Undead Mage from a Cell

"How can an Undead Mage’s bone dragon be mentioned in the same breath as Bailian City’s bone dragon?"

Gu Xi and Wang Yongshou raised their heads toward the direction of the voice. Gu Xi saw a man standing there who looked like a Death Knight, but with a slightly different style.

The sense of that stylistic mismatch was entirely because, at the spot where the man stood, the ground was carpeted with Bone Fragments.

The man was riding a bone dragon about ten meters long, standing amidst those Bone Fragments, looking like someone walking along while constantly scattering fresh flowers on the ground.

Gorgeous, but also kind of pointless.

At the same time, he was wearing a set of heavy Armor made entirely of White Bone.

The Armor followed a Death Knight aesthetic, but the outer layer of White Bone on the Armor radiated a bright silvery Metal sheen.

It looked like a set of Bone Armor made of silver or white gold.

Likewise, the bone dragon beneath him was in the same condition. A perfectly good bone dragon had every single bone plated with similar Metal armor pieces, making the dragon look a bit more "fully loaded."

In his hand, he held a Long Spear made of White Bone in the same style; the spear was at least six meters long.

Held in his hand, it felt a bit out of place, but when you put it together with such a long bone dragon, it actually fit quite well.

Seeing this man appear, Wang Yongshou immediately said, "Mr. Guo, you’re here?"

The man merely nodded, then flipped off the bone dragon with a jump.

Only when he jumped down did Gu Xi notice that the man had two banners hanging behind his back.

One bore the emblem of the White Knight Order, and the other showed a Flood Dragon being seized in a giant hand.

After jumping down from the bone dragon, the man walked straight up to Gu Xi.

He gave Gu Xi a once-over from head to toe. "You’re the one who killed the Fusion Association’s Third Elder?"

Gu Xi had no idea how he was supposed to respond to that.

The way this guy talked and acted instantly rubbed Gu Xi the wrong way.

He was the sort of person who could fire off a single line that left you so annoyed you didn’t even want to talk to him.

But he himself clearly had no idea; when he stood in front of Gu Xi, he looked Gu Xi over with a gaze that screamed condescension.

"A Level 9 Undead Mage? Looks pretty average. How did you kill the Fusion Association’s Third Elder?

If you don’t feel like saying, forget it. It’s all the same few routines anyway."

With this kind of ask-and-answer-himself attitude, not even bothering to wait for Gu Xi’s reply, Gu Xi was honestly speechless.

The worst part was, this guy even acted as if Gu Xi had answered, and concluded Gu Xi just didn’t want to tell him anything.

That pissed Gu Xi off no end.

But he showed none of that on the surface. After sizing Gu Xi up from top to bottom for a moment, the man took a rather unimpressive-looking bone out from his chest.

It was a thigh bone; once he pulled it out, he waved it up and down in front of Gu Xi like a Sovereign’s Staff.

He even seemed to want to press the bone to Gu Xi’s mouth, like testing for drunk driving and having him blow a breath into it.

Watching him act like this, the anger on Gu Xi’s face rose visibly.

Fortunately, the man didn’t go any further over the line.

He just circled once around Gu Xi, then lifted his head and turned back toward his bone dragon.

Only then did Gu Xi notice something.

His entire field of focus had been revolving around this man.

When the man jumped down from the bone dragon, Gu Xi hadn’t paid any attention to the dragon at all.

That was a very unreasonable feeling.

It was as if the bone dragon had been wiped out of his Spirit altogether.

This was something Gu Xi could pull off himself.

It was the Mind Shield ability of the Spirit Lamp.

But seeing it used here made Gu Xi all the more wary.

This Mr. Guo was not one of those brainless Noble Family brats with water sloshing in their skulls.

His little performance had been very fake.

And there was definitely something hiding behind that performance.

Just as Gu Xi was carefully bracing himself for Mr. Guo’s next round of reprimands, Mr. Guo vaulted back onto the bone dragon and left without a backward glance.

From the speed he left at, you got the impression something was chasing him from behind.

Watching Mr. Guo show up for a moment and then immediately leave, Gu Xi was a bit at a loss.

But given the situation, it wasn’t really convenient for Gu Xi to ask Wang Yongshou whether this Mr. Guo had some kind of serious mental problem.

He could only probe indirectly with a few questions.

"So, this matter’s considered wrapped up and he just walks off like that? No need to ask anything else?"

"Yeah, it’s wrapped up. Nothing left to ask. The Fusion Association’s Third Elder being dead has already been verified by the White Bone Obelisk.

This whole thing is basically settled. Mr. Guo coming to look you over was just procedure.

As long as he sees you’re not one of the Black Players and you don’t have any Black Players around you, the matter is decided."

Wang Yongshou was very clear on the lofty attitude of those Noble Family types.

Their being willing to come over in person even once was already a big deal.

Of course, there was no need for him to spell all this out for Gu Xi.

Just for the sake of having just shared a barbecue skewer, he dropped Gu Xi a couple of hints.

If it were anyone else, he wouldn’t even bother.

Maybe Wang Yongshou’s words put Gu Xi at ease.

So he started talking with Wang Yongshou about what came after in this Game World.

On that topic, Wang Yongshou was the one with the most authority to speak.

"You mean this world? In the end, it definitely has to be handed back to the Steel Ghost Claw Guild.

Even if the Steel Ghost Claw Guild pulled this stunt this time, as long as there’s no solid evidence on the surface, the City Lord’s Mansion isn’t going to move against any Guild.

At most, they’ll just put some pressure on them through quests.

After this incident is over, this world will still be returned to them in the end.

But the territory you’ve seized—that’s your own business.

How you negotiate things with the Steel Ghost Claw Guild, that’s up to you."

As he spoke, Wang Yongshou glanced back in the direction he’d come from.

The Players over there were all from the Corpse Bone Fish Dragon Guild.

With a big Guild at their back and such a nice spot in hand, there was no way they would hand over the villages and cities they’d fought so hard to claim.

Once the White Knight Order confirmed there were no Black Players left in this world, there would definitely be a war between the Corpse Bone Fish Dragon Guild and the Steel Ghost Claw Guild.

When that happened, Gu Xi could take advantage of the chaos and firmly seize the area around Jiaolong Blood Castle.

As for anyone from Steel Ghost Claw wanting the Jiaolong Blood Castle region back?

That was bullshit.

There was no way Gu Xi was giving up territory he’d gone to so much trouble to conquer.

If they wanted it, they could come and try to take it.

Let’s see if they had what it took to wrest this city from a Level 25 Hero who also wielded an Orange Armor.