Chapter 339: Creating Another Summon [2]

"Gagaga!!"

"Run!"

Terrified cries continued ringing out!

Although some goblin warriors at the front were still desperately resisting, the ordinary goblins responsible for supporting them from behind had already begun scrambling toward the central stone temple.

Seeing this, Zich did not continue pursuing them deeper into the tribe.

After all, this was still the interior of the goblin settlement, and nobody knew how many powerful monsters might be hiding within that enormous ancient structure at its center.

Since he had already successfully eliminated the three shamans and disrupted the enemy’s forces, there was naturally no reason to take unnecessary risks just to hunt down a few ordinary goblins.

"Silverback, finish off the remaining enemies nearby!"

"Roar!"

The Silverback Ape responded, sweeping its massive arms once again and smashing several stubbornly resisting goblin warriors to the ground.

Zich did not remain idle either. Frostgrave repeatedly swept through the air, and together with the Silverback Ape, he quickly eliminated the remaining enemies nearby.

Just then, another disturbance suddenly erupted from the opposite end of the street.

Clearly, the goblins deeper within the tribe had noticed what was happening and were dispatching additional warriors as reinforcements.

"That’s enough."

Zich raised his head and glanced toward the commotion before beckoning to Nadia.

"Let’s withdraw!"

"Alright!" Nadia nodded.

The two quickly disengaged from the battlefield, using the nearby piles of rubble and collapsed buildings as cover before retreating into a stone structure near the beast pens.

By now, broken shields were scattered across the outer streets, goblin corpses lay strewn across the ground, and even many of the heavily armored warriors that had previously been acting so arrogantly had been horribly battered.

As for the dozen or so gray-skinned Tuskbeasts, they were still rampaging through the distant streets, occasionally knocking over unfortunate goblins.

"You already knew those magical beasts would obey the bone dragon’s commands?"

Nadia temporarily recalled the Nether Eye White Tiger into her contract space before glancing back at the distant Tuskbeasts. A complicated expression appeared in her eyes.

"I knew they would obey."

Zich nodded before recalling the Silverback Ape and Blood Leech into the graveyard as well.

"As for how many shields they could smash..."

At this point, he couldn’t help smiling.

"That’s something I only found out just now."

"..."

Nadia glanced at him before helplessly shaking her head.

"That Ancestral Command of yours is even more ridiculous than I thought."

Zich merely smiled.

Although Tiamant’s appearance had lasted only a few seconds, that brief Ancestral Command had been enough to achieve exactly what he wanted.

However, his attention had already shifted toward the grayish-white pendant he had obtained from the Goblin Blood-Curse Shaman.

"Almost forgot about this."

Zich raised the pendant before his eyes.

The pendant had been polished from some kind of grayish-white beast bone, with several fine ancient patterns engraved across its surface. Although the bone chain connecting it looked somewhat old, it was still completely intact.

The next moment, a system panel automatically appeared before his eyes.

[Name: Graybone Pendant]

[Quality: Rare]

[Equipment Effect: Maximum Mana +80]

"Hmm?!"

Upon seeing the final line of the description, Zich’s eyes lit up!

An increase of eighty points to his maximum mana!

This was not a one-time mana recovery effect, but a direct increase to the wearer’s maximum mana capacity!

For ordinary players, eighty mana points might not be particularly astonishing, but for the current Zich, this was undoubtedly an extremely useful piece of equipment.

After all, as his summons continued growing stronger, the amount of mana he needed to consume during each battle was also increasing. This was especially true for high-consumption summons like Tiamant and the Myriad Beast Chimera, whose deployment could rapidly drain his reserves.

With the Graybone Pendant, he would have a little more room to maneuver when using those powerful summons.

"Not bad!"

A satisfied smile appeared on Zich’s face.

He first carefully inspected the pendant’s bone chain, confirming that it was undamaged, before putting it directly around his neck.

Not to mention, he had obtained it for free!

"I’m keeping this," Zich said with a smile.

"I can see that." Nadia glanced at the pendant already hanging around his neck, her tone perfectly calm.

"..."

Zich couldn’t help laughing.

Just as he was preparing to continue checking the other spoils from the battle, a familiar line of system text suddenly appeared before his eyes!

[Current Tombstone Count: 75/75]

"Hmm?!"

Zich’s movements abruptly stopped!

Ever since entering this ancient tomb, he had continuously killed numerous goblins, and the battle just now had sent large numbers of souls pouring into the graveyard.

Among them were not only ordinary goblin warriors but also heavily armored goblins wearing metal armor, along with the Goblin Shamans he had personally killed.

A trace of excitement flashed through Zich’s eyes.

With all seventy-five slots occupied, he could finally use Create!

"What’s wrong?"

Noticing the change in his expression, Nadia couldn’t help asking curiously.

"Nothing."

Zich shook his head before walking over to the stone wall and sitting down, placing Frostgrave horizontally across his knees.

"I need to rest for a while."

"Now?"

"Mm. Keep an eye on what’s happening outside for me."

Although Nadia was somewhat puzzled, she did not ask any further questions.

After all, Zich had indeed consumed a considerable amount of mana during the battle just now, so taking a short rest was perfectly reasonable.

Thus, she summoned the Nether Eye White Tiger once again and instructed it to guard the stone doorway, while she walked toward a nearby window to continue observing the goblins outside.

After confirming that their surroundings were temporarily safe, Zich finally closed his eyes as his consciousness descended into the graveyard!

...

Splash! Splash!

Pitch-black rain continued falling from the sky.

Within the gloomy and silent graveyard, rows of tombstones stood neatly beneath the black curtain of rain, while the newly formed tombstones had completely filled the previously empty spaces.

Most belonged to ordinary goblin warriors, but several tombstones were noticeably taller than the others, with faint green light even radiating from their surfaces.

Those were the soul tombstones left behind by the Goblin Shamans!

In particular, the Goblin Shaman Zich had deliberately marked as Protected earlier, along with the Blood-Curse Shaman he had just killed, emitted soul fluctuations noticeably stronger than those of the surrounding ordinary goblins.

Standing in the center of the graveyard, Zich swept his gaze across the tombstones one by one.

Among the gathered souls were several goblins possessing spellcasting abilities, including special Elite-grade individuals.

If this creation succeeded, perhaps he really could obtain a fairly impressive new summon!

While he was thinking, a familiar system notification appeared before his eyes.

[Current Tombstone Count: 75/75]

[Tombstone capacity has reached its limit]

[Please select a processing method!]

[1: Absorb!]

[2: Create!]

Upon seeing these two familiar options, Zich barely hesitated.

He deliberately included the Protected Goblin Shaman and Goblin Overseer tombstones in this Create. Protection had only been meant to keep them from being wasted as Spirit Bombs.

"Create."

The gathered tombstones filling the slots began trembling. Soul energy surged upward beneath the black rain, forming a constantly churning mass of light.