The King of Beast Trainers
Chapter 284 - 163 - Officially Named Undead, Our Duty Is Indisputable_1

Chapter 284: 163 Chapter Officially Named Undead, Our Duty Is Indisputable_1

Before long, Lu Ran was taken to a room with its own courtyard within the City Lord’s Mansion by Black Feather.

After dropping off Lu Ran, the Necromancer Black Feather hurriedly left.

She informed Lu Ran that if he needed anything, he could find her next door.

"What’s with this guy?"

"Social anxiety?"

Seeing that the other party seemed to dread him, Lu Ran was at a loss for words.

Heck, I come to the undead camp without fearing you guys, and now you’re the ones fearing me!

Lu Ran shook his head, bewildered at the situation.

In fact, one of the reasons why Lu Ran dared to join the undead faction was this.

In secret realms with a faction conflict mode, once a faction is chosen, as long as the trialists don’t actively seek their own demise, they are usually bound to their faction for the duration of the mission.

This eliminates the possibility of being killed by one’s own comrades.

Infinite City would arrange identities, just as they had arranged for Lu Ran and others to become Tavern Apprentices.

Furthermore, in these faction conflict missions, the strength of the trialists can definitely sway the situation of the conflict between factions.

This means that the strength of the trialists, within their respective factions, can also play a key role, being a high-end force.

Otherwise, the trial would be pointless; generally, the outcome of the faction conflicts is determined by the trialists who enter, rather than the NPCs.

Therefore, at this moment, whether it’s on the side of the Imperial Army or the Death Divine Sect that occupied Midwood City, their strengths would not be very formidable; there wouldn’t be characters difficult for the trialists to confront.

If Lu Ran had been somewhat worried before, his conversation with Missionary Gao Li had completely put his mind at ease.

Because Gao Li’s position wasn’t very high – just a preacher who could not contact his superiors and had to wait passively to be contacted – it was impossible that he was a master.

And the fact that Gao Li said it would be "a month later" before he could be contacted also indicated that high-end forces would not appear near Midwood City any time soon.

Lu Ran deduced that those who chose the Imperial Faction at this moment must face the same situation; the Imperial troops with them might just be a small force with no masters.

As an official power, their situation might be slightly better than his own side, but it should be limited.

"As long as no third-level Beast Trainers appear in the opposing faction, the breakthrough mission should pose no problem," Lu Ran reasoned, standing in the courtyard.

The trialists were all first-level Beast Trainers, so the highest-level Beast Trainer that might appear in the factional conflict in the Star-Moon Continent would probably only be second-level. Otherwise, if third-level Beast Trainers appeared, the trialists would be out of the picture.

"However, to be on the safe side, it’s better to improve my strength as much as possible before the other side makes a move."

Lu Ran glanced at the Necromancy Notes in his hand and sat down on a wooden chair in the courtyard to read through them.

After skimming them, Lu Ran wore an "as expected" expression.

This basic necromancy and its description were exactly the same as the Resurrection Skill Card he possessed.

Both were methods of transforming a dead contracted pet beast into an undead life form.

But beyond that, there were some other things, such as records of "Necromancy Skills"!

It even included Gao Li’s breeding insights, like experience in developing necro-system skills.

After reading through them, Lu Ran was sure they were of no use to him.

What the preacher said made sense, after all, even if he learned it, he wouldn’t possibly off Mr. Husky and the King of Sudden Death to turn them into undead.

Moreover, Lu Ran was one of those who believed more in the "only when the soul and body are intact" is it the most perfect state.

Therefore, even if he wanted to contract undead beasts, his plan with Manager Ying was to find those beasts whose physical bodies could no longer sustain life and had to be turned into the undead.

Not simply transforming a normal life form into the undead.

However, from his conversation with Gao Li, Lu Ran had heard for the first time that there was necromancy which allowed one to retain their physical body and cultivate their soul at the same time.

That was quite advanced.

But it also seemed logical.

The mind and soul are inseparable parts of life.

Most advanced creatures, even without the Mental Attribute, can exert domination through Psychic Power.

Therefore, if there were the right techniques, there’s no reason why the Power of the Soul couldn’t be utilized.

However, compared to psychic power, it’s probably harder to control the power of the soul when retaining a physical body.

I really want to get my hands on that Advanced Necromancy.

Lu Ran pondered.

If he could indeed acquire it, he would actually like Dark Crow to cultivate the Power of the Soul.

Because a curse is about being unexpected, and mental attacks, compared to physical and elemental ones, are already hard enough to defend against.

If there were also Soul Curses, wouldn’t that be even more troublesome?

By then, General Crow would truly be feared by both people and ghosts alike.

It’s all about being as eerie as possible!

Lu Ran’s face was a mix of emotions, but... it seemed unlikely he could acquire Advanced Necromancy using the Death Divine Sect’s channels.

The preacher had no way to contact headquarters, and he could only stay for a month; this path was pretty much closed off.

And even if he did acquire the Necromancy, being a non-resident of Star-Moon Continent, he wouldn’t be able to cultivate it directly.

"What if, during the breakthrough task, I performed to extremes, eliminating not only the opposing trialists but also single-handedly defeating the Imperial Army, is there any chance of receiving an SSS class as in the first Breakthrough Secret Realm, gaining an ultra-rare Beast Training Technique?"

"Since I’ve chosen the undead faction, is it possible that the reward could be a piece of Advanced Necromancy?"

Lu Ran speculated for a moment but soon shook his head; never mind the difficulty of facing an army alone, rewards are random after all, so it’s better not to have too high expectations.