Chapter 19: The Siege IV

As the leader of the wolf pack, the wolf king's physical fitness is stronger than that of ordinary wolves. The increase in rank makes the wolf king different from ordinary wolves, able to cast spells, and has the leadership skills to lead the wolf pack.

In addition to these, the higher ranks also brought the Wolf King wisdom different from other beasts.

In the face of a strong enemy, the wolf king, who should have rushed to the front of the wolf pack and had the best physical fitness, after opening his wisdom, it is difficult to say how much courage remains, replaced by a deep fear of death.

Perhaps it is precisely because of this characteristic that the wolf king is so sensitive to the perception of danger. When spotting prey, the wolf king can rush to the front, but when it comes to the real death, the wolf king chooses to command his wolves to charge and release his magic in the rear.

Unwilling to be injured, unwilling to charge, just want to rely on leadership and magic to fight, the wolf king's approach made Rod sigh, this is human nature!

Because of this, the wolves eventually failed. If the wolf king relied on his physical fitness to lead his men to rush to the front of the passage, coupled with its magic, Rhodes would not be able to defeat the wolves so easily.

At this time, the wolf king, who was evading the attack of the walking corpse, in Rhodes's opinion, even if he was still huge, was just a lost dog.

The wolf king was so bent on escaping that he didn't pay any attention to the attack of the walking corpses, and just rushed towards the gap between the walking corpses. But because the walking corpses had all surrounded him, the wolf king couldn't cross the many walking corpses for a while.

Rod saw an opportunity and used the spirit mark to manipulate a walking corpse and grab one of the wolf king's legs. The wolf king couldn't dodge, and one leg on the back of his body was caught.

The wolf king turned his head directly, biting down on the rotting arm of the walking corpse, and then twisted his body violently, tearing off a large piece of flesh.

Only half of the corpse's arms are still attached, and even the bones can be seen from the side.

Even so, the walking corpse still did not let go, but took advantage of this opportunity to grab the wolf's leg with his other hand. The characteristics of undead creatures are brought to the extreme.

The fact that the walking corpse was able to grab the wolf king's leg like this was the result of Rhodes' manipulation. If Rhodes didn't manipulate the Walking Corpse in any way, the Walking Corpse would only instinctively attack the Wolf King with its claws, instead of grabbing the Wolf King like this.

In the case of the wolf king's blind dodge, it is difficult for the walking corpse to cause enough damage to the wolf king, but it is different to catch it.

This is often the case, undead creatures fight on instinct, and even if they have a tenacious constitution, they will not take advantage of it. Undead creatures need to be controlled by a necromancer to be most effective.

The wolf king was careless, he was caught by the walking corpse, and the bite that turned back did not work. Before the wolf king could continue to act, the walking corpses around him surrounded him.

Under Rod's control, the walking corpses grabbed the wolf king one after another, trying to catch the wolf king.

One leg is caught, and the wolf king has limited mobility, and can only be caught by the walking corpses around him when he can't dodge. In the midst of the struggle, the wolf king lost his balance and fell to the ground.

After falling to the ground, the walking corpses pressed their hands on the wolf king's body. Due to the large number of walking corpses, no matter how much the wolf king struggles, he can't get rid of it. Under the combined force of the walking corpses, the wolf king could only be pressed to the ground.

If the walking corpse is replaced by a group of people, even with Rod's command, he can't cooperate so tacitly, and he can't overcome the fear brought by biological instincts, and directly press the wolf king to the ground with his hands like this.

Only necromancers can use such tactics when manipulating undead creatures.

The wolf king still wanted to struggle, but some of the walking corpses pulled the wolf king's legs, and some of the walking corpses held down the wolf king to death, and the struggle made by the wolf king was only in vain.

Suddenly, the wolf king felt that the pressure on his body was lighter, and the wolf king just wanted to roll hard, but he only saw a cold light coming from above, and then he felt a pain in his body, and then he couldn't feel anything......

