"Itai, I think you should learn the book Concealnt of Death here. We don't know what it will be like outside, and I can't just march out there with an entire army of skeletons. That would draw too much attention, and soone strong might notice us and destroy us," Flain rnsidered.
"I agree, good idea. But before that, we need to summon the king," Itai said.
He aid his right hand—now adorned with the majestic gauntlet—at Zehren. Zehren's bones began to tremble, surrounded by black flas, but after a mont, the process halted.
"I guess even with the gauntlet, this will take a while," Itai said.
It took him 20 attempts to summon Zehren, which was a massive improventmpared to when he didn't have the gauntlet—back then, heuldn't summon him at all.
On the final attempt, Zehren's bones arranged themselves into the proper formation. He stood still, and suddenly, his bones began to thicken, his body growing so dense that he no longer looked like just a skeleton. He had b a Bone Guardian.
"He evolved into a Bone Guardian, so he's at Stage 2 now."
"Can you speak?" Itai asked, to which Zehren shook his head.
"At least you can perceive and understand . The other skeletons don't even have awareness; they just followmmands like without a soul," Itai muttered.
Flain then tossed him the greatsword he had taken from the bandits. "I'm keeping your old sword. Here, take this one," he said.
"If he has awareness, then theoretically, heuldmmand the other skeletons," Flain noted.
"Can you lead my skeletons?" Itai asked. Zehren nodded.
"Alright, then you'll be a general. But you still need a na," Itai murmured.
'His na was Zehren,' Aran inford Flain in his mind.
"Aran says his na was Zehren," Flain said.
"Very well, your na is Zehren," Itai declared.
After that, Itai pulled out the book and started studying. anwhile, sothing had been bothering Flain since hisnversation with Nexosaron, and now he decided to ask the system about it.
'Stage 1 skills are ant for Stage 1 beings. So does that an my Fire Ball and Swiftlash aren't worth using?' Flain asked.
[Tip: When any of your skills reach Level 10 and do not have a maximum stage, they can evolve—sothing beings without a system cannot do. Stage 1 skills can still be used against Stage 2 beings because the difference between skills that are only one stage apart isn't that big. However, when the gap reaches two stages, such as between Stage 1 and Stage 3, the difference bs much more significant. Beings without a system cannot accurately determine a skill's stage.]
After reading that, Flain was satisfied—this was acceptable.
Then, another rather important and fundantal question crossed Flain's mind.
Flain asked the question. 'How does one advance to the next stage? Nexosaron ntioned that when I move to the next stage, I will also evolve. Do I reach a higher stage through evolution or through power? What happens if I have enough power for the next stage but lack the required Evolution Shards?'
[Tip: Normal beings advance to the next stage through power, but you do so through evolution. If you do not have the required amount for evolution and have reached the maximum power for your current stage, leveling will b inaccessible until you acquire the necessary amount for evolution.]
Flain didn't like this very much, but there was nothing heuld do about it.
He decided to test whether heuld now use Zehren's black sword in a dual-wielding style. It still wasn't optimal, but it was already better than his current swordsmbined, as they looked like they were about to fall apart. Flain discarded one of his swords, tossing it to one of Itai's skeletons, and replaced it with the black sword.
Days passed as Flain and Aranntinued hunting in the dungeon while Itai studied the spell.
Itai mastered it in six days, and in that ti, Flain had accumulated 52,500 EXP, 5 Evolution Shards, and 4 Evolution Dusks.
Before leaving, Flain leveled up since he had enough EXP.
[Level 29 -> Level 30]
[Strength increased by 1, agility increased by 1, vitality increased by 1, intelligence increased by 1]
[You have gained 1 bonus point]
Flain allocated the bonus point to vitality.
[Vitality increased by 1]
"Let's get out of here," Itai said excitedly.
"But before that, let's test *Concealnt of Death*. Learning it gave quite a headache, so I hope it actually works," Itai muttered.
He extended his hand, releasing a black pressure wave that swept beneath every one of his undead.
Flain lostntrol over his body and instinctively began digging into the ground, just like all the undead. Within five snds, they had all buried themselves, leaving only Itai standing.
Itai held his head, realizing he still didn't have fullntrol over the spell and had accidentallyncealed Flain as well. He cast another pressure wave, but this ti much weaker.
From the ground, a hand clad in an iron gauntlet erged, followed by another, and then an entire armored undead figure with a damaged green cloakvering its skull.
"Sorry, Flain, I didn't an to. I guess I still don't have fullntrol over it," Itai said apologetically.
"Hmh, that was a strange feeling... When I was underground, I lostnsciousness," Flain muttered.
"Well, that doesn't matter. Let's just get out of here," Flain said.
Itai summoned three skeletons to carry three full bags of goods for sale, and the five of them set off toward the exit.
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Lucas approached the generals, who were arm-wrestling while smoking.
"General, we're out of water supplies. Can I go fetch more?" Lucas asked.
"Go ahead. There should be so not far from here, a supply shipnt. But you probably already know that," one of the generals replied.
A short while after Lucas left, a soldier approached the general. "Generals, the detector is showing five red dots.There are also so strange loud noises."
The generals shifted their attention away from their match...
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