62: Chapter 62 You call this acceleration?

The army left Flower City and marched northwest along the main road.

The troops were orderly and disciplined, with high morale.

After marching for about a li, Lei Lie asked, "Strategist, before we set off, you said that speed is the essence of war and this mission must be resolved quickly."

"So, shouldn't we be speeding up?"

"It is time to speed up." Strategist Zhu Ge nodded, sitting in his wheelchair, and gently waved the feather fan in his hand.

A faint light surged from the feather fan, spreading outwards like ripples.

The light expanded wider and further.

In the blink of an eye, it enveloped the entire army of five thousand!

Whoosh~~~~~~

A strong wind suddenly arose!

Everyone was surrounded by a faint, shimmering current of Qi!

Lei Lie's eyes widened.

He clearly felt his body become much lighter; thanks to this, every step he took was much easier than usual!

Strategist Zhu Ge finished casting his skill and said to Lei Lie with a chuckle, "Minister, the acceleration is complete."

Lei Lie: ???

You call this speeding up?

Although it is technically speeding up, what I meant by speeding up was for the whole army to run forward!!

Meanwhile, the surrounding soldiers noticed the change and exclaimed in surprise.

"What's going on? I feel so light!"

"My speed has increased!"

"This wind... what's going on?"

"Haha! I know! It's Mr. Zhu's skill!"

"It's amazing!"

Zhou Yun looked back at the faint light enveloping the army, a surge of indescribable shock rising in his heart.

What is this?

Judging by the state of it, it must be some kind of Professional skill.

But... this casting range is too terrifying, isn't it?!

You have to know, even for a mage known for the widest casting range, a Black Iron Rank skill only covers about 10 square meters at most.

Yet this skill that Strategist Zhu Ge cast... it actually covered the entire army of five thousand?

That's not right either...

Strategist Zhu Ge...

Isn't he just an ordinary person?

How can he use skills?

Is he a Professional?

Zhou Yun suddenly realized that due to habitual thinking, he had made a huge mistake!

He didn't even know whether his own officials were Professionals!

Lei Lie also realized this belatedly.

He stared blankly at Strategist Zhu Ge, his mouth opening wider and wider.

He had always thought Strategist Zhu Ge was refined; when they first met, Strategist Zhu Ge would cough from time to time, and his complexion was somewhat pale.

Plus, when they first met, Strategist Zhu Ge was with many refugees, so he never imagined that he could be a Professional.

But now...

The facts spoke for themselves!

All that talk about being disabled and unable to fight...

Before, he had really believed what Strategist Zhu Ge said was the truth, thinking that although this man had talent, he really couldn't go to the battlefield.

Now that he saw it, it was clearly just modesty!

"Oh my!" Lei Lie pointed at Strategist Zhu Ge and said:

"You sly fox!"

"You actually hid such a trick up your sleeve?!"

Strategist Zhu Ge heard this and shook his head slightly, saying:

"It's not that I intentionally hid it, but my Professional skills were never meant for combat. On the battlefield, I cannot charge into enemy lines, nor can I cast offensive magic; I can only provide some support. It is truly not worth mentioning."

His tone was humble, as if he were really just talking about a trivial matter.

However, neither Zhou Yun, Wan'er, nor the seemingly rough Lei Lie took him seriously.

Everyone had seen the effects of the skill and felt it for themselves!

This is "just support"?

This is "not worth mentioning"?

If this wasn't worth mentioning, then other Professionals should be ashamed enough to bang their heads against a wall and commit suicide!

Just now, after this skill was cast, a faint current of Qi enveloped all five thousand people!

This layer of Qi made everyone's body feel incredibly light, as if an invisible wind was pushing them from behind!

With the buff from the skill, their marching speed was now almost double what it was before!

"Strategist Zhu Ge! Stop putting on an act in front of the City Lord!" Lei Lie shouted in a low voice, feigning anger. "How many more skills are you hiding? Confess truthfully!"

"Alright, alright, alright," Strategist Zhu Ge immediately "confessed". "Since the Minister wants to hear, I will tell you."

"Actually, there really isn't much to say, because I have only comprehended three skills in total."

Everyone's heart jolted in unison.

He actually still had "hidden goods"?

Strategist Zhu Ge slowly continued:

"The first skill is what you see now—[Full Army Speed March]. The effect is very simple: it increases the movement speed of the entire army. Currently, it can increase it by about double, and it greatly reduces stamina consumption."

Everyone nodded in unison.

"The second skill is called—[Full Army Stealth]. After activating this skill, it can conceal our movements. As long as we maintain a certain distance, it will be very difficult to be discovered."

Everyone's eyes instantly lit up.

Concealing movements!

Isn't this a divine skill for surprise attacks?

"The third skill... is one I just comprehended two days ago, called—[Full Army Assault]. It should provide a certain amount of offensive capability. But I haven't tested the specific effects, so I'm not sure yet."

Full Army Assault!

Increasing offensive capability!

Lei Lie gasped.

Three skills: Speed March, Stealth, Assault.

How is this just support?

This is simply a Dominator of the battlefield!

If the effective range of each skill can expand as Strategist Zhu Ge's Rank increases... then in the future, if Flower City has fifty thousand or one hundred thousand people, Strategist Zhu Ge alone could buff the entire army!

If other Professionals are only concerned with individual strength, then Strategist Zhu Ge's profession is simply a strategic-level existence!

He finally understood completely; it's no wonder that under Strategist Zhu Ge's leadership, over twenty thousand refugees survived six waves of beast tides without a single death.

Originally, he felt that even if Strategist Zhu Ge was proficient in military strategy, this record was too exaggerated and truly unreasonable.

But now, considering that Strategist Zhu Ge possessed these three divine skills, everything seemed much more reasonable.

"Strategist Zhu Ge," Wan'er spoke up, her tone filled with genuine respect. "May I ask, what profession did you Awaken?"

Wan'er's question hit the nail on the head for everyone.

That's right!

What Full Army Speed March, [Full Army Stealth], and [Full Army Assault]—these were all skill names they had never heard of before!

The profession Strategist Zhu Ge Awakened must not be any of the professions they already knew!

Strategist Zhu Ge heard this, cast his gaze towards his own legs, and a glimmer of sadness flashed in his eyes.