Chapter 91: Resurrection Magic! The Leader of [Zuranon]

Tang Zheng lifted his foot and walked toward the damaged steps of the temple, arriving beside Khajiit’s corpse, where a thick, slightly foul-smelling scent of blood permeated the air.

The head, eyes wide open in death and face full of resentment, rolled to one side.

Seeing this scene.

Tang Zheng let out a soft sigh.

It was not out of pity for Khajiit, but because he suddenly realized that, without noticing, he no longer felt any discomfort toward such scenes.

The month or more of slaughtering goblins in the Great Forest of Tob seemed to have indeed caused a certain change in his temperament.

Thinking back to his past life, he hadn't even killed a chicken.

He hadn't expected that after crossing into this world, in only about two months, he would be able to adapt completely.

He reached out and picked up the two magic items: the other party's Shadow Staff and the bone necklace.

The blood-red robe the other party was wearing was also a magic item, but it had been destroyed by the Flame Archangel's attack, which Tang Zheng found a pity.

This blood-red robe should have been worth quite a bit of money.

After appraising the two magic items, both were related to the necromancy profession and were of little use to Tang Zheng.

"The four of you stay behind and guard the outside for now."

Tang Zheng pointed casually at four Flame Archangels, ordering them to keep watch outside the temple.

Then.

He took two Flame Archangels and walked into the secret passage beneath the temple.

After about seven or eight minutes.

Tang Zheng walked back up from the secret passage below, having gained nothing except for some dust on his body.

There was nothing of value inside at all; his expectations had been for nothing.

"Burn it."

Tang Zheng waved his hand, issuing the command to the Flame Archangels.

Several Flame Archangels immediately flew forward, touching Khajiit’s corpse with the flame swords in their hands, and in a moment, it was burned to ashes.

Among them, one Flame Archangel flew toward Khajiit’s severed arm.

"Wait."

Tang Zheng’s gaze shifted, and he spoke suddenly.

He walked forward.

He picked up the severed arm and then wrapped it in a random piece of cloth he found.

"Time to leave."

Tang Zheng looked up toward the direction of the city wall in the night, heading back the way he came.

Outside the tightly closed, heavy gate.

On the watchtowers illuminated by the light of "Everlasting Light."

Guard after guard looked toward the depths of the graveyard with some terror.

"What on earth happened in the graveyard? Why did a light appear?"

"Should we report it...?"

"Idiot!"

"What happens in the graveyard has nothing to do with us; it’s nighttime now."

A trembling voice immediately rang out.

"But."

"No 'buts,' you fool. Our mission is to prevent the undead from charging the gate."

"Are there any undead charging the gate right now!"

"What happens in the graveyard has nothing to do with us."

"It won't be too late to report it when the sun comes up and let those adventurers go in to investigate."

A cacophony of chaotic, fearful voices rang out continuously on the two watchtowers.

Meanwhile, Tang Zheng’s figure had already successfully climbed over the wall and vanished into the night.

When he returned to the inn.

It was already around two o'clock in the morning.

Using the small alley as a foothold, Tang Zheng easily climbed to the second floor and returned to his room through the window.

"Awoo!"

Seeing Tang Zheng return, the small Evil Spirit Dog immediately scrambled up from the floor and let out an excited low growl.

"Shh!" Tang Zheng raised a finger and placed it beside his mouth.

"Woo~" The small Evil Spirit Dog lowered its voice, wagged its tail, and came forward to rub its head against Tang Zheng’s pant leg.

"Good boy, Blackie."

Tang Zheng chuckled, feeling that this small Evil Spirit Dog was really no different from a dog.

"Time for a shower first; I reek of rot."

Tang Zheng took off the black robe wrapped around him and casually tossed the rag containing Khajiit’s arm into a corner.

He entered the room’s cramped bathroom.

The "Deodorize" spell could remove odors from his body, but Tang Zheng preferred to take a shower to make himself more comfortable.

A moment later.

With a burst of white steam.

Tang Zheng walked out of the shower room and saw the small Evil Spirit Dog lying in the corner, having opened the bundle containing Khajiit’s arm and staring at it curiously.

"There is negative energy inside. If you eat it, you'll probably die a bit faster," Tang Zheng said indifferently.

"Woo." The small Evil Spirit Dog didn't understand the meaning of Tang Zheng’s words, but it could sense something from the expression on his face; it shrank its head and voluntarily backed away a few steps.

He glanced at the pale, withered arm. Tang Zheng looked away; he didn't have any twisted hobbies like collecting corpses.

It was just that when the Flame Archangel was about to dispose of the arm, Tang Zheng suddenly remembered.

