Chapter 116 Creating a new type of undead creature, a microbial undead cluster!
Irfan Aldridge is gone.

Gracetta Jean Demaye II agreed to the promise of the Nine-Ring Lich.

She knew there was a trap, but she had to step into it.

The other party has already given face to the Church of Silence, allowing both parties to save face.

If I don't agree, I'm afraid the tragedy of the Silent Church two hundred years ago will happen again.

Grace Taff unconsciously recalled the scene that happened two hundred years ago.

Grace Tave doesn't know who her father and mother are. She has been living in the Silent Church since she was old enough to understand.

She was very talented and had always been at the top of her class in seminary.

At that time, Irfan had already joined the Church of Silence. He was already a necromancer close to the ninth ring and had a transcendent status in the church.

Irfan liked Grace Taf, who was still very young at that time, because she had an extraordinary talent in necromancy.

Irfan never accepted any disciples. He treated Gracetaf as his own daughter and disciple.

Everyone thought that Grace Taf would become Irfan's first disciple.

But Grace Taff eventually became a pastor because she wanted to repay the church for raising her.

If she had chosen to become Irfan's disciple and a necromancer, would things have been different?
Grace Taff didn't know, it was just an if after all.

Even after she chose to become a priest of the Church of Silence, Irfan's attitude towards her remained unchanged and he taught her a lot of knowledge.

Necromancers and Priests of the Death Realm have many things in common.

Grace Tave was very happy at that time. She was like a proud phoenix, walking with her head held high throughout the church.

Being liked by a great wizard like Irfan and valued by the Pope at the time, it can be said that Gracetaf's background as a teenager allowed her to do whatever she wanted.

But all this ended with the Pope and Irfan turning against each other.

The two former friends became sworn enemies because Irrfan revealed his true colors.

The reason why he joined the Church of Silence was to study the "God", and the god that was most suitable for him to study was undoubtedly the "Silent Chanter", the god related to death.

Studying other people's gods in the Church of Silence is simply the greatest blasphemy.

From then on, Irfan became the church's greatest enemy.

The powerful men of the church, even the Pope himself, started hunting him down.

Irfan fled everywhere, avoiding the pursuit of the Church of Silence, but was still seriously injured in a siege.

Everyone thought that the necromancer would die completely. His injuries were irreparable. It was estimated that only the Nine Rings Priest could save his life personally.

But Irrfan was like the protagonist of many legendary novels. Not only did he not die, but he fought back.

At the moment when he was on the verge of death, he chose to undergo the lich transformation ritual. After surviving a near-death experience, he became a lich and successfully broke through to the ninth ring!
The probability of a lich transformation ritual succeeding is already very low, and this is an option that many necromancers will only take when their birthday is approaching.

Irfan was extremely lucky to have successfully completed the ritual despite being seriously injured and dying.

Irfan, who became a nine-ring lich, began his revenge.

The Pope of the Quiet Church at that time was also a decisive man.

He knew that if the feud between the two sides could not be completely resolved, this nine-ring lich would continue to fight guerrilla warfare against you and cause trouble for the church, and the final outcome would inevitably be the destruction of the church.

Therefore, the Pope personally approached Irfan and wanted to gamble his life with him. No matter who won or lost, the grudges between the two sides would be written off.

Irfan also felt guilty. After all, it was normal for him to be discovered and hunted down for studying God in the church.

He agreed to the Pope's request.

The final outcome was the death of the previous Pope of the Quiet Church.

After losing the Pope, the Quiet Church fell into internal strife for a long time, which was the most decadent period for the entire church.

But no one expected that Gracetaf, a girl who had a close relationship with Irfan, would be promoted quickly with her talents, and finally become the new Pope after the position of Pope had been vacant for decades.

Now, more than two hundred years have passed since Irfan was hunted by the church.

When Gracettaf saw Irfan again, he came for his disciple.

This made Gracetaf very interested in Irfan's disciple.

Because, she was the one who almost became Irfan's disciple in the beginning.

