Two hours passed, and under the guidance of Bone Guard One, Chen Xu walked into the central shrine of the town.
"Good. From taking the order to wiping out the enemy, it only took two hours. Bone Guard One, you truly are my number one general!" Chen Xu was not stingy with his praise. "Keep up the hard work. When the time comes, I'll buy you some undead and shadow-attribute resources!" He didn't forget to dangle a carrot in front of his subordinate.
"My Lord, this is the map we found. According to the map, there are two pigmen towns and one snakemen town adjacent to this town." Bone Guard One handed over a map, and Chen Xu took it to look it over.
"There is also a special pigman I didn't let the skeleton soldiers grant death to. My Lord, would you be interested in seeing him?" Bone Guard One spoke again after handing over the map.
"Oh? How is he special?" Chen Xu put down the map, his interest piqued.
"There seems to be a power within that pigman's body that can slow down the cold invasion of the skeleton soldiers."
Bone Guard One waved his hand, and two skeleton soldiers marched in carrying a massive pigman.
This pigman was about three meters tall, the armor he wore was already shattered, and several clearly visible blade marks marred his body. The most gruesome one extended directly from his right shoulder to his left leg, clearly the handiwork of Bone Guard One.
"Can he resist Cold Enhancement? I remember the teachers saying in class that the Decagon Hegemony dungeon is rumored to contain martial arts."
Linghai Academy, one of the three great ones, had also studied the martial arts of this dungeon. However, because they were so specialized, no one except those in the 【Martial Artist】 class could practice them.
"You there, pigman. What is your name, and do you know martial arts?" Chen Xu asked the tall pigman.
But the pigman only lifted his head, glanced at Chen Xu, and then lowered it again.
"Hah, a tough nut to crack." Chen Xu suddenly thought of a fun method. "How about this? You fight me. Let me see your martial arts. If you win, I'll let you go. What do you say?"
"Heh, are you sure? With your thin arms and legs, even if this old pig is injured like this, I could take your head within three moves." The tall pigman replied disdainfully.
"Jie jie jie!" Chen Xu waved his hand, and the two skeleton soldiers released the tall pigman. "If size decided everything, what would be the use of martial arts!"
"I've changed my mind. One move. If you can take one move of mine without dying, I'll give you a way to live."
The tall pigman stood up from the ground, tore off his tattered armor, and took a stance.
Chen Xu also struck a series of random poses based on the martial arts movies he had seen in his previous life.
"Witness this! Necromantic Secret Art: skeleton hero—Single Slash!!!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Bone Guard One beside him struck with lightning speed. From head to toe, the tall pigman was split into two halves.
"You... you..."
Before falling, his eyes were still filled with shock and rage.
Thud! Splat!
Two slabs of pork fell to the ground.
Chen Xu finished with a fist-retracting pose. "It seems my Necromantic Secret Art is superior. Wouldn't you agree, Bone Guard One?"
"My Lord's divine might is unparalleled!"
After relaxing for a moment, Chen Xu turned his gaze back to the map.
"Bone Guard One, how many of these tall pigmen can you handle alone?"
"My Lord, even if there were many more of these pigmen, I could slice them all in two."
According to the map, there were towns of similar size to the north and west. Chen Xu decided to take them both down tonight.
"Good. Bone Guard One, take the skeleton army immediately to conquer the towns to the west and north. I will stay here, and after summoning the skeleton soldiers, I will rendezvous with you."
"Bone Guard One is willing to lead the troops to the pigmen town in the west. My Lord can first convert all the corpses here into skeleton soldiers and then attack the pigmen town to the north."
"My Lord, your will is my command." After saying that, Bone Guard One led the skeleton army and rushed toward the west.
Although from the current situation, clearing the dungeon was absolutely no problem and getting into the Three Great Academies of Daxia was a sure thing, a fast clear meant higher value. Perhaps there would be rewards like credits after enrollment; after all, that was how it was written in the novels of his past life.
So Chen Xu decided to go all out and see if he could break the speed-clear record for the Decagon Hegemony.
