[Reshaping the body...]
[Remodeling completed...]
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There were many corpses stacked in a dark tomb.
These corpses have undergone some processing. For example, the limbs that were severed at the time of death were spliced and sewn back together. There was unknown pus flowing on the ground, and a putrid smell filled the air.
If anyone who has practiced necromancy comes here, they will definitely find that the transformation of walking corpses is taking place here.
Among these decaying corpses, a intact body looked so strange. If someone could get closer and look at the body, they could see its chest rising and falling with breathing.
Suddenly, the body moved, and then slowly sat up, holding its forehead with its hands, a look of extreme pain on its face.
"Where am I..."
As my thoughts gradually became clearer, memories flooded into my mind.
Family, friends, a carefree life, and... brutal skeletons, moving zombies, wailing villagers, spellcasters shrouded in black robes...
"My name is Rhodes. I am the eldest son of an Orion in Saou Village. I have a sister. I used to live a carefree life in the village, but the village was attacked by the Necromancer. The entire village was destroyed and everyone was Was killed. Before I was killed, my last consciousness seemed to see the necromancer grabbing my sister and talking about a born hero... She should have survived... "
"No... that's not the case... My name is Rhodes. I am a professional gamer in the 22nd century on Earth. I am currently playing the most popular third world virtual online game [Heroes 3]."
"Am I... still in the game? Also, what's going on with this memory?"
As if to verify his conjecture, Rhodes reached out and touched the ground where he was sitting, and then quickly picked up his hand from the ground. Rhode looked at his palm speechlessly, which was stained with some unknown pus.
Rhodes stood up and looked around the scene.
The dark tombs, the corpses on display, the low roars coming from the depths... all kinds of scenes that are difficult to see in reality undoubtedly made Rhodes feel confident.
"Sure enough, I'm still in the game... So, the properties panel."
As the thought came to mind, a transparent panel appeared in front of Rhodes.
[Name: Rhodes
Hero Specialty: Unawakened
Class: Level 1 Militia Level 1 (0/10)
Attributes: Strength 7, Speed 6, Constitution 8, Knowledge 2, Spirit 2
Health: 40/40
Mana: 0/0
Experience value: 0
Skills: None
Special skills: none
Spells: None]
Looking at his attribute panel, Rhodes fell into deep thought.
The three basic attributes of an adult man, strength, speed, and physique, should be 10. According to the memory of the predecessor, this body should still be in the juvenile stage, and the attributes have not yet grown to the average. The only two points of knowledge and spirit indicate that the predecessor has not become a mage. talent. Generally speaking, the starting attributes are low, but it is better than the predecessor because it is not very old and has excellent growth potential.
"In the memory of my predecessor, the village he lived in was destroyed by a powerful necromancer. But according to the scenes I saw in my memory before, the so-called undead army actually only has two low-level undead units: walking corpses and skeleton soldiers. , and the magic cast by the necromancer is only the lowest level magic arrow and slow magic."
"The necromancer relied on the convenience of surprise attacks at night and the fear of the undead by the ignorant villagers to successfully attack the village. If the village is attacked head-on during the day, the result is really uncertain."
"This necromancer is actually just a necromancer apprentice..."
After determining the identity of the village's attacker, Rhodes' thinking suddenly became clear.
"There are only a few purposes for the Necromancer Apprentice to attack the village, and generally speaking, they are related to wealth. Whether it is the money in the village or the value of converting the villagers into an undead army after death, these are all what the Necromancer Apprentice needs. "
"Everyone in the village was killed... Wait, according to the memory of the predecessor, his sister should have survived. She was a born hero... a hero?"
Rhodes' eyes narrowed, as if he thought of something.
The key to the world of Invincible Heroes: heroes. Even an ordinary person, when faced with a desperate situation, can awaken and become a hero under the impact of a strong will.
But not everyone can become a hero. More people are at a loss when facing desperate situations and can only wait for death to come. People who become heroes must have qualities that ordinary people don't have, either bravery or fearlessness, or firm will.
Compared with ordinary creatures of the same level, heroes can gain huge additional attribute bonuses and growth, as well as a unique specialty of their own.
"Is he born a hero?... It's a pity that he was born in such a remote village. If he were born in the Kingdom of Erathia, he would probably be able to do great things..."
Suddenly, Rhodes was in a trance, and a blood-red panel appeared in front of his eyes.
[Soul Mission: Bloodline]
[Mission Introduction: Since the village you live in was destroyed, as your only living blood relative, your sister's whereabouts are unknown. Even death can't take away your longing for your loved ones, and you vow to find your sister.]
[Mission goal: safely retrieve your sister Rowling within twelve months]
[Failure conditions: Exceeding the specified time or losing the target hero]
[Punishment for failure: soul splitting, main personality disappearing]
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"Okay, coming to this world and inheriting this body does come with a price. However, according to the system's general principle of equivalence between difficulty and benefit, although the reward for completing the task is not mentioned, it should be the allegiance and inheritance of the hero Rowling. The hidden dangers of the body are eliminated.”
"Since the necromancer apprentice who attacked the village discovered that Rowling was a born hero, as long as he is not a fool, he will not simply turn Rowling into an undead creature, even if he can get a corpse witch."
"What he will do is either give Rowling to a great lord in exchange for reward, or send Rowling to a large auction house in exchange for a huge reward."
Rhodes made some calculations in his mind. In short, there were still twelve months. After confirming that nothing would happen to Rowling for the time being, he ignored the soul mission and figured out his own situation first.
After everyone in the village is killed, the Necromancer Apprentice will perform a series of finishing tasks, from the simplest looting of the village to processing the corpses to transform undead creatures.
How to deal with corpses to obtain higher quality undead creatures has always been the research goal of necromancers. The simplest is to sew the wounds of the corpse to reduce the loss of the walking corpse, and the second is to use various materials to increase the strength of the corpse. But no matter how much you improve it, you can't turn ordinary people's corpses into corpse witches or death knights. A truly powerful undead creature must also have been powerful while alive.
According to Rhodes' observation, the necromancer obviously did a good job in this aspect. The signs of disposal of the corpses all around were obvious.
Since it is difficult for an apprentice-level necromancer to transform corpses into undead creatures independently, they can only take the processed corpses to places with strong death energy, let them naturally transform into undead creatures, and finally control them. The natural transformation will last from a few days to a few weeks depending on the intensity of the death energy.
"The corpses around me have shown obvious signs of corpse transformation. All it takes is for the Necromancer Apprentice to come back and activate the Soul Fire to turn into a walking corpse. In other words, whether it is escaping before the Necromancer returns or exploring the tomb, leaving behind I don't have much time left." After observing the corpses around him, Rhodes came to this conclusion.
(End of chapter)