Necromancer: Becoming a God from a Lord

At dawn, the exploration team set out from the refugee camp and flew towards the snow-capped mountains according to the guidance of the old man Gabu.

The floating airship operated in the most fuel-saving way, always keeping the flight altitude within a hundred meters, and could use the assistance of wind power.

At about noon, after a simple meal in the airship cabin, everyone could already see the outline of the snow-capped mountains in the distance - according to Duncan's speculation, the so-called beacon tower is most likely an ancient outpost on the border of the Kingdom of Evernight. The huge wizard family that migrated here in the past must have set up some defense lines to resist the evil orcs and demons whose ethnic forces are spread all over the wasteland.

As for the human refugees who live there forever, it is more likely that they are the remaining descendants of the original Kingdom of Evernight. If we can find the elders and leaders of the refugee tribe to ask, we may really get the location clues of the ruins of the Kingdom of Evernight from their oral historical legends.

"Teacher, will the spellcasters from the wasteland be different from us?" the astrologer asked curiously, "Will our rash contact with them not cause hostility from them?"

Duncan laughed twice and explained, "Before setting off, I followed the instructions of the city lord and talked with many officials in the city who were refugees from the wasteland. According to them, the rules in the wasteland have always been to accept the strong and exclude the weak, especially spellcasters like us, who are warmly welcomed by them."

But to be on the safe side, they decided to land in advance when they were close to the snow mountain settlement, hide the floating airship outside, leave Michelle, Blake and White behind to prevent accidents, and only Duncan and his apprentices entered the settlement to inquire about the news.

"We must return to the airship by tomorrow afternoon at the latest. If the time exceeds... immediately use this magic brain instrument to contact Xinghuo City and ask for help from the city lord!" The astrologer confirmed the details of the action with the three young mages who stayed behind.

The Eye of Illusion laughed and said, "You are making a fuss. I don't believe that a small refugee settlement can cultivate high-level spellcasters?"

"Arrogant young man!" Duncan frowned and scolded, "Have you forgotten what Mr. Asdalen told you before leaving? Ancient wizards did not distinguish between combat mages and research mages, and the descendants of these wizards are also very likely to inherit their traditions. Everyone is a combat spellcaster with rich combat experience."

The Eye of Illusion then curled his lips and stood behind the teacher obediently. The three of them used flying magic to rush to the snow mountain settlement several miles away.

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The situation was exactly as they expected. As soon as they approached the settlement... the three were immediately discovered by the refugee sentinels hidden in the dense forest. The sharp whistle resounded through the sky. Fortunately, they found that the visitors were human beings, and the militiamen who gradually surrounded them did not make any offensive behaviors.

"Please inform the leader of the settlement... We are spellcasters from the South." Duncan had just finished speaking when he saw the camp gate open in the distance. A group of refugees wearing thick animal skins surrounded a man who looked like a leader and hurried towards them.

"Spellcasters from the South?" The refugee leader with dark hair and a sturdy figure frowned and said in disbelief, "How is it possible? How did you get to the depths of the wilderness?"

An old man wearing a cotton robe and with sparse and pale hair beside him waved his hand and said in a deep voice: "Maybe he is a descendant of the dragon chaser, a sky mage with a complete witchcraft heritage..."

"What dragon chaser? What is a sky mage?" The Eye of Illusion couldn't help muttering, and found that this old man who was obviously traveling with him kept talking about things he couldn't understand.

The astrologer quickly pulled his sleeve and told him to shut up and stop interrupting.

Duncan put one hand on his chest and gave the other party an ancient wizard salute, and said sincerely: "No matter how you get here, please believe that we have absolutely no bad intentions... We are just looking for the ruins of the Kingdom of Eternal Night that was destroyed by the invasion of the demons hundreds of years ago."

The white-haired old man nodded, and also returned the wizard salute, slowing down his tone and said: "Guests from the south, welcome to your arrival, please follow us in first..."

After entering the settlement, Duncan and the other two found that the snow mountain camp where the refugees lived permanently was much larger than they imagined. The entire valley was almost occupied, and there was only one valley entrance leading to the outside world. It was easy to defend and difficult to attack... If it were not for detection from the sky, it would be difficult to find the location of the camp on the ground.

The desert refugees who lived here for a long time did not build temporary or semi-permanent simple residences with animal skin tents like other refugee settlements, but dug a large number of earthen caves along the cliffs, which could accommodate at least a thousand people at a glance.

The refugee leader and the old wizard led them to the largest earthen cave on the hillside.

"Leader Xiong Zong, Elder Wu Li..." The refugee leader asked the three to sit down on the animal skin mat, and then he raised his hand to introduce them.

The old wizard called Elder Wu Li sighed and said, "For about ten years, there has been no visit from outsiders."

Xiong Zong narrowed his eyes and asked in a rough voice, "How did you find the entrance to the camp? Did you rely on divination?"

Duncan smiled and explained, "No... We first visited the refugee settlement in the dense forest valley, but unfortunately the people there had already migrated south in advance. An old man named Gabu who stayed in the valley guided us to the direction here."

Elder Wu Li was stunned for a while, and suddenly realized, "Gabu... I remember him, the gods are above... He is still alive."

Having said this, Chief Bearbone and Elder Wuli finally let down their guard and no longer doubted the identities and origins of Duncan and the other two.

"Dear wizard guest, our tribe has lived and multiplied here for hundreds of years. We have indeed never heard of the Kingdom of Eternal Night that you mentioned. There are no ancient ruins around the snow-capped mountains..."

The Eye of Illusion, who had been full of questions for a long time, finally couldn't help but ask before his teacher: "Then why do you want to live here forever? And guard the beacon tower on the top of the snow-capped mountain?"

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Chief Bearbone and Elder Wuli looked at each other, then each took out a piece of animal skin with broken edges from their arms, pieced them together and spread them out in front of everyone.

"The tribe has experienced several large-scale invasions by evil orcs, and many ancient heritages and histories have been lost. We only have this scroll left, as well as the mission entrusted by successive leaders and elders...to guard the beacon tower on the snow mountain."

Duncan leaned in and looked down, and found that the animal skin was painted with a stone tower towering on the top of the mountain, but the scene depicted was a bit weird - the twisted lines above the stone tower indicated that it was in a state of being ignited, and the people responsible for igniting the stone tower beacon below were actually mixed with tall demons with deep red skin!

And these mixed humans and demons all showed expressions of fear and despair on their faces, which looked lifelike under the crude lines drawn with mineral pigments.

The beacon fire of the stone tower was lit... the demons and humans lived together...

Duncan felt his heart skip a beat, as if he had glimpsed an incredible ancient secret from this animal skin scroll - he instantly recalled the historical truth that the city lord Harvey told them after swallowing the magic core, which was lost in the long river of time.

This is not the remnant of the Kingdom of Eternal Night at all...but a more distant period, when the human ancestors migrated from the "center of the continent" and stayed here to defend against the northern foreign enemies as a warning outpost!

But why did the demons also mix in?

Duncan subconsciously turned his head to look at his two students and found that they also understood the content implied in this scroll, and their faces looked particularly pale at this moment.

He said decisively: "Please take us to the beacon tower on the top of the snow mountain!"