Chapter 172 – Skeleton Mage


    The stats of the undead were simr to his own, and they were the standard of this world. However, some variations interested Niki.


    [Skeleton Soldier (Lvl. 1)]


    [Rank: Common]


    [Vitality: ∞]


    [Strength: 10]


    [Agility: 10]


    [Intelligence: 10]


    [Mana: -]


    [Skill: Basic Swordsmanship.]


    The three stats, strength, agility, and intelligence, were simr to an average adult man. However, vitality had an infinity sign, meaning this monster could not die. As for mana, it was empty because this skeleton was no mage.


    "An immortal army," pondered Niki. "I am not supplying it with any mana more than the initial summoning. This means that I can grow this army, and my strength will only increase, no way in decreasing."


    This was a terrifying ability. Niki could not see a way for him to grow weaker from here on now. Val was a sealed god for a reason, but this made Niki wonder why he said those words.


    "You are a better fit for this power."


    Niki repeated the words, trying to understand why. As he had no way no knowing, Niki decided that time would reveal the truth. The skeleton disappeared into the darkness and reappeared in his pocket dimension, waiting to be summoned.


    "This summoning should have certain probabilities, right?" smiled Niki. "There was a rank in the skeleton''s stat, and it should mean that I might obtain a higher rank monster."


    [Umon undead monster can be summoned for fifty lost souls. There is a 2% chance of obtaining this monster from amon summoning.]


    The system answered his doubts, and the percentage was low. However, Niki had a lot of fate points after he snuck into Celestia. The number sent chills down his spine every time he looked at it.


    [Fate Points: 12849]


    "…" blinked Niki, and the number changed again. "This must be a prank by the system, right?" heughed in disbelief.


    [Fate Points: 12852]


    Niki could only attribute this change because this was a future that did not happen in their past life. His actions of angering Celestia changed the world, and this, in turn, made him earn Fate Points.


    However, the number was absurd. This meant that Niki could change abysmal percentages into a hundred. And the fate points were still increasing even though he was not doing anything.


    This was… a jackpot.


    Niki was never lucky in his past life, or rather, he was always unlucky. This life was different. Luck was something he could control.


    "Then, let us summon an umon monster, shall we?" gulped Niki as he raised his hand toward the cube. Ten Lost Souls left his body and flew toward the cube, and he sacrificed them and his fate points.


    The cube began to spin faster, turning into a great sphere of darkness that was about to destroy everything. Then, the souls seeped into the cube and began to crack again.


    [You have obtained an umon undead monster, Skeleton Mage (Lvl.1).]


    Niki looked at the cube breaking down to reveal the skeleton mage, wearing a robe and holding a cane. There were mes in his eyes as he stared at him, and it hurried to kneel.


    "Ha," Niki couldn''t help butugh at the absurdity. The kneeling skeleton was much more powerful than the Skeleton Solider, and Niki obtained it for a fifth of the price. Hisughter did not cease because no one could stop him with this.


    ***


    [Skeleton Mage (Lvl. 1)]


    [Rank: Umon]


    [Vitality: ∞]


    [Strength: 5]


    [Agility: 5]


    [Intelligence: 20]


    [Mana: 30]


    [Skill: Chaos Arrow]


    Niki sat on arge rock as he chewed on his food. It took a while for him to get hungry, but it was always a weed feeling. It reminded him that he was still not a monster yet.


    The stats in front of him belonged to the mage, with two other skeletons. Niki did not summon another mage because these idiots did not know how to handle a sword. They would be torn apart as soon as the enemy got close, and they needed protection.


    However, their skill was called Chaos Arrow. Niki realized that it was a dark skill, and he was relieved. As that woman called it, the monsters in The Great Unseen were all dark beings.


    "That is to say," Niki swallowed his food. "The dark beings of this future are a lot more than the ones in my past life. This is a worse fate than the apocalypse of a million monsters."


    The dungeon break should be happening in a year, but Niki was not sure about that anymore. These dark beings would eat the monsters before they could even touch humans.


    "The Great Unseen," frowned Niki. "Are you going to dy the end or bring it forward?" this was a tricky question to answer.


    Niki remembers that when he first got his system, he knew that there was a limit for how much he could change the future before there was no future to change. The amount of fate points he received and is still receiving was plentiful. However, they had a price.


    "The future has changed beyond recognition."


    Niki sighed as he turned away from his system and looked at his three followers. The mage was practicing his spells on the skeleton soldiers, destroying them repeatedly.


    "There must be a hierarchy between them," the scene awed him. "They listen to hismands even if I did not ask them to follow them. This is for the best, though."


    An army needed a hierarchy to function. Niki could notmand all his undead on his own. He needed generals to lead different sections. However, that was in the far future.


    Now, he only had three soldiers to follow him around. Of course, Niki could defeat them, but the catch was that they did not die. That means that Niki did not need to worry about them.


    The mage waved his staff and drew a circle that summoned a ck spear of darkness that flew toward the skeleton. Niki watched the upper torso of the skeleton turn into smithereens before it regenerated.


    "They are not truly immortal, though," frowned Niki. "An attack of holy light can destroy the darkness that binds them. When that happens, they will die."


    His lips pressed into a thin line as he watched the proud mage unting his skill to his subordinates. They were monsters, but Niki thought that they were cute for some reason.


    "Gather up, my cute undead," smiled Niki as he called, and the undead ran toward him before kneeling on the ground. "This darkness is your home. Now, we will start hunting, which will be the great beginning of our army. Are you ready?"


    The skeleton could not talk, but they started stomping on the ground with eerieughter. Nikiughed at their excitement before hemanded them to advance.


    "The hunt of the living begins."


    ***


    Niki sat on the ground far away as he watched his skeletons. Their appearance scared whoever their enemy was, but their strength wascking.


    Crunch. Crunch.


    A giant bear was eating one of his skeletons, turning it into a snack. As the bear was eating him, an arrow struck its chest and destroyed it. The bear fell to the ground, dead.


    Niki changed the probability, and the E-rank monster dropped a crystal. His stats were still his major w, but Niki noticed that everything his undead monsters touched would appear in his pocket dimension.


    "This is convenient," muttered Niki before he noticed that his skeleton was taking longer to regenerate. It must be because some of its bones were in the bear''s belly. "However, it is still regenerating."


    It might not be instant, but the regeneration wasplete in a few seconds. This was a terrifying ability befitting the infinite vitality these monsters had. However, rather than having a strong life force, these monsters had none to lose.


    "Well done, now go and kill others," Niki waved his hand, and the skeleton ran into the darkness excitedly as if he was allowing them to y.


    Niki had to do some research of his own. The bear that has just died did not generate any Lost Souls for him. This might mean that the souls needed to be… human.


    However, that was not urate to assume as well. The system was precise with itsbels, and there was a reason that it was named Lost Souls.


    These were those who remained in the world. Therefore, Niki had to do a few experiments to understand how to grow his army. However, it was hard to do so without knowing where he was currently.


    "There is still my payment," remembered Niki as he looked into his subspace. Then, from the countless carriages, he took the one that looked the biggest and most luxurious to take out.


    The carriage appeared, and it was the same that the young woman crawled out from. There must be documents to pinpoint his current location and what he needs to return to Rohan.. After all, he still had people to save and others to kill.