Suddenly a classmate shouted, "Look, there is movement in the dark clouds!"
Everyone looked up.
In the lead-gray clouds, the blue fire light disappeared like ghost fire, accompanied by dense bone friction sounds - the sound was very similar to the humming of the dead as they wandered in the ruins of the Star Tower. A sharp-eyed student suddenly fell to the ground, pointing his fingers tremblingly at the sky: "It's a skeleton! Countless skeletons!"
The dark clouds were torn apart by an invisible hand, and thousands of skeletons emerged in the clouds. Their eyes were beating with soul fire, their bones were shining with pale light, and they held rusty sword and axes in their hands, as if they were in full swing from the Kingdom of the Dead. The skeleton at the front suddenly turned his head, and his empty eye sockets pointed at the playground. The soul fire swayed violently, scaring nearly half of the students to fall to the ground.
At this moment, a soul fire as big as a bowl fell from the sky and landed accurately in the palm of Erin Moser's palm. The vision dissipated instantly, and the sunlight filled the playground paved with bluestone slabs again, as if the army of the dead had just been just an illusion.
[Only hidden profession: Necromancer]
It is not a rare profession, but the first hidden profession to awaken in millions of years in the entire Roland Empire. The probability of a hidden profession appearing is lower than that of a legendary profession, which means that only one person owns it in the entire astral continent. The news spread, and the discussions came one after another:
"Irene actually awakened her hidden profession? She is so silent..."
"Can the magic array be tampered with by the Dark Erosion Clan? This strange phenomenon is too strange..."
"Nether Mage? It sounds very similar to the undead magic of the Dark Eclipse Clan. It's not an evil magic, right?"
Erin walked slowly down the magic circle, and the emblem of the astral council on the cuffs of the school uniform was shining with glimmer of light at this moment - this once incomplete emblem became complete after the soul fire merged into it. The pattern of the astral tower in the center was clearly visible, and a few rays of blue flames were still lingering in the spire of the tower.
"Please stay, classmate Moser." Marcus Virant suddenly spoke, the astral array plate in his hand was rotating counterclockwise with Erin as the center, and the Twenty-Eight Constellations Star Track beeped, "Can you show your professional skills? As a formation master, I am very interested in the magic fluctuations of hidden professions."
Erin nodded, the black vortex unfolding under her feet. As the first skeleton warrior walked out of it, exclamations rang out from the crowd - its bones were covered with cracks, and half a rusty broken sword was embedded in its chest. The broken knife in its hand was missing a third of the blade, as if it was the wreckage cut from the mass grave of the Nanfeng Fortress.
[Black Iron-level Skeleton Warrior]
[Strength: 15]
[Agility: 15]
[Spirit: 15]
[Physical constitution: 15]
The attribute panel is ordinary, but Marcus's pupils suddenly shrink - he found that the edge of the skeleton warrior's soul fire was faintly entangled with the seal runes of the Astral Council, which was a feature that only the ancient undemons had.
Keith Leon's eyes shone and he approached the skeleton warrior: "Hey, can I touch it?" After getting Erin's acquiescence, he reached out and pressed it on the skeleton's chest, and the touch was like a weathered rock. The chill of soul fire spread along his fingertips, which made the orc boy shudder. "Although it looks tattered, this cold smell... is stronger than the undead crystals my father brought back from the South Wind Fortress back then."
Marcus's fingertips lit up the detector's light and gently tapped on the skeleton's forehead. The skeleton warrior's eye socket suddenly burst into red light, and the soul fire pounded violently. The broken knife in his hand actually slashed at Marcus - if I hadn't issued the "stop" command in his mind in time, this blow would probably leave blood marks on the formation master's chest.
"Interesting." Marcus wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, and the abnormal data was quickly recorded on the array disk. "The primary summoning object has independent combat awareness and can even fight against the detection techniques of level 52 formation masters... The Necromancer's summoning system may subvert our understanding of traditional summoners."
Case patted Erin's shoulder and laughed, and the wolf-tooth necklace on her neck was shining with silver light in the sun: "I didn't expect you to summon such a cool warrior! When I change my position into a knight, we will form a 'Knights Order of the Dead,' and directly lift the nest of the Dark Erosion Clan!"
Irene watched the skeleton warrior being taken back into the summoning space, and the scene of the change of his job suddenly flashed in her mind: a giant dragon covered with silver scales in the star world rolled and wailed among the skeleton group, and thousands of skeletons rushed in like a tide. The moment the bone sword pierced into the dragon scales, black blood splashed out - it was not an ordinary vision, but more like an ancient battle that had actually happened.
At this moment, the light of Case's transfer suddenly lit up, and the prompt sound of [Main Battle Advanced Career: Sword and Shield Knight] sounded, and the knight's emblem condensed by the holy power appeared in his chest. The orc boy excitedly waved his novice sword, but did not notice that the emblem on Erin's cuff was absorbing the last trace of soul fire. A deep bone-visible crack appeared quietly at the base of the tower pattern of the Star Tower.
After the light of Marcus Virant's detection dissipated, the skeleton warrior's soul fire gradually returned to calm. As a senior formation wizard at level 52, he clearly saw the basic attributes of the skeleton warrior - Strength 15 and Agility 15. Such a value is not outstanding among level 1 summoning objects, but it resonates abnormally with his formation disk.
