Foreign Land Reclamation By a Vegetable-growing Skeleton - Chapter 57

Chapter 57: Chapter 57: The Background is quite formidable 1

Translator: 549690339

Everyone understood what he meant by that statement. Given the seemingly invincible stance of the heavily armored swordsman, everyone wondered whether a skeleton or a zombie was beneath the armor. Now they saw it wasn’t, because a corpse would not decay, it would only rot.

“It’s the Corrosion Scar, a large dose of Corrosion Scar. Are they eating it like a meal?” Lisa exclaimed with shock.

“They probably didn’t want to, Adams’ Repressing Ring, these are the living dead.” Negris leaned in and commented, looking at the silver ring around the corpse’s neck.

The others had not heard this name, only Feilin gasped, “Adams’ Repressing Ring? That banishment capable of controlling minds, The Adams’ Repressing Ring?”

Negris nodded. The Adams’ Repressing Ring was invented many years ago by a spirit magician named Adams. Through a specially made neck ring, one could seal and freely control a human soul.

In this process, both the body and the soul are alive, but they are separate, hence they are referred to as the living dead.

This spell is extremely malicious. Once the repressing ring is around the neck, a person is basically ruined. Even if the ring is removed, the body and soul cannot be merged again. The person becomes a plantman, doomed to die slowly in bed.

The spell itself never caught on and almost vanished, as it was too costly. Just the hardware of the ring itself was expensive, not to mention the series of preparations required to fit it on a person, which had a low success rate, rendering it impractical.

The value of the ring alone could buy thousands of slaves. Well-trained slaves were much more useful than the living dead controlled by the repressing ring.

Until one day, a shocking incident occurred across the Prime Material Plane. The most beautiful queen in the history of Seth Empire disappeared during an outing, and reappeared six months later in the royal banquet of their archenemy, the Tiwan Empire, naked and with the repressing ring around her neck, dancing the most demeaning dance with a vacant expression.

This humiliation of their revered and dignified queen provoked fury among the citizens of Seth Empire, leading to a thirty-year war to annihilate Tiwan Empire. In every battle they won, they spared no one; in every defeat, they never surrendered; until the Tiwan Empire was wiped out.

Of the tens of millions of Tiwan Empire’s population, less than half a million survived, and most of them were cowards who fled to other countries. Since then, the Tiwan Empire disappeared from the pages of history.

This devastating war triggered by a spell resulted in the deaths of tens of millions, and before long, the ban against the use of such a malicious spell found unanimous agreement among the nobles of all nations who did not want

Rilch events to befall them

Since then, the Adams ring turned into Adams’ Repressing Ring, and eventually vanished from people’s memory.

Because it disappeared such a long time ago, many people have never heard of it, let alone recognized it on sight. After hearing Negris’s narrative, everyone looked in awe: ‘My Lord, you are so knowledgeable. May I ask your name?”

With this praise, Negris cheerfully replied: “A piece of cake for me. You can call me Negris.”

Just as he was about to brag about his omniscience, he was reminded of Ange’s tricky questions and quickly backtracked. What if these guys also started asking him where the king was, how would he answer? Best to dodge the bullet while he can.

No one could associate his name, Negris, with his divine name. Perhaps no one remembered his divine name anymore, or else why had no one called his name since he broke free from the seal?

“Ah, so it’s Lord Negris. Your knowledge is truly profound. I wonder, do you know why the Church of Light would use forbidden magic to create these heavily-armored swordsmen?” Feilin asked curiously.

“The living dead don’t fear death or pain, can be healed when injured, are strong, have high defenses, can suppress elements, and are not afraid of necromantic magic because of the Holy Shroud. The Adams’ Repressing Ring makes them immune to spirit magic. More importantly, they are immune to Holy Light Magic and can suppress Paladin Priests. As you said, they are called the Judgement Army. Well, that’s exactly right. They are specifically used to deal with internal traitors.”

Everyone subconsciously glanced at Lisa. As the former Holy Light Maiden, wasn’t she considered a traitor?

Regarding the internal structure of the Church of Light, she was the most qualified to speak. After some consideration, she asked, “Are you talking about the religious court?” It was the most similar unit she could think of to the Judgement Army.

Negris shook his head, “No, no, the court is for external affairs, while the Judgement Army deals with internal affairs. It’s okay you didn’t know. Hehe, because all this is in the hands of the Archbishop. This Leonardo has quite a shadowy background.”

Lisa was taken aback. Only she understood how powerful the Archbishop was. If Leonardo had the backing of the Archbishop, and if his actions were sanctioned by the Archbishop, then they were in big trouble.

Seeing Lisa’s reaction, Negris laughed dismissively, “Don’t worry, it’s only the Archbishop. A cross-dimensional incursion is not easy at all. As long as you stay on guard to prevent similar surprise attacks, what can the Archbishop do to you? Back in the day…”

Negris had the right to look down upon the Archbishop. Even the Pope was below him, the God of Knowledge.

