Chapter 34 The Emergence of the Undead Scourge
Chapter 34 The Emergence of the Undead Scourge
All three elves coveted the ball of pure energy, but after some thought, Lin Ye decided to give it to the Snow Fairy first.
Froslass has the deepest energy among the three Pokémon, so the probability of her breaking through is relatively high.
Soroya is still a long way from the peak of "Excellent" level, and even if he obtains a cluster of ghost energy essence, he will most likely not be able to break through the key bottleneck.
As for the single sword sheath, it has only just joined the team, and Lin Ye plans to hone it further.
With this in mind, Lin Ye explained the situation to the ghosts and then injected the ghost energy essence extracted from the body of the "professional-grade" Wandering Night Spirit into the Snow Fairy.
Under the astonished gazes of her two companions, the Snow Fairy's aura suddenly surged, and she then began to break through the "professional level" bottleneck on her own.
However, breaking through this barrier requires many years of painstaking accumulation and the investment of massive resources.
At the crucial moment, the Snow Fairy was still just a little short. Her surging aura gradually subsided, and the energy fluctuations finally settled at the half-step "professional" level.
Although there was no breakthrough, it was a big step forward, and Lin Ye felt that it was much stronger than before.
With another similar energy replenishment, it will definitely be able to advance to the "professional" level!
Fortunately, there's an injured dream monster lurking in this area. We need to find a way to locate it.
With this in mind, Lin Ye waved to the timid pumpkin spirit who was staring in disbelief!
"Come here, I need to ask you something."
The habitual deserter reluctantly floated over: "Boss, I didn't expect that in just two days, your demeanor would become even more formidable. Even a 'Professional' Night Elf is no match for you."
"Let's skip the praise. It was only because it was severely injured that we were able to defeat it so easily. Otherwise, even if we had won, it would have been difficult to completely eliminate it."
"But you, you really don't know the whereabouts of the other dream monster!"
"Boss, you're still looking for that Dream Demon? But unlike the Wandering Night Spirit, it doesn't have a Night Patrol Spirit clan. It always goes its own way, so nobody knows where it's hiding to heal its wounds."
"I see. It seems finding it won't be easy."
At this moment, a questioning voice rang out from the pumpkin spirit clan:
"Hey~, we were fighting so hard just now, where were you? I didn't see you at all, and you're completely unharmed."
"Yeah, yeah~, I don't think I saw it when we fought the Little Wood Spirits last time. Did you hide because you had something to do?"
For a time, the deserter pumpkin spirit was in a position of being pointed at by all the pumpkins and was about to be punished by family law.
In a moment of crisis, the pumpkin spirit's eyes lit up, a brilliant idea flashed through his mind, and he raised his voice:
"Shut up, what do you know, you bunch of reckless brutes? I'm going to get reinforcements."
"Help! Could it be that this human... was someone you specifically invited to rescue us?"
"That's right! I risked my life, broke through numerous blockades, and endured countless hardships to finally bring back my good elder brother—Lord Lin Ye!"
Seeing its kin being swayed by the rhetoric, it suddenly perked up, its tone becoming impassioned and passionate:
"I know you'll all criticize me for deserting my post, but am I the kind of person who's afraid of death?"
"I just used an immense favor to invite Lord Lin Ye to come, which led to this great victory."
One of its kind, somewhat skeptical, ran over and asked tremblingly, "My lord, excuse me, but was what it just said the truth?"
The habitual deserter turned to look at Lin Ye with pleading eyes, while the latter smiled faintly and said:
"It was it that brought me here both times!"
As soon as the words were spoken, all the pumpkin spirits and little wood spirits exclaimed and looked at each other in surprise, and then cheers instantly resounded throughout the forest.
The deserter pumpkin spirit, on the other hand, let loose completely and gave a passionate speech. All the pumpkin spirits and little wood spirits surrounded it, regarding it as a hero.
Upon seeing this, the Snow Fairy and Zoroah exchanged a smile, while the Lone Sword Sheath turned away, completely disapproving of the smug look on the man's face.
After celebrating for a while, the little wood spirit and the pumpkin spirit gathered around Lin Ye to express their gratitude.
Members of both tribes secretly discussed whether Lin Ye could become their tribe's offering to protect them.
But thinking of the terrifying scene when Lin Ye extracted the energy of the Wandering Night Spirits, they felt that the resources in this forest were not worth mentioning.
At this moment, a clever pumpkin suggested, "Since that pumpkin is familiar with this human, why don't our two tribes both recognize it as the chief? That way, we can establish a bond of kinship."
"Excellent idea! In this way, our benefactor will be the common leader of both our tribes, and our two tribes will have a better foundation for cooperation in the future."
"Yes! That's what we'll do!"
"Wonderful!"
"It's settled then!"
Before the habitual deserter could react, he was surrounded by a group of pumpkin spirits and little wood spirits, who then proclaimed him king.
Congratulations, Clan Chief!
"Congratulations, Chieftain!"
"The clan leader is mighty!"
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The timid pumpkin spirit floated in mid-air, looking at the pumpkin spirits and little wood spirits cheering around it, and for a moment, it felt a little smug.
"Well... since you've invited me so sincerely, then I, in my great mercy, will accept this important task, to prevent the grove from being destroyed, and to protect the peace between our two races..."
Seeing the smug deserter Pumpkin, Dujianshe was greatly shocked and said, "Brother Lin, why are even ghosts so crazy these days?"
"Hehe~, sometimes being a clan leader doesn't necessarily mean being the strongest, but rather being able to meet everyone's needs."
I think this pumpkin spirit is quite good. Its strength is average; it got this position entirely because of me, and it will rely on me even more in the future.
"Does Master intend to subdue these pumpkin spirits, or even cultivate his own power on Mount Songshen?" Zoroya asked.
"Cultivate your own power!"
Upon hearing this, the sword sheath's eyes lit up, but then it glanced at the pumpkin spirits and little wood spirits with disdain:
"Brother Lin has the ambition to recruit soldiers and horses, which I am very pleased about. However, these ghosts are all rather weak-willed, and I am afraid they will be unable to work together to accomplish great things."
"Brother Jian, you are mistaken. Have you not heard that Mount Tai does not reject any soil, thus it can become so great; rivers and seas do not discriminate against small streams, thus they can become so deep; and a king does not reject the common people, thus he can demonstrate his virtue?"
Although the individual strength of these little wood spirits and pumpkin spirits may not be in our eyes, they are still considered part of all things in this world.
Since Brother Jian aspires to revive the empire, why belittle other members who may become part of the future empire?
"Oh my, your words are like a sword being pierced; I realize my vision was too narrow. I will certainly seek your guidance in the future."
Lin Ye's reason for gathering these pumpkin spirits and little wood spirits was certainly not to revive any empire.
As a necromancer, although he is currently only at the apprentice level and cannot yet contract many intelligent undead creatures, he can use this unique advantage in the Pokémon world to cultivate his own shadow-level power.
After all, with his current strength, conquering Mount Songshen alone would not be something he could do in a short time.
This misty area of Mount Songshen is an excellent starting point for developing his own power. He can start from here and gradually become the leader of Mount Songshen, and even the leader of the Ghost Path in this world.
Once I dominate the Ghost Path in the Pokémon world, I can command a hundred demons to roam the night, and undead plagues will ensue with a wave of my hand. Wouldn't that be awesome?
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