"Dea Cavendish? As long as you have ambition and the desire to move forward, that cursed continental island will restrict you, and you will definitely leave.

Then, let me see you, Son of the Dark Moon."

As for the disciple that Irfan cares so much about, Gracettaf also wants to see what the other party is capable of.

Especially since Irfan’s agreement with the Church of Silence was only for fifty years.

Does he believe that in just fifty years, the Son of Dark Moon will be strong enough to force the Church of Silence to give up their pursuit of the holy relic?

She would wait and see.

……

Susaytane, rainforest -

At this time, Deya was in distress.

After leaving the ruins of Darkmoon Cathedral, he settled Alfred and the others, and then secretly went back by himself.

He was very eager for the several bodies that died there.

Deya never thought that one day, his obsession with corpses would surpass that with women. Could this be the legendary "ice love"? !

After discovering that the bodies were lying neatly on the ground and no other members of the Dragon Feast Cult appeared, Deya collected all the bodies.

He was preparing to give his brothers a second life, to let them live out their second life!

The body of a seventh-ring dragon vein sorcerer, the body of a sixth-ring priest, and several bodies of the rest of the Church of Silence and the Dragon Feast Cult.

For a three-ring necromancer, such an abundant supply of corpses is definitely a great harvest of joy.

Deya first dug out the Dragon Feast Crystal from Andrew's body.

The seven-ring Dragon Feast Crystal is so useful that it can allow the bone dragon to use the mythical power for up to three minutes.

In three minutes, a seven-ring dragon is enough to kill any six-ring dragon, and even if facing other seven-ring dragons, it is enough to severely damage the opponent.

Although this is still just a disposable item, at least on this continental island, as long as Deya does not encounter another Eighth Ring situation, or is besieged by multiple Seventh Rings, his safety is guaranteed to a certain extent.

In the rainforest, Deya cleared out a piece of space by himself.

He set up a super small pool of negative energy.

If it were any other necromancer, such an ultra-small energy pool would not be of much use as the total amount of negative energy in it is too small. It is only suitable for preserving corpses from decaying.

But for Deya, even with such an ultra-small energy pool, he can use the power of the [Forbidden Artifact] to make its energy endless.

This is equivalent to Deya being able to carry an infinite energy source with him. The wood elves in the rainforest were discovered by the Dragon Feast Cult because of their residence.

Just in case, the entire village was preparing to move.

Since returning from the ruins, Deya has had some rare time and decided to study necromancy to improve his public level.

In order to help the wood elves move, Deya released all of his undead creatures to help the wood elves carry things.

Although these undead creatures cannot do delicate work, they can do rough work such as moving things effortlessly.

Coupled with the infinite negative energy provided by [Beyond Death], the undead creatures have no time limits at all and can exist in the material world forever.

The undead creatures had no energy limits and worked day and night, causing the wood elves, who had initially felt disgusted by the undead creatures, to begin praising them highly.

"No matter which world it is, the boss likes livestock."

If you were a boss, and saw your subordinates working without rest like this, how could you not like it?
Although the Ringwraith Knights cannot speak, they have basic intelligence and are responsible for leading the undead creatures in their work.

Deya built a small laboratory deep in the rainforest.

The wood elves were skilled in carpentry and quickly helped him build a wooden house in the rainforest. Deya also set up a negative energy barrier around the house to prevent it from being disturbed by mosquitoes and wild beasts.

There is no sign of human activity in the rainforest, making it an excellent secret laboratory.

There was nothing else in the wooden house except the negative energy pool in the middle.

All the open spaces were filled with corpses.

These corpses were cut into pieces by Deya, and they looked even more horrible than a slaughterhouse.

If it weren't for the negative energy barrier, the whole house would probably be filled with a foul smell and flies flying everywhere.

"It should work this time."

Deya nervously looked at the negative energy circle in front of him and muttered to himself.

This time, Deya got a lot of corpses, but most of them were the remains after the battle, especially the body fragments he picked up from the ground.

Looking at these completely useless fragments, Deya suddenly had an idea to create a new type of undead creature.

