Murlocs in the Rain

Another week or so passed in the blink of an eye.

That day, Medivh crossed the spiritual power threshold and became an intermediate Mage Apprentice.

Ordinary intermediate Mage Apprentices were still studying at the academy and had mastered several spells.

Medivh was a Necromancer Apprentice, so he did not receive such treatment.

After learning the Mental Meditation Technique and Bone Resurrection, he had been driven out of the Magic Academy.

He had nowhere to learn new spells and could only cast the time-enhanced Bone Resurrection again and again.

The place Medivh had chosen to settle was extremely remote and barren, with nothing worth plundering.

Over the past half month, aside from the occasional beast coming to forage at night, there had been no other enemies.

Skeletons did not need rest. Before those beasts could get close to the Brick Cottage, the Skeleton Hunters dealt with them.

After his spiritual power increased, Medivh refined bone components more smoothly, and his efficiency improved considerably.

Medivh had not slacked off during this time. Two Bone Farmers, four Green Bone Farmers, and two Green Bone Warriors had appeared near the Brick Cottage.

As his spiritual power grew and the bone components piled up in the warehouse increased, Medivh's speed in creating Time Skeletons improved considerably.

"Rumble!"

A clap of thunder brought dark clouds, and the rainy season arrived in the Odyssey Region.

Days of rain turned the ground muddy, and the Odyssey Region entered a rare period of peace.

In such torrential weather, neither the Thug Gang nor the Alien Tribes liked going out to hunt.

The rainy season did not affect Medivh. The Brick Warehouse contained a massive stockpile of bones, enough to last until the rains ended.

After more than two months of digging, the bones in the shallow underground layers of these ruins had all been excavated.

His spiritual power was insufficient to probe the deeper areas, so he could not mark their locations and had not excavated them.

After the underground bones were dug up, the skeletons did not sit idle. They made brick blanks and fired bricks in the warehouse by the brick kiln.

Several more Brick Warehouses appeared among the ruins, making the place far less desolate than when he had first arrived.

Inside the hall of the Brick Cottage, Medivh sat amid a pile of bones, intently refining bone components.

Audrey propped her chin on her hands and lay across the table, watching Medivh.

She was not wearing the armored outfit she wore when going out, but a dress purchased from the Winter Fortress marketplace.

The plain dress could not conceal her temperament, much less her alluring figure when she moved.

She did not mind displaying her figure before Medivh. There were only the two of them here. She could not defeat him, and if Medivh had any improper intentions, she would not be able to stop him.

At this point, if Medivh truly wanted to do something, she would not mind.

Unfortunately, Medivh's mind was filled with skeletons. He was completely unmoved by the beautiful sight before him.

"Enemies are here."

Medivh suddenly raised his head and looked outside. He sensed a skeleton fighting something.

Audrey followed him beneath the eaves to look, then saw who the enemies were.

They were a group of Murlocs with fins on their backs. In such heavy rain, only Murlocs enjoyed roaming around to plunder.

"Do they need support?"

Audrey looked up and asked. Medivh shook his head slightly.

There were only a little over thirty Murlocs, and he had not detected any first-rank Murlocs. The skeletons could handle them.

Before long, the group of Murlocs was wiped out.

"We need to be careful."

As the Skeleton Farmers carried away the Murloc corpses, Audrey frowned and reminded Medivh.

Murloc blood had a distinctive fishy smell. Once the wind carried it away, other Murlocs could smell it from far away.

Killing this group of Murlocs might have stirred up a hornet's nest and drawn in wave after wave of Murlocs seeking revenge.

"I know."

Medivh understood the traits of Murlocs. The moment he saw them, he knew trouble had come to his door.

The Murlocs had already reached his doorstep. He could not avoid fighting them, but fighting them would draw their hatred.

After killing one batch, several more would be attracted. Unless the rainy season ended or he thoroughly frightened the Murlocs, they would not stop.

Panic would not help solve the problem in the slightest. Medivh calmly walked into the neighboring warehouse and selected a set of Green Bone Warrior components that were over two hundred and fifty years old from the display rack.

The older the components, the harder they were to resurrect. When he had still been a low-level Mage Apprentice, he had experimented with them and failed to resurrect Green Bone components more than two hundred years old.

Now that he was an intermediate Mage Apprentice, his spiritual power and mana were stronger. Perhaps he could succeed this time.

This resurrection was just as difficult as when he had first resurrected a Green Bone Warrior. Beads of sweat slid down his forehead.

Fortunately, it was within his capabilities. Just as his mana was about to run dry, the bones in the magic circle finished assembling and rose to their feet.

Its color was deeper and its skeletal body sturdier than the Green Bone Warriors resurrected from bones over a hundred years old.

It was closer to the boundary between an Apprentice Knight and a Knight, though it was not a first-rank transcendental creation.

"They're here!"

Before Medivh had recovered much mana, the Murlocs came again.

There was no room for luck. Other Murlocs had been drawn over by the bloody scent of their kin.

This time, the Murloc force was larger, but Medivh did not make a move.

He needed to conserve his strength for any Transcendental Murlocs that might be drawn here.

The skeletons were enough to deal with Murlocs below the transcendental level.

Led by five Green Bone Warriors, the skeletons took a little time but slaughtered all the invading Murlocs.

The bloody scent in the air grew thicker. This was not the end. Barring any surprises, more Murlocs would be drawn over by the smell of blood.

The Murloc attacks came faster and faster. Not long after the second wave died, the third wave charged in.

Before the third wave had been completely killed, the fourth and fifth waves rushed in from different directions.

Medivh did not go reinforce the Brick Warehouse. He was staring at the sixth wave of Murlocs through the curtain of rain.

That group was not large, but it posed an enormous threat. He sensed two Transcendental Murlocs.

The Transcendental Murlocs had sharp senses and charged straight toward the Brick Cottage.

Only the transcendental could defeat the transcendental. Sword in hand, Medivh stepped forward to face two enemies alone.

Audrey and the newly resurrected Green Bone Warrior met the powerful Murlocs below the transcendental level.

This was Medivh's first battle against transcendental opponents. Facing two alone, even winning would be difficult, let alone winning quickly.

His daily sword practice proved useful. Though facing two alone, he did not fall into an obvious disadvantage. He could fight.

Audrey and the Green Bone Warrior gave it their all, denying the other Murlocs any chance to attack Medivh.

At the Brick Warehouse, the Green Bone Warriors were trying to break through and reinforce their master.

The Green Bone Warriors were quite capable of charging through. They feared neither injury nor pain and forced their way out through the attacks.

The remaining Green Bone Skeletons and White Bone Skeletons held the Murlocs back over there.

With the Green Bone Warriors' support, the situation improved considerably.

Unfortunately, the good times did not last. Another batch of Murlocs was drawn over and joined the battle at the cries of the Transcendental Murlocs.

If this continued, defeat was inevitable. Medivh considered a way to break the enemy while fighting.

"Clang!"

A blade struck Green Bone with a sharp ring, embedding itself in the Green Bone Warrior's thick Bone Armor.

Seizing the opportunity, Medivh swung upward and carved a huge wound across the chest of the Transcendental Murloc before him.

When he spun to attack the other Transcendental Murloc, it had already had time to react, abandoning its blade and retreating beyond his range.