Hell's Lone Soul, I Grant You New Life!

On the lake, the Great Knight's body was dragged ashore by Levi.

Levi stripped off his armor and everything else.

Most of his belongings had been burned by the Flame Stream Seal.

"Damn it, thank goodness this guy didn't bring any Breathing Technique Inheritance Diagram, otherwise I would have been heartbroken if they had been burned," Levi suddenly thought.

However, if given the chance again, Levi would still do the same thing. Breathing Technique are valuable, but life is even more precious.

In the end, he found several hundred Gold Coins, a Shark Tooth Broadsword, and a half-burnt portrait on the Great Knight. When he saw the half-face on the portrait, Levi immediately remembered where he had seen it before.

"I obtained the ' Spirit Driving Handbook ' from the middle-aged nobleman I killed before. That person was connected to the Black Mountain Duke, and the Black Mountain Duke was sending this Great Knight to find that person."

"Could it be that the Black Mountain Duke is also searching for clues about the wizard? Does he also know the secrets of the four extraordinary families?" Levi pondered.

"Heh, anyway, the inheritance is mine now. This time, I snatched it away, that old dog Black Mountain must be furious." What's most infuriating is that Black Mountain Duke has no idea who snatched it away.

In the end, Levi gained nothing from the Great Knight except for the Gold Coins and the Shark Tooth Broadsword.

"This is a piece of junk sword. The only decent thing is the material. It has some Mithril added. I'll go back and reforge it. Let this big guy continue to use it."

The big guy died, and Levi didn't even know his name.

It doesn't matter what he was called before; from now on, Levi will call him "Demon Shark".

"What I'm really looking forward to is what's next."

"The Hell Seal!"

Levi took out the Undead Core.

The Hell Seal requires a ready-made corpse to cast.

In other words, they were similar to "corpse drivers".

"A corpse at the level of a Great Knight, after being resurrected through the Hell Seal, should at least have the combat strength of a Peak Knight," Levi thought to himself.

The Hell Seal spell requires some other materials.

After hiding the Great Knight's body, Levi returned to Icewind City.

Silver Mountain Castle.

The handsome Earl Silver Mountain, dressed in brand-new armor, looked at himself in the mirror.

"Perfect." Earl Silver Mountain muttered to himself.

I don't know if it's a compliment to the armor or a compliment to himself.

Shortly after, his men came in.

"My lord, an invitation has been sent to Terra Master, and we are to meet at the Shining Tavern in three days."

"Alright, you may leave." Earl Silver Mountain gazed at the mirror in deep thought, recalling the Frost Heart that had appeared at the auction.

He was a renowned nobleman and Great Knight in this kingdom.

He sees and knows more than the average person.

The world has changed since the turn of the Millennium.

The Church's shift from being unwilling to acknowledge the existence of Evil Spirit before the Millennium to beginning to do so is a fascinating change in attitude.

Across the country, incidents of Evil Spirit attacks are on the rise year by year. Of course, the number of people killed by Evil Spirit attacks is still a fraction of the number of natural and man-made disasters such as war and famine.

However, this is not a good sign.

If we say that Evil Spirit attacks are still a low-probability event.

The frequent Snow Wraith invasions in the Eternal Night Kingdom were almost a harbinger of the coming Dark Ages.

Although Snow Wraith are not as terrifying as Evil Spirit and are physical beings that can be killed by ordinary people, their numbers are increasing day by day.

Based on the information currently available to Earl Silver Mountain, the Snow Wraith seem to be a mutation of some residents of the Eternal Night Kingdom.

No one knows when this cataclysmic event began, and at first no one paid much attention to it, until winter arrived and the Snow Wraith had become rampant.

The entire Eternal Night Kingdom is in a state of chaos due to these incomprehensible undead creatures. The Ice Queen has repeatedly appealed to the neighboring Emerald King and the Emperor of the Tuva Empire for assistance.

Unfortunately, the Emerald Kingdom was old and cowardly. He sat on the decaying Bone King and refused the Ice Queen's request, wanting to focus his limited energy on the power struggles with the nobles below.

