Undead Mage: I Have a Skeleton Clone

Chapter 755 - 489: Corpses as Resources, Frost Giant Dragon’s Tomb?

There were humans, Elves, and even Gnomes and Dwarfs that Fang Zhou had never encountered before, all of them humanoid, intelligent beings.

For what purpose had these corpses been frozen for who knows how many years?

When one considered the terrifying identity of the tomb’s master—an Undead Mage—everything became self-evident. The so-called "Storage Area" was used primarily to store these fresh corpses. It seemed the Naraku Civilization was indeed an extremely evil one.

To the Undead Mages of the Naraku Civilization, corpses were nothing more than mere items, no different from alchemical materials or ores. These corpses might have been intended for certain Undead Experiments, perhaps to be resurrected as Undead Servants, or maybe to be made into Sewn Undead Monsters—

Who knows!

Of course, there was more here than just corpses. Besides the shelves and frozen bodies, there were also discarded items like tables and chairs, as well as large sections of Naraku Carvings. They weren’t whole carvings, but rather broken fragments—likely scraps left over from the creation of ancient Carved Golems. That was everything in the storeroom.

To anyone else, these corpses and carving materials would be useless, perhaps worthy only of being displayed as museum exhibits. However, Fang Zhou was different. In the eyes of someone like him, who possessed skills like Artificial Undead and Summoning Tomb, these frozen corpses were high-grade materials. Although he couldn’t determine the former strength of these corpses through the thick ice, the fact that they were qualified to be stored here and had been preserved through the erosion of time meant they could at least be used as materials for creating Bronze-level Undead Creatures.

Fang Zhou had never harvested so many corpse materials at once. For him, this was a truly substantial bounty. And that was to say nothing of the carving materials and fragments.

Fang Zhou was a traditional Mage who believed that knowledge is power. And the Naraku Civilization possessed the strongest and most ancient heritage of Undead Mages in the entire Mythical World. From Fang Zhou’s previous expeditions in the Forest of Nature and the Undead Realm, he knew that these powerful legacies were hidden within the murals and carvings found throughout the ruins of the Naraku Civilization.

"Lieutenant Fang Zhou, the owner of this tomb, besides his proficiency in Undead Magic, might also be a Master of Carved Golems!" Just then, Yan Yan approached and whispered, "I just noticed that one of the doors is labeled ’Carving Workshop’!"

Fang Zhou nodded. He had guessed as much; otherwise, he couldn’t explain why there were so many carving scraps here. This heightened his anticipation.

Perhaps I can obtain a large amount of the Naraku Civilization’s carving techniques here?

After directing the undead creatures and the adventurers from the Flame Medal to gather these carving scraps, Yan Yan frowned at the frozen corpses and asked, "Lieutenant Fang Zhou, what should we do with these corpses?"

Fang Zhou looked at him calmly and said, "Leave them to me. The rest of you, withdraw for now."

After a moment of silence, Yan Yan waved his hand, leading the members of the Flame Medal out of the Storage Area. They had already signed a contract with their employer, Fang Zhou. They were just mercenaries, and any gains within this Mage’s ruin belonged to Fang Zhou. Strictly speaking, these corpses were also spoils of war. Fang Zhou had the right to handle them. As for how he would handle them... well, since Fang Zhou was an Undead Mage, was there any need to worry about that?

***

A dozen minutes later, Fang Zhou left the Storage Area, gave a nod to Yan Yan and the others, and moved on to the next Alchemy Engraved Door.

Meanwhile, in the main tomb chamber at the end of the passage, eighteen arm-thick chains suspended a gigantic carved coffin. Inside the coffin, a Skeleton Mage dressed in a luxurious purple Magic Robe and wearing a golden crown suddenly had blood-red light appear in its unlit eye sockets, igniting its Soul Fire.

"I’ve awakened?"

"Damn, I’ve actually devolved into a Skeleton Mage?"

"No, who am I?"

