12: Chapter 12: The Complete Undead Legion Takes Shape

One hour later.

Xu Qin felt pain in his face.

He opened his eyes.

He discovered a Skeleton Sand Rat was using its claws to scratch his face.

Not bad, very dedicated, just a bit hard on the face.

Xu Qin raised his hand and lifted it up.

"I told you to wake me up, not to give me a facial scraping."

On the panel, three notifications were hanging.

[bone melting furnace construction complete!]

[soul hall construction complete!]

[bone vault construction complete!]

"Very good, isn't this essentially an instant construction?"

Xu Qin rolled over and sat up, stretching.

Having slept for an hour, his body still felt a bit weak.

But seeing the buildings completed, his energy immediately returned.

At this moment, he saw three new buildings beside the Crypt.

The bone melting furnace was a black stone furnace half a person's height, with dark purple soul fire burning at the mouth.

The soul hall looked more like a small altar, with a slowly rotating ball of soul energy suspended at the top.

The entrance to the bone vault was on the ground, with white bones piled into a circular arch, and the Underground Space looked quite large.

Xu Qin first opened the Crypt upgrade list.

[Level 3 Crypt upgrade requirements met.]

[Upgrade requirements: Wood × 800, Stone × 500, Iron Ore × 100, Bones × 300, Soul Energy × 2000]

[Upgrade time: 6 hours]

The resources were sufficient, so what else was there to say?

"Start the upgrade!"

[Consumed: Wood × 800, Stone × 500, Iron Ore × 100, Bones × 300, Soul Energy × 2000]

[Level 2 Crypt is upgrading... Estimated completion time: 6 hours]

Acolyte No. 1 walked to the front of the Crypt and raised its hands.

Purple light poured into the Crypt's walls.

The runes on the stone bricks lit up one by one.

Xu Qin didn't watch for long.

Six hours was not short.

This time could not be wasted.

He turned and opened the bone melting furnace.

[bone melting furnace Level 1]

Currently available reinforcement modules:

[Bone Armor Tempering (Level 1)]

Effect: All undead unit defense +1

Consumption: Bones × 100, Stone × 100, Soul Energy × 300

[Soul Fire Infusion (Level 1)]

Effect: All undead unit attack +2

Consumption: Magic Crystal Fragments × 5, Iron Ore × 50, Soul Energy × 500

[Skeleton Remodeling (Level 1)]

Effect: All undead unit HP +5

Consumption: Meat × 300, Bones × 150, Soul Energy × 400

[Note: The current bone melting furnace is Level 1, the three modules can only be reinforced to Level 1. If further reinforcement is needed, please upgrade the bone melting furnace.]

After reading, Xu Qin didn't stop his fingers.

"Bone Armor Tempering, click."

"Soul Fire Infusion, click."

"Skeleton Remodeling, click."

[Reinforcement complete!]

[All undead unit defense +1!]

[All undead unit attack +2!]

[All undead unit HP +5!]

Boom!

The soul fire in the bone melting furnace surged.

A circle of dark light spread out, sweeping across all undead units in the territory.

The Skeleton Warthog's bone armor thickened visibly to the naked eye.

And the bone blades in the Skeleton Soldiers' hands also became thicker.

Fine, dense soul fire patterns appeared on the spines of the Sand Lizards and Sand Snakes.

Xu Qin was very satisfied with this.

This feeling of technology being shared by the entire army was so cool!

This was an upgrade to the configuration for all the soldiers!

Xu Qin opened the bone melting furnace upgrade tab again.

[bone melting furnace 2 upgrade requirements: Stone × 300, Iron Ore × 80, Magic Crystal Fragments × 10, Soul Energy × 1000]

[Upgrade time: 2 hours]

He glanced at the remaining resources.

Enough, he could upgrade.

The soul hall and bone vault could also be upgraded to Level 2, but there weren't enough materials to click all three at once.

Xu Qin patted his face.

"Stay strong."

"Upgrade the furnace first."

"When fighting, output and defense are always more useful than a warehouse."

"Put the soul hall and warehouse aside for now, and plan uniformly once the Level 3 Crypt is unlocked."

