Supreme Monarch

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In the outskirts of the Darknar forest...

Tyler had three red ogres pick up the bodies of Zomatsu and the two brothers, one of which was now a corpse. He didn't know the resurrection spell and wasn't entirely sure if the ogre could survive the process either. He remembered the first thought that came to his mind when he saw the dead body of the ogre. 'Finally... A body I can experiment on.' He had no idea why that was the first thought that popped into his head and was a little disturbed by it.

Of course, there were still the bodies of the trolls and the monsters Jarret's group had returned with for him to use, but Tyler didn't want to waste such valuable materials on a test run. However, the body of a Tier 2 ogre wasn't that valuable to him.

When he had first confirmed that the masked girl had escaped, he contacted Albert with a communication scroll and got him to send three Ogres to help him carry the two unconscious and one dead body. He could've also stored the dead body in his storage ring but, the living matter was a different story, and since his ring had a living property, he had to be mindful of what he stored in there as he didn't want anything that would cause him problems in the future.

With the help of the ogres, it didn't take long for them to return to the castle and place the dead body in the same lab room where they had created the undead duo.

The unconscious demon and ogre were placed in a room somewhere else for Erin to look into. They would be out for a while so Tyler thought he might as well conducts some experiments on the dead ogre so he gets more data on what happened to the previous duo.

Liz had a strange look on her face when Tyler and Rain entered the castle together but Tyler didn't notice it as he was busy directing the ogres on where to go. He also saw Albert walking towards him seemly done securing the previous undead somewhere else in the castle. According to him, there was a temporary cell in the lower parts of the south wing and Tyler couldn't help but wonder if it was the same place he had been imprisoned in.

He still hadn't gotten the chance to fully explore the castle and it seemed that Albert knew it better than him now. Still, he was the only one with access to both the magic library and the secret room behind the throne room so he didn't mind this minor issue. Albert followed him inside the room with the newly retrieved corpse and the girls went with Erin to attend to the injured men. They seemed to drag Rain along forcefully as she had wanted to stay with Tyler.

This was fine for Tyler as he did not want any distractions. After learning from Albert that he had unknowingly created a couple of undead, it was indeed a surprise for him, but now he had the urge to try again. It was one thing to create something by accident, the problem lays in repeating the feat. Although he wasn't that much of a fan of necromancy, he also needed quite a lot of manpower now that he had failed to capture the masked girl.

Tyler entered the room with Albert and went up to the dead body with a gaping hole in its chest that had been placed on the same metal long table. He inspected the body for a while noticing the slight warmth it produced as it had only been dead for about an hour now. Tyler then recalled what Albert had said about the amount of negative energy that had caused the last two scouts to transform so he devised a plan.

Turn undead was a Tier 1 spell that could turn a corpse into a zombie or skeleton, but those were too weak to be of any use to him. However, there was a higher iteration of the spell such as Mummify, Create Undead and probably more he wasn't aware of yet.

Create Undead was a Tier 3 spell he knew about but had never read. He needed the next level of intermediate magic runes to learn it but Tyler planned to try and achieve a similar result with only his current knowledge. He stood by the head of the ogre and placed his hand on its head. Tyler now had more experience manipulating magic runes without constructing a circle so the next part was a lot easier.

The hard part was controlling his Mana so it doesn't go berserk, causing him to receive a backlash. He used several magic runes from the Tier 2 version of the Tier 1 wave of despair spell. 'Touch of despair.' He then used runes from the same just as he had done previously so he could transfer the negative energy via touch.

Tyler did this for hours, he didn't want to lose control so he had to take it slow. This was also a good way to improve his Mana control as well as perfecting the magic runes he was using. He also engraved the runes inside the vacuum of the corpse as the dead loses their mana body. And in the case of a demi-human, their cores would solidify and could no longer be used unless a redirection spell was used within a certain period.

Tyler was learning a lot from this experience as he was creating a core for this body from pure negative energy, as the last gore has been destroyed by whatever killed him. He realized why even though the previous two undead couldn't attack him, he also couldn't control them.

Those corpses had accumulated enough negative energy and slowly developed their cores without any imprint by their creators making one of them go berserk and the other was left with no goal but self-preservation.

This required more Mana than he thought and Tyler didn't know why just a Tier 3 spell would take this much Mana but he soon realized that he was now practically creating a spell and this was the process.

