It was quiet in the White Leaves Village. There seemed to be cold air lingering in the air, but the houses were broken, and the ground was covered with a thick layer of ash. Among the ashes, messy wreckage could be vaguely seen.
Sui Xiong looked at it from afar, shook his head, and sighed deeply.
He already knew the cause and effect, and also knew why the old officiant had suddenly plotted against him. Good and evil were mortal enemies.
The battle between good and evil, the battle of ideas, the battle of standpoints … To put it bluntly, it was a battle of ideologies. On Earth, this kind of battle had developed to the point where two superpowers led two camps. They had used weapons of mass destruction that could destroy the entire human race several times to threaten each other. In this world, various God Systems, countries, races, and sects often fought over ideologies. The old officiant's act of biting the hand that fed him and plotting against him was actually not a big deal in this context.
But hundreds of people in the White Leaves Village died in vain because the old officiant wanted to fight over ideologies alone.
He did not regret his decision to attack with all his strength and hurt the innocent people. At that time, he knew little about this world, and he was facing a huge crisis. What was wrong with struggling with all his might? However, he was full of sympathy for the villagers who died in vain. He was very dissatisfied with this world where ideological battles were so intense that they could not be understood.
"This world is a little sick …"
Sighing, he manipulated the giant jellyfish to walk around the village. Its tentacles, which were stronger and more powerful than any hoe, dug deep trenches on the ground, and formed a simple magic formation.
This was a protective formation, which could prevent the dead inside the formation from turning into resurrected creatures.
The so-called resurrected creatures referred to dead creatures that were eroded by the power of darkness, or negative energy in this world. Their bodies would be reactivated and they would turn into monsters that could move. These monsters had no intelligence, and would only attack things with positive energy nearby instinctively, according to the principle that positive and negative energy collided with each other. The most common ones were all kinds of natural creatures.
Sui Xiong had been a fan of games before he traveled to this world, and had played many games. In his opinion, those that were resurrected after death and became monsters should be called the undead. But in fact, the so-called "undead" could be divided into two parts: the resurrected creatures and the undead. The former was just a simple demon without any intelligence, while the latter was a dangerous demon with intelligence and power that could continuously grow.
The Undead Creatures came from many sources, and they also had the support of Gods and monsters, so they could be called a force that could not be underestimated in this world. On the other hand, the Undead Creatures were different. They lacked basic intelligence, couldn't provide the power of faith, and couldn't perform any slightly complicated tasks. As such, they didn't receive any attention and protection. Even the majority of the Undead Creatures looked down on them and thought that they were the lowest of the low — even though many of the Undead Creatures had evolved from the Undead Creatures.
However, it was this low-end monster that posed the greatest threat to the people living in the Dark Forest.
The official name of the Black Forest should be the Ash Forest. Legend has it that in ancient times, some gods fought here. The dead gods turned into ashes and polluted the forest. Since then, this forest had become the source of negative energy. It constantly emitted negative energy, corroding the surrounding land and fusing all the skeletons in the forest, turning them into Undead Creatures.
Strangely, no matter how strong the Undead Creatures became, they wouldn't evolve. This made the Ash Forest lose its value even for the villains who tried to recruit the Undead Creatures. Only poor farmers would work hard to cultivate here.
Through the analysis of the power on the shrine of God Wu Mian, Sui Xiong had mastered the method of absorbing negative energy. The magic array he designed at the moment was to draw out the negative energy in the array and disperse it to the distance.
Without the support of negative energy, the skeletons of the dead would naturally not transform into Undead Creatures.
Being big was convenient. Sui Xiong didn't use any tools, and only relied on his strong tentacles to quickly complete the magic array. With the foundation of the Fine Arts Department of a third-rate art school, the whole magic array was perfectly drawn, without any flaws.
Before starting the magic array, he stepped into the White Leaves Village again and checked carefully.
This magic array would greatly reduce the concentration of negative energy in the array. If there were any Undead Creatures in the village, they would be killed by it.
Although the Undead Creatures were rare, there might be accidents.
As he guessed, he really found a Undead Creature in the ruins.
It was a Dead Creature with only its soul left, and it was in a fighting posture, fighting with a non-existent enemy.
Sui Xiong recognized it at first glance — bald, tall, and agile. This guy was the most powerful warrior in the village!
According to the information from the shrine, this strong man was called Gerrard Caban. He used to be a mercenary. Because he offended a big shot outside, he fled to the remote Ash Forest to live in seclusion. He lacked faith and had no respect for the gods. He only believed in his own axe, but he liked to teach others, so he had a good reputation in the village. He could be called a thorn in the old officiant's flesh.
The strong people in this world were roughly divided into three levels: bronze, silver, and gold. The characteristic of the advanced level was the change of life form. Above the gold level were legendary creatures with long lives and powerful strength. Above the gold level were gods and demons. Gerrard and the old officiant were both in the bronze level. In terms of strength, 20 or 30 ordinary strong men were not enough to defeat them. However, the old officiant was old and weak, and Gerrard was in the prime of his life. They had several conflicts, and the old officiant was always at a disadvantage.
