21st Century Necromancer

The haul brought back from the Garden of Osiris filled the entire garden of the castle in the Necromatic Space, with various precious magical items glittering with the glow of spells forming a continuous stretch. A huge pile of gold and silver utensils was practically a small hill.

Looking at the heap of gold and silver utensils and all sorts of rare magical items forming an actual golden mountain, Jounouchi Hiromi's eyes turned into golden vertical pupils out of excitement.

The insatiable drive for treasure and shiny things, an instinct that comes with the Dragon Bloodline, made Jounouchi Hiromi can't wait to declare these things hers.

"Honey, are all these things mine?" Jounouchi Hiromi turned her head to look at Chen Yu, who was teasing their daughter. The light emanating from her pair of golden vertical pupils made Chen Yu a bit unable to look straight at her.

This attitude was all too obvious. Although Jounouchi Hiromi was good in every way, usually a typical virtuous wife and loving mother (with occasional little moods that Chen Yu could handle), this was still a bit much.

But looking at this pair of physically glowing golden dragon eyes gave Chen Yu a mixed feeling of amusement and confusion.

Her possessiveness towards these shiny objects was showing too much.

Of course, this wasn't Jounouchi Hiromi's original nature but the result of being influenced by the Dragon Bloodline after receiving the dragon's legacy.

For the giant dragons themselves, this was harmless as their immense power ensured they could get and handle anything they fancied, along with the consequences of taking it.

But when you marry a dragon, especially one who is your child's mother, and she wants to take your stuff, it feels a bit odd.

Although Chen Yu felt awkward, Little Yixi was very interested in his mother's pair of golden eyes, reaching out her hands, wanting her mother to hold her.

A child of that age is intrigued by colors. Seeing a pair of glowing golden eyes, the instinct is naturally to want to explore, especially when it's their mom.

With Little Yixi's interruption, Jounouchi Hiromi's impulse to claim the treasure before her reduced a lot. She reached out to pick up her daughter and asked Chen Yu, "Honey, how much is all this stuff?"

"I haven't exactly counted, but there are twenty-six Demigod Artifacts and four Divine Artifacts. They're all rather rough and primitive types. They'd need some modification to be useful," Chen Yu picked up a curve-bladed sword with a distinct Ancient Egyptian style, swung it a couple of times, then shrugged at Jounouchi Hiromi.

To Chen Yu, the casting level of these so-called Demigod Artifacts was quite primitive, made powerful purely by leveraging materials and Divine Power, with issues in energy efficiency and utilization.

If Chen Yu were to modify them, at least six or seven of these Demigods Artifacts could be upgraded to Divine Artifacts.

As for the four Divine Artifacts, with some modification, their power might increase by at least half.

Looking at the pile of various magical items, Chen Yu scratched his head, troubled. From a historical and cultural value standpoint, these are invaluable works of art, precious historical artifacts from Ancient Egypt.

The problem is the sheer volume of these items, and they all date back to the pre-dynastic period of Ancient Egypt.

The pre-dynastic period of Ancient Egypt lasted from 4000 BC to 3500 BC, over six thousand years ago. During this era, Egyptian civilization transitioned from city-states to a nation, marking a significant period in the rise of Egyptian civilization.

But being so ancient also means these items are quite... crude and primitive in craftsmanship.

Although these items were offerings to the deities and burial companions for the Pharaohs, undeniably the finest the Ancient Egyptians could offer at the time, through a modern lens, many are quite rudimentary.

Selecting the non-magical funerary items, Chen Yu planned to hand these over to Professor Smith as archaeological findings, for these are historical artifacts.

As for the remaining magical items with a magical aura, Chen Yu was genuinely at a loss on how to handle them.

The simplest way is to pile them up and let Jounouchi Hiromi use them as a bedspread since she's always complained about not having a treasure-bed like a proper dragon should.

But that would be a waste; after all, besides small items like gold coins or sturdy gems, treasures like gold utensils would typically crumple under a dragon's weight.

To Chen Yu, these should be melted down, their materials recycled, and then recast into new items for maximum efficiency.

But the quantity of these items was too much, a genuine golden mountain. If Chen Yu were to handle and recast every single one, it might take over a hundred years to finish.

At times like this, Chen Yu envied traditional Necromancers who not only had an army of Undead Servants to work for them but also plenty of apprentices to act as free labor.

Unlike him, whose team consisted mostly of combat-savvy individuals, he only had one apprentice, so he'd have to handle these himself.

Maybe he should form a Mage Corps? Chen Yu rubbed his chin, thinking his Necromancer Legion was still lacking. A proper Necromancer Legion includes not just ground troops but also air units, heavy units, and spell-casting units.

Currently, Chen Yu had only gathered ground units like infantry and cavalry, lacking even long-range fighters, which was indeed inadequate.

With that thought, Chen Yu decided to form a Mage Corps first to deal with these magical items.

But first, he needed to peel the woman playing on the golden mountain with their daughter off it.

Though still human-shaped, under the influence of the treasure, Jounouchi Hiromi exhibited several dragon features, at least little Yixi was grasping the Dragon Horn Crown, a symbol of the Dragon King's noble status, on top of Jounouchi Hiromi's head, lying on her mother, laughing happily.

Seeing this, Chen Yu couldn't help pinching his nose, feeling helpless, thinking he shouldn't have transformed Jounouchi Hiromi with the Dragon Bloodline back then but rather a more reliable method.

Being a Dragon Knight sounds wonderful, but dragons, especially when they see treasure, are truly indiscriminate sometimes.

Yet Chen Yu didn't stop Jounouchi Hiromi, simply shouted a reminder to mind their daughter's safety. After all, with them having so much fun, what reason does he, as a husband and father, have to stop them?