Another necromancer

Traveling the path further knowing that the village was already done for. He paved the lonely road towards the Necromancer citadel.

The wind carried the smell of decay all over the place and it made Roan wonder that life has died out several days already.

The fauna specifically and even the flora was dying out. Trees and other animals in the forest were void of life.

Several moments after his travels on the roads with corpses. Animals and villagers alike. As time passed, their bodies were eaten by crows on the road.

Roan can't help but cover his nose and mouth. He can't help anyone at the moment nor give them a proper burial. Only left to be eaten by birds of dead scavengers. Hoping that they will find proper rest soon.

Roan paved the stinking road that still wafted in his nose even him covering it. He endured some more and can see fewer carcasses. It was then, he heard crows encircling the air. Cawing while flapping their wings above and were in distress. Making Roan have a bad premonition about the said phenomenon.

Roan then arrived at one of the signages leading to two roads. One led to his destination and another was to another village. Making him follow the path toward his designated destination. He went to follow the road and saw several Rotten undead that was lying dead on the ground. Making his bad premonition became true.

"This means that the corruption has already traveled and crept here. I must hurry and travel to all the citadels,"

He traveled some more and saw on the road several necromancers fighting on the road. Several Rotten undead were attacking waves towards them and they fought for their lives. Only ten of them remained to fight and they were exhausted.

Holding their defenses on the wooden spiked barricades on the way while slowly culling the enemies.

"They sure endured for how long now? I itched to kill enemies, I craved for their deaths,"

Another road was heading up north and it was what they were protecting. Making defenses on the southern road while they can.

"Another necromancer! We could use your help here! There was a surge of nonstop attacks from enemies. We can't hold out for long. We need to destroy seeds of evil that spawn enemies nonstop. Your reward will be the skill of your choice!" one necromancer guard shouted.

"Sure! My pleasure!" Roan said to them.

With them spawned from seeds of evil, they were void of crystals and were just as good as nothing. Only a headache to kill them without return.

Roan then leaped towards the other side of the barricades and started to kill his way. Enemies were slow but resilient against physical damage. Magical damage will deal with great damage especially Holy or Fire elements.

And so Roan attacked them with his torch and burned them. The warding spell was used and they went away from his way. Running towards the road while panting and seeing a necropolis of the seed of evil.

Roan was panting and his mana has slowly dried out. Making him halt his warding spell and then lifted his torch. Hammering it to the Rotten undead while he can. Burning them in the process.

Roan then grabbed the bone shield he looted that was dangled on his back and equipped it with his left hand. His right with his one-handed scythe.

With slashes aimed to kill, he dealt damage to the enemies. Still, they were hardy when resisting his basic attack. Only to resort to [Exploding souls] while he can.

Roan fired missiles at them while evading their claws and also used soul series skills while doing so. Firing them with [Exploding souls] while rotating leaps on the air. Enemies then were hit and several of them died with several hits of his skill.

The enemies were killed but new enemies spawned once again that were coming from the Seed of evil. Making Roan let out a sigh in the process.

He immediately was alerted, and he battered the necropolis of the seed of evil with his weapon while he has the time. Summoning a graveyard and skeleton militia in the process to buy time.

They attacked the Rotten undead and were on equal footing with them. Roan then attacked some more and the structure was about to be destroyed. Dealing with physical skills on it for faster breaking the said structure.

He immediately breaks the structure and the spawning of Rotten undead has halted. It was then, that the remaining enemies were killed by the elite summon of Roan.

Soon after, he saw another necropolis of the seed of evil up ahead. Making him scratch his head in the process. He immediately dashed towards the said structure and then killed his way through. Being escorted by his summons on his side and they killed the enemies that they passed through.

Roan then destroyed the structure with tiring batterings on the said thing and with several usages of skills in his arsenal. Making him pant while nearly sitting on the ground with how tired he was.

It was then he saw another one by the distance up ahead. Making him just command his minions to do the hard labor. Making the elites summons deal with his problem.

It was then, that he went back to his quest giver with a sweaty face. Panting and exhausted. He didn't expect it to be so tiring. Roan successfully destroyed 3 seeds of evil and went back to them.

"Well done my friend! Your reward awaits!" the quest giver said to him.

"Wow, that was a lot of work. I might ask for huge rewards for this," Roan muttered.

"Okay, pick one skill as a reward. As you destroyed 3 necropoleis of seeds of evil," he said to him.

All 3 skill books were offered and he needed to choose wisely. He needs to choose between "Skill book: Drain", "Skill book: Weaken", and "Skill book: Life and mana reap".

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Skill name: Drain

Rank: 1

Description: Drain Health, Mana, and Stamina.

Effects: Drain 10 Health, Mana, and Stamina per second in 3 seconds.

Cooldown: 15 seconds

Duration: 3 seconds

Damage type: Magical

Skill type: Active

Willpower cost: 10 per second

.......

Skill name: Weaken

Rank: 1

Description: Will make your enemy weaker.

Effects: Weaken the enemy's Main stats by 10% and will make the enemy more susceptible to damage by 10%.

Cooldown: 30 seconds

Duration: 10 seconds

Damage type: Magical

Skill type: Debuff

Mana cost: 20

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Skill name: Life and Mana reap

Rank: 1

Description: Slash the enemy and reap their Life and Mana.

Effects: Reap 10 Health and 10 Mana in a slash that deals 10 Physical damage.

Cooldown: 15 seconds

Duration: Instantaneous

Damage type: Physical

Skill type: Active

Stamina cost: 10

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[Skill book detected]

[Learning the skill]

[Learning finished]

Roan then chose "Skill book: Drain" as it has stamina steal. Contrary to "Skill book: Life and mana reap" which has no stamina steal. The "Skill book: Weaken" was also good but not as good as the first two.

It was then, that the guard captain approached him and asked for another mission.

"Go to the base and give my report. I will take that as a job already done. No failure will be accepted. We will hold this line of defense as long as we can. Hurry now, your mission is of high priority,"

"Okay, sir!" Roan agreed.

Roan then left and took a glance at them. They soon rested but another wave started to attack. Roan can only sigh at how many the seeds of evil planted.

He tarried fast and went to the northern path heading to the base and killed his way on several Rotten Undead that has passed their defenses.

It was a lot of work on his part as many enemies already passed. Making him want to eradicate them all in an instant. Also, he wanted to end their onslaught of attacks. It was pretty annoying as they as humans get tired and have fatigue. While the Rotten undead does not get tired and can go up all night and day. Tiredness was seen in the eyes of Necromancer guards as Roan took a last glance at them. Wondering if they even have rest after several days of fighting.

It was then, that Roan saw that there was a siege on their base and Necromancers had a hard time defending. The enemies were breaking their way on the wooden spiked barricades and Necromancers attacked them from the other side.

No matter what, he needs to deliver his letter report to their higher-ranking officer. Its success was a must and so he killed his way through. More future missions will also be a possibility and so he smirked. More missions were more rewards given.