Reinforcements

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"So, at this point, I still need to fight monsters."

After sending out all twenty-one newly summoned skeletons on their missions, Gu Su immediately changed his original plan.

He had originally intended to explore the fallen skyscraper alone, but now he had a change of heart.

In his opinion, exploration could wait. The most urgent and necessary task right now was to fight monsters, collect their corpses, continuously convert them into undead, and strengthen his undead squad. This was the fundamental basis for a necromancer's existence.

Thus, the white crows, which had been sent out to scout, were redeployed by Gu Su.

This time, their mission was no longer to scout a single target but to conduct a carpet search for all living creatures near the graveyard demon, leaving no stone unturned.

Whether it was small groups of three to five, or large groups of ten to twenty huddled together.

Whether it was creatures like goblins and kobolds with simple organizations and basic intelligence, or fierce beasts like wolves, lions, and black bears that acted purely on instinct.

As soon as they were discovered by the white crows, they had to fly back to the territory immediately and report the location and number to Gu Su in detail.

Gu Su would then personally lead his squad to encircle and kill the targets based on their distance, leaving no corpse that could be converted into an undead.

It had to be admitted that Gu Su's approach was incredibly correct.

By abandoning the temporarily unknown exploration and prioritizing the elimination of surrounding threats and the harvesting of undead resources, he not only rapidly expanded his team but also cleared the way for future long-distance exploration, significantly speeding up his growth.

In just over an hour, Gu Su, along with five elite skeletons and two magic-type skeletons, had successfully dealt with several waves of targets.

A mighty lion, three agile leopards, and five tough wild boars.

In addition, there was a goblin squad of thirteen, each wielding a crude wooden spear, looking fierce and menacing – much stronger than the goblins Gu Su had fought the first time.

After this clearing operation, Gu Su had eliminated all large living creatures within a one-kilometer radius of the graveyard demon, completely removing the threats around his territory and harvesting a large number of precious corpses.

Returning to the graveyard demon with his squad, Gu Su had the elite and magic-type skeletons rest and recover their health while he himself did not idle.

He immediately began processing all the corpses harvested from this operation.

These corpses, filled with blood energy, were certainly not for eating.

In Gu Su's eyes, they were not food but top-quality materials for converting into undead. To use them for sustenance would be the greatest waste.

Under Gu Su's orderly command, the large, blood-energy-rich corpses of the lion and wild boars were carefully carried by the skeletons into the coffins of the Level 2 empty graves.

After all, lions and wild boars were fierce and strong, and the blood energy contained in their corpses far exceeded that of ordinary beasts, perfectly meeting the core requirements of the Level 2 empty graves for converting into ghouls. They were ideal for this purpose.

The three relatively smaller leopards and the twelve ordinary goblin corpses were carried into the large burial mound.

Their blood energy was moderate, classifying them as normal corpses, suitable for conversion into the most basic ordinary skeletons to fill out the numbers of the undead squad.

In addition, one goblin was particularly special. It was not an ordinary goblin but a goblin shaman with weak magical potential. Gu Su specifically selected it and placed it in the empty grave reserved for magic-type undead.

He hoped to convert it into a magic-type skeleton with spellcasting abilities, compensating for his lack of magic-type combat power.

Once all the corpses were properly placed, Gu Su clearly saw the soil around the burial mounds and empty graves slowly churn, quickly covering all the corpses. Black mist subtly seeped from the soil, and the summoning spell was automatically triggered, systematically converting these corpse resources.

[Empty Grave automatically uses your Summoning Spell (Level 1), gaining Ghoul (Level 0) * 6, Summoning Spell proficiency +12 points.]

[Large Burial Mound automatically uses your Summoning Spell (Level 1), gaining Skeleton (Level 0) * 15, Summoning Spell proficiency +15 points.]

[Empty Grave automatically uses your Summoning Spell (Level 1), gaining Skeleton (Level 0) * 1, Summoning Spell proficiency +1 point.]

System prompts popped up in his mind one after another. Before long, the conversion yielded results.

First, six ghouls slowly crawled out from beneath the ground of the Level 2 empty graves. These ghouls all maintained a humanoid form, with bald heads, and their bodies were covered in grayish-blue skin.

More than half of their skin had rotted and fallen off, revealing the dark red rotten flesh beneath. They walked with heavy steps, and the friction between their joints and rotten flesh made a creaking sound. Their movements were far inferior to skeletons of the same height.

[Ghoul (Level 0, Summon): EXP (0/100) Attack 2, Defense 3, Health 20]

After examining the attribute panel of the ghouls, Gu Su nodded slightly. They weren't outstanding, but they had decent defense, making them suitable as meat shields.

At the same time, their strength was considerable, making them good choices for miners or haulers.

The only problem was their extremely slow movement speed. A normal necromancer would not keep them by their side.

They would only be assigned to specific locations for work.

Next, four new skeletons slowly crawled out from the burial mound where the wild marsh wolf corpses had been buried.

The moment these four skeletons fully emerged from the mound, one of them suddenly trembled slightly, as if undergoing some change.

Behind it, a white triangular battle flag automatically materialized. Engraved on the flag was a complete wolf skull pattern, with "25/25" printed below the pattern.

Gu Su understood at a glance. This skeleton had triggered the mound's full capacity, causing it to transform into a new skeleton squad leader. With its command, the efficiency of subsequently added skeleton squads should improve significantly.

Finally, from the new burial mound where the leopards and ordinary goblins were buried, eleven new skeletons crawled out. They were slender and bare-boned. Apart from a little dirt clinging to them, they looked no different from the ordinary skeletons converted previously. They could only serve as basic labor and combat units.

As for the magic-type empty grave, one skeleton also slowly crawled out.

However, to Gu Su's disappointment, this was an ordinary magic-type skeleton. Judging from its bare bones, the lusterless star mark between its eyebrows, and its hands, it had clearly not yet mastered any spellcasting abilities.

The only difference compared to an ordinary skeleton was that it possessed mana. As soon as it learned a spell, it could use it immediately.