Through Chen Xu’s tireless efforts, another 5,000 skeleton soldiers joined his ranks.
“Whew, finally converted all 5,000 corpses into skeleton soldiers.” Chen Xu rubbed his neck and looked at Bone Guard One, who was seriously studying the map.
“So, where to next?”
Since witnessing Bone Guard One’s tactical brilliance, Chen Xu had grown too lazy to think for himself. A qualified boss must know how to delegate tasks to subordinates—it definitely wasn't because Chen Xu was just lazy.
“My Lord, based on our current strength and previous battles, we can head north and sweep through the pigmen towns along the way.
There is a mountain range and jungle at the border between the pigmen and the snakemen. It can serve as a hiding place for the skeleton army. After finishing off the pigmen, we can retreat into the mountains.”
Bone Guard One explained while showing the map to Chen Xu.
“Can't we just wipe out the pigmen directly?”
Bone Guard One commanded a few skeleton soldiers to carry a city-defense crossbow to Chen Xu.
“My Lord, while you were converting the skeleton soldiers, I searched the town and found that the pigmen still possess some large-scale machinery.
The reason we took the previous towns so easily was that we struck under the cover of darkness. The pigmen couldn't react in time and failed to use these machines for defense.”
Chen Xu examined the massive crossbow. The bolts were as thick as a human head and over two meters long. If fired, their power would indeed be formidable.
“Then let's call it a day for now. With the bonus from over 20,000 skeleton soldiers, their levels should grow quite a bit by tomorrow night.”
Chen Xu glanced at his Level 11 Raise Skeleton on the panel and decided to play it safe for a bit longer. He wanted to wait for the skeleton soldiers to grow more. After all, the growth rate of characters in a dungeon could never keep up with the growth rate of skeleton soldiers.
With every passing day, the disparity in strength would only widen.
“Bone Guard One, continue to lead the troops in an ambush outside the town. We cannot let the pigmen discover anything unusual here.”
“Yes, My Lord. I obey your command!” Bone Guard One turned and led the skeleton army out of the town.
With nothing to do, Chen Xu decided to see if the pigmen's defensive machinery included anything like catapults. Although the giant crossbows weren't very useful for Chen Xu as the attacker, he had other ideas for catapults.
He could have several skeletons huddle together and launch them.
As long as they landed on the city walls, even if the skeleton soldiers died on impact, they could still release their final Ice Ring.
Perhaps this method could be used to clear the defenders on the walls of larger cities.
However, even after the skeleton soldiers scoured every corner of the pigmen's storage, they found no sign of catapults. Those giant crossbows were the best the pigmen towns had to offer.
“Sigh, what a pity this is an introductory dungeon. If it were a real dungeon, maybe they would have dropped directly.”
...
The sun rose as usual, then set, and night fell once more.
【Raise Skeleton (Level 15): Summons a skeleton. If a corpse is consumed for the summoning, an extra bonus is granted based on the quality of the corpse. Current enhancements: Cold Enhancement. Current hero units: Bone Guard One (Level 8)】
Raise Skeleton had already reached Level 15. Usually, skill levels become harder to increase as they get higher, but with the relentless grind, the more skeletons there were, the faster it improved.
Bone Guard One's level had also increased. At Level 5, his armor and shield had turned black instead of their original white.
He looked much more majestic.
“Bone Guard One, it's dark. Let's begin!”
“My Lord, as you wish.”
In an instant, the vast skeleton army began to march north. In the night, they were like a dark tide, drowning everything in their path.
...
“Clan Leader, this is the fourth merchant caravan reported missing today.”
A pigman guard entered the city lord's manor in the pigmen's main city and reported to the clan leader sitting inside.
“Were they all caravans heading toward those border towns?” asked the pigman clan leader, Zhu Wuneng.
“Yes. I have already sent men to investigate.”
“Hmph. Report to me immediately if there's any news. I want to see who dares to poke a hornet's nest. Don't they know that all the caravans within the Kingdom of Yong are the assets of me, Zhu Wuneng!”
Zhu Wuneng was furious. Practicing martial arts was a huge expense. The pigmen produced a lot of grain, and aside from the portion that had to be paid as tribute to the royal family, Zhu Wuneng's caravans decided how the rest was sold.
“Hmph, and those bearmen bastards are always looking for trouble, forcing my army to stay pinned down over there.” Zhu Wuneng muttered as he thought about the bearmen.
...
This operation was the same as before. Bone Guard One led the main force to attack the towns while Chen Xu stayed in the rear, recruiting skeletons from the captured towns.
Soon, Chen Xu and Bone Guard One saw the first pigman town of this operation.
With a wave of Chen Xu's hand, Bone Guard One and the skeleton soldiers charged.
The Level 15 skeleton soldiers charged much faster than before.
“Whiz!!”
Suddenly, a flare rose from a watchtower and exploded in the sky.
“They finally realized something was wrong.” Chen Xu thought about the reports Bone Guard One had given during the day. The number of ambushes they had to deal with was significantly higher than before. In the past, the pigmen in these watchtowers would be sleeping, their throats slit by skeleton soldiers before they even knew what happened.
“But what if they've realized it? Skeleton soldiers, hear my command! Trample every living thing before you!”
Over 20,000 skeleton soldiers surged like a tide, swallowing the pigman town. Even with the warning from the watchtower, the pigmen's resistance couldn't stir even the slightest ripple.
Chen Xu followed behind. Everywhere he walked, skeleton soldiers rose again, joining the dark tide and becoming part of the force drowning the town.
Before long, the town was captured. Although the Level 15 skeleton soldiers remained fixed at two meters in height, their bones had become increasingly sturdy. Ordinary pigmen could no longer deal any effective damage to them.
And those sharp bone blades, carrying the power of cold, needed only one strike to make a pigman lose his ability to fight, leaving him frozen in place. A second strike would end his life.
The tide formed by the skeleton army moved north along the border.
Tonight, the wave of the Undead Scourge was destined to submerge the border between the pigmen and the snakemen.
...
“Clan Leader, there is news from the men we sent.”
“Speak!”
“The border towns... they're all empty!”
“What!” Zhu Wuneng suddenly stood up from his chair.
“Also, the scouts reported that while they were investigating, signal flares went up in the northern towns. They immediately split up to report back while the others headed north.”
“Detestable!” Zhu Wuneng slammed his palm onto the wooden table and picked up the large rake lying behind him.
“Send word to the Zhongyong Army. Tell Gongzhi and Gonghui to lead two units and rendezvous at the snakemen border.”
Two pigman attendants, following Zhu Wuneng's gaze, brought over armor and helped him put it on.
“Also, notify Wuyong immediately. Have him assemble the main city guards and wait for me at the main gate. I want to see who is so bold as to stab me in the rear on my own turf!”
The more Zhu Wuneng spoke, the angrier he became. He stomped his foot, and the floor tiles instantly shattered.
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