Seeing some of the players in front of him looking embarrassed, Singo couldn't help but laugh to himself.
"Fortunately, I was already prepared."
He patted the bulging money bag beside him, which contained more than a thousand gold coins - as the Dragonblood Viscount who received dividends from the military-industrial conglomerate, he could naturally get the money.
Among the dozens of people in the team, several people had to leave in despair because they were short of money, which made his queue progress increase a lot.
The [Undead Knight] at the front of the queue reluctantly handed over the money and walked quickly into the [Undead Research Institute] carrying a body bag.
Maxi put away the gold coins and nodded slightly to the players waiting outside the door: "Don't be anxious, please wait outside the door for a while."
"Don't worry, Director Orest is very efficient."
Not long after, the [Undead Knight] came out happily holding an [Immortal Follower Lease Contract]. He hummed a song and summoned a beautiful long-haired female ghost under the expectant eyes of everyone.
"Damn, it's so fast!"
"This undead follower is kind of pretty."
"Not a buddy?"
"I'm envious - why didn't I expect to be able to summon a wife?"
"That's enough, you are an animal too!"
"This is obviously a fighting partner!"
Next, the famous Necromancer player [City in the Rain] also paid gold coins and couldn't wait to enter the research institute.
In just a few minutes, the next conversion is completed.
"Haha."
"Open your eyes."
In the rain, Chengchi pushed up his silver-rimmed glasses, held on to the brim of his hat, and walked out of the research institute.
Behind him were already three majestic immortal skeletons of different shapes, which were the "Yu San Family" from the three major families in the North.
One holds a sword, one holds a spear high, and one wields a heavy hammer.
These three are all ancestors who were pulled out of coffins in the rainy city. They were carefully selected. They were all famous warriors and paladins during their lifetimes. Even after death, they have a challenge level as high as six, which is already about three. It’s a mini-boss.
And with the combination of these "three imperial families" and the blessing spells of the Necromancer, their combat effectiveness has skyrocketed.
The onlookers were extremely jealous.
"When will it be my turn?"
“So handsome”
"I also want to raise an immortal follower!"
"I have decided to change my profession and play the summoning stream today!"
Singo looked at the distant city in the rain with a serious expression: "His lineup is a bit strong in this version. He is an opponent worthy of attention."
Several players entered again one after another.
"Oops"
"Who is not in line yet?"
Langli Baitiao also quickly walked past him with a row of immortal skeletons of Bosque's ancestors, clutching the lease contract and showing off.
"You have three summoning opportunities every day, are you using it here to show off?"
Singo shook his head and laughed.
But it was finally time for him to be ranked.
Singo handed the five gold coins to Maxi at the door without hesitation. Under the friendly smile of the other party, he dragged the half-giant surrounded by the putrid corpse of the fly into the institute.
"Is this the Institute of Undead?"
“It’s a little different than expected.”
In Singo's imagination, this place should be a forbidden area of life covered with corpses and cobwebs, but to his surprise, it actually looked like a research institute.
The neat rows of electric lights, the clean and tidy corridors, and the clear signposts on the walls all indicate this.
Even the blood stains left by him dragging the corpse will be automatically removed by the cleaning spell on the corridor wall.
Singo looked at the heavy iron door at the end of the corridor and the skull symbol on it, and finally felt a bit of death.
"Then let me meet the so-called 'spirit that sighs forever'."
He thought so.
Singo put his hand on the skull, and the heavy iron door slowly opened.
"Lord Orest, I am here to transform the undead."
"Come in."
The voice was low and hoarse.
But Singo keenly heard a strong sense of exhaustion.
It's similar to the half-dead sound made by a social animal who stays up late and works overtime.
Did he hear it wrong?
That's the legendary lich!
Lord of the undead! The insidious and cruel immortal who holds endless secrets!
Singo couldn't help but look up, and the name above his head stood out.
【Soul Chanter-Orest】
Faction forces: Ember Empire
Affiliated unit: Undead Research Institute
Challenge level:? ? ?
I saw the lich just sitting on the ordinary desk, wearing a ragged robe, the soul fire in the eye sockets was particularly dim, but the skeletal scepter on the shelf next to it was quite scary.
He held a bone pen in his withered hand, and he kept writing something on the documents on the table. It is difficult for Singo to describe this temperament.
This is simply - a wage earner among lichs, with no aura at all and an aura of perfunctoriness everywhere.
