Chapter 17: Siege II

A group of walking corpses blocked the retreat at the rear, and the wolves suddenly rioted.
There are only ten corpses, and behind them, there are still some corpses.
These corpses are no different from the walking corpses, the only difference is that there is no soul fire. Rhodes activated the corpse's soul fire by spiriting and turned them into walking corpses.
It's not that Rod doesn't want to activate all the walking fires of corpses, but that Rod has no mana.
Before activating the Soul Fire of the Walking Dead, Rod first replaced the title he wore with [Necromancer], and the level of Sorcery increased by one level, which is equivalent to an extra skill point added to Sorcery.
Relying on Intermediate Sorcery, Rhode consumes only 1 mana for each walking corpse when he evokes the walking corpse.
Originally, the creation of undead creatures by spiritism required a lot of mana. Most of these mana values ​​are used to transform corpses' flesh and turn them into undead races, and only a small part is used to activate soul fire.
But here, because there is enough death energy in the tomb, these corpses have nearly completed the transformation of the flesh, only need to activate the fire of the soul, and they can be transformed into walking corpses.
Rod guessed that this is why Ellott has so many undead creatures. With the death energy provided by this tomb, to help him complete most of the process of Sorcery, the only thing Ellot needs to do is to provide the corpse and activate the soul fire.
Of course, the transformation in the tomb takes some time. So when Rod woke up initially, he only saw the corpse that was nearly completed, and did not see the apprentice of the Necromancer.
The low-level undead creature's soul fire can't produce any special effects, and can only provide the instinct to kill the living. In addition, the effect brought by the mid-level spirits, Rhode was able to wake up a walking dead with only 1 mana.
Even so, after awakening ten walking corpses, Rod's mana is still exhausted.
If you don't let the corpse produce the soul fire without using spirits, even if the flesh reaches the standard of undead creatures under the nourishment of death energy, it will take a long time to produce the soul fire.
Among the riotous wolves, the wolf king quickly observed the surroundings, and after confirming some things, the wolf king's eyes returned to Rhodes. It sensed that the enemy in front of him was the controller of all this.
The wolf king made a howl, and the wolves suddenly stopped the commotion. As if to understand the meaning of the wolf king, the wolves looked at Rhodes one after another, and then rushed towards Rhodes.
The Wolf King wants to take advantage of this opportunity to kill Rod, as long as they can kill Rod, they still have a chance to escape from the tomb.
After seeing the movement of the wolves, Rhode gave instructions through the spiritual imprint. The skeleton warrior next to him stepped forward and lifted his shield to meet the wolves in front of him.
Rhode himself, standing behind the skeleton warrior with a sword, looking for a shot.
Rhode naturally would not choose to go forward and fight with the wolves. In the presence of undead creatures, it is still hard to fight, and it is no different from facing the wolf pack just outside the tomb.
According to Rod’s estimate, ten walking corpses could deal with the remaining wolves, not counting the wolf king. Rhode only needs to resist the wolves here and wait for the walking dead to arrive.
In the rear, the walking corpse was thrown off by the wolves due to the speed, and could only follow slowly behind, not knowing how long it would take to catch up.
Since the interior of the main tomb is not spacious, if the wolves want to attack Rod, they must solve the skeleton warrior in front.
Originally, the Skull Warriors all relied on instinct to fight, and in many cases the instinctive reactions gave flaws to the enemy. Now, with the control of Rhodes, coupled with its own powerful attributes, the strength of the Skull Warrior has been improved more than once, and the advantages of powerful attributes can finally be exerted.
Suddenly, the Skeleton Warrior in front blocked the attack of the wolves.
Under the control of Rhodes, the Skull Warrior always protects the shield in front of his body, focusing on defensive vital parts. The blade in his hand is only cut when the wolf pack bites the leg bone.
Skeleton Warriors are not afraid of pain or injury. It is difficult to kill skeleton warriors in a short time by the damage caused by wolf biting the leg bone.
In the face of Skull Warriors, although the wolves have an advantage in number, but because the tomb is not spacious, in order to leave room for dodge, at most only a few wolves can attack the Skull Warriors at the same time.
The remaining wolves can only be squeezed at the entrance of the tomb. Although they want to attack the enemies in front of them, there is no way for a while.
As the walking corpses approached, the wolf in the rear began to cause confusion. I wondered whether to continue to listen to the command of the wolf king or give priority to attacking the enemy in front of him.
Rod's attention is all about controlling the Skeleton Warriors. With the battle experience provided by Rhodes, the Skull Warrior seems to be another undefeated Rhodes, resisting the wolves in front.
Under the control of Rhodes, the ordinary wolf not only failed to threaten the skeleton warriors, but was cut and injured one after another.
Looking at the walking corpses behind the wolves, the wolf king also knew that he could no longer drag on. He wanted to quickly find a way to solve the enemy in front of him, so he began to condense his magical abilities.
Seeing the empty space after the skeleton warrior made his sword, the wolf king spit out a magic arrow and shot at the skeleton warrior ahead.
Skeleton Warriors don't have a lot of harm. Because the skull contains the fire of the Skull Warriors' soul, the only thing that can kill is the skull. Rhode kept the Skeleton Warrior holding a shield to protect his upper body, preventing the Wolf King's magic from hitting the cervical spine. The skeleton warrior can continue to fight for a while even if the rest of the parts are injured.
At the beginning, Rhode sent a skeleton warrior to block the coming wolf pack, but it didn't last long before he was killed, because the wolf king's magic hit its cervical vertebrae, which is why Rhode killed the skeleton warrior by beheading For a reason.
If not hit by magic, the skeleton warrior can block the wolves for a long time only by the wolves' bite.
The wolf king may also see this. When the iron shield of the skeleton warrior defended the cervical spine, this magic arrow did not shoot at the cervical spine of the skeleton warrior, but at its lower abdomen.
The Skeleton Warrior missed the trick and was hit by the magical arrow. If it was replaced by Rhode itself, there might be a chance to avoid it, but the Spirit Mark alone cannot make the Skull Warrior dodge in time.
Due to the characteristics of the skeleton creature, the magical arrow passed through the supposedly flesh and blood and directly hit the spine of the skeleton warrior.
With a bang, the skeleton warrior fell to the ground. The spine connects the entire lower body of the Skeleton Warrior. After being hit, it directly breaks, and the Skeleton Warrior loses his ability to move.
With only one spell, the wolf king hit the skeleton warrior.
Because the passage is slightly narrow, only one skeleton warrior can block the wolf pack outside the tomb. But at the same time, the Skeleton Warriors also blocked Rod, preventing Rhode from attacking the wolves with the Skull Warriors.
At this point, the Skeleton Warrior fell, leaving few health points. The other wolves saw the wolf king's magic hit the skeleton warrior, and immediately attacked the fallen skeleton warrior.
Just as a wolf was about to bite the neck of the Skeleton Warrior, a silver light flashed through, the wolf's head fell, blood was scattered, and the gray bones on the ground were red, and Rhode shot.