Responding to it were three Wolf Cavalrymen who had quickly closed the distance, their sabers hacking into its body.
All three Wolf Cavalrymen simultaneously used their combat skill, Saber Slash!
Three silver-white arc-shaped blade lights appeared, striking directly onto the back of the Mutant Ghoul.
Three instances of damage, boosted by a 1.5x multiplier, instantly appeared above its head.
【-85】
【-85】
【-85】
This dealt a massive 255 points of damage, and that was only because the Mutant Ghoul possessed 10 points of armor.
Otherwise, these three strikes would have been enough to kill the Mutant Ghoul instantly.
Now, the Mutant Ghoul had only a sliver of health left.
"Let me land the finishing blow!"
Zong Shen shouted, stopping Tie Zhu, who was about to launch an attack from the shadows.
Just kidding—if he landed the finishing blow, he would get half the experience, and the soldiers who participated in the battle would split the other half.
He stepped forward quickly and slashed out with his sword!
【-36】
The Mutant Ghoul's health bar was completely emptied.
It transformed into several clusters of light that hovered in place.
Among them, there was actually a blue light.
Besides that, there was also a man covered in mucus, lying there on the verge of death.
This guy must have been swallowed whole by the Mutant Ghoul just moments ago.
That explained why the Mutant Ghoul's stomach had been so bloated.
Now that the Mutant Ghoul had been eliminated by Zong Shen, this lucky fellow was saved as a result.
【Killed lv16 Mutant Ghoul】
【Obtained 880 experience points】
【Obtained Mutant Ghoul's Fang ×10】
【Obtained Complete Green Soul ×1】
【Obtained Ghoul Ring (Blue) ×1】
【Obtained Cellar Construction Blueprint ×1】
【Runic Iron Gate Key ×1】
Five white lights flashed simultaneously.
Tie Zhu, Zong Shen, the three Wolf Cavalrymen, and the giant wolves they rode all leveled up.
The Wolf Cavalrymen reached lv11, Tie Zhu reached lv5, and Zong Shen himself reached lv6, just a little over halfway to lv7.
Zong Shen took a quick look; Tie Zhu had added his attribute points to Agility, while the Wolf Cavalrymen had all added theirs to Strength.
Their strength had all improved slightly.
As long as they engaged in long-term combat, soldiers could also achieve continuous improvements in strength through leveling up and changing equipment.
Next, Zong Shen turned his attention to the equipment.
There was actually a piece of blue equipment.
This was the first time he had dropped one.
The other items could wait; the equipment needed to be checked first.
【Ghoul Ring (Blue)】
【Quality: Excellent】
【Effect: Strength +3, Agility +3, Health +50】
【Skill: Summon Ghoul lv10 (Summon 2 ordinary lv10 Ghouls to fight for you, duration 10m, cooldown 8h)】
(Congratulations, blue quality, excellent grade—you deserve it.)
Zong Shen put the ring on his finger immediately.
After equipping it, his Strength became 21 points.
His Agility became 11 points.
His Health also soared to 253 points.
His attributes had received a significant boost.
It was worthy of being blue-quality equipment.
It seemed to be a grade better than green quality, but not as precious as purple quality.
So far, Zong Shen had discovered six grades.
Damaged (Gray), Ordinary (White), Fine (Green), Excellent (Blue), Rare (Purple), Legendary (Orange).
There was already a preliminary quality hierarchy here.
As for whether there were better qualities beyond Legendary, that would require Zong Shen's continuous exploration.
Zong Shen put away the other rewards as usual.
He turned his gaze toward the man wrapped in the mass of mucus.
He was wearing a mage robe with flame runes and held a short staff in his hand, which featured a fiery red gemstone that looked quite valuable.
Zong Shen wondered if he should strip this guy's equipment first.
【Dying Fire Mage: Favis】
【Aptitude: Excellent】
【Level: lv10】
【Attributes: (Click to expand)】
【Satiety: 80】
【Loyalty: 0 (Original master is dead, ownerless state)】
【Occupies 2 points of Command】
【(Click to save and recruit)】
It seemed this guy must have been a soldier of that unlucky lord from earlier.
He was a fire mage.
Unfortunately, he had been swallowed by the Mutant Ghoul.
Without powerful soldiers, that unlucky lord naturally couldn't be a match for the Mutant Ghoul and was quickly finished off by it.
An average lord would find it difficult to achieve the kind of personal strength Zong Shen had.
As of now, Zong Shen's combat strength was approaching that of a Wolf Cavalryman without a mount.
This had a lot to do with starting out on a Strength-based build.
In that case, he could recruit this dying mage.
Zong Shen pondered for a moment, then expanded the attributes.
【Fire Mage: Favis】
【Strength: 13】
【Agility: 12】
【Intelligence: 30】
【Charisma: 9】
【Health: 13/285】
【Mana: 27/385】
【Magic Damage: 46～49】
【Blunt Damage: 18～21】
【Head Armor: 0】
【Upper Body Armor: 19】
【Lower Body Armor: 9】
【Magic Resistance: 9】
【Skills: Fire Rain (Chant time 10s, summon 10 waves of fire rain to attack a designated area, each wave deals a fixed 80 points of magic damage and 8 points of burn damage, consumes 100 mana, cooldown 30m), Magic Amplification (Mana recovery speed increased by 20%), Small Fireball (Chant time 2s, consumes 20 mana, fires a small fireball, dealing 1.2x magic damage and a burn effect for 3 seconds, dealing 0.1x magic damage per second), Explosive Fireball (Chant time 5s, consumes 50 mana, fires an explosive fireball, dealing 1.5x magic damage and 1.5x explosion damage, plus a burn effect for 3 seconds)】
Very strong; this output was simply off the charts.
Especially the Explosive Fireball.
Magic damage + explosion damage + burn damage.
In terms of skill output, this guy was even stronger than Tasia.
This was also a characteristic of fire mages.
Fire-type magic possessed extremely high lethality.
Among all mages, they could rank in the top three.
He had gotten a bargain.
Facing such a powerful fire mage, Zong Shen naturally had no reason to refuse.
He decisively chose to save and recruit.
【Please restore Favis's health to above 50 first】
"Boys, lift him up."
Zong Shen called out.
The next moment, several burly men gathered around...
Then, Zong Shen took out a wooden bucket containing about 80ml of Moonwell Water.
This was the Moonwell Water Zong Shen had taken out to trade that morning; exactly 80ml remained, so he had brought it out as a backup.
Zong Shen had Colby pry open the fire mage's mouth and poured half of the Moonwell Water directly in.
"Cough, cough..."
After a light cough from choking on the water, Favis slowly woke up.
However, his expression was still somewhat dazed.
"Did you save me?"
"Where is my lord?"
Zong Shen leaned in front of him.
He hadn't expected him to be such a handsome guy with blonde hair and blue eyes.
However, the smell on his body was truly hard to compliment.
Those globs of mucus emitted a pungent, rotten, and sour odor.
Zong Shen looked at him and revealed a smile.
"Brave mage, it was I who saved you..."
(End of chapter)