Moon Witch, embark on the journey!

The other two apprentices were so frightened that they couldn't utter a word, but they nodded repeatedly as if in agreement.

Vals looked delighted, his facial expression relaxed a lot, and he seemed to become amiable all of a sudden.

The four of them entered the blood-stained mine together and began to approach the terrifying and bloodthirsty underground undead as rumored.

“It was really a good show.”

Luna continued to follow behind, and once again lamented that she and the apprentices she was familiar with did not become disciples of the "Black Skull" wizard.

Just by looking at the expressions of these people, you can tell that they are filled with psychological trauma towards that mentor.

However, is it really that easy to subdue the undead and resist the 'Black Skeleton'?

210. Secret Technique

Luna followed quietly behind, keeping an eye on the adventures of the wizards ahead.

"Use your secret method quickly, and don't let the undead find you."

After the four of them performed some kind of secret technique, they were surrounded by an aura of death. The originally vague feeling of coldness was amplified, and their bodies even became visibly dry.

Just like a few zombies.

If an uninformed outsider saw them, they would probably think they were ghosts.

Following the skinny wizard's lead, the three apprentices also trembled as they walked into Mine No. 8, where many disasters had occurred.

Luna followed behind, feeling the increasingly strong breath of death, and became more alert, tightening the lich staff in her hand.

The mine was dark and deep inside. The first part of the space was quite spacious, with some hoes and hats scattered around. There were wooden brackets on the surrounding walls to prevent collapse, and there were oil lamps set up at intervals, but now they were all extinguished.

Ta, tap.

The four people in front took the torches from the entrance, lit them and continued to move forward into the dim interior.

After going a certain distance deeper, the surrounding environment becomes increasingly narrow and dark. Even with the light from the burning torch, one can only see a certain distance ahead.

As they went deeper, the smell of death became thicker and thicker, and the three apprentices became more and more uneasy. However, with a formal wizard walking beside them, they did not dare to retreat at this time.

The mineral veins here contain some rare metals with elemental power, which are often used in various alchemy techniques. This is also an important reason why wizards value it.

The Niel family was only the supervisor of this place, but in fact, the royal family of the principality was also involved here. They accounted for nearly half of the alchemical ore output of the entire principality, and the profits were lucrative.

Because of this disaster, after the death of the old patriarch of the Nell family, the mine was completely shut down. The royal family immediately offered a high reward for the output here.

In short, because of the minerals that carry elemental power, the deep veins will seriously interfere with the wizard's perception ability, making it difficult to detect enemies in the distance.

The official wizard was probably killed by the powerful undead hiding here for this reason.

pat.

A slight sound was heard in the distance ahead, causing the faces of several apprentices to change suddenly. Tok, who was holding the torch, immediately extinguished the flame.

The surroundings became completely dark, and several people were motionless.

After a while, several zombies staggered out from the depths of the mine, still wearing miners' cheap clothes covered in stains and blood.

"What are you afraid of? You can handle a few low-level undead!"

Vals was the first to relax. A certain gray-black power of death emanated from his body, enveloping several zombies and instantly causing them to stop and fall to the ground.

"keep going!"

The three apprentices felt a little relieved when the zombies were dealt with so easily by the official wizard, but they dared not disobey the other party's orders and could only move on.

We dealt with some scattered undead along the way. Most of them were ordinary undead that were originally miners. Even the apprentices could deal with them.

The most dangerous time was when they encountered an undead spirit that was probably an apprentice of the Niel family who died. It was hiding in a place deep in the mine where the elemental forces were chaotic. It launched a surprise attack and almost killed Falin, the weakest of the three apprentices.

"Falin!"

Tok couldn't help but cry out in surprise when he saw his companions being attacked.

Bang!

In front of Vals, there was no sign of a typhoon, and the driver had no idea what was going on.

"A weak undead that is not even at the first level dares to come and cause trouble. What's the big deal?"

Luna, who was in the shadows behind him, heard this and started to complain: How dare you criticize others with your reaction speed? If I hadn't controlled the zombie for a moment, the female apprentice would have been killed or seriously injured by it.

However, the environment here is indeed not very good. The rich elemental force and death energy are mixed together, covering up many fluctuations of magic. Even Luna herself can only guarantee perception within a range of 100 meters.

This is already a terrifyingly close distance for a formal wizard, and he could be ambushed by powerful undead at any time.

Luna seriously suspected that this guy brought three apprentices with him just to take the blame for him.

But this time she guessed wrong.

The roles of these three apprentices were somewhat beyond her imagination.

......

As they continued to move forward and entered the deepest part of the mine, the four people in front became slower and more cautious.

After reaching a certain depth, Vals suddenly waved his hand and asked the apprentices to stop.

tear-

He tore open a scroll, and a layer of dark and mysterious energy covered the four people. Then he drank a tube of potion himself, and handed one to each of the three apprentices.

"We are almost at that guy's lair, be careful! If you alarm that thing, you will definitely die here!"

After some treatment, the aura of the four people became increasingly weaker, and with the help of their secret method of transforming into undead and the chaotic elemental environment around them, they suddenly became difficult to detect.

There were some zombies patrolling around, so the four of them continued to move forward cautiously.

Luna endured the stench of the undead and continued to follow behind. With her strength, even if she only cast a spell, the concealment effect would be much stronger than the preparations made by these people.

The increasing number of patrolling undead proves that these people are getting closer and closer to the source.

Because there was no fire, they did not dare to cast witchcraft or use mental power to explore, and the apprentices walking in front even bumped head-on into the zombies occasionally.