Orest stopped writing and urged impatiently: "Do you still want to transform? Why not hurry up?"
"Okay."
Singo quickly threw away these distracting thoughts, walked forward, opened the store panel, and browsed quickly.
【Lich's Rental Shop】
Basic price:
Skeleton: 5 gold coins, 350 experience
Mummy: 5 gold coins, 350 experience
Ghost: 20 gold coins, 950 experience
Corpse: 100 gold coins, 1550 experience
Binding Spirit: 100 gold coins, 1550 experience
Undead Skeleton: 100 gold coins, 1550 experience
Death Knight: 12,500 gold coins, 75,000 experience
Lich:? ? ? Conditions unknown
[Please provide the items you want to transform. ]
The following special options such as death knights and lichs are obviously not prepared for current players.
Therefore, he skipped these directly. Since he brought a complete corpse, he chose [Zombie Demon], which can turn killed creatures into zombies, as the best option.
"Lord Orest, I want to transform the corpse demon."
He untied the heavy body bag, revealing the rotting and stinking half-giant body inside.
The Lich glanced at it and said calmly: "Half-giant professionals need more money."
A new transaction box pops up immediately.
[Soul Eternal Sigher-Orest offers you a new deal. ]
[Half-Giant Corpse Leader: 800 gold coins, 5500 experience]
[Do you agree to the transaction? Yes/No]
"This"
Even Singo felt a little sore.
These gold coins and experience almost cost him all his savings in recent months, and even he had to think about it.
"Hurry up."
Orest urged impatiently.
Under the temptation of improving his strength, Singo gritted his teeth and made a decision, clicked the [Confirm] option on the panel, and handed over the bulging money bag——
"Sir, please help me transform."
"Okay."
Oreste removed the skeletal scepter and pointed it deftly at the half-giant's bloated, putrid corpse.
Suddenly, bursts of low roars sounded.
The gray mist of negative energy filled the body of the corpse, and the dark eyes flickered with light. Finally, it slowly stood up.
The nearly three-meter-tall corpse demon was covered in filthy, decaying flesh and blood, and one could still see how strong it was in life.
【Half-Giant Corpse Leader】
Challenge Level: 7 (3100xp)
Orest took out a blank scroll from the cabinet, continued writing on the table, and then threw it casually in front of Singo.
"Okay."
"For the Ember Empire."
He said the classic words, but these words seemed a bit strange coming from the Lich's mouth.
"For the Ember Empire."
Singo also responded by hitting his chest with his right hand.
He secretly sighed in his heart: "A lich loyal to the empire is really strange."
But soon, his attention returned to the corpse demon he had just transformed, and his face showed joy.
"That's great. It's really a boss-level follower!"
Singo left with the scroll, and the half-giant corpse monster was under the control of the [Undead Research Institute].
After all, the player is just renting it, and the ownership belongs to the empire official, more accurately, it belongs to the emperor himself, no, to this dragon.
"How long will this kind of life last?"
Orest looked at the slowly closing door and sighed deeply.
Transforming the undead is really a tiring job.
However, every time he transforms undead creatures for these "Starfallers", he will feel a pure energy similar to the soul flowing into his body, allowing him to continue to maintain the phylactery.
Perhaps he could reach true immortality in this way.
"Tsk"
"Thank my master."
The exhausted Lich sighed with emotion, but footsteps came from outside the door again, and the next player to transform undead creatures was about to arrive.
At this time, hundreds of players were lined up at the entrance of the Undead Research Institute.
However, Oreste did not know that in order to control the power of the lich, Cassius took up to 90% of the experience he gained.
Soon, news of the [Undead Research Institute] spread throughout the forum, and many players were jealous of those top followers who were comparable to bosses.
In this way, a vigorous "war for corpses" broke out in the empire, known as the "Great Excavation Movement."
Hundreds of thousands of players were wandering around the empire, digging graves, searching ruins, and even digging out fallen enemies from the soil, which astonished the natives.
The skeleton of a high-level warrior can be sold for hundreds of gold coins on the black market. Many people who are short of money even dig up their own ancestral graves and sell them to players.
At the same time, special industries such as coffin manufacturing and corpse embalming also flourished, and several "emerging enterprises" were derived from this.
Evil legends began to spread within the empire that "Starfallers like to eat old bones" and "they like aged bones best". (End of chapter)