***

"Huh?"

Having exited the Storage Area, Fang Zhou suddenly halted before the next Alchemy Engraved Door. He looked up toward the main tomb chamber at the deepest end of the passage, his expression turning somewhat solemn. A moment ago, through his Soul Eagle Eye’s vision, he thought he had sensed a faint soul fluctuation.

Perhaps the master of this Mage’s tomb has awakened.

Fang Zhou shook his head. He would deal with whatever came his way. Whether the tomb’s master had awakened or not, Fang Zhou already considered the wealth and knowledge within the Naraku Civilization ruins as his own.

"Lieutenant Fang Zhou, which door should we open first?" At this point, Yan Yan stood between two doors.

On the left was the "Breeding Area," and on the right was the "Research Area."

"The Breeding Area"—from the name alone, it was clearly a place for breeding something. As for the "Research Area," it went without saying that it was a place for reading and magical research.

Every high-level Mage was a scholar with an astonishing reading volume. Basically, wherever a high-level Mage resided, there was a research area. A research area would usually include a library, occupy a considerable amount of space, and be protected by Magic Barriers and Golem Guards. For a high-level Mage, the research area was one of the most important places. A vast collection of books, especially Magic Books, along with various scrolls recording alchemical experiment data, constituted a Mage’s most important wealth.

Knowledge is power, representing one’s legacy and foundation.

"Let’s start with the Breeding Area," Fang Zhou decided after a moment of thought. The books in the Research Area were certainly important, but its defenses were bound to be stronger. He preferred to tackle things from easiest to hardest, so he decided to use the Breeding Area as a warm-up.

Besides this consideration, the Black Gem Young Dragon Tiamat, which was crouched before Fang Zhou, was also visibly more interested in the Breeding Area. According to the young dragon, it was as if something within the Breeding Area was constantly attracting it.

"Master, this should be a stirring of the bloodline," Tiamat whispered. "My bloodline... is being attracted by something in the Breeding Area!"

Fang Zhou nodded. Only something related to the Dragon Race could cause such a strong reaction in Tiamat. It seemed there were some highly anticipated things in the Breeding Area.

At Fang Zhou’s signal, Yan Yan called over his team and began to examine the Alchemy Engraved Door of the Breeding Area.

***

「Main Tomb Chamber.」

Inside the coffin, the moment Fang Zhou had looked in its direction, the Skeleton Mage immediately concealed the soul power it was leaking.

Intruders... A mere Bronze Undead Mage can actually detect the soul fluctuation I inadvertently leaked the moment I awakened? Strange. That’s something only a Golden Great Mage should be able to do, right?

Although I am not afraid of them, with my current strength, having only just awakened, I am not confident I can eliminate them all. I still don’t know what the outside world is like or what the current situation of the Naraku Civilization is. I can’t let anyone know of my resurrection yet!

I need time... enough time to recover my strength...

The Golem Guards and Undead Servants in the passageway have all been annihilated. The Carved Golem Legion needs time to recharge. My Frozen Corpse Puppets... Hmm? Where have all my Frozen Corpse Puppets gone?

Inside the main tomb chamber, the hoarse muttering paused for a moment before turning into a rage.

My painstakingly collected corpses of the strong... Dammit, they’ve been stolen by these petty thieves!

And you still plan to enter the Breeding Area? You’re truly courting death!

Activate the hatching chamber! Unseal!

My Dragon Bone Servants, awaken!

***

「Breeding Area.」

The floor was covered with giant eggs of various colors, numbering in the hundreds. Each egg was nearly the height of a person, oval-shaped, and covered in ancient, mysterious carvings.

As some unknown Rune Array activated, various lights began to flash across the surface of the giant eggs. This continued for several minutes.

Suddenly, a crack appeared on one of the giant eggs, followed by a tapping sound. Something was about to break out from within.

Soon, a strong humanoid creature crawled out of the egg. It was followed by a second, then a third, until a total of seven had emerged.