Translated by: Novellise
"Master, are you alright?"
Norton quickly supported Lu Yuan.
"I'm fine."
Lu Yuan waved his hand, but inside, a layer of shadow covered his heart.
Long before this, he had encountered similar situations a few times.
When he subdued a servant of misfortune that was too strong, beyond the capacity of his soul, cracks would appear on his skull.
In the end,
It was because the Skeleton Warrior's limit was too low to withstand such powerful spiritual energy.
If spiritual energy were compared to water.
Then the Skeleton Warrior was just a cup of water at best.
Even if Lu Yuan became a ninth level Skeleton Warrior, he still couldn't hold much water.
Only by shedding his skeleton warrior identity and becoming a mage or warlock with a higher limit,
would he be able to unleash the full effect of the Undead Calamity, thus bringing about a qualitative change in his strength!
Lu Yuan was puzzled by this,
Suddenly, the call from the heavens rang out in his mind.
[Defying Fate: You subdue the Frostbone Dragon and successfully kill the Dark Alchemist, changing your own fate of death.]
[Reward: 70,000 simulation points!]
[Rating upgraded to C level!]
[Main storyline progress: 5%!]
[You have acquired a B-level talent: Elemental Refinement!]
[Elemental Refinement: By refining the elements, you can continuously transform your body, increase your elemental affinity, and make yourself more suitable for casting magic!]
[Note: The refining process often involves unknown dangers, so please try it carefully!]
"B-class talent, elemental refinement?"
When Lu Yuan saw this talent, he almost burst into tears on the spot.
Heaven's will.
Could it be that I'm really going to cry to death!
His weak, pitiful, and helpless little skeleton was finally welcoming spring!
Most importantly,
Lu Yuan had already passed the beginner's protection period, and once he died in the world of rebirth, his soul and physical body would also be destroyed in the main world.
However, after receiving the C-class rating, it was like having a get-out-of-jail-free card.
Even if he accidentally died during the simulation process, he could easily return to the main world!
But what does elemental refinement mean?
After asking Norton, Lu Yuan finally understood.
Alchemy was also well developed in this magical world.
And alchemists could use alchemical matrices to change the shape of items and give them unique elemental effects.
Lu Yuan nodded.
He immediately understood the meaning of elemental refinement.
Isn't this the forging and enchanting in the online game of his previous life?
As the talent effect kicked in,
A certain change seemed to occur in Lu Yuan's body, as if a door to a new world had opened.
He closed his eyes and felt carefully.
In the original world, there were only two colours, black and white.
Grey, lifeless.
Only a faint aura of death could be felt.
But after the talent had taken effect.
That grey, lifeless world finally had a trace of vitality, with many colourful shades added!
Especially with Lu Yuan's persistent attempts.
His mental power finally captured the fluctuations of the elemental forces!
Even though this sensation was very weak.
Still, it was better than nothing!
Lu Yuan was overjoyed,
It meant that he could finally practice magic!
Next.
It was time to clear the battlefield.
In the previous battle,
Norton's entire castle had been frozen into ice sculptures by the Frost Breath.
Lu Yuan controlled hundreds of skeleton warriors, and after considerable effort, he cleared a path.
Inside the castle.
As well as jars and containers, there were many books and scrolls.
Through these books and the information Morton himself spoke,
Lu Yuan finally learned of his origins.
Norton was originally an ordinary alchemist from the Holy Empire.
Due to his obsession with alchemy, he often pored over a large number of ancient texts.
One day, he accidentally came into contact with a long-sealed ancient book.
It documented much forbidden alchemical knowledge, as well as dark magic from hell!
Faced with the powerful and omnipotent dark magic,
Norton had little hesitation.
He plunged into it willingly and became a dark wizard.
But the forbidden alchemy required a great deal of human flesh and souls as experimental material.
Norton spared no effort or risk.
He secretly bribed a prison warden and bought a large number of convicts and criminals from the Imperial Prison.
But there is no wall that does not leak.
His research into dark magic soon became known to the Holy Empire.
Under the persecution of the Holy Empire,
Norton was like a rat crossing the street, hiding and fleeing everywhere.
After crossing tens of thousands of kilometres, he finally reached the border of the Kingdom of Laine.
During his flight, he happened to meet a dark mage.
On the latter's recommendation, he successfully joined the original dark organisation.
This was a force formed by a group of people who worshipped dark magic.
Obsessed with forbidden spells, they willingly fell into Hell, their minds twisted by Fel magic.
Under the temptation of demons.
They thought that as long as they summoned powerful abyssal demons, they could spread disaster and death throughout the land,
that they themselves could become the leaders of the new order.
Little did they know.
These misguided wretches were merely pawns of the Abyssal Demons.
And before Norton could gather enough sacrificial material, he was killed by Lu Yuan.
And from Norton's mouth, Lu Yuan learned that the power of the original dark organisation was extremely great.
The members of the organisation were scattered throughout various levels of the Holy Empire, with very mysterious identities.
In recent years, it seemed that they had been researching a super-class dark forbidden curse.
If the research was successful,
The entire magical world would be thrown into chaos!
"Super-class dark forbidden curse?"
Lu Yuan's mood became sombre.
Through Norton's introduction, Lu Yuan finally learned.
In this magical world,
Mages were divided into ten levels, namely: Apprentice Mages of the First Tier, Intermediate Mages of the Second Tier, Advanced Mages of the Third Tier,
Beginning Magus of the Fourth Tier, Intermediate Magus of the Fifth Tier, Advanced Magus of the Sixth Tier,
Magus of the seventh tier, Grand Magus of the eighth tier, Holy Magus of the ninth tier.
And only the magic of the Tenth Level God of Magic,
could be called a super-class forbidden curse!
Lu Yuan had seen the power of dark magic before.
Norton's use of a Fifth Tier spell could cause heavy casualties among the Skeleton Army.
If it was a dark forbidden curse of the Tenth Tier, how terrifying would its power be?
Just the thought of it made Lu Yuan's skin crawl.
But Lu Yuan didn't have a saviour complex.
Those who are not from our tribe, their hearts must be different.
In this life, Lu Yuan was just an ordinary skeleton.
Even if he told the news to the human empire, they might not pay attention.
Instead, it might cause him trouble.
At the same time, Lu Yuan was becoming more and more vigilant.
This group of madmen from the original dark organisation, who could even research a tenth level curse,
indicated that their strength was extremely formidable.
If they found out that he had killed Norton,
It would inevitably provoke retaliation from the original dark organisation.
The best course of action for the time being.
was to keep Norton as he was, and pretend that nothing had happened.
After all, the effect of Undead Calamity was truly heavenly.
Even if Norton was turned into a servant, other mages would see no abnormalities.
As the two talked,
Norton led Lu Yuan to an underground treasure trove.
(End of chapter)