The army was ready to go, and all the soldiers gathered at the stairs.
Sergeant Mars led the team members to line up here, quietly waiting for Sergeant Alvin to give the attack order.
There are four stairways leading to the underground floor, which are located at the four corners of the hall on the ground floor.
Sergeant Alvin finalized the decision, and everyone went down the stairs scouted by the Mars team.
The reason is that the stairway that the Mars team scouted is the only one with a metal gate that is not closed. The metal gates of the other three stairways are all closed.
This is not an insinuation that the Mars team failed to complete the reconnaissance mission. In fact, they were the best among the four reconnaissance teams.
The other three reconnaissance teams were also attacked by the giant skeleton, but the sergeant in their team ordered the metal gates to be strictly guarded and must be closed.
This did block the upward attack route of the underground undead, but it also paid a heavy price.
Li Nuo took advantage of the army gathering to quietly observe the three reconnaissance teams.
Dead, injured, and disabled, the number of casualties in the three reconnaissance teams reached a shocking five people.
The dead criminal soldier was said to have had his thigh bitten off by a skeleton dog, dragged to the feet of the skeleton soldier, and chopped into pieces with a bone sword.
Of the two criminal soldiers who survived, one had several pieces of meat bitten off by the skeleton dog, the other had his nose broken, and both were almost hacked to death by the skeleton soldiers' random swords.
If it weren't for the rapid support of the teams staying on the ground, the three reconnaissance teams would most likely be placed underground.
This also proves that Sergeant Mars is a wise commander who knows how to conserve troops and retreat to advance, unlike other sergeants who are stunned...
"Attention all."
Sergeant Alvin, who had short black hair, blew his whistle and walked past the neatly lined up soldiers:
"Soldiers of the Empire, it's time to cleanse this filthy land.
"In the name of the Empire, we will use the weapons in our hands to punish the enemy, pave our way forward with the bones of the enemy, and let the anger of the Empire burn away the sin in the tomb."
Sergeant Alvin took his honey hammer from the guard and raised it high:
"Now, all set out, follow me into the darkness, and sweep the tomb No. 1079."
After speaking, Sergeant Alvin was the first to step into the stairwell filled with poisonous mist like a fearless warrior, and his guards followed closely behind, becoming the ones who opened the way for the soldiers. pioneer.
The reconnaissance team has already sacrificed its own blood during the investigation phase.
During the official combat phase, they received a little preferential treatment and were able to operate behind the army's rear.
After the other teams stepped onto the stairway in turn, Li Nuo followed Sergeant Mars into the stairwell where he had been away for an hour.
On the way down, Li Nuo saw many skeletons.
The heavily armed imperial army fought from the ground level to the underground level with overwhelming force, crushing all the skeleton soldiers and skeleton dogs they encountered into smithereens.
By the time Li Nuo arrived at the end of the stairs and returned to the damaged metal gate, the remains of the soldier who died from the "Death Pulse" had been picked up by the soldiers who had arrived here first. They were not treated like the skeletons. The Imperial Army trampled underfoot.
Sergeant Mars took out the prepared metal can and collected the soldier's remains, with some sadness in his words:
"Private Jack, when this battle is over, we will send you back to your loved ones."
Sergeant Mars took out the straps, wrapped them around the can, and tied it to himself.
Seeing this situation, Li Nuo was moved in his heart and stepped forward and said:
"Sir, let me take him. Although I discovered the abnormality of the big skeleton in time, I was unable to save him. I feel very sorry."
Sergeant Mars' resolute face was slightly moved.
Other soldiers also expressed their approval of Li Nuo's words.
Private Coburn, who was carrying a jelly bomb, had his eyes flickering and was about to come up and pat Li Nuo on the shoulder...
"...Jarvis, I accept your kindness, but this job is still up to me. This is what I should do as the team commander. Besides, you haven't injected the strengthening potion yet, so you can't bring a metal can with you. Convenient for fighting."
Sergeant Mars declined Li Nuo's request, and then waved forward:
"Go on, brothers, and send Private Jack off with the bones of the dead."
The soldiers followed Mars through the damaged metal gate. When they passed Li Nuo, they all patted him on the shoulder to show their recognition and relief for him.
Li Nuo nodded to the soldiers and landed at the back of the team.
Oh, I'm really... I'm a little embarrassed...
Li Nuo sighed slightly in his heart...
He was a relatively introverted person before time travel.
Normally, I am either working as a social worker in the company, or playing games at home, rarely socializing with others.
But as a hardcore player who often plays role-playing games, he knows very well how to use words to gain favorability from characters.
After traveling through time, he learned about the "Imperial Fist" and encountered undead creatures that he had only seen in games, which gave him the illusion of stepping into the game world.
Just now, he saw the scene of Sergeant Mars taking care of the remains of his men, and he had an impulse to increase his favorability, and then he obeyed this impulse.
Although it turned out that the effect was remarkable and he did win more recognition from the soldiers, he always felt a little awkward...
