008 The Defensive Power of the Tower of White Bones

Within the land of the dead, inside Kallen’s domain.

“Shhhh.”

Just as the dagger in the goblin’s hand scraped across the surface, a harsh, grating sound—like something tough dragged over glass—cut through the air.

Sparks flew as the dagger struck the door of the Bone Tower, carving a jagged crack. Yet, despite this, the door still stood firm, not shattered by a single strike as the goblin assassin had claimed.

Clearly, the Bone Tower was far sturdier than the goblin had anticipated; this was somewhat embarrassing.

Without looking, the goblin could feel the mocking gazes of two others behind him.

Annoyed and embarrassed, the goblin assassin swung his dagger again at the door, while the two behind him merely watched, showing no intention of helping.

How to put it?

It was simply that Kallen’s strength, as displayed against the Shadowmoon Panther, was so weak that they had hired five fourth-tier werewolves just to subdue him.

In their eyes, having taken such precautions, victory was already assured from the start, which explained their leisurely demeanor.

But their leisure was limited to outside the door. After the Bone Tower’s gate was forced open following thirty seconds of full assault by the fourth-tier goblin assassin, the three goblin assassins dropped their mocking expressions and swiftly plunged inside.

They knew full well that their presence had been revealed the moment they attacked the Bone Tower.

The tower would surely be on guard now.

Yet, these three goblin assassins did not care. How could a mere third-tier human necromancer pose a real threat? With confidence, they believed they could easily claim victory.

What surprised them, however, was that upon entering, the expected undead guardians did not appear.

Instead, they immediately saw Kallen seated on the first floor of the Bone Tower, wearing an expression of mockery as he looked at them.

“Five outside, three inside, and four fourth-tier beings deployed at once—this is quite the show of force!”

Seeing Kallen’s demeanor and hearing his words, even a fool could tell he was far more formidable than they had expected.

It was even possible that Kallen had discovered them from the beginning, and now they had fallen right into his trap. Yet, the three goblin assassins showed no signs of nervousness.

“Interesting. It seems this human necromancer is stronger than we thought.”

“His current strength is fourth-tier. Looks like the mage tower gave him a boost.”

“To amplify a third-tier necromancer to fourth-tier—that mage tower is something special.”

“Don’t be naive. For mages, this is quite normal. Stronger mage towers even have various defensive spells. This one might have some too. Be careful, it’d be embarrassing to get hurt.”

“Nonsense. There’s no way a third-tier necromancer could hurt us.”

The three goblin assassins conversed with calm arrogance, completely dismissing Kallen.

“Enough talk. Show some respect for this great necromancer and let’s finish him off!”

With that, the three goblin assassins focused their gaze back on Kallen and each drew a magical scroll.

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