But at this moment, even Falin, a girl, dared not speak.

The undead didn't notice them either, treating them as dead objects or their own kind. It seems that Black Skull's claim to be the strongest undead master in the organization is not false, and the secret techniques he taught are powerful.

Luna, who was following behind, walked with a swagger. With a light tap of her staff, the approaching undead would automatically turn around and make way.

Just like that, the wizards entered the deepest cave.

In the dim cave, there were no longer the dense zombie skeletons patrolling like outside, but it seemed a little empty. This seemed to be a dense area of ​​precious minerals. There were many strangely shaped crystal stones on the wall of the cave, emitting tiny dots of light in the dark cave.

Then, in the dim light, a corpse could be seen sitting in the deepest part of the cave.

It was a skeleton, several meters long and two meters tall, like a wolf-like monster corpse. But this skeleton was lying on the ground, emitting an extremely powerful aura.

This was undoubtedly the rumored culprit, a peak-level first-order demon wolf skeleton. It was missing several ribs and had slight injuries all over its body, as if it was in deep sleep.

The three apprentices trembled with fear, and only moved reluctantly after Vals winked at them several times.

Tok hesitated for a long time, then gently took out a small box from his body and slowly opened it. Inside was black flowing water with the breath of death.

Water of the Styx?

Luna was a little surprised.

211. Appear

Water of the Styx?

Seeing the unexpected things the three apprentices took out, Luna, who was following behind, couldn't help but feel very surprised.

Can this thing be carried on the body? Or is it carried by several apprentices?

The more you understand this kind of thing, the more you will feel awe. To be honest, Luna has a certain resistance to moonlight, but she herself dare not touch it.

Because this thing can be seen as an extension of the power of the gods.

On the other side, the three apprentices, urged by Vals' eyes, had already begun to chant certain spells in a low voice, and a certain power emanated from the small box.

The dark liquid filled with the breath of death began to rise slowly under their control and turned into a black mist suspended in the air.

It was difficult for the two mid-level apprentices to maintain themselves, especially in this dangerous environment with powerful undead not far away. They just wanted to end it quickly.

But the senior apprentice Tok glanced at Vals nearby covertly.

If you pour this lake water directly onto the other party...

The other two had never even been to Shadow Lake, but Tok was a high-level apprentice. He knew that even formal wizards would not be spared if they touched the water of Shadow Lake, or in other words, within the currently known range, even advanced wizards would not survive.

Suddenly, during this moment of struggle, he saw Vals's cold eyes.

No! It was impossible for him to do it when he was prepared. No matter how dangerous the lake was, he had to touch it, and they couldn't even break the defenses of a real wizard!

Tok gradually gave up this idea, and honestly cooperated with the other two to activate the Shadow Lake water, turning it into a thin black mist, and gradually approached the Skeleton Wolf.

wow——

Under their excited gazes, the lake water poured over the undead, causing the latter to tremble all over, and then the originally strong aura became dim.

Vals suppressed his excitement and asked in a very low voice:

"How about it?"

"My lord, this stuff is a great tonic for the undead. The undead that are touched by the Shadow Lake water for the first time will fall into a state of 'intoxication'. Now is the best time to subdue it... After a while, when it wakes up, it will become stronger!"

This is the secret method that Black Skull taught them, which is terrifying. Even a few apprentices can subdue the first-level undead if they have the opportunity.

Vals was about to walk over to the Skeleton Wolf.

Luna, hiding in the shadows, began to get restless.

Should we take action now? Luna didn't care whether Vals could deal with their mentor after taming this peak first-order skeleton, but this thing was the mission target, so we couldn't come here in vain, right?

Now that they have arrived at this point, Luna only needs to lightly move her staff to directly control this skeleton monster that is less than level two. After taking it out to show those wizards, her mission will naturally be accomplished.

Ok?

Suddenly, Luna stopped moving and looked back.

A voice sounded at the entrance of the cave:

"Wals, you really took great pains to deal with me!"

A black skeleton walked into the deepest cave of the mine. It looked at the panicked people present and laughed harshly:

"My dear disciples, I am really touched by your unity. It would be even better if you were not trying to kill me, your mentor."

The apprentices were all trembling with fear, but Tok immediately ran towards the black skeleton and shouted:

"Master Mentor! Vals forced us to do this!"

"Okay, okay, I will naturally give him a little punishment."

The Black Skull chuckled.

A strong force of death emerged from its dark bone palm. At the same time, it said to Vals:

"My most outstanding disciple, have you decided what kind of undead you want to become?"

“Hmm…Hmm…Hahahahaha!”

Vals, who was standing near the Skeleton Wolf, suddenly burst into laughter, almost unable to straighten his back:

"Dear mentor! Do you think I don't know that you have tampered with them?"

"When did I, Vals, need to explain why I'm looking for a few apprentices to do something for me... Master Mentor, I knew that when you heard about a peak first-order undead, you would definitely come here in person!"

Vals took a few steps forward and slapped the Skeleton Wolf beside him:

"Teacher! This is the gift I prepared for you!"

click-

The skeleton wolf's white bones made a slight sound, and it stood up slowly. It was obviously not affected by the previous secret method at all. Moreover, it had been subdued by Vals a long time ago.

With a peak level 1 Undead by his side, Vals suddenly became more confident:

"Master Mentor, do you like my gift?"

The Black Skull shook his head and sighed softly:

"Where did you forget everything I taught you? This skeleton wolf was badly injured. It could have had a chance to become a second-level undead. What a waste."