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"You've earned the Racing achievement [Undead Manipulator]."

[Undead Manipulator]: Control an undead creature and kill a normal creature. Base Bonus +1 Spirit for Control. ”

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"Brilliant victory! In this battle, you have earned a total of 210 XP! ”

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Rhodes retracted his sword, and since the wolf king was dead, he asked the walking corpses around him to retract the hand that held the wolf king.

Rhodes looked at the system log, and in this battle with the wolves, he had gained a total of 210 experience points.

Of these 210 experience points, only 60 points come from the wolf king, and the experience points provided by ordinary wolves are the same as those of the walking corpse, which is 15 points.

Rhodes remembers that when he killed his apprentice Elliott, he gained a full 400 XP. Killing this group of wolves only gives you half the experience you would gain from killing Elliott.

This can't help but make Rhodes sigh, or the experience points that can be obtained by killing heroes are more. Compared to creatures of the same level, the experience that a hero can provide is about 5 times, and the more powerful the hero, the more experience multiplier it provides.

This is also to encourage players to challenge powerful heroes.

Among creatures of the same tier, the caster can provide the most experience points, and the two are combined, which is why the hero Elot can provide 400 experience points.

"Consumes 200 XP and has 145 XP remaining. Class level increased to Tier 2 Swordsman Tier 3......"

"Get 1 free attribute point, get 1 skill point......"

The character level has been increased, and due to the current lack of mana, Rhodes has allocated 1 free attribute point to knowledge.

While looking at the system logs, Rhodes also saw a hint of an achievement.

Rhodes looked at his character attributes, and there was one more item after the original five attributes, called the manipulative spirit, which was only 1 point at this time.

Manipulating spirits is an exclusive attribute for necromancers, and can be obtained through meditation or through a series of necromancer achievements.

If you meditate alone, you will not be able to gain a controlled spirit unless you meditate deeply. Ordinary players rely more on obtaining the Necromancer achievement to improve their control spirit.

Currently, Rhodes controls 10 walking corpses, each of which has a spirit imprint that occupies 0.15 spirit attributes. Even if some of the walking corpses had their legs bitten off or were seriously injured, the mental attributes they occupied did not decrease.

After gaining 1 control spirit, the original 1 spirit attribute is returned.

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After killing the wolves, Rhodes didn't stop there, but manipulated the walking corpses around him, asking them to move the wolf's corpses to the hall where the corpses were previously displayed, and put them together with the walking corpses that did not activate the soul fire.

Rhodes examined the wolf corpse on the ground. Most of the wolves' corpses had quite a few wounds, either from their own swords, and a few from being beheaded.

Decapitated wolf corpses cannot be transformed into undead creatures due to the lack of a part that generates soul fire.

Among the wolf corpses all over the ground, the wolf king had the least wounds on his body, and there was only one fatal wound. Rod deliberately didn't let it hurt too much, but pierced the heart with a sword.

Rhodes tried, changed his title to [Necromancer], and after obtaining a spiritualism level of +1, he used spiritualism on a wolf corpse on the ground. The system prompt is that it requires 30 mana to instantly transform it into an undead creature. Rod's mana is clearly insufficient.

Looking at the wolf corpses all over the ground, Rhodes told them to stay here and transform. With the death energy provided by the Catacombs, Rhodes was able to save the mana needed to modify their bodies.

Now, Rhodes just had to wait for the catacombs to complete their transformation.

In the tomb, there was a smell of blood. The original death energy also seemed to be stimulated, and it became more and more intense. Death energy nourishes the wolf corpses displayed on the ground, and Rhodes doesn't know if it's good or bad......

Rhodes walked out of the tomb. After such a battle, it was still late at night outside.

Due to the smell of blood in the tomb, and for some other reasons, Rhodes did not choose to meditate in the tomb, but returned to the place where he had begun to meditate and sat cross-legged.

The moonlight was still calm. If it weren't for the half-devoured walking corpses on the ground, no one would have known that a pack of wolves had once been here.