bookandnovel Chapter 74 The Heavily Guarded Cave 1
Chapter 74 The Heavily Guarded Cave 1
After exploring deeper into the area for less than an hour, the number of Skeleton Warriors under Ark's command had reached a full 35!
When the number of minions reached the enslavement limit, Ark led the vast skeletal warband behind him to continue exploring deeper into the territory.
Further on, the skeleton warriors he encountered all had stats close to 30, not much worse than those in the Ark.
If Fang Zhou were still traveling alone, he would never have come to such a deep area so early.
However, now that he has 35 loyal followers willing to go through fire and water for him, bullying these skeleton warriors who are weaker than him is naturally a piece of cake.
Thirty-five skeleton minions, divided into three teams, began hunting in this area.
A squad of 10 skeleton warriors ensures that even if they encounter a stronger skeleton warrior, they can use their overwhelming numbers to cripple it and then bring it to the Ark for enslavement.
And the Ark naturally implemented a ruthless last-place elimination system.
With tears in his eyes, he slaughtered the weaker skeleton minions and those injured in battle, freeing up precious enslavement slots.
Of course, the essence of the skeletons of the underlings would not be wasted; it would all be absorbed by the Ark, which could be considered as a way of serving their master in another way.
With the addition of four teams deployed across the Ark, the hunting area was greatly expanded, allowing for the highly efficient hunting of the skeleton warriors within the region.
Four hours later, the skeleton clone's four-dimensional attributes increased by nearly 5 points.
More importantly, all 35 of his minions were successfully replaced with skeleton warriors with four-dimensional attributes approaching 30 points.
The feeling of leveling up with the Skeleton Legion is so exhilarating!
The main body invests in cultivation, while the clone levels up for them.
This is the path to becoming stronger in my Ark!
Thinking about the underground hunt that would begin the next morning, Fangzhou barely managed to suppress his urge to continue killing.
He found a safe corner, directed his skeleton minions to surround him, and then turned his attention back to his original body.
After washing up, Fangzhou lay on the bed and looked at his character's attribute panel.
[Name] Fang Zhou
[Class] Necromancer
[Rank] Apprentice - Intermediate
[Attributes] Strength 5.7, Agility 5.5, Constitution 5.5, Spirit 7
[Status] Soul Split
[Equipment] Apprentice Set (Full set refined +1, 1 level 1 gem *1), Moon Orchid Incense
[Skills] Skeleton King Meditation (Perfect), Summon Skeletons (Instinct), Skeleton Spears (Perfect), Skeleton Shield (Perfect), Skeleton Shackles (Mastery), Composure (Perfect), Control Skeletons (Mastery), Resurrection of the Dead (Proficient), Skeleton Arrow Rain (Proficient), Skeleton Wings (Proficient), Mass Brutality (Proficient)
Whether it's the unparalleled four-dimensional attributes or the dazzling array of skills, Ark has already reached its limit.
With this level of skill, winning first place in the dungeon hunt shouldn't be a problem, right?
......
The next morning, Fangzhou packed his bags and hurried to the meeting room where he had been staying the previous day.
Dungeon hunting is an extremely important activity for all seeded candidates.
Therefore, naturally no one will be late.
After all 180 trainees had arrived, Lu Hu verified their identities and counted the number of people before directing them to board several military vehicles.
Night fell quickly, and dawn broke.
The military vehicle made its way through the vast campus of Haicheng Military Academy, quickly entering a military restricted area that was usually tightly closed off.
The instructors on the military vehicle took the opportunity to introduce Fang Zhou and the other curious trainees: "Decades ago, when the Abyss Demons first invaded Blue Star, our Haicheng was besieged for several years."
The fierce battle between the powerful humans and demons completely altered the terrain and landscape surrounding Haicheng.
Many buildings were destroyed by the aftermath of the battle and sank underground, thus forming many underground caves.
Due to the terrain and formations, these underground caves have accumulated a lot of negative energy and bred many demonic creatures.
Among them are ferocious beasts mutated from our native plants and animals, as well as otherworldly monsters that crossed over with the demons of the abyss.
One of the most important reasons why we chose to establish our Haicheng Military Academy here is to facilitate the organization of elite forces to regularly clean up and suppress these underground caves.
Of course, these are things that senior students usually come into contact with.
For newbies like you who have only recently awakened, going hunting in the dungeons now is actually a bit too early.
Seeing the serious expressions on the trainees' faces, the instructor reassured them, "However, you don't need to worry too much."
The No. 1 dungeon that is open to you this time can be considered a beginner's map.
It contains mostly low-level monsters, which are not too difficult to deal with.
The instructor, Lu Hu, explained the specifics to you all yesterday.
As the instructor spoke, he distributed hunting recorders to the trainees in the vehicle.
"Cave No. 1 is quite far away. You can familiarize yourselves with the operation of the recorder during the journey."
This provides you with a rough map of Cave 1, the location of SOS points, and some common monster illustrations and point information.
After so many years of conscious adjustments, the military academy can guarantee that no matter what your profession is, everyone starts on the same starting line in Cave 1.
How exactly you can leverage your professional strengths depends on your learning and experience over the next two months.
If you're smart enough, you can always find the best terrain and monsters for your hunting.
Seeing the thoughtful expressions on the students' faces, the instructor reminded them again: "If you are a mage-type class that is good at group attacks but is relatively fragile, then don't mindlessly walk into narrow and complicated terrain."
If you are a Knight-type class that excels at defense but not offense, you should choose monsters with relatively fragile bodies to increase your hunting efficiency.
Then, silence fell over the military vehicle.
All the students, including Fangzhou, were racing against time to familiarize themselves with the map of Cave 1 and the monster encyclopedia.
Fangzhou quickly skimmed through the data in the hunting recorder, pondered for a moment, and then selected several types of monsters that would allow him to best utilize his strengths.
Goblins, kobolds, and crypt spiders.
Ferocious wolf, ferocious rat, ferocious ant.
These six types of monsters include some that are mutations of native species on Earth, and others that are otherworldly monsters that have crossed over from the mythological world.
But they all have one thing in common: they are all social monsters.
There are anywhere from a few to dozens of them, and they rarely appear alone.
For students of other professions, these gregarious monsters pose too great a threat and they try to avoid them at all costs.
But for Ark, which excels at the skeleton horde tactic, the more monsters it encounters at once, the better.
With his strength, as long as his mental energy is not exhausted, he has nothing to fear about crashing.