Chapter 27 - Necromancer (2/2)

In order to freely explore the Historical Sites all around the map, he needed to first break down the enemy’s morale somewhat.

Of course he couldn’t overdo it, else he risked ending the Canyon Battle prematurely. He would have to kill in moderation, earning just the right amount of skill points and coins.

Any monsters he would come across on the enemy’s hunting grounds would be a bonus as well.

‘By now I’m sure you’ve encountered the Elder Lizardman.’

Most of the people would skip the Blue Misty Forest entirely. It was easy to lose your way, and there would be a lot of infighting within your own faction.

It might have gone on even longer had it not been for the first wave of Ghost minions summoned from the Barracks.

It was one of the reasons why it was so important to always keep the Barracks going, churning out new troops.

‘I’ll need to kill those minions as well.’

The minions would move in a straight line to the opposing side’s Citadel. However because they were Ghosts, they wouldn’t get bogged down by swamps or lakes, and also not come under the attack of any monsters.

It would become problematic if either your Barracks wasn’t producing, or if your minions were being killed by the opposing faction.

Woohyuk made his way across the Valley of Kings, while his mind was elsewhere.

Since the minions from both sides would fight each other, there was an inherent balance so long as there wasn’t any external intervention.

Of course, the adventurers wouldn’t leave them alone though. The minions would drop items when killed, and so, after about a week the other side had come up with a devious plan.

An attempt to control the minion wave.

A strategy which involved slowly killing off the opponent’s minions, while reducing the casualties on your side. Eventually, a large wave of ghost minions would build up on your end, that you can use to invade deep into enemy territory.

For a level 1 Barracks, a typical wave consisted of 12 Ghost minions. It took them quite a while to arrive into the enemy’s territory and would be expected to engage with their opponents rather often.

Originally they would sustain similar casualties as their counterparts, so a balance existed, but if there was any external assistance, the difference between the two could grow significantly.

‘It had been chaos back then.’

They had felt safe due to the presence of minions, when suddenly enemy’s minions had started showing up on their side and in greater numbers. Invading their hunting spots.

There had even been some cases of them entering the Citadel and managing to inflict some casualties.

A complete failure in defending their borders.

This time around he had made his own preparations, not wanting to repeat any of his previous mistakes.

‘I’ll kill the guy who came up with this plan.’

It had been an ordinary adventurer that had suggested the strategy.

Before being summoned to this world, he had played a computer game that had been quite similar to the Canyon Battle, and so he knew many strategies that could be applied here to make their opponents' lives more difficult.

[Lee Shinwoo]

It wasn’t just once or twice that he had suffered due to that guy.

The strategy to make an early invasion into the opponent’s side had all been his doing. Since he was only a regular subordinate and not a leader, it would be rather easy to take him out.

Not to mention, that he had also taken the middle path, just like Woohyuk.

Suguk

Woