"I did find the plane coordinates." The necromancer was unexpectedly stubborn, but Salin noticed the slyness in his eyes.
The binding spell disappeared. Salin helped the necromancer up and sat down. He patted the necromancer's shoulder and said, "I'm a mage that manipulates elements. Your coordinates are useless to me. You only offended my friend a little. I wasn't thinking of killing you. Why are you so nervous? Do you have an important secret that you're afraid I'll know? "
Seeing the necromancer's face turn pale, Salin was shocked. Had he guessed correctly with a casual remark?
The necromancer's expression was unusually rich at this moment. Anger, sadness, pain, loss …
Salin smiled. This guy had no grudge against him, so he didn't need to interrogate him like a criminal. Salin took out black bread, butter, and bacon. He spread the tarp and placed it in front of the necromancer.
The necromancer looked at the food in front of him and suddenly pounded the ground with both hands, crying loudly.
Salin froze for a moment, then felt relieved. Didn't he cry for a piece of bread back then? But this necromancer was almost level three. Couldn't he even hunt?
"Eat first. We'll talk after." Salin pushed the food forward. Rex wasn't very particular about food when he was away. These were all standard food in the army. The necromancer grabbed the bag and stuffed the whole thing into his mouth. He choked so much that his eyes rolled back. Salin thought it was funny at first, but the necromancer couldn't breathe. His throat made cracking sounds, and his face turned purple from the choking.
Salin hurriedly supported the necromancer who was about to fall and massaged his back hard.
Crack …
The necromancer spat out the bread stuck in his throat, feeling very embarrassed.
Nelis took out a big bowl. Salin made a portion of Recovery Water for the necromancer. The necromancer didn't dare to wolf down the food anymore. If Salin hadn't helped him, he would've created a miracle — he would've been the first mage in history to choke to death.
"What's your name?" Salin asked again when he saw that the necromancer was almost done eating.
"Daniel Kang."
"You're a noble?" Salin saw that Daniel was no longer embarrassed after he became normal. A piece of bread could change a person so much.
Daniel blushed and answered, "I'm a mage, a level three necromancer."
"Probably from Tanggula."
Daniel nodded reluctantly. He was a noble of the Tanggulas Empire. However, the Tanggulas Empire was different from Qin Yin. It had been founded for a thousand years, and the number of nobles in the empire could no longer be counted. He was only a Baron of the Third Rank, and his family only had a few miles of land. They had to rely on doing business with the Scochenians to make a living.
"Why did you come to Qin Yin?" Salin asked even though he already knew the answer. The Holy Church had already declared Necromancers as desecrators. Even if Daniel was a Duke, he had to run away from the Tanggulas Empire.
Salin hadn't expected Daniel's answer to be even more interesting than he had imagined. It was a miracle that this unlucky necromancer had managed to make it to Qin Yin alive.
Daniel's home was in the southwest of Tanggulas. The location of his territory wasn't ideal, and it was constantly under threat from the Flowing Cloud Fleet. However, he was extremely smart and decided to do business with the people of Cloud State. In a few years, he managed to save up three ships that could sail south to Cloud State and north to Scotia.
This was a very shameful thing for the Tanggulas nobles. They would rather starve to death than go into business. Of course, the big nobles were good at collecting taxes. If it weren't for the Holy Church, the Tanggulas Empire would have collapsed a long time ago. The more decadent the empire was, the more prosperous the Holy Church was.
If a person couldn't even eat and couldn't resist, they would easily fall into the embrace of a certain religion.
The Holy Church had a lot of land and businesses. They only needed to take out a little bit of money to subsidize these believers, and it would create a chain effect. More farmers who lost their land would join the Holy Church.
Daniel was originally a Mage Apprentice. Mages didn't have any status in Tanggulas, and an apprentice wouldn't attract much attention. Just like Salin, he couldn't form the [Magic String], and he had given up on it. However, his father, Daniel Sr., saved a necromancer on a voyage, so Daniel switched to learning necromancy.
Except for crystals, Undead Magic also needed the Undead Flame to determine the coordinates of the Undead Plane. Normally, the coordinates provided by the Undead Flame were very vague, and Daniel didn't have much hope. The vague coordinates meant that the necromancer's necromancer flames grew very slowly.
However, after his father died, he didn't want to continue his business. Therefore, he tried to buy a portion of the Undead Flame. This Undead Flame caused him to sell three ships.
Daniel didn't expect that the Undead Flame he bought was of the highest quality. In just three years, he had advanced from a Mage Apprentice to a Level-3 Mage. Normally, Undead Magic was easy at the beginning, but difficult at the end. However, the speed of his advancement meant that as long as he continued to work hard, he could become a Magic Shooter before he died.
Being a Magic Shooter could also increase one's lifespan. Daniel started to work hard. Just as he was feeling smug, the Holy Church announced the order that terrified him. Necromancers were to be treated as blasphemers.
