Becoming a Necromancer

Squeak squeak squeak!

As a faint sound carried over, Gu Xi, half-asleep, opened his eyes.

Squeezing the pebble in his hand, Gu Xi looked towards the darkness of the prison cell. A scrawny rat had poked its head out.

In the direction the rat was moving, some crushed black bread lay on the ground.

Gently raising his right hand, Gu Xi stared intently at the rat's movements.

Just as the rat darted out, Gu Xi swung his arm, and the stone hit the rat on the head.

[Killed Rat (Small Animal), gained 0 experience points!]

Gu Xi ignored the information that flashed before his eyes and, with speed unimaginable to ordinary people, snatched the rat that had been killed by the stone.

"What was that sound?"

Footsteps approached from outside the prison cell. Gu Xi pressed the dead rat against himself, leaned his body tightly into the corner, and closed his eyes, pretending to be asleep.

Two men, wrapped in black robes and wearing hoods, walked hurriedly past the cell door. They glanced at Gu Xi, who was leaning against the wall. One of them said fiercely, "Kid, it's you again. If you want to die early, just tell me, and I'll send you on your way right now."

Gu Xi didn't even lift his head. He lowered his head, closed his eyes, and acted as if he hadn't heard them, completely ignoring the two shouting outside.

At the same time, his hands behind his back did not stop moving. He held the dead rat upside down in his left hand, and with his right hand, he made a grasping motion towards the dead rat. A small ball of pale white light was pulled out from the rat's body.

[You completed the Soul Extraction Ritual, obtained Soul Shard * 0.1]

Success, a thought flashed through Gu Xi's mind, and a faint smile appeared on his lips.

This smile was seen by the two men outside, which only made them angrier.

"You're still smiling? You did that on purpose! Open the door, I'll chop this guy to death." One man roared, drawing his sword and heading for the key to teach Gu Xi a lesson.

The other, finally realizing the gravity of the situation, held back his companion.

"Forget it. He's not going to live much longer anyway. We don't need to bother with this kind of sacrificial offering."

Gu Xi heard this but paid no attention. At this moment, nine identical Soul Shards quickly appeared in his hand.

This was the result of his self-rescue efforts during this period.

Gu Xi was a Player, from a world where people made a living through games. Having just graduated, he hadn't completed his job assignment yet, so he was a novice.

However, his chosen profession had been decided during university: Necromancer.

He had come to this game specifically to complete his job assignment.

To his surprise, on the very first day after entering the Game World, before he could even figure out his mission, he had been knocked out from behind and thrown into this pitch-black death prison.

In this dark and sunless place, Gu Xi didn't know how long he had been imprisoned.

He only knew that periodically, someone would throw in some black bread to ensure that those imprisoned there didn't die.

No one else cared about them.

To save himself, Gu Xi had thought of many methods.

However, since he had been captured immediately after arriving in this world, he had no materials on him.

His only way out was to catch a few rats and painstakingly piece together Soul Shards.

Now, with the tenth Soul Shard in hand, Gu Xi decided not to pretend any longer.

Holding all the Soul Shards in his hand, Gu Xi took out a scroll from his game backpack.

This was his job assignment.

Originally, Gu Xi should have recruited a powerful Undead from a Graveyard or Cemetery using Soul Shards to be his Contract Undead, thereby starting his Path of the Necromancer.

But now, Gu Xi had no choice but to abandon that idea.

It was enough if he could get any Undead to contract with him; their strength didn't matter anymore.

What mattered was that he could be appointed as a Necromancer and utilize the various Skills of a Necromancer.

Gu Xi's actions were quite obvious, and the two men outside also noticed.

"What are you doing? Hand over what's behind you."

They were getting anxious too. The one restraining his companion no longer cared about anything else and quickly searched for the key.

But it was too late. As Gu Xi activated the scroll in his hand, a gust of wind rose from the small prison cell, and a chilling aura crept onto the two men.

