news.

　Following the secret war after the Second Great Collapse, the signing of the Treaty of Fuyuan City, and the cutting-edge auction held in Fuyuan City, Moros has reaped substantial profits.

　At this moment, what he needs more is to calm down and turn these gains into tangible benefits, rather than continuing to cause trouble and seek more benefits.

　In short, Moros is already overwhelmed with benefits and needs time to digest them.

　He is temporarily unable to expand his power until he has digested these benefits.

　But for necromancers who are engrossed in magical research, this is not actually a difficult problem.

　Moros's method of ruling his power on Earth is a typical feudal system.

　Under the feudal system, as long as the supreme ruler doesn't cause trouble, there generally won't be anything to bother him.

　This is also one of the important reasons why Moros chose this method of rule.

　He had not forgotten how terrifying the power of the Herrscher of the End was.

　That was a terrifying being who could face off against the seven fusion warriors—Kevin, Kosmo, Eden, Mebius, Thousand Calamities, Padofilis, and Hua—as well as Velvie, who wielded the superweapon [Moon Throne], and ultimately only suffer a 12-hour system outage.

　Faced with such a being, Moros knew he was incapable of attending to those bottles and jars once the battle began.

　Therefore, from the very beginning, Moros did not regard the forces on Earth as high-quality assets that could be held for the long term.

　In this context, the flaws of the feudal system become less unacceptable.

Chapter 157 Level 30 and Hero Template Promotion Quest

　As ordinary people are deceived by the information cocoons woven by the rulers of human society, and as those in power once again indulge in extravagance and debauchery, time flies by like an arrow.

　The massive consumption of magical resources resulted in Moros's profound accumulation and significant progress in the field of magic.

　Mastering the fourth-level Light magic, 【Teleportation】, allows the necromancer to traverse spatial barriers in an instant, greatly enhancing his survivability.

　His mastery of Magical Immunity allowed him to remain unscathed and standing firm against enemy magical attacks.

　The SummonHive feature grants Moros more tactical options, further enhancing his legion warfare capabilities.

　……

　Each advanced battle spell he learned significantly enhanced Moros's strength.

　This not only means that he has added another usable campaign spell to his spellbook, but more importantly, Moros receives a generous experience reward every time he fully masters a new advanced campaign spell.

　In the year following the end of the Secret War, Moros finally managed to raise his hero level to 30 by accumulating experience points and clearing out wild monster hordes.

　【Moros】

　【Level: 30】

　[Race: Human]

　[Template: Plain White]

　[Class: Necromancer]

　[Racial Talent: Learning (Experience Gain Efficiency +5%)]

　[Hero Specialty: Necropolis Lord (Attack and Defense +1 every 5 levels when commanding Necropolis units)]

　Attack: 15 + 6

　[Defense: 57 + 6]

　[Curse Power: 40 + 10]

　[Knowledge: 24]

　[Skills: Dark Magic (Expert), Summoning Magic (Expert), Destruction Magic (Expert), Sorcery (Expert), Light Magic (Expert)]

　[Mastery: Necromancy (Expert), Enlightenment (Expert)]

　Even more noteworthy is that, through this round of learning and upgrading, and through this round of relentless learning and upgrading, Moros successfully raised his strength to the level of a level 25 spellcaster in the world of Ashan.

　Although he currently only possesses one legendary spell, which is quite inferior to other spellcasters of the same level, it could even be considered somewhat shameful.

　However, with the abundant magic power provided by the Water Elemental Bottle, Moros is fully capable of engaging in a protracted battle with any spellcaster from the Ashan world below the High Legend level, and ultimately wearing them down with his magical advantage.

　Moreover, this is without considering the ever-growing and well-equipped undead legion under Moros's command.

　Now, the undead legion under the necromancer's command not only has a scale far exceeding that of the Second Great Honkai Impact, but is also equipped with numerous war machines enhanced by Honkai energy.

　If the strength of the undead legion is also taken into account, Moros is even capable of engaging in a close contest with the weakest group of high-level legendary spellcasters.

　Comparing this to the Tree Sea system, with the assistance of the undead legion, Moros's current strength is already enough to rival Kevin before he activates his artificial collapse form.

　Even if Kevin wields the Seventh Divine Key, the Key of Destruction, the Judgment of Heavenly Fire, nothing will happen.

