Azeroth: Starting with Eagle Eye in the Necropolis

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Chapter 30 Skeleton Transformation Field, a large number of murlocs?

After temporarily getting rid of Uther, Rhodes finally breathed a sigh of relief. How much that old man wanted to bring him into the ranks of paladins!

When I learn to be a warlock, druid, or mage in the future, I guess those warlocks and druids will go crazy like this too!

I need to be careful about this in the future. When learning magic, I can't act too strangely, or I might scare people!

During the past few days of travel, Rhodes also built five buildings. First, he built the graveyard that could produce zombies and the tomb that could produce ghosts. Now his Muyuan City can produce three types of troops.

In addition, a spirit tower was built, which can increase the number of necromancy spells by 10%, and the number of resurrected characters after the battle has now become 20%.

On the fourth day, Rhodes chose to build a tomb, which would increase the weekly production of skeletons by 6.

On the 5th day, Rhodes chose to build the Skeleton Conversion Field. The construction units of these three buildings all cost 1000 units of gold, which is very cost-effective.

The Skeleton Conversion Field is a special building belonging to the Necropolis faction. It can transform any creature into a skeleton soldier. If it is a dragon or a hydra, it can be directly transformed into the strongest level 6 soldier, the Bone Dragon.

This building is very important in the game because it can transform useless zombies into useful skeletons, or you can bring back some useless units from non-graveyard nests that you occupy in the wild and turn them into skeletons.

After completing the building, Rhodes couldn't wait to get used to his skeleton transformation effect. In the game, this building can only transform the units you have recruited.

However, according to the game's design, the Skeleton Conversion Field can convert the corpses of your captured soldiers or other units.

That evening, while everyone was camping, Rod finally found an opportunity; there was a large stream next to their campsite.

Rhodes looked thoughtfully at the fully armed Lordaeron soldiers who were going to fetch water with their weapons in hand.

As is widely known, wherever there is water in the world of Azeroth, there will be murlocs.

As soon as you get close to the water, these numerous, screaming monsters, only a few dozen centimeters tall, will charge at you.

So when fetching water in some areas, you have to be fully armed and extremely careful, otherwise these howling little monsters might pounce on you and tear you to pieces in an instant.

Although fishmen are a low-level creature, what's amazing is that some of the older ones can use shamanic magic, such as releasing bolts of lightning, which gives humans a real headache.

Humans have organized large-scale extermination efforts against these harmful creatures, but each large-scale cleanup only lasts for a month or two.

Then a large number of fish eggs will hatch into murlocs again. In addition, the Alliance has been engaged in wars against foreign powers for the past ten years or so, either resisting the orc invasion or the undead Scourge.

Therefore, large numbers of fishermen frequently appear in some of the large streams near Lordaeron.

At this moment, Rhodes had a bold idea: to secretly kill a few murlocs and throw them into the Skeleton Conversion Field, or to capture a few murlocs alive and throw them into the Skeleton Conversion Field.

Let's see if we can convert them into skeletons. If we can, we'll make a fortune. In the world of Azeroth, murlocs are produced in enormous quantities, just like fish in a lake.

These little guys can reach sexual maturity in a year and then reproduce. You can raise them like livestock as long as you have a large pond.

Of course, you also need to have some skill yourself, otherwise a Murloc Shaman might come over and give you a Chain Lightning, and you'll be dead.

"What's wrong, Rhodes? What are you thinking about?" Jaina asked, noticing that Rhodes seemed distracted.

"Jaina, I just learned some Holy Light magic, and I'm feeling a bit bored. I want to go for a walk." Rhodes planned to find an excuse to leave the camp and go to the lake to catch fishmen.

"Rhodes, you want to invite me to walk with you, right?" The female mage's face immediately revealed a playful smile.

Many men try to use this trick to ask you out, for example, to go for a walk or enjoy the scenery.

This is a dating tactic used by young men and women, and one of the most frequent users of this tactic is a certain thousand-year-old prince of Dalaran.

But please, a thousand-year-old man is trying to woo a 20-year-old human girl? Are you kidding me?