Meanwhile, the Tuva Empire, which borders Tuva, remains embroiled in civil war since the rebellion that erupted at the end of last year. The Empire's Fist has disappeared, and although the rebels have temporarily occupied the Holy City, the fervent followers of the Empire's Fist are still putting up a fierce fight. The two forces have expanded the war from the Holy City to the entire country, resulting in a protracted and intense conflict.

Therefore, no one offered the Ice Queen any help.

However, Earl Silver Mountain, who had witnessed the Snow Wraith's terror firsthand, knew that if the three countries near the Far North did not unite now to eliminate the Snow Wraith in its infancy, this Calamity would spread from the Eternal Night Kingdom to the Emerald Kingdom, the Tuva Empire, and possibly even to the entire Seven Kingdoms in the future! The kingdom territory closest to the Far North was the Black Mountain Province, and the Icewind Territory located in the Black Mountain Province would be the first to be threatened.

"Something must be done. This corrupt kingdom is too big to be turned around, like Thousand Legs with its own independent thoughts in each leg."

Regardless of whether the kingdom takes any action, as a great nobleman in the north, he must consider the sake of his millions of subjects and the continuation of the Silver Mountain Family. He knows that the Black Mountain Duke thinks the same way.

Earl Silver Mountain has now amassed a considerable amount of Mithril.

He needs a true master craftsman, someone like Terra Master, to arm him with an army fully equipped with the finest Mithril armor and Mithril.

"Who would have thought that such a small amount of Mithril would be the key to fighting against undead creatures like Snow Wraith?"

Earl Silver Mountain muttered to himself, waiting for his meeting with the master three days later.

Within Icewind City, Levi quickly collected other materials for casting the Hell Seal from the Emerald Merchant Guild and the Shining Tavern.

After confirming that no one was following him, he quickly returned to the small island in Tianchi Lake.

Harris followed Levi, circling and soaring high in the sky, keeping watch for him.

On the island, the carcass of the Demon Shark was already cold.

However, the temperature is still relatively cool, so it won't rot that quickly.

In particular, Demon Shark himself is a Great Knight with an extremely powerful physical body.

"Preservatives, mercury..."

Levi checked the materials one by one.

Before casting the Hell Seal, the corpse needs to be embalmed, then infused with mercury, and wrapped up in a manner similar to mummification.

Half a day later, it was almost done.

Levi took out the Undead Core.

A deep blue mist drifted out, creating a beautiful scene.

This blue flame is like the Soul Fire in the eye sockets of undead skeletons in some games.

Levi had already memorized the hand seals for the Hell Seal.

He quickly finished forming the hand seals.

At the same time, he was muttering incantations in the syllables that the Constantine Family used to communicate with Hell. Translated into the language of this world, it roughly meant. "Lonely souls of Hell, may you be given a new life."

Boom! A force emanated from the darkness.

The Undead Core slowly rotated, emitting a dazzling blue light, before drilling into the Demon Shark's head, which was already disfigured from burns.

Levi held the Casting Material for the Guardian Seal and the Flame Stream Seal in his hand, ready to deal with any unexpected situation.

After a few breaths, a ghostly blue flame suddenly emerged from the eye sockets of the Demon Shark's head, and streams of frost covered the Demon Shark's face, emanating a chilling aura.

A moment later, the eerie blue flame began to shrink, eventually becoming the size of a mung bean, resembling a blue eye, sparkling brightly.

Not long after, the already stiff body of the Demon Shark began to tremble, and eventually the Demon Shark's corpse stood up straight in an eerie way, just like a zombie in a movie.

Levi was startled. He brandished the Flame Stream Seal on his right hand and the Flame Seal on his left, while Black Qi covered his upper body.

However, the Demon Shark's corpse did not move after it stood up.

Levi continued to perform the hand seals according to the Hell Seal. At the same time, the Demon Shark's corpse began to walk, from being stiff at the beginning to becoming more and more fluid, until it was almost indistinguishable from a real person.

"This is far more impressive than corpse-driving," Levi thought to himself in admiration.

Then, he ordered the Demon Shark to attack a tree.

The Demon Shark charged forward like a locomotive, even picking up the serrated broadsword from the ground! Rumble! Black Qi coiled around the Demon Shark's arm and finally appeared on the serrated broadsword.