　Admittedly, as a necromancer, Moros, lacking sufficient time to accumulate experience, is indeed significantly less effective in single-target damage compared to Kevin, who wields [Judgment of Heavenly Fire].

　However, relying on his large-scale destructive spells and far superior mobility to Kevin, Moros was able to restrain Kevin relatively easily, making it difficult for him to move freely.

　More importantly, if Moros wanted to leave, Kevin, who couldn't travel through space, had no way to stop him.

　Although Kevin possesses the ability to fly when his artificial collapse form is not activated, his flight speed is not faster than that of Ghost Dragon.

　In this situation, Kevin, whose ranged attack methods are relatively simple, is naturally helpless against the necromancer.

　In fact, not only Kevin in his normal state, but even when he activated his artificial collapse form and transformed into the [Karma Demon], he could hardly pose a real threat to Moros's life.

　Having fully mastered the two level-four battle spells, [Dimensional Journey] and [Teleportation], Moros's survivability is not bad even in the entire Tree Sea system.

　With such a level of survivability, Moros naturally turned his attention to the hero template advancement quest.

　Since the establishment of the Congress, Moros has gained a relatively deep understanding of the difficulty of the Hero Template Promotion quest.

　At that time, the necromancer, who had a clear understanding of his own abilities, knew very well that he had no chance of completing such an extremely difficult task.

　Therefore, no matter how much he coveted the benefits of upgrading the hero template, Moros had to suppress his desires and give up the idea of ​​accepting the hero template upgrade quest from the [Congress].

　However, the situation has changed dramatically since then.

　Having acquired sufficient self-defense capabilities, Moros was confident that he could complete the most basic hero template advancement task.

　After all, this is just an upgrade from the [White Common] template to the [Green Excellent] template. Although the hero template upgrade task is quite difficult, it still has its limits.

　According to the information Moros obtained from the Congress, those with legendary-level strength are quite confident in handling promotion missions of this caliber.

　Even if we adhere to the principle of overestimating the enemy's strength and estimate the difficulty of the mission to be higher.

　Even so, with the necromancer's current strength comparable to a spellcaster at the pinnacle of the legendary rank in the world of Bishan, he is more than capable of dealing with and resolving these challenges.

　However, before heading to the [Congress] to accept the Hero Template Promotion quest, Moros had some important matters to attend to.

　The Hero Template Promotion Quest can send the recipient to another world.

　This other world is not as simple as the world bubble in the Tree Sea system, but a real alternate dimension.

　In fact, Moros wouldn't be too surprised if the mission were to take place outside the Tree Sea system.

　Since it was uncertain how long this mission in another world would last, Moros had to make some arrangements first.

　The necromancer didn't want those he cared about to feel uneasy about his disappearance during his absence.

　Moros was fully aware of the details regarding the [Wraith Jar]'s interdimensional communication capabilities.

　He understood perfectly well that the reason this low-level magical artifact was able to penetrate the dimensional barrier of a demiplane and achieve interdimensional communication was entirely due to the power of the Hero Panel.

　Clearly, he could not ensure that the cross-dimensional communication function of the [Wraith Jar] would still work properly when performing the hero template promotion quest.

　Therefore, Moros naturally needed to have an in-depth conversation with Vervie and the others to tell them what he was going to do.

　Only in this way can Moros ensure that Velvey and the others will not be too worried after the communication with the [Wraith Jar] is cut off.

Chapter 158 Arrangements Before Departure

　"Place

　So, teacher, are you saying you're going to leave this world for a while?

　After listening to Morros's account, a hint of surprise flashed in the eyes of the enigmatic scholar, Velvey, but it was quickly replaced by a complex and strange expression.

　"Ah."

　Nodding, Moros slowly reached out and gently stroked the fair and smooth cheek of his only apprentice.

　Although the necromancer and the mysterious scholar had already engaged in similar intimate acts many times, a blush still involuntarily crept onto Wilvi's cheeks.

　She lowered her head, avoiding Moros's gaze, but a strange emotion welled up inside her.

　She did feel some anxiety about the impending separation, but more than that, she trusted her teacher and lover, the necromancer Moros.

　Yes, the two years of living and working together not only greatly improved Moros's strength, but also deepened his feelings for Velvi.

　Their relationship has transcended the boundaries of master and disciple, becoming an indispensable part of each other's lives.

　Looking at Vervie's downcast eyes, Moros felt a surge of emotion.