Necromancer: Becoming a God Starting with Skeleton Clone

Chapter 15 Skeleton Skill Tree

After class, Fangzhou returned to his dormitory, sat on his bed, and carefully considered how to use the remaining 10 contribution points and 20 soul power.

The skeleton clone's combat power is sufficient for now; perhaps we could consider exchanging it for a key mage skill for the main body.

Fangzhou opened the Human Alliance skill library and scanned through the general mage skills.

It's you I've decided on! [Calm and composed]

This skill can passively increase the recovery speed of a mage's mental energy, and active use can also restore an additional amount of mental energy.

Whether it's honing skill proficiency in regular training or enhancing one's sustained combat ability in real combat environments, [Composure] is an essential divine skill for magic users.

If you redeem [Calm and Composed], Ark can cast [Summon Skeleton] more times each day, and skill proficiency will increase more quickly.

Having made the decision, Fangzhou did not hesitate.

He spent his last 10 contribution points on his personal terminal and quickly received a skill book called "Calm and Composed".

Then, just like before, a demonstration of the martial arts technique appeared in front of Fangzhou.

The only drawback of the "Calm and Composed" skill is that it is very difficult to learn.

Some mages with average talent may not even be able to learn the skill within the one-month validity period of the skill book.

However, for the exceptionally gifted Ark, none of this is a problem.

Attribute panel, add some points to me!

Sure enough, the skill bar on the attribute panel immediately changed, displaying learnable skills (+).

Ark focuses its attention on the "+" sign following learnable skills.

"Learnable skill materials detected. You can consume 10 Soul Power to quickly learn the skill."

"Shall we begin learning?"

Fangzhou immediately declared, "Begin learning!"

As its soul power was depleted, the Ark once again entered its familiar state of bursting inspiration.

The spellcasting principles and spell models of the [Calm and Composed] skill book kept flashing in his mind, as if he had practiced them thousands of times.

"Successfully learned the skill 'Calm and Composed'!"

【Calm and Composed】(Apprentice Level, Beginner): Slightly increases the speed of mental energy recovery. Active use can immediately restore a small amount of mental energy. Cooldown time, active effect, passive effect, etc. are determined by mental attribute and skill proficiency.

Fangzhou was curious about the practical effects of this new skill and wanted to test it out.

So he used [Summon Skeleton] directly.

As the proficiency of the [Summon Skeletons] skill increases from [Beginner] to [Master], the strength and number of skeletons summoned by Ark have both improved.

He can now choose to summon 30 of the weakest newborn skeletons, or he can choose to summon a smaller number of slightly stronger skeletons.

The Ark needs to strike a proper balance between the individual strength and the sheer number of skeletons.

For quantitative analysis, he summoned only the worst newborn skeletons this time.

Black vortexes appeared, and soul flames lit up.

Thirty skeletons stood neatly arranged in front of the ark; though their bodies were frail and weak, their sheer number was enough to instill despair.

At this moment, Fang Zhou's mental energy was exhausted, so he immediately activated the [Calm and Composed] skill.

As the skill was released, a faint spiritual energy surged from his body.

The Ark continued to cast [Summon Skeletons], and four more skeletons crawled out of the black vortex.

Looking at the 34 skeletons in front of him, Ark felt a surge of excitement.

Based on the experiment just now, actively using the [Calm and Composed] skill can restore one-tenth of his mental energy.

In addition to the passively restored mental energy, [Calm and Composed] restores an extra one-fifth of his mental energy every day.

That means he can increase the number of times he can use [Summon Skeleton] each day by one-fifth, and the speed at which his skill proficiency increases can naturally be increased by one-fifth.

Fangzhou is now incredibly excited to see what kind of skill the Summon Skeleton skill will grant to the skeleton clones once the proficiency level is raised to Instinct.

He further trained the command skills of the skeleton army until his mental energy was completely depleted, before dismissing the 34 skeletons back to the Netherworld.

With 10 points of soul power remaining, Ark is not going to keep them.

According to Lu Hu's instructors' teaching in practical classes, no matter what kind of battle it is, it cannot be separated from the five major elements of attack, defense, control, movement, and buffs.

His main attack now consists of [Summon Skeletons] and [Bone Spears], which is quite effective.

However, it lacks any features in defense, control, displacement, and buffs.

Of course, this was the case for all the trainees in the same cohort of Ark. After all, they were newly awakened recruits, and no matter how talented they were, they could not build a complete combat system overnight.

However, given Ark's cautious nature, it still prioritized defensive skills.

In the Human Alliance skill library, the only defensive skill that an apprentice-level necromancer can learn is the universal skill for magic users: [Mana Shield].

However, the nature of undead mana is not highly compatible with the spell structure of [Mana Shield], so the skill effect can only be described as mediocre.

For a regular necromancer, the only option is [Mana Shield] as a temporary solution.

However, Ark has a better option.

He focused his attention on the "+" next to the deducible skills in the attribute panel.

"The clone skill has been detected to have reached the [Instinct] proficiency level. It can be used as skill material to deduce unknown skills for the main body. It is estimated that it will consume 10 points of soul power."

"Shall we begin the simulation?"

Fang Zhou smiled slightly, "Begin the simulation!"

As his soul power returned to zero, countless inspirations burst forth in Fangzhou's mind.

Since necromantic power can be condensed into the form of a spear, it can naturally also be condensed into the form of a shield.

"Skill [Bone Shield] successfully activated!"

【Bone Shield】(Apprentice Level, Proficient): Condenses a bone shield around the body, which can effectively defend against physical and magical damage. The strength of the shield depends on the spirit attribute and skill proficiency.

Looking at the skill description, Ark nodded in satisfaction.

The new skill was completed, and it even came with a [Proficiency] level of proficiency, which made up for a large part of the shortcomings in his combat system.

Fangzhou looked at his own attribute panel and couldn't help but feel a sense of accomplishment.

[Name] Fang Zhou

[Class] Necromancer

【Level】Apprentice·Lower rank

[Attributes] Strength 1.5, Agility 1.3, Constitution 1.3, Spirit 2.5

[Status] Soul Split

[Equipment] None

[Skills] Skeleton Meditation (Mastered, can be improved), Summon Skeleton (Mastered), Bone Spear (Proficient), Bone Shield (Proficient), Calm Mind (Beginner)

More encouraging than the changes in the four-dimensional attributes is that he now has attribute panels for five skills.

With just these 5 skills, Ark's combat power is already enough to crush Ye Fan and Gu Zhi Qiu.

After reviewing his skill set again, Ark decided that the next key improvement would be to refine the [Skeleton Meditation Method].