"General Li, this time's merit tally will probably give the most to that Jobless Freelancer, right?"
An aide asked with a chuckle.
"I'll have to discuss that with the generals of the other nations' legions before reaching a conclusion!"
"But as things stand, his contribution was indeed the greatest, so he should naturally receive the most merits!"
"Mm..."
"Perhaps even more than the three fourth-class powerhouses who severely injured the Heavenly Ghost General!"
General Li said steadily.
The distribution of merits after a battle was not based solely on strength.
To put it bluntly...
Three fourth-class powerhouses besieging a Heavenly Ghost General—especially when that Heavenly Ghost General did not seem to rank among the strongest in Takamagahara—if they could not achieve anything, there would truly be no excuse for it.
Everyone knew that the monsters within forbidden zones were exceptionally formidable.
They might both be minor monsters, but the minor monsters in Secret Realms could not stop challengers in their tracks.
The minor monsters in forbidden zones, however, could leave job-changers of the same level frazzled and overwhelmed.
Ling Zhan might have slaughtered the Ghost Slave Legion as easily as eating and drinking.
But if an ordinary level forty or fifty job-changer were sent to duel a Ghost Slave monster, they would need, at minimum, to fight fiercely for one or two hours before barely managing to win.
One careless mistake could even cost them their life.
And that was when the Ghost Slave monster had no self-awareness.
The reason the adventurer legions on the battlefield could kill Ghost Slaves relatively easily was because their main forces stood behind them.
Countless priests in the rear constantly provided buffs to the soldiers on the battlefield.
In a one-on-one fight, it was genuinely difficult to win.
In other words...
The Heavenly Ghost