after one day.
Rhodes was standing outside the tomb, waiting for the vampire to return from the tomb.
Rhodes remembered that there should be a special prop in the sleeping coffin of a creature like a vampire. Since the tomb was filled with gas generated by the burning fire, Rhodes could not enter it himself, so he could only let the vampire enter and take it out.
While the vampire was moving the barrier blocking the road in the tomb, Rhodes also recalled what happened before.
At the end of the previous day's battle, Rhodes planted a spiritual mark in the consciousness of the dying vampire. Under the pressure of death, the vampire surrendered to Rhodes.
With the spiritual imprint, Rhodes can fully command vampires. It can be said that the life and death of the vampire at this time is completely controlled by Rhodes.
Mastering the spiritual imprint is equivalent to mastering everything about undead creatures. With the spiritual imprint, the necromancer can control the undead creatures to do anything, regardless of the type of undead creatures.
Undead creatures with their own consciousness, even if they choose to be loyal to the undead lord, will not be easily imprinted by the necromancer.
Undead creatures like vampires will not be willing to be controlled by a necromancer unless their lives are threatened.
The vampire's spiritual imprint occupies a total of 3 points of Rhodes' spiritual attributes.
Based on his previous experience in controlling undead creatures, Rhodes knew that if he chose to kill a vampire, he would get 300 experience points.
As the character level increases, more and more experience points are needed to upgrade the rank. For the current Rhodes, 300 experience points are only enough to increase one character level.
Through the strength shown by previous vampires, Rhodes is confident that by controlling vampires, he can easily gain more than 300 experience points.
When checking the system log, Rhodes also saw the achievements he had made in the battle.
"You received the racing achievement [RIP]."
"[Rest in Peace]: All the undead creatures you control (at least 10) were killed in a battle. The basic reward is 2 points of control spirit."
"You have obtained the racing achievement [Conquering the Undead]."
"[Conquer the Undead]: Control an undead creature one level higher than you. The basic reward is 2 points of control spirit."
The control spirit brought by the racing achievement allowed Rhodes to return the spiritual attribute of controlling vampires. On the contrary, Rhodes' control spirit increased by 1 point.
After the battle, the seriously injured vampire used his remaining life force to forcibly devour the flesh and blood of the other undead creatures, then fell into a deep sleep and did not wake up until a day later.
After waking up, the vampire showed the powerful undead attributes of undead creatures. The large amount of flesh and blood allowed the vampire to recover. Although the combat power had not returned to its peak state, it was able to move freely, and there was no trace of the serious injury and death from yesterday.
While waiting for the vampire to wake up, Rhodes not only meditated, but also sorted out the items he had obtained.
After taking back the space ring from the items placed next to the tomb, Rhodes read through another book "Basics of Pathfinding" that he got from Airot, and found two parchments sandwiched in it.
Rod takes it out. The first piece of parchment was a little worn, the paper taking on a dark brown color. Based on his experience in his previous life, Rhodes knew that what was drawn on it was a map of the continent, but most of the locations only had a rough topography and a place name.
The second one was more complete, with some terrain drawn on it and landmarks represented by various partial symbols. Most of the positions on the paper were empty. Rhodes guessed that this should be the map near here drawn by Elliot.
After reading "Fundamentals of Pathfinding", Rhodes was able to understand the map drawn by Airot based on the landmarks and terrain recorded in the book.
After studying for a long time, Rhodes understood the scope of this map. The area shown on the map is not too large. It is almost spread out based on this tomb. Even several villages and towns around the tomb are clearly marked.
At this time, Rhodes observed that X's were drawn under several village marks on the map. Rhodes knew that this was the village destroyed by Airot.
In addition, as if to remind himself, there are obvious warning marks in all directions on Airot's map.
After reading "Basics of Pathfinding", Rhodes also received a system prompt.
As in previous lives, all special skills are difficult to learn. After reading the book, Rhodes only gained 3% progress in the elementary pathfinding technique. But there is no difference between 3% and 0. As long as you don't spend skill points to learn pathfinding, it still has no effect.
At this time, Rhodes, who was waiting for the vampire to return, began to check his character attributes:
[Name: Rhodes
Hero Specialty: Unawakened (1/3)
Class: Level 2 Swordsman Level 3 (0/300)
Attributes: Strength 15, Speed 12, Constitution 15, Knowledge 5, Spirit 6, Control Spirit 2 (5)
Health: 74/75
Mana: 50/50
Strength value: 150/150
Experience value: 145
Skills: Heavy Slash Lv3, Burst Lv2, Double Slash Lv1, Shield Slam Lv1, Spiritual Mark
Special skills: Expert swordsmanship, primary resistance, primary eagle eye, primary reconnaissance, primary wisdom, primary spiritualism, primary fire magic
Spells: Magic Arrow Lv1, Slowing Magic Lv1, Protective Aegis Lv1
Achievements: Warrior's Heart, Beginner, Brave, Hero's Blood, On the Road, Necromancer, Undead Controller, Rest in Peace, Conquer the Undead]
Just when Rhodes was checking the attribute panel, the vampire also brought up the props that Rhodes wanted and returned to Rhodes from the tomb.
Rhodes took the prop handed to him by the vampire and played with it.
This is a black crystal with a rough surface. A large part of the crystal is worn away in the middle, and the inside is turbid. The flames did not bring any harm to it. On the contrary, the crystal was releasing death energy outwards all the time.
Rhodes knew that this was the item he was looking for, the Soul Crystal.
The Revenant Crystal will release death energy all the time. Based on this characteristic, whether it is transforming undead creatures or improving the level of undead creatures, it can have very good effects.
This kind of prop is generally common in Dia, favored by necromancers, and is expensive. Just like the piece in Rhodes' hand, even if it is damaged, there is not much energy left inside, and it still requires hundreds of gold coins to obtain.
A truly high-purity soul crystal is difficult to obtain for thousands of gold coins.
The production of Revenant Crystals is very small, and most of them are produced in cursed crystal mines. How to produce undead crystals in large quantities has always been a topic studied by necromancers.
Putting the soul crystal into the space ring, Rhodes led the vampire and walked towards the forest according to the records on the map.
After leaving the tomb where he woke up, the direction Rhodes took was the same as the direction Ellott took when he returned.
(End of chapter)