Even if Zhao Xu wasn't looking in the mirror, he knew how weird the process of casting the spell just now was.
This is the characteristic of the Necromancer faction, one of the eight major arcane factions.
Zhao Xu had just finished casting the three-ring arcane spell "Cemetery Crown", which is an hour-level spell and can last for a full 5 hours.
During this period, he can rely on this "crown" to activate the one-ring spell "Command Spell" against "undead creatures" every minute.
The first-level spell "Command" was originally only used against living creatures. As long as the saving throw is not passed, you can order the opponent to perform the "come here", "throw it away", "fall to the ground", "escape" request within 1 round. ", "Stop" and other simple commands.
Zhao Xu can even rely on his priest ability of "dispersing undead creatures" and consume the number of dispersal times to increase the difficulty of the spell's saving throw.
And he can terminate this spell at any time in exchange for an improvement when using "Dispel Undead Creatures".
In the past, Zhao Xu did not use many "Necromantic" spells, but now that he is here, especially considering that he still has a "Legendary Necromantic Staff" in his hand, he will not be able to avoid the application in this area.
At this time, Zhao Xu already has the ability to simply "command" the resentful souls from the outside world, as long as the opponent fails the immunity and resistance.
Spell immunity and spell resistance are just like this. Even if it is the most common first-level spell, even if Zhao Xu is facing a "legendary" level existence, as long as the opponent does not pass the "immunity" and has no spell resistance and does not "resist" successfully, , then they will also be controlled by the effect of his "Command Technique".
This is also the reason why the mage must fortify himself in layers in the later stage.
After completing this spell, Zhao Xu, who was wearing a crown of bones, had a gloomy temperament, but he didn't care and walked directly back to the second floor.
Next, he had to look for "Wang Ningwei" and "Eswig" first.
Whether it is the "Biolocation Technique" of the fourth ring or the "Perception of Position" of the eighth ring, neither of them are what Zhao Xu can perform now.
However, Zhao Xu once used the "item locating technique" to find the teleportation key in Corpse Square.
He doesn't have to find someone, he can also use the second-level "item locating technique" to search for items carried by Wang Ningwei and Eswig that he has come into contact with.
The only flaw is that the "Biological Location Technique" can affect the entire realm, but the "Object Location Technique" has a limited scope of action.
With Zhao Xu as the center, the radius is about 120 meters. On this basis, each level expands by 12 meters.
Therefore, he was finally able to locate items within a full radius of 180 meters, covering an area of nearly 140,000 square meters, equivalent to thousands of three-bedroom apartments, and enough to cover more than ten football fields.
But this is still not enough for the entire "Land of Sleepers".
So Zhao Xu looked towards the clock tower in the center of the city, where the highest position could overlook the entire city.
There, when he casts the "Dance of Tracks" spell, he can locate their direction and specific status.
A wide view from the bell tower is also a requirement for this spell.
In this way, coupled with the "item positioning technique", the location can basically be determined 100%.
So he was equivalent to using two second-level spells to barely achieve the effect of the fourth-level spell "Biological Location" while determining the scope of a city.
When Zhao Xu saw the "Amber Coffin" floating in the sky, he knew that he needed the help of Wang Ningwei and Eswig.
The other party has been in this half-plane during this period of time, and the information he has experienced is all he needs to know. Even everything he saw after death was an experience he needed to refer to.
Not to mention the wisdom that the other party possesses is considered to be an outstanding existence in Arthur.
For him, the extraordinary power of the "Lord of the Undead" coupled with the transformation of Lux's artifact meant that he only had one chance to fight, so his entire plan must be complete.
At this time, the fluctuations in the outside world gradually calmed down, and the originally restless undead creatures began to move forward slowly, no longer running as fast as before.
"Lux, what is the number of the tower in the city?" Zhao Xu asked.
"There is no number. Generally speaking, anything that is not a low-level threat is not numbered. It is estimated that one tenth of the buildings in this city are such unnumbered buildings." Lux said.
Zhao Xu nodded, and then rolled down on the balcony on the second floor.
I originally thought that every building in this city was a haven for escape, but now I think about it, at least 90% of it is a reminder of death.
This is especially true for those "medium" and "high" level houses.
Although Anta City is pieced together from Arthur's various "haunted houses", its street layout is fairly clear.
After entering the city, Zhao Xu found that the number of skeletons and zombies on the street began to increase.
Those skeletons were only as big as the rotten armor fragments they were wearing when they were killed. Most of them without mental abilities followed the last orders they received and patrolled the streets where they were stationed.
In fact, ordinary "command spells" are spells with the "coercion" element of the control system. They are the same as the "hypnotism" brought about by the muttering of the "haunted soul" and are immune to the characteristics of undead creatures.
However, Zhao Xu's "Graveyard Crown" uses divine energy to force the opponent to act according to his alignment, so it skips the immunity restriction.
Although Zhao Xu has the characteristics of an undead creature, if he dares to break into some guarded positions without authorization, he will still be counterattacked by the skeletons.
