Jiang Hao tilted his head towards the little skeleton, gesturing for the soldier to look in that direction. The soldier, unaware of what was happening, turned and saw the little skeleton holding a gleaming large sword, the blade pointing directly at him.
He was so frightened that he took several steps back and almost fell to the ground.
Jiang Hao sighed helplessly, rubbed his forehead, and then spoke to the soldier.
"I am the newly promoted legion commander by the city lord of Jinling. If you don't believe me, you can look at the big sword in his hand."
The soldier then saw clearly, and his face immediately turned deathly pale, his whole body trembling like a leaf.
"Yes, yes... I'm sorry, I... I didn't... see... see..."
"Alright, alright, you go ahead and get busy. Don't keep Commander Jiang from fighting monsters here."
The speaker was a commander wearing yellow armor. Jiang Hao had seen this man before; he was Zhen Nantian, the commander-in-chief of the 50,000 reinforcements from the Zhenyuan Legion.
Upon seeing that it was his own legion commander, the messenger stood at attention and gave a military salute.
"yes!"
Then he ran away in a flash. Zhen Nantian then gave Jiang Hao a standard military salute.
"Your subordinate greets Commander Jiang. I have been observing you for quite some time now. If I may be so bold as to ask, Commander, what is the deal with the skeletal monsters that appear beneath your staff every time you wave it?"
Suddenly, a flash of white light appeared on Jiang Hao's body, and he leveled up. He and his family had finally reached level 14.
Zhen Nantian's eyes narrowed, unsure whether he should retreat at this moment.
"What? What happened?"
Jiang Hao was overjoyed, waving his staff incessantly while turning to look at Zhen Nantian. Zhen Nantian seemed to have forgotten the question he was about to ask, lowered his head to think for a moment, then suddenly looked up and pointed outside the city wall.
"The monster you fought, was it perhaps lured from there?"
Jiang Hao waved his staff incessantly, having neither the time nor the inclination to explain further. However, since Zhen Nantian had asked, it would be impolite not to respond. Besides, he had a rather good impression of the Zhenyuan Legion and this Zhen Nantian. So, he glanced at Zhen Nantian and replied.
"That's right, it's a monster that was brought over from there."
He then immediately turned his head away and focused on pulling the monster.
Having received this answer, Zhen Nantian understood most of it. His reason for asking was that he hadn't dared to believe Jiang Hao could instantly kill those skeleton monsters. Now, with Jiang Hao's personal confirmation, a tremendous wave of emotion surged within him.
It's important to know that when he first disembarked from the spaceship, he had already carefully observed the monsters outside the city walls. Most of them were level 18 Black Iron elite monsters, with at least 40,000 HP. Even the commander of the Zhenyuan Legion, the legion with the highest attack power among the four legions, only had a little over 40,000 attack power, far from being able to one-shot the skeleton monsters. In the entire Eastern Kingdom, it's estimated that only the city lord of Jinling City and the guardian Ming could achieve this.
But this newly appointed legion commander, appointed by the city lord, didn't need to lure or maneuver; simply waving his staff summoned monsters one after another. This skill alone in drawing monsters was breathtaking, sparking endless imagination in Zhen Nantian. Add to that Jiang Hao's monster-slaying as easily as popping bubbles, each strike shattering them. His incredibly high attack power left Zhen Nantian stunned for a long time. It wasn't until he saw more and more skeleton monsters appearing around the little skeleton next to Jiang Hao that he suddenly realized—this little skeleton, no weaker than Legion Commander Jiang, was merely a summoned creature of Legion Commander Jiang.
Is the title of First Legion Commander, one of the four major legion commanders—no, five—finally going to change hands?
What if we replaced it with this adventurer who just reached level 14?
Ignoring his subordinates' defenses, Zhen Nantian was lost in his own daydreams and refused to come to his senses for a long time.
If he could team up with Jiang Hao, he would see white numbers floating above the skull monster's head beneath Jiang Hao's staff.
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200,000 damage is enough to instantly kill all the powerful figures Zhen Nantian has ever seen. This includes a level 50 Dark Gold-level expert: the City Lord of Jinling City, and a level 50 Diamond-level expert: Guardian Mingdu!
About 15 minutes later, Jiang Hao, who had been busy grinding monsters for experience to improve his talent damage, finally leveled up twice more. Now level 16, he was only getting a pitiful 4 experience points from a level 18 Black Iron elite monster. How frustrating!
Another troublesome issue was that Little Skeleton had recruited too many subordinates. Even when they were crammed together shoulder to shoulder, they still took up a considerable amount of space. This not only delayed the people of Dauntless Fortress from piling stones towards the outer wall, but also hindered the people of Northern Might Fortress from transporting ammunition and arrows. Even the soldiers of Zhenyuan Legion responsible for this section of the city's defense couldn't squeeze through. They all looked anxious, but because he and Zhen Nantian were there, they dared not urge them on.
Jiang Hao sighed, glancing at the little skeleton with disgust once more. Looking around, he spotted the plank roads on the eastern cliff face of the city wall. Except for a section near the wall where some defenses were still present, the other sections were almost deserted. Jiang Hao knew that these two plank roads on the cliffs had previously been crucial routes for transporting troops and supplies between several passes. Since the fall of the front pass, they had been practically abandoned, serving only as reconnaissance points for observing the battlefield. Now, however, this place suited Jiang Hao's needs perfectly.
In that brief moment, Jiang Hao suddenly sensed something amiss again. Turning his head, he saw the little skeleton's minions vanish in a flash of white light, while the little skeleton itself shone brightly with white light for a while before finally fading. Looking at the little skeleton again, it had changed its appearance once more. If the previous little skeleton could be described as sturdy, then the current one possessed an added air of agility. Besides its bones becoming thicker and heavier, their color had also become purer white. Every movement seemed full of life; although still somewhat less agile than a living person, it was far more nimble than most of the skeleton monsters Jiang Hao had ever seen.
Jiang Hao quickly checked the little skeleton's attributes.
[The Inspiring Skeleton Guerrilla]
Faction: Necromancer Summoned Items
Quality: Bronze
Level: 16
life:
Physical attack: 4000
Physical defense: 477
Speed: 232
Weapon: Heroic Blade
Experience points: 200
Number of subordinates recruited: 0/5000
Talent: Taming (The final blow to the target will not kill the target, but will instead turn the target into your subordinate.)
Skill:
Bone Knife Thrust: Thrust a bone knife forward, dealing 80% of your attack power as damage to the target.
Evasion: Increases own evasion by 30% for a short time and reduces damage taken by 20%. Lasts 5 seconds.
Epitaph: A soldier who doesn't want to be a general is not a good soldier.
Note: Skeleton Guerrilla minions are bound to the Skeleton Guerrilla and enjoy all the talent bonuses available to the Skeleton Guerrilla, without consuming any summon slots from the Summoner. Skeleton Guerrilla minions can level up, sharing experience points equally with the Summoner. After taming a sufficient number of minions, the Skeleton Guerrilla's quality can be improved. When a Skeleton Guerrilla is killed, it will enter the Summoning Space to recuperate. Recovery time at current quality: 50 hours.
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