Chapter 350
Chapter 350: The excited dark dragon
Han Shuo, who’d just returned from the necromancer’s dimension, spent the next couple of days recovering. After he was fully rested, he went to the dark forest and caught a few magic beasts, continuing to practice the “Trembling Soul” magic.
After a few days of practice, Han Shuo was finally able to manipulate his mental strength at will. When a “Trembling Soul” spell was fired, a wild beast would simply fall down, blood flowing from its nose and mouth.
When Han Shuo could control “Trembling Soul” as he would, he began studying spells that higher ranked necromancers should be proficient in.
The most important matters were the summoning spells for bone demons, old fey zombies and mummy lords. As necromancers progressed, not only would the level of their summoned creatures grow higher, but they would also be able to summon other kinds of creatures. Necromancy archmages like Han Shuo should be able to call forth bone demons, old fey zombies, and mummy lords.
In reality, apart from a few differences in the incantations, there weren’t many differences between summoning the three. Even though their soul brands were different, the strength required to summon any one of them were roughly the same. As long as Han Shuo mastered summoning bone demons, he would then be able to summon the other two undead creatures just by slightly modifying the incantation.
Although, just like the “Trembling Soul” spell, the farther a necromancer progressed, the harder the advanced spells would become to master. Han Shuo’s understanding of necromancy magic from the deceased archmage Clayton was now useless.
Starting from this realm, Han Shuo would have to carefully study necromancy magic by himself. Luckily, the Cemetery of Death had many books that Han Shuo could peruse. The number of references concerning the essence of necromancy were too many to count.
As the three evil knights and twelve mystical demons were still being refined, Han Shuo used this time to study more advanced necromancy magic.
The days flew by. One day, Han Shuo suddenly sensed a familiar presence outside the Cemetery of Death whilst chanting his incantations.
Gilbert stopped his nonsense this time, animatedly nodding his head and speaking to Han Shuo, “Master, I need to transform to my original form, which might be inconvenient in the Cemetery of Death. I’ll just proceed outside.”
“Go, but you need to be careful. Don’t mess up the formation I set up.” Han Shuo frantically reminded him as Gilbert rushed excitedly for the entrance of the Cemetery of Death, the green dragon’s magical core in hand.
“Be at ease, Master. I know what I should be doing!” Gilbert replied, greatly avoiding the two large formations Han Shuo had set up. He only swallowed the green dragon’s magical core after reaching another area.
It looked like Gilbert would be able to become a level two super magical beast in the near future, Han Shuo mused. He decided to continue studying necromancy and practice incantations in the Cemetery of Death.
A few days passed when Han Shuo suddenly thought of the dwarves in the valley. Thinking of the dwarves’ skills in forging weapons and remembering his promise to Ancient Lizard King Dagassi, he departed the Cemetery of Death, travelling to the valley where the dwarves resided.
Winter had passed, and the dwarves’ valley was filled with the fresh smell of flora. The dwarves guarding the valley all recognized Han Shuo. Han Shuo smoothly entered the dwarf village, seeing a few dwarves brewing fruit wine. When the dwarves that were brewing wine saw Han Shuo appear, all of them cheered endlessly, regardless of adults or children.
Encouraged by a woman, a dwarf child less than a meter tall walked towards Han Shuo with a glass filled with fruity smelling wine. “Uncle Han, this is for you, it’s very delicious.” This dwarf child stood on his tiptoes, handing over the glass filled with wine to Han Shuo.
Kneeling down, Han Shuo rubbed the little dwarf child’s head and received the glass with a smile. “Thank you!”
The dwarf child’s smiling face blushed, as he shyly ran to his mother’s side and said, “Uncle Han thanked me.”
The honest dwarves, no matter young or old, all roared with laughter. The village was filled with a cheerful atmosphere. It looked like the dwarves had been living pretty well during this period of time.
When Bennett who had heard the news and saw that Han Shuo had arrived, he shouted from afar, “Yo, Han. It’s been a long time since you’ve came!” He’d been forging weapons just now and was naked from the waist up. His face was covered in soot and he was holding a large mallet in his left hand.
“Hehe. I’ve been a bit busy recently. Have you all been well recently?” Han Shuo asked smilingly.
“Of course, spring has arrived. We haven’t even finished the food you provided us for the winter. There’s still a lot of bacon. We’ve mined some ore and I was just instructing the youngsters in the dwarf weapon forging skills. Life is much better than it was previously.” Bennett chuckled as he replied, looking visibly refreshed.
“Where’s the village chief? I’ve come to discuss a large deal with you all.”
“Han, the gates to the dwarf village are forever open for you. To forge weapons for you is an honor for the dwarves and doesn’t count as business.” Chief Calvin leaned on a cane as he stroked his braided beard with a beaming smile, walking out from a distant stone house.
Calvin looked visibly older, and his body was getting weaker. When one reached a specific age, struggles with walking were inevitable. Calvin’s beard was fully silver now and he had to rely on a cane. It looked like he similarly couldn’t resist the effects of aging.
However, Calvin was in high spirits, and his chuckling look made him seem full of benevolence. When two young dwarves saw Calvin appearing, they took the initiative to go up and support the chief. Bennett asked, “Elder, why have you come out?”
“Han is here, of course I have to come visit. Bennett, I’m not as old as you think, don’t you see I walked over on my own? Heh!” Calvin laughed and bowed towards Han Shuo. “The dwarves in this village will forever thank you for your favor. There’s no business between friends. We will forge all the weapons you need, this is our attitude towards friends.”
When he’d come over this time, Han Shuo had primarily wanted the dwarves to help forge some weapons for the lizardmen in the underground world. Han Shuo promised Ancient Lizard King Dagassi to help look after the lizardmen. Although the lizardmen had obtained some weapons from the corpses of the Redbud Knights, those weapons were far from enough for their use.
In addition, lizardmen were built differently than normal humans. Han Shuo wanted to ask the dwarves to forge them some weapons tailored for their use. Of course, Brettel City’s city guards also needed the dwarven-forged weapons. This was because the weapons forged by the dwarves were much more outstanding than normal weapons.
Calvin listened carefully to Han Shuo’s descriptions. When Han Shuo finished, Calvin smiled as he said, “Don’t worry. The children are coincidentally very free recently. We still have enough food currently and don’t need to hunt. I will make arrangements for them to forge the weapons you need.”
“Many thanks, Elder!” Han Shuo sincerely expressed his gratitude.
“Haha, there’s no need for such polite words between friends. It’s rare for you to have come, do try out our freshly brewed fruit wine.” Calvin proudly said, pulling Han Shuo towards the women brewing wine.