Various Advancements

An hour later, the group returned to the Burying Ground. As Emperor Odyssey entered the Burying Ground,

At this moment, Xiao Yu and his group had grown to a very large size. Emperor Odyssey and his subordinates numbered over a hundred, including seven or eight skeleton generals, a dozen skeleton knights, and over a hundred skeleton guards, all of whom had been awakened from that tomb.

As the group of Undead approached, the NPCs in the Burying Ground all turned to look in their direction.

There was no other way; many of these Undead were Undead soldiers of the Rhine Empire who died in battle. Even though they had lost most of their memories, deep in their hearts, they still held an instinctive awe for Emperor Odyssey, and they all knelt down.

Some players even instinctively knelt down.

As Xiao Yu followed Emperor Odyssey and saw the skeleton Warrior and skeleton swordsmen kneeling on one knee on both sides, he felt a surge of excitement.

Finally, Emperor Odyssey reached the Great Tomb. He suddenly snapped out of his reverie, glanced at the vast, white-clad army of skeletons behind him, and raised his sword. "Warriors of the Rhine Empire! Your Emperor has returned!"

At his shout, the skeleton Warrior raised their weapons and cheered loudly.

The players were initially confused, but they were quickly caught up in the enthusiastic atmosphere and joined in the cheering. In fact, many of them had no idea what was going on.

"It seems you've completed the task I assigned you." Suddenly, the voice of the Undead Andrew came from the entrance of the great tomb behind them.

Xiao Yu turned around and saw that Andrew had been awakened by the noise outside and had come out.

"I have fulfilled my mission; I have brought back Emperor Odyssey and his generals."

"I see, well done. The King's Return. Now, as I promised before, accept the power bestowed by the great Naraku, God of Death."

As he spoke, Andrew pointed his skull staff, and several streams of black energy entered the bodies of the people.

[System notification: Congratulations to player "King's Return"! You have gained advancement power. Please select your advancement direction.]

Advanced Level 1: Skeleton Knight

Advanced Level 2: Skeleton General.

Xiao Yu thought to himself, "Huh? Wasn't it supposed to be an advancement to Skeleton Knight? How come there's another advancement to Skeleton General?" After thinking about it, he wondered if it was related to the glorious deeds of that Imperial General. That was an unexpected surprise.

Xiao Yu hurriedly started the job introduction.

Skeleton Knight: A standard advancement of the Skeleton Swordsman. Your combat skills are further enhanced, you gain an additional Memory Fragments every two levels, your attribute growth receives a slight boost, and you receive an advancement bonus of +1 to Riding Skill.

You can obtain your own exclusive mount, the 'Skeleton Warhorse', and learn riding combat skills by unlocking Memory Fragments.

Upon advancement, you will gain: +3 to health growth, +0.4 to strength growth, +0.2 to agility growth, and +0.4 to bone hardness growth.

Skeleton General: A hidden advancement unlocked based on your character's background. In a dream world, you awakened memories of past wars. Your strategic command and application have given you a better command art. You were posthumously honored by Emperor Odyssey and became an Imperial General. Therefore, after receiving the power of the Undead, you have the opportunity to advance to become a Skeleton General.

The Skeleton General possesses enhanced strategic command capabilities, gains an additional Memory Fragments every two levels, improves your attribute growth, and grants you tactical command skills.

You can acquire your own personal minions, skeleton soldiers. For each Skeleton General level, you can gain an additional skeleton soldier follower. Your skeleton bar followers can be promoted to skeleton Warrior through battle.

Upon advancement, you will gain: +4 to health growth, +0.5 to strength growth, +0.3 to agility growth, and +0.5 to bone hardness growth.

Xiao Yu hesitated between the two professions for a while, but finally chose the Skeleton General. Although the Skeleton Knight had a skeleton warhorse and looked cool, the problem was that while the mobility was high, the mobility of his teammates was not improved. He couldn't Charge alone.

Skeleton Knights are actually better suited to a team of skeleton knights; a mixed squad like mine doesn't seem very meaningful.

Aside from mobility, the Skeleton General completely outclasses the Skeleton Knight in every attribute.

In that case, it's better to choose the Skeleton General; at least you'll have henchmen to help you fight.

System notification: Your basic class has been upgraded from Skeleton Swordsman to Skeleton General.

Xiao Yu is currently a Level 4 Skeleton General/Level 6 Blasphemous Priest.

You can bring 4 skeletons at a time.

That's pretty impressive. I estimate that few monster players of the same level can compare to him. Even if he encounters adventurers, Xiao Yu is no longer afraid of them.

Besides Xiao Yu, the others also advanced in rank.

The Big Water Cunt the enemy to evolve into a berserker, gaining the core skill Corpse Poison Corpse Poison Plague. Previously, enemies had to be poisoned to death to be transformed into mindless zombies; now, any enemy killed while infected with the Corpse Poison will be transformed into a zombie.

Any enemy infected with the Corpse Poison will undergo a physical condition check every five seconds. If the check fails, the enemy will also turn into a zombie.

The Sword of the Fallen Angel has evolved into a Lich, finally unlocking a spell slot—which isn't particularly significant, but since Liches can now unlock a spell slot and gain a Memory Fragments and activate a spell skill with each level up, that's quite meaningful.

Voldemort's mummy evolved into an Elder Mummy, unlocking a unique skill line specific to mummies. These unique skills can also be acquired by activating Memory Fragments.

Chenghong Moli has evolved into a Heartbreaker. Unlike the Demon, who can only control one unit for a short time and only the physical body, the Heartbreaker can control one unit and gain all of that unit's combat skills, which is very powerful.

Furthermore, the Mind Flayer's willpower has been enhanced, so theoretically, she now has a chance to successfully control enemies of a higher level.

Leaving aside the group's excited progress in their respective upgrades, on the other side, the Undead Andrew was already exchanging pleasantries with Emperor Odyssey.

"Welcome back, Your Majesty Emperor Odyssey. As you can see, this world has been completely changed. The corrupt rule of the gods of the Light faction is crumbling. Join us, and we will utterly dismantle this corrupt world. You can then avenge yourself and your friends, and rebuild your Rhine Empire. All of this is within your grasp if you choose to become a follower of my Lord."

Emperor Odyssey scoffed, "I once refused the gods' invitation. What makes you think this time will be an exception? I can help you defeat the Kern Kingdom, but once victorious, I demand my own army. I will lead my Legion to create my own empire, not become the gods' lackeys."

Andrew didn't seem surprised. "Hehehe, a very reasonable suggestion. Well then, as you wish."

Andrew answered readily, and Xiao Yu thought to himself that this guy must have bad intentions. This Emperor Odyssey might be discarded after he's served his purpose.

However, Emperor Odyssey might also use this war to solidify his authority within the Undead army, and it's hard to say what might happen then.