The messages were racing by too swiftly, but thankfully a pause button was conveniently available.
Upon pressing it, she could finally decipher the messages in the world chat.
Silverwolf is my wife.
Hey brothers, what troop types do you all have? Little knife scratching butt.
A chicken that can perform.
Damn, I want to restart.
80some exceptional young lady.
May I ask if the chicken brother above is wearing suspenders? I love the executioner.
My recruited troop type is elves.
They handle tasks when needed.
He he suspender boy.
Wow.
Brother above.
Show some restraint.
I genuinely envy you.
On the upper floor 1 2 341 5926 by you gazed at the world of conversation realizing the vast disparities among individuals.
Was it truly promised that the myriad races would engage in a fair competition? Some commence their journey with dragons while others began as mere peasants.
Ah, so it all hinges on luck, does it? There exists a 7-day protection period for noviceses, and one can only wonder how many souls the impending beast tide will claim after that.
Starting with but a single city, one must rely on scavenging for equipment.
Bayou had already comprehended all the fundamental circumstances.
It was evident that the so-called protection period merely afforded everyone a moment of secure development.
If one were to do nothing and merely linger within the castle, not only would the beast tide after 7 days be disastrous, but one might also perish from starvation.
No, perhaps starvation might not be the end, but certainly one would succumb to thirst.
Chapter 4.
I'm truly a genius.
Bayou arrived at the entrance of the castle, eager to observe the accomplishments of her skeleton soldiers and to satisfy her curiosity about the world beyond.
Without a doubt, the interior of the castle was barren.
All resources had to be sourced from the outside.
Bayou was acutely aware that she was only at level one.
While her skeleton soldiers could be resurrected upon death, she cannot.
Thus, although she had ventured out of the castle, she remained within the protective barrier.
Beyond the castle lay a chaotic expanse of grass and stones, interspersed with a few desiccated ancient trees devoid of any water source.
In the distance, shrouded in mist, loomed a majestic snowcapped mountain.
Initially, she had been concerned about the availability of water, but she soon discovered that the castle provided fresh water.
Now, the only survival issue left was that of food.
This aspect was rather humane, for they were here to compete for dominance over the world, not to endure a wilderness survival challenge.
As for Bayou's certainty that the distant mountain was indeed snow covered, it was simply due to its white appearance, which appeared to be several kilome away.
Surely, there must be highle wild creatures and rare resources at top that mountain.
Bayu mused silently.
At that moment, she noticed her skeleton soldiers not far off, engaged in a fierce battle with a group of wild boars.
The boores charged at the skeletons, and Bayou had expected a contest of equal strength.
However, to her astonishment, the skeletons disintegrated into a cloud of bones upon the first clash.
What? By was taken aback.
How pathetic.
Yet, just before they fell apart, the skeletons managed to drive their sharp knives into the backs of the boores.
The boores, instantly gushing blood, staggered, losing their balance, and soon collapsed to the ground, succumbing to their injuries.
Congratulations, Lord.
You have successfully killed a normal level one wild boar, earning five experience points.
A series of notifications appeared, leaving Bayou momentarily stunned.
To think they were only level one.
The skeleton soldiers struggled even in such a mismatch.
Had it not been for the boar's high aggression and the fact that the skeletons could not die, the outcome might have been quite different.
How utterly disappointing Bayou's delicate face was marked with exasperation.
Ultimately, she gained 30 experience points which transformed into energy that flowed into her body.
A warm sensation emanated from her abdomen, swiftly radiating throughout her limbs, followed by a wave of refreshing euphoria.
She had leveled up successfully ascending to level two.
Bayou felt her abilities enhanced across the board.
Moreover, the sensation of leveling up was truly delightful.
Simultaneously, several of the skeleton soldiers who had slain the wild boars also achieved level two.
It appeared this was the experience gained from defeating enemies, and the notion of leveling up while lying back was quite pleasant.
Soon, the skeleton soldiers dragged the corpses of the boores back to her.
As by you gaze at the dark-skinned wild boar before her, a prompt appeared.
Wild boar corpse detected.
Would you like to decompose it immediately? Decompose.
Wild boar corpse decompose successfully, yielding 120 portions of wild boar meat, 12 wild boar tusks, six wild boar hides, and two magic crystals.
The wild boar corpse vanished before her eyes, and her storage expanded with the various resources obtained from the decomposition.
A small harvest indeed, continued to slay enemies and bring back all the corpses.
She commanded the skeletal soldiers, noting that from the six wild boar carcasses, only two magic crystals have been dropped, while the other resources remained fixed.
It appeared that only the magic crystals were randomly obtained.
Suddenly, By recalled the skill that allowed her to summon the undead.
She reached out to touch the bracelet on her right hand, which instantly transformed into a colossal scythe.
Undead summoning magic.
First level consumes three points of magic power to summon a skeletal soldier from the target's corpse.
Cool down 5 minutes.
With 20 points of magic power at her disposal, she realized she could summon six times, thereby acquiring an additional six skeletal soldiers within half an hour.
Soon, a notification indicating that the skeletal soldiers had slain a wild creature echoed once more.
Congratulations, Lord, for successfully defeating.
She promptly commanded one of the skeletal soldiers to retrieve the corpse, eager to experiment with the effects of the necromancy.
Gazing at the carcass before her, Bayou wielded the scythe and immediately employed the undead summoning magic magic power.
1720, she noted that her magic power replenished at a rate of one point per minute after her inaugural use of the spell.
A gray magical circle materialized beneath the rabbit's corpse, and a skeletal soldier sluggishly emerged from the circle.
To her surprise, it was a humanoid skeleton, and the corpse had not yet vanished.
Bayou observed the adorably vacant expression of the skeleton.
Skeletal soldier level, ordinary level one, cannot be upgraded.
The attributes of both were nearly identical.
The only distinction from those summoned in the barracks being that the level was locked.
What could this mean? She pondered, intrigued, the level was fixed, which implied that the summoned skeletal soldiers could not level up through combat.
Drawing from her years of experience in online gaming, Bayou surmised that the level of the summoned skeletal soldiers was likely correlated with the level of the corpse.
Since the rabbit's carcass remained, did that mean she could summon endlessly? After waiting another 5 minutes, she excitedly attempted to summon again from the rabbit's corpse.
summoning failed magic power 1720.
As she suspected, such fortune was too good to be true, resulting in a waste of three points of magic power.
Once the cool down had elapsed, Bayou immediately unleashed a necromancy on a nearby level two corpse.
And as expected, the skeletal soldier summoned this time was of level two, also in a locked state.
Decompose.
Decompose.
Bayou commanded the disassembly of the spoils before her.
Rabbit carcass decomposition successful.
Obtained 10 portions of rabbit meat.
One portion of rabbit hide.
Wild chicken carcass decomposition successful.