es around them as weapons.

New Spell Obtained: Raise Undead

Raise Undead: Target a corpse and bring it back to life to do your bidding. Undead level is based on Corpse level. Mana cost scales with corpse level and soul strength.

New passive obtained: Sense of Death

Sense of Death: Allows you to sense corpses both dead and undead in a radius based upon your soul strength.

“Holy shit,” I yell out. The awareness I gain of the dead is almost overwhelming. I can sense dead bodies up to a couple miles away. A very disorienting feeling.

Taking a deep breath, I learn to relax and control the skills, restricting its range to just the sanctum around me.

I can sense the weak dead bodies of those sacrificed, the high-level bodies of the two mages I had killed, and the dwarfing presence of the two massive skeletons standing motionless. A sense of understanding gauges at me. A minute knowledge of corpses is added to my understanding, increasing exponentially from my own significant understanding.

Deep understanding of the body has formed into a new skill.

You have obtained skill [Corpse Analyze].

[Corpse Analyze]: Your impeccable understanding of the biology of nature allows you to better understand bodies.

Really? I get a skill just because I was a surgeon in another life?... So knowledge can be used to create skills. Nice.

I look towards the skeleton and smile confidently.

[Corpse Analyze]

With but a thought, a screen appears in my view.

Skeleton Bruiser Lvl 87

Created by the [Necromancer] Mordus using the bones of several [Warriors] and [Soldiers], this undead is one of the harder undead to defeat as it contains a great degree of skills from the bodies it was created from as well as its natural bone armor.

Strengths: Resistance to Slashing and Piercing Damage. Weaker Magic attacks are ignored.

Weaknesses: Blunt damage, Light magic, and powerful explosive spells.

Well then, looks like I got myself some bodyguards.

I hold up my hand, a smile on my face. My palm opens up. ”[Raise Undead],” I say out loud, even though I wouldn't need to have done or said anything.

Mana splurges forth from my body, a type of purple smog which quickly flies by and engulfs the undead, entering and converging around. The skeleton’s head glows a soft purple light.

Skeleton Bruiser is several levels higher than you. Mana cost and Soul strength requirement increased.

Mana has decreased by 340.

Test of will activated: 3047 Willpower VS 227 Willpower

Test of Wills successful.

Soul has decreased by 42. Currently 4143(4101)

Skeleton Bruiser Is now under your control. Mana regen decreased by .2 seconds.

A mental connection forms with the bruiser, allowing me to feel his location. The skeleton in return just stands there glowing a nice purple glow.

“Damn, I was not expecting such a huge mana cost.. I guess I should have.. Well, whatever, it worked out.” I shrug my shoulders and order my new undead to mentally move its arm. Perfectly reacting to my thoughts, the undead follows my direction.

Nodding, I turn and walk towards my fresh kills as I wait for my mana to regenerate.

“[Corpse Analyze], [Corpse Analyze].”

Mordus Kizor

Formerly an old high level [Dark Mage], Mordus was recently contacted by a god named Loki who had guided him into obtaining the [Necromancer] class and various powerful items that have been thought lost.

Unfortunately, his life and rise to power were cut short by a knee to the face.

Strength

4

Dexterity

5

Stamina

(9)7

Perception

12(42) - Partial Blindness.

Endurance

4

Vitality

65(63)

Mana

1342(1142)

M/regen

2.16(.7)

Affinity

4

Intelligence

83(73)

Willpower

372

Soul

263

Items Equipped: Robe of the Undead Caller. Ring of House Kizor. Ring of Mana Regeneration. Necklace of regenerating health.

Robe of the Undead Caller(Rare): Halves All mana regeneration costs for undead upkeep. Does not allow additional Upkeeps.

Ring of House Kizor(Rare): +0.1 Mana regen, +200 mana, +2 Vitality, +2 Stamina, +10 intelligence.

Ring of Enhanced Mana Regeneration(Legendary): Mana Regeneration +20%, +1 mana regen.

Necklace of Regenerating health(Rare): Applies Passive buff [Minor Regeneration]

Beurnim Kizor

Son of Mordus Kizor, Beurnim is a successful high level [Slaver] as well as a skilled [Dark Mage]. Though he has never known his mother who is presumed dead, he grew up under the care of his father. He has followed the wishes of his father to summon a [Hero] at the cost of the [Slaves] under his coin.

Currently, his body resides on a cold underground floor with his father's staff sticking out of his throat.

Strength

12

Dexterity

18

Stamina

19(17)

Perception

63

Endurance

11

Vitality

24(22)

Mana

832(632)

M/regen

0.6(0.5)

Affinity

4

Intelligence

161(51)

Willpower

262(212)

Soul

165

Items Equipped: Staff of Dark Blood, Ring of House Kizor, Dagger of Bloodletting, Necklace of the Slaver, Ring of Enslavement.

Staff of Dark Blood(Legendary): Reduce cost of dark spells by 18%, +100 intelligence, Greater durability. Special Skill: Absorb blood to temporarily increase max mana quantity - +100 mana per liter.

Ring of House Kizor(Rare): +0.1 Mana regen, +200 mana, +2 Vitality, +2 Stamina, +10 intelligence.

Dagger of Bloodletting(Uncommon): An enchanted dagger which restricts blood from clotting.

Necklace of the Slaver(Common): +50 willpower on slaves.

Ring of Enslavement(Uncommon): Connects to a Collar Of Enslavement. Ability to restrict skill usage of a [Slave]. Ability to know the exact location of a [Slave]. Ability to end the life of a [Slave]. If the ring is not worn for over three hours, the [Slave] will die.

“That staff would have been pretty useful a moment ago.. and those rings.”

As I walk towards Beurnin and wrap my hand around the staff, I stop, realizing what just happened.

I dont have the ability to identify items.. but I can identify dead bodies, which informs me of the items and their usage. So if I can id-.

Insight Gained.

You have figured out that the [Corpse Analyze] skill can be used to identify Items.

You have learned a new skill:

[Advanced Analyze]

[Corpse Analyze] has been removed.

[Advanced Analyze]: Allows you to target any object, whether living or dead, and attempt to gain information from it.

Rolling my eyes, I snort at being given a skill far better than [Corpse Analyze].

Bending down, I grab the items from the two dead bodies and equip them, thankful that this Beurnin guy is wearing clean clothing.

Frowning momentarily at the inability for the [Rings of House Kizor] to stack their effects, I turn my eyes towards the sleeping beauty on the floor.

Awwww, she sleeps like a kitten.. a starving, practically naked kitten with a lot of bodily scars.. I’ll deal with her later.

Turning away from the woman, I turn to the other Skeletal Bruiser and point my staff.

“[Raise Undead].” Mana flows out of my body and enters the staff. The staff head glows purple and the mana rushes out towards the undead. With far more efficiency and speed than before, a new undead joins my small family.

Cracking my neck, I mentally instruct my two undead to place all of their packs on the floor. Then I instruct them to climb the stairs.

Smiling, I follow them up, preparing for the inevitable massacre to come, staff and dagger firmly in hand.