novelraw Chapter 150: Revenge
Chapter 150: Revenge
"Master Mentor, what do you intend to do?"
Ever since returning from outside, Loren had been reading the magic book on necromancy. Laila knew he was definitely planning something.
"Use necromancy."
Loren closed the magic book. He had already thought of a method in this short time.
"There's a sixth-tier spell called Soul Blood Oath, which can transform harmless wandering souls into aggressive undead. These undead will be enhanced, but the price is that they become uncontrollable, only instinctively seeking revenge."
After a person dies, their consciousness becomes an unconscious wandering soul, gradually dissipating. A very small number with extremely deep obsessions may turn into undead due to some trigger, but the probability is minuscule. Otherwise, the Canaan Empire wouldn't be so casual about massacring cities.
But with Loren's interference, it's different. Such a large number of undead would be a huge problem even for the Orthodox Gods' Church.
The most crucial point is, the actions of those undead would be attributed to Loren. The people they kill would also give Loren experience, and their evil deeds would also count as Loren's.
However, these undead would only seek revenge. Not only would they not increase Loren's sin, on the contrary, they would increase his merit.
"That massacre happened just two days ago. Not many souls should have dissipated yet. I'll head over there now."Just moments ago, Loren had barely managed to learn the Soul Blood Oath spell. Even with the temporary intelligence-boosting Brilliance Potion, casting this spell would still be quite difficult for Loren. Even if he could cast it, he wouldn't be able to convert many wandering souls.
Necromancy would have many uses later, so Loren directly utilized a previously unchosen talent, selecting [Necromancy Affinity].
On the surface, Necromancy Affinity only increases the casting speed and effectiveness of necromancy spells, but in reality, it's not that simple.
This talent can also reduce the difficulty of casting necromancy spells and increase favorability with undead creatures, which is also what Loren needs.
That destroyed small country isn't far from Gedlan. Plus, Loren himself is already at Gedlan's border. It would take less than two hours to reach the incident location.
This also illustrates one thing: if the Canaan Kingdom's army had advanced just a bit further, the Gedlan Kingdom would have been in trouble.
That's why Gedlan's defenses have been significantly strengthened recently. For example, Loren had never seen Clemens before;
he was transferred from the Nofica Theocracy. Gedlan doesn't have someone that strong.
"I'll go with you."
Hearing Loren was about to depart, Laila hurriedly expressed her desire to go together.
"This trip is quite dangerous. Bringing you all would also make evacuation inconvenient, since I can only use Void-walking on myself.
"I'll go alone. I'll be back soon."
To facilitate casting necromancy spells, Loren could only go alone. This time, he couldn't utilize the Church.
Moreover, if he went alone, he might encounter attacks from Magical Beasts or Bandits on the way, or even confront people from the Canaan Kingdom.
Loren isn't afraid of them, but he's afraid the children might get accidentally hurt.
"I'll be right back."
Loren put on the black robe made from dragon hide, gathered his equipment, and set off.
As Loren was leaving, Mirrorheart was already blocking the doorway. No matter what instructions Loren gave, she would obey.
"You all stay home quietly. Master will be fine. Acting rashly will only cause trouble for him."
This wasn't the first time something like this had happened. Although Naclis felt somewhat unwilling, she still chose to obey. However, her shadow had already disappeared. Naclis's Arcane Ability had long since silently hidden within Loren's shadow.
"Is he really going to be okay?"
Scarlett was somewhat panicked. Even she could tell this trip was very dangerous. Trembling with fear, she sat on the sofa, hugging her legs. Even putting herself in danger wouldn't make her this anxious.
"I'm going back to rest."
Laila didn't say much, just silently returned to her room. Mirrorheart glanced at her a few more times but said nothing.
After Loren left, Starnight was also very restless. In the end, Mirrorheart had to put her in the birdcage. However, Starnight wasn't alone;
Mirrorheart herself kept her company.
...
No one noticed Loren along the way. The dragon hide's perception-blocking function worked very well. As long as he didn't act conspicuously, others wouldn't notice him, even if they could see him.
To travel quickly, Loren went to rent a horse. Without revealing his identity, it was even difficult for Loren to rent a good horse. Fortunately, he had the power of money and managed to get a horse with Magical Beast bloodline, sufficient to get him to his destination.
Loren raced alone on the road. On the way, he encountered many official personnel, but they didn't communicate. Recently, many people had been heading that way—righteous rangers seeking revenge, kind-hearted people going to pray. The Bountiful Church officials didn't stop these people.
After such a major incident, people's emotions needed an outlet. The Bountiful Church had also received plenty of criticism recently.
On the road, Loren saw many scavengers, primarily crows. Such a tragedy was actually a feast for them.
"We're here."
When Loren arrived at this small country, it was just evening. Loren casually tied his horse in an unoccupied spot, fed it the meat he brought, and then continued forward.
The moment he stepped into this place, Loren smelled an intense stench. Different from the ubiquitous foul smells in the Bardo Kingdom, this was the smell of rotting corpses.
Loren had once heard a saying: due to a prohibition etched in human genes, humans are extremely sensitive to the smell of their own kind's corpses and find this smell the most unbearable.
Even Loren felt nauseous. Too many people had died here. Combined with the plagues used by the Canaan Kingdom and the relatively high temperatures in the God of Bountiful Harvest's territory, the stench of decay was worsened.
Loren had prepared for this. He drank a bottle of Antidote Amulet. This magical potion could not only prevent poisoning but also filter out foul smells.
The Antidote Amulet's effect was very strong, so Loren had brewed many. But since Scarlett wasn't coming, Loren only brought over twenty bottles.
Due to the extreme stench, most people were unwilling to approach this place. Those coming to pray chose to stand at a distance;
those seeking revenge chose to detour. But there were still a few living people here.
Relatives of the deceased were constantly searching through the ruins. In this situation, not finding a body wasn't a good thing, because if they were still alive, it meant they were suffering even more painful torment in the Canaan Kingdom.
After gaining Necromancy Affinity, combined with Loren's originally extremely high inspiration, he could even feel the resentment of the wandering souls. Even without Loren as a catalyst, many vengeful spirits would be born here, though they were destined not to amount to much.
Loren continued forward, reaching the center of this country.
This country was also small, but still much larger than the Land of the Evil Dragon. However, crossing half the country wasn't difficult.
The most corpses were at the center. On one hand, this was the most densely populated area;
on the other hand, to make killing convenient, the Canaan Kingdom's people had herded everyone here.