Global Game: I, the Necromancer, am the scourge

Lord Zi felt that this Lord’s life was truly miserable; when compared to Blue Star, one was living in heaven, the other, practically in hell.

"I TM only enjoyed less than eighteen years, how could I have been so impulsive, rushing to the Sea of Realms to get beaten up? If I had known, I would’ve enjoyed another year or half, then entered the Sea of Realms."

Such sin!

After griping about himself, he had to kneel and endure the consequences of his own choices, tears and all.

Zi Liyuan looked out at the territory.

Sometime unknowingly, the entire territory was shrouded in a layer of black fog, and at the edge of the territory, a transparent energy barrier appeared, inverting over the territory and protecting the entire land.

In just an instant, Zi Liyuan sensed that hundreds of summoned Skeletons had lost contact with him.

"F*ck! What’s going on?"

The mass death of Skeletons left him somewhat at a loss, especially because the map hung in his mind didn’t show any abnormalities.

Blue Star Human Race channel:

9877 number: Guys, be careful of the black fog, this thing is corrosive! I was just moving bricks outside the territory, then suddenly got covered in black fog, losing most of my vision and even being corroded by some decay energy, continuously losing HP.

10011 number: Exactly, I was working just now, lucky to be right beside the territory, I returned inside immediately.

5004 number: Dammit, that scared the hell out of me! I had just run back to the territory when I heard banging on the protective barrier. When I turned around, I almost peed myself, a huge decaying ghost face was right there, one eye still hanging by the mouth, just a palm’s distance away from me!

12455 number: Help! Help! I don’t want to die! Ah, don’t come over here, don’t come over here! Sob... I want to go back to Blue Star...

Ah...

8769 number: ..., girl, are you still alive?

9897 number: Damn, she’s probably gone.

12349 number: Are the nights in the Sea of Realms this terrifying?

11091 number: Big shots from the nine major academies, can you enlighten us newbies on the basics of the Sea of Realms? Much appreciated! ▄█▀█● I’m kneeling down~!

13001 number: Same request to the big shots from the nine academies, give us newbies a rundown on the basics of the Sea of Realms, ▄█▀█● I’m kneeling down~!

12349 number: Same request +1, ▄█▀█● I’m kneeling down~!

10011 number: Same request +2, ▄█▀█● I’m kneeling down~!

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For a moment, the Blue Star Human Race channel was buzzing with noise, exploding with several people from the nine academies giving them a crash course on the basics of the Sea of Realms, while also vying for people’s favor.

Of course, it wasn’t just the Blue Star Human Race channel that became noisy; channel 99 for the World and channel 10086 for the Town Area were also filled with venting.

Even two mortal enemy races from different planets were swearing and flinging insults at each other.

With more and more Lords completing the Level 1 upgrade of the Lord’s Mansion, chaos was already starting to show in the chat channels.

Races from various planets harbored grudges against each other during the annual internal conflict for power, and they were not few in number - Blue Star was no exception.

However, Zi Liyuan didn’t have the time to pay attention to these things; instead, he went to the edge of the territory, looking at the thick black fog outside the protective barrier. Find your next read on empire

This black fog blocked perception, and even detection abilities were unable to get specific information through it.

Fortunately, the terrain environment displayed by the map hack did not change.

Regarding the perception of his summoned beings, Zi Liyuan discovered that all of the dead were Skeleton Subjects, whereas not a single Skeleton Warrior had perished.

This was very abnormal indeed.

He stretched his hand through the protective barrier, into the black fog, and immediately found his HP slowly declining, as if his body’s natural recovery ability had disappeared.

"No wonder this black fog can corrode living beings and suppress their natural recovery; however, its coverage must be limited, otherwise the death toll of the little Skeletons wouldn’t be so small."

As Lord Zi was lost in thought for a moment, a shadow whooshed towards him, a pair of pitch-black ghostly claws clamped onto his hand, and a great force came through, as if trying to drag him out of the protective barrier.

