Chapter 177: Chapter 110: Unlock, More Wild Monsters, Great Pioneer, Necromancer Champion

Letting the extra mana go to waste was a complete shame.

He might as well cast a few Nagash’s Gazes to boost the Undead Army’s damage output, create some more skeleton minions, and speed up the process of building a front line of cannon fodder for his Undead Legion.

Furthermore,

The “Awakening the Dead” skill of a Level 10 Necromancer had also been significantly upgraded.

He could now summon 140 Level 4 Skeleton Soldiers—Burrow Warriors—in a single cast.

They were at the level of Zero-star (purple) early-stage cannon fodder.

They could be temporarily enhanced into Level 5 cannon fodder soldiers at the Zero-star (gold) early stage.

Compared to the previous Level 3 cannon fodder, the Skeleton Warriors,

not only were their own Attributes stronger,

but the purple-quality weapons, armor, and shields they summoned using their innate skill “Bone Growth” were also far sturdier and more durable.

However, they came with no extra Equipment Traits.

Their actual equipment stats could only be considered the absolute worst among purple-quality gear.

However,

it was all free equipment.

If it was destroyed in battle, a brand new set could be instantly summoned to keep the fight going.

This basically had the four words “I save you money” written all over its face.

What more could you ask for?

’Speaking of which…’

’This Undead Army really is the perfect cannon fodder unit…’

’They’re cheap to upgrade, you can recruit a lot of them, you don’t have to pay to replace their gear when it breaks, and you don’t feel a thing even if they die in battle…’

The crucial part was,

they were all Puppet Creatures, just like the Owl Spirit Body.

They had no self-awareness or consciousness.

So, even if Qin Feng sent them to their deaths, he wouldn’t feel the slightest burden. In fact, he felt that this was precisely the duty they were meant to fulfill.

He recalled when he had first entered the Lord World.

At the time, Qin Feng had also thought of his other Divine Chosen People, Ratman Warriors, and Zoo Soldiers as disposable cannon fodder. He saw them as nothing more than worthless pieces in a wargame, mere tools to help the player achieve final victory.

But after spending so much time with them, day in and day out,

he had long since come to see these loyal soldiers, who were constantly by his side, as living “people” and “pets.”

They had their own personalities, their own thoughts, their own families, and their own attachments… They were nothing like the disposable NPCs and cannon fodder in a game.

If he could,

deep down, Qin Feng didn’t want any of his Divine Chosen Soldiers to suffer casualties.

But that was ultimately a vain hope.

He could only use his reason to suppress his emotions and order them to fight valiantly for him. The result was a considerable casualty rate in high-difficulty, large-scale battles like the Void Tide.

However,

things were different now.

Qin Feng just needed to raise a massive Undead Legion.

Holding the front lines, scouting ahead, tanking Magic, breaching gates, scaling walls to clear a path… No matter how dangerous the task, the Undead Legion would be the first to charge in and tackle the toughest, most difficult parts of any battle.

Afterward,

his other Divine Chosen Soldiers could move in to clean up the rest.

While this approach couldn’t entirely prevent the sacrifice of some of his completely loyal Divine Chosen Soldiers,

it could at least reduce their overall casualties.

That was already a huge improvement.

’For now, it seems that while the Necromancer’s personal combat power is weak, its overall utility is pretty good.’

’I wonder…’

’…what that remaining 500-cost Talent, ’More Wild Monsters,’ will be like.’

’Judging by the Magic Modifications to ’Survival of the Fittest’ and ’Great Pioneer,’ it should be a Riding and Cutting Talent with excellent utility.’

’Hmm… let’s go for it!’

[You have consumed 500 Dragon Crystals and obtained a new Hidden Talent!]

[More Wild Monsters (Lv. 1): Each month, a one-way Teleportation Gate to a “Middle-earth Warhammer” mod world will randomly appear near your territory, and the previous month’s gate will vanish. Warhammer Soldiers of a corresponding culture will emerge from the new gate. (These soldiers are always hostile to Native Creatures and player units, and will prioritize attacking the gate’s creator). The Soldier Type and individual level of the Warhammer Soldiers are random, but are capped by the current stage of the Lord World (they cannot exceed the level of the highest-tier Soldier Type available). However, the longer a gate of the same type remains, the higher the chance of high-level Warhammer Soldiers appearing.]

[Upgrade Requirement: 500 Dragon Crystals]

Holy shit!

’Summoning unique Soldier Types from Middle-earth Warhammer?’

’It’s not spawning Native Creatures like Forest Wolves and Fire Foxes, the kind you find in every Lord World?’

’And not those Void Creatures that serve the Evil God?’

And on top of that!

’These Warhammer Soldiers are all hostile?’

’Isn’t this the same as me creating a whole new kind of Void Gate with my bare hands?’

At this thought,

Qin Feng felt a surge of frustration.

The Necromancer Profession and the Undead Skeleton Army were one thing.

After all, those things already existed in the Lord World. A little mutation or evolution wouldn’t cause a major stir.

He could even show them off, and people would probably just assume his Personal Talent was exceptional and that he was incredibly lucky.

They would assume he was lucky enough to get the rare Necromancer Profession from a Proof of Reincarnation, to obtain a special Talent that could turn Native Creatures directly into Divine Chosen Soldiers, and to find a group of hidden Undead Soldier Types with unique promotion paths.

However,

many of the unique Soldier Types from Middle-earth Warhammer…

…were distinctly different from the Native Powers of the Lord World.

Even if Qin Feng could turn them all into his own Divine Chosen Soldiers with his “Recruit Prisoners” Talent, he wouldn’t dare to show them off openly.

Source: Webnovel.com, updated by NovelKeep