The Necromancer is amassing troops like crazy in the apocalypse - Chapter 356

Chapter 356: Chapter 295, No.1 Expert (One more chapter today, back to normal tomorrow.)_2

“Hmm!”

Waving goodbye, Wu Heng directly left Shanaela’s residence.

…

It was nearing midday by then.

Wu Heng passed by the Association and went straight to the Snake Badge Consortium opposite it.

After being led to the meeting room,

it wasn’t long before a middle-aged staff member entered.

“Guest!” The staff member bowed slightly.

Wu Heng asked directly, “Is there any progress with the undertaking?”

“Please wait a moment, guest. I’ll have someone check for you!” The middle-aged man went down to give instructions and returned with several coffins being carried in.

The middle-aged man said, “Guest, this time we have collected five corpses in total, including one 15th-level professional and four 10th-level professionals.”

Upon hearing about the 15th-level professional, Wu Heng’s eyes narrowed slightly.

He had a few skeleton soldiers of combat professions, but not a single one from the non-combat professions.

Wu Heng stood up and walked toward the coffins.

The coffin lids were opened by the staff, revealing a male corpse inside with six arms folded across the chest.

The middle-aged man also began to introduce, “Ernande, of the Bermola race, a 15th-level ‘Potionology’ Alchemist, 245 years old, died of old age.”

Indeed, he was from the Bermola race and also an Alchemist.

A few days ago, Wu Heng had just come into contact with this race whose most distinguishing features were their dark skin, thick eyebrows and lips, and most notably, their six arms.

Beyond that, their height and physique didn’t differ much from humans.

The corpse in the coffin was already shrunken and mummified, resembling a dried corpse.

All of these details were irrelevant.

A 15th-level Alchemist was precisely what Wu Heng needed.

Moreover, the more, the better, and the higher the level, the better.

After all, he had not yet made any breakthrough with his third-level corpse core.

Crack, crack, crack~!

One coffin after another was opened.

Wu Heng suppressed the joy in his heart and continued to look towards the back, as the middle-aged man provided introductions.

“Bradley, Human Race, an 11th-level Tannery Craftsman, 45 years old, died in a crime of passion!”

“Mijat, Dwarves, a 12th-level Goldsmith, 32 years old, died by drowning.”

“Konovalova, Short people, a 12th-level Blacksmith….”

“Feroz, Human Race, a 10th-level Blacksmith….”

The middle-aged man introduced them one by one, their names, races, professions, and levels.

Apart from the 15th-level corpse, the remaining four seemed to have died not long ago.

There were two blacksmiths among them, a leatherworker, and a goldsmith.

A goldsmith, who specializes in the carving of jewelry and small intricate objects, is also a profession that requires a high level of skill.

Wu Heng felt that this was all rather satisfactory, better than the previous gardeners and chefs.

“How much more do I need to pay?”

“Okay, how much more do I need to pay?” Wu Heng asked.

The middle-aged man said, “For the four third-level corpses, in total two thousand seven hundred silver coins, and for the fourth-level corpse, one thousand five hundred silver coins.”

Wu Heng nodded and directly paid the corresponding price.

Once the money was counted by the staff, it marked the completion of this undertaking.

Wu Heng closed the coffin lids and collected all the corpses, then continued, “Keep collecting corpses for me, in addition to these special professionals’ corpses, if you can find Flying Dragons, collect them too.”

“Very well, guest. I’ll write up a new undertaking for you.”

“Good!”

With the new undertaking signed, Wu Heng left the Consortium and headed towards his residence.

…

Upon returning to the residence,

Mini ran out of the room.

“Master, didn’t you go to Sister Shanaela’s place? Why are you only just coming back now?” Mini asked.

“I finished talking there a while ago and then went to the Association,” Wu Heng answered as he embraced her and walked inside.

“Oh.” Mini continued, “Master, is there anything particular you’d like to eat tonight?”

“Whatever you arrange is fine.”

After a brief exchange, Wu Heng went straight up to the fourth floor.

He opened the boundary door and headed to the Zombie World.

Stepping out of the inn, the dense army of Hollow Skeletons was still outside the door.

The zombie corpses that he hadn’t converted the night before were now piled into a mountain of corpses not far away on an open ground.

The strong smell of decay and blood wafted through the area.

Wu Heng approached and directly released [Corpse Battlefield].

