Chapter 3

However, as long as he could survive the first wave of the attack, Lin Han would be more comfortable in the following time. He cleaned up the battlefield, and now outside the city were scattered gold coins, wood, stone, and other resources. Although not much, when accumulated, it was enough for Lin Han to build three more Wraith Towers.

Of course, the biggest gain from this battle was not just that. By defeating so many skeletons and bones, Lin Han unexpectedly obtained two unit cards.

"Unit Card—Skeleton [30 units]: Using this card can summon 30 units of skeletons to fight for you. You can also use this card to combine with other cards to form an Amplification Magic Array, enhancing the resource production and defense capabilities of your town."

"Unit Card—Bone [20 units]: Using this card can summon 20 units of bones to fight for you. You can also use this card to combine with other cards to form an Amplification Magic Array, enhancing the resource production and defense capabilities of your town."

Unit cards were a very special type of item in the Eternal Kingdom. They could directly summon a large number of units, but there was a more effective way to use them—combining them into an Amplification Magic Array.

In Lin Han's memory, the Amplification Magic Array was far more powerful than directly summoning units. The Amplification Magic Array could last for 3 to 10 days, and during these 10 days, the resource and unit production of all the cities of the user would increase. This was the strongest aspect of the Amplification Magic Array.

However, Lin Han did not have the time to consider how to maximize the effects of these few cards. What he lacked most now was troops. He did not think the next few waves would be as easy as this one.

"Continue to build one Wraith Tower each in the south and north, and reinforce the previously built four Wraith Towers!"

Although he could now build a main camp and a blacksmith, Lin Han did not choose these two options. He had a feeling that this monster siege he triggered was not a simple one. In his previous life, he only triggered a monster siege when his town was at level 2, but that attack was not as terrifying. The first wave alone almost reached 200 units of enemies, and if this continued, Lin Han feared his city walls would not hold.

"The second wave of enemies appears in the north: 100 units of skeletons, 100 units of skeletons, 80 units of bones, 80 units of bones, 50 units of skeleton archers. Please be cautious."

The warning made Lin Han's heart sink. 410 units of enemies. At this rate, by the fifth wave, he might face nearly 1000 units of enemies.

"Damn, how can this be so ridiculous!"

Thinking about facing 1000 units of enemies, Lin Han felt depressed. So many enemies, if he was not careful, his castle would be completely destroyed.

However, this round of the enemy's attack was not particularly dangerous. After all, the damage of the Wraith Towers was significant. A few Wraith Towers firing together could eliminate over ten skeletons in one round. But to block the skeleton attack, Lin Han had to summon 50 units of skeletons, 38 of which were killed. This almost drove him crazy. However, when the battle report appeared, he immediately smiled.

"Your troops have cleaned up the battlefield. You have obtained 21 units of wood, 15 units of stone, 8 units of ore, 2143 gold coins, 2 Unit Cards—Bone [20 units], and 1 Unit Card—Skeleton Archer [10 units]."

Exchanging 38 units of skeletons for 40 units of bones and 10 units of skeleton archers, along with a large amount of resources and gold, this deal was definitely not a loss!

Moreover, after this battle, Lin Han leveled up. Not only did his attributes improve, but he could also choose two skills. Although players gained less experience in defense tasks compared to killing wild creatures, the sheer number of enemies made up for it. He thought that if he could survive the fifth wave, he might reach level 4.

"Ding! Your level has increased. Current level: LV2, Experience: 152/2000. Your Attack Talent +2, Defense Talent +1. You can now choose one racial skill and one enhancement skill."

As the prompt came, four different icons appeared in front of Lin Han. The top two icons represented racial skills, while the bottom two represented enhancement skills.

Racial skills were unique to each race. For example, the Necropolis race had skills related to undead units, such as Bone Reinforcement and Rotten Flesh Regeneration. The Beast race might have skills like Resistant Skin. This time, Lin Han encountered the Bone Reinforcement racial skill.

"Basic Bone Reinforcement: Necropolis racial skill. Increases the health of all bone units by 10%, and adds 1 point of attack and 1 point of defense."

