Chapter 89: Learning Spells (2/2)

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-Bloodspitter Lizard]

[Outer Circle Unit Limit: 225]

As a Lich, Aldrich now had massively enhanced capacity to control undead

Liches were forces of nature that, when angered, were basically like natural disasters

When they attacked a city or village, they did not just wield a few dozen undead as mortal necro living settlements like a flood of death

Thus, Aldrich's undead control syste into two categories known as the Inner Circle and the Outer Circle

The typical units-controlled lied to the Inner Circle This encoh to be above level 15

Meanwhile, the Outer Circle consisted of units that ranged from 1 to 15

The max amount of units Aldrich could field in his Outer Circle equaled his Inner Circle li hier Aldrich got, the higher he evolved as a Lich, the wider the level range of his Outer Circle

On top of this, the Raise Undead spell and its Mass variation also changed fro it essentially zero cooldohen used on Outer Circle undead

For corpses strong enough to enter the Inner Circle, however, Raise Undead still went on cooldown, and the health andunit that was significantly stronger than Aldrich

Aldrich withdrew from his inventory the [Toe] He used both, learning spells to pad up his spell count and replace those that were no longer needed

Twin auras of bloody red and ashen white swirled around hi the abandoned, ruined insides of the Red Circle in their eerie twin glows

At the end of this process, Aldrich was left with the following twelve spells:

First, there were spells he kept

Grave Consumption

Raise Undead

Create Greater Undead (1st Ring) - This spell was Aldrich's o up to level 20 This was because he had not received the necessary [Toraded, would becoative Surge - A reliable spell to use in buffing an ally or Aldrich's own physical stats Once he got the appropriate [Toe

And then there were his new spells:

Death Bolt - Aldrich's new spa Chill Bolt as a vastly superior alternative

Call of the I stakes of bone to erupt all around Aldrich, allowing for hienerate distance or clear out enemies very easily

Bone Wall - This allowed Aldrich to summon forth a wall of bone that could block attacks or, if raised beneath an eneenerated a circle of floating bones around Aldrich that could be shot forth according to his will like bullets He could also supplement this with bones he found on the battlefield

Rite of Bone Binding - By activating this spell, Aldrich could make all skeleton type units under his control in his nearby vicinity to greatly strengthen their durability and strength

Burning Agony - Using this spell, Aldrich could cause zombie type undead under his control in his vicinity to start burning up, their blood boiling and their bodily processeshot ignited blood aura Eventually, this would reduce the zombies down into skeletal undead

Corpse Nova - A hty spell that Aldrich could use on any zombie type undead or unit with flesh in his co bomb In terest attack in his arsenal so far

Mist Phase - A spell known by all Liches It allowed Aldrich to teleport a short distance away after a sreatly if he teleported to an undead under his co to scrape back his original power and, as a result, his original battle strategies As a Legion necroh now as a Lich, the scale of this increased treeared his spells towards being able to enerate

[Burning Agony] on raised zo threats, and eventually, they would turn into skeletons

At which point [Rite of Bone Binding] could turn them into durable defensive units or Aldrich could scatter theainst targets Aldrich really needed to take down, he could use [Corpse Nova] on any of hise

On top of all this, Aldrich could now thoroughly defend hier needing to solely rely on his undead He could afford to take hits and fight on his o

And yet, at the same time, Aldrich asked himself the same question he had asked himself the first time he embarked on this journey as a necromancer: as a necromancer without his undead?

Aldrich looked around at the variant and Red Circle staff corpses lying scattered about He smiled underneath his helm of darkness and blood

"Serve," said Aldrich as he raised his hands up, casting [Mass Raise Undead]… All the dozens of corpses in the dance floor twitched and shuddered as they rose up as zo Outer Circle army