Volume 5: Protracted War Chapter 82: Recovering Hader (2)
Although our Tongxin League was lucky enough to have the false reputation of "the second best mercenary group in the world", its overall strength was still a little weak. It had no advantage in such a large-scale mission. As the absolute main force and the most suitable person to perform in group battles, I was entangled in many things and was very busy all day. Xue Wuxia and Afeng didn't want to disturb me. When they encountered troubles, they tried to solve them by themselves as much as possible and didn't ask me for help. This affected the progress and made us the last large mercenary group to advance. Anyway, Afeng's main target was Hua Mantian. As long as he could suppress Huadu, it would be fine. He didn't want to strive for any "number one in the world" ranking. Xue Wuxia didn't seem to be interested in this either. He didn't show any dissatisfaction with the result.
The next step was to recruit soldiers and expand vigorously. The official establishment of the mercenary group increased from 1,000 to 10,000 people, and the scale expanded tenfold. There was too much work to do, especially for the core members and backbone members, who were extremely busy. Every time Afeng saw me offline, he would complain for a while. He didn't do well when he played online games before. He was only qualified to be a low-level manager in a team. Now he has entered the senior level and is the only male among the three chief and deputy chiefs. There are too many things to do. He also has to take time to level up and worry about being surpassed by Hua Mantian. It's hard.
By the end of October 20th, Taotao and the others had finished soaking. Daxiu, who had been eagerly looking forward to this day, also returned to the "Hell Volcano" in time and applied to Hades, the Dark Dragon King, to challenge the Necromancer Hades. After all, unlike Wu Ma, the Flying Fire Ghost's way of plundering the soul energy of other undead creatures to strengthen itself is far from being "extremely vicious". In fact, Daxiu and Guben do not have the qualifications to grow into "destruction series" undead creatures. After a long period of wanton killing, it is a bit unbearable. After experiencing a burst of madness in the early stage, they are now soft-handed and the speed of killing the Terror Knight has slowed down, not as desperate as at the beginning. Moreover, what is absorbed is far less than what is wasted, and the efficiency is too low. More importantly, only by soaking in the "Hell Magma Pool" can the physique be completely transformed and enough pure Hellfire energy required for evolution can be accumulated, so the qualification for soaking is determined and the requirements are extremely urgent.
I originally planned to enter the "Hell Volcano" to watch the battle. If Hades was also a smart guy who knew the situation and was willing to surrender, I would be happy to have a few more capable subordinates, especially in the territory of the "Hell Volcano". With an extra volcanic undead creature as a helper, Taotao would be safer, and I would have more capital when fighting Hades in the future. However, because Xiaobai was evolving and devouring my mental power wantonly, after learning about Hades's sinister intentions, I was not at ease to go deep into the enemy's territory in such a weak state. I could only take a group of horror knights to guard the foot of the mountain, and let Daxiu and the other three do their best to force Hades down the mountain, and then act according to the situation.
The strength of the necromancer is indeed not weak, and it is obviously higher than the flying fire ghost. No wonder Guben and Daxiu did not want to challenge it before. Hader's movements are not stiff. He can effectively avoid some attacks and release a layer of dark red light shield to protect his body. It should have the function of enhancing defense. He can also cast magic similar to the "ghost fire" of the necromancer and the "death cloud bomb" of the corpse wizard. It has a high magic attack power. Even if Taotao, Guben and Daxiu, who are of the same fire attribute, are directly hit, they cannot completely offset the damage they received. In addition, there is a kind of auxiliary magic that can greatly weaken the opponent's resistance to fire attributes and increase the effect of fire attribute damage received, so that Taotao and the other three are also worried and dare not be hit by Hader casually. The speed of casting magic is very fast, which feels faster than mine. Even if Guben and Daxiu join forces, it may not be easy to defeat it.
However, with three against one, Taotao and the others definitely had the upper hand. Had's resistance was just a last-ditch effort. Their cooperation in the early stages was rather awkward, and there were many flaws in the connection. Had could still barely hold on, but as the battle progressed, their cooperation became more and more skillful, and Had no longer had any chance. He was attacked from three sides, and was unable to defend himself. He was suppressed and beaten without being able to fight back. If it had not been for my order to drive it to the foot of the mountain, the battle would have ended long ago.
As the saying goes, a man who knows the times is a hero. Hader is indeed a smart guy and did not disappoint me. After patiently and carefully clearing his mind, and with Daxiu and Guben's personal experience, I explained the benefits that he could get after becoming my subordinate, threatened him with death, and lured him with benefits, and finally made him agree to surrender. However, the signing process encountered considerable trouble. Hader's strength was slightly higher. Even if he was willing to surrender, my basic mental power could not suppress his instinctive mental resistance. I failed to perform the "Soul Contract" more than 300 times in a row. It was really embarrassing.
In order to weaken Had's mental resistance as much as possible and ensure the success of his capture, I had to reduce his mental strength to the lowest level and keep him on the verge of death. If it weren't for the "Touch of Death" that allowed for precise control, this requirement would be impossible to achieve - if there was a slight mistake along the way, or if I hit him a little harder, Had would most likely die. If I wasn't forced to do so, I really didn't want to take such a risk.
In the end, Had was lucky enough to survive this test. In a state of extreme weakness and almost fainting, he was successfully subdued by me and became a member of the "Volcano Army". However, Daxiu was destined to be disappointed. It was equivalent to working in vain. There was nothing he could do about it. As long as Had didn't die, he would retain the qualification for immersion. Even if he lost this challenge, it would be Guben, who ranked 12th, who would lose the qualification for immersion. If Guben wanted to challenge again to seize the qualification, it would be equivalent to failure according to the rules. He still had to wait until the next month. Compared with the smart Guben, I felt that Daxiu's role was relatively small, so I had to continue to wrong him. At worst, I would let Daxiu keep challenging. I believe that he will always encounter those who I am unable to subdue or who would rather die than surrender, so that he can win the qualification for immersion.
