Adolf did not move from the place where he was for a whole day, the fight with the goblin had worn him out significantly, also thanks to the fact that he could not eat or drink to recover energy and strength worsened his situation, at this rate Adolf could well die of starvation or dehydration rather than die under the dangers that beset the city.
He felt his head spin while his throat began to burn from dryness.
Adolf looked at the cane that he snatched from the goblin and curiously examined it.
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[Amala Staff]
-Type: Catalyst.
-Quality: Normal (Intermediate).
-Options: +10% in the power of spells.
+5% spell casting speed.
-5% on the cost of spells.
-Durability: 80/100.
[Description]: A basic spell catalyst of unknown origin. It offers good options for beginners.
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Adolf was pleased with the amala staff options, at least with that he could lighten the load of his meager mana stat at least a bit.
Looking down Adolf noticed that his shirt was almost tattered while his pants had several tears, in the end he took off his shirt and used it as a makeshift rope to help hold his halberd on his back, and used the amala staff as a crutch while walking.
'From what I see this city looks a lot like the ones built in the middle ages and judging by its size there should be at least one well where I can get water.'
Adolf walked slowly through the rubble while doing his best to avoid the burnt knights, his steps were uneven and weak, in the end Adolf would not be in such a precarious situation if he did not lose too much blood yesterday, the [Chaos Bugs] may heal any wound but blood loss is not a wound.
Adolf walked through the city carefully as he endured the nausea he felt, looking up at the sky the sun was almost at its highest point on him and he knew strangely that the burned knights were more active at noon.
In the end he dragged himself through the rubble and hid under a collapsed building, his breasts constantly going down and up in an irregular way, sweat ran through and covered his entire body, although it seems strange and the sun is high in the sky illuminating and giving heat to the whole city Adolf did not feel that the atmosphere was hot, rather it felt a little cold.
Adolf could hear heavy footsteps and knew that a burned knight was nearby, after a while he left but reappeared, Adolf didn't know exactly how long such a thing had been happening but it didn't seem to be a small amount.
In the end Adolf did not know how long he had been lying under the rubble, submerged in cold and lonely darkness.
Adolf only came out from under the rubble after seeing through the cracks that the sun's rays turned into a pale orange color, just like a rat Adolf dragged his tired body outside.
Looking up at the sky, Adolf knew that tonight was going to be quite hard, he didn't know what time of year it was, but even so, he knew that with his body soaked in sweat and his naked torso, it didn't mean anything good.
[Thanks to your continued efforts, your mana and stamina stats have increased]
[Mana 10----->11]
[Stamina 5----->6]
Adolf instantly felt his discomfort ease slightly, at least now he could think more clearly and move almost normally.
'Does the stamina stat not only represent my stamina but also something else?'
Several questions were being created in Adolf's mind regarding the statistics, how they worked, he believed that it was impossible for something else not to exist that he is not aware of, there were too many unknowns regarding the system and how it worked.
'Also I think my stats are growing too fast, is this the effect of the 'Heretic' title?'
Adolf felt that the increase his stats received from the "Heretic" title was quite large, but at the same time he felt that the more his stats grew, the slower and longer the process of increasing them would be.
In the end most of his stats were quite low so it was pretty easy to raise them, but Adolf felt that when he passed a certain mark it would become difficult to raise them.
But in the end he discarded all those ideas and thoughts, since it was useless to think about the future without knowing if he would see a new dawn.
Walking aimlessly Adolf tried to investigate the whole area, but no matter how much he searched he still couldn't find a well.
'Should I change my search zone? I am currently in the south zone, I could well go to the east zone to investigate and then go to the west zone and end up in the north zone'.
Con la ruta decidida Adolf started began to move, getting further and further away from the unknown but at the same time known southern zone.
One thing Adolf noticed the further north he walked was that the structures seemed to be in better condition and also seemed to be of better quality than the structures further south, but no matter how well the structures are still mostly collapsed, some they were still standing but it seemed that they would collapse at any moment.
Adolf also noticed that the number and frequency of running into burnt knights was increasing, but still only one was found every so often, he never found two or more burnt knights together, Adolf also didn't know the reason behind it. this.
Fatigue hit Adolf again so he set out to find a place to sleep, in the end he found a small space inside a collapsed structure, he took off the halberd that he was carrying on his back and put it aside, he did the same with the amala stick.
