Chapter 74: Cleanup Mission (please read it later)
As soon as he heard Mei Luo's anxious tone, Richard knew something must have happened.
Immediately, Richard followed Mei Luo and hurried all the way to Tutor Seles's laboratory on the second floor.
Along the way, Richard tried to ask Mei Luo if she knew what happened, but Mei Luo looked around, shook her head, and said that she would know as soon as she got to her mentor.
Seeing Mei Luo being so careful, Richard immediately understood that Mei Luo must know something, but he couldn't make it public.
The wizard apprentices of all levels I met along the way also looked in a hurry!
As soon as the two of them arrived on the second floor, they heard the voice of Instructor Seles coming from inside.
"Both of you, come in! Ahem." This time, Seles was not doing experiments. It seemed that he was specially waiting for Richard.
As soon as Richard entered the room, he was immediately shocked. His mentor's face was pale and bloodless, and he kept coughing.
At first glance, he looked seriously injured.
"Teacher, are you injured?"
"I'm fine, just a minor injury!" Seles waved his hand and said.
"You all saw the scene in the afternoon, right? The specific content, because it involves top secrets, I can't reveal. But as my disciples, I hope you two will make preparations early. Tomorrow, the school should organize
all The wizard apprentice is participating in the wartime mission."
Richard's face turned serious, and he couldn't help but ask: "Teacher, has the situation collapsed to this extent?"
If the opponent is really a shadow stalker or even higher level, level 2 or 3 It's okay for a wizard apprentice to participate in the battle, but to have a first-level wizard apprentice also participate is no different from being sent to die. Seeing
Richard's expression, Seles couldn't help but laugh: "Richard, what are you thinking about? The opponent has been repelled by us, but the official wizards of the school are still stationed near the passage to prevent the opponent from coming back.
Cough.
In the previous battle, some of the vassal races of the night elves were defeated and fled around, so they sent wizard apprentices to clean up these miscellaneous fish.
At that time, the third-level wizard apprentices will fight independently, while the second-level wizard apprentices and first-level wizard apprentices will be mixed into small teams for elimination.
Generally, one second-level apprentice leads three to four first-level apprentices. This is not yet clear.
Cough.
And you, Richard, since you are the freshman chief, although you have not yet participated in the second-level promotion assessment, the school has determined that you have the strength of a second-level wizard apprentice, so it is very likely that you will have to lead a team by yourself.
Ahem. The top three in the freshmen qualifying competition will all have this arrangement. "
After hearing this, Richard remained silent.
"What? Scared? "
No. It's just" Richard hesitated, not knowing what to say.
"Richard, you have to look at the problem from a different angle. This is both a challenge and an opportunity for you!" For example, this time, I harvested a material that I had been looking for for a long time - the eyeballs of the dark fishman.
Things that I always thought were extinct in the main plane actually still exist in the Underdark.
Therefore, I believe that Richard, you will definitely have your opportunities and your gains.
Moreover, the path of the wizard's pursuit of truth will never be smooth sailing. All you have to do is to increase your strength and remove all obstacles! "
Richard came out of Seles Laboratory in a particularly heavy mood!
But the only thing worth mentioning is that Richard has made an appointment with Senior Mei Luo. If they can choose their own team members tomorrow, Senior Mei Luo will contact her in advance. Hans, Karina, and another old student joined the team headed by Richard.
The original joy of winning the top spot among freshmen had long since disappeared.
Unexpectedly, the school would directly recognize the top three in the rankings as second-level wizards. The apprentice's strength required him to lead a group of first-level wizard apprentices to participate in wartime missions.
This made Richard feel very unhappy.
The vassal race of the night elves is a miscellaneous fish, but the first-level wizard apprentice is also a miscellaneous fish.
Miscellaneous fish versus miscellaneous fish!
If I had known this, I might as well have done it, but if I had done it, I wouldn't have had the banshee finger on my hand.
However, what the instructor said was correct.
Including his golden finger, he has to kill monsters to obtain energy points, so the steady flow is still not suitable for him.
And this clearing mission, although full of crises, is also accompanied by opportunities.
Maybe I can get a lot of energy points again, thereby quickly improving my strength.
It is also possible to obtain rare alchemical materials like the mentor did.
However, preparations need to be strengthened.
The short charred wood staff buried outside the school's headquarters must be dug out immediately, and then sold directly, and replaced with items that can instantly increase one's strength.
In this current situation, we can’t care so much anymore.
Moreover, he is now surrounded by the aura of the freshman chief. Even if others have doubts, the school will definitely not do anything to him without real evidence.
Also, you have to bring the egg of the soul-eating spider with you.
When you kill an enemy, you can also use the enemy's soul to feed it, killing two birds with one stone.
Finally, the zero-level witchcraft of summoning skeletons must be upgraded to a level above mastery.
I heard from the instructor of the last paid course "Introduction to Summoning the Undead" that at the proficiency level of summoning skeletons, there is a certain chance that two skeleton soldiers can be summoned at the same time.
As for the master level, there is a smaller chance of summoning three skeleton soldiers at the same time.
But if he wants to summon the Skeleton Warrior, Richard's current mental strength is still insufficient.
It is said that only after the total amount of spiritual power reaches a certain standard can the skeleton warrior be directly summoned. Otherwise, you can only use the method of slowly cultivating them, constantly killing enemies, and using the death energy after the enemy's death to strengthen the skeleton soldiers.
Death energy, that is, death energy, is one of the categories of dark energy.
