freenovelworld Chapter 374 Proof of Mastery, a Gift from the [Blood Spring of Corrosion]!
Chapter 374 Proof of Mastery, a Gift from the [Blood Spring of Corrosion]!
Chapter 374 Proof of Mastery, a Gift from the [Blood Spring of Corrosion]!
As Master Sandru spoke, he took out a gold-embossed letter of appointment from his spatial storage capsule and handed it to Ark O.
"After several months of discussion and confirmation, and with the approval of our Necromancer Professional Association, we have decided to confer upon you, Ark, the honorary title of [Bone Mentor]."
I hope you will continue your efforts and develop even more powerful skill trees for our necromancers in the future.
As Fangzhou accepted the Bone Mentor appointment letter from Master Sandru, he looked at his attribute panel with great delight.
The moment he accepted the appointment letter, a familiar notification sounded from his attribute panel: "Title successfully activated [Skeleton Mentor]."
[Bone Mentor]: An honorary title bestowed upon you by the Necromancer Professional Association. Only necromancers who have made significant achievements in a particular skill tree are eligible for this honor. Those who possess this title receive additional bonuses when learning and developing the Bone skill tree; when casting Bone skills, mana costs are slightly reduced, and spell effects are slightly increased.
Fangzhou looked at his newly acquired fifth title and felt a surge of joy.
This was a truly unexpected and delightful surprise for him.
After all, although some first-year students at the Haicheng Military Academy had privately called him the Skeleton Mentor, Fang Zhou never took this empty title to heart.
Although he was the creator of the necromancer's skeletal skill tree, he always valued profit over fame and would never actively promote anything.
Therefore, Fang Zhou never expected that, without his knowledge, Archmage Sandru would take the initiative to apply for the professional association honor of Bone Mentor for him.
More importantly, the attribute panel actually recognized the honorary title issued by the Necromancer Professional Association and provided such a powerful bonus effect.
First, learning and deducing the effects of skeletal skills is very useful.
After all, given Ark's future career plans, the entire skeletal skill tree will be a powerful component of the necromancer's combat strength.
As his skeletal clones continue to advance, the skeletal weapon skills he possesses will naturally also continue to advance.
The skeletal skill tree derived from the skills of the corpse weapon system naturally progresses smoothly without any insurmountable obstacles.
The Skeleton Mentor title provides additional bonuses to learning and developing the Skeleton skill tree in Ark.
In other words, it can reduce the cost of developing new skeletal skill trees for Ark.
Whether it's in terms of time, energy, or even the consumption of soul power.
These enhancements will greatly improve the Ark's efficiency in skill research and training.
This means he can master new skills faster and optimize existing skills more efficiently, thus gaining a greater advantage in actual combat.
As for the remaining two effects of the Skeleton Mentor title, reducing the mana cost of Skeleton-related skills and increasing the skill effects of Skeleton-related skills, these are all immediate benefits.
Reducing mana consumption means that Ark can use skeletal abilities more frequently in combat.
Adding skill effects directly increases the power of these skills, making his advantage in battle even more obvious.
It can be said that Ark's most powerful direct attack method is the Bone Spear, and its most reliable defense method is the Bone Shield.
These two skills alone provide tremendous assistance to the Ark, not to mention other control or movement skills such as Skeleton Shackles and Skeleton Wings.
Master Sandru had just arrived at the Necromancer professional training group at the Haicheng Military Academy when he brought such a big surprise to Ark.
Fangzhou was naturally even more confident about the research results that the increasingly powerful necromancer research group would produce.
Master Sandru smiled, then took out a black gemstone box and handed it to Fangzhou, saying, "I heard from Instructor Su Xinyan that you have broken through the bottleneck and advanced to Black Iron."
The apprentice-level undead attribute rare material [Ghost Amber] that I originally prepared for you is now useless.
Fortunately, I had obtained some of the two rare treasures needed by Black Iron-level necromancers in my early years: [Bone-Corroding Blood Spring] and [Breath of Decay].
Some of it was given to Sylvanas, and some remained with me.
The Ark, those who see it are destined.
Now that I've met you, I might as well give you this last bit of the [Bone-Corroding Blood Spring].
Upon hearing this, Su Xinyan and Fang Zhou both showed excitement on their faces.
