Fantasy Lord: I Have a Moving Castle

After the brief dance of serpents, each of the snake bones that constituted the serpent’s body shot out in all directions.

In the midst of the night, three bright lights appeared, sparkling with blue-purple electric light. The Thunder Night Dragon annihilated all incoming bone spears with a Thunder Annihilation Cannon, even having enough momentum left to pierce through the massive serpent formation made of its long tail.

In another direction, the Praying Light Sword suddenly split into many, multiplying into numerous light swords that cross-fired with the bone spears filling the sky, creating a dazzling morning light in the heavens.

Where the Fierce Sword Firefly was located, circles of fireflies that surrounded its wrists entered its body while it was retreating. Then, a pained expression crossed its face, followed by the sudden emergence of elegant flames all over its body, fluttering wildly in the night wind.

In this instant, Fierce Sword Firefly’s momentum almost rose to a level comparable to that of the Thunder Night Dragon and the Thorny Bone Snake.

Char, who was watching the battle from a distance, felt a spark of excitement.

Without a doubt, this was Fierce Sword Firefly’s other skill "Flowing Fire Burning Body." Unexpectedly, it provided a temporary boost to its own combat power, and its effects were so strong that it momentarily climbed a level, gaining strength comparable to the Thunder Night Dragon.

The red glow brightened half the night sky as Fierce Sword Firefly turned into a red comet, effortlessly shattering all incoming bone spears.

Facing three formidable enemies, the White Bone Thorns Dance of the Thorny Bone Snake, although still with an impressive noise, no longer could provide the Thorny Bone Snake a chance to escape.

After the Thunder Annihilation Cannon pierced through the serpent formation, it blasted onto the body of the Thorny Bone Snake, cutting its serpentine body in half, and following a barrage of attacks, the Praying Light Sword also gained the upper hand. With a descent of the light swords, many snake bones of the upper half of the Thorny Bone Snake were severed.

The Thorny Bone Snake still struggled, but at that moment, a crimson light pierced directly through the skull of the Thorny Bone Snake, and the fiery twin swords stirred violently, instantly shattering the soul fire.

With that, the Thorny Bone Snake finally ceased to struggle, crashing heavily onto the ground.

The final blow was surprisingly delivered by the Fierce Sword Firefly!

The combat prowess displayed by the Fierce Sword Firefly and its grasp over the decisive strike was truly a pleasant surprise to Char.

On the other side, after Fierce Sword Firefly passed through the head of the Thorny Bone Snake, it stopped midair; the red comet faded away, and the flames on its body quickly receded, with its aura dropping instantly as well.

Clearly, after a peak burst of power, Fierce Sword Firefly had nearly exhausted its strength.

’Finally!’

A sigh of relief brushed Char’s heart.

After striving for so long, he finally managed to take down the first mini-boss; it was truly no easy feat.

But the outcome was rewarding, not only revealing the impressive combat power of Fierce Sword Firefly but also offering a rich reward.

He glanced at the quest log and saw the task of killing the Thorny Bone Snake was marked as complete.

The Challenge Level of the Thorny Bone Snake was only one higher than that of the Shark Lizard Beast, but perhaps because of the many subordinates it commanded, making the kill more difficult, the reward in Praying Power was much more generous than from killing the Shark Lizard Beast.

It amounted to twenty-five strands!

Lately, it had been increasingly difficult for him to extract Praying Power from the Undead since he had already slain most types of Undead creatures.

This sudden windfall of twenty-five strands, added to the fifty strands he would get from completing the vegetable garden, meant he was soon to collect a hundred strands of Praying Power again.

The Land of Death was an utter disaster for the creatures of the Florence Forest, but for Char, it turned out to be a place of fortune.

Previously he had wondered how long it would take to gather several hundred strands of Praying Power; the next castle upgrade seemed an eternity away.

But then he stumbled upon the Land of Undead, gathering Praying Power at a cheat-like pace, and now the castle’s next upgrade was not far off.

Char was truly overjoyed internally.

Beyond the twenty-five strands of Praying Power, killing the Thorny Bone Snake also awarded him a Dead Soul Jade. According to the system’s Introduction, it encapsulated the essence of an Undead creature, only forming with some probability after the defeat of Intermediate or higher level Undead.

