Planning

After lunch, Theo left the camp with Loki and Bones by his side, he wanted to know more about the forest and also explore a little further than he had ever gone before. He headed in the direction where he had found the last village of forest beings, as he wanted to test the fruits of his hard training so far, not only with magic but also with the sword.

Only then could he know where he should improve and then focus on that for the next few days before the next disaster began. He still didn't know what it would be about, but he was already expecting something big, like a fighting event between players or even a new tide of beasts attacking.

In the next 7 days, he needed to prepare for everything that could happen in this new disaster, despite already having new subordinates. More units than before, now with the addition of the war wolves that served as mounts for him and his units. Still, he was worried because, in this world, very little could not be done with magic, so he had no idea what this event could be like that could decide his future.

After a few hours of travel he finally found what he was looking for, these forest beings traded with each other, so not knowing that they were exterminated, traders from other tribes would come here again at some point. And luckily for him that moment had arrived, he saw a small caravan heading in front of him without realizing they were being watched by a predator hungry to test their skills.

Theo followed the caravan for some time to find out where they were going, but unfortunately he was discovered by one of the caravan members and had to act before he could discover their destination. The first thing he did was use magic to surround them and thus not let any of them escape to warn the other villages not to come here anymore.

After that he dedicated himself to killing some of them using his newly learned sword skills to test where he needed to improve, only then did he use his magic to end the battle quickly. Bones and Loki didn't sit still in that time, they hunted down those who tried to escape the siege that Theo created, bringing all the bodies back.

With this shipment of energy stones, perhaps it would be possible to finally upgrade his military building again and see what change he would receive this time. When he killed everyone and collected all the energy stones, he finally returned to the camp as it was also getting dark.

When he arrived he was greeted by Alika and news that could totally change this new disaster that was about to arrive. Alika told him that she had been analyzing the barrier he had made with the energy stones for a few days and today she had come to the conclusion that she could increase the barrier's efficiency. With a little magic, but it would need him and his affinity with the earth for everything to work correctly.

After that, he took a shower and returned to his house to hear all the details of her plan and talk to her about the new disaster. Despite not being so carefree, this was the image he conveyed to all his subordinates, as no one wants to follow a weak boss.

Her plan was simple, they were going to use energy stones from different elements so that attacks from those same elements would be less effective against the barrier. Increasing its protection and durability, making the cost much lower than expected. With Theo authorizing and determined to help, Alika quickly told him what she would need to do in order to create earth energy stones, like those used in goblin staffs.

The preparations would last a few days, and once they were ready, they would do a type of ritual to update the barriers. Alika didn't explain much about it, but he knew it wouldn't be anything so difficult that he couldn't handle it. He also ordered Kornel and Izabel to prepare for a possible large-scale attack or even having to fight other players, and that was how the entire camp began preparations for what was to come.

The next day, he again did his daily recruitment and received a new skeleton knight.

[Skeleton Knight]

[Level: 1 0/100]

[Skills: Aura of Fear, Decapitating Strike.]

With this knight, he now had two skeleton knights, and with that, his strength increased even more, making him think about forming squads with a skeleton knight in command of some skeletons and low-level zombies. This could make military tactics possible to use, but it would take a lot of time to teach the skeletons the tactics and how and when to use each one. He just wasn't sure that these skeletons could learn such complex things, they didn't have enough intelligence or didn't show it.

Still, he could try and use Alika, Kornel and the human subordinates' knowledge of any kind of battle strategy to teach the skeleton knight commanders. This would increase his strength, in addition to reducing the chances of skeleton warriors dying during an attack on other players or villages in the forest.

After deciding how he would do all this, he focused again on his training with Copper. In the afternoon, he created the stones for Alika, and in the evening, he rested after a bath. The next day, he woke up excited because it would be today that Amethyst would return to his side. Although he didn't realize it before, he started to get used to her presence and like her.

When he approached the mausoleum and did his ritual of recruiting the units, Amethyst came out last, right after a skeleton and a zombie.

[Skeleton Warrior]

[Level: 1 0/100]

[Skills: Mortal Blow, Taunt.]

[Zombie]

[Level: 1 0/100]

[Skills: Bite, Scratch.]

The new skeleton would be added to tank classes as he had the provocation ability. That could take the enemy's attention away from an ally in danger, causing the enemy to miss the blow and be left exposed.

Amethyst's status had also changed and now looked like this:

[Amethyst]

[Murderous Horde]

[Level: 7 0/700]

[Skills: Camouflage, Assassination, Division.]

In addition to now featuring her name, she has gone from a simple ghost to a Horde, increasing her level in the process. For Theo, this was due to the players' levels, now Amethyst was his unit with the highest level, but he suspected that when he used his division ability, the level of each ghost would be lower than 7.