To be honest, Prince Kael'thas is indeed very handsome, but when Jaina thought about his age, she instantly lost interest, and at that moment she was thinking about Arthas.

Now Rhodes also wants to invite me, and he is also an excellent mage. Should I accept or not?

Just as the female mage was struggling with her decision, Rhodes' answer took her completely by surprise.

“You misunderstood Jaina. I meant I wanted to wander around by myself.” Rhodes smiled at Jaina, then stood up, turned, and left, leaving the bewildered female mage behind.

What's going on? This is completely different from what I expected! Wasn't he planning to invite me?

“Rhodes, I can come with you. I’d also like to take a walk around the area,” Jaina tentatively called out.

"No need, I prefer to walk alone." Rod's voice came from afar.

“…” Jaina touched her fair face, and even took out a mirror to look at herself. Had she been too busy these past few days, causing her to look a little unwell and her charm to decline significantly?

Sitting to the side, Uther shook his head helplessly. Arthas, you idiot! Your childhood sweetheart mage might just fall for someone else!

King Terenas and Admiral Daelin were both eager to bring the two together, as a marriage between Lordaeron and Kul Tiras would be beneficial to both countries.

Fortunately, this kid named Rhodes was also a blockhead, and Jaina treated Rhodes very well along the way.

But Rhodes barely paid any attention to her, which was really outrageous. If he were ten years younger, he would definitely have pursued Jaina.

Rhodes deliberately walked along the lake and then, sure enough, heard a series of strange howls. A dozen or so fishmen, only a few dozen centimeters tall and holding rotten fish bones or wooden sticks, rushed out.

These vicious little creatures pounced on Rhodes as soon as they saw him, seemingly wanting to tear him to pieces.

A smile appeared on Rhodes' lips, and the ground beneath him instantly emitted a golden light as he cast Consecration. To deal with such low-level creatures, a single area-of-effect Holy Light spell would suffice.

In just a moment, the merman who was close to Rhodes was lying on the ground.

Chapter 31 Unequal Skeleton Soldier Conversion, Medical Tent

The murlocs at the forefront, the moment they stepped into the aura's range, let out a shrill, distorted scream, as if they had been doused with boiling oil.

Their slippery skin emitted bluish smoke, their bodies convulsed violently, and they almost instantly lost their life, collapsing limply on the golden ground.

The fishmen who followed were also burned, and they retreated in terror, screaming and huddling together, their bulging eyes filled with primal fear.

These not-so-bright little guys finally realized they'd fallen into a trap, but it was too late.

The Holy Light spell that deals area damage is quite powerful, and after a short while, Rhodes had collected dozens of murloc corpses.

Rhodes dropped them directly into the cemetery city and then conducted another fishing operation.

He strolled around the other side of the stream, skipped stones across the water, and once again attracted dozens of fishermen.

Rhodes used the same tactic once again, but this time, when the murlocs were about to die, Rhodes chose to capture them alive.

In just a short while, Rhodes had captured over a hundred mermen, half of whom were dead and half alive.

After completing these tasks, Rhode headed towards the camp, and while he was at it, he opened the Skeleton Conversion Field in the system space and threw all the merman corpses into it.

Then the conversion was selected, and the dozen or so murloc corpses emitted a burst of light and then transformed into skeleton soldiers, which were normal skeleton soldiers.

But the problem is that the quantity is a bit off. I put in more than 50 murloc corpses, and only one skeleton soldier was generated.

This is really ridiculous. Did they put too much in at once? Now we need to see how efficient the conversion is.

This time, Rhodes selected 10 unconscious murlocs and put them in, then clicked to convert them into skeletons, but it prompted that there were not enough living creatures to be sacrificed to convert them into skeletons.

So Rhodes started adding 10, then 20 wasn't enough, and it wasn't until the 50th that he had enough to convert into a skeleton soldier.

The conversion efficiency is just okay, not too expensive, considering it's the lowest level skeleton soldier, Rhodes isn't asking for much.

Converting 50 murlocs into one skeleton soldier is quite cost-effective, considering the murlocs' vitality.