“Roar!” Just as Negris was preparing to boast about his glorious past, Ange suddenly roared. Before Negris had a chance to react, Ange plopped on top of him, pointing in the distance.

In that direction, Little Zombie was running at full speed, knocking the Unicorn off balance with tremendous kinetic force.

However, the Unicorn’s stumble seemed intentional. After a few feigned moves, it suddenly lunged forward, breaking through the encircling enemy, and sprinted away.

Even if someone tried to intercept it with a spear, the Unicorn deftly sidestepped, either dodging or squeezing, never colliding head-on. It charged towards the fence at the other end, leaping into the air, soaring like it was flying over the fence, and landed after covering a distance of more than ten meters. It dashed away, kicking up dirt behind it with its hooves.

The Little Zombie was upset and growled as it chased after them.

The Angel Skeleton’s body hadn’t healed, but its wings had. Beating its wings and dragging its frame, it too chased after them. As it was simply bones now, its weight was much lighter, making it fly even faster.

Worried about the two little ones getting into trouble, Ange quickly chased after them. But he couldn’t run as fast as the Little Zombie on the ground, so he had to ride the dragon instead.

“What’s the use of you riding me? I can’t fly quickly enough. My body is only half a meter long if you remove my head and tail. Have some conscience,” Negris complained while hovering and pushing himself forward.

Its body was too small. Ange riding on it was like a human riding a donkey. His feet could even touch the ground. The fact that it could fly was already impressive, and that was only possible because Ange was nothing but bones and therefore very light.

Ange thought for a moment and used a Pollination Spell on Negris’ wings. With each flap of its wings, Negris created mini cyclones, leading to a sudden increase in speed.

“Kvada, I told you not to ride me, not to speed me up…” Negris grumbled, begrudgingly carrying Ange away.

Left behind were Feilin, Lisa, Luther, and others who were utterly confused. After hearing Negris’ words, they were relieved, but now they were anxious again. Should they trust what a mount said or not?

Ange quickly caught up with the two on the ground. Lightning was teasing Little Zombie by staying just out of reach. Whenever the Little Zombie got close, Lightning would accelerate and run away again. It was only when Ange came near that Lightning finally became vigilant.

“Surrender! You can’t escape. Since you’re just a horse and haven’t hurt us, just give up. We won’t hurt you,” Negris persuaded from afar.

Upon hearing this, Lightning exploded with anger. ‘Who are you calling a horse! You’re the horse! Your whole family are horses! Are you blind? Can’t you see what I am? I’m Lightning the Unicorn! Can’t you see!”

Lightning raised its hoof and knocked it against its forehead several times, proving it was not a horse. After all, a horse couldn’t raise its hoof to its head. “Hehe, where’s your horn? How can you be a unicorn without a horn?”

Lightning, affronted at the mockery of its missing horn, retorted angrily, “You’re making fun of my missing horn? I would have burnt you to ashes with a lightning bolt if I still had my horn! Come down if you dare, and see if I won’t stomp you to death.”

“Who’s blind now? Can’t you see what I am? The Bronze Giant Dragon! Do you think your lightning can scorch me?”

“Bronze Giant Dragon you say? Where exactly is the ‘giant’ part in you? You are smaller than a dragon’s egg. You must have been born prematurely. Maybe chomping on an eggshell would help you grow bigger.”

Negris’ scales stood on ends in rage. It was about to dive down and fight, completely forgetting it was only half a meter long when you take away the head and tail.

But as soon as it swooped down, Lightning immediately turned tail and ran, contrary to its tough words moments ago.

“Don’t run! Stand up! I’m down here! Come and stomp me to death!” Negris grumbled as he chased after it.

“You outnumber me. Come here alone if you dare, let’s see whether I’ll trample you to death.” Lightning shouted without looking back.

“I know why your horn fell off. It must be because of your malignant mouth!” Negris retorted.

Before anyone realized, Lightning and Negris, chasing and bickering, had disappeared into the vast wasteland, leaving behind an endless barren plain.

The sky gradually darkened, and the wind began to howl.

“0ww!” Ange let out a yell, and the disgruntled Little Zombie, still in hot pursuit, reluctantly stopped and ran back to Ange’s side. The Angel Skeleton also flew back, and together they started digging into the ground.

Seeing no one was chasing it anymore, Lightning also stopped. It turned around, looking on curiously like an innocent child, “What are you guys digging?

No one paid it any attention, all engrossed in digging into the ground, even Negris with his little short claws.

Seeing them act this way, Lightning suddenly had a bad feeling. It looked around but saw no shelter. It wondered whether it should also dig a hole, but it instantly discarded the idea as soon as it lifted its hoof.

The wind grew stronger, and Lightning shivered. Why did the wind seem so ominously chilly?

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