Ancient Tomb (2)

From past experience, heroes could not level up simply by killing monsters. They had to obtain Soul Essence.

But killing enemies in the real world seldom yielded Soul Essence, and even when it did, the amount was tiny. Green did not know why, but he suspected it had something to do with deities. In a world where worship of deities was widespread, the part of a person that contained Soul Essence was very likely drawn into the gods' Divine Kingdoms after death.

In the Mist World, Green followed the lessons of his last attack on a Kobold tribe. He kept the Six-Headed Snake Woman beside him as a guard and sent Penny and Cristiano out to fight.

Unlike their battles in the real world, Penny and Cristiano had both gained a good deal of Soul Essence from that fight. Neither had leveled up, but the gains were substantial. Green's eyes lit up. If his guess was right, did that mean there were no deities in the Mist World? Or was the power of the gods shut out of it? Either way, this was a fine chance to raise his heroes' levels.

This time, Green had sent out the Kobold Shaman because he wanted him to level up first. Kobold Zombies were currently the most numerous units under Green's command, and the Kobold Shaman's skills could directly improve their fighting strength. If the Kobold Shaman reached [lv3], both [Kobold Commander] and [Fearless Horn] could rise to [lv2], instantly boosting the fighting strength of five hundred Kobold Zombies by [20%].

And that was only the immediate benefit. If Green encountered more Kobold tribes and amassed thousands upon thousands of Kobold Zombies, the Kobold Shaman would be even more valuable.

Things had not gone as planned. The Kobold Shaman had run into trouble