Fifty merfolk are equivalent to the life force of an average adult male, which is somewhat similar to the resurrection through necromancy; only when the number and life force are equal can a skeleton be summoned.

If you have enough numbers, you also need enough vitality, otherwise you can't be converted into skeletons, just like the mechanics in the game.

Anything you put in will turn into a skeleton. Even if you put a skeleton warrior in, it will only turn into a skeleton soldier.

That's not bad, considering that Azeroth is full of murlocs. With a little time, Rhodes could easily assemble an army of skeletons.

Since murlocs can be transformed into skeletons, then shouldn't gnolls, kobolds, trolls, goblins, and even orcs also be able to be transformed into skeletons?

No, we can't target intelligent races. Murlocs, kobolds, gnolls, and ogres are the main targets.

In the future, Rhodes could issue a long-term adventurer quest, allowing adventurers to clean up murlocs, kobolds, and gnolls throughout Azeroth, and then reward them with some gold coins to recycle the corpses. This would both rid the local residents of pests and increase his own skeleton army.

We also need to find some dragon corpses to see if we can transform them into bone dragons. There are quite a few dragon creatures in Azeroth, besides the five chromatic dragons.

Those proto-dragons of Azeroth, as well as void dragons, twilight dragons, and the like, are all considered dragons. The Skeleton Transformation Field, this special building, offers a lot of room for maneuver.

When Rhodes returned to the camp, he found that everyone else had already started eating dinner. Jaina handed Rhodes a bowl of wild vegetable soup and a piece of toast.

"Thank you, Jaina." Rhodes nodded, took his food, and began to eat.

"Don't mention it, where did you go for a walk?" the female mage asked with great curiosity.

"I was planning to take a walk around the area when I was attacked by a group of blind fishmen."

"I'll just use the Holy Light spells I just learned to clear them out, and then I'll come back since I'm not really in the mood to wander around anymore," Rhodes said.

“Murlocs! Oh, then you’d better be careful. These guys are everywhere, and they’re incredibly vicious. They often attack innocent civilians,” Jaina nodded and said.

As a princess of Kul Tiras, she grew up in a place surrounded by the sea, so she often saw murlocs. No human has any affection for these creatures, only disgust.

How wonderful it would be if there were no fish-men in this world!

Rhodes smiled and started chatting with the female mage. The two chatted casually for a while, when suddenly several soldiers who had gone out to fetch water returned carrying a seriously wounded soldier.

The wounded soldier was seriously injured; his chest armor was shattered, his legs were badly injured, and he had even lost a leg. Upon seeing this, Uther immediately frowned, walked over, and cast a Holy Light spell on the soldier to stop the bleeding. However, the severed leg could not be restored. The Holy Light spell had strong healing abilities, but it could not regenerate severed limbs.

Otherwise, Alexandros's arm, damaged by shadow magic, wouldn't have taken so long to heal.

"What happened? Soldiers, why were you attacked?" Uther asked.

"Lord Uther, we went to the river to fetch water. Everything was fine at first, but then something happened."

The surrounding merfolk began to riot. Hundreds of merfolk pounced on us, and Kalis accidentally had his leg chopped off by one of them,” a soldier said.

Uther nodded in agreement. Encountering a large-scale attack by fishermen by the creek wasn't anything unusual; it was just that this guy was a bit unlucky.

Rhodes also came over. The murloc riot must have been caused by him capturing hundreds of murlocs, right? This kid is really unlucky!

After completing the Necropolis Clan's blacksmith shop, Rhodes also purchased a medical tent worth 750 units of gold from it.

Medical tents can restore the health of your troops during combat, but cannot revive them.

As for restoring the target's health, it's completely random, but it's at least 1-25 points.

However, Rhodes has not yet tested its effectiveness in a non-combat state; in reality, a severely wounded unit is needed for testing.

“Lord Uther, I have a special magical item that can heal this wounded soldier and help him repair his broken leg,” Rhodes said.

I was just about to test my medical tent when a seriously injured person arrived.

In theory, medical tents can regenerate severed limbs, which falls within the scope of treatment.

"A special magical item? It can repair his broken leg!"