He immediately donated most of his family's assets to bribe the local Level Two Priest. Under the Priest's protection, Daniel escaped his hometown. However, the Level Two Priest betrayed him, and the people from the Religious Court of Inquiry began to hunt him down.
Daniel fled all the way, and finally took a ship to the Cloud Flow Empire. Using his previous business connections, he finally got a sum of money and planned to start over in Cloud Flow. However, he accidentally discovered that the Holy Church already had a large number of people in hiding in the Cloud Flow Empire, and they had reported his whereabouts to the Court of Inquiry.
If these people risked exposing their identities to catch him, Daniel would have been dead long ago. Since Necromancers were so rare, the Holy Church was happy to let him be the first Necromancer to be burned to death in the Radiance Square.
This time, Daniel ran even faster. He did not dare to come into contact with the people he knew before, and directly joined a mercenary group, taking a ship out to sea for an adventure.
There were countless islands in the sea to the south of Cloud Flow. The Holy Church's power was temporarily unable to reach such a place. However, Daniel seemed to be cursed. The mercenary group he joined found a large island with many rare magical beasts, and the area was frighteningly large.
Just this sea map alone could be sold for a sky-high price. Unfortunately, the island was already occupied. This continent-sized island was occupied by the Gauss family of Cloud Flow, and they operated it secretly. There were two dukes and four royal relatives in the Gauss family, and they were the most powerful dignitaries in Cloud Flow. However, the island was more than a thousand miles long, and after it was discovered, it would belong to the royal family. The Gauss family secretly occupied this place, and of course, they did not want it to be spread.
Poor Daniel ran for his life again. The mercenaries with him were all killed, and the only undead soldier he had with him was this Winged Skeleton. In the battle, the Winged Skeleton's bone wings were broken. Daniel was penniless, and could not afford to buy a Magic Core. Only relying on the Undead Flames, he did not know when he could repair this skeleton, let alone train.
After returning to Cloud Flow, he was afraid of being discovered by the Gauss family, and did not dare to move around by the sea. He simply went to the Titan Duchy, and bumped into the people of the Tribunal on the way. He could only run in another direction, and came to Qin Yin.
Salin did not know if Daniel was lucky or unlucky. If he was unlucky, he actually survived after so many attempts to kill him. If he was lucky? Being targeted by both the Holy Church and the Gauss family definitely could not be considered lucky.
"Daniel, don't worry. Mages are safe in Qin Yin." Salin comforted him.
"Safe? The people of the Tribunal followed me all the way to Qin Yin. Do you think I want to hide in the mountains? Without wings, the Winged Skeleton is very slow, and the prey killed by undead magic can't be eaten at all. These days, I've been catching ants to fill my stomach … "
Ants!
Salin finally understood why a necromancer like Daniel was living in a village abandoned by the Kogan people. There were only wooden houses here, and probably a large number of termites had grown there.
Daniel's experience could no longer be described as unlucky.
"You just said that the people of the Tribunal entered Qin Yin?" Rex suddenly opened his eyes and looked at Daniel from afar.
"Yes, those lunatics …" Daniel shuddered when he recalled how the people of the Tribunal behaved when he was being hunted. Normal people would be very afraid of necromancers, but Daniel felt that the most terrifying people in the world were the believers of the Tribunal.
"Was it the Black Deacon or the Dark Messenger?" Rex asked coldly. She was not targeting Daniel. She was angry. After her father died, the people of the Holy Church began to have no scruples. Her brother had inherited the throne, and the capital was actually under Sephiroth's control. Sephiroth refused to send troops again, and there were signs of internal strife in the Qin Yin nobles.
"It was the Black Deacon. If the Dark Messenger chased me, I would have been long dead."
"Then you are also very impressive, Black Deacon …" Salin began to think. If it was only the Black Deacon, he wouldn't be afraid. That was equivalent to a level-five mage. However, the deacons of the Tribunal were more powerful, and he needed Rex to deal with them. The Tribunal would definitely use a lot of people to chase after a necromancer. He was still hiding from the people who were chasing after the giant dragon. If everything was intertwined, it would be the real trouble.
Salin took out a pen and paper, and drew a simple map according to his memory. He said to Daniel, "Which direction are they?"
Daniel pointed at three places on the map and said, "This way, and this way … There are about 30 people. They are divided into three teams. I plan to go to the Red Copper Castle tomorrow and find a caravan to go north to Pompeii. The people of the Tribunal would definitely not dare to cause trouble there.
Seems like you don't have to go to Pompeii anymore. Salin sighed. "There are a lot of people from Cloud Flow in this direction. They seem to be looking for someone."
"Huh?" Daniel was dumbfounded. The Gauss Family was also crazy? For a mere level-three mage like him, they actually sent a lot of people into Qin Yin. Were they not afraid of Qin Yin's anger?
Of course, Salin could not tell Denzel that those people were looking for the giant dragon. He looked at Denzel with a sympathetic gaze and said, "We are all mages. I deeply sympathize with what you have encountered. If you don't mind, I can help you deal with the people of the Tribunal. "
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