Chapter: 646
“Hmm… who to pick…” he gazed across his skeletons.
While Jay realised he could craft a rudimentary mind for each of his skeletons, for the current situation it could turn out bad. Immediately he thought to choose Blue – however, there was a beast hunting him, and when a skeleton gained a fresh mind it seemed like it needed time to learn how to fight again.
If all of them gained minds right now, he would be like a sitting duck.
Once they gained a mind they lost part of their connection to Jay and couldn’t copy his, albeit primitive, fighting techniques.
Mentally, they were more like new babies rauther than clones of Jay’s mind.
Red and Blue were both level four and currently needed for protection, while Lamp and Sweeper were confronting the beast, so naturally, Jay chose the next in line: Dark.
He was happy with the choice anyway, as he thought the idea of an assassin skeleton was too cool to pass up; he would do whatever he could to advance this particular skeleton and make it stronger.
Dark was currently on fruit-picking duty.
The skeletons clipping away the red desert fruits using the decapitated lizard heads were a little past the half-way point now, and Jay was fine with bringing Dark back for the upgrade.
Dark scrambled back across the desert, kicking up sand as it sprinted towards its master through the mushroms and all their hanging tendrils. It dropped the lizard head and its other dagger on the ground, then stood before Jay and kneeled, following Jay’s commandments precisely.
Jay was sitting down on his throne this time, with his arms resting on the throne as he began the process.
The bright glow of the green mana returned, and from a distance he would have looked like lich lord blessing his skeleton with some kind of power while sitting in his throne.
“I’ll need to meditate after this” Jay thought, as each time it costed him twenty-five mana.
The process went much more smoothly this time, and Jay was glad he didn’t have to hold his arms up. He felt the energy leaving his body too, but it would recover in due time. Besides, he didn’t need to worry about energy since he was carried around on his throne.
Finally, the spell finished.
[A new mind is formed.]
Similar to last time, the skeleton raised its head and looked deeply into Jay’s eyes. It was like it was imprinting on him, remembering its masters face.
Jay gave it a moment, and shortly after the rapid eye movement started again. Jay patiently waited, and finally it stopped.
“Seemed to take a while longer that time. Perhaps because it’s level two?” he thought with a shrug.
“Dark. Welcome to the world.” Jay smiled.
Dark lowered its head again as if in submission to a king, accepting its name.
“Your weapons. Two daggers.” Jay pointed.
Dark slowly stood up and grabbed its weapons.
Heavy was still practicing its swings, slashes, and blocks, but couldn’t help but turn to curiously watch the entire process. Jay could tell it was trying to be sneaky, but he didn’t mind.
Dark, just like Heavy, began slashing its weapons. At first it only used one dagger in its right hand, but began to alternate more after Jay told it to use both weapons.