My Necromancer Class: Part 10 - Footsoldier by Aero Revian

Author:Aero Revian [Revian, Aero]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2023-05-13T22:00:00+00:00

Corrupt Flame

Before Asra noticed Jay glancing at her, he turned back to his black-charred skeleton.

Maybe if it had a shield, it wouldn’t have been completely engulfed in flames. He thought, I’ll get the elder skeletons to craft shields after they have enough bone plates covering themselves.

While he could have kept crafting their shields himself, he didn’t want to simply be the craftsman for an entire undead army. However, he decided he would continue to craft special items for his most prized undead - the ones he directly commanded.

The charred skeleton was only level one, and didn’t yet have the bone eater ability to heal itself from eating, and while Jay could have used [Shell Restoration] he saved his mana instead.

I wonder if I can teach shell restoration to a skeleton? He thought, glanced at Archers, considering if he should try to teach it or even train it into a healing skeleton. Hmm, I’ll wait for the next skeleton. I need a ranger for now.

But before he could plan his next moves, something dared to attack them directly.

*Fwoosh! ~*

A ball of fire steamed through the fog, hissing through the air. Aimed at the charred skeleton in front of Jay, perhaps it came back to finish the job.

Yet before it could do any damage, Red dashed forwards, raising its iron shield. The ball of flame burst across the shield, creating two flashes of fire on either side.

The licks of fire turned nearby grasses to ashes, but the attack was stopped. Jay heard a quiet groan of pain from Asra by his side, but gave out some orders before checking her.

(Blue, capture one of the lights in the fog. Try to capture it alive, but if it’s dead, that’s okay too.)

Blue nodded, but stayed at Jay’s side. A smaller skeleton dashed away back into the fog, and Jay sensed other smaller ones moving towards the lights, their bony forms blending in with the mist. Blue also sent Dark off to investigate. Usually Jay would kill most monsters he encountered, but because Asra heard whispers, he was sure these had intelligence. Perhaps he could reason with whatever ‘they’ were?

Yet they also attacked his subordinate and nearly burned him, so he would have no problem slaying these things. But he wondered if these lights could actually be slain.

“Are you alright?” Jay’s voice cut through the silence, and Asra turned her face to her protection.

“I’m fine,” she replied, though her gaze remained fixed on the lights. “But those flames are dangerous. I sensed a different type of mana in them. That flame doesn’t just burn. It corrupts...or curses. Maybe both.”

“Corrupts?” Jay repeated, tilting his head quizzically.

Asra nodded, her expression grim. “After it touches your skin, it will cause decay, or at least change it into something else. You won’t be able to heal it.”

“So… is it like time, hex, or death magic?” Jay asked.

“Neither,” Asra said, shaking her head. “I don’t recognize it at all. It’s too foreign... too alien. It almost doesn’t feel like mana. Compared to your necromancer or my vampiric mana, it’s far more different.

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