Similar to ice energy, ice energy belongs to the category of water, or it can be said to be mutant energy.
After returning to the dormitory, Richard immediately planned to start upgrading his zero-level witchcraft to summon skeletons.
[It is found that the host is using zero-level witchcraft to summon skeletons. Do you/do you consume energy to get the inspiration for zero-level witchcraft to summon skeletons? 】
Looking at the 0-1000 slider, Richard thought about it briefly and decided to drag the slider to the 1000 position and selected "Yes!"
This time, Richard decided to use up all the energy points. Try to see if you can directly upgrade the summoned skeleton to the master level.
With the world spinning, Richard came to the dream space. This time, the scene was a huge and empty hall. In the center of the hall, the phantom possessed by Richard holds a banshee finger that is also inlaid with a crystal ball.
As a low spell sounded, the micro-carved magic circle in the crystal ball was immediately projected on the ground in the center of the hall.
With the crystal ball that has the magic circle printed in advance, the entire summoning process becomes very simple.
A few seconds later, Richard's mental tentacles penetrated that strange plane again.
In this way, the process of calling, exploring, communicating and ending is repeated in a cycle.
After hundreds or thousands of times, Richard's mental tentacles became more and more efficient in communicating, from being able to communicate only one-on-one to now being able to communicate one-on-two, to finally being able to barely communicate one-on-three.
And this time, Richard also deliberately tried to choose a skeleton soldier holding a sword in one hand and a shield in the other.
As for why he did this, Richard made this choice after careful consideration and based on his combat characteristics, because Richard knew that his characteristic was super long-range attack.
Therefore, if you can have defensive-oriented sword and shield skeleton soldiers to resist the enemy in the front, while you attack from the rear, then you will be more comfortable whether you use witchcraft or a crossbow to attack.
Considering your own safety, it would be best if you could summon two sword and shield skeletons, one to resist in front and the other to protect you, wouldn't it be wonderful?
If he succeeds, even if he encounters an enemy like William with super high attack power and fast movement, he will let the opponent know why the flowers are so red.
After his soul returned to his body, Richard suppressed his desire to summon in the room.
Glancing at the panel, [Witchcraft]: Summon Skeletons (Master 7%, Secret Technique: Triple Summoning), I was
very happy. It seemed that what I felt in the dream was right. I could indeed summon three skeleton soldiers at the same time, and , unlike the certain probability mentioned by the instructor, if he uses the secret skill, he will definitely be able to summon three skeleton soldiers.
The difference between just two words is a world of difference!
In the eyes of ordinary necromancer apprentices, the more general witchcraft of summoning skeletons has been outdone by Richard.
Huh! Controlling skeletons (proficiency 26%), Richard couldn't help but be surprised.
I remember that I was at the proficient level before, but now I am at the proficient level.
Could it be that this trick is somehow related to the zero-level witchcraft summoning skeletons? After all, it has improved so much that it is difficult to explain it by the commonality of witchcraft.
Unfortunately, now that my energy points have been exhausted, I can no longer try.
Originally, you could try raising the trick of manipulating skeletons to the master level first to see if it would be of any benefit to the zero-level witchcraft of summoning skeletons.
After thinking for a while, Richard decided to dig out the burnt wood stick first. Since the location was not far from the school, only five or six miles away, a round trip would not take much time.
Moreover, it is a good opportunity to test the combat effectiveness of the skeleton soldiers and their new tactics in the wild.
Covering his body tightly, Richard walked out of the school's residence alone.
After walking a few hundred meters, Richard saw no one around and immediately began to use witchcraft to summon skeletons.
With the injection of a trace of spiritual power, the crystal ball on the Banshee's finger instantly projected a three-meter-diameter summoning circle on the ground.
In just over a second, three skeleton soldiers holding swords and shields crawled out from the center of the green-light summoning circle.
But the moment he succeeded, Richard suddenly felt like his body was being hollowed out, and his head felt dizzy!
"No, this is a sign of mental exhaustion!"
Richard immediately took out a tube of vitality potion and drank it in big gulps.
As Richard sat down in a group, the three sword and shield skeletons were very responsible and protected him in a three-point position with Richard as the center.
Richard, who was resting, was very satisfied with this!
An hour later, Richard, holding a slender package in his hand, started to return. He happened to encounter a sharp-toothed crocodile along the way, and immediately ordered a sword and shield skeleton to attack.
Although the Sword and Shield Skeletons were obviously at a disadvantage, the sharp-toothed crocodile's bloody mouth made it impossible for the Skeleton Soldiers to do anything for a while.
It seems that a shield is still useful!
Immediately, Richard sent another sword and shield skeleton.
Under the siege of the two sword and shield skeletons, the sharp-toothed crocodile began to receive more wounds. As time went by, the wounds gradually increased, and the sharp-toothed crocodile began to retreat.
But Richard couldn't let it slip away as he wished, and sent out the last sword and shield skeleton.
Under siege by three sword and shield skeletons, the sharp-toothed crocodile didn't even have a chance to escape and was eaten alive on the spot.
Summoning three sword and shield skeletons to protect his side, Richard fell into deep thought for a moment.
The combat effectiveness of the sword and shield skeleton was weaker than he expected, because the combat effectiveness of a sharp-toothed crocodile was about the same as that of a quasi-knight among humans.
By comparison, Richard's three sword and shield skeletons combined are almost the same as regular knights, and their attack power is really not high.
But in terms of defensive capabilities, it's still okay.
Richard had an idea and stuffed a tube of Fire Dance Star into one of the sword and shield skeletons.
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