Undead Mage: I Have a Skeleton Clone

Shen Zhongyun’s tone was full of confidence.

Indeed, a Silver Tier Defense Array, especially a fortress version, has an astonishing defense power.

Although the exact defense power is unknown, such a robust Defense Shield cannot be worn down quickly even if the enemy swarms in.

"This time, I brought a large number of Magic Stones, enough for our defense.

But with Magic Stones, save them where you can."

"If the enemy’s Glory Champion or Golden Tier powerhouses join the attack, even if we cannot hold the fortress, the fault won’t lie with us, and we might even gain merit."

Shen Zhongyun smiled and continued, "Our Shield, even a Golden Powerhouse would need to expend a considerable amount of battle Qi and Mana to break it.

As for Glory Champions, it’s needless to say.

As long as they dare to attack, the high-tier Mage Corps of Beast Fighting City can use Magic to severely damage or even kill them."

"Will they reach us?" Fang Zhou asked.

"Our Beast Fighting City specifically built a Magic Tower for the Glory Mage and Mage Corps to deal with this kind of all-out Beastman assault.

Within hundreds of kilometers around, it’s all within the striking range of our Glory Magic."

"Moreover, you’re still too young to understand the importance of a Magic Tower to a mage.

A battle more than ten years ago saw a Legendary Mage sitting in a Magic Tower and sweeping through the battlefield," Shen Zhongyun said with a click of his tongue, savoring the memory.

"Commander, when will you be able to build a Magic Tower for yourself?"

Hearing this, Fang Zhou felt a bit relieved and started to playfully tease Shen Zhongyun.

"Me? Even if I sold my whole body of meat and bones, your Uncle Shen wouldn’t be able to gather enough money for one level of a Magic Tower."

Shen Zhongyun’s smile froze, revealing a familiar expression of a poor guy.

"A Magic Tower... sigh, it’s hard to say if I can manage to build one in this lifetime," Shen Zhongyun sighed, shaking his head helplessly.

The Magic Tower is the most important thing for a mage.

Building a Magic Tower is extremely costly and also requires strict mastery of Magic, Arrays, and Runes.

If the mastery of Magic, Arrays, and Runes is too limited, even with money, it can’t be built.

Of course, most mages simply cannot save enough money to build a Magic Tower.

Generally, when a mage reaches the Glory Champion level, they can begin preparing to build a Magic Tower.

But the various Magic Materials required for a Magic Tower are like a massive mountain, weighing down all casters.

In the Mythical World, many Glory Champion casters spend most of their lives taking risks to earn money just to save for building a Magic Tower.

The uses of a Magic Tower are many.

Firstly, a Magic Tower possesses high combat power, with the tower itself able to engrave numerous Defense Magics to provide a sufficiently strong Magic Shield.

Additionally, a Magic Tower also plays a unique role in attacks.

Numerous Attack Magics can be inscribed, and these Magics only require the tower owner to guide them with Mana to activate.

Moreover, a Magic Tower generally has the ability to communicate with the Elemental Plane or the Void, places abundant with frenzied energy.

Through unique Arrays, a Magic Tower can accumulate and store these energies, distinguishing and categorizing them for the Magic Tower’s energy supply.

It can be said that a caster in their Magic Tower is not lacking in energy, being directly connected to the Magic Tower’s Energy Pool.

Various high-energy-consuming Magics can be cast as freely as drinking water, with the Magic Tower augmenting these Magics in various ways.

Increasing strength, range, reducing casting time, etc.

Indeed, casters with a Magic Tower are entirely different combat units compared to those without one.

Of course, the Magic Tower isn’t just useful in combat. It also significantly aids in Magic research and a caster’s Meditation.

High-tier Magic Towers can also assist high-tier casters in researching and mastering various energy rules.

.........

After imagining the power of the Magic Tower, Fang Zhou and Shen Zhongyun gradually calmed down.

"Let’s not talk about these useless things. In the upcoming battle, try not to stray too far from me and stay at the Central Tower of the fortress," Shen Zhongyun instructed seriously.

"Yes, Commander." Fang Zhou nodded.

"In the face of fierce warfare, even being inside the fortress isn’t entirely safe.

The number of Beastmen is still too many; even without Golden Tier powerhouses, their numerical superiority might allow them to breach this place."

"We must try our best to kill more enemies. These are all glowing military merits.

Perhaps if Uncle Shen collects enough resources, I could successfully break through the bottleneck and advance to Gold Tier, relying on this Beastman frenzy," Shen Zhongyun instructed.

"Yes, Commander, I understand."

"Take this." Shen Zhongyun handed over a Scroll.

"Commander, what is this?" Fang Zhou asked after receiving it, puzzled.

"This is a Random Teleportation Scroll.

If the enemy breaks through here and the situation becomes untenable, activate it by tearing it apart.

It can help you escape to a random place within about a hundred kilometers.

Decide when to use it yourself.

If you use it too late and the Beastmen enforce spatial lockdown, you won’t be able to leave.

If used too early and it’s not yet time to retreat, you’ll face severe military discipline from Beast Fighting City later."

"No matter what, after teleporting away, find a place to hide immediately.

Survival is most important," Shen Zhongyun explained patiently.

"Commander, if you give this to me, what about yourself?" Fang Zhou, touched, looked at Shen Zhongyun.

"Silly child, I have one too." Shen Zhongyun smiled slightly, patting Fang Zhou on the shoulder and taking out another Teleportation Scroll.

The two exchanged a smile.

Teleportation Scrolls are a great life-saving tool, available for exchange at the military warehouse of Beast Fighting City.

As for the price, it’s certainly expensive.

Since the official Beast Fighting City allows open exchange of this, its implications are evident.

Only those with the financial means and military merit to exchange for a Random Teleportation Scroll are at least Silver Upper Rank powerhouses.

And only Magic Professionals can use such Scrolls.

The status of Silver Tier Magic Professionals is quite high, being mid to upper-ranking officers in the military.

Offering these elite powerhouses a chance to escape when things become untenable helps preserve the military’s essence.

Of course, if some cowards flee before the last moment, causing delays, they will be severely punished by military law.

The number of such items isn’t plentiful, so Shen Zhongyun giving one to him was already a great favor in Fang Zhou’s eyes.

Fang Zhou wouldn’t be foolish to ask why they couldn’t be given to others, as it’s unrealistic.

If the fortress is breached, the local garrison, those Black Iron Tier warriors, basically have no other path; they would likely have already fallen in battle.

As for the Silver Tier Combat Professionals, since they have no close connections with Fang Zhou, if the city falls, it’ll depend on their luck.

...

The scent of war continually approached, yet the Tiger Suppression Fortress remained surprisingly calm.

It had been half a month, and no Beastman had come to attack.

Every day, Fang Zhou stayed inside the Central Tower, meditating and cultivating, sometimes assisting Shen Zhongyun in experimenting with the latest defense tactics.

Every day, the latest battle updates were transmitted through the Communication Array, keeping Fang Zhou informed about the war’s progress.

This time, the attacking Beastman army was formed by the alliance of Beastman tribes going all out.

Along the way, they cleared out the disputed territory between Beast Fighting City and the Beastman tribes.

This area was originally left intentionally by Beast Fighting City, inhabited by many indigenous creatures and scattered with various ancient ruins.

At this moment, all these indigenous tribes were cleared by the Beastmen, those who dared resist were killed.

Their assets were confiscated for military use, strong tribesmen conscripted as cannon fodder, and women and children transported back to the tribes, used as slave materials.