[Consumed: Stone × 300, Iron Ore × 80, Magic Crystal Fragments × 10, Soul Energy × 1000]

[bone melting furnace upgrading... Estimated completion time: 2 hours]

After arranging the buildings, Xu Qin walked to the front of the Crypt.

Now it was time to expand the army.

He took the skeletons out of his inventory in batches.

Warthog skeletons.

Sand Lizard skeletons.

Sand Snake skeletons.

Sand Rat skeletons.

Desert Vulture skeletons.

Armored Sand Scorpion skeletons.

Piled at the entrance of the Crypt, like a small hill.

Xu Qin felt reassured looking at it.

What is a sense of security?

A sense of security is having three hundred die-hard loyalists by your side who don't sleep, don't eat, and don't rebel!

He waved his hand.

"Convert all."

[Undead conversion started.]

[This consumption: various skeletons × 216, Soul Energy × 1260]

Deep in the Crypt, purple light swirled.

The bones were swallowed in batches.

A flurry of cracking sounds rang out.

Xu Qin turned and stuffed all the remaining materials into the bone vault.

His inventory was finally clear.

Not long after.

Batches of undead walked out of the Crypt.

In front was the core main force, and behind were all new faces.

He saw Vultures with spread bone wings jumping out of the Crypt archway.

They had no feathers, their wing bones were thin and long, and purple fire burned in their eye sockets.

After landing, their bone claws gripped the stone bricks, making a soft sound.

[Skeleton Vulture · Tier 1]

Attack: 13 (Physical - Tear/Dive)

Defense: 3

HP: 25/25

Loyalty: 100/100 (Eternally Die-hard)

Morale: None

Characteristics:

Low-altitude Gliding: Can fly at low altitudes, suitable for reconnaissance and pursuit.

Dive Hunting: When attacking from a dive in the air, initial damage +50%.

Xu Qin's eyes lit up.

Aerial reconnaissance units!

Awesome!

There's no need to talk about their value!

With Vultures and Sand Rats acting together, intelligence efficiency is directly maxed out!

Following closely behind were the Armored Sand Scorpions.

Their body length was close to one meter, their bone armor was thick, and their tail hooks were raised high.

When walking, their six bone legs landed alternately, and their speed was not slow.

[Skeleton Sand Scorpion · Tier 1]

Attack: 15 (Physical - Pincer/Poison)

Defense: 7

HP: 37/37

Loyalty: 100/100 (Eternally Die-hard)

Morale: None

Characteristics:

Poison Tail Sting: After the tail hook pierces the target, it causes 8 points of poison damage and slows the target's movement by 40% for 5 seconds.

Sand Ambush: Can dive into shallow sand, initial attack damage +30% when launching an ambush.

After reading, Xu Qin's sleepiness was completely gone.

"Good, very good! These are all good things!"

"This thing can serve as a front line and can also control."

"The Warthogs are responsible for charging, the Scorpions are responsible for stinging, the Snakes are responsible for spraying mist, and the Lizards are responsible for corrosion."

"The Sand Rats find people, and the Vultures keep watch."

"Perfect!"

This is what you call a system.

It's not relying on one stat-monster to brute force.

It's that every unit type has a position.

The most comfortable part of being a lord is right here.

With many low-level unit types, you can play with variety.

Furthermore, his low-level units aren't afraid of death!

As the last Skeleton Sand Rat crawled out of the Crypt, the conversion process ended.

His military strength skyrocketed.

Xu Qin opened the total organization panel and watched the numbers jump up.

Total military strength: 354!

This was his pure-bred undead legion, not counting him, the lord.

He was only one hunt away from four hundred.

Xu Qin was very satisfied with this.

"Very good."

"I'm feeling more and more secure now."

"A few more waves, and I can build a wall around the territory."

He noted down the current building upgrade requirements.

The Level 3 Crypt still needed six hours.

The Level 2 bone melting furnace still needed two hours.

The soul hall and bone vault would not be upgraded for now.

These six hours could not be spent just waiting.

Let's grind!!!