“Are we going to give up the Undead Legion’s quest like this? At this rate the Furgol warriors will be coming back and it will become much harder.”
“Well, we should definitely try few more assaults. But without any good plans right now don’t have any big expectations on the outcome.”
“It looks like the quest will be cleared if we have more Necromancers. Was it not enough with us?”
“Maybe this is our end.”
It was just too much to let Balkan’s Undead Legion quest to end like this.
Because it was a quest that were given to all the Necromancers, it was not a simple quest with the difficulty being that much higher.
If Necromancers grew up fast and number of Necromancers increased, it would be a lot easier than now. However, the situation wasn’t like that at all.
While these Necromancers lost their will and were discussing what’s going to happen next, Weed sewing up a fallen button like usual.
“Really getting a free ride is not possible.”
It would be really good if he could just observe and the quest ended like that but the situation was not that favourable.
Necromancers were very clumsy in cooperation and group battles.
It was suffocating to see them judge that by summoning as many Undead as possible to fight was enough.
“What naïve people they chose to be Necromancers and yet haven’t even invaded, sacked or carried out an arson…”
If Weed was a Necromancers from the beginning instead of a sculptor, it was possible that he would have gathered Undeads and devoured few industrial cities already.
These naïve and conscientious Necromancers didn’t know a basic thing about invasion, it was clear to see with their clumsy actions.
When the Furgol’s fortress gate opened the first thing he planned to do was count the treasures, starting from a spoon. But he had to worry about how to conquer the fortress first.
“There are many possible options.”
Thanks to his experiences from many battles, he came up with tactics exploiting the weakness of the fortress right away.
Weed murmured one of his tactics near Harien.
“… have to do that.”
“Pardon?”
“Even if the main objective is to conquer the fortress… There no need to hurry until their supports arrive…”
Weed was not starting a conversation, he was murmuring, pretending to talk to himself.
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“Move faster! I heard news that our kingdom is being attacked by the Undead.”
Furgol’s reinforcements!
The Furgol warriors that dispersed to hunt were running back to their kingdom.
Their number was over 9,000!
If all the Furgols gather, their forces would be able to surround the Necromancers and eliminate them.
“Attack!”
But instead of losing their forces on the siege warfare, the Necromancers ambushed the Furgol warriors on their way back.
They used the best places to hide the Undead and ambush the Furgols, wiping every single one of them.
When the Furgols died they were revived as Undead inflating Necromancers’ forces.
The best part was the number of reinforcement heading back decreased.
“Knowing that the reinforcements were coming, rather than falling in danger trying to conquer the fortress as fast as possible, just hunting the reinforcements first was right!”
On flat lands, it could be said that the Undeads strength were extraordinary.
It was possible to overwhelm the enemies with the number of Skeletons and every time Furgols died, they could inflict more damage using Corpse Explosions or turning them into Undeads.
Necromancers lead their armies from every direction and eliminated the Furgol warriors.
Not just for the purpose of the quest, they gave fairly good experience and items.
“Catch them all. There are many other places to go so hurry up.”
Weed led his forces, hunting down Furgol warriors while getting experience.
The strategy he told Harien indirectly was not a genius strategy or anything like that.
“Hunting the monsters fast or slow, there is no difference. Leave nothing behind!”
Not caring about the front and rear he only saw them as experience and items!
Necromancers were able to hunt down about 80 percent of the Furgol warriors.
They complete recovered the force they lost and added more on top.
They reorganized them as light yet tough Skeleton warriors, mages and archers suitable for siege warfare.
With no reinforcements coming the Furgol’s trapped in their fortress could not hold out forever against the Necromancer’s siege.
They spread contagious diseases inside the fortress and by repeated battle the walls collapsed little by little.
When the Furgol soldiers came out to repair they continued to attack, causing casualties and finally they managed to conquer the fortress.
Quest completed!
The bigger the battle the difference in tactics was like heaven and earth.
“Thank you. With your advice we were able to win the battle comfortably.”
Harien came and gave her gratitude but Weed was watching dried logs and fruits piled up in Furgol’s treasury with despair.
He turned around chewing on the dried skins of the fruits ruefully.