Chapter 101: First Exploration of the Courtyard of the Dead
"Cousin, don't you feel that we are more like the monsters in this courtyard now?"

Wearing a cloak and carrying a war hammer, Taibetha stood beside Mu Hua and teased him as she looked at a group of skeleton generals and skeleton guards.

That's right. Because of the shield fighting skills, although the Skeleton Guards will not be defeated by the Skeleton General at the first touch, the difference in strength still makes the Skeleton Guards the one being beaten.

The skeleton undead are fine, but the most annoying ghosts in the Courtyard of the Dead will be captured and devoured by Monday and Tuesday as soon as they appear near Mu Hua, so Taibesha doesn't have to be distracted to face them at all.

Dozens of miles away from the safe zone, the level of the undead creatures in this area was relatively low, and Mu Hua and his group were in chaos along the way.

The skeleton generals led by Mu Hua were more brutal and brutal than the undead they encountered along the way. Taibesha felt as if she was on the side of the chaotic monsters.

"Are these undead all real bodies?" Ignoring Taibetha's teasing, Mu Hua frowned.

The skeleton warriors are the real bodies, and the skeleton guards can barely be classified as third-level monsters. After killing several of them, Mu Hua discovered that they were still the real bodies that descended.

After putting the remains of a skeleton guard into the Burning Furnace, Mu Hua did not look for the magic core among the pile of bones.

The magic core of undead creatures is different from that of other monsters. The magic core can be considered a fatal weakness for most monsters, but the magic core of undead creatures will only condense from their souls after death.

No one can tell exactly in which bone the Skeleton Undead's magic core is located, because collecting the magic core is troublesome, which is also what makes them annoying for adventurers.

Bone and Tooth skill gem*1, Soul fragment*0.2, Soul dust*1, Life foundation (ashes)*1.4, Constitution secret stone*1, Philosopher's stone*0.1.

Big explosion?

This time, there is an extra skill stone and a physical secret stone compared to the skeleton guard smelted earlier. It seems that Mu Hua has made a big profit.

It was a little surprise from smelting, but Mu Hua’s current focus was not on that.

He had encountered undead creatures in Lanton’s courtyard in his early years. At that time, many skeleton warriors descended in the form of projections. Here, there were so many undead that descended in their real form. Mu Hua wondered, was it because this was the courtyard of the undead?
"Corpses in hell can easily turn into undead spirits."

"The pale land is blown by the wind of aging and the undead are born."

"The jealous demons like to spawn undead. These low-level undead are just cannon fodder for them. There is no need to waste resources on projecting for them."

Tuesday floated beside Mu Hua and explained Mu Hua's doubts.

"Ang~" A trembling roar wiped out another small group of skeletons. The demonstrative roar of a group of skeleton generals scared away the nearby evil spirits.

Mu Hua discovered that these skeleton generals who had obtained vocal cords loved to howl, but he was not too interested in those low-level ghosts.

Because even their real bodies would end up in the stomachs of Monday and Tuesday, and if they were killed normally they would turn into ashes without even leaving their magic cores. Mu Hua had no idea how to put them into the furnace.

"Cannon fodder, there must be a lot of jealous demons in this courtyard, right? Hell is really terrifying." Mu Hua muttered.

Although the Skeleton Generals were already ranked mid-level, Mu Hua knew that they were still larger cannon fodder.

Perhaps only when they reach the level of Black-Armored Skeleton Generals, and their armor and blood allow them to gain a certain degree of magic resistance, can they be considered the backbone of the skeleton undead series.

The gray earth, the gray woods, everything in the Courtyard of the Dead seemed to be dyed gray and white.

Although there are plants growing here, the land filled with dead air can only grow special plants that are adapted to the dead environment.

"How about it? Go that way?" There was a fork in the road ahead, and Mu Hua asked Taibesha.

Directly ahead of the road is a dense forest, within which pine trees with gray-white branches and leaves grow very densely.

You may be able to collect some ghost face mushrooms and dead mushrooms in this kind of forest.

They are all magical plants that grow in places full of death, and they are quite valuable if collected.

However, it is said that there are many skeletons of the undead buried under this forest. They will drill out from the ground when people pass by, making it difficult to guard against them.

The dense forest severely restricted the Skeleton General's movements, and the dead souls in this environment were also quite dangerous, so Mu Hua and Taibetha gave up this route early on.

The road on the left side of the forest leads to a mountainous area, and the road on the right side leads to a basin and a Dead Sea.

The boundless Dead Sea is like a cage that blocks the roads in three directions of the basin. Going north along the Dead Sea beach, the roads on the left and right will converge again.

