Necromancer: Becoming a God Starting with Skeleton Clone

Chapter 39 Team Dungeon, One Person Can Form an Army

The fog was very thick, and the Ark could not detect any signs of life in its field of vision.

However, the sound of flowing water could be heard ahead, and it seemed to be not far away.

Mission: Slay all demons and recapture the riverside outpost.

Since it is a riverside outpost, the outpost must be located on the riverbank.

Ark led its army of skeletons and slowly explored the direction from which the sound of water came.

As the air grew increasingly humid, Fangzhou knew he was on the right track.

He looked up and saw several stone buildings nestled on a hilltop, forming a small camp.

This should be the riverside outpost.

"A three-player dungeon, I wonder how many demons are inside?"

Fangzhou recalled the stealth training in the practical class, crouched down, and commanded the skeleton horde to sneak towards the outpost as quietly as possible.

A faint, foul odor of sulfur wafted through the air, and Ark knew that this peculiar smell emanated from the demon.

It seems that the simulated battlefield is also very meticulous in its attention to detail.

Ark led the skeleton army through the dense thicket and approached the riverside outpost complex.

The ground was wet, and there were occasional hidden tree roots and stones, making it very easy to slip and fall.

Fangzhou gazed intently into the distance, carefully observing the surrounding environment of the outpost.

The fog there had thinned considerably, and the layout of the outposts was now completely visible to the Ark.

To his surprise, there were no guards stationed around the outpost.

Fangzhou thought about it again and realized that this was only the easy difficulty of the [Horned Demon Outpost], so it was only right to lower the difficulty.

After confirming several times, Fangzhou got up from the ground and ran quickly towards the side gate of the riverside outpost wall.

The side door was tightly closed, and Fangzhou pushed it a few times with force.

With his strength attribute of 4 points, the wooden side door made a slight cracking sound and then tilted inward.

Fangzhou commanded the skeletons through the side door, looking at the largest building in the outpost with a sharp glint in his eyes.

The building was constructed of stone and mortar, with two large, broken iron doors lying beside it, revealing a corroded crack in the middle.

Click.

Click.

Ark summoned another 20 skeletons to protect him, and then commanded the previous 20 skeletons to rush into the outpost.

To his surprise, there were no demons guarding the entrance hall of the outpost.

Reaching the end of the hall, two corridors appeared, one to the left and one to the right. After a moment's consideration, Ark chose the left corridor. If the demons were truly scattered, this battle would be much easier.

The stone-built corridor was empty, and the sounds of dozens of skeletons moving around, though as quiet as possible, were still quite noticeable.

Fang Zhou frowned slightly. In terms of stealth, necromancers really didn't have much of an advantage.

If there is an opportunity in the future, I can consider developing some practical skills for concealing one's tracks.

As for now, as long as all the witnesses are killed, it can be considered a successful stealth operation.

The Ark, ready for battle, quickly arrived at the end of the corridor, where a large wooden door stood before it.

A strong demonic aura emanated from behind the door, and from this place, one could clearly hear the demons' shrill laughter and roars mixed with demonic language.

Fang Zhou gripped his staff tightly. "All troops, attack!"

The skeletons in front of him let out a silent roar and then charged towards the door. The fragile wooden door was instantly shattered by the skeletons' charge, revealing the shocked faces of more than a dozen lesser demons behind it.

These lesser demons were completely unprepared for the attack. The Ark's [Bone Spears], which were already poised to fire, pierced through the bodies of the three lesser demons closest to the door in the first round of firing.

The middle one had a bloody hole in its neck and collapsed to the ground without uttering a sound.

Although the other two were also pierced through the chest, the tenacious vitality unique to abyssal demons did not kill them immediately. Instead, they roared and pounced forward.

The horde of skeletons immediately blocked the two lesser demons. Ark ignored the two heavily wounded and doomed demons and quickly scanned the entire room.

Including the three at the entrance, there are a total of 11 lesser demons in the room. According to his mental perception, there are 8 lower-level apprentices and 3 middle-level apprentices.

Compared to the [Little Demon Camp], which is also of easy difficulty, this one is several times more difficult!

However, with no troublesome Abyss Demon Children and only a few minor demons, Ark didn't take them seriously.

What alarmed him was that although this simulated battlefield was called "Horned Demon Outpost," there were no horned demons in the room.

It seems that this is not the only enemy.

Under the onslaught of the skeletons, the two already severely injured lesser demons howled in agony and were quickly killed and fell to the ground.

More lesser demons reacted; some wielded steel forks and charged forward, uttering vicious curses, while others picked up slingshots, intending to shoot at the ark.

If it were any other profession, facing so many lesser demons alone, one would be powerless and forced to flee in disarray.

Unfortunately, Ark's favorite tactic is the Bone Sea strategy.

Leaving 10 skeletons to protect him, he commanded another 30 skeletons to charge at the lesser demon.

With the bonus from [Dominate Skeletons], these mid-level Apprentice skeletons, while no match for lower-level Lesser Demons of the same rank, can easily hold off mere lower-level Apprentice Lesser Demons.

The charging steel-forked imps were forced to retreat by the dense skeletons, and the stone projectiles of the stone-throwing imps were all blocked by the Ark's skeletal shield.

Seeing that the battle was firmly under his control and had entered his familiar rhythm of crushing the enemy, Fangzhou leisurely began to unleash [Bone Spears], prioritizing the elimination of the small, stone-throwing demons.

While carrying out precise, surgical strikes, Fangzhou still had time to examine his own shortcomings.

In such large-scale battles, the effectiveness of single-target damage skills like [Bone Spear] is limited.

Perhaps he needs to develop another damage skill that focuses on area-of-effect attacks to deal with hordes of lesser demons and improve his killing efficiency.

Amidst the curses and screams of the lesser demons, the skeletons' gleaming claws gradually turned a deep purple.

Even though the three lesser demons, who were at the mid-level of apprentices, fought back desperately and severely injured several skeletons, it was all in vain under the Ark's [Resurrection of the Dead].

As more and more lesser demons fell to the ground, the pungent, sulfurous stench of demonic creatures filled the room.

The howls in the demonic language gradually subsided, eventually fading into silence, with only the cold, merciless scraping of the skeletons' bones still echoing in the room.

Fangzhou, however, had not yet let his guard down. The horned demons in the outpost had not yet appeared, and the battle was not over.

He quickly cleaned up the battlefield, killing 11 lesser demons, but none of the 40 skeletons were injured.

This is thanks to his exquisite command skills and the powerful healing effect of [Resurrection of the Dead].

Fangzhou calmed his somewhat agitated mental energy, led the skeleton army back the way they came, and then chose the right corridor in the hall.