Chapter 32: Black Iron Treasure Chest (Hero)

Qin Muye silently retreated to the back to meditate and recover Magic Power, preparing for the upcoming Healing.

Despite his ability to cast Magic due to remaining Magic Value, Demon Blood was entirely occupied, trying to shake off the entanglement of the Skeleton Heavy Cavalry and Skeleton Heavy Armor Soldiers with his 200 residual Life Value, hoping to break through their siege and kill the Skeleton Mages first.

Although these Skeleton Mages had only single target attacks with low Attack Power, leaving no penetration on their armor and at most causing 1 point of Magic Damage, they could reduce their Attack Power. The duration might be short, just 10 seconds, but with the ability to stack up to 3 times.

Meaning, reducing their Attack Power by 3 points, combined with the already existing Weakness Curse, that was a whole 8 points of Attack Power gone. Not to mention the Frenzy Blood Spirit Monster, even Demon Blood couldn't bear it; his Attack Power was only 42 points, roughly equivalent to losing a quarter of his strength.

Therefore, he also couldn't afford to split his attention to cast Healing on his own troops at this time. This was a battlefield, where he was up against numerous Skeleton Heavy Cavalry and Skeleton Heavy Armor Soldiers, not something just anyone could handle.

These 300 Skeleton Soldiers were even tougher to deal with than the 1000 from yesterday.

They hadn't been this strong in the past three days, plus they had equipment then.

By now, it could be basically said that most of the Spirit Monsters had half their Life Value left, but correspondingly, their damage had also become higher.

The original Magic Energy Spirit Monsters were now capable of exchanging blows with the Skeleton Heavy Armor Soldiers, where either the Magic Energy Spirit Monster would kill the Skeleton Heavy Armor Soldier with one swing, or the other way around.

High Attack Power and low defensive power led to a situation of kill or be killed.

But it was a bit better for the Frenzy Blood Spirit Monsters. After all, their converted Attack Power was twice as high as that of the Magic Energy Spirit Monsters, and being of Elite Level, they had 10 more Life Value points, so they wouldn't face a one-for-one situation with the Skeleton Heavy Cavalry but could take a couple more hits instead.

However, the Skeleton Heavy Cavalry couldn't withstand even one hit from the Frenzy Blood Spirit Monsters.

With lower Life Value, naturally comes higher Attack Power.

Although the losses were a bit severe, the situation was continuously moving toward the better side. At least, after much sacrifice, the Skeleton Heavy Armor Soldiers and Skeleton Heavy Cavalry had been virtually annihilated, and the Skeleton Mages weren't a match at all.

Although they were called Mages, their Magic Damage wasn't high, focusing more on attaching negative statuses, just like that Undead Hero, seemingly not adept at slaughter.

[A hard-fought victory, you earned Experience 11,550]

[You lost 72 Magic Energy Spirit Monsters, 13 Frenzy Blood Spirit Monsters]

[After looting, you gained]

[Common Resources: Wood 20,000 units, Minerals 20,000 units, Food 20,000 units]

[Special Resources: Mercury 2,000 units, gemstones 2,000 units, Crystals 2,000 units, Sulfur 2,000 units]

[Gold Coin × 200,000]

[Points × 20,000]

[You obtained a Black Iron Treasure Chest (Hero)]

[Your Level has advanced to LV8]

[You gained 1 Free Attribute Point]

[You may choose one Skill from the following three Skills]

[1. Basic Tactics (March Speed +10%, Command Effect +10%)]

[2. Basic Fire System Understanding (Fire System Magic power +1, Magic Value consumption -1)]

[III. Intermediate Magic Power (Magic Attack increases damage by 10%)]

After Qin Muye chose Intermediate Magic Power, the claim was that 85 Spirit Monsters were lost in battle, but actually, there were even more, he took stock, and there were still 2 Magic Energy Spirit Monsters that had been seriously injured by the Death Curse, the ones hanging onto life by a thread, still entwined with the Death Curse.

For him or other Spirit Monsters not critically endangered by the Death Curse, the curse lasted 70 minutes, but for these few Magic Energy Spirit Monsters, it was permanent.

Unless he could find a magic that could remove negative statuses, there was basically no saving them.

No... it should be said there was no keeping them alive.

Just now, a Magic Energy Spirit Monster had died just like that.

Seeing this, Demon Blood hurriedly cast Healing to stabilize the injury, but because of the presence of the Death Curse, the victim's Life Value would still decline unless Healing was continuously applied to sustain them.

But sustaining them like this was not a solution, because with the permanent Death Curse status, they were basically unable to fight anymore.

"First take care of the wounded. When my Magic Value recovers, I'll Heal them. It'll be quick. As for those two Magic Energy Spirit Monsters..."

"We can't give up; perhaps this is an opportunity!"

Qin Muye felt that he could take a gamble. If their will was strong enough, maybe he could create another Champion Level Spirit Monster, and then turn it into a Hero unit.

Of course, that would depend on their own will. Qin Muye had no way to solve this.

The top priority now was naturally to recover his Magic Power. Without Magic Power, this Magic Value, he was unable to cast the Water System Healing Magic.

Luckily, it only took him 30 minutes of meditation to fully recover his Magic Power, after all, this time he had exhausted it completely, so the recovery took a little longer.

As for the one Black Iron Treasure Chest, it came with a Hero suffix, which should be an additional reward for killing that Undead Hero.

'The fourth wave brought Hero units, it seems certain that this time, the monsters summoned for the siege are from the surrounding forces.'

'Three more waves to go... tough battles ahead.'

Now that Hero units are appearing, as well as well-equipped Heavy Cavalry, Heavy Armor Soldiers, and even Mage Units, the remaining three monster sieges will definitely be even less optimistic.

The loss of 88 Spirit Monsters in this battle alone left him with only 571 Troop numbers. Tomorrow's monsters and Heroes will surely be stronger. How could he withstand that?

You must understand that those Magic Energy Spirit Monsters were trained; though not Elite, they certainly had sufficient strength.

"It's time to increase the Troop numbers. Whether we can afford them later is secondary, we must prioritize survival."

Qin Muye also felt helpless, fortunately it wasn't too late. This wave had brought him 200,000 Gold Coins, enough to recruit 300 more Magic Energy Spirit Monsters to fill the gaps.

If today's wave could wipe out 88 of his Spirit Monsters, tomorrow they might be able to wipe out all of his Spirit Monsters.

"The most important are the Hero units..."

After Qin Muye recovered his Magic Value, he got up and cast Healing, directly restoring all the Spirit Monsters' Life Values to full, except for those two with the permanent Death Curse who could only recover to 5 Life Points, with greatly reduced Healing effects.

"You should know about Demon Blood. Now, this opportunity is laid out before you. Are you willing?" Qin Muye came to the two stronger Magic Energy Spirit Monsters, his tone serious as he offered them a choice.

The two Magic Energy Spirit Monsters looked at each other and then spoke weakly, "We are willing to serve our master!"