Chapter 34: Killing Elite Monsters and Clearing the Battlefield

Bang!

There was a loud crash.

The arrow hit the kite shield.

Zong Shen, who was propping the shield upright, felt a strong impact on his arm.

His body became unstable.

Thankfully, he managed to block the arrow in the end.

Zong Shen, who was equipped with [Elementary Heart of Strength], had a Strength attribute of 18 points. He would catch up to Colby with another 3 points, so he could withstand the impact of the Necromancer Arrow.

This was one of the advantages of choosing the Strength Style at the beginning.

Compared to those lords who chose their backgrounds based on their own preferences, Zong Shen had greater battling capabilities in the early stages.

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[Block]

Two notifications appeared above his head.

This attack made the already dented shield even more damaged.

Although he was not hurt.

However, the durability of the shield was reduced by two-thirds.

It made Zong Shen’s heart ache.

“Lord…”

Behind him, Iron Pole took the opportunity to stand up. He looked at the Lord who was blocking the attack with a shield and couldn’t help but tear up.

He was utterly touched.

[Because of your sacrifice to rescue him]

[Iron Pole’s Loyalty to you has increased by 2 points. Current Loyalty Level: 100]

[Once loyalty reaches its peak, Iron Pole will unconditionally carry out any of your orders, even giving up his life.]

Iron Pole’s favorability increased to the maximum.

He had become Zong Shen’s first subordinate with a full favorability!

However, the current situation did not allow them to chat.

Zong Shen leaped up, raised his shield, and charged.

“Iron Pole, don’t just stand there. Come with me!”

Then, he rushed to the necromancer.

The sword in his hand was like a bolt of silver-white lightning as it struck forward.

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[-23]

The remaining two bone fragments shattered one after another.

Zong Shen’s long sword struck its head, creating a gash.

It revealed blackish-gray dried flesh.

At the same time, it dealt 23 points of damage.

At that moment, Iron Pole arrived.

The dagger in his hand moved left and right, leaving two slashes on the necromancer’s head.

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Without the protection of the bone plate armor, the necromancer could no longer cast its spells easily.

He was once again besieged by Zong Shen and Iron Pole.

It was even harder to retaliate.

After this delay.

The three Wolf Cavalry soldiers also wiped out the two Skeletal Warriors and the undead with short sword.

They gathered around.

They began their mass fight.

After each person gave a strike.

The necromancer was left with a thin layer of skin.

Next, Zong Shen slashed with his strength, unleashing his final strike.

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After a flash of green light, the necromancer disappeared, leaving behind several white and green balls of light.

[Killed Level 11 Resentful Necromancer (Green)]

[Received 380 experience points]

[Your soldiers will receive half of the experience]

With a flash of white light, Iron Pole leveled up again, becoming Level 3.

As an assassin, all his attribute points were added to Agility.

As he was not at the Hero-level, these soldiers were not like Zong Shen, who had 24 passive skills and only had the four attributes and job skills.

However, as their levels increased, their four attributes would also increase, and their vocational skills would gradually become stronger.

Alas, after killing so many of them, the three Wolf Cavalry soldiers still did not have any changes.

Now that Zong Shen was Level 5, he needed 900 experience points to level up. Level 10 required at least a few thousand experience points.

Now that he thought about it, he could not rush it.

Because Iron Pole had levelled up, his health points were restored to full again.

Every level advancement was equivalent to a condition reset.

As for the three Wolf Cavalry soldiers, their overall condition was still alright.

Each of them only lost 20 to 30 health points.

Moreover, after they stopped their combat state, their health points were slowly recovering.

This was because Zong Shen’s [Healing] skill had reached Level 2.

It could increase the health regeneration speed of the team by 40%.

“Stay alert!”

Zong Shen gave the order.

As for himself, he started to collect the rewards from the undead.

They began to clean up the battlefield.

Zong Shen’s [Item Management] had reached Level 2 and had 32 storage slots.

There were also the 24 slots in [Kodo’s Hide Backpack], which allowed him to transform into a mobile warehouse.

He put everything away.

Zong Shen took a cursory glance and realized that most of the items dropped by the undead were white-grade weapons and leather armor.

Apart from that, there were not many good things.

The attributes of these weapons and leather armor were only slightly better than the ragged equipment that was given to them at the start.

It was similar to the equipment obtained from killing the bandits.

Zong Shen was prepared to return to the territory and deal with them together. He would pick a few pieces with decent attributes and leave them for the soldiers to use as spare armors. The rest would be sold or directly disassembled after the [Blacksmith Shop] was built.

There were only a few good things.

Zong Shen began to check them one by one.

[Soldier Strengthening Bead (White) x3]

[It can be used on any soldier and randomly enhances 1 basic attribute point.]

(A soldier enhancement Item. If they are well, so are you.)

[Soldier Strengthening Bead (Green) x1]

[It can be used on any soldier and randomly enhances 3 basic attribute points.]

(When good steel is used on the blade, strong soldiers can even fight independently. Look at how great this is.)

[Pet Contract (Green) x1]

[Contracts can be made to any non-intelligent creature. Success rate depends on the state of the creature. Basic success rate: 20%]

(Become a Pet Master, starting today.)

[White Bone Scepter (Green) x1]

[One-handed]

[Quality: Superior]

[Magic Damage: 30 ~ 33]

[Blunt Damage: 17 ~ 19]

[Chanting Speed :+8%]

[Durability: 150]

[Skill: Skeleton Summoning Level 1, White Bone Armor Level 1]

[Required Wisdom: 16]

(That’s right, this is the Necromancer’s weapon. It’s not bad, keep it.)

[Level 1 Infantry Training Book x3]

[After building a Level 1 battalion, you can use a certain amount of resources and training books to train your farmers into Level 1 infantry soldiers.]

(A necessary tool for training farmers into soldiers.)

Next was a wave of resources.

[Elemental Crystal x4]

[Iron x9]

[Mithril x3]

[Copper x3]

However, what attracted Zong Shen’s attention the most was the last item.

[Necromancer Recruitment Scroll]

[Contact the great mysterious power and immediately recruit a powerful Level 3 Mage Warrior, Necromancer]

[Takes up 2 Command Value]

[Default aptitude is extraordinary, Rank-10, can be upgraded or strengthened in the future]

[Click here to use]

(A powerful necromancer, a warrior who controls life and death.)

It was the recruitment scroll for necromancers!

Zong Shen had just experienced its power.

As long as a Mage was protected by his companions, he could continue attacking.

It could further increase the strength of his subordinates.

However, as soon as he thought of the necromancer’s shriveled face, Zong Shen grabbed the recruitment scroll and started to have second thoughts.

If he really recruited such an ugly thing, wouldn’t he have nightmares every day?