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"Fuck! The nonsense the Lord spouted turned out to be true." n/ô/vel/b//jn dot c//om

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Looking at the ghostly figures, especially the one with an eye dangling from its cheek due to severe decay, even Zi Liyuan, who had toyed with countless undead creatures, was startled for a moment.

"Are you fucking kidding me, dragging a Gill along!"

With a backhand slap, he sent the ghost’s eye, which had been hanging outside scaring people, flying.

But that wasn’t enough; an elemental arrow, emanating a dazzling array of colors, shot out with the speed of lightning and without a sound.

There was no noise, only the cool, colorful flashes of elemental light.

The ghost that had just tried to drag Zi Liyuan away was instantly turned into a wisp of black smoke by the Elemental Arrow and dissipated into the fog.

"A First Order Level 40 ghost with an elite panel, no wonder. It can only bully fragile cannon fodder skeletons. If it met a group of Level 40 Skeleton Warriors, it might get beaten to death."

Realizing why his skeletons were dying in droves while the patrolling Skeleton Warriors were unharmed, Zi Liyuan decided not to investigate further. Just as he was about to leave, his keen eyes spotted something unusual.

"Huh..."

The ghost he had just killed dropped a bundle of white light, which unfortunately disappeared into the fog, leaving only a sliver of brightness visible.

If not for the fact that it was only a few meters away, he might not have even noticed it.

"Go, fetch what’s inside the light bundle for me."

He commanded one of the Skeleton Warriors carrying the sedan chair to enter the fog and retrieve the loot.

In just a few seconds, the Skeleton Warrior returned, cradling a (white) treasure chest in its bony hands!

"Damn, a direct treasure chest drop? Is this a curse on the Lord or a windfall!"

Although a common treasure chest wouldn’t yield much, it shouldn’t be disdained in the early development stages, right?

What Zi Liyuan couldn’t figure out was why these details weren’t recorded in Dragon Academy’s Sea of Realms materials.

A white treasure chest might be trashy, but it could still be helpful for the Lord’s Mansion before level 10, as it might contain a small amount of resources, right?

Little did Lord Zi know that a new Lord entering the Sea of Realms who ventured into the fog would be severely restricted in strength and likely to be ganged up on by various ghosts—a careless move could mean their end.

As for the fact that ghosts in the fog could drop treasure chests, it was indeed a possibility, albeit with a drop rate so low it was practically non-existent.

But this guy had the Goddess of Luck on his side, and every monster he killed would drop the best loot.

These treasure chests dropped by the ghosts were the best items he could get. As for the low drop rate, that was not an issue for him!

Now knowing that killing monsters in the fog could yield treasure chests, Lord Zi naturally didn’t want to stay cowering within the protective barrier of his territory.

He was all too eager to get out of his current predicament.

If he could just summon an epic beast or Lao Tie, he could steamroll the area for a thousand li in the early stages!

Dragon Academy’s Sea of Realms materials stated that the distance between Lords would not exceed a hundred li.

Bringing forth either a Fourth Order Peak epic beast or dragging Lao Tie out now would ensure the annihilation of nearby Lords, allowing him to seize their Hearts of the Castle!

And the Heart of the Castle serves to advance a Lord’s territorial traits.

For example, Li Yuan’s current territorial trait was the Land of Death, which was a fundamental trait of the Castle of the Undead territory, granting a slight amplification of death energy. Undead creatures in such a territory could slowly grow stronger and heal their injuries.

The more Hearts of the Castle he devoured, the faster his territory’s traits would advance.

Having a plan in mind, Lord Zi decisively stepped out of the protective barrier of his territory and stood at the edge.

The moment he left his territory, all the ghosts within the fog boiled over with activity and swarmed towards him.

Ghostly energy swirled, yin energy pervaded, and the ghosts waved their Ghost Claws, clawing fiercely at Zi Liyuan.

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