Gu Xi stopped pretending. He opened his eyes, flipped his hand, and tore the scroll with force. A soul of a little girl, about 1.3 meters tall, emitting a soft white glow all over, with a bowl-cut hairstyle, appeared before Gu Xi.

This little girl had a round face, and her pitch-black eye sockets were empty.

In her hands, she held a bronze mirror about thirty centimeters in diameter. The back of the mirror was covered in countless rotating gears, with eyes of various sizes in the center of the gears, blinking incessantly.

Looking at her, it was hard to tell who was the soul and who was the main body.

When the little girl moved, she floated about ten centimeters above the ground.

Floating in front of Gu Xi, the little girl opened her mouth.

"Big Brother, did you call me?"

That voice was like water dripping onto ice, giving off an extreme chill.

As the voice emerged, not only did the two men outside the door freeze, but Gu Xi, who had summoned the girl, felt his hair stand on end.

Gu Xi desperately tried to recall the knowledge he'd learned in class, forcing himself to look up and stare into the girl's vacant eyes. Before he could speak, the girl opened her mouth again.

"Big Brother, did you call me out?"

This time, the voice carried an even more intense chill.

Only then did Gu Xi react. He quickly extended his hand and said to the girl very seriously, "My name is Gu Xi. I hope to sign a contract with you and borrow your power to become a Necromancer."

As Gu Xi spoke, a cluster of pale blue light floated from his hand – it was a synthesized Complete Soul.

Upon hearing Gu Xi's words, the little girl's face actually showed a look of pleasant surprise, and she said somewhat eagerly, "Me? I really... can. I'm willing to become your Contract Undead."

But she immediately regained her composure, suppressed the joy on her face, and reached out to tap the Soul Light Cluster.

Seeing this, Gu Xi quickly tapped his right index finger. As they performed this action, the scroll Gu Xi had torn open flew up and turned to ash before them.

[Ding! Contract Undead Successful. Player 629SHD2S0FXC30 has officially taken the job of Necromancer.]

As this prompt sounded, all the functions that had been locked and inaccessible were now open to Gu Xi.

[Name: Gu Xi

Game Number: 629SHD2S0FXC30

Profession: Necromancer

Level: Level 1 (0/1000)

Talent: Inactive

State: Life (105/310, Hunger, Weakness), Mana (220/450, Insomnia, Mental Confusion)

Attributes: Strength 3.2, Agility 3.3, Constitution 3.1, Intelligence 4.5, Perception 3.7, Charm 3.6

Class Skills: Summoning Level 1 (0/100), consumes 1 Mana, 1 Soul Unit, and 1 Corpse. Has a 25% chance to summon an Undead to fight for you (Level 0, Undead type is Skeleton, Growable, Unlimited Quantity).

Lesser Corpse Explosion Level 1 (0/100), consumes 5 Mana, can use 1 Corpse for Corpse Explosion. Corpse Explosion power is 50% of the Corpse's Life Force.

Lesser Bone Shield Level 1 (0/100), consumes 5 Mana, 1 Soul Unit, and 1 Corpse. Deploys three Bone Shields for automatic defense. Bone Shield Life Force is 25% of the Corpse's Life Force.

Active Skills: Throwing Level 2 (18/200)

Passive Skills: Undead Knowledge Level 3, Undead Pact Level 1, Magic Knowledge Level 4, Basic Science Level 3, Basic Reading Level 2, Basic Writing Level 2.]

[Name: Luna (Contract Undead)

Race: Ghost

Level: Level 1 (0/1000)

Talent: Mirror Movement

State: Life (110/110), Mana (150/150)

Attributes: Strength 1.2, Agility 1.3, Constitution 1.1, Intelligence 1.5, Perception 1.7, Charm 1.6

Skills: Touch of Frost Level 1, Banshee's Wail Level 1, Vigilance Level 1.]

[Player 629SHD2S0FXC30 has completed the Job Assignment. Do you wish to exit the game now? If you do not exit, you can request to leave at any time in the Safe Zone!]

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