Chapter 420 Bone Lis (2/2)

However, this was where the problem occurred: the Bone List could only sign a contract with one person at once. In other words, the Necromancer could only choose either the Army General or Natasha. In the end, the Necromancer chose Natasha because she could provide deeper insights, as the daughter of the city owner, than the Army General could. If he could sign her into the contract of the Bone List and erase her memories of this happening, he could rely on her as his best spy with the influence of the Bone List!

The Necromancer had long given up on his emotions and due to the strained timing for the ceremony, he casually released the Army General! This left the Army General deeply dissatisfied.

Didn't I struggle so hard just to serve all of you? Didn't you promise me an eternal life? Why would I risk myself to provide you the insiders' information here? Don't you know how harsh the punishment Royal Highness Lydia gives to traitors is?

The Army General was furious as these thoughts flooded his mind. In the end, he brought his trusted aide to beg for the Necromancer to fulfill his promise. The negotiations fell out and both parties ended in a brawl. Within this chaos, Natasha sneaked out and escaped. Then, she grabbed the Bone List and fled with Grendy towards the direction of the Eagle City.

It wasn't because Natasha knew what the Bone List was when she snatched it. It was because, before the start of her contractual ceremony, the Necromancer had threatened her with it: she would turn into his possession through this book and this left the young lady breaking out in cold sweat. Furthermore, she didn't know if the odd-looking Mage would turn her into something weird even after she escaped, which was why she might as well grab the book along…

Should I say that the Necromancer had bad luck? Or was Natasha's luck too good?

Although Natasha wasn't too sure what this book did, she knew that she would at least have it as evidence to prove her words once she returned to the Eagle City. However, they didn't expect that the Army General and the Necromancer would reach a consensus and work together. If it weren't for this piece of land in the Munn Kingdom and the protection of the Light Dragon soul, perhaps these two fellows wouldn't have met Rhode and would've been captured by the Necromancer.

After listening to Natasha's explanations, Rhode's mood turned for the worse. And the reason was the Necromancer.

Previously, the Necromancer sent Vulture and his men to capture Natasha because he didn't wish to cause an uproar. However, now that Vulture and his men were dead due to his commands, what other actions would this Necromancer take? Will he take matters into his own hands? Or would he choose to give up?

Rhode didn't think that the Necromancer would give up so easily. If this Bone List was indeed filled with all the names of the traitors of the Munn Kingdom, this Necromancer would do all it took to snatch this powerful book back. Although Natasha was a rich young daughter without any combat abilities and she couldn't explain just how powerful the Necromancer was, her tone of voice explained that Vulture seemed to be respectful towards the Necromancer. In this world where strength represented everything, this cleared plenty of doubts.

Rhode's head began to hurt. He didn't wish to be chased down by a Necromancer who was at least at the Master Stage or possibly even stronger. It wasn't that Rhode didn't have any trump cards to face the Necromancer. As a matter of fact, one of Rhode's trump cards, Gillian, was standing just beside him. But the level of this young lady was hooked onto his. Right now, Rhode was only level 28 and the EXP which he gained from defeating Vulture might have added one or two levels. However, even so, Gillian would still struggle when she faced a Necromancer of at least level 40, and it would be impossible to kill him! Of course, that was only if Rhode didn't unlock the seal to return Gillian to her original state. But the seal on Gillian could only be unlocked once and if Rhode unlocked it to deal with the Necromancer, how would he deal with the Castel Plateau Ruins?

”We need to move on immediately.”

Rhode closed the lid of the wooden box with an oddly strict expression before scanning the surroundings. It was early in the morning and under the illumination of the Light Dragon soul, the Necromancer wouldn't have the guts to find trouble. However, it would be another situation if it were at night. Undead creatures always had an extraordinary response system with others of their kind and Rhode believed that the Necromancer must be aware that Vulture was defeated by him. This made it very possible for the Necromancer to take matters into his own hands.

Right now, Rhode planned to arrive at Eagle City at the fastest speed. Then, he wouldn't need to fight this battle alone. In the Munn Kingdom, it wouldn't be a difficult task to defeat a Necromancer.

Rhode made the decision to burn the chariot, along with the baggage filled with clothes. Also, he gave the poor senior chariot driver a proper burial. Then, Rhode handed the wooden box over to Gillian. Although this Fire Elemental Lord didn't have sufficient power, her accessibility to her element was enough to disrupt and cut off the signal or connections the Necromancer had with the Bone List. Without a doubt, Rhode knew that this was only a stop-gap measure.

Natasha and Grendy were kept in the dark about the truth. Rhode briefly mentioned that this item that Natasha had stolen was an important magical equipment for the Necromancer and he would definitely come searching for it. Just this explanation alone was enough to spread a ghastly whiteness over the young lady's face.

After a short rest, everyone began their journey to their next destination.

Hobbit Village.