As a priest of the Evil God, he had many spells at his disposal. But Gerrard was a cunning man who had been in the world for many years. He never gave the old officiant a chance to plot against him. Until the night of the fierce battle, the old officiant sacrificed himself to launch the Enslavement Spell to plot against Sui Xiong, but Gerrard and the whole village died with him.
Sui Xiong stared at Gerrard's Dead Soul. Most of the body of this soul had become dim and empty, and only a little aura was still beating at the position of the heart. If nothing went wrong, after a while, he would completely disappear and become a part of the negative energy pervading the whole Ash Forest.
But since Sui Xiong came, there was a chance.
After thinking for a while, Sui Xiong released his magic power, which turned into a gray ball and covered Gerrard.
The ball was full of pure negative energy. Under the control of Sui Xiong's magic power, it constantly penetrated into Gerrard's soul, which made the weak Dead Soul quickly strong. After a while, the Dead Soul became as clear as a living person, and its face glowed with wisdom again.
He stopped, stood there, and looked around in confusion.
"What … is going on?"
"You are dead," Sui Xiong said.
Gerrard turned to look at the huge beast, and the confusion in his eyes had not completely disappeared. "But what on earth is going on?"
Sui Xiong sighed, and told him the cause and effect of the matter in detail.
"I see …" After listening to Sui Xiong's story, Gerrard was silent for a long time, and all his emotions finally turned into a long sigh.
"What are you going to do?" Sui Xiong saw that he was depressed, and asked, "Go to hell or to the Holy Kingdom?"
In this world, if the soul of the dead didn't want to disappear or become an undead creature, there were only two places to go. One was to go to hell, to see if it would degenerate into an evil monster, or to enter the Great Styx River, which ran through all worlds, to be reincarnated; the other was to go to the Holy Kingdom of the God that it believed in, to be transformed into a creature in the Holy Kingdom, live for a few more years, and finally completely integrate into it, becoming a part of the Holy Kingdom.
Sui Xiong didn't have much information, so he didn't know what life was like in hell or in the Holy Kingdom. But in his opinion, these two choices didn't seem to be good.
If it was going to be reincarnated, it was not a big deal to become a monster! There was nothing wrong with living in the Holy Kingdom, but why should it be integrated into it and become a building material in the future?
Gerrard was silent for a while, and said, "I used to believe in the God of Thieves, but later I abandoned my faith. Now I am a non-believer, and no Holy Kingdom accepts me. And hell … I don't want to go … "
"Then there is no other way. There are only two ways, to disappear or become an undead creature. Which one do you choose? " Sui Xiong said, "If you want to disappear, forget it. If you want to become an undead creature, I have some ability, and I can help you to transform, at least you can keep some sanity."
"I don't want to be a Vengeful Spirit or a Death Knight …"
"You are so demanding."
Gerrard laughed, "I didn't expect that when I was alive, I was chased like a dog by several Bronze-level killers, and when I was dead, I could talk and laugh with a powerful legendary creature … Forget it, I have accepted it. Just disappear like this."
Death was the most difficult thing in the world. At this moment, he had let go of death, and his whole temperament became calm and noble.
But Sui Xiong didn't want to let him die completely. This Gerrard was a good person, and he had some ability. The most important thing was that he had traveled for many years, and he was knowledgeable and experienced. Sui Xiong was not familiar with this world, and the information he got from the shrine was not reliable. If he could win over Gerrard, it would be much more convenient for him to be a guide or something.
Not to mention anything else, he could let this bald guy pretend to be a great magician, and he could pretend to be a legendary creature summoned by him, which could save a lot of trouble! He was so big, and if he couldn't find a suitable identity, it would cause panic when he went out!
So he thought for a while, and finally made up his mind.
"Well … let me try to make a new body for you …" he said.
"What?" Gerrard was stunned, and he didn't understand what he said.
"I will try to make a new body for you, and see if you can attach to it and resurrect."
Gerrard was overjoyed, but he was a little hesitant — the Necromancy Spell was notorious, and he had to be afraid.
But on second thought, was it necessary for such a powerful creature to deceive a small mortal like him? For example, in folktales, the demons deceived mortals to sign contracts, and the people they deceived were also great figures with outstanding talents and bright futures. Who would spend so much energy on a fallen adventurer who was already dead and about to die? Wouldn't it be better to directly use spells to command the Undead Creatures?
Thinking of this, he was relieved, but he still couldn't help but ask, "Is this really okay?"
Sui Xiong laughed, "Just try it. Anyway, you are ready to die, and even if the resurrection fails, there is no loss."
This was very convincing, just like a person who was ready to stop playing a certain game anyway, so what's the big deal about using his account to test the plug-in?
Ok, no problem!
Gerrard thought for a while and accepted this proposal, and then began to rebuild the body with Sui Xiong.
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