——System prompt: You have understood that two Little Demon Miners are willing to follow you. Do you accept?
Chun was bewildered! Could he actually recruit underlings? These wild creatures are not only uncommon but also intelligent?
Hearing roars getting closer, Chun didn't think much and accepted!
——System prompt: Congratulations! You now have your own minion army. You have unlocked the team legion attribute: Commanding Power! Your current Commanding Power is 0.
Commanding Power: Enhances the overall state of team and legion members.
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Holy Shit, activated the attributes on the Legion Order!
Commanding Power is a very mysterious attribute, randomly boosting a team member's attribute with random and relatively low values. It's like a team BUff without the need for casting and cannot be dispelled. The higher the total Commanding Power in the team, the better the overall effect. It's rumored that at certain high levels, you can comprehend an Aura, above that is Domain, and above that is Divine. So Commanding Power is essentially a Divine Attribute! And Paladins naturally have Aura skills, so Commanding Power is destined for them...
At this moment, the two little ones also let go of the pickaxes. Chun had one pickaxe in each hand!
——System prompt: Congratulations! Your Master-Level Mining Pickaxe Mastery has successfully comprehended the Basic Combat Skill "Mining Pickaxe Disarmament" Level 1, which allows you to snatch the enemy's Mining Pickaxe for yourself. Achievement rewards gained: Life +1, Physical Strength +1, Carrying Capacity +1, Blocking Rate +1%.
——System prompt: Congratulations! Your Master-Level Mining Pickaxe Mastery has successfully comprehended the Combat Production Skill "Dual-Wielding Pickaxes", enabling simultaneous use of two Mining Pickaxes for mining and combat. You have received achievement rewards: Life +1, Physical Strength +1, Carrying Capacity +1, Hit Rate +1%.
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Holy Shit, this enlightenment is overwhelming! Dual-Wielding is also a Warrior Skill! Never heard of a miner being able to wield two pickaxes for mining! So this is a Master, achieving Master-Level breakthroughs increases various possibilities, becoming simpler the higher you go, step by step refreshing my shallow understanding from the beta test!
In the next moment, the Little Demons squeaked in alarm – System prompt: You understood the Little Demon's warning of danger.
Then quickly run! It seems they can only follow and run to the mine pit.
But the two little ones are also out of stamina, so let them drag the pickaxes and run along. But Chun also didn't have much stamina, couldn't drag them away, so he had to return the pickaxes to them and let them run on their own.
Once the two little ones took back the pickaxes, they immediately rolled and crawled towards the mine pit. Chun suddenly felt something was amiss.
——System prompt: Regrettably! Your two minions have betrayed you.
Whoa… Holy Shit! I haven't even been the boss for a few seconds!
Chun also ran back to the mine pit, just to see that group of Little Demons digging with excited fervor, no longer looking up at him. He got it, the Supervisor is here! Chun roughly understood why those two knelt, probably losing pickaxes is a capital offense.
Well, now that he doesn't even know what this place is for, there's no need to care about the defection of those two little ones. Just understanding a few skills is already a huge profit. The normal Little Demons not attacking him doesn't mean the Supervisor won't, if he gets captured for mining it would be disastrous.
So the only option is to escape through another entrance passage, find a hidden corner to sit down, eat dry rations to recover Physical Strength and clear hunger. Chun was afraid these Little Demons in the tunnel would come rushing for the rations. And then he realized the rations weren't much, since he had already consumed some while AFK in the water pit.
Soon, from the mine pit came the growls of a giant beast, whip-cracking sounds like thunder, and the screams of Little Demons.
Probably delayed from mining to chase him, so they still got beaten, too brutal!
But this also made Chun suddenly alert: if delaying mining and losing pickaxes results in punishment, will the Supervisor hunt me down for killing a few miners or recruiting two underlings?
In any case, first, I need to figure out what's being trialed in this "Abyssal Trial Ground Level 1". The lack of mission goal prompts is indeed the true hidden task. Also needs to find food; with so many Little Demons, there must be a cafeteria or something. As long as the food is sufficient, I can stay here and max out my skills…