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Chapter 981 - 981 982 Invasion_1

Chapter 981: Chapter 982 Invasion_1 Chapter 981: Chapter 982 Invasion_1 Soon, under the guidance of Catherine, the group arrived at an open-air mining quarry. From a distance, they could see a group of tattered skeleton miners working in the quarry, while a few strong skeleton soldiers, brandishing long swords and clad in armor, acted as guards around the perimeter.

“Only these few skeleton soldiers as guards?” Song Jian was somewhat surprised. He had assumed that a necromancer capable of transforming corpses into warriors would have many soldiers, and considered the quarry to be a relatively important resource surely heavily guarded.

“These are level ten skeleton soldiers, already capable of advancing to skeleton warriors!” Catherine rolled her eyes and said, “Besides, given the necromancer’s notorious reputation, others would avoid him at all costs. Who would dare to provoke him? These skeleton soldiers are merely a message to others that this is the territory of the necromancer Karada. To encroach is to provoke a battle with him!”

Song Jian nodded and transferred all the soldiers under Catherine’s command, saying, “You will lead this battle.”

“What, you want me to command the battle?” Catherine was somewhat surprised.

“Yes, otherwise why would I recruit you?” Song Jian said, looking as if it was the most obvious thing.

Catherine: “… Although this is what I hoped for, his expression really annoys me!”

Song Jian had already discovered that in this Assessment World, battling anyone provided him with no gain. There were no battle experiences to be had, and the equipment and resources gained could not be taken with him upon leaving this world.

Moreover, the adversaries he encountered were all lower-level forces, lacking any formidable presence, which somewhat dampened his spirits.

“Perhaps it’s time to visit the Elf Mountains and encounter that Black Dragon. Maybe there will be some unexpected gains!” Song Jian watched as Catherine led the troops into battle, remembering he still had a task to exterminate the Black Mage.

The few skeleton soldiers guarding the quarry, though level ten, were no match for the army led by Catherine. The fight was over in a matter of minutes, leaving only the cleanup of the skeleton workers in the quarry.

Although these skeleton workers were not combatants, their presence would still instill fear in ordinary people. If not cleaned out, human miners would not come to work here, and rumors of a “haunted quarry” would soon emerge.

As Catherine approached Song Jian with a proud look on her face after clearing out all the skeleton miners and taking control of the quarry, her expression was smug.

Suddenly remembering something, Song Jian asked, “During the previous battle, our troops didn’t seem to maintain high morale?”

Catherine’s face froze, and without any anticipation, she replied, “It’s common knowledge that human armies lose morale when facing the undead. They will initiate an attack only if their strength surpasses that of the undead by more than double…”

“Oh, is that so!” Song Jian also realized that the luck stone seemed to be effective only on armies led by the user. Even though Catherine was a hero he had recruited, the luck stone could not affect the troops under her command.

“Take this, it will make fighting the undead army easier in the future!” Song Jian took out the luck stone and handed it to Catherine.

“A treasure?” Catherine’s eyes sparkled. Such a strategic artifact was beyond the privilege of a princess like her, reserved only for powerful commanders.

“A Luck Stone? It increases luck and ensures that the army maintains high morale?” Catherine examined the stone closely, a smile of surprise forming on her face.

“Luck can increase the chances of the army triggering their skills and their resistance to negative effects. And high morale means that the troops will brave any enemy, never disintegrating or fleeing in fear!” Catherine looked at Song Jian, disbelief coloring her expression. “You’re willing to give me such a precious artifact for real?”

“Of course not…” Song Jian looked at Catherine with a look of surprise and said, “It’s only a loan, you’ll need to return it to me after you’ve used it!”

Catherine’s smile stiffened, and the good impression she had just begun to develop for Song Jian quickly dissipated. After tucking away the lucky gemstone, she muttered under her breath, “Miser…”

“The mine has been occupied. That undead sorcerer named Karada, he must have received the news, right?” she wondered aloud as she gazed into the distance.

“Of course. Every lord takes their resources points very seriously. Unless they’re preoccupied with something more important, they’d come to check on it immediately,” Catherine said, glancing at Song Jian with some concern. However, remembering the terrifying skills Song Jian had used earlier, she still had confidence in him.

The two waited in the mine for over half an hour until the human miners they had recruited arrived and began working. The undead sorcerer Karada did not appear.

“Maybe something important has held him up…” Catherine said in a surprised tone, glancing at Song Jian.

“Then we’ll just continue to occupy his resource points!” said Song Jian, expressionless.

Catherine was silent for a moment before speaking, “I think we should quit while we’re ahead. Being able to take a mine from him is already an incredible achievement. If we continue, we might end up making a mortal enemy out of him…”

“Humans and undead sorcerers are mortal enemies to begin with, aren’t they?” Song Jian said, looking at Catherine with some surprise, not fully understanding the thought processes of the people in this world.

Those not of our kind must have a different heart, and besides, undead creatures inherently need human corpses to transform into soldiers, an existence that fundamentally stands in opposition to the human race.

If the other party is too strong, it’s fine to retreat for a while, but burying oneself in the sand like an ostrich, ignoring the existence of the undead sorcerers and not even daring to oppose them, such an approach will only allow the undead sorcerer to grow stronger.

Catherine sighed, shook her head slightly, and fell silent. Previously, several human lords had assembled a large army hoping to kill the undead sorcerer lord, but they all perished before his castle, worn down by his vast army.

Since then, the nearby lords had never again proposed a resolution to crusade against the undead sorcerer. As long as he did not expand his territory, the surrounding lords had come to accept the existence of the undead sorcerer lord.

With Catherine guiding him, Song Jian’s efficiency in capturing resource points greatly increased. In just over two hours, they had occupied seven or eight resource points, most of which had belonged to the undead sorcerer lord Karada.

“The resource points to the east and south have almost all been occupied by you. What’s left are to the west and north. However, going west, we would have to go around the Elf Mountains, where, it is said, a Black Dragon resides. As for the north, we would need to bypass Karada’s castle…” Catherine found it very strange that Karada had not shown up yet. They had already taken almost half of his resource points, but he seemed completely unaware.

“Then let’s continue. Since he won’t come out, let’s go see his castle!” said Song Jian, expressionless.

“What an arrogant fellow!”

A hoarse voice came from not far away. Song Jian turned his head to see, on a large tree less than five meters away, a skeletal raven, peering at him with a pair of blood-red eyes.

Although it was just a skeletal raven, Song Jian could sense a mocking expression in its eyes.

“Undead magic, huh? Interesting!” Han Dong’s lips curled into a faint smile as he stared at the skeletal raven with an intrigued expression.

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PS: Thanks to “The White Divine” for the 500-starting-point coin reward~

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