After Bone Guard One left, Chen Xu didn't stay idle either. He immediately used Raise Skeleton on the corpses in the town to summon soldiers. Since this town was quite large, he commanded the first batch of summoned soldiers to transport the corpses from the outskirts inward while he worked his way out from the center, spamming his skills.
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"This Chen Xu's skill leveling is too fast! How long has it been, and Raise Skeleton is already Level 10 and has summoned the first hero unit!"
"Not only is the level increasing fast, but his skeleton soldiers also seem to have extra bonuses, something like a cold-attribute enhancement."
"Can even the most basic skeleton soldiers be enhanced?" Teacher Xia Qiming from the Daxia Military Academy became interested.
In fact, every year's recruitment for the Three Great Academies of Daxia basically depended on the class and the performance in the initial dungeon. As long as the dungeon performance wasn't too ridiculous, they would basically be recruited into the academies.
After all, with the sea race looming and the generation of new dungeons accelerating recently, there was an urgent need for personnel to handle them. The so-called enrollment quotas were merely to stimulate the examinees' fighting spirit.
Therefore, the recruitment teachers of the Three Great Academies of Daxia were ostensibly inspecting the three enrollment quotas, but they were mainly inspecting candidates for the Dragon Seed Program.
Currently, dungeon conquest had passed the initial stage of relying entirely on numbers. While survival pressure had decreased, the high-level officials of Daxia had begun to think about how to conquer dungeons cost-effectively. The Dragon Seed Program was born from this.
"Principal Huang, could you send me a copy of Chen Xu's file? The military academy is very optimistic about this student," Xia Qiming said to Principal Huang.
"Teacher Xia is too polite. I'll arrange for someone to send you the file immediately." After Principal Huang replied, he immediately took out his smart terminal, pulled up Chen Xu's file, and sent it to Xia Qiming.
"Haha, Principal Huang, I wasn't wrong earlier, was I? This boy Chen Xu has the potential of a dragon seed!" City Lord Mo joked with Principal Huang.
"It seems student Chen Xu has caught the eye of the military academy. I've heard the Dragon Seed Program still has an assessment, so everything will depend on fate." Principal Huang looked at Chen Xu's file on his smart terminal. It was a very clean background with no record of mistakes, but at the same time, no record of any awards. He was a commoner child.
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"I've finally summoned all the corpses into skeleton soldiers." Chen Xu had no intention of resting and immediately commanded the skeleton soldiers to advance toward the north. "Everyone, march north!"
More than 5,000 skeleton soldiers rushed north together. This was the power of an undead legion in the hands of a Necromancer: an army that never tired, never feared death, and followed orders absolutely. They were a terrifying existence no matter where they were placed.
Chen Xu still found a skeleton soldier to ride. After all, skeletons didn't get tired, but as a low-level professional, Chen Xu still would.
"After the Cold Enhancement, it's actually quite cool." Chen Xu touched the body of the skeleton soldier beneath him. "Too bad it's just a skeleton frame; it's still uncomfortable to sit on."
Not long after, Chen Xu arrived outside the pigmen town to the west.
By this time, there were no living creatures left in the town, only brothers scattered everywhere, ready to join the skeleton army at any moment.
Chen Xu rode the skeleton soldier, letting it run along while he released Raise Skeleton the entire way.
"It's a pity 【Undead Bone Dragon】 is a Level 50 skill. Low-level mounts, those living creatures of flesh and blood, don't match my style as a Necromancer." Chen Xu complained helplessly on the skeleton's back. After all, the bumping from the skeleton's run would have made him vomit long ago if his body hadn't been strengthened after becoming a professional.
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After Chen Xu finished converting this pigmen town, Bone Guard One also rushed over.
"My Lord, the pigmen town to the north has also been conquered."
"Good. Let's head over there immediately. After converting the corpses there, we'll have nearly 20,000 skeleton soldiers." After saying that, Chen Xu and Bone Guard One immediately rushed toward the north.
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