The Death Warrant in Hand

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"Learn Diplomacy."

After making his choice, Gu Xi immediately took another sip of tea and then took out another skill stone.

"Recruiting techniques, recruiting techniques!"

[You can use a skill stone to choose one of the following three skills as a reward.]

[Recruitment: A leadership skill that can be upgraded. Increases the weekly production of creatures within the castle. At level 1, Tier 1 troops increase by +3, Tier 2 troops by +2, and Tier 3 troops by +1. (This skill only takes effect if the player remains within the castle at the end of the last day of the week.)]

[Divine Influence: A leadership skill that can be upgraded. When your morale is high, the increased morale will be proportionally converted into attack power and added to all soldiers.]

[Artificial Glory: A leadership skill that can be upgraded, causing war machines and golems to be affected by positive morale (negative morale remains ineffective).]

This time, the choices that popped up made Gu Xi's heart ache. Compared to the previous three-choice option, Gu Xi this time.

But Gu Xi had no choice. It seemed like he had to choose one of three options, but in reality, his path had already been set: the Death Edict was Gu Xi's target.

He didn't have any more skill stones to choose from.

Faced with these two new branching paths, Gu Xi gritted his teeth and said, "I'll choose the recruitment strategy!"

After saying this, Gu Xi was drenched in sweat, looking as if he had been pulled out of the water.

But Gu Xi had no intention of stopping there. Having successfully obtained what he wanted twice in a row, Gu Xi naturally wouldn't drag it out.

He downed the rest of the tea in one gulp and said quite seriously, "Death Edict, Death Edict!"

Only after he finished speaking did he crush the last skill stone.

The next instant, Gu Xi's eyes lit up, and he seemed to relax a lot.

You can use a skill stone to choose one of the following three skills as a reward.

[Death Edict: A leadership-derived skill that can be upgraded. All neutral creatures that surrender and join the necromancer army will automatically be transformed into the corresponding Undead Creature according to their unit level and upgrade status.]

[Balance Rune: A Leadership branch skill that can be upgraded. After using a rune spell, troop morale increases by 2 until a new rune spell is used.]

[Battle Joy: A leadership skill that can be upgraded. Soldiers' attack power is doubled when morale is high, lasting for 45 seconds.]

Having reached this point, Gu Xi stopped worrying about anything.

"Death Edict!"

As Gu Xi made his choice, a Skeleton draped in a black robe appeared behind Gu Xi, raising a horn and blowing it.

Although this is just a blurred effect, it means that Gu Xi has made a choice on a certain skill path.

From now on, Gu Xi could only continue along this road, as other routes were probably blocked.

However, Gu Xi about any of that.

Gu Xi threw the teapot on the ground and burst into laughter.

He originally thought it would take at least thirty days for him to acquire the skill of the Death Edict.

Now it seems that this matter is not so difficult after all.

After laughing, Gu Xi sat down on the ground, not wanting to move an inch.

At this moment, Shaya also noticed Gu Xi's strange behavior. She walked over and kicked Gu Xi.

"Sir, what's wrong with you? You look like you've had your fun and are now daydreaming?"

I think someone called this something like, "the Sage's time"?

"You're so virtuous!"

Gu Xi stood up, somewhat speechless, and patted his clothes. "I just managed to take care of this target. I got the Death Edict. How about that? Am I amazing?"

"Wow... amazing."

Shaya glanced at Gu Xi and had to admit that Gu Xi was really lucky.

After mastering leadership skills, he obtained the Death Edict so easily.

But what's with all that sweat on his head?

Could it be that gambling on luck is also a physical activity? In fact, Shaya didn't know that Gu Xi really put in all his effort this time. If he didn't have enough willpower, he really wouldn't have been able to hold on during the second wave.

Everything you see is good stuff.

Some of these Gu Xi are indeed useful.

However, Grand Princess Anna specifically requested Death Edict.

Gu Xi guessed that this was a prerequisite for the Death Lord quest, and that Gu Xi had given up other opportunities and made this choice in order to obtain the Three Divine Skills.

It could be said that just now, Gu Xi felt as if his heart had been emptied out.

Now that Shaya has said this, Gu Xi doesn't give her a friendly look either.

"Alright, I've finally accomplished a small goal. Let me rest for a bit and digest my food before we get back to our mission."

Seeing that Gu Xi had no intention of sending her back, Shaya was very happy.

"Okay, you rest here, I'll go take a look around the neighborhood."

Are you sure you can handle it?

"Don't worry, sir. Scouting and gathering intelligence is my specialty. There's nothing I can't do."

"Okay, go ahead then. Let me know if you get any news. I really need to rest."

Gu Xi waved his hand, letting Shaya leave on her own.

Gu Xi originally intended to have Shaya inform Grand Princess Anna, but Shaya had already said that Grand Princess Anna was stationed in Aryadovi Tower.

Therefore, Gu Xi was not in a hurry to make a move.

He can also learn three different basic skills in this Mysterious Academy.

In addition to Madam Sha's matter, Gu Xi still has many things to do in this space.

He needs to stay here for a while longer.

However, Gu Xi's attitude has changed. Before, he was quite nervous and had to rush to do everything.

Now things are different. He has already gotten what he wanted, so the remaining tasks are no longer in such a hurry.

Gu Xi can leave at any time, and it doesn't matter if he can't learn the other three basic skills.

He doesn't need to be so nervous right now; he just needs to relax.

The more he learns now, the more options he'll have when he reaches level 5.

Gu Xi slowly fell to the ground and closed his eyes.

However, Gu Xi didn't get to sleep for long. Before the sweat on his body had even dried, Shaya had gone out to gather information, rushed back.

"My lord, my lord, wake up! It seems we're being watched."

Gu Xi, who had been shaken awake, sat up.

"Who are they? Don't worry, the enemies in this world are generally not strong. If a batch comes, we'll kill them all."

"No, sir, look at this."

As Shaya spoke, she pointed to a strange Skeleton.

This Skeleton is about the same size as a normal Skeleton, with bloodshot eyes in its sockets, but it has a pair of bat wings on its head that keep flapping when it is caught.

If it weren't for Shaya holding it in her hand, Gu Xi felt that this thing could fly away in an instant.

This is clearly a type of unit used for surveillance.

Someone is monitoring Gu Xi.