In the anime, after Khajiit and Clementine were both slain by the "Darkness" adventurer team disguised by the Sorcerer King.

Their corpses suddenly disappeared from the storage area.

The Sorcerer King might not care about such a situation, but Tang Zheng certainly could not afford to ignore it.

There were only two possibilities for a corpse to disappear: one was that it was stolen by someone—there were still members of Zuranon or their affiliated forces in E-Rantel.

The other possibility.

Was that someone had resurrected them.

Tang Zheng brought this arm back specifically to determine if it was the second case.

Once the dead are resurrected, any remaining body parts of the resurrected person also disappear along with them.

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As for the location after resurrection, it would be at the position of the caster.

The leader of Zuranon was extremely mysterious.

Tang Zheng actually had a suspicion: whether it was Khajiit or Clementine, who had defected from the Scripture of Darkness, both were people from the Slane Theocracy.

Therefore, he had a hypothesis: was the leader of Zuranon also from the Slane Theocracy!

The Slane Theocracy possessed the Six-Colored Scriptures, which ostensibly corresponded to the Six Great Gods, but in reality, their strongest unit, the Scripture of Darkness, was formed by selecting the strongest members from the other five units.

Rather than saying it corresponded to one of the Six Great Gods, it was more like a special unit composed of the other five colored units combined!

The five human players among the Six Great Gods died the earliest; only the heteromorphic Death God player lived the longest.

And it was precisely this long-lived Death God that the members of the Slane Theocracy who worshipped the "Death God" were so mysterious about.

Or rather, they seemed not to exist at all on the surface.

This was why Tang Zheng suspected the leader of Zuranon was from the Slane Theocracy.

Because "Resurrection Magic" was the domain of religious-type magic!

Magic-type magic casters could not master resurrection magic; even the Sorcerer King could not do so.

The reason the Sorcerer King could use resurrection magic was because he possessed a large stockpile of resurrection items and "pay-to-win" items that came at no cost.

He himself had not mastered resurrection magic.

"Why does it feel like there are so many schemers in this world?" Tang Zheng rubbed his temples and walked toward the bed.

"Awoo!"

Suddenly, the small Evil Spirit Dog let out a low growl.

Tang Zheng paused, turned his head to look behind him, and discovered that the small Evil Spirit Dog was looking at the severed arm with vigilance.

Whoosh—

Khajiit’s severed arm was emitting a faint blue light, and in the blink of an eye, the entire arm vanished into thin air like melting snow.

Hum—

"Skill 'Resurrection of the Dead: Modified' discovered. Requirement: Magic-type caster level (29–35). Current conditions met."

"Consume skill points to learn?"

[Skill Points: 40→39]

Skill: Resurrection of the Dead: Modified (Tier 5)

Cost: 25 (50)

Description: The original religious-type magic "Resurrection of the Dead," modified through special means, consumes double the mana and can be cast by magic-type magic casters.

Note: This magic can be combined with special methods to reduce the requirements for the degree of damage to the corpse.

……

Looking at the information appearing on the panel.

Tang Zheng’s expression became somewhat strange, and the corners of his mouth twitched: "My luck is truly poor. Not only did I guess wrong, but this Alliance Leader seems even more troublesome than I imagined."

Although he said it this way, one could tell from his tone that Tang Zheng’s mood seemed quite good.

…………

An unknown land.

The entire earth presented a dark brown color as if stained by blood, and a mist invisible to the naked eye permeated the air, causing the light shining down from the moon to reflect a dark red hue.

"Caw!"

"Caw!"

Cries similar to those of a crow rang out from above.

These were not the cries of a crow, but rather sounds similar to them emitted by some kind of avian undead whose throats had been affected.

In this area, there should not exist any living creatures.

Unwillingness!

Anger!

Despair!

All sorts of negative emotions flooded Kajiit’s heart, and the fear of death made his whole body tremble.

Why is there still consciousness?

Shouldn't I be dead?

This thought suddenly flashed through Kajiit’s mind, and immediately after, as if some kind of reaction had been triggered, he opened his eyes wide.

"Hoo! Hoo! Hoo!"

Kajiit sat up, gasping for air, the look of terror and despair in his eyes not yet having completely faded.

"How interesting."

"I remember you should have been in E-Rantel; in such a small place, there shouldn't have been anyone capable of threatening you."

A faint, grating sound like two iron rods rubbing together rang out from ahead.

Kajiit raised his head and saw a figure entirely pitch-black; this was not due to the influence of clothing, but because the magic power radiating from the other party had already affected reality,

thereby shrouding the entire figure in pitch-black darkness.

"A-Alliance Leader."

Kajiit’s whole body shuddered, and he quickly scrambled up to kneel on the ground.

(End of chapter)