It was a very rare material with many uses; it could even be directly fed to magic beasts with death and ghost powers to enhance their strength.

This Dead Soul Jade was not like the Wild Boar Dagger or the Undead Bone Flute that would appear in the Prayer House; it dropped directly, and so Char approached the body of the Thorny Bone Snake, pretending to inspect it, and then "coincidentally" found the Dead Soul Jade.

The discovery of the Dead Soul Jade surprised even Freyja.

"You could let the Thunder Night Dragon try it. It has powers of death and ghosts within it. With the capacity of the Dead Soul Jade, perhaps it could speed up the maturation of the Thunder Night Dragon," Freyja initially introduced the Dead Soul Jade to Char before excitedly proposing the idea.

She vividly remembered that the Thunder Night Dragon was still a Subadult. With such strength at this stage, how powerful would it become once fully grown?

Challenge Level 9? Even Level 10?

And the Dead Soul Jade could just speed up this process.

Freyja’s words filled Char with expectation.

"Thunderfall Night Dragon, want to give it a try?"

Char held the Dead Soul Jade in his palm and called out to the Thunderfall Night Dragon.

The Thunderfall Night Dragon obediently squatted next to Char, licked with its tongue, and rolled the Dead Soul Jade into its mouth.

Char was about to speak with a smile, but unexpectedly, the next second the Thunderfall Night Dragon spit the Dead Soul Jade out.

"Don’t like the taste? Eating this could speed up your growth, and you’ll become even more powerful—why not give it another try?" Char couldn’t help but persuade.

He really did want the Thunderfall Night Dragon to raise its Challenge Level to 9 or even 10 as soon as possible, despite already having two Intermediate Magic Pets with considerable combat powers.

But who would complain about being too strong?

The Thunderfall Night Dragon shook its head and even stepped back, firmly unwilling to comply.

That’s when Freyja spoke up, "Maybe the Thunderfall Night Dragon is not just being picky. Although it retained some of its Ghost Attribute Strength after evolving, and that’s why it’s unaffected by the Undead Bone Flute."

"But the amount of Ghost power inside it must not be much. From now on, its evolution will only be toward lightning and not a combination of both. Consuming the Dead Soul Jade might interfere with its further transformation."

"Maybe we should just forget about it."

Upon hearing this, Char no longer forced the Thunderfall Night Dragon and picked up the Dead Soul Jade to put it away.

At that moment, the Praying Light Sword flew over, which immediately aroused the alertness of both the Thunderfall Night Dragon and the Fierce Sword Firefly; Freyja also instinctively gripped the sword hilt tightly.

Even though the Praying Light Sword was most likely a friend rather than a foe, they still had to be wary of it suddenly attacking Char, right?

The Praying Light Sword stopped twenty meters away from Char and then flew off in a certain direction. Seeing that Char, Freyja, and the others did not move, it came back and repeated the gesture.

"Is it—leading the way? Does it want us to follow?" Char said.

"It seems so," Freyja replied.

Then, the two saw the Praying Light Sword flying up and down in the air, seemingly nodding in affirmation.

’The intelligence of this Praying Light Sword is so high? It can actually communicate with people, even smarter than the Thorny Bone Snake!’ Char was shocked internally.

"Are you asking us to deal with another Undead? Like that formidable one?" Char attempted to communicate with the Praying Light Sword while pointing at the huge skull of the Thorny Bone Snake, "As powerful as this Undead?"

The Praying Light Sword nodded once again.

"That won’t work," despite the desire to recruit the Praying Light Sword, Char still flatly refused its request, "The battle just now took a lot out of the Thunderfall Night Dragon, Fierce Sword Firefly, and even you. We’re not in good shape to challenge a strong opponent right now."

"How about we go with you after the Thunderfall Night Dragon and the others have rested, okay?"

Char said this very gently and amicably.

The Praying Light Sword hovered in the air, giving the impression that it was pondering.

After two or three seconds, the Praying Light Sword nodded again.

"We’re going back now, do you want to come with us? Otherwise, we might not be able to find you later." At that moment, Char truly felt like he was luring an innocent child.

This time, the Praying Light Sword did not hesitate for long, promptly nodding in agreement.

’Fantastic!’

Char internally gave himself a thumbs up, brimming with joy.

What a night of great fortune!