Flesh flowed like hot wax down the mountain of bodies, as skeletons rose one by one from the heap.

They tumbled down with chattering noises and joined the ranks of the skeleton team to one side.

Once all the bodies had been transformed,

Wu Heng used the Grease Skill to set the shed rotting flesh on fire, then had the skeletons carry it to a spot of land for burial.

After dealing with the zombie matter,

Wu Heng took out the coffin he had acquired that day.

The lid was opened, revealing the corpse inside.

He cast the Bone Manipulation Skill on the level 15 alchemist’s corpse first.

After the unstable prompt appeared, the desiccated flesh on the body fell from the skeleton, and the six-armed skeleton slowly stood up.

The size and structure of the bones weren’t much different from that of a human.

Only the shoulder blades at the connection of the arms looked broader and sturdier.

After examining its appearance,

Wu Heng proceeded to check the skeleton’s attributes.

[Skeleton Alchemist (Level 15)]

[Attributes: Constitution 25, Strength 15, Agility 17, Intelligence 20, Perception 18, Charm 12]

[Traits: Hollow Skeleton, Intermediate Soul, Multi-Arm Coordination.]

[Expertise: Leather Armor Expertise (Proficient), Military Weapon Specialization (Proficient), Potionology (Expert), Toxinology (Expert).]

[Abilities: Alchemy Scholar, Formula Book, Advanced Potion Research, Material Substitution.]

[Multi-Arm Coordination]: This unit naturally possesses several arms, accustomed and coordinated in their movement.

[Potionology]: This unit is an expert in the alchemy study of ‘Potionology,’ focused on healing others and the development and alchemy of enhancement elixirs.

[Toxinology]: This unit is an expert in the alchemy study of ‘Toxinology,’ researching various poisons and venoms.

[Advanced Potion Research]: Capable of developing new types of elixirs as required.

[Material Substitution]: Not restricted to rigidly following formulas for elixir application, capable of flexibly using materials to alchemize a variety of elixirs.

Alchemists don’t need to engage in frontline combat.

Therefore, Wu Heng doesn’t hold high requirements for its attributes.

After a cursory glance, he focused his attention on its expertise.

Apart from [Potionology] reaching expert level, another expertise in [Toxinology] had emerged.

From the descriptions, it seemed that this alchemist was also proficient in making poisons.

When instructing it to make elixirs, he would need to be clear to not concoct something dangerous.

In terms of abilities, two new capabilities were added.

The first one, [Advanced Potion Research], allowed for the development of high-level elixirs on demand.

This was exactly what Wu Heng needed most at the moment.

To expedite the research process for the Third-level corpse core potion.

The second, [Material Substitution], was straightforward in its explanation. It meant that materials with the same medicinal effect could be freely utilized instead of sticking to the original formula.

This would save on materials and money as well.

“From now on, you’ll be called No.1 Expert,”

Wu Heng took a moment to think and then gave it the name No.1 Expert.

The reason for not assigning it as No. 5 in the sequence of Alchemy Skeletons was to better distinguish their level of expertise.

Once he acquired another level 15 Alchemy Skeleton, it could continue as Expert No.2.

Alchemy Skeletons at level 10 would start from No. 5 Alchemy as before.

After Wu Heng finished naming it, he went to the hotel to find a set of waiter’s clothes for it to wear.

Then he continued to cast the Bone Manipulation Skill on the other corpses.

The blacksmith, the tannery craftsman, and the goldsmith all rose in succession.

Wu Heng named them in order according to their professions.

Glancing at the several skeletons before him,

Wu Heng pondered over how to assign them.

The blacksmith, tannery craftsman, and goldsmith were clearly to stay in the Zombie World.

As for the Alchemy Skeleton, he felt it didn’t necessarily have to remain.

He could provide alchemy space at his own residence and avoid the back-and-forth transportation of materials by Li Yahong.

After deciding, he said directly, “You few stay, No.1 Expert come back with me.”

He reopened the boundary door and returned to his residence on Gold and Silver Island.

…

Back at his residence, Wu Heng, accompanied by No.1 Expert, directly entered the room next to the fourth-floor study.

Originally intended as a place for experiments, this room had been allocated by Wu Heng.

But, having nothing to research, it had remained unused.

Now he planned to set it up for use by the Alchemy Skeletons.

Future elixir production could be completed here, allowing him immediate access to the elixirs.

“No.1 Expert, you will work here from now on.”