Before Fang Zhou could speak, Su Xinyan excitedly took the black brocade box from Sandru's hand and handed it to Fang Zhou, saying, "Thank you, Master Sandru."
Previously, I was still struggling with Fangzhou about how to find rare and precious treasures of the Black Iron level.
"I didn't expect you to be so generous, Master Sandru."
Master Sandru sighed and said, "I naturally understand the suffering of necromancers better than you do."
Especially in terms of rare and precious treasures with undead attributes, they are extremely difficult to find.
This is the last one I have left.
The remaining [Breath of Decay] will have to be obtained through your own efforts, Ark.
I believe that with your talent, you will definitely not disappoint my good intentions.
Fangzhou accepted the brocade box, feeling the weight of the precious [Bone-Corroding Blood Spring] inside, and a warm current surged in his heart.
He gripped the black mirror case tightly, gave Master Sandru a solemn military salute, and said, "Thank you for the gift, Master Sandru."
Don't worry, I will definitely not let you down.
Fang Zhou hadn't expected that he would obtain one of the two rare treasures he had always longed for, the [Bone-Corroding Blood Spring], so easily and effortlessly.
This was undoubtedly a timely help for him.
Unfortunately, the other type of [Breath of Decay] remains elusive, like a wild goose flying into the dark, impossible to find.
Master Sandru thought for a moment, then continued, "Ark, I have a group of old friends who have also heard of your reputation."
They told me many times that they wanted to come to the Haicheng Military Academy to accompany you in your research on necromancy.
I told them that I would bring my apprentice to your place to take a look first.
If you truly live up to your reputation and possess extraordinary talent in the necromancer profession, then invite these old friends over together.
Although we've only met once, the Corpse Warlord Meditation Technique and the Summon Skeleton Bat skill you demonstrated already confirm that your talent far surpasses that of all of us necromancers.
"If you need, I can call my old friends over to the Haicheng Military Academy anytime."
Fang Zhou raised an eyebrow, immediately becoming interested.
Master Sandru's so-called old friends were naturally some senior necromancers.
While they may not possess the same extraordinary talent as Ark, their accumulated knowledge and understanding of the necromancer class can undoubtedly provide Ark with exceptional assistance.
The Ark naturally desired this.
Putting aside the fact that if these well-trained and knowledgeable necromancers all practiced the meditation method he deduced and became apostles of the corpse clones, they could provide the corpse clones with a considerable amount of soul power income during meditation.
The experience and knowledge of these predecessors in scientific research alone can greatly improve the efficiency of Ark in skill deduction and improvement.
This is naturally excellent news for Ark.
Having figured this out, Fangzhou immediately said to Master Sandru, "No problem, Master Sandru."
We would be extremely grateful for fellow necromancers.
To be honest, I still have many research topics on necromancers that I need to explore, both from Instructor Su Xinyan and others.
However, due to limited manpower, progress has been very slow.
If any senior necromancers were willing to participate in our research project, that would be something we would truly be grateful for.
Su Xinyan chimed in, "That's right, Master Sandru."
For example, our Haicheng Military Academy actually has many professional associations and branches.
When professionals of the same type come together to discuss, conduct research, and exchange knowledge, it is very beneficial to the overall development of the industry.
Fangzhou and I used to envy this mode, but unfortunately, our necromancer class is too rare. In fact, there are only two necromancers in Haicheng Military Academy, Fangzhou and I.
If, as you just said, Master Sandru is willing to invite all those senior necromancers to our necromancer research group at Haicheng Military Academy, it will definitely greatly promote the development of our necromancer profession.
"
As the head of the necromancer research group at Haicheng Military Academy, Instructor Su Xinyan promptly extended an invitation to Master Sandru.
The two naturally hit it off immediately.
Soon, the two sides began to discuss the next steps in the negotiations and coordination.
Instructor Su Xinyan said, "Master Sandru, regarding the matter of inviting other necromancers to join the research group, I can be responsible for submitting an application to Haicheng Military Academy to ensure that the research group has sufficient resources and space to support the addition of new members."
This way, Fangzhou won't need to worry about these administrative matters.
Master Sandru nodded in agreement: "That's for the best, Instructor Su Xinyan. I believe you can handle these matters well."
