[Summon Skeleton] (Apprentice Level, Beginner): Can summon skeletons to fight, with their quantity, strength, and duration determined by Spirit Attribute and Skill Proficiency.
A professional’s skills can be used not only for combat but also for production.
The Federation has excellently combined professional skills and technological means, with the personal terminal being a very successful product.
Professionals can learn skills, view strategies, and exchange resources through the personal terminal.
However, unfortunately, since the Skill Library already includes the [Summon Skeleton] skill, Fang Zhou did not receive any rewards.
Not long after, seeing that the cadets had finished inputting their skills, Lu Hu asked, "How’s it going? Has anyone acquired a new skill?"
"Report, instructor! I’ve awakened a new skill, and the Federation awarded me 100 contribution points," a burly male cadet replied proudly.
Upon hearing this, all the cadets looked on with envy.
Bear in mind, as Junior Sergeants, their basic monthly salary is only 1 contribution point.
Lu Hu chuckled, "Good! Apprentice-level skills are inherently weak, but we can use them as a foundation to pioneer a whole new professional skill tree, enhancing the depth of our Human Alliance.
Classmates, as long as you work diligently, you too can develop your own exclusive skills and receive generous rewards in the future.
Alright, today’s awakening session ends here, dismissed!"
The cadets walked back to their dorms in small groups, their expressions filled with excitement and determination.
On the way, Fang Zhou was deep in thought, Lu Hu’s words had touched him.
In many fantasy games, the Undead Mage is referred to as a "calamity."
Summoning Series, Skeleton Series, Flesh and Blood Series, Corrosive Poison Series, Curse Series, Soul Series...
Various skills can turn an Undead Mage into a one-man army.
He wondered how far the skill tree of an Undead Mage in this world has developed?
Back at the dorm, Fang Zhou sat at the desk and opened his personal terminal.
Searching for the keywords "Undead Mage," he found only a few results.
"Undead Mage’s Cultivation Insights".
"Overview of the Undead Mage Skill Tree".
"History of Undead Mage Profession Development".
"Discussing Why the Undead Mage is So Weak".
...
Fang Zhou briefly browsed through these professional guides and shook his head silently.
In this world, the profession of an Undead Mage is in an even more miserable situation than he had imagined.
First, the Meditation Method is weak, leading to the Undead Mage’s cultivation speed and Spirit Attribute being far inferior to other Mages.
Secondly, the skill tree is too simplistic, mainly focusing on the Summoning Series, and the undead creatures that can be summoned are garbage like skeletons, zombies, and ghouls.
Apart from summoning skills, there are only a few disjointed Corrosive Poison Series and Negative Energy Series skills, with unimpressive power.
Furthermore, because undead-attribute mana is very harmful to the human body, Undead Mages have poor physical condition, making them ill-suited for intense battlefield environments.
These factors have led to the decline of this profession.
Fang Zhou sighed and thought, regardless, let’s try out his own skills first.
He attempted to activate the [Summon Skeleton] skill; as Spiritual Power was consumed, a black vortex appeared beside him, and a tattered gray skeleton, unarmed, wobbled out.
Looking at its weak soul fire, Fang Zhou felt a bit disappointed.
In his perception, the average Four-dimensional Attributes of this skeleton were estimated to be less than 1, unable even to defeat an ordinary person who hadn’t awakened.
However, he stroked his chin, feeling slightly confused.
According to the guide, given that Blue Star is very far from the Undead Realm, the Summon Skeleton is a very Spiritual Power-consuming skill.
A newly awakened lower apprentice can usually summon at most two skeletons continuously, exhausting their Spiritual Power.
But his Spiritual Power seemed to deplete only a tiny fraction, about one-twentieth.
This means Fang Zhou could continuously summon 20 skeletons.
The disparity was remarkable.
Fang Zhou opened the personal terminal to check the analysis of the [Summon Skeleton] skill.
"For an Undead Mage using Summoning Series skills, the most important factor is the closeness of the connection to the Undead Realm.
The closer the connection to the Undead Realm, the easier it is to get a response from the summoned creatures and the less Spiritual Power is consumed."
Fang Zhou suddenly understood, it seemed his speculation was correct.
The Otherworld where the skeleton clone resides indeed is the Undead Realm.
Only this can explain why summoning skeletons consumes so little Spiritual Power for him.
With the skeleton clone, no Undead Mage in the world should have such an advantage!
Fang Zhou smiled slightly; an Undead Mage who can summon only 2 lousy skeletons might be underestimated by everyone.
But an Undead Mage who can summon 20 skeletons and form a Sea of Bones Skill would surely not be underestimated by any profession!
Moreover, the more a skill is used, the higher the Skill Proficiency and the greater the Skill Power, and summoning skills are no exception.
At full capacity, Fang Zhou can use Summon Skeleton 20 times, raising Skill Proficiency at 10 times the speed of an average Undead Mage.
This naturally brings an immense boost in combat strength.
Understanding this, he unhesitatingly used Summon Skeleton twenty more times, stopping only when his Spiritual Power was nearing its limit.
During this, he also attempted to summon his skeleton clone to Blue Star through the [Summon Skeleton] skill.
But for unknown reasons, the attempts ended in failure.
As dusk fell, Fang Zhou contentedly inspected the Sea of Skulls he summoned.
Luckily, Sea City Military Academy is well-funded, providing each cadet with a single apartment.
Otherwise, suddenly seeing these dozens of skulls with flickering soul fires would likely scare any freshman to death.
Maintaining the summoned creatures also requires consuming Spiritual Power, so after admiring them for a while, Fang Zhou banished them back to the Undead Realm.
Next, he searched the apprentice skill library for Undead Mages.
The professional skills were pitifully few, with only [Skeleton Meditation Method][Summon Skeleton][Touch of Corrosion][Death Missile][Weakening Beam] and a few others.
Except for [Skeleton Meditation Method], which is necessary for cultivation, the power of the others seemed too weak, leaving Fang Zhou very unsatisfied.
Following the guide tips, he also browsed the Universal Apprentice Skill Library.
There were not many of these universal skills either, but they are the crystallization of human wisdom over decades.
Generation after generation of professionals pondered deeply, successfully transforming a limited number of their exclusive skills into universal skills usable by all professions, allowing other professionals to complement their own weaknesses.
Representative universal skills for Mages include [Mana Missile][Mana Sprint][Mage’s Hand][Mana Shield][Calm and Relaxed], and so on.
For Warriors, there are [Charge][Brutal Strike][Block][Weapon Specialization][Battle Cry], and so on.
These seemed far more practical than what’s in the Undead Mage’s skill library.