Like Basic Attack Mastery and other enhancement skills, racial skills were divided into several levels, from the lowest Basic to the highest Legendary. Lin Han remembered a player in his previous life who had upgraded Bone Reinforcement to Legendary, then summoned bone dragons, almost achieving the feat of a single player taking on a large guild.

Lin Han also remembered that this player's Legendary Bone Reinforcement could increase the health of all bone units by 100%, and their attack and defense by 50%, as well as their attack speed and movement speed. It was practically a bug-like skill!

Of course, even if this were the case, it would not be much of a problem, as skeletons and bones, no matter how much they were enhanced, would not be that powerful. However, the game set bone dragons and their advanced units as bone units, which was truly terrifying. Imagine dozens or even hundreds of enhanced bone dragons or advanced units attacking your home!

It could be said that if this player had not provoked a large guild, he might have become an invincible player.

If it were any other time, Lin Han would definitely choose this racial skill, but his attention was completely drawn to another skill.

"Basic Death Summon Mastery: Necropolis racial skill, limited to the Commander class. Each time entering the battle space, the Commander randomly summons 10 units of Necropolis creatures, with the creature's strength not exceeding the summoning skill level +2. After each battle, the summoned creatures will disappear."

Death Summon Mastery only appeared in the Necropolis Commander's skill tree and was a unique skill for Commanders. Although the summoned creatures were random, Lin Han knew that when this skill reached Master level, the summoner could specify which type of unit to summon.

In his previous life, a player had upgraded this skill to Legendary. At Legendary level, this skill would transform into a new skill—Necropolis Gate, opening the door between the realm of death and the real world, summoning endless undead to fight.

This player was known as the first of the Death Group, the Necropolis Lord. But in this life, Lin Han had a crazy idea: the title of Necropolis Lord must be his!

"Choose Basic Death Summon Mastery!"

With this crazy idea, Lin Han chose Basic Death Summon Mastery without hesitation. He also had a choice for the two enhancement skills below.

One enhancement skill was Basic Abundance, which increased all resource production. At the Basic level, it increased ordinary resources by 2 units and 5% of the total production per day. The other was Basic Death Power, which increased the attack of all units by 1 point. Normally, players would choose Basic Abundance, as increased resources meant rapid development in the early stages. However, Lin Han was extremely short of strength, and if he really lacked resources, he had many ways to obtain them.

"Choose Basic Death Power!"

As soon as Lin Han made his choice, countless black lights fell from the sky, illuminating all his units. Lin Han clearly saw all the units grow slightly, indicating that the effect of Basic Death Power had taken effect.

"Phew." Lin Han took a deep breath, exhaled heavily, and slowly walked up to the city wall. The city wall was filled with densely packed skeleton archers. There were advantages to defensive battles; after each battle, the skeleton archers' ammunition would be restored. As long as the skeleton archers could maintain steady output, Lin Han had a chance to complete the five waves of defense.

37 units of skeleton archers, not a large number, but quite useful for defense. The city wall provided a 50% range increase for ranged units, meaning these skeleton archers could attack enemies up to about 23 meters away.

The increased range meant faster attacks. All the Wraith Towers had risen, and the dark, eerie light flowed over the tall spires. When enemies approached, these lights would fly out, severely injuring them. The upgraded Wraith Towers were even more powerful, and a single attack could eliminate a level 1 unit. If Lin Han could now upgrade the main camp to level 3, he could also upgrade the Wraith Towers to Advanced Frost Wraith Towers or Advanced Death Wraith Towers, which would be even more destructive.

"The third wave of enemies appears in the south of the castle: 150 units of bones, 150 units of bones, 150 units of bones, 100 units of skeleton archers, 50 units of zombies."

"Your Basic Death Summon Mastery has been activated. The dead have been awakened from the darkness. 10 units of wraiths have joined the battle."

The two prompts made Lin Han's expression much better. The third wave of enemies numbered 600 units, and although the lowest were bones, the number was much less. Bones had better defense than skeletons, but in front of the Wraith Towers, they were still eliminated one by one. Lin Han hoped for more advanced units; this would make the battle much easier for him.