If needed, I can provide some support, such as coordinating necromancer resources from other countries.
Fang Zhou then said, "Instructor Su Xinyan, then I will focus on preparing the research plan."
I will plan our research direction in advance and formulate specific task assignments to ensure that every necromancer who joins can make the most of their strengths.
Master Sandru nodded and said, "Fangzhou, you only need to focus on your research work. Instructor Su Xinyan and I will handle the other administrative matters."
We hope to see new progress from the research group as soon as possible.
After all, before the Ark, the development of the necromancer class had almost stagnated.
For a long time, necromancers have almost stagnated in their innovation of skills and meditation techniques, and many problems have remained unresolved.
And now, all the new developments in necromancer are driven by Ark.
Although he was only a low-ranking Dark Iron necromancer, he did not have any advantage in terms of strength or seniority.
However, when it comes to research on necromancers, even the strongest necromancer, Master Sandru, is completely convinced of Fang Zhou's abilities, so other necromancers naturally have no objections.
The elf Sylvanas, who was constantly looking at Fang Zhou with admiration, was a perfect example.
Fangzhou noticed the moon elf's gaze, thought for a moment, and said to Sylvanas, "I recently broke through a bottleneck and advanced to Dark Iron, and I do have several projects that require someone to help me with research assistants."
I've also found someone at the Sea City Military Academy, and with Sylvanas as well, it should be even faster.
Sylvanas nodded, looking eager, and said, "I'm at your beck and call, Ark."
Whatever you need me to do, I will do my best.
Fang Zhou then opened his personal terminal and projected the research plan he had prepared earlier onto the screen, saying, "Please take a look."
I have just completed the derivation of the Dark Iron stage necromancer meditation method.
The focus of our work going forward should be on the following areas.
He pointed to the plan on the screen and explained in detail: "The first is the deduction and improvement of summoning skills."
My goal is to use the Black Iron tier skeleton warriors and zombies as a base, then try to capture the soul fluctuations of mutated undead creatures, and then deduce skills that can reliably summon them.
The summoning of skeletal bats that I previously deduced is such an example.
With the addition of the Skeleton Bat, the flying reconnaissance unit is now in its nascent stage.
I also hope to be able to summon mobile units like cavalry.
Imagine having zombies as front-line meat shields, skeleton archers as ranged damage dealers, skeletal bats as flying scouts, and a squad of undead cavalry as assault troops.
This way, our necromancers will be able to summon a wider variety of undead units during the Dark Iron stage, making them more adaptable to various battlefield environments.
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Sylvanas listened with longing in her eyes; the beautiful blueprint that the Ark had described to her was a scene she had never dared to imagine before.
One person can form an army, and a wave of his hand can bring natural disasters. She never dared to dream that a necromancer would have such power.
However, with the Corpse Warlord Meditation Technique that she had just successfully mastered as a foundation, Sylvanas was full of confidence in the Ark.
Fangzhou wouldn't have made such a boastful statement if he didn't have a certain level of confidence.
So she nodded firmly and said to Fangzhou, "No problem, Fangzhou, I will do my best to contribute my wisdom and efforts in this regard."
Yes, the necromancers have also compiled a brand new encyclopedia of undead creatures.
I will help you to properly summarize the characteristics and soul fluctuations of these mutated undead creatures, assisting you in better researching methods to summon them to Earth.
Fangzhou nodded and continued, "Secondly, there are enhancement skills targeting undead creatures."
If you've followed the new skills we've uploaded to the Human Union skill library, you should have noticed that during the apprenticeship stage, I developed various types of undead creature enhancement skills such as "Brutal Aura," "Iron Wall Aura," "Dominate Skeletons," and "Death Coronation."
These enhancement skills, during the apprenticeship stage, can strengthen the skeleton army I summon to a very high level.
However, now that I've broken through to the Iron level, these apprentice-level skills are somewhat outdated.
If we could refine these techniques to the level of the Black Iron rank, it would be a significant boost to our combat power as Black Iron rank necromancers.
Sylvanas agreed, saying, "You're right, Ark."
In addition, at the Black Iron rank, our necromancers already possess buff skills such as "Undead Lieutenant".
If we can combine them, our undead army will be even more disciplined and invincible.