Using his left arm as a pillow Adolf fell asleep while he shivered in the cold night.
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Adolf woke up hours later, he could see how the sun was rising on the horizon, unfortunately he did not remember what position the moon was in when he slept, because at least that way he could make a rough estimate of how much he had slept.
Adolf tried to get up but when he did he felt like his head was about to explode, that wasn't all, he felt nauseated and nearly spilled all his stomach acid on the floor.
'Dammit... what day is it today? The third or fourth day? I should have counted them. Also my state is too deplorable, if I don't find something to drink I will definitely die soon, my body won't take this anymore if it continues like this.'
Trying to get up Adolf noticed that his body really felt weak and he didn't think he could carry on carrying his halberd, he looked at her with complex eyes before taking his tattered shirt and tearing it, then with some rubble and hidden leaving pieces of cloth. broken as a sign that it was hidden there.
When he could, he would come back for her, of course, if he were to survive...
Also no matter how much Adolf came to like the halberd he was not a [Warrior] but a [Black Magician], his main source of power was not hand-to-hand fighting but magic, and this deplorable state he remembered something.
Adolf retraced his steps while he was searching for a certain thing.
'I hope it's still in that place.'
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After walking for hours Adolf finally found what he was looking for, it was something the size of a hideous looking little boy with a mangled face lying in a pool of his own blood.
Adolf looked at him before looking at the ability that he would make all of this possible.
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[Raise Undead (No Rank - Level 1)]: A magic used to reanimate corpses into the form of skeletons.
*Can only raise skeletons of creatures that the user has killed
*The greater the force of being that is tried to lift, the lower the chances of lifting it.
*Raised skeletons possess 10% of the user's combat prowess.
-Cost: Varies.
-Cooldown: 30 seconds.
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Adolf was nervous knowing that he could fail since the goblin was level 15 while alive, the good thing was that in the description of the ability there was nothing that would prevent Adolf from trying to raise the same corpse again.
Breathing slowly to calm down Adolf activated his ability.
"[Raise Undead]."
After saying the name of his ability, a black mist came out of Adolf's hand and flew towards the goblin's corpse. Upon reaching the corpse, the mist instantly covered it.
Adolf patiently waited for the result and about ten seconds later a system notification arrived.
[The skill [Raise Undead] has failed]
The possibility of being able to fail was always present but Adolf still felt somewhat disappointed when the ability failed, but at least he discovered something interesting.
'Now I see why in the description of the ability it came out that the cost varied, this varies depending on the strength of the skeleton that I want to raise, together with the amala staff I can cast the ability again about 2 or 3 more times before forcing myself to wait Let my mana recharge.'
Adolf waited for the 30 second cooldown to pass before casting the ability again, but he again received a notification that made him sigh.
[The skill [Raise Undead] has failed]
Wiping the sweat from his forehead, he waited again for the 30 seconds to pass before launching the ability again, but this time he saw a notification that made him sigh in relief.
[The skill [Raise Undead has been successful]
La carne del cadáver del duende de repente comenzó a derretirse y luego se convirtió en black smoke, bones were uncovered and then they began to rise, blue light swirling in their empty sockets.
[A level 10 skeleton goblin has been raised]
Adolf read the message of the "level 10 skeleton goblin", although he expected that his level would decrease, he never thought that it would decrease by 5 levels, but the more he thought about it, the more he accepted the idea that it could be worse, so 5 levels in exchange for getting a helper 10 levels higher than him was not bad treatment.
[Congratulations you have been the first summoned to use all black magic successfully]
[Obtained the achievement "Greedy Apprentice"]
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[Greedy Apprentice]
-Type: Achievement
-Effect: +5 mana points
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Adolf looked at the messages surprised since I never expected that in addition to titles there were achievements, also the 5 extra points in his mana stat were always well received and for the first time in a while Adolf opened his status window.
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[Name: Adolf De'Ath]
Race: Human
Title: Heretic
Class: Black Mage
Strength: 6 / Speed 9 / Stamina 6 / Health 43 / Mana 16 / Regeneration 20
Active Skills: [Shade Cloak] [Lesser Blindness] [Raise Undead].
Passive Skills: [Chaos Bugs] [Weapon Lord]
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'My strength and stamina stats are still too low, my speed is good at the moment but it would be nice to increase it, my health and regeneration are pretty good but I'd still like to increase them more.'
