Necromancer: A New Era

The place where Ming Yin lives is called Haier Town, which belongs to the Southeast Province of the Kasmore Empire. It is a small town similar to the Middle Ages in the West.

The town in the early morning is like an ancient and peaceful painting. The stone-paved streets are narrow and winding, with low stone houses on both sides and thick thatched roofs. The windows are closed, and the cloth strips hanging on the corners of the houses sway in the breeze, as if telling stories of the past.

Ming Yin was walking on the street, and stopped in front of a floor-length mirror. For the first time, he clearly saw himself in this dimension. He was in his teens, with a thin body and a height of only about 1.2 meters. His light blue eyes were quite bright, and his slightly long black hair was scattered on his shoulders. His face was a little childish, and there was a hint of heroism between his eyebrows. He looked at himself in the mirror with a frivolous face and muttered, "Not bad, although not as handsome as before."

On the streets, people were dressed in plain clothes and busy with their lives. Merchants were hawking their wares at their stalls, and blacksmith Rem's hammer was hitting iron blocks, making crisp sounds. The sounds of animal hooves and wheels could be heard from time to time, breaking the tranquility of the town.

In the center of the town is an old church with a tall spire pointing to the sky. The church bells ring on the hour, echoing in every corner of the town. Devout believers walk into the church and, under the leadership of the bishop, pray and seek inner peace.

In this medieval town, time seems to have stood still, and people lead a simple and peaceful life in harmony with nature.

Ming Yin walked slowly on the street, greeting the familiar faces passing by. Ming Yin's eyes stopped in front of a bakery. The aroma wafted out of the store, which made him swallow his saliva. Remembering the purpose of the town, he walked in and the owner greeted him warmly.

"Good morning, Mingyin! Still the same as before?"

Ming Yin nodded, took the bread, paid for it and left the bakery.

While strolling on the streets of the town, thinking about how to experiment with necromancy, suddenly, there was a noise in front of me. Looking for the sound, I saw several people dressed in half-armor and dressed like mercenaries slowly walking towards the town tavern. The leader was a sturdy man, nearly two meters tall, carrying a big sword in one hand and a half-shield in the other, which was very conspicuous.

The villagers were talking about this. It was unusual to see this group of mercenaries in such a remote town. The team was very silent, ignoring the discussions around them and walked towards the tavern. Ming Yin looked at them thoughtfully.

At this time, a little boy ran over and said to Ming Yin excitedly: "Brother Ming Yin, are these mercenaries here to look for treasure?"

Ming Yin smiled and touched the little boy's head, but thought to himself: Treasure? How could there be treasure here?

He decided to follow this team of mercenaries to see what they were looking for.

When Ming Yin walked to the door of the tavern, he heard discussions coming from inside.

"You rookies, cheer up now," said a hoarse voice.

"Boss, you said that as long as we find the alchemist and kill him, we won't have to suffer poverty anymore!" said another voice.

Ming Yin pushed the door open and walked in. He saw the mercenaries sitting around a table, drinking beer and discussing.

He found a corner and sat down, listening quietly to their conversation.

"The commission for this assignment is not cheap. I have finally found out the information. As long as nothing unexpected happens, you won't have to worry about the rest of your life. Wait for news from Sass and take action immediately," the hoarse voice continued. It was the middle-aged knight who had led the team before.

"Don't worry, boss. According to the mission description, this alchemist apprentice stole Master Field's alchemy notes. He even dared to steal things from senior alchemists. He must be tired of living. With you here, he will not be able to escape," said a thin man in leather armor. When Ming Yin heard the word "alchemist", his heart moved.

Vincent is the only alchemist in the town. Could he be the one they are looking for?

Just as Ming Yin was thinking, footsteps were heard outside the door.

A dusty mercenary rushed into the tavern and shouted, "Boss, Sass has failed. He disappeared after sending the message!"

The mercenary leader's face changed and he stood up. "How could this happen? He is our best scout!"

"According to the news, he encountered a huge monster in the forest..." The rider's voice was full of fear.

Ming Yin's eyes became solemn, he felt that things were not that simple.

"Damn it!" The middle-aged knight picked up the one-handed sword and shouted, "Let's go, we can't let him get away!"

The team members quickly stood up and followed the middle-aged knight out of the tavern.

Jesse was holding a beer and looking at the messy tables and chairs. Where was the mercenary? At this time, Ming Yin quickly got up and followed the mercenary's figure. Jesse looked at Ming Yin's figure thoughtfully. Turning around, he saw that the waiter was also in a daze.

"What are you looking at? Why don't you clean up quickly?"

The two guys were so scared that they started working in a panic and didn't even notice that they had picked up the wrong tools.

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In the eastern part of the town, near the forest, there is a winding path leading to a courtyard in the distance. This is the road that Ming Yin takes every day. It is an ordinary road for Ming Yin, but it brings huge pressure to the mercenary team.

