After devouring the information in the tomes, Kai left the library, his mind spinning with everything he'd learned. Everything he wanted to try.
He set out into the city again with more knowledge of the undead, their habits, their patterns, and their weaknesses.
Kai used some of his remaining life essence to subdue and take control of some skeletons in the city square with ease.
He dodged each one, using one skeleton to put distance between himself and the others while he cast Undead Enslavement. Then he did the same with two skeletons blocking the others, and then three.
When all four stood motionless, his breathing grew ragged.
[Life Essence: 1,401/5,500]
'Figures. I still can't continue like this. I thought that if maybe I understood the undead better, it wouldn't consume so much life essence.'
Kai climbed and sat on a broken statue, thinking. His magic was burning out. His body ached.