Although he wasn't creating a new spell from scratch and already knew the concept of this one, the fact that he hadn't learned the spell and lacks adequate knowledge on the runes required meant he had to go through this process to create a lesser version of the spell. He had been going through this process for more than four hours now and Albert just stood there the entire time before he finally saw the table vibrate.

Tyler opened his eyes slowly and saw a familiar sight as before, only this time was less chaotic. Black aura encased the body of the dead ogre as the table kept vibrating. Tyler soon saw the aura slowly diminished and the figure of the previous pale ogre was now drastically different. He was now even taller than before like a miniature giant.

It was almost eight feet tall and had dark grey shriveled skin that barely had any flesh in them as they clung tightly to its bones making it look like a skeleton. Its face was even more dried up and revealed the bones of its teeth from its exposed jaws. A black helmet that wasn't there before was now covering half its face.

The body had the same menacing black armor that oozed the same aura of death. And just like the last one it also had a black shield that had what Tyler thought to be a tormented face on its front and welded a black long sword.

This was a Black Knight just like the previous one Tyler had created but unlike last time, this Black Knight did not wail but turned its head around to look at Albert before directing its gaze at Tyler, it then moved towards him.

Its massive frame was quite intimidating and Tyler almost took a step back, only for the black knight to drop to one knee in front of him. It could not speak but it was almost like the knight was awaiting orders from its master. 

*Clap clap clap.

The sound of clapping came from within the room and Tyler turned his gaze to the source only to see Albert as he enthusiastically gave him an applause. "Congratulation master, you created a spell from scratch," Albert said with a faint smile on his face. He was amazed by what his master had just done. Some mages dedicated all their life into the research and creation of a single spell, yet although the concept of the spell already existed, his master had still created a new spell in under a few hours.

Tyler just nodded as he was aware, although he didn't think this was a big deal as the spell he created was only the Tier 2 version of an already existing Tier 3 spell - Create Undead. This spell allows a user to create an undead creature from a corpse that would be completely loyal to its master. The spell would create a peak Tier existence depending on the level of the material used. For instance, if the body used was Tier 1 it would create a peak Tier 1 undead knight that would be superior to other Tier 1 creature.

However, Tyler's spell wouldn't do the same. It could create Undead creatures at the same level of the material used and wouldn't exceed the level of the spell. There were a lot of other factors and restrictions that made his spell inferior to the original, but Tyler didn't really care about that right now as his main aim wasn't to create a spell. Besides when it came to spells, the tier didn't really matter to him, all he needed to do was sacrifice a large amount of mana and the spell could even surpass Tier 3.

He also had only wanted to master the process of creating an undead and had also wanted to know how to control them, which he had learned. Now all he needed to do was create a spell to imprint his will on an undead's core.

With this, he didn't need to learn the original spell anymore. As long as he learned the second level of intermediate magic runes he would only need to replace his current magic circle for the spell to get it.

Tyler looked at the massive knight before him and gave a command. "Stand up." The knight obeyed without delay and got up, awaiting further instructions. Tyler then felt a flood of new information enter his head as he now knew the Black Knight's skills and abilities.

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Black Knight - Tier 2

Skills: Death Wail, Aura of Hate, Death Slash, Dark Vision, See Camouflage, Magic resistance (Tier 2), Physical Attack Resistance (Tier 2), Shield Bash, Corruption, Drain Will, Drain Essence.

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Tyler could practically see all the skills the Black Knight possessed, he couldn't help but sigh deeply as he thought. 'Would've been better if it wasn't just a Tier 2 Monster.' He would have to put a little more effort into his next attempt. Now that he had an interest in the undead, he would have to research more on necromancy before making any further actions.

Tyler looked down at his left palm and saw a faint dark misty aura escape from a cracked portion of his skin. He secretly cast light healing in it and although the crack disappeared and the aura got fainter. He could still feel a faint corruption evading his system. Sigh... 'From one problem to another. I guess necromancy isn't as easy as just creating an undead.'

With that, he made a quick decision. The library would have some information about necromancy but Tyler didn't know how long it would take for the connection to stabilize. His best option was to visit a city's magic institute and hope he finds something on this.

Although he could probably send Albert or Jarret to do the job. He was still lacking in many ways and he needed this experience to grow. Since he had decided to stay here for a while, he would do everything possible to protect the place. The first order of business was to get information on the closet city from the unconscious guy he had upstairs, as well as get the Darknar forest under his control.

Just as he made his decision, a knock was placed on the door. It was Jarret who had come in with a report from the sentries. 

As it turned out, a large number of Trolls and goblin riders were headed in this direction.