Full-Time Magister: I Have Avatars in All Realms

Chapter 6 Executing the Mission

Chen Qing's eyes lit up as he entered the mission hall.

At this moment, the place was packed with people. There were students from the ancient capital academy there to climb the rankings, hunter mages selling soul crystals, and even more guard mages.

Among these people, Chen Qing immediately spotted a familiar face—Lu Zhou!

"Brother Lu, are you guys going to pick up a mission? Can you take me with you?" Chen Qing asked as he stepped forward.

He didn't initially intend to stray too far from the city wall for defense, and after all, he was still just a novice mage with only one magic power, which was insufficient for both defense and escape. In this situation, joining a group became the best option.

Lu Zhou was equally pleasantly surprised to see Chen Qing: "So it's you! What brings you to the city wall? Although you're quite strong, the undead are incredibly diverse."

Chen Qing explained, "I came to the ancient capital to gain more experience in dealing with demons. After all, a mage has to face these things eventually."

Lu Zhou nodded: "What you said is true... How about this, our team is about to take on a mission, the one involving a small group of undead servants. It's not too dangerous, so you can follow us and learn from them."

Chen Qing was overjoyed: "Thanks, Brother Lu!"

Lu Zhou smiled and said, "I should be thanking you for saving me from a murder case."

Lu Zhou was originally a Guardian Mage. His team consisted of five people, all of whom were mid-level mages, making it a standard Guardian Mage team configuration with rich experience.

Chen Qing was instructed to stay close behind Lu Zhou, as they were about to face vicious and vengeful spirits, and no amount of caution was too much.

"Brother Chen, look, every night outside the ancient capital, new undead rise up. Those who died on this land, whether mages or demons, can mutate into undead. These undead instinctively seek the guidance of the blood and energy of the living, so you can see us sounding the blood alarm almost every night. Sometimes, if the king of a great tomb rises up, you can even see purple!"

"The Tomb of the Dead is located underground and is elusive, so generally there is no specific location map for reference. However, with the experience of us guardian mages, we can find out which places might be where the dead might rise up, and where things might change... You can follow me, and I will teach you all of this slowly," Lu Zhou said.

Chen Qing nodded hurriedly. These words of experience were invaluable; they might save his life someday.

Lu Zhou was willing to teach, and Chen Qing was willing to learn.

"We're about to reach our destination. Everyone, be on high alert!" Lu Zhou solemnly announced.

The remaining four remained in their positions, but their expressions became more solemn. Although they were just undead servants, even ants can kill an elephant if there are enough of them. Once they gathered into a large group, they would be difficult to deal with.

Their task is to nip this possibility in the bud.

Chen Qing saw a mage in the group raise a light shield, protecting everyone inside, and then they crashed head-on into the undead horde.

"Vine Binding!"

Suddenly, many thick vines grew on the ground, trapping the spirits that smelled the scent of living people within them and hindering their movement.

"Ice Lock, Ice Condensation!"

Immediately afterwards, Lu Zhou made his move, using the vines as a medium to freeze all the dozen or so undead that were entangled. The bone-chilling cold was so strong that even Chen Qing, who was so far away, could clearly feel it.

Chen Qing's expression changed: Mid-level, third-tier Ice Lock!

Moreover, judging from its power and range, it clearly exceeds the normal level of mid-level magic. Is it a spirit seed?

No wonder he was able to be the team leader; Lu Zhou really has some skills.

Lu Zhou forcefully controlled the undead horde, and what followed was the familiar corpse-whipping phase. Several team members took turns attacking, and the powerful output of the mid-level mage quickly slaughtered all the undead.

Chen Qing reacted quickly and unleashed a level-two Radiant Light, instantly killing an undead; otherwise, he wouldn't have had time to steal the kill.

Seeing this, Lu Zhou looked at him with surprise: "Wow, your Radiant Light spell is almost as powerful against the undead as a regular mid-tier spell!"

Even a servant-level undead is not so easy to kill. Adding the previous ghost, Lu Zhou realized that this incredibly young light mage in front of him was not a burden. In an environment like the ancient capital, he would definitely be quite popular!

Lu Zhou's eyes immediately lit up: "That's interesting...would you be interested in becoming a permanent member of my team?"

Chen Qing paused, wanting to say something.

Lu Zhou waved his hand: "I know you're still studying, but our team usually only goes out at night. If you're willing, just come here every Friday and Saturday night. There will be plenty of opportunities for training."

Chen Qing was delighted upon hearing this: "Then I shall gladly accept your offer!"

Lu Zhou's team was very professional, coordinated well, and consisted of top-notch mid-level mages. Chen Qing could learn a lot from them, so he had no reason not to.

Seeing that he agreed, the remaining team members smiled warmly as well.

They had all witnessed Chen Qing's strength just now. For mages, strength is always the only basis for their words, let alone a rising star with such strength and high potential. It would be good to form a good relationship with him.

"Alright, Liu Qi, you finish the purification work to prevent the heavy corpse energy here from causing chaos. The rest of you, come with me to check for any spirits or strange bones that have been produced. Once we remove the soul crystals, we can retreat," Lu Zhou said.

Liu Qi replied, "Yes!"

Liu Qizheng was the light-element mage in the group, and he was currently casting "Radiant Purification".

Chen Qing also looked at the skeletons on the ground.

The training he received through the Soul Transfer Technique made his mental power exceptionally strong, and he was able to observe the changes in the souls of demons after they died. He could tell that these skeletons had not released their essence.

However, this is normal. The probability of ordinary undead servants producing a spirit is extremely low. You might not get one even if you kill a hundred. Residual souls are the norm.

Compared to a true essence, a remnant soul is of much lower quality.

Chen Qing suddenly had a flash of inspiration. The Soul Transfer Technique could control the essence of the soul to enter the spiritual world, so what about the remnant soul? He wondered if that would work?

His eyes lit up, and he immediately took action.

He tried to use his mental power to attract the remnant soul, and surprisingly, he actually succeeded!

Looking at the dozen or so wisps of remnant souls that had appeared in his spiritual world, Chen Qing was almost overjoyed. He immediately guided the remnant souls into the stardust of the light system.

Essence can strengthen star particles. When the strengthened star particles can be combined to form a star orbit, they can cast a basic level 4 magic spell, which greatly increases power and performance while maintaining the same energy consumption.

Remnant souls, being a form of soul power, can naturally be used to strengthen star particles, but their efficiency is definitely much lower than that of using essence directly.

But this is already astonishing enough!

If others knew he possessed such a heaven-defying secret technique, they would probably all go insane, and trouble would follow him everywhere...