4: Chapter 4: Loot Doubled, Transform Skeleton Warthogs

"Bang! -6!"

Meanwhile, the five Skeleton Soldiers continued to hack and slash.

"-1! -1! -1! -1! -1!"

"17... 12..."

The Warthog went completely berserk.

It shook its head violently, but could not shake off Xu Qin's hand, so its hind legs could only kick wildly...

"Crack!"

The chest cavity of the No. 2 Skeleton Soldier was smashed directly.

Its entire upper body flew off, scattering into a pile of white bones.

But the No. 3 Skeleton Soldier showed no reaction; it stepped on the broken bones of No. 2 and continued to hack.

"-1!"

The No. 1 Skeleton Soldier's arm broke, its rusty blade stuck between the Warthog's ribs.

But it still stood straight in its original position, motionless.

At this moment, Xu Qin brought down his fourth axe blow.

"Bang! -6!"

The Warthog's health bar bottomed out; it suddenly turned its head and ran desperately...

But the four Skeleton Soldiers blocked its retreat firmly.

The scattered skeleton of the No. 2 Skeleton Soldier happened to trip its front hooves.

The Warthog stumbled.

But that was all it took.

Xu Qin struck its neck with his final axe blow.

"Bang!"

The Warthog's front legs buckled, its tusks plunged into the sandy ground, and its massive body slammed onto the ground, kicking up a cloud of dust.

[Battle Victory!]

[Calculating Loot...]

Xu Qin sat down on the ground with a thud, gasping for air.

On his thigh, the wound pierced by the tusks was still bleeding, making him wince in pain.

Beside him, one Skeleton Soldier had shattered into pieces, another had a broken arm but was still standing in place, and the remaining three were unscathed.

The Acolyte walked up from behind and began casting Bone Healing on the broken-armed skeleton.

"One battle casualty, one severely injured."

Xu Qin wiped his face, "Alright, better than expected."

Then... the panel popped up.

[Battle Settlement]

Lord gained Experience +18

Kill Target: Desert Warthog Level 1 × 1

Base Drops:

Warthog Skeleton × 1

Soul Energy +5

Meat × 10

Hide × 1

Talent [War Gift Level 1] triggered!

All loot quantity × 2!

Final Gains:

Lord gained Experience +36

Warthog Skeleton × 2

Soul Energy +10

Meat × 20

Hide × 2

Battle Rating: C (Lord did not die, Skeleton Soldier loss -1)

Upgrade Progress: 1/10

[Loot has been stored in the inventory.]

Xu Qin quickly opened his inventory and found that there were indeed several more items.

The Warthog Skeletons occupied two slots, the meat was stacked in four portions in one slot, and the two hides were in one slot.

Soul Energy did not occupy a slot; it was directly counted in the territory resource panel, changing from 0 to 10.

He stared at the skeleton icon in the inventory, his Adam's apple bobbing.

Warthog Skeleton × 2.

He had killed one pig.

The talent had given him two skeletons.

One pig turned into two.

It appeared out of thin air.

And the Undead Race's troops... came from bones.

He suddenly opened the building panel and flipped to the feature list of the Primary Crypt.

[Undead Transformation]: Consumes 1 creature skeleton + 5 Soul Energy to transform it into the corresponding Undead unit.

Transformation results are affected by the original creature type and corpse integrity.

1 skeleton, 5 Soul Energy, transforms into one Undead unit.

He had 2 skeletons and 10 Soul Energy.

Just enough.

Two transformations.

Xu Qin looked at the Warthog Skeletons and began to imagine...

Kill one pig, get two pig soldiers.

What about killing ten?

What about killing a hundred?

What about killing a thousand?

With every battle, his troop growth rate doubled.

And the Undead Race was never short of cannon fodder.

And it was cannon fodder that did not fear death.

"Good stuff!"

Xu Qin stood up, limping, ignoring the pain of his wound for the moment.