It is said that by then they will arrive at a burial ground that is no smaller than an ordinary province.

Passing through the wasteland of bones, you will reach a city of the dead shrouded in a fog of death all day long. It is also where the "demon king" of this courtyard sleeps.

"Let's go to the basin on the right. It is said that there are many liches in the mountains on the left, and wandering bone dragons will appear occasionally." Taibesha called up the forum interface of the Adventurer's Guild and searched for available information.

"Most of the terrain on the right is more suitable for the Skeleton Generals' group to charge, and the black-armored generals and death knights over there may be carrying equipment." "We shouldn't encounter elite death knights south of the Boneyard, but there are organized undead gathering places in the basin area, so we must be ready to retreat at any time."

Combining her own investigation last night, Taibesha said to Mu Hua while looking through the map.

The so-called elite monsters are those individuals with stronger talents, longer lifespans, and who have surpassed the upper limit of their natural growth through cultivation attributes.

Their combat power exceeds that of their peers, just like the difference between settlers and adventurers, it is a monster whose true combat power is difficult to assess without seeing it with your own eyes.

"Then go to the right. However, Betha, the magic cores I harvested this time will be useful to me. I will create a few constructed undead for you as compensation." Mu Hua confirmed.

"The magic core of the skeleton warrior? There's no need to care so much about it, right?" Taibesha frowned.

Because of its ability to store magic and reuse it, magic cores are much more expensive than magic stones.

However, the uses of low-level magic cores are limited, and their prices are also limited compared to low-level magic stones. Taibesha does not care about this kind of harvest.

"Of course, it's not me who wants to form a team, so you don't have to mind it." Mu Hua said indifferently, and Taibetha was briefly stunned.

"Okay, I see." He seemed to realize the problem he had overlooked.

"But, didn't you say that you could create undead? Why is it constructed undead?" Taibesha was somewhat dissatisfied with Mu Hua's tone and said jokingly.

Taibetha wasn't sure whether Mu Hua could create constructed undead.

But the so-called derived undead is basically equivalent to creating undead creatures.

Taibesha didn't quite believe that Mu Hua could master those creation techniques that could burn the human brain.

"Miss, the derived undead will respect their derivatives, but there is no contract between them." Mu Hua rolled his eyes, feeling that it was troublesome to explain. It was Tuesday beside him who interrupted and replied.

"Their relationship with the Derived Ones is like that of your human parents and children."

"But it should be normal for you humans to kill your father and mother, right? Not to mention you, a creature that has nothing to do with them."

"If you can sign a slavery contract with those undead, you can even let them attack the derivatives."

"Of course, if there is no contract, unless you have control over the Undead, there is no reason for them to obey your orders." Tuesday explained simply.

"Respected, but can the undead be enslaved and cause them to backfire? Wouldn't the resulting undead be very dangerous?" Tabitha frowned.

It is similar to creating life, but the undead derived from it seem to be more unstable than magical life.

"The skeleton undead have simple thoughts. As long as no one controls them, they will usually obey their derivatives. And it is easier for their derivatives to make them sign slavery contracts," Mu Hua explained.

"Can you really create undead?" Tabitha suspected.

"Who knows? There's not much harm in trying." Mu Hua spread his hands.

"Well, okay, then you'd better make my constructed undead first. What can you do? Skeletons, bone fangs?" Taibesha said with a smile. She still didn't quite believe that Mu Hua could create undead.

"what do you like?"

"How about a skeleton? It's convenient to carry with you."

"They are all the same. They are not real life forms. They are just puppets controlled by ghosts. Can you find the gap between the constructs?"

"That's right." Tabitha smiled.

She was just cooperating with Mu Hua, she doubted that Mu Hua couldn't even create a constructed undead.

As she spoke, Taibesha urged Mu Hua to take out the armed shuttle and hurry on his way. She had long been fed up with the skeleton warriors, and she wanted to go to the basin to fight some monsters that could produce valuable items.

Riding on the shuttle, Mu Hua had to send the skeleton generals back to the summoning space, as they obviously could not catch up with the speed of the shuttle.

"This thing really doesn't match the Necromancer." After starting the shuttle, Mu Hua patted the body of the shuttle and complained.

"Ha, maybe you can derive a skeleton horse for yourself and summon a skeleton horse. Haha, cool~." Tabitha teased.

Flying shuttles are convenient and energy-efficient. Well, at least they are much more energy-efficient than tanks.

"...Skeleton warhorses?" Mu Hua thought thoughtfully. The two of them drove the shuttle towards the basin.

(End of this chapter)