Led by the middle-aged knight, the group formed a tactical formation and advanced slowly. At this time, a roar similar to that of a wild beast was heard from the woods, and a tall and strange figure suddenly rushed out. The team members gasped when they saw it.

"Level 3 Mutated Demon Bull!"

But this is too huge, and it even looks a bit like a demon bull. It is clearly the product of alchemical transformation.

"Hold steady, Tony protects Ariel, Ariel uses magic to test, and Yassen provides cover from a high place!"

As soon as the middle-aged knight finished speaking, Arsen took out his longbow and ran away. Another knight in the team ignited his fighting spirit shield and stood next to Ariel. Ariel raised her staff, an obscure spell uttered, and a fireball suddenly grew larger and shot towards the demon bull. The middle-aged knight ignited white flame-type fighting spirit, raised his shield, and rushed forward waving a one-handed sword.

Ming Yin, who was sitting on a tree in the distance, watched quietly and took in everything.

"Novels are all lies. In real life, there is no such thing as an opening line in a life-and-death battle. You almost just start fighting as soon as you meet."

This team is obviously experienced. They did not panic at all when facing the magic bulls, especially the mutated ones. They responded calmly under the command of the captain.

An ordinary demon bull is at level three when it reaches adulthood, but this mutated demon bull does not look like a demon bull at all. Apart from a pair of sharp horns, its body shape and head are different. It is definitely a mutated monster, with at least the strength of the peak level three.

Just as he was thinking, the magic fireball had already hit the magic bull. However, the seemingly powerful fireball did not cause any effect on the magic bull. Instead, it aroused the magic bull's ferocity. With a howl, it rushed towards them. The middle-aged knight raised his large shield and rushed forward, crashing into the magic bull. With a loud "bang", the magic bull was hit and became even more ferocious. Its horns sank, and with an upward strike, it knocked away the knight captain, who was also at the third level. The magic bull turned around and continued to rush towards the magician.

At this critical moment, a feather arrow shot and hit the Demon Bull's right eye. The arrow was flowing with green fighting spirit. It came from Arsen in the tree in the distance. The Demon Bull let out a wail, and fell sideways into the giant tree next to it. The three-meter-tall Demon Bull fell to the ground with a bang, stirring up a cloud of dust. Without waiting for the Demon Bull to get up, the knight captain rushed forward and jumped into the air. At this time, the shield had disappeared. He held the sword with both hands and chopped down suddenly.

"drink!!!"

"roar!!!…"

The demon bull felt pain and swayed for a while. The captain jumped aside and reorganized the attack. The demon bull struggled to get up and kicked the arrow off with its right hoof. Smoke came out of its nose, its eyes were bloodshot, and a huge wound on the upper left leg was bleeding. It was obviously extremely angry.

"Squeak~Swoosh~"

At this moment, a shrill whistle was heard, and the originally irritable demon bull suddenly calmed down.

"Friend, isn't it too much for so many people to bully my pet?"

In the darkness of the forest, a hunched body slowly appeared and walked to the side of the magic bull. He looked at the injured magic bull, his eyes turned grimly and looked towards the mercenary team in the distance.

"Humph! We are the Miracle Mercenaries. I am the captain of the Gale Squad, Aaron, and I have been hired to capture you."

"Oh, then show us your skills..."

With a slap on the magic bull, the magic bull, which was already ready to attack, suddenly rushed out, its sharp horns emitting cold light.

Ariel whispered a spell and waved her staff. The ground was filled with water vapor and instantly turned into a smooth surface of ice. The magic bull slipped with its hooves and slid suddenly towards the bushes. Seeing this, Vincent threw two medicine bottles. One instantly filled with smoke under his feet and the other one was thrown at the mercenary team. It exploded violently when it landed. Under the cover of the explosion and smoke, Vincent muttered something and a hexagram magic circle rose from the ground, and elemental creatures were summoned one after another.

After the explosion, the scene was filled with smoke and various pungent smells spread. Aaron jumped back to Tony before the explosion. Tony raised his shield and summoned his fighting spirit to block the impact of the explosion.

"Ariel, blow away the smoke!"

Before he finished speaking, "Bang~Ah!" Tony was knocked away by the demon bull with a wail, and blood was dripping from his lower abdomen. Ariel waved her staff, summoning the wind element, and the mist gradually dissipated.

"Damn it! The intelligence is wrong. He is a second-level alchemist. Everyone be careful!"

At this time, arrows shot at Vincent, but were all blocked by the elemental creatures.

At this moment, Vincent finished chanting the next spell, took out the potion from his waist and threw it towards the magic circle. Acid arrows comparable to the third-level ones shot out from the magic circle.

“Swoosh, swoosh, swoosh~~”

Accompanied by another wailing, Yasen, who was only at the second level, was completely unable to resist. He was hit by several arrows and fell from the tree. The acid arrows shot at him indiscriminately, and the Demon Bull was also hit quite a lot due to its huge size. The acid on the Demon Bull's body stirred up bursts of white smoke, and the Demon Bull suddenly rushed towards Aaron and the others in pain.

