11 Strange beast.

(Power Stones??)

(Leo's PoV)

Although I wanted to go to Graveyard of Kings it wasn't time for it, yet.

I had a lot to do before I could leave the village on its own.

Currently, I am inside the Barracks looking for the army I was going to make. I wanted to make a balanced army, while I was not a genius in warfare or in making strategies, I was confident that I could make a balanced army.

My current capacity for training troops should be around 150 if I just want to train troops like Barbarians and Archers.

But, it was just for attacks, as it was not a game in which even your surviving troops don't come back and I am grateful for that, you have to sustain your troops meaning I will have to feed 100 additional mouths which is beyond our current capacity.

Well, it was a good thing Villagers didn't consume elixir.

The Villagers were like Jacks of All Trades but Masters on none they were good at cooking, cleaning, and all such tasks, and after naming them they had gained some abilities in the fields they were particularly interested in, obviously they were not powerful abilities but the ones that will help them in daily life and the village.

Natalia became somewhat like an Empath, which was a very useful ability, I also had something like that too.

Barbarians were upgraded to level 3 and their overall strength increased I would have appreciated it if they got upper clothes instead of leather headbands but with time I realized why they were called Barbarians thankfully they didn't mess inside the village.

I was thinking about the location of the farms we were about in the village, I have decided to make them at a corner of the village, for now as the village grows it will no longer be in the corner after all why would I keep one of the most important places of the village in a corner.

The goods I needed for the farm were cheap I wouldn't have thought before but after gold mines, they were relatively cheaper.

So I bought them and later instructed Builders to assist the Villagers who were interested in farming and some Barbarians in making the farm.

The farm had different plants and it also occupied the largest part of the village, the plants were Potatoes, Pumpkin, Carrots, etc.

They were common plants but I also bought a special plant named from [Store] Dittany a herb with powerful medicinal properties that can cure almost all diseases.

They were expensive with a cost of 20 Gold per plant but it was worth it as the village didn't have qualified doctors although some of my Villagers awakened abilities related to the Medical field they still didn't have much experience in it.

It wouldn't take much time to make a farm and we would not need to worry about food for the time being, the meat was abundant which was surprising but most of the credit should go to the Barbarians who did hunting when they got bored, thankfully the Townhall had magical storage that preserved food for as long as we want it was a new feature after the Townhall was upgraded though unfortunately not had a limit for the items to be stored.

I had to put a limit on the Barbarians hunt though.

After leaving the farm I went to the Laboratory which was lit up and brimming with magic indicating it was active.

As I entered I looked at the cause of this.

A man who perfectly matched the description of the game's level 7 Wizard was trying to do something as he looked at a test tube filled with some liquid and then mixed another blue color that had sparks around it and *KABOOM*.

I sighed as I cast a heal on the Wizard who only survived due to the ruins that absorbed most of the blast.

Now the Wizard matched the description of Electro Wizard which was weird as the blast was of fire not lightning.

"You should be more careful Sean, I don't want to lose a Wizard for doing a stupid experiment."

The now-named Wizard-Sean started laughing maniacally like a mad scientist "Muahahaha, I am now just one step closer to completing my project" Then he looked at me his mad scientist eyes disappeared replaced by a look of reverence as he continued "Chief, welcome here and thank you for using your [Heal] on me and I am extremely sorry for you to show such sight, next time I will be more careful."

I nodded knowing this would not be the last time it would happen then asked "So, what were you doing this time?"

He turned serious as his spiky hair returned to normal he now looked like a normal Wizard... without their hood he said "Chief, I was trying to recreate the Electrofire combination but due to something it failed." His voice sounded dejected at the end.

His mention reminded me of Electrofire Wizard from the Builder Base who was a mix of Electro Dragon and Baby Dragon in a Wizard, he had a theory about it but to confirm it he would need to be powerful, very powerful.

Thinking about Sean's previous words Leo asked "So, what do you think you are missing, and how this spell will work if it succeeds?" He was genuinely curious about this.

"I am missing an ingredient. The great Oskari's notes you gave us say that we need "Ore of Night" but what it means I don't know so I am trying to replace it with something else.

As for the effect it will achieve when dropped will be a blast as large as a Giant Fireball spell and a Lightning will be struck in the surroundings with the intensity of Lightning spell." His eyes returned to that of Mad scientist for a moment as he said.

Leo frowned at his words while it wasn't the Electrofire he had expected though he had an idea what "Ore of Night" might be, though the reason for his frown was the effect he was experimenting with after all the spell is called Giant Fireball for a reason instead of a simple Fireball and Lightning spell he doesn't want to even start with it, seeing Leo's expression Sean knew what it meant as he immediately started explaining "You don't need to worry chief I also realize the danger so I only used normal Fireball and Zap spell." Listening to this Leo released a sigh of relief he didn't realize he was holding.

After some talks, Leo asked Sean about other Wizards "So, where are other Wizards?"

Recalling for a moment Sean replied, "Jake and James are studying the runes in the Laboratory you can find them in the basement while Nick is treating some Barbarians who got injured by some strange beast."

Hearing the laßt part Leo's bro furrowed as there are not many beasts that are capable of injuring the Barbarians.

Seeing his look Sean continued "I don't know about many details aside from the fact that the Beast was an undead and possibly from the Skeleton Family."

This statement made me even more wary I knew from the map from Oskari's notes that the Graveyard of Kings is not near my place which is the only place where the Undeads or Skeleton Family spawn naturally.

I could only draw three conclusions.

First, it was a lost beast.

Second, It was sent here by someone to investigate if someone detected my village.

Third, there is a necromancer near my Village.

I was hoping not to be the first one but for now, I need to meet the Barbarians who had seen the beast.