The Silent History

"I won't accept this!"

Unable to win and unable to escape, White Crow's vision grew increasingly blurry as he fell with unwilling murmurs.

A first-rank senior knight like him had been killed by a group of skeletons.

"Medivh, your skeletons are truly formidable!"

After White Crow fell, Audrey, standing on the city wall watching the battle alongside Medivh, praised him cheerfully.

She often trained against the Skeleton Warriors and knew their combat capabilities well.

White Crow's personal strength was undeniable. He dared to charge straight into Kurd City District, partly because he thought Medivh's skeletons were no threat, and partly out of confidence in his own power.

The Blood Crow Mercenary Group's status in the Pioneer Territory was earned through their fists.

White Crow was a veteran of the Blood Crow Mercenary Group, having participated in many major battles over the years. The Transcendentals who had died by his hands numbered more than two hands could count.

Unfortunately, he encountered the Time Skeleton, which had superior combat power.

"Well fought!"

Medivh nodded with a smile, very satisfied with the skeletons' battle performance.

In this fight, the Minotaur Skeleton Warrior and the Skeleton Shaman had performed the most brilliantly.

One could fight and tank, while the other could taunt and support, locking White Crow down completely.

This duo's combat power was formidable. The fact that the Minotaur Chieftain, paired with the Shaman, could kill a second-rank Magic Beast by surpassing ranks was clear proof.

The heavily armored Skeleton Warrior was even better at tanking damage than the flesh-and-blood Minotaur Chieftain.

The tougher the front line, the stronger this duo became.

In the later stages of the battle, once their coordination was refined, the Skeleton Shaman could directly apply the Taunt Totem onto the Skeleton Warrior. As long as the enemy couldn't kill the Skeleton Warrior, they couldn't escape.

Of course, the Taunt Totem wasn't omnipotent—it was a form of mental control.

If the enemy had strong enough mental power or a Transcendental item that could cancel mental control, they could break free from the taunt.

Compared to the Minotaur Warriors, ordinary mercenaries and apprentice knights dealt limited damage and struggled to inflict fatal wounds on the skeletons.

The knights were naturally handled by the Transcendental Skeletons. In this extermination battle, Kurd suffered no losses.

Waving his hand to have the skeletons clean up the battlefield, loot the spoils, and dispose of the bones, Medivh stood on the city wall, overlooking the foundation he had built.

Over the past month and a half, Medivh hadn't focused solely on refining the Minotaur bones.

Noticing that Kurd's construction progress was slow, he had excavated several Residential District ruins over the past month and a half, resurrecting a large number of ordinary skeletons.

Kurd gained 423 Grey Bone Skeletons, 326 White Bone Skeletons, and 154 Green Bone Skeletons.

Among these 154 Green Bone Skeletons, 36 were high-year Green Bone Heavy Warriors.

During this period, the Big-Horned Ox herd had provided blood twice, helping three Minotaur Skeleton Shamans and one Bone Spirit Ranger advance to first-rank low-level.

Additionally, one high-year Green Bone Warrior had naturally awakened Bone Spirit Power.

Currently, Kurd had eighty-two Transcendental Skeletons, including two first-rank mid-level and eighty first-rank low-level.

Medivh was about to advance to first-rank senior knight, and Audrey had already advanced to first-rank mid-level knight.

Magic Beast meat was a high-quality resource for knight training, and their Battle Qi was improving rapidly.

Kurd's Transcendental force was very strong. Even if several White Crows came, they could only meet their end in Kurd City District.

On the ordinary level, there were 1,197 Grey Bone Skeletons, 947 White Bone Skeletons, and 592 Green Bone Skeletons.

The accelerated construction of the Kurd Nine-Grid was a direct result of the massive increase in ordinary skeletons.

Without wasting time on celebration, Medivh returned to the High Tower shortly after the battle to refine the Minotaur bones.

White Crow had shouted his name directly earlier, clearly indicating he wasn't just a wandering Thug Gang member—he had come specifically for Medivh.

Preparing for the worst, Medivh didn't think this was the end. There should be someone behind White Crow.

If nothing unexpected happened, he would face even stronger enemies.

To ensure his enemies slept soundly in the underground palace, Medivh worked overtime refining Skeleton Warriors and Skeleton Shamans.

Three hundred years ago, the Odyssey War broke out. Over the following two to three decades, the Gewalt Federation gradually withdrew from Odyssey, and the participating Alien Tribes also suffered heavy losses.

At this point in time, Odyssey went from prosperity to decline. Many tribe members and Transcendentals died, and their heritage was lost.

In the Minotaur Ancestral Graveyard, the bones from 250 to 300 years ago were the most numerous, silently recording this history.

The difference between Transcendental bones and ordinary bones was significant. Medivh picked out the Transcendental Minotaur bones, refined Green Bone components, and assembled them to resurrect Minotaur Skeletons.

A week passed in the blink of an eye. Working without rest, Medivh resurrected twelve Minotaur Skeleton Warriors and two Minotaur Skeleton Shamans.

By now, Medivh found it much easier to resurrect high-year Green Bone Transcendental Skeletons—a sign of his improved mental power.

For him, each skeleton resurrection was a mental refinement.

The higher the historical depth of the resurrected skeleton, the better the mental refinement effect.

Skeletons couldn't fully restore history. Each Time Skeleton carried only part of the knowledge from their lifetime.

These Skeleton Warriors and Skeleton Shamans carried different knowledge, further perfecting the Minotaur inherited totems.

Two new totems were added to the Shaman totem pool: the Holy Shield Totem and the Flame Totem.

The white Holy Shield Totem could apply a Holy Light Shield to friendly targets.

The deep red Flame Totem could release Flame Rays to attack enemies and grant flame enhancement to allied skeletons.

Skeletons blessed with flame enhancement would have their weapons deal additional Fire Element damage.

Medivh tested the Flame Totem; its enhancement effect worked on ordinary skeletons, but it would corrode their Origin Bone Artifacts.

Only Transcendental Skeletons with Bone Spirit Power could receive the flame enhancement without harm.

The Shaman totems greatly amplified the skeletons, and Medivh looked forward to seeing how these two new totems performed in battle.

"Still no word from White Crow?"

While Medivh was busy resurrecting Minotaur skeletons, the Blood Crow leader, waiting for good news in the Pioneer Territory, grew increasingly irritable.

White Crow had been out hunting in the Wilderness for some time now. Being gone this long meant something was definitely wrong.

The Blood Crow leader trusted this brother who had founded the mercenary group with him; he didn't believe White Crow would betray him.

If White Crow hadn't returned after so long, he had most likely run into trouble.

The beast herds that had been scared off by the Bloodthirsty Mosquito Swarm were gradually migrating back to Odyssey, and the famine was basically over.

The Blood Crow leader couldn't figure it out—aside from encountering a starving Alien Tribe, what other accident could White Crow have met?

"Could someone be making a move against the Blood Crow Mercenary Group?"

The Blood Crow leader thought of a possibility.

Back in the day, they had risen by devouring the mercenary group of some Pioneer Territory, step by step taking their place.

He feared someone might imitate their path to power, starting by cutting off his right-hand man.

The Blood Crow leader cautiously sent out scouts, both to search for White Crow and to sniff out any rumors.

And sure enough, the Blood Crow Mercenary Group caught wind of an external Thug Gang stirring, looking to move into the Pioneer Territory.

This made the Blood Crow leader even more cautious, worried that he himself was the target.

"Blood Crow leader, still haven't finished the employer's task?"

Just as the Blood Crow leader was growing anxious, the middleman came to ask about the mission's progress.

The employer had been waiting for good news for quite some time now.