"drink!!!"

Aaron held the sword in both hands, his eyes narrowed. His companions were in danger and he had to do something. At this moment, he seemed to have made a decision. With a loud shout, his fighting spirit suddenly burst out. He swung the sword with both hands, and a stream of sword energy slashed at Vincent. At the same time, he swung the sword with the tip of the sword rushing forward towards the demon bull.

Seeing the sword energy coming, Vincent did not dare to underestimate the enemy and controlled the elemental creatures to resist. Several elemental creatures lined up in front of him and exploded one by one, but the sword energy still hit Vincent, and he flew backwards and fell not far away, not knowing whether he was dead or alive.

At this time, Aaron also collided with the magic bull with a sword. The tip of the sword pierced into the magic bull's shoulder, blood splattered, and the bull's horn also pierced Aaron's thigh. Aaron endured the severe pain and swung the sword. He turned around and used the inertia to chop at the magic bull's front leg. In an instant, the magic bull's front leg was chopped off. The magic bull leaned sideways and slid dozens of meters away with Aaron. Before the smoke and dust dissipated, a scream was heard. Ariel was approached by two elemental creatures without protection. How could Ariel, a second-level magician, be the opponent of the two-level elemental creatures? The approaching elemental creatures punched her shoulder heavily, and she flew backwards with blood spurting out of her mouth. Tony yelled, "Ariel! You bunch of bastards, come and kill me!" Tony shouted wildly, hoping to attract attention and rescue Ariel. Sure enough, the elemental creatures rushed towards Tony together. Tony was half lying down, holding up his shield with both hands to block. The wound in his abdomen made him unable to draw his sword to kill the monsters. Instantly, the elemental creature punched Tony in the back of the head, and his body shook and fell in a pool of blood.

"Tony!" Ariel shed tears, climbed up anxiously, waved her staff, chanted a spell, and wind blades condensed and shot towards the elemental creatures. However, the hastily cast wind blades only hit one and did not cause much damage.

At this moment, Aaron also climbed up from the body of the demon bull, dragged his broken body to Ariel, picked up the one-handed sword, and held it horizontally in front of him to block the elemental creatures that were attacking again.

Ariel took the opportunity to gather her magic power and cast the second-level magic ice spear. As the spell was recited, the ice spear slowly took shape, "Captain, get out of the way!"

Hearing the sound, Aaron ducked down and his ice spear instantly pierced through the bodies of the two elemental creatures and shot into the jungle in the distance.

Ming Yin, who was watching the battle from a distance, nodded secretly. This kind of cooperation is quite something.

As their bodies were penetrated, the two elemental creatures instantly disintegrated. Seeing this, Ariel ignored the pain in her body, stepped forward to help Aaron up, and asked anxiously: "Captain, how is it?"

"I'm fine, Ariel, don't let your guard down. The demon bull is not dead yet, and the alchemist may not be dead either."

After saying that, he endured the severe pain and dragged his right leg towards Vincent. His body was covered with fighting spirit, and he slowly approached the Bull Demon. He pierced the Bull Demon's heart with a sword, and then slowly walked towards Vincent.

Ariel also gathered her last bit of strength and stared at the alchemist lying on the ground.

Aaron came closer and stabbed Vincent with his sword, but Vincent suddenly turned around and lifted his clothes. An alchemical potion exploded and a black mist gushed out, instantly sweeping over Aaron's body. The fighting spirit slowly dissipated under the black mist, and when the smoke touched Aaron's face, it emitted a large amount of smoke that corroded flesh and blood.

"Ah!!!..." Aaron howled in pain and slowly fell down.

"team leader!!!"

"I kill you!!!"

As soon as he finished speaking, he swung his staff and a series of wind blades attacked, instantly sweeping across Vincent's body.

"Puff puff…"

He attacked with hatred, and the wind blade continued until his magic power was exhausted. He fell down slowly and unwillingly. Due to excessive stimulation and exhaustion of magic power, he fainted within two seconds.

"Whoa Whoah"

A breeze blew by, and half an hour passed. Now it was surprisingly quiet.

Ming Yin, who was in the distance, slowly climbed down the tree and slowly walked into the battlefield. It looked cruel from a distance, but when he got closer, he found it shocking and terrifying. The mutant demon bull weighed at least several tons, and its huge body was nearly two meters high when it fell on the ground. The right front leg that was chopped off by Aaron was still hanging on the side with a piece of skin, and the leg was actually as wide as Ming Yin's body.

The scene was in a mess. In the distance, Yasen fell to the ground in a pool of green liquid, his bones were exposed, and he was obviously cold. Tony's body was pressed by the huge shield, and his head was in a terrible state. Aaron was lying not far away, with a corroded and broken sword lying on the side, which was obviously also cold.