After the little sibling drama, Tu Ya 'an and Tessa left and returned to the Magic Tower to think about what to do next.
Originally, Tu Ya 'an only had two goals in life. The first was to resurrect his sister, and the second was to become a Demigod so that he could be with his sister forever. The other goals, such as "earning a lot of money to buy clothes for Tessa", were just side goals and were not considered as long-term goals.
Now, he had achieved his first goal, and he had achieved it perfectly. As for his second goal … Was it that easy to become a Demigod? This kind of thing could not be rushed.
Moreover, he had no clue at all. His strength was still far from the peak of the Legendary realm, so he decided to put aside his second goal for the time being. It would not be too late to work on it when he reached the peak of the Legendary realm.
Now, he was thinking about how to use his Necromancy in production.
In theory, he could summon hundreds or thousands of skeletons by himself. It was not a burden to him as long as he provided food, lodging, and enough skeletons as materials. It was not a big deal for him to summon thousands of skeletons.
But … these skeletons that he summoned would only listen to his orders unless they were taken away by the Necromancy Manipulation spell.
This was an important characteristic of low-level undead — mechanical.
To put it bluntly, the reason why low-level undead were loyal and never feared betrayal was because they did not have the ability to think. Just like a car or a knife, they could be considered as simple tools.
Of course, if there was no one to control them, low-level undead would often show strong aggression towards all living beings due to the conflict between positive and negative energy. This was the reason why there were often large waves of skeletons in the Cinder Woods.
The Undead that Tua 'an created also had the instinct to attack the living. If he was too far away from them and couldn't give them new orders in time, they would be controlled by this instinct and turn into terrifying monsters after carrying out their original orders for a period of time.
This was the biggest problem that troubled him.
How could he control low-level undead for a long time after he was far away from them? This was a major problem in Necromancy, and until now, no Mage had solved it.
Tu Ya 'an was no exception.
If he could solve this problem, he could go to the Underworld and control low-level undead, gather them together, and build a kingdom of the dead to break through to the realm of God.
In theory, the chances of success were quite high.
Unfortunately, this was impossible. He really couldn't do it.
Therefore, he could only change his perspective and consider the method of "when I leave, it will be very convenient for me to hand over command to someone else".
This wasn't difficult as the senior necromancers had already considered this possibility and researched many solutions. The cheapest solution was the so-called "Command Wand of Death".
Commanding the Necromancer's Scepter. Although the name sounded impressive, it could be done in reality. However, most of the time, the Necromancers would just take a branch from a locust tree and carve a simple control ritual on it. Then, they would carve the corresponding control ritual on the Necromancer that needed to be controlled. That would be the end of the job.
This thing was originally for rookie apprentices to control a few undead to protect themselves, or to manage a few undead servants. Who would be willing to spend so much effort and money to create a high-level artifact that could control a large number of undead?
His brain must have been flooded with water!
Of course, Tu Ya 'an could also create such an artifact, but the problem was that he was alone, and his efficiency was not very high.
It wasn't that this scepter was difficult to create, but this artifact needed to be compatible with the control ritual circle on the Necromancer's body, which meant that he needed to carve an additional control ritual circle on the Necromancer's body.
Tu Ya 'an thought for a long time but still couldn't think of any good ideas. In the end he decided that it would be better to go out than to brood about it at home, and ask where men were needed, and see if the men who actually worked had any good ideas.
After all, this artifact was for them to use, and the skeletons were for them to control, so they had the most say.
With this thought in mind, he left the Mage Tower with Tessa and came to Gold-Panning Town, one of the three towns in the Republic of Northwest that was relatively behind in development.
Gold-Panning Town had not been able to develop much until a few years ago, when they started special breeding, which was considered a reliable source of income. However, the special breeding required a lot of manpower, and the income was not very stable. This made Mayor Dios Almach very troubled, and he didn't know what to do.
Tu Ya 'an's visit made him feel honored, and he couldn't stop smiling. He said that he wanted to host a sumptuous banquet to welcome Tu Ya' an. Even if Tu Ya 'an was a necromancer, he was, after all, a legendary mage!
Tu Ya 'an wasn't interested in the banquet, and he straightforwardly stated his intentions, asking if his idea could be of help to Gold-Panning Town.
Mayor Almach pondered for a long time. He first frowned, then seemed to be deep in thought, and then he shook his head. Then, he seemed to have an idea, and after thinking for a while, he smiled and nodded.
"I have an immature idea," he said. "Can these skeletons be used for excavations?"
"Of course, but it can't be done very intricately," Tu Ya 'an said.
"It doesn't matter if it's not intricately done." Mayor Almach laughed. "Our town's special breeding is done underground. Currently, the biggest problem is that the scale of the breeding farm is too small. Our town doesn't have enough people, and we don't have enough money to hire people. We can only take some time to excavate while taking care of the breeding farm, and the progress is so slow that it makes people want to cry … If the skeletons can be used to excavate underground breeding farms, I think they can be of great use! "
Tu Ya 'an was stunned for a while, and then he said, "What I want to ask is, do you have any idea how to solve the problem of the skeletons disobeying orders without me around?"
"That's a very simple solution. Just draw an area, and don't go near it. Let them slowly dig there," Mayor Almark said with a smile. "Want to attack living people? There's no living person around, so what the hell are they going to attack … "
"According to what you said, the reason why the skeletons are disobeying orders is because their instinct to attack the living has the upper hand, right? If there's no living person around, then they won't attack and will continue to carry out orders. "
Tu Ya 'an was silent for a while, and then he nodded, his face full of admiration.
"I didn't expect a mayor of a small town to have such high intelligence!" He sighed deeply. "I've always prided myself on being smart, but compared to you, I'm nothing!"
Mayor Almach smiled and modestly declined, and the matter was settled just like that.
The next night, Tu Ya 'an and Mayor Almach chose a suitable piece of land, and they controlled the skeletons he summoned to start digging.
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