Chapter 7: New Ability: Enslavement!

Translator: Simple MTL Editor: Simple MTL

Ding!

“You have obtained the control of a skeleton soldier!”

“You have successfully enslaved the skeleton soldier.”

“You can now rename the skeleton soldier.”

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The system notification that sounded three times in a row caused a huge wave in Bruce’s heart.

“Control?”

“Enslavement?”

He was looking at the skeleton soldier that had completely calmed down. Even its body was obediently lying on the ground and no longer struggling. At that point, Bruce’s heart was no longer just full of surprise.

‘Enslaving a skeleton? Is this the second use of the [ devour ] talent?’

As if to confirm his thoughts, Bruce placed the skull in his hand on the skeleton soldier’s body. He even picked up the broken arm and placed it beside the skeleton soldier.

Very soon, the skeleton soldier’s body and head merged together again. The broken arm was also picked up by it and reinstalled on the remaining half of the arm bone.

In just a few minutes, the skeleton soldier that Bruce had divided into three parts was restored to its original state.

After it had fully recovered, the skeleton soldier just stood there in a daze, as if it was waiting for Bruce’s order!

‘Skeleton Soldier? How many steps forward?’

Crack!

Crack!

As these thoughts appeared in Bruce’s mind, the skeleton soldier did not even need to speak. It just took a few steps forward at the same time. After completing Bruce’s order, it stopped and waited for the follow-up order.

“It really is enslaving a skeleton! It seems that the only talent I have, [ devour ], still has many uses! They are waiting for me to discover them!” Bruce muttered.

After testing it a few times, Bruce finally understood how much control he had over this skeleton soldier.

When he concentrated, he could completely take over the control of the skeleton soldier and control its body according to his own thoughts. In this mode, he could even obtain the vision of the skeleton soldier!

After exiting this mode, he could also control the skeleton soldier by giving orders.

For example, he could have the skeleton soldier follow him or let the skeleton soldier hunt on its own. In this mode, Bruce’s orders could not be too complicated. Moreover, after giving a new order or canceling the order, the skeleton soldier would stop executing the previous order.

In simple terms, it meant that he had obtained a subordinate that was completely under his control!

He was in a good mood. Bruce brought the skeleton soldier. which he named “No. 1,” and walked into the distance.

When he saw a Level-9 skeleton, Bruce simply pondered on his command, and “No. 1” quickly flew towards the skeleton with his two-handed greatsword.

With one slash, the skull of the skeleton was chopped off by No. 1.

Then, it brought the Level-9 skeleton’s head back to Bruce’s side.

After taking the skull from No. 1, Bruce activated his [ devour ] talent again. After more than 30 seconds of the [ devour ] time, the Level-9 skeleton was enslaved by him and became his second subordinate.

However, this time, Bruce did not give the skeleton a name, nor did he put the head back on its body. Instead, he threw it on the ground.

He crushed it with one step!

After looking at his status panel and finding that there were no changes, Bruce asked No. 1 to collect the skeleton again and covered his much thicker bone palm on the skeleton.

[ devour ] talent activated!

There was no response.

After completing these two inexplicable actions, Bruce ordered No. 1 to attack again.

The target was still the skeleton.

This time, when he appeared in front of a skeleton, No. 1 did not hold back. He waved his two-handed greatsword and chopped the skeleton in front of him into pieces, turning it into a pile of bones.

Finally, two system notifications popped up on Bruce’s status panel.

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“Your servant, No. 1, has killed a strong skeleton!”

“You have received 22 experience points.”

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After repeating the above actions once more, Bruce ordered No. 1 to return to his side. He began to ponder.

Bruce was not randomly giving out these strange actions and commands.

He was testing the second function of his [ devour ] talent, as well as the effect it would bring to him.

“First, the skeletons that were enslaved by me will be killed. There won’t be any negative effects on me. Second, the skeletons that were enslaved by me will be killed again. They won’t bring me experience points, nor can they be absorbed by the [ devour ] talent. They will bring me attribute value gains. Third, when the enslaved skeletons kill the enemy, I will also receive a portion of experience points. However, the corpses of these enemies cannot be absorbed by the [ devour ] talent, so they will give me experience points. In that case…”

According to his original plan, after entering the inner layer of the boneyard, he would first kill Level 7 to Level 9 strong skeletons to increase his level and attributes. After these skeletons were completely useless to him, he would then start hunting skeleton soldiers and continue to increase his strength.

Bit by bit, he would increase his class from the basic class to the advanced class, which is the elite class!

This method of upgrading would be a long and arduous journey.

He knew he had to be very careful!

After all, this was a real world, and Bruce only had one life. Before he became truly powerful, steady growth was the true path!

After developing the second ability of his [ devour ] talent and obtaining the ability to enslave skeletons, he seemed to be able to use an even faster method to increase his strength!

He was going to enslave skeletons and create a skeleton army! It would be a chaotic world of the undead! The whole idea was just an illusion to Bruce, but was sure he could put together a skeleton army!