At that time, he needed to use the "Cemetery Crown" to drive the "Command Technique" to draw away these undead creatures.
On the street, Zhao Xu also began to see all kinds of skeletons.
In addition to human skeletons, he even saw a cloud giant skeleton squatting in front of a house, the red light in his head staring straight ahead, and holding a giant ax in his hand.
However, the cloud giant was still a monster with a challenge level of at least 11 in front of him. After his death, he was transformed into a skeleton, and his challenge level dropped to level 7.
The challenge level of a skeleton is determined by its life dice. The life dice brought by the profession will be lost accordingly, so even if the legendary warrior becomes a skeleton, it is still a 1HD skeleton.
The Cloud Giant Skeleton that Zhao Xu passed by had a challenge level of 7 because it had a hit die of 17 HD, while a skeleton with a cap of 20 HD only had a challenge level of 8.
It cannot be transformed into a skeleton if it exceeds 20 HD. Therefore, among skeleton dragons, there are only young skeleton red dragons with a maximum of 19 HD. The higher adult red dragons have a hit dice of 22 HD and cannot be transformed into skeletons.
However, Zhao Xu improved his "religious knowledge" at this time and also retrieved another species "Bone Dragon" that he had seen before.
As a template similar to the "Skeleton", the "Bone Dragon" template itself can only be applied to dragons. Even after the death of the ancient dragon, it can be transformed into a "Bone Dragon", and the challenge level of the Bone Dragon is only half of that when it is alive.
Therefore, the challenge level of a young red dragon is level 10. If it is a skull template, it has level 8 based on its hit dice, but if it is a bone dragon template, it is only level 5.
At this time, Zhao Xu was walking on the street, constantly identifying various skeleton creatures, such as chimeras, two-headed giants, and troll versions of skeletons.
Although they have different shapes and sizes, they are all basically skeleton structures, retaining only some of the characteristics of their original race.
At this time, Zhao Xu was also planning his undead army.
Zhao Xu, who owns the Necromancer Staff, can serve as a qualified "Necromancer" himself.
Even when he was at level 6 and possessed the "Manipulating Dead Corpse" spell, which was both a fourth-level arcane and a third-level divine skill, he would be able to transform corpses into skeletons.
However, the number of HD produced cannot exceed 2 times his spellcasting level.
With Zhao Xu's power, if he really picks up the corpse of a two-headed giant with 10 HD, he can use "Manipulate the Dead Corpse" to transform it into a "two-headed giant skeleton", and the other party will obey his orders.
However, no matter how powerful the Necromancer is, the total HD of undead creatures controlled by spells cannot exceed 4 times the caster level.
Therefore, when Zhao Xu has a level 5 file, he can only control a single 10 HD skeleton soldier with a total of 20 HD, which is a maximum of 20 1 HD skeleton warriors.
Originally, the part controlled by the priest's ability to "rebuke and command undead" does not count towards the limit of 4 times the casting level. However, Zhao Xu is a good priest, so he can only destroy but not command.
Even because he is a kind priest, he himself cannot cast the evil spell of "manipulating the dead". It was only because the "dossier scholars" had no taboos that they were able to skip this restriction.
But if Zhao Xu really wants to be a good necromancer, he must ultimately rely on his "legendary necromancer staff".
That staff that the nine-ring mage regarded as a treasure had its own merits after all.
The six-ring "Death Array" and "Evoking Advanced Undead" attached to it are both spells that can create undead creatures, and they are regarded as level 27 casters when casting the spells, allowing Zhao Xu to control a full 108 HD undead army.
Even if it is a young skeleton red dragon, he can bring a whole five of them.
Just as Zhao Xu was imagining the future plan for the Undead Legion, he was heading towards the bell tower ahead.
Suddenly, an undead creature with skinny muscles clinging to its bones floated past Zhao Xu.
It only has empty eye sockets, and the eyes have long since decayed and disappeared. Instead, there is a crimson needle-like light emitting from the inside. The dark purple robe it is wearing has become tattered, hanging on the body like broken pieces.
[Adventurer Zhongxia, you are immune to the "aura of fear" due to the characteristics of the undead creature.]
However, Zhao Xu didn't feel happy when he saw this news. He still maintained a normal pace and kept thinking about coping strategies in his mind.
Because what he encountered before him was a "lich"!
The first prerequisite for becoming a lich is a level 11 mage or priest or above.
That is to say, he met a spell caster who could cast sixth-level spells. If the other party prepared a "spell invalidation barrier", then his third-level spells would be useless.
Zhao Xu never expected that he would encounter some of the most dangerous undead creatures in this town on the outer edge of the town.
However, he remained calm and pretended as if nothing had happened. After the lich floated away from him, he continued walking forward.
"Wait, what kind of undead are you? Why can't I tell?"
Suddenly the lich called to Zhao Xu, and its hoarse and cold voice sounded in Zhao Xu's ears.
(End of chapter)