Chapter 162: Reorganized Undead Army
"Sir, the equipment has been transported. Cain is currently identifying the incoming supplies. We should have results soon."
Upon returning from Aridowei, Luna immediately reported the city's situation to Gu Xi.
"Alright, thank you for your hard work."
As Gu Xi spoke, he was also busy with his hands.
At this moment, Gu Xi was classifying the skeleton soldiers with the help of several skeleton leaders.
The leaders of the Bone Cutting Camp and the two combat squads had their own criteria for assessing excellent soldiers.
Based on their analysis, it was clear which positions the 876 skeleton soldiers were suited for.
Although these skeleton soldiers weren't yet assigned to a team, the greatest trait of the undead was obedience. Gu Xi planned to have these skeleton soldiers follow the leaders into battle, just like the skeleton archers.
This way, in the next battle, the situation wouldn't be as chaotic as the last one.
Seeing this, Luna stepped forward to help.
She also talked to Gu Xi about some battlefield cleanup matters.
Gu Xi listened carefully, fully aware that the current situation was no joke, and he needed to be well-informed about certain things.
As Luna was speaking to Gu Xi, a few gargoyles suddenly flew down from the city gate tower.
Luna glanced at the gargoyles, about to say something, but Gu Xi stopped her.
"I arranged for them to monitor the battlefield outside. If there's any movement, they'll come and notify me immediately. It looks like enemies have arrived."
Gu Xi turned his head to look beside him. The evil coffin was still shrouded in a black mist and temporarily unusable.
However, the skeleton soldiers had been assigned positions and were now completing their final organization.
Once the enemy appeared, they could deploy at any time.
The manageable troops filled Gu Xi with confidence.
"I'll go up and take a look."
As he spoke, Gu Xi climbed up the city gate tower and looked towards the previous battlefield.
At the battlefield, many corpses were still scattered around, mostly red-skinned dry corpses, with some from defeated skeletons.
While cleaning the battlefield, Gu Xi only considered what could be used. These corpses couldn't be used for corpse explosion materials, and Gu Xi didn't have enough mana to summon them, so he simply piled them together and left them there.
But Gu Xi didn't expect that these corpses, piled together, were affected by the undead disaster magic circle and started to rise from the ground.
Only about half of the corpses rose, but whether they rose or not, the remaining corpses quickly decayed under a mysterious force, turning into black water that seeped into the ground, disappearing from the battlefield.
Of the corpses that rose, more than eighty percent turned into skeletons, some became zombies and ghouls, and a small portion became ghosts floating in the air.
As they rose, they all stood still, as if waiting for some command.
Seeing this from the city gate tower, Gu Xi was suddenly struck by an idea.
Could this also be an effect of the undead disaster magic circle?
Could slain corpses be immediately transformed into new undead to join the battle?
No wonder Liuzi mentioned at the beginning not to use corpse explosion.
It seemed the enemy's corpses were also part of the undead disaster magic circle's materials.
However, Gu Xi had dragged the battlefield outside the magic circle. After cleaning up, he hadn't dragged the corpses back, weakening the undead disaster ritual's influence until now, when it completed the transformation of these corpses.
Now, these undead were waiting for Gu Xi's orders.
Since Gu Xi hadn't provided the resurrection mana, he could only command them, not own them.
This couldn't be changed.
But having an additional fifteen hundred soldiers gave Gu Xi new hope.
"Luna, call all the undead outside. Deploy the organized troops. Our chances of winning this battle have increased."
Seeing Gu Xi's excitement, Luna, although unsure of what happened, floated outside.
At this moment, another gargoyle flew over from a distance, landing on the city gate tower, gesturing to convey a message to Gu Xi.
"What? New enemies have appeared, and there are many of them?"
Gu Xi deciphered many things from the gargoyle's gestures, and seeing Luna about to leave, he shouted loudly.
"Luna, lead the troops out. The enemy is here. Prepare for battle."
Just about to float out of the undead disaster magic circle, Luna decisively signaled a few undead leaders.
The newly assigned undead followed the leaders outside, with unassigned ordinary skeletons behind them.
Before reaching level 3, their role was cannon fodder.
After Luna set out, Gu Xi's attention turned to the evil coffin shrouded in black aura, unsure when its evolution would complete.
For now, it couldn't be used.
Helplessly, Gu Xi summoned his skeletal warhorse, holding the Cold Wind Staff, and hurried to the edge of the undead disaster magic circle.
At this moment, Luna had already made contact with the undead that had just risen from the corpses.
Upon contact, these undead came under Luna's control.
With Luna's command, they would act swiftly.
Under Luna's influence, these undead quickly integrated into Gu Xi's undead army.
However, being freshly summoned and not affected by the undead disaster magic circle, regardless of their types, their levels were all zero.
They were clearly inferior to those risen within the magic circle.
Now, these fifteen hundred undead were truly cannon fodder.
Then the two thousand one hundred skeletons were the second-tier troops, followed by the level 3 skeleton soldiers and Gu Xi's main force.
This arrangement allowed Gu Xi to control the entire battle easily. He planned to move the battlefield back a bit.
The undead disaster ritual's effect was excellent, and it would be a waste not to use it fully.
Only by making good use of the undead disaster magic circle could Gu Xi survive the upcoming battles.
As Luna organized the troops, the enemies mentioned by the gargoyle appeared.
This time, the enemy numbers were not just three to five thousand but an endless army.
Seeing the enemies emerging from the darkness, Gu Xi tightened his grip on the Cold Wind Staff.
"Prepare for battle!"