The Dead Return

The earlier fighting had been fierce, and both sides had done plenty of damage to the Five Fangs.

"Are there any other cannons we can use?" Su Ming asked.

"There are five more on the second level, but we need to bring the Five Fangs to the surface, and loading them takes a lot of hands!" She checked her condition, looking somewhat dejected. Suddenly, her eyes lit up. "Lord Su Ming, you're a necromancer, right?"

"Yes."

"Then you can summon zombies!" Beianqi said excitedly. "Everyone aboard was killed!" she said, stressing every word. "Lord Su Ming, please use their bodies!"

Su Ming clenched his fists. He had known this day would come, when he would have to turn other people's corpses into undead.

"All right," Su Ming agreed without hesitation.

He took a deep breath and stepped back, using a necromancer's power for the first time. His senses spread like ripples, and the corpses scattered all around appeared clearly in his sea of consciousness. Traces of lingering life intertwined with the silence of death, forming a stark contrast.

Zijin had taught him how to summon zombies. The scholar always prepared as far in advance as possible for situations they might encounter, especially when it came to fighting, which she took seriously to the point of stubbornness.

"Zombies are very stupid, so we need to hurry," Beianqi said beside him. "You'll have to take me around the ship. I'll tell you what to do, and you can control the zombies to do it. There's so much to do, I really don't know if we'll make it in time. Yexiya is too powerful!"

Runes had already appeared around Su Ming. He thought for a moment, then decided to speak.

"Miss Beianqi, there's another spell that can revive them with the memories and