Generally speaking, these small fragments of corpses are of little use, even for sewing abominations because they are too small.

But what if I made microscopic undead?

Deya thought of microorganisms.

Now that he had the idea, Deya did it.

He placed the body fragments in a magic circle created by the undead, and using the knowledge of necromancy he had learned, he began to transform those fragments.

It failed at first, but after several experiments, Deya obtained an undead creature about the size of a human hand.

This undead creature has no abilities at all, and any ordinary person can be stomped to death with one kick.

But this made Deya very happy, because it meant that his idea was feasible.

Every time an undead creature is created, a lot of negative energy is consumed.

If you want to get a lot of negative energy, you need to create a negative energy pool.

The creation of a negative energy pool requires a lot of precious magical materials. Even the richest wizards will be very careful every time they do experiments for fear of wasting them.

Therefore, the talent of the School of Necromancer, which reduces the negative energy consumption of creating undead creatures, is a must for necromancers.

But Deya is different. As someone who has [Transcend Death], what he fears least is the consumption of negative energy.

He can create undead creatures at will and conduct experiments. If there is a failure, the most he will lose is a few corpses, but there is no consumption of materials.

After hundreds of failed experiments, he finally created a microbial undead creature that is invisible to the human eye!

But just one tiny undead creature is still not enough.

Even if this microorganism can reproduce itself, once it is injected into the human body, just like when a person is sick, it takes time to reproduce.

On the battlefield, swords are faster than waiting for symptoms to occur.

"So, I should increase the dosage. I can just skip the reproduction step and directly overwhelm the opponent with a large number of microorganisms. This is equivalent to skipping the step of getting sick and going straight to the step of death."

With this idea in mind, he began to produce these microscopic undead creatures in large quantities, and let them parasitize the corpses and reproduce.

Then he used a huge amount of negative energy to forcibly gather these tiny undead creatures together.

A microscopic undead creature is invisible to the naked eye, but when billions of these undead creatures are aggregated together, they become a combination of cells and become a physical organism.

The undead creature that Deya finally synthesized was the monster in front of him.

A dark green, sticky mass that resembles stinky mud.

Tiny skeletons appeared on its body, as if countless souls were imprisoned in it.

It looked like a puddle of mud with two claws dripping with mucus. At one end of the mud, it looked more like the head of a bug.

【Rot Parasite (Five Rings)】

[Micro Undead (Swarm)]

[This is a swarm of creatures composed of billions of tiny undead creatures. They are a collection of wriggling bodies and gel-wrapped organs.]

[Skills: Creation of derivatives, immunity to physical attacks, fear aura]

The skill of creating derivatives is the only attack skill of this undead creature.

The only means of attack of the Rot Parasite is to inject its own microscopic undead organisms into the bodies of living beings or corpses.

These microorganisms will spread and transform quickly within the enemy's body like a virus, transforming the enemy into a new cluster of undead creatures.

Since they are a collection of microorganisms, they are naturally immune to physical attacks. Only individuals with mythical powers can harm them with swords, but it is also difficult to kill them.

However, the biggest weakness of this undead creature is magic.

Magic resistance is a rare attribute that most people don't have, just like spellcasters are always rare.

After creating a new type of undead creature, Deya's public experience points also skyrocketed.

This allowed him to directly increase his level from level 36 to his highest level 40!
"The level improvement lies in the research of necromancy, and I have obviously obtained a good research result."

Deya looked at the ugly puddle of mud in front of him, but his expression was very gentle.

This is the lovely child he created!
However, this kind of undead creature is difficult to create as it requires too many corpse fragments.

Including the corpses wasted during the experiment, Deya used up all the corpses below six rings that he obtained this time, and only managed to create three.

But three are enough. If this thing is thrown into a crowd during a war, hundreds or even thousands of new individuals can be parasitized in the blink of an eye.

By that time, these individuals would gather together to form a huge cluster of undead creatures. It is estimated that only sixth- and seventh-ring mages and warlocks could kill them completely if they gave their full strength.

(End of this chapter)