socalfunplaces Chapter 16 A Glorious Victory
Chapter 16 A Glorious Victory
Three ghosts swept past quickly from a few meters away. Lin Mo hid behind an abandoned SUV by the roadside, remaining motionless. Only when the ghosts were thirty meters away did he raise his shield and lead two squads of skeleton soldiers and imps out, heading straight for the Cursed Temple building.
Dealing with the five skeleton guards inside was almost effortless.
The five skeleton guards were all in separate squads, and they couldn't even withstand a single sword strike from a group of 30 skeletons.
In just a few seconds, all five guards were smashed to pieces, turning into a pile of dry bones.
It was an absolutely exhilarating victory.
Moreover, these five shattered skeleton soldiers can also be used for necromancy.
This is the most terrifying aspect of the "Soul Summoning Technique": the number of troops increases with each battle. In this "new world," because troop types can be "stacked," the number of troop types is extremely important.
At this stage, 30 skeletons are enough to instantly kill a single level 3 creature.
It can be said that as long as Lin Mo doesn't do anything reckless or court disaster, no one can stop his rise to power.
At that moment, Lin Mo immediately entered the Cursed Temple. In this eerie place, he found the floating "land deed" and pressed his handprint on it.
[Cursed Temple Discovered]
[Occupied]
There are currently 12 skeletons in the temple. Do you want to recruit them? (Recruitment costs 720 gold)
The temple produces 12 skeletons daily.
Become!
Without any hesitation, Lin Mo recruited all 12 existing skeleton soldiers.
Although it cost a lot, his current goal is to convert all resources into "military strength" so that he can capture the surrounding resource points more quickly and develop in a snowballing manner.
The next second, twelve skeleton soldiers emerged from the temple and stood in front of Lin Mo.
At this moment, Lin Mo's skeleton army strength increased to 43.
"I feel incredibly strong right now!" Lin Mo couldn't help but smile. Just then, gunshots rang out in the distance.
It must have been Hammer who fired the shot.
In reality, this plan was quite dangerous for Hammer. As a level three creature, the ghost had extremely strong resistance to physical attacks. Shotguns could not kill the ghost; they could only provoke it.
Once he gets close, Hammer, as an ordinary person, is practically guaranteed to die.
"However, as the Ghost King of the previous life, he won't die so easily." Lin Mo then led the skeleton soldiers out of the Cursed Temple.
Just then, Hammer came running over in a disheveled state. His shotgun was gone, probably shot down. A ghost was right behind him, moving faster than Hammer.
Lin Mo immediately sped up and rushed forward, with 30 skeleton soldiers following beside him. Then, at Lin Mo's command, they charged forward.
"Get down!" Lin Mo shouted at this moment. Hammer immediately rolled on the ground, narrowly avoiding the ghost's claws behind him. At the same time, the skeleton soldier also slashed at the ghost with his sword.
With a single sword strike, the ghost was struck, and it immediately let out a wail before vanishing.
Sold out instantly!
Hammer lay on the ground, panting heavily, unwilling to get up.
You can tell they're terrified!
However, he still told Lin Mo about the situation.
"Genova shot one ghost, I lured another away, and she dealt with the third one alone."
Lin Mo arranged for a dozen skeletons to stay behind and guard Hammer, while he himself led the remaining skeleton soldiers to meet up with Genova.
Soon, they saw Genova dodging the ghost's attack.
Clearly, this elven ranger hero's reaction speed was much better than Hammer's; even at close range, she could dodge the ghost's attacks. However, this distance limited her archery skills, so they were just locked in a stalemate.
Lin Mo's arrival disrupted this delicate balance.
The last ghost also died under the swords of 30 skeleton soldiers, as expected.
At this stage, Lin Mo's skeleton soldiers are the strongest.
"You've worked hard!" Lin Mo walked over and patted the female elf on the shoulder.
Next, he had Genova regroup the skeletons, 42 in a single group, with one skeleton serving as both a "bait" and a "shield".
Lin Mo had no intention of resting. He wanted to strike while the iron was hot and take advantage of his current overwhelming troop strength to seize all the treasure chests and resource points in this area.
The most difficult part is the treasure chest in the underground parking lot, which contains at least four level-two gargoyles. However, for Lin Mo now, even if there are five or six gargoyles, he can still take them down.
The facts were just as Lin Mo had calculated.
He killed the six gargoyles that were lurking in the underground parking lot.
This battle was a bit troublesome because the gargoyles were very fast and could fly, so Lin Mo was not able to escape unscathed and still lost one skeleton soldier.
But that's about it.
The potential gains are enormous.
Not only was a treasure chest discovered in the underground parking lot, but there was also a stone resource point.
And there were no guards.
[Stone Quarry Resource Location Discovered]
[Daily output after occupation: Stone x200]
Current inventory: Stone x 200
"Now I have sources for the two most important resources: wood and stone." Only then did Lin Mo open the treasure chest over there.
This was just an ordinary treasure chest, without any treasures inside. Naturally, Lin Mo chose 1000 gold coins without hesitation.
This thing is consumed in huge quantities in the early stages; you can have as much as you want, and you'll never have too much.
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As dawn broke, three moons disappeared behind the clouds, and a pale white tinge appeared on the eastern horizon.
Lin Mo stood atop the dome of the Cursed Temple, looking down at the area he had cleared.
Genova stood behind him, her long, silvery-white hair blowing in the morning breeze.
Hammer leaned against a stone pillar, holding a bottle of water in his hand, and drank it in large gulps.
Lin Mo barely slept a wink all night.
After conquering the Cursed Temple, he led his team to strike while the iron was hot, clearing out all the resource points and treasure chests in the area.
The timber resource point is located in an abandoned processing plant in the southeast. It is guarded by only a few poisonous spiders and giant rats, which are no match for Lin Mo's current number of skeleton soldiers. The battle can be resolved in ten seconds.
Lin Mo pressed his fingerprint on the land deed and received a daily output of two hundred units of wood.
There was one stone resource point, which Lin Mo also easily conquered.
The gold mine resource point was located beneath the open space behind the commercial and residential building. The entrance was blocked by debris from the collapsed building, but Lin Mo and his team cleared a passage and discovered the kobold's lair, just ten meters underground.
The dozen or so kobold guards were also easily dealt with by the skeleton soldiers.
The moment Lin Mo pressed his fingerprint on the land deed, the system notified him that he had received a daily gold mine output of 500 gold coins, as well as a current inventory of 500 gold coins.
He currently has the following resources: 3000 gold coins, 600 wood, and 400 stone.
It is only 600 units of stone away from being able to build a first-class cemetery.
Based on the production rate of the stone resource points, a level 1 cemetery can be built in another day and a half.
In addition, there is another type of military building in this area.
Hidden in a corner of an underground garage is a "dark cave" where you can recruit level 1 creatures called "cave dwellers," commonly known as "blind men," a type of monster that carries a short spear and has no eyes.
The few cave dwellers guarding the room were naturally taken down by Lin Mo with zero casualties, given his current 'troop strength'.
However, this time he handed over the 14 cave dwellers he had recruited to Commander Hammer.
It's time for this ghost king to take on some responsibilities.