Adolf made several mental notes before going to where he had left his halberd, when he finally arrived, totally exhausted and using the amala cane as a crutch to support himself, he also arrived almost at nightfall, Adolf decided to take a short break before continuing to look for a place to stay. well.
But before that he removed the debris covering his halberd before giving it to his skeleton, the skeleton took it and Adolf could tell that it was a bit big for the size of the skeleton but he had to settle for now, maybe in the future. future get a weapon appropriate for your size.
Adolf then asked it to swing the halberd to see how it did, the skeleton silently followed his master's order and began to swing the halberd with some degree of dexterity.
'Though his handling of the halberd leaves a lot to be desired, it's still much better than I estimated, even if he only possesses 10% of my dexterity it's still something considering the power of [Gun Lord].'
Adolf admitted that with the skeleton added to his team he was a little more confident that he could survive whatever hell he was in.
Sighing with exhaustion, Adolf got up with the help of the skeleton, then began to walk with the help of the amala cane, his steps were quite weak, heavy and rigid.
The dark night took away Adolf's ability to use his skill [Shade Cloak] and his attached skill [Shadow Fusion] since the moon didn't shine at all.
In order to activate these two abilities, they need to meet a prerequisite, shadows are needed, but on a dark night like this, that condition was quite difficult to meet, since we must not forget that darkness and shadows are never and will never be the same.
The darkness was when there was an absence of light, instead the shadows were when a light shone that the shadows were formed.
For a night without moonlight or stars to appear was like taking away one of Adolf's lifebelts, leaving only the [Chaos Bugs] as a safety rope in case of emergency.
Adolf walked more carefully than usual knowing that he did not have his stealth ability, also at this time he was not alone but was accompanied by his skeleton, at least if they found him he could use it as a distraction to escape.
As Adolf looked at the area where he was while he was hiding in the rubble, he managed to observe something that made his eyes shine with absolute happiness.
It was a well.
Adolf had managed to find a well.
'Now it only remains to be seen if the well still has water and if it has not dried up, also on earth the lifetime of a well is 20 to 40 years, so it may be that this well is no longer useful, but it should not be used either. too much of the knowledge of my old world in this new world, since I don't know if everything works the same way'.
Then to make sure Adolf didn't go out to check the well but sent the skeleton, of course, not before leaving the halberd behind along with Adolf, it would be a shame if the halberd ended up destroyed along with the skeleton.
Adolf held his breath while the palms of his hands sweated from nerves, he carefully observed how the skeleton took step after step, after seeing him arrive right where the well was, Adolf breathed a sigh of relief.
Luego le indicó al esqueleto que buscara una cuerda o algo similar, el esqueleto extrañamente buscó cerca del pozo according to Adolf's instructions.
After seeing that he couldn't find anything for several minutes Adolf began to get anxious thinking that the rope had already been destroyed, but then the skeleton of him raised his hands made of bones with the end of a rope in them.
Adolf ordered him to pull it carefully and that made the skeleton, he pulled slowly and carefully on the rope.
A couple of minutes passed and the skeleton continued to pull the rope, of course, if he pulled it faster, he could have already pulled the entire rope, but Adolf was afraid that if that happened, the rope could end up breaking.
After waiting several minutes Adolf was finally able to see what was attached to the end of the rope, it was a battered-looking iron bucket.
Adolf ordered the skeleton to lower the bucket to the ground with great care, the skeleton complied with his master's order, seeing this Adolf looked around again in case a burned knight was approaching, after seeing that this was not the case I order the skeleton to bring the bucket with me.
The skeleton then began to walk with the bucket in his hands, a couple of seconds later he came in front of Adolf and he ordered him to give him the bucket, after taking the bucket with his hands Adolf noticed something.
He was heavy, the bucket was heavier than it should be.
Looking inside he could see something that made him happy, there was water, inside the bucket there was water.
After calming down, Adolf slowly drank water until he was satisfied and then ordered the skeleton to leave the bucket in the well again, then ordered him to put rubble on top of the other end of the rope so that it does not get lost.
Adolf felt really happy not having to worry about the water anymore, unfortunately if only he had seen inside the well he would not be so happy, he would not be happy to have found the well, much less to have drunk water from the well.
But in the end he didn't see it and that was a decision he would regret in the not too distant future.