Volume 5: Protracted War Chapter 78 “Bee Collection Operation” (2)
Dragging his seriously injured body and "torturing" Gu Ben half to death, Daxiu himself was exhausted and fell to the ground, unable to fly anymore. I activated the "Touch of Death" to entangle Gu Ben, did some cleanup work, and then walked up to it leisurely and began to sign a "Soul Contract" with it.
Probably because Gu Ben surrendered with all his heart, he encountered less mental resistance. After only more than 40 attempts, he successfully signed a "soul contract" with Gu Ben and officially became my subordinate. I took them with me on the journey home with the army of the undead, and killed more horror knights to nourish them. If they had not recognized me as their master and had escaped the shackles of Hades to a certain extent, they would not have the right to leave at will. It was really pitiful. Their days in the "Hell Volcano" were too "poor". It was better if they won the qualification to soak. They could enter the "Hell Magma Pool" to absorb energy for ten days every month. Otherwise, they could only find ways to kill other volcanic undead creatures and absorb their soul energy. However, it is not that easy. The environment of the "Hell Volcano" is complex. All the undead creatures that can survive have their own means of survival. It is impossible for those with similar strength to kill each other. Killing those who are too weak will not have much effect. Private joint hunting is not allowed by the rules. Once discovered, they will be severely punished by the King of the Underworld. It is claimed that it is to maintain the ecological balance of the "Hell Volcano" and reserve a space for the weak to survive. In other words, we undead wizard players have the right to recruit subordinates openly and have the potential to challenge the authority of the King of the Underworld. This is permitted by the system, and Hades can do nothing about it and cannot openly oppose it.
After settling Guben and Daxiu, they assigned two hundred Horror Giant Bear Knights to help them hunt other Horror Knights. They took the time to nourish themselves. It was probably the first time that they had the right to enjoy so many "nutritional products". The two of them soon forgot their grudges against each other and devoted themselves to the work of killing-absorbing-transforming-killing-absorbing-transforming again, as if they had never eaten a full meal. They were extremely enthusiastic. Of course, the competitive consciousness that had always existed was still very strong. With some postures of mutual comparison, you kill two, I absorb a pair, and no one is willing to do less than the other. If it weren't for the fact that the soul energy of non-fire undead creatures had too little effect on them, and could only exert one or two tenths of the effect, I would almost doubt whether the two of them had the potential to evolve into "Destruction Knights"?
Although I have subdued two flying fire ghosts whose strength is similar to that of the Horror Bull and even the Earth Dragon Knight, this is just a special case. My current basic mental power is still not enough to subdue the Horror Bull and the Earth Dragon Knight. After hundreds of failures, I finally had no choice but to give up. Guben and Daxiu are both special individuals with names and surnames. They have a very high IQ and can think and judge independently, which will lead to two extremes: on the one hand, if they are determined not to cooperate, the success rate of the "Soul Contract" will be much lower than that of other undead creatures of the same strength, and forcibly subduing them will have a higher requirement for basic mental power; on the other hand, if they are willing to surrender sincerely, it will be much easier to subdue them, and a slightly lower basic mental power can also have a higher success rate. In contrast, those ordinary Terror Bulls and Earth Dragon Knights are all stubborn and would rather die than bend. No matter how hard I try, it's just like talking to a cow. I can't get any results. They won't surrender even if they die. Now I have so many things to deal with that I need to worry about. I can't spare a lot of time and patience to fight them like I did before. I can only kill them. Alas, I have entered a bottleneck period again. I have the power but nowhere to use it. It's really annoying.
Every day, I was busy fighting low-level horror knights, occasionally creating some minor frictions with several corpse witches' territories, and constantly expanding my undead army. I had no spare time. The work was very intense, but quite dull and lacked stimulation. However, I finally calmed down and practiced the fourth-level thief skill "sneak attack" to a three-star proficiency, so I could upgrade to a fifth-level professional thief. This "sneak attack" was really not very practical. In battle, it was rarely used except in very few occasions. It was too time-consuming to practice and could not be performed continuously. I had planned to practice it to a three-star proficiency several times before, but I gave up halfway and could not persist. It was not until now that I met the requirements for promotion.
I went there with great expectations, and after accepting the task of upgrading to the Great Thief, I looked at the transparent crystal bottle in my hand with a bitter face, but I could no longer be happy. Although the difficulty of the second career promotion task is doubled, the higher the level, the harder it is to upgrade, but this task is too abnormal, let alone three or five days, if you are unlucky, I am afraid that there will not be any results in thirty or fifty days.
The mission name is "collecting bees", and the content is very simple. Enter a place called "Hundred Flowers Valley" in the northern continent, find the hive where the "Golden Belly Queen Bee" is located, and use the crystal bottle given to you to collect the "royal jelly" from the hive, which is a specialty of the Hundred Flowers Valley. The amount obtained determines the various attribute values that can be improved when you advance. This "royal jelly" is a good thing. It has the function of strengthening the body. Taking a certain amount can also increase the upper limit of physical strength. The crystal bottle is the only special designated prop for collecting "royal jelly" on the market. It is marked with specific scales, and it is easy to judge the value according to the capacity of the "royal jelly" in the bottle.
The mission is specific and cannot be abandoned. There is no time limit. You can only be promoted to a great thief when you complete it. The "royal jelly" must be taken from the honeycomb with the crystal bottle issued, and cannot be obtained through trading with others. There are also some other restrictions, and there is basically no chance of taking shortcuts. The difficulty of this mission is too great. It cannot be completed by strength alone. Breaking in with force is absolutely seeking death. According to the experience introduced by the successful "bee collectors" reported by "Sky Media", it depends more on luck. It is necessary to try again and again, persevere, learn from failures, and accumulate experience before there is hope of success. Even experienced "bee collectors" often succeed once every ten days or eight days if they are lucky. Moreover, the most taboo in "bee collection" is to have multiple people together. If there is a slight mistake, all the previous efforts may wasted. Therefore, it is done alone. I want to find a guide or a master, but it is impossible. I can only go alone.
