Chapter 26 - Lulumeng
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Bexia's affinity turned out to be quite high, especially when dealing with women. His appearance easily gained favor, which quickly calmed the little girl down. Taking advantage of the opportunity, he began to ask about the girl.

"What is your name?"

"Teacher said I shouldn't tell my name to strangers." The little girl blinked her innocent eyes and curled up her body, looking as cute as a small hamster!

"I'm Bexia, and he's Carter. We're friends now, so it should be okay to tell a friend your name, right?" Bexia scratched his head, unable to imagine the level of innocence the girl possessed.

"Friends!?" The girl's eyes lit up, and she spoke her name. "I'm Lulumeng!"

"A name as cute as yours!" Bexia reached out and ruffled her head. Lulumeng seemed to enjoy the gesture, closing her eyes like a little cat.

Bexia learned a lot of information about Lulumeng. The pure girl had no defenses whatsoever and answered almost everything Bexia asked, without any reservations.

From what he understood, Lulumeng was arranged by her teacher to perform a summoning ritual in the Chrom Cemetery, which was rich in death energy and suitable for death magic.

However, this little girl fell asleep during the ritual, causing the summoned being to lose control and escape her grasp. In addition, the best time for making a contract was missed, so the summoned undead just ran away.

Unlike the undead, the summoned undead were different. The undead belonged to the category of physical death summons, and physical attacks were effective against them. However, the summoned undead were spiritual energy entities, and physical attacks were completely ineffective against them. Even magical attacks would be greatly diminished. Only special spiritual attacks could effectively harm them.

The summoned undead did not leave the Chrom Cemetery because it didn't have enough power to survive in this world for long. It could prolong its existence by staying in the death energy-rich Chrom Cemetery. Leaving this area would only accelerate its demise.

As for the strange sounds the villagers heard, they were actually emitted by the low-level undead summoned by Lulumeng. The purpose was to prevent people from entering the Chrom Cemetery. If they encountered the powerful undead, it would be terrible. Lulumeng didn't want anyone to be in danger because of her negligence.

The two intermediate undead encountered earlier were also secretly controlled by Lulumeng. The purpose was to scare them away and keep them from this dangerous area.

After listening to Lulumeng's words, Bexia's perspective on necromancers underwent a significant change. What Carter said before was not wrong. Whether power was evil or not depended on the wielder.

"So that's what happened..." Bexia pondered for a moment. With the truth revealed, the adventure mission was considered complete. But he couldn't help worrying about Lulumeng. She was just too young, and he couldn't bear to leave her alone in the crypt.

"Do you need help, Lulumeng?"

"Really?"

"Of course, if I can help Lulumeng..." Bexia said but suddenly remembered a problem. Lulumeng was not weak at all. Despite her young age, she was able to summon even intermediate undead. This meant her magical power was at an intermediate level, higher than most third-year senior students in the academy.

"Carter will help too, right?" Since he had already said it, Bexia couldn't take it back and also involved Carter.

"Hey! This is what you promised! Don't ask me to go to my death. If Lulumeng can't control the undead with her intermediate-level magic, I estimate those undead are probably high-level undead. We don't even have the strength of a low-level undead. Isn't this just sending ourselves to our deaths?"

"Thank you, big brother Bexia. But Lulumeng can catch the undead by herself. It's just that it always evades Lulumeng, otherwise Lulumeng would have caught it already."

"Is that undead very powerful?" Bexia asked again.

"It was powerful when it was first summoned, but after so many days, the undead has become weaker. Otherwise, Lulumeng wouldn't be able to defeat it!""Roar-!"

Suddenly, a furious roar came from something in front of them, catching Lulu's attention.

"My trap got it!" Lulu Dream happily exclaimed, turning to Bexia and saying, "Bexia, I'm going to catch the undead. It's dangerous here, so you should leave quickly!"

"Well... can we go take a look?" Bexia was still curious about the undead.

"Then be careful!" Lulu Dream ran ahead, reaching the next tomb chamber. There, she saw a large black shadow locked in a magic circle with numerous black chains, measuring about five or six meters in diameter.

"Is this the undead?"

Bexia looked at the enormous black shadow in front of him, which appeared blurry, like a silhouette. He could vaguely see that it was wearing full-body armor, with only a pair of red eyes visible. It held a giant axe in its hand, and about half of the chains that bound its body had been freed.

"Summon Lesser Undead!"

Lulu Dream took out a black magic book from a small pouch around her waist. It was clear that the small pouch was a spatial-type magic item. After finishing the incantation, more than a dozen transparent gray undead creatures clawed their way towards the black undead.

"Roar-!" The black undead roared angrily and swung its giant axe, instantly killing several lesser undead. Even though it was currently weakened, the authority of higher-level undead should not be underestimated by lesser ones.

However, Lulu Dream did not rely solely on the summoning spell; the purpose of these lesser undead was to buy time and delay the black undead's escape from the chains.

"Summon Intermediate Undead: Darkfire Spirit!"

"Summon Intermediate Undead: Sinful Corporeal!"

"Summon Intermediate Undead: Vengeful Soul!"

Three magic circles simultaneously lit up in front of her, summoning three different types of intermediate undead. The Darkfire Spirit was a large clump of purple-black flames with a human face, the Sinful Corporeal was a creature composed of dozens of combined skull heads, and the Vengeful Soul still retained a human appearance, albeit with a fearsome countenance.

The moment these three undead summons appeared, they rushed towards the black undead. While the lesser undead could be ignored, the same couldn't be said for the higher-level ones, especially considering the current weakened state of the black undead. The intermediate undead posed a significant threat to it.