chapter 9 Assassination

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"You try to enter a meditative state..."

"The level of concentration reaches the minimum level required to enter meditation, and the perception of successful contraction..."

"You successfully entered a meditative state!"

"Depending on your level of concentration, you are currently in a shallow meditative state."

"..."

"Meditation is over."

"Based on your performance during meditation, your maximum mana has been increased by 6 points. Your current mana is 6/6."

“No special feedback is available from shallow meditation.”

"You have obtained the racing achievement [Beginner]."

"[Beginner]: Successfully perform a meditation. The basic reward is Spirit +2. The meditation effect is increased by 10 when worn."

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After observing the system log, Rhodes felt happy. Rhodes also achieved achievements in his previous life, but he did not enjoy the extra rewards brought by racing.

"I remember that the beginner's achievement in the previous life seemed to be just Spirit +1, and there was no additional reward after wearing it. Now not only does the spirit increase, but wearing it can also enhance the meditation effect." Rhodes recalled for a while.

Comparing it with the achievements in his memory, Rhodes once again realized how high attributes the achievements obtained with the help of racing would provide. At the same time, Rhodes also deeply understood how powerful his basic attributes alone would become if he could obtain a large number of racing achievements.

Shaking his head, Rhodes forced himself not to think about achievements for the time being, and focused on the Necromancer Apprentice and his group on the ground not far away. Using the Eagle Eye technique, Rhodes looked at the enemy.

Walking at the front was a group of skeleton soldiers. Rhodes didn't have a detailed number, but he thought there should be more than a dozen. In the middle of the team was a man in black robes riding a horse, his whole body covered in black robes. This was the standard attire of a necromancer. This person should be the manipulator of this team of undead, the Necromancer Apprentice.

The apprentice was flanked by four fully armed skeleton warriors. Behind the team was a dense group of zombies. Since the zombies were the slowest, they could only limp behind. Rhodes estimated that the apprentice placed this large group of zombies at the end of the team for this reason.

Rhodes observed quietly on the tree. This location was very hidden. As long as the apprentice did not recognize that someone was in the tree and observed carefully, he would not find him.

When the apprentices and the group moved slightly closer to the tomb, Rhodes slowed down his breathing to reduce the possibility of exposing his position.

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On the way back, Eliot was thinking about how he would use so many gold coins after returning to the School of Necromancy.

First, I need to take all the courses that I couldn't afford before, such as the mysterious deep meditation method, and then learn some powerful spells. After I finish learning these, I will become a first-class necromancer. It's up to you to choose whether to fight various wars in the world or become a great lord of a place...

As Eliot got closer and closer to the tomb he found, he suddenly felt a bad feeling in his heart. Eliot didn't understand the origin of this feeling, but he knew that it made him very uncomfortable.

Before he was completely close to the tomb, Eliot was shocked and angry to find that his originally sealed exit was now opened again. Eliot clearly remembered that he asked the undead creatures to seal the entrance to the tomb before leaving.

Who is it...Elott had this idea in his mind.

Eliot first suspected that someone had been here, but this tomb had not been discovered for so long, so the possibility of others discovering it by luck alone was not high.

If no one else has been here, then the most likely possibility is that the undead creatures sleeping in the tomb have awakened. Eliot came to this conclusion.

Airot felt it in his mind. The undead creatures that he originally arranged to station in the passage had all their spiritual imprints disappeared, and they should have all been eliminated.

There was no time to feel sorry for these undead creatures under his command. Ailot thought for a while and rationally told him that he already had the gold coins he needed. The safest way was to leave the place immediately and exchange the remaining undead creatures for gold coins. Return to the academy quickly.

But there was another voice in Eliot's heart, and he was unwilling to leave just like that. There is a sleeping undead creature in the tomb. According to his idea, the most likely thing is that the undead creature has awakened, rather than the tomb being discovered by others.

The undead creature in the tomb has already been destined by Airot. Eliot believed that with the help of this powerful undead creature, he would soon be able to stand out in the academy.

In the end, you still have to go to the depths of the tomb yourself, and you will know when the time comes. Thinking of this, Eliot got off his horse and began to dispatch the undead creatures.

Airot first asked all the skeleton soldiers to be on guard in the surroundings to prevent possible enemies, and then asked the walking corpses to disperse to the outermost perimeter for observation. After arranging the skeleton soldiers and walking corpses, Airot prepared to enter the passage.

Another bad feeling came, and Ellot was convinced that there was something in the passage.

Since he didn't know the specific situation in the passage, Eliot asked two skeleton warriors to enter the passage first to see if there were any enemies lurking in the passage.

Skeleton warriors are low-level undead creatures and cannot convey specific information. After confirming that there was no abnormality in the passage, Ailot prepared to enter the passage to check in person.

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Rhodes looked at the undead creatures being prepared by the Necromancer apprentice from the tree, and couldn't help but secretly thought that it was dangerous.

Rhodes had thought about lurking in the passage to assassinate him before, but he gave up the idea considering that there were too many variables in the passage. At this time, the Necromancer's cautious approach confirmed this. Without this tree, Rhodes couldn't think of any other place suitable for hiding.

Rhodes saw the Necromancer apprentice sending two skeleton warriors down the passage. This is undoubtedly good news for Rhodes. What Rhodes has to consider, in addition to how to deal with the Necromancer Apprentice, is also how to deal with the remaining undead creatures.

Once surrounded by this group of undead creatures, the undead creatures' fearlessness of death will be brought into full play. With the help of four skeleton warriors, it may be difficult for them to escape.

Fortunately, the apprentice sent two skeleton warriors into the tomb first. Although the remaining group of undead creatures were extremely numerous, as long as they were not surrounded, they could be finished with a little more time.

Rhodes watched the Necromancer apprentice walk towards the passage. In order to improve the success rate of the assassination, Rhodes allocated the remaining free attribute points to speed. The current speed attribute is 9.

Since the assassination is done by jumping from a high place, the sharp blade and the impact brought by gravity can cause great damage. The assassination relied not on Rhodes' own strength, but on Rhodes' hit rate.

Although it was almost impossible to miss, Rhodes allocated the remaining attribute points to speed just in case. In addition to increasing shooting and movement speed, the speed attribute can also improve one's reaction ability.

The Necromancer apprentice came to the entrance of the passage, looked down first, and then stretched out one foot, preparing to step into the passage.

At this time, while all the apprentice's attention was focused on the passage, Rhodes moved.

Rhodes was seen leaping out from a tree trunk five or six meters above the ground, holding a sword in both hands with the sword pointed downward. The target pointed by the sword was the Necromancer apprentice who had half his foot in the grave.

As if he felt something, the apprentice turned around and looked at Rhodes, his body instinctively trying to avoid this sudden attack from the sky. But it was too late, Rhode's sword had arrived in an instant, and there was still a trace of astonishment in the eyes of the necromancer apprentice.

Rhodes' sword easily penetrated the Necromancer apprentice's back, diagonally from the upper part of the spine, from top to bottom. With the blessing of gravity, Rhodes didn't even expend much effort. He only needed to hold the hilt of the sword with both hands, and the sword body was completely submerged into the apprentice's body from the back.

Blood spurted out as the sword penetrated, but it immediately stopped due to the contraction of the muscles. The hot blood splashed onto Rhodes' face. Unlike fighting and fighting in previous games, and unlike killing the cold undead in the tomb before, Rhodes could feel a kind of heat from the blood.

A...heat of life.