Chapter 24 - Recruiting a Skeleton Army
Han Wu exchanged his Skeleton Fruit cards for quite a lot of resources. He consolidated the resources and completed two more missions, gaining 60 points. He now had 80 points in total, and was ranked eighteenth out of his four hundred classmates.
However, he was certain that his advantage wouldn't last long, since his core race was incredibly weak. Three Demon Locusts, though mutated, still weren’t enough for him to do anything impressive.
It was also impossible for him to clear out the nearby Flesh Golem nest with his current strength. There were 8,000 to 10,000 Flesh Golems in that nest alone. Even if they offered no resistance, he would succumb to exhaustion long before he could eliminate them all.
“If only I could call out more of my units from my divine realm,” he sighed helplessly.
The three Demon Locusts finally finished their meal and began laying eggs. A single Demon Locust could produce a hundred eggs, but due to demonic energy erosion, ninety percent of the eggs would fail to hatch. Han Wu realized that creating an army of locusts outside his divine realm was way too problematic, due to the excessive time it would require.
Han Wu’s irritation grew when a group of skeletons appeared in his vicinity. Given that the Skeleton Fruit was an important ingredient used in enhancing the strength of skeletal beings, it was only natural that skeletons would be drawn to it.
The skeletons had intended to gather some Skeleton Fruits, but were taken aback to find all the trees completely bare. The spiritual flames in their eye sockets flickered in frustration. If they returned empty handed, their superior, the Skeleton Knight, would definitely crack open their skulls and use their spiritual flames as torches!
Meanwhile, Han Wu slowly walked out from the forest just as the skeletons were on the verge of panicking. Recognizing him as a Skeleton Lord, their bones quaked in fear. Han Wu could discern their reverence for him, evident in the quivering of their spiritual flames.
Without a moment of hesitation, the skeletons hurriedly kneeled, instantly submitting to him. He was able to tell that they were loyal to him with the help of a display which had popped up in front of him.
[Name: Skeleton.]
[Race: Skeleton.]
[Rank: Common.]
[Talent: Tough Bone.]
[Faith: Worshippers.]
[Faith Points: 500/day.]
Han Wu was surprised, as he hadn’t expected things to turn out this way. Without doing anything, he had suddenly acquired several skeleton underlings, just like an actual Skeleton Lord! He had been thinking about what to do since he didn’t have any army, but with this new discovery, he could actually raise an army of skeletons!
The skeletons’ spiritual flames danced in relief, sensing that the strange but powerful Skeleton Lord had readily and easily accepted them. Eager to obtain more followers, Han Wu hastily instructed the skeletons to lead him to their base. They walked on, finally reaching the skeleton army base camp at the bottom of a valley in about an hour’s time. Finally arriving at the base camp, he was taken aback by the sheer number of skeletons present, definitely numbering in the thousands!
The skeletons were pleasantly surprised by his arrival and completely submitted to his authority without any action on his part. Although the Skeleton Knight was puzzled by Han Wu’s unusually diminutive build, it ultimately decided to yield to him. After all, a Skeleton Lord’s spirit couldn’t be faked, so it had no reason to think otherwise.
Han Wu was pleased to have suddenly gained a Unique Skeleton Knight as part of his army since it was several times stronger than a regular skeleton. He had successfully subdued an entire army without fighting or needing to sacrifice any of his units. He reaffirmed his belief that his decision to enter the Demonic Civilization as a Skeleton Lord had been the right one.
Han Wu subsequently analyzed the Skeleton Knight in detail.
[Name: Skeleton Knight.]
[Race: Skeleton.]
[Rank: Unique.]
[Talent: Iron Bone, Skeletons Summon.]
[Faith: Worshipper.]
[Faith Points: 50,000/day.]
Since the Skeleton Knight had acknowledged Han Wu as its master, it carefully explained the situation of the army to him in great detail. Though it was a non-verbal communication based on whispering between souls, Han Wu could hear and understand everything clearly.
Apparently, the Skeleton Knight was having a really hard time. It was once a part of an even larger army led by a Heroic Osteomancer. However, during a skirmish with the Flesh Golems, it found itself unintentionally isolated from the main army along with some of its troops. Out of desperation, it had set up camp in the valley.
Regrettably, the valley proved to be an unsafe location for setting up camp. They had to face off against ghouls, zombies, and Flesh Golems practically everyday. They were losing soldiers daily, so the Skeleton Knight sent out a small group of skeletons to find some Skeleton Fruits to strengthen the army; they would be wiped out in a few days otherwise.
Han Wu carefully considered his options. Since he now had command over the army, it was his obligation to make them stronger. He soon figured out a plan.
A day later, Han Wu’s points were still stuck at 80 points, causing his ranking to drop from 18th to 179th. The other students, seeing this change, thought Han Wu was not going to do so well this time. Han Wu, however, knew he hadn't gone all out yet, so he ignored both the ranking and his fellow students.
The second day soon arrived, and Han Wu once again summoned 100 locusts, this time ordering them to bring over a lot of equipment as well as a couple of Bone Stones. The Skeleton Knight froze, sensing the pure energy radiating from the Bone Stone, a palpable longing evident in the flickering of its spiritual flames.
Han Wu pleased the Skeleton Knight by gifting it a Bone Stone, and then ensured the rest of the skeleton army would benefit by leaving another. After completely absorbing the energy within the Bone Stone, the Skeleton Knight’s bones became denser and stronger. It was still far from transforming into a Heroic life form, however. Several other skeletons, on the other hand, transformed into Elite Iron Skeletons after absorbing part of the energy from the Bone Stone.
Han Wu proceeded to distribute the equipment to them as well in order to help increase their strength.
It was now time for Han Wu to complete his missions. He ordered the skeleton army to head for the Flesh Golem’s nest!
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