He had the Acolyte use Skeleton Resurrection to piece the No. 3 Skeleton Soldier that had shattered during the battle back together.

The skeleton had some cracks, but Bone Healing was slowly repairing them.

It did not affect standing or walking...

As for combat power, it was mediocre anyway; a few more cracks would not make much difference.

Then, he hopped back to the front of the Primary Crypt.

Xu Qin took the two Warthog Skeletons out of his inventory and threw them into the Crypt entrance.

A dark purple light surged up from the depths of the Crypt, swallowing the skeletons.

The crackling sound of firewood came from inside the Crypt.

That was the sound of bones being eroded by dark energy.

The light lasted for about ten seconds, then the sound stopped.

Two heavy footsteps came from the dark passage of the Crypt.

Subsequently, Xu Qin saw two Skeleton Warthogs walk out of the Crypt, one after the other.

They looked big, a size larger than when they were alive...

After the flesh had faded away, the exposed skeleton stood out, the tusks gleaming with a ghostly green luster, and two clusters of dark purple ghostly flames burned in the hollow eye sockets.

The panel popped up automatically

Skeleton Warthog

Attack Power: 8 (Physical - Charge)

Defense: 3

Health Points: 25/25

Loyalty: 100/100 (Eternally Loyal)

Morale: None

Trait: Charge... When initiating a collision towards a target, the first attack deals +50% damage.

"It even has the Charge skill?"

Xu Qin looked at these lines of data, then turned back to look at his five Skeleton Soldiers with 5 Attack Power and 10 Health Points.

The gap... was too obvious.

The Skeleton Warthog's Attack Power was 60% higher than the Skeleton Soldiers', and its Health Points were two and a half times that of the Skeleton Soldiers.

The first attack damage with Charge was 12.

This was already on par with a living Warthog.

And it would not run, and it did not fear death.

Xu Qin eyed these two skeletal pigs with green-glowing tusks and nodded in satisfaction.

One pig exchanged for two Undead skeletal pigs.

What if he went to kill another Warthog?

Two more.

Three pigs?

Six Skeleton Warthogs.

Plus five Skeleton Soldiers and one Acolyte...

His army size would exceed ten.

Once the excitement passed, the wound on his thigh began to throb.

Xu Qin looked down.

His pant leg was torn, and the wound underneath was still oozing blood.

21 Health Points.

This little injury was just a matter of a health potion.

But he had no health potion.

The pain was real, and the blood was real.

He subconsciously glanced at the Acolyte.

The Acolyte looked back at him, the ghostly fire in its hollow eye sockets flickering slightly.

Xu Qin: "...Can't you really use that Bone Healing of yours on your master?"

The Acolyte did not respond.

Nonsense, it did not even have a jaw, how could it respond?

The description of this skill was very clear: "Provides continuous healing to target Skeleton Soldiers, slowly repairing damaged bones."

Skeleton Soldier.

Bones.

The keywords were clear.

This thing was for repairing bones, not for healing living people.

Xu Qin sighed, limped to the steps of the Crypt, and sat down slowly.

Better rely on himself.

He opened his inventory.

Four portions of Warthog meat were neatly stacked in one slot.

He clicked on it, and the panel popped up with a description.

[Warthog Meat]

Quality: Common (White)

Type: Ingredient/Consumable

Effect: Restores 10 Health Points after consumption, accelerates wound healing.

Additional Description: Important strategic resource for living races. Can be used to recruit and maintain soldier combat effectiveness, preventing morale decline and loss of hunger value.

Cookable: After cooking, the restoration effect increases to 20 Health Points, and significantly increases the consumer's morale.

Cooking Requirement: Campfire × 1 (Building a campfire requires consuming Wood × 6)

Xu Qin glanced at the last line.

Wood × 6.

He had cut down three trees in total and obtained three portions of Wood.

Half short.

Xu Qin took out a piece of Warthog meat from his inventory.

"Alright, it's rare to taste such raw delicacy."

Holding his nose, he took a bite.