This world is a real world, not a game world. But I actually took advantage of the sincere emotions between soldiers to conduct a private matter... It's really embarrassing...
Li Nuo shook his head slightly, dispelling the melancholy in his heart.
After all, he was a bit too naive because he rarely socialized with others before time travel.
How could a veteran who has been in society for many years feel ashamed of taking advantage of other people's emotions?
To put it another way, Li Nuo can win the favor of the soldiers with just a few words, so why are these imperial soldiers not simple-minded people?
...
The underground level of the tomb.
After the imperial army is equipped with targeted weapons, the combat effectiveness of the skeleton soldiers is not worth mentioning.
Only the tall skeleton with the ability to cast spells is a headache.
Fortunately, Staff Sergeant Alvin has a lot of experience.
He led everyone to set up several launching positions, and then sent out a wave of troops to attract the large skeletons scattered throughout the underground layer of the tomb.
The big skeleton that came after the scent of the stranger was blown up into a veritable hornet's nest by the honey bombs flying out from the launch site before it could release the "death pulse".
A series of battles were too easy, and Li Nuo always felt a little uneasy, always feeling that he had overlooked some very crucial details.
While wielding the jelly hammer to clean up the skeleton soldiers on the edge of the battlefield, he asked Sergeant Mars beside him:
"Sir, can you tell me about the Lingshu? When I was scouting the first floor of the tomb, I heard you mention this thing. What is it? What does it do?"
Li Nuo asked three questions in a row, but Sergeant Mars was not bored.
On the contrary, in Sergeant Mars' view, Li Nuo's ability to show his thirst for knowledge is something worthy of recognition.
God knows how many people he has seen just waiting to die and thinking about the criminal soldiers who escaped all day long. Lenno Jarvis was the first criminal he met who was thirsty for knowledge, and he was worthy of being a top student at City College.
"Jarvis...these questions you asked are exactly what I want to tell you."
Sergeant Mars smashed a small piece of skeleton soldiers with a hammer and said in a calm tone:
"The Spiritual Hub is a very evil death-like magic building. Its range of action is very large, enough to cover the Tomb No. 1079 where we are now.
“The level of the spiritual hub is divided according to the magical effects it possesses.
"With only one magic effect, it is a level 1 spiritual hub. With two magic effects, it is a level 2 spiritual hub, and so on.
"Every spiritual hub is at least level 1, which means it must have the magical effect of "Resurrection of the Dead." It can revive sleeping undead creatures on a large scale and bring them back into battle. "
Mars kicked the bones beside his feet that were melted by biochemical honey jelly:
"Just like these skeleton soldiers, they may look like mud now, but if we don't destroy the spiritual hub on the third underground floor, they will stand up again in a few hours and fight us again."
Mars took a breath, swung his hammer and smashed the surviving skeleton soldiers at his feet, and continued:
"As for the spiritual hub on the third underground floor of Tomb No. 1079..."
His expression became solemn and he lowered his voice:
"The situation of the Lingshu is very bad. Sergeant Alvin has not announced his speculation to the public. But as far as I am concerned, I estimate that the level of the Lingshu is at least level 6, because as of this moment, it has shown 6 magic effects.
"Resurrection of the Dead" that revives the dead on a large scale, the summoning effect of three kinds of undead structures that summon skeleton soldiers, skeleton dogs, and giant skeletons, the stitching magic that creates crypt lurkers, and the magical effect that gives the giant skeleton the ability to cast spells. These These are the 6 magic effects mastered by the Kou Lingshu. "
Sergeant Mars put down the hammer in his hand and flicked it:
"Eh...Level 6 Lingshu... I have only seen him twice in all the years I have been in the army. This is the third time. In the first two battles, the Necromancer monks from the Necromancer Sect appeared. It took a lot of effort for us to get rid of them. Get rid of them all."
Sergeant Mars paused, seemingly lost in a brief memory, with regret and sadness flashing in his eyes.
Two seconds later, he calmed down his thoughts and said in a deep voice:
"The fighting situation this time will probably be as fierce as those two battles. We have to be mentally prepared... I don't know how many people will fall here..."
Sergeant Mars continues to clear out the wandering skeletons.
Behind him, Li Nuo had a thoughtful look in his eyes.
If the two characteristics of "Aggregate Supplies" and "Death Supplies" are also given by the Lingshu, then this Lingshu will have 8 kinds of magic effects.
Isn't it a level 8 spiritual hub?
Two levels higher than Sergeant Mars expected...
Li Nuo squinted his eyes and looked at the battlefield illuminated by coal lamps, and suddenly realized that the imperial army seemed to have fallen into a trap.
From the beginning of the battle to now, not a single skeleton soldier or skeleton dog has been used as a supply by the big skeleton.
From beginning to end, the imperial army never discovered the two magical properties of "aggregate supplies" and "soul supplies".
This seems to have been done deliberately by the Necromancer Sect...
The Necromantic Sect seems to be covering up something... planning something...
Insidious, cunning, forbearing...
The city of the Necromancer Sect is a bit deep...
