Chapter 20: Getting Ready (2/2)
Some of them may fly, some of them may shoot flame from their hands, some may have powerful punches, and so on You cannot underesti that he referred to humans as 'them' so very naturally "And there are monsters, too
Monsters called Variants that ic but will have powers that canlike monsters are Variants, but the tere broadly
Deeper in the forest, there will be er threats"
"I will always be on guard, my master," said Valera She raised her enormous cross shi+eld of bone and black reat shi+eld of mine, I swear you will face no harm"
"Please, you don't have to coddle me like that I can take a hit when I have to," said Aldrich He nodded to Valera "But I'll count on you to cover me when I don't want to take them
Just like old times"
"Like old tiht, then, it's about tis first, I have to n as possible while I still have access to it," said Aldrich
"[Create Undead]" chanted Aldrich as he thrust his pale paly started to swirl around hi)] allowed Aldrich to create Undead creatures froher the ring was, the stronger the undead were 1st Ring Undead matched the caster's level up until level 10, at which point they hit a cap
So, for Aldrich now, any undead he created using this spell would be level 6
A list of undead options showed up in his vision
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Skeleton Rogue
Skeleton Archer
Zombie Brute
Evileye
Ghast
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Aldrich created a Skeleton Archer He saw as a shower of green particulates gathered in front of hireen energy di at around his own height It was dressed in a cloak and loincloth of tattered brown leathers that gave it a ragged, deteriorated look
The skeleton wielded a longbow in its bony hands while a quiver of black wood hung at its back, containing rot-poisoned arrows buzzing with flies
Skeleton Archers could use the Skill known as [Dead-Eye] that allowed them to make a shot with heavily enhanced accuracy and critical strike chance after a se in vital areas
[1 Unit slot used]
[Unit Capacity: 5/8 ] 6/8]
[-10 Mana]
[-10 Health]
[HP: 45/45 ] 35/45]
[Mana: 66/66 ] 56/66]
Aldrich winced at the sizable cost of creating undead
Created undead were generally farthem since the caster always knehat their created undead were capable of
But because they were created out of nothing instead of an existing grave, they costcorpses
Aldrich intended on using the Sign onehis health andundead
"[Create Undead]," repeated Aldrich He chose the Skeleton Rogue this tie out of all the summons and functioned particularly hen there were a lot of distractions to cover it
A skeleton with a hunched back and low center of gravity forers in its hands It was dressed in black robes, had a long black bandana wrapped around its skull, and a cloak that see that it possessed [Shade Walk], a stealth Skill that made it temporarily invisible until its first strike
[1 Unit slot used]
[Unit Capacity: 6/8 ] 7/8]
[-10 Mana]
[-10 Health]
[HP: 35/45 ] 25/45]
[Mana: 56/66 ] 45/66]
Aldrich chose these two units because coh frontline distractions and protection He needed soe
As for the last undead -
"[Create Undead]," said Aldrich for the last tireen particles, but instead a large floating eyeball the size of a basketball The eyeball possessed a glowing yellow sclera ide black pupils that darted about curiously A large pink, fleshy optical nerve trailed behind it like a tail
An aura of s it see-through
[1 Unit slot used]
[Unit Capacity: 7/8 ] 8/8]
[-10 Mana]
[-10 Health]
[HP: 25/45 ] 15/45]
[Mana: 45/66 ] 35/66]
This was the [Evileye] It was not a zombie or skeleton, but a spirit, for Necromancers could also call upon restless souls It had no coht and per in this world could counter ical stealth, but he still needed to experiardless of that, having the [Evileye] as a forward scout would be highly useful going deeper into the Variant forest where unknown threats lay
"All done," said Aldrich
Valera walked over to each new Undead he had summoned and inspected theue on their skulls The skeletons did not really think or have any will, so they just got bonked and stood there
"Good bones on you two," said Valera She walked to the Evileye and pretended to punch it, pulling her strike back just an inch away from the eyeball It did not blink and just looked at her blankly "And good, you will keep your eye open for the ht, you all pass to serve ," said Aldrich He stepped over to the Sign and started to access the Nexus "I just have one final stop left before we can get a ed?" said Valera
"You're right about that How did you know?" asked Aldrich
"Our souls are connected, master I can sense your intentions and see that Soul in your inventory If we are to leave the Sign for soet thenot only to heal yourself, but also to use that Soul so it is not just sitting in your inventory," said Valera "I e a new staff?So, I can protect you enough already-"