Foreign Land Reclamation By a Vegetable-growing Skeleton

Chapter 729: Chapter 418: Did you find a Divine Seal?_1
 

“Little Black, Little Black, don’t be scared, we are here to save you.” Tina, with a distressed expression on her face, rushed to the Black Horse’s side, hugging its neck, trying to comfort it.

The Black Horse shuddered its neck and ignored her.

“What’s wrong with you? Why are you ignoring me? It’s me, your owner. I’m sorry, I’m so sorry. I left you and ran away earlier. I was just so scared. When we get back, I’ll give you an extra meal. How about beans mixed with alfalfa?” Tina tried to appease the horse.

The Black Horse still ignored her.

Ange jumped into the pit, inspecting the Black Horse’s broken leg.

Phantom spoke to Durken, “Wasn’t it you who did it? A skeleton? Holy Light Magic?”

Durken asked calmly, “Is there a problem?”

Their understanding of this world is still too limited, so they had to seize any opportunity to probe for more useful information from the sidelines.

For example, Phantom’s reaction could validate Abert’s statement – are Holy Spirit Skeletons common in this world?

Phantom’s reaction suggested they were rare, but his words confirmed they existed, “Is that a Holy Spirit Skeleton? How did you get mixed up with the Church of Light? Aren’t you a magician?”

Durken asked, “Is that a problem?”

Phantom replied, “Not exactly a problem, it’s just that the Church of Light is very exclusive and regards anyone who doesn’t believe in the Light as a heretic or heterodox. I just find it strange that you could mingle with them.”

Durken was intrigued and asked, “What about you? Which side are you on?”

“Us? We don’t have a side. I am Miss Tina’s follower, an assassin, and Miss Tina is a Level 8 Magician from Agate Mage Tower,” Phantom replied.

Through casual chat, Durken managed to gather quite a bit of information.

The Undead Empire is currently leading this world. The Sorcerer Alliance has been driven into the Starburst Array in the sky, and the Church of Light has retreated to some remote areas.

However, the Undead Empire’s management is too lax, they could even be said to let things take their own course. Although they are in a hostile relationship with the Sorcerer Alliance, they haven’t imposed any restrictions on the profession of a magician. Any Undead who wishes to learn can do so without fear of reprisal.

On the contrary, some human administrators in certain regions adopt measures to please the higher-ups of the Undead Empire. These measures decrease when they realize that taking action against magicians brings them no benefit.

Not only magicians, all professions and religions that are open and inclusive can flourish in the Undead Empire territories, only exclusive organizations and religions like the Church of Light are harshly suppressed.

Both the Undead Empire and the magicians reject them, which is why Phantom found it strange that Durken, a magician, would mix with the Holy Spirit Skeletons of the Church of Light.

“After being attacked so much, their Spirits simply don’t bother to resurrect anymore. They roam around with just their skeletons and are called Holy Spirit Skeletons. That way, they will not attract attacks from those low-level Undead,” Phantom explained.

By the time they were discussing this, Ange had already healed the broken leg of the Black Horse. The process was simple; he severed the horse’s nerves, realigned the broken part, and applied the Holy Light Technique.

The Black Horse snorted, quickly stood up, stomping its foot, a look of surprise in its eyes.

Unable to resist commenting, Durken said, “Your lady’s horse is quite intelligent, isn’t it?”

Phantom proudly responded, “Of course, it has the bloodline of a Giant Dragon, it’s a Dragon Beast with considerable intelligence.”

Durken glanced at him with a peculiar expression.

“What’s wrong? Is there something on my face?” Phantom asked, curiously touching his face.

“What’s wrong with having a Dragon’s bloodline? Tsk tsk tsk,” Durken shook his head.

After confirming that its hoof was alright, the Black Horse affectionately nudged Ange, extending its head for a lick.

Ange pushed it away with a look of disgust.

Tina looked on in surprise at the interaction between the Black Horse and Ange. Little Black was usually quite aloof and would never be so friendly with strangers. Even she, who has been feeding the Black Horse since it was young, didn’t receive such affectionate treatment. Could it be because this skeleton had saved it?

“Little Black, Little Black, come here,” Tina called out.

The Black Horse glanced at her, then trotted to the other side of Ange, adopting a ‘I don’t know you’ stance.

“Little Black? Little Black! Little Black, if you don’t come over now, I won’t take you anymore!” Tina stomped with anger.

The Black Horse looked skyward, pretending not to hear. If Tina tried to lead it, it would evade her by circling around Ange.

Everyone understood what the Black Horse wanted. Phantom stepped up to persuade, “Miss Tina, it seems that from the moment you abandoned it and ran away, it has made up its mind. Let it go.”

“No way! I raised it, it is my Dragon Beast. No matter what, it has to go back with me today,” Tina retorted angrily, her body radiating with magic power.

Ange immediately locked his gaze on her.

Just like before, Phantom had to cover her mouth and drag her away.

“How dare you cover my mouth? How dare you disrespect me?”

“Oh dear, Miss Tina, can’t you be smarter? Haven’t you noticed that they don’t take you seriously at all? They saw you using the Level 8 Meteor Falling, they know your strength. They even don’t care about a Level 8 magician, so don’t you start anything rash. If a conflict arises, we might not make it back,” Phantom warned.

“What…what? Would they… dare to kill me?”