"A good starting point." Marcus closed the battle plate, and the fragments of the Astral Tower trembled slightly on his cuffs. "Remember, the key to undead magic is to sign a contract with the dead, not just manipulation."
Erin Moser nodded and saluted, the skeleton warrior's clicking sound echoed in the bluestone corridor. The students passing by were looking sideways, and a few timid girls even stood against the wall, watching the man walk away - since the afternoon's change of jobs, the name of "Needle Master" has spread in the First Academy of Silver Moon City, accompanied by a gaze of awe and fear.
Keith Leon suddenly jumped out of the corner, the bronze skin unique to the werewolf was shining in the sunset, and the wolf teeth necklace on his neck swayed lightly as he moved: "Let me touch your skeleton! Just a moment!"
Erin nodded helplessly. Case carefully pressed his palm against the skeleton warrior's chest, and the touch was like weathered metal. The chill of soul fire climbed down his arm to his spine, making him shivering: "Damn, it's colder than my mother's ice magic. Is it really only level 1?"
"The attributes will grow with the level." Erin recalled the skeleton warrior, and the prompt for summoning space popped up in time: [Summoning space: 1/10, Skeleton warrior (quantity: 1)]. She remembered the scene she saw when she changed her post: When the Star Tower collapsed, thousands of skeletons rose from the ruins and used their bone swords torn the dragon's silver scales - it was definitely not an ordinary vision, but more like a memory engraved in the blood of the necromancer.
The light of Case's transfer light lit up in the distance, and the Knight's emblem condensed by the holy power illuminated the entire playground. When the prompt sound of [Main Battle Advanced Career: Sword and Shield Knight] sounded, the orc boy excitedly waved his novice long sword, and the wolf-headed totem temporarily drawn on the shield also had a scent of ink: "See, Irene? I'm a senior profession! In the future, my shield can withstand all attacks below level 10!"
Erin smiled rarely and gave a thumbs up. In the original owner's memory, Case's father was an elite formation master of the Astral Council. He disappeared ten years ago when he resisted the Dark Erosion Cult at the South Wind Fortress. His orc mother was eroded by the Shadow Crow Technique to protect his human comrades. This pair of mixed-race children are already difficult in human society. Nowadays, the professional awakening may bring him one step closer to the truth.
"Remember, summoning space is not just a storage container." Marcus suddenly whispered before leaving, and his eyes behind the lens swept across the astral emblem on Erin's cuff. "It connects with the underlying structure of the astral tower, and may repair the... regret left by your mother."
After the transfer ceremony, President Gavin Hawke stood on the podium, and the Holy Swordsman's emblem on his shoulder armor reflected the sunset: "There are 12 main combat professions and 18 auxiliary professions this time, and the life profession accounts for 60%—5% higher than last year's admission rate of Eternal Night Academy." His eyes stayed on Erin for a half-second, "Especially congratulations to Keith Leon on his high-level profession [Sword and Shield Knight] and Erin Messer became the first necromancer in the century in the empire."
Amid the applause, Serra Winter's ice robe shone with a glimmer. This elemental mage, known as the "Academic Ice Rose", is staring in Erin's direction at this moment, unconsciously rubbing the elemental badge on her chest with her fingertips - She clearly has a more dazzling rare profession, why are everyone talking about the taciturn undead demon?
In the oak forest after school, Sera suddenly stopped Erin, and the ice crystal hair accessories broke into cold light in the twilight: "Don't think that hiding profession can relax, the actual part of the big test..."
"Kase, stop hiding." Erin suddenly spoke. An awkward cough came from behind the tree, and Case walked out scratching her head, her ears red: "Ahem, I'm just worried that you will be frozen into a popsicle by ice magic——"
"Idiot." Sera glared at him, but quietly stuffed Erin a note when she turned around, "The Monster Distribution Map of Yongge Grassland Copy. Don't get me wrong, I just don't want you to slow down the average grades of the entire academy."
As dusk fell, Erin returned to her apartment in the east district of Silver Moon City. Under the faded Astral Council tapestries, in the only photo frame, the photo of my sister Lin Mohan wearing the uniform of Eternal Night Academy was shining. She took out the ruby she carried during the journey and found that tiny bone patterns appeared on the surface - exactly the same as the cracks of the skeleton warrior.
[Summoning space capacity is increased to 20 units]
[The attributes of skeleton warriors automatically increase with skill level]
The sudden prompt sound in my mind made Irene raise her eyebrows. She tried to recall the skeleton warrior and found that the skeleton cracks had healed three points, and the posture of holding the sword was smoother - it turned out that the summoning space was not only a storage library, but also a resonant container for the energy of the dead.
"Is slaying a dragon like slaughtering a dog..." Erin stared at the soul fire in her palm, remembering the scene of the dragon falling down when she changed her job. Outside the window, the night watchman in Silver Moon City was ringing the alarm bell. In the distant direction of the Nanfeng Fortress, several black fogs in the shape of crows were quietly seeping into the clouds - it was the symbol of the Dark Erosion Clan and the celestial phenomenon when my mother disappeared.
Keys' laughter came from downstairs, mixed with the crisp sound of swords and shields colliding. Erin gently touched the star world emblem on her cuffs, and at the broken spire, a trace of almost invisible silver light was gathering - it was the contract between the dead and the star world, and it was also her first step on the road to Eternal Night Academy.