Click,

The giant tree, as thick as a water bucket, was easily felled by the Demon Shark.

"Wow, they can even use Black Qi."

"That's pretty impressive."

Levi was shocked.

Try to get the Demon Shark to perform more combat moves.

After playing like this for about ten minutes...

Levi had almost completely mastered how to control the Demon Shark.

He discovered that the Demon Shark's fighting ability was indeed much weaker than when it was alive.

However, he is still much stronger than Peak Knight, and can barely be considered a Great Knight in terms of combat strength.

Levi used himself as an experiment and discovered that the Demon Shark was actually getting back and forth with him more and more. If he didn't use his ultimate trump cards, the Demon Shark was still very strong.

"Very good, my combat power has increased again, although it is due to external forces."

Levi was very excited. With the help of the Demon Shark, his strength had reached a new level. Although the Demon Shark was only half Great Knight, he was definitely a loyal puppet.

For Levi Wei, this was far more useful than a Great Knight's subordinate.

After all, the Great Knight's subordinates might betray him.

But the Demon Shark won't!

After finishing all that, he looked at his Proficiency Panel.

Sure enough, a new skill appeared.

Levi ————

Hell Seal: First Order (5/1000)

"Hehe, the third Rune Seal has finally appeared on the Proficiency Panel. No, I only cast the spell once, how did my skill proficiency increase so much?"

Based on Levi's research on the Flame Stream Seal and the Guardian Seal, each spell cast increases proficiency by 1 point, without fail. This is completely different from practicing Breathing Technique.

Until Levi saw the lines of prompts below the Proficiency Panel:

[Hell Seal Proficiency +1][Hell Seal Proficiency +1][Hell Seal Proficiency +1]...

Suddenly, Levi understood something.

He only needs to continuously use his handprints to control the "Demon Shark" to engage in a battle that lasts long enough.

The proficiency level of the Hell Seal will increase by 1 point.

"Then this skill can be leveled up quickly."

"However, the energy stored in each Undead Core is limited. Each time the Demon Shark fights, it needs to consume a considerable amount of energy from the Undead Core, so there are still limits."

Levi made the Demon Shark stop, and then he made a closing hand gesture.

The Undead Core from the Demon Shark's eye socket reappeared in Levi's hand.

Levi glanced at it and saw that one-twentieth of the Undead Core's energy had already been used.

"So, if I use up all the energy from one Undead Core, it will only increase the Hell Seal's proficiency by 100. I need 10 Undead Core to advance to the Second Order? Where the hell am I supposed to find so many Undead Core? Am I supposed to go to the Far North to kill Snow Wraith myself?"

Levi dared not play around anymore.

"Perhaps the quality of this Undead Core is too low."

According to the Manual, the stronger the undead, the higher the quality of the Undead Core that are born.

Levi then injected the Undead Core into the Demon Shark's body.

This time, he didn't let the Demon Shark use its Black Qi to fight; he simply had it follow him around.

Levi's research found that if it's not fighting, but just ordinary motivation.

The Demon Shark consumed very little energy from the Undead Core.

At this rate of consumption, it would consume about one percent of the energy per day.

"Got it. The Undead Core is the battery, walking is like being on standby, and fighting is like playing a battery-consuming game."

Levi gradually came to understand the principles behind this Undead Core.

This put his mind at ease. He had previously worried that the Demon Shark would expend a lot of energy to walk, which would make the Hell Seal rather useless.

He can't exactly build a huge coffin, put the Demon Shark inside, and carry it around every day.

Levi then used the materials he had prepared beforehand to give Demon Shark a makeover, while also covering up the stench of death emanating from Demon Shark. He then had Demon Shark put on his own armor, wear an iron helmet, carry a serrated greatsword, and follow him back to Icewind City under the cover of night.

The next day, Levi found a place and reforged the highly distinctive serrated broadsword into a normal greatsword.

He also personally tailored a full suit of armor for the Demon Shark.

The Demon Shark's entire body was concealed by armor, along with an impenetrable iron helmet, making it difficult for others to notice anything unusual about him.

Although there was still a slight odor, it was normal for the nobles and Knight in this world to have a bad smell, as many of them were not very hygienic.