Lich Doge

It was said that the first spell every necromancer learned was to summon a Skeleton Soldier—or rather, a Skeleton Warrior! It could fight a Basic Warrior to a standstill for several minutes, and then... then it would be dismantled and sent back to the Undead Realm, where it would slowly recover into a small Skeleton Warrior.

What Dean wanted was not a Skeleton Soldier, but a... Goblin Lich! How could an undead Goblin capable of using magic be made into a Skeleton Warrior? What a disgraceful waste. Only by making it into a Lich could its value be preserved.

However, reincarnating a dead young Goblin into a Lich was still somewhat difficult. Fortunately, the young Goblin had not been dead for very long—at least, it had been less than ten minutes. The conditions could not have been more perfect.

While drawing the magic array, Dean also made some adjustments to the young Goblin's body. For example, he sprinkled it with potions that temporarily enhanced its magical power. All he needed to do was strengthen the body's magic power and elemental affinity as much as possible during reincarnation. Even if the effects were only temporary, that would be enough.

The attributes after reincarnation would be linked to the body's condition at the moment of reincarnation. In other words, these potions that temporarily increased its attributes would effectively become permanent increases—and grow more powerful as its level rose.

All of this was basic knowledge. Dean naturally... knew it all from the Infinite Eye. There was no helping it. Who would have thought that after living this long—sixteen years—this was his first time coming into contact with necromancy? Who knew what supposedly common knowledge actually was?

"Basic Binding Spell!" Two bindings in succession were cast on the Goblin statue and the Goblin Scepter respectively, and they actually worked!

Dean looked at the two objects with some satisfaction. In truth, he had not had much hope just now. If the binding failed, he would simply think of another way—perhaps sealing the statue in mud or something to control the resistance of the two objects.

In fact, Basic Binding Magic could only work on living beings. As for whether the scepter and statue counted as living beings, that was difficult to say. They possessed consciousness, but their bodies were ultimately lifeless objects. It was something that had to be tested!

Dean drew out a line of blood that reached the statue's feet, then drew a small array. This was a Sacrificial Sub-Array, and anything within this small array would be sacrificed to the Undead Plane.

The next step was to communicate with the Undead Realm. The specific method was to activate his own undead attribute, thereby establishing contact with the Undead Realm.

This was the first time Dean had activated his undead attribute, and he was somewhat wary of the unknown. Before long, Dean sensed an aura of death. This was a world that was not truly alive in any meaningful sense.

However, Dean could feel that the undead element here was extremely dense, almost to the point of solidifying. With such an excellent environment, the undead creatures living here must surely be powerful. That way, he would not have to worry about his summoned Lich remaining stuck at the useless first level.

Dean began chanting an incantation, seemingly in the language of the Undead Realm. Before long, gray mist rose from the magic array on the ground and enveloped the young Goblin. It covered not only the young Goblin, but also the sacrificed statue and the helplessly resisting scepter. Then all of them sank down into the magic array!

"Eh? What did you do? Did you bury all these things underground? How can we leave them intact? Hurry up and dig them out. Find a way to smash them!" Kana said, baffled. Since there was no other way, they could only smash them by force!

"Don't worry. These things aren't here anymore. Let's leave first. I'll show you my results later!" Dean felt that he had not made any mistakes, and it was already getting late.

It was almost noon, which meant the Shaman Giant was about to leave the Magic Beast Forest and attack Blue Town! As adventurers from Blue Town, they naturally wanted to hurry back and help!

The three of them did not object. Since Dean said it was solved, they should trust him. There was nothing to doubt.

Dean now seemed to have grasped a hint of the Troll Meditation Method. He could feel that even when he was not meditating, his magical power was slowly increasing on its own. The only problem was that it did not increase very quickly—about five points of magic power per hour.

The four of them left without disturbing a single Goblin in the tribe. The road trampled out by the Shaman Giant was also extremely obvious and much easier to travel. With a good road beneath their feet, the four of them naturally moved much faster.

However, while they were hurrying back, a small prompt appeared in Dean's mind. It was a tiny shadow, precisely a small projection of the Goblin Scepter. This was the medium. Through this shadow, he could temporarily summon the young Goblin from the Undead Realm as an ally!

This meant that he had completed the Undead Summoning Spell—and it was the Lich version of the Undead Summoning Spell!

Dean stopped. Seeing this, Kana and the others also returned to his side. They thought something had happened to him. Why had he suddenly stopped walking? Or perhaps... had he been injured?

"Big Brother Dean, are you... all right?" Yanxi poked Dean's small face with her finger. At that moment, however, Dean had his eyes closed, replaying the Undead Summoning Spell in his mind from beginning to end.

Since he had succeeded, Dean naturally could not resist giving it a try.

"Step aside. I want to test my new magic!" Several minutes later, Dean spoke to the three of them, a hint of nervousness in his voice.

He did not know what quality his creation was, whether it had flaws or some other problem. Since it was his first creation, Dean naturally wanted it to be as perfect as possible.

A new magic spell? Again? Lamore found it strange. How had Dean learned another new spell—and right under their noses, no less? They had no idea when he had learned it. It was far too absurd! Still, setting his doubts aside, what interested Lamore even more now was the spell itself!

"Newborn undead Lich, your master calls to you from a distant world. Answer my summons, Lich Doge!" These words were the summoning incantation—the summons Dean used to call the Lich.

A small gray magic array appeared before Dean. It was only one meter in diameter, and within it, a figure slowly rose up.

The young Goblin—it was the same young Goblin from before. Kana and the others watched it in surprise. However, Dean's words about its master had just now let them know that the young Goblin was harmless!

"Perfect!" Dean had only summoned the young Goblin, yet Doge the young Goblin's complete condition had already appeared in his mind. This was a perfect goblin Lich. Its magical aptitude had reached the level of an ordinary human, and was even slightly higher.

As for why, Dean had also received a small gift from the Undead Realm. The Undead Realm had strengthened Lich Doge and forged it into its current perfect form. It had not a single flaw. Its magical aptitude was even stronger than it had been at the peak of the young Goblin's life—all of this came from the Undead Realm's gift.

It was all because Dean had sacrificed a Totem Spirit: the statue that the Goblin Tribe had worshiped for a long time. It had already become a Totem Spirit, and moreover, it possessed newly born Totem Power. Its effect was even greater than that of fully formed Totem Power.

(The End of the Chapter)