Strongest Necromancer System

New Mission: Clear the Orange Gate in New Jersey

An Orange Gate has appeared in central New Jersey, and although two guilds have been sent into the gate to clear it, there has been no news from them for over three hours. Send your subordinates into the Orange Gate, save the surviving members of the guilds, and kill the Gate Boss and its subordinates to complete this mission.

Rewards:

+20,000 Free Kill Points

+Increased Reputation with the SMD

+Increased Reputation with the Public

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Jason read through the new notification tab before he closed it down. He didn’t really care much for the increased reputation that he would gain since he never cared about what others thought of him. He knew that the increased reputation would make it easier for him to get more Gate contracts in the future, and it would also make the government overlook some of the things he would do in the future, but the main reason he was doing this was because he needed the power. If he somehow managed to save the lives of some superhumans in the process, then that was good too.

Jason released a calm sigh as he looked around the empty apartment. He knew that there were multiple rooms upstairs, but he didn’t feel like going up there, especially with how Riyala had been acting recently. Jason didn’t have the emotional empathy to worry about Riyala at that moment, so he decided he would do something about her after Gina was alive again.

But the worst thing right now was the fact that Jason was dead tired.

’I feel drained. My stamina is at rock bottom from all the things that happened today, so I need to get some rest, but I can’t bring myself to sleep when there’s so much to do. I wonder if the Phantoms have any leads about the [Banshee’s Tears].’

Jason had sent Alpha and other Phantoms out earlier to search through the BloodRaven guild base for any sign of the [Banshee’s Tears], and they still hadn’t gotten back to him. Jason had instructed them to find the room where the guild stored all their acquired artifacts. If they could find that, then it was likely that the artifact would be in there.

Jason immediately sent a message out to Alpha while activating the [Eye of the King] to see where she was. Jason’s perspective changed to a large room inside a mansion. The room was filled with various artifacts and weapons, and the three Phantoms were moving around silently, looking through everything to find the [Banshee’s Tears]. Jason asked Alpha what she had found so far, and Alpha said that they hadn’t had any luck. The [Banshee’s Tear] was a jewel-type artifact that had special healing properties, and Alpha had seen it enough times to know what it looked like. But none of the artifacts in the room resembled it.

’Did they already sell the artifact? No, they just got it a few days ago. It would take longer for them to sell it. It’s more likely that it’s at another branch. The BloodRaven guild has branches all over the city.’

Jason ran a hand through his hair in mild frustration before he shook his head and narrowed his eyes in concentration. There was no need to get frustrated at this point since he was sure he was on the right track. Jason knew that the BloodRaven guild had the artifact, so if Alpha and the other Phantoms couldn’t find it alone, then he was going to get more eyes on the ground!

Jason called on every single Phantom in his command that wasn’t already carrying out another of his orders. Eleven of the Phantoms were looking after Jason’s mother and sister, and another two Phantoms were following Liam and Cerci, so there were thirty-four Phantoms still inside Jason’s Alternate Dimension. They all responded to the summons of their king and waited eagerly as Jason spoke with intensity.

’I want you to cover the entire length and breadth of Greenville if you have to, but bring me news about the [Banshee’s Tears] before morning. Do you understand?’

[Yes, my King!]

The Phantoms all responded as one, and Jason watched as they all melted into the shadows and went to join Alpha and the other Phantoms in their search. Jason sent another message to Alpha and told her that she was still in command of the search team, so she had to make sure that none of them became distracted during the mission. Alpha eagerly responded that she understood! She would make sure that they found that artifact before the night was over!

Jason finally cut off the connection and let out a calm sigh to try to gather his energy. It had been a while since Jason felt any sort of drain in his stamina due to how quickly he was growing lately, but after everything that he had done today, his entire body felt like it was being held down by lead! Jason had gone through a Red Gate, fought against the Phantoms, gone through another Orange Gate, and then given orders to more than five hundred subordinates to carry out different functions. It was very taxing on Jason’s mind, and even the boost granted by the [Stormheart] artifact wasn’t enough to prevent him from feeling tired.

”Gina would kill me if she saw me pushing myself like this.”

Jason felt the ghost of a smile appearing on his face when he thought about Gina, but the smile died out a few seconds later and he finally decided that he needed to get some rest. He was no good to anyone if he was this tired. Jason moved towards the wall in front of him and sat on the floor with a grunt while resting back against the wall! Now that Jason finally had some downtime, he decided it was time to gather information.

Jason turned to his system and asked it to tell him everything it could about the Lich. Jason knew that he could never fully prepare for a battle of this scale, but that doesn’t mean he couldn’t get as much information as possible. Anything about the world the Lich was staying in or the Lich’s abilities would be useful. The system immediately responded.

[The system does not have specific information about this Lich or the world the Lich has taken as its residence, but the system possesses general knowledge concerning Liches and can provide this to the user instead. Would the user like to be provided with this information? Yes/No?]

Jason furrowed his brow. The system was talking like there were different methods for creating Liches. Does that mean someone actually made the Lich? Or did the Lich choose to give up its mortality? Jason shook his head and decided not to think about it too much. He told the system to give him the general information. It was better to have something than nothing at all.

The system immediately brought up a new tab and began to give a brief explanation.

[Liches are undead creatures born from the Magical Distortion that occurs when a Magical Soul is trapped between the realm of the living and the dead. They all possess extremely high Magical Capacity as well as a natural affinity for death and a special branch of magic known as Necrosis. From general knowledge, the Lich is known to be capable of splitting their soul into thousands of fragments and attaching these fragments to their subordinates to control them.]

Jason’s eyes narrowed. The explanation for the Lich was similar to what Jason’s Necromancer System did, but it was also very different at the same time.