The sun was blazing, and the skeleton army was still taking a "nap." Occasionally, one or two "naughty" ones would jump high into the air, only to be unlucky enough to be shot by an arrow from a soldier on the city wall who was also not resting, and tumble down into the pile of skeletons.
Jiang Hao waved his staff four times in a second, pulling up one skeleton monster after another, instantly depleting their health bars, leaving a trail of white bones scattered on the ground.
On the little skeleton's side, he swung his greatsword once a second, pulling up skeleton monsters one by one. Their red health bars would be emptied, then immediately turn green, and then quickly be replenished. Before long, the little skeleton was surrounded by skeleton monsters.
The guards on the city wall, who were originally rather lax, started pointing and commenting as they watched the man and the skeleton perform what seemed like magic.
"Hey, how come there's an adventurer on the city wall?"
"What the hell is he doing?"
"It looks like magic. You tap it and a skeleton monster appears, then it turns into a pile of bones?"
"Hey, these skeletons he conjured up look so much like the monsters under the city walls."
"What does 'similar' mean? 'Clearly' means good."
"My God, this is amazing! Is he fighting monsters right now?"
"Are you kidding me? Have you ever seen anyone fight monsters like that? It looks like a magic trick!"
"His magic tricks are a bit low-level. Look at that little skeleton next to him, he can kill one with a single cut and conjure up a complete one. And look at those skeleton monsters next to the little skeleton, aren't they exactly the same as those under the city wall? Even their sleeping posture is exactly the same, huddled together like maggots."
......
Listening to the various absurd speculations made by the guards on the city wall, Jiang Hao felt utterly speechless.
What the hell is this magic trick?
I'm leveling up by fighting monsters!
However, a few veterans seemed to have figured something out and offered words of advice from the sidelines.
"Adventurer, you are wasting your time. No matter how many more you kill, it won't help."
"It would be better to save our energy now and start killing monsters when they begin their siege. That way, defending the city will be much easier for us."
The discussion among the onlookers was quite lively. Meanwhile, most of the Zhenyuan Legion had already disembarked. Zhen Nantian then commanded a smaller portion to form the First Legion defending the city. The troops from Beixiong Fortress, under their commander's orders, were moving boxes of cannonballs and arrows from one side of the city wall to their designated positions. The troops from Wuwei Fortress were carrying stones from below the inner city wall to the top; preparations for battle were in full swing.
In no time, the little skeleton was surrounded by its subjugated minions. Nearly two hundred skeleton henchmen huddled together against the city wall, pushing aside the idle soldiers who were watching the spectacle.
Jiang Hao noticed the anomaly and turned to look at the little skeleton. He saw the little skeleton and its minions glowing with white light. Suddenly, the light flashed, and all of the little skeleton's minions vanished. Then, Jiang Hao saw another intense flash of white light emanate from the little skeleton. When the light dimmed, Jiang Hao realized that the little skeleton had undergone a tremendous change.
The once white, slightly blackish skeleton had become considerably whiter, and the formerly slender and frail skeleton had even grown taller, its bones no longer appearing so fragile. The most significant change was in the scars that had previously adorned its body. The tattered dagger embedded in its head was now gone, leaving its entire skull smooth and flawless. Even the pitted and uneven areas of its arms and one thigh bone had become pristine white, showing no trace of its previous deterioration.
Jiang Hao quickly cast a detection spell on the little skeleton.
[An Inspirational Skeleton Soldier]
Faction: Necromancer Summoned Items
Quality: Black Iron
Level: 13
life:
Physical attack: 780
Physical defense: 146
Speed: 85
Weapon: Heroic Blade
Experience points: \/
Number of subordinates recruited: 0/1000
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 Attack: Swing the greatsword forward, dealing 60% of attack power as damage to the target.
Epitaph: A soldier who doesn't want to be a general is not a good soldier.
Note: Skeleton minions are bound to the skeleton minion and enjoy all the talent bonuses available to the skeleton minion, without consuming a summoner's summon quantity. Skeleton minions can level up, sharing experience points equally with the summoner. After taming a sufficient number, the skeleton minions can be upgraded in quality. When a skeleton minion is killed, it will enter the summoning space to recuperate. The current recuperation time is 10 hours.
The little skeleton's quality has actually been upgraded to the Black Iron level?
Not only has its appearance changed, but even its name has changed. It has also accumulated a lot of experience points and is close to leveling up. In addition, it has even gained a new skill. Although the effect of this skill seems to be no match for other Iron-level monsters.
But there's a saying that goes, "A mother doesn't dislike her son for being ugly."
Yes, that's exactly how Jiang Hao feels right now.
Of course, at this moment, Jiang Hao also felt a sense of pride, like that of a child he had raised who had finally been admitted to an excellent primary school through his own efforts.
But when I saw the line about the little skeleton and the summoner splitting experience points again, I immediately felt like spitting blood.
Can little skeletons kill monsters?
The answer is definitely no! With its talent [Taming], the little skeleton will never be able to kill a single monster in its lifetime. Let alone kill monsters to gain experience and level up.
So where do these experience points come from?
Only now did Jiang Hao truly understand why he had gained so few experience points.
The game's mechanics are one reason, but the little skeletons are probably one of the culprits as well!
Jiang Hao was overjoyed when he saw the statement that the little skeletons could share experience with the summoner. He thought he could finally level up effortlessly.
But what about now?
It will only make things worse for families that are already struggling financially!
One word sums up Jiang Hao's feelings at this moment.
Grass!
Jiang Hao turned his head away, deciding to stop looking at the little skeleton. He felt that the most important thing right now was to level up quickly, since he still had a child to raise, and he had to work harder than others.
The little skeleton's upgrade once again drew pointing and whispering from the surrounding soldiers, but Jiang Hao ignored it.
"The First Legion of the Zhenyuan Army is changing garrison duties. All unauthorized personnel must leave the city walls immediately. Those who disobey will be punished according to military law!"
The shouts of messengers came from afar, and the idle soldiers who had been watching immediately scattered and went down the stairs on the inner side of the city wall.
"Didn't that adventurer over there hear me?"
The shouts grew louder as they approached, and a burly man patted Jiang Hao on the shoulder, yelling.
"Take your summoned creatures and leave the city walls immediately, or you will be subject to military law!"
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