That's How We Necromancers Do Things

Chapter 180: Chapter 102: Advancement! Lynch Becomes a Tier Two Mage

Aus had been anxiously watching the situation. Seeing this, he immediately jogged over.

"My lord, your orders."

Lynch told him to go make arrangements for Catherine.

Aus immediately accepted the order and left.

Catherine followed Aus away dazedly, as if she’d lost her soul. It was clear she would need some time to process the day’s tumultuous events.

After dealing with the hot potato that was Catherine, Lynch turned to Raymond, his face full of gratitude. "Senior Brother, thank you for arriving in the nick of time and turning the tide."

"I was hoping to have you stay for a proper meal in Lakefront Town to show my gratitude, but I imagine that as a Battle Group Commander, you must be incredibly busy. I won’t keep you any longer..."

Every word he spoke hinted that he wanted his guest to leave.

Hearing this, Raymond’s small eyes went wide. He had a shocked expression that screamed, ’You’re kicking me out after I just helped you!’ "Well, I’ll be, Lynch! So you’re this kind of ungrateful brat." freewebnσvel.cѳm

Though he complained, he didn’t hesitate at all, striding directly into the town. He even muttered, "Since I’m already here, I should at least inspect how you’re doing, right?"

Urk...

Lynch’s mouth twitched. He could only follow along helplessly.

’He just knew it. With his Senior Brother’s personality, he wouldn’t leave without getting something out of this.’

Sure enough, Raymond, seemingly taking a casual stroll, carefully "strolled" his way into the smelting workshop, which had just resumed operations and was now buzzing with activity.

When he saw the small mountain of iron ore piled in the workshop’s open space, along with the neatly stacked blocks of initially smelted Iron Ingots, his little eyes instantly lit up.

"Not bad, not bad at all!" Raymond clapped Lynch on the shoulder, praising him. "Junior Brother, your Senior Brother really wasn’t wrong about you. Even starting from scratch, you’ve managed to whip Lakefront Town into shape so quickly."

The next moment, he put on a pitiful expression. "Junior Brother, you see, the equipment for my troops is in tatters. A lot of my brothers have nicks all over their swords... I don’t want much, just half!"

Hearing this, Lynch’s face instantly scrunched up. He sighed dramatically. "Senior Brother, you know I’m starting from scratch. Building something up is hard! Look at Lakefront Town—it’s waiting to be rebuilt from the ground up. I need money and resources everywhere."

"This batch of iron ore is war booty that I barely managed to acquire. It’s painstaking to smelt it into Iron Ingots, which are meant for forging farm tools and repairing the town’s defenses. It’s also the capital I need to trade with the caravans for our first batch of essential supplies. I can’t easily part with it. I’m... I’m dirt poor, completely broke!"

He deliberately stressed the phrase "starting from scratch," looking at Raymond with pleading eyes.

Raymond was taken aback and blinked his small eyes.

’Did I just shoot myself in the foot?’

"However," Lynch said, changing his tune, "Senior Brother did save me, after all. How about this... If there’s no other way, I’ll slow down Lakefront Town’s development, tighten my belt, and squeeze out twenty percent for you..."

"Twenty percent?!" Raymond exclaimed, practically jumping. "What good is twenty percent? It’s not even enough to forge a dagger for each of my men..."

"Sigh... Life isn’t easy for any of us."

Lynch let out another long sigh. "We’re both just too poor, brother. How about this? I recently acquired a Zombie with a pretty good foundation. I’m thinking of trying to cultivate it into a Tier Four Purple Zombie."

"But this Zombie Enhancement Skill gets more profound the further you go, and the materials become rarer and harder to find. Senior Brother, you’re experienced and have deep knowledge. Could you... impart some secrets? Maybe support me with a few materials?"

"What the hell?!" This time, Raymond was genuinely stunned.

He looked Lynch up and down, speaking with disbelief. "You brat, you’re at most mid-Tier One right now, right? And you’re already thinking about cultivating a Tier Four Purple Zombie?! Do you have any idea how many resources it takes to raise a Purple Zombie?"

He remembered back when he was Tier One, trying to cultivate a common walking corpse into a Black Corpse. How much effort and time had he spent, scrimping and saving, scraping things together from all over?

But this kid? He was talking so big it was scary. Just a Tier One daring to dream of a Tier Four Purple Zombie. The key was that he came from a commoner background with absolutely no family backing him. Who would believe it if they heard?

Lynch spread his hands, an expression on his face that said, ’My hands are tied.’ "Senior Brother, the world is too dangerous. A random Gnoll Chieftain shows up and he’s Tier Four. A Battle Group Commander comes looking for trouble and he’s a Tier Five big shot with several hundred elite troops... With the meager resources I have, if I don’t hurry up and get some powerful units that can hold the line, I won’t even be able to sleep at night."

Raymond was at a loss for words. ’Comparisons are odious,’ he thought.

But immediately after, the two brothers began to bargain fiercely.

「A moment later.」

The two finally reached an agreement. freewebnoveℓ.com

First, Lynch took Raymond to see the Corpse Demon, which had already reached Tier Three after just its initial refinement.

After a careful inspection, Raymond clucked his tongue in amazement. He confirmed that the Zombie’s foundation was indeed excellent and that its strength in life had been formidable. With proper cultivation, it had a great chance of reaching the level of a Tier Four Purple Zombie.

And Raymond certainly lived up to his reputation as a veteran Necromancer. Although his own talent and power were inferior to their mentor, Annabella, he was rich in experience and had unique insights into zombie enhancement paths, material combinations, and energy channeling.

Through their exchange, Lynch benefited greatly, and many of his questions were suddenly answered.

Lynch, for his part, made full use of his eagerness to learn. While greedily absorbing this knowledge, he also kept "casually" asking about the acquisition channels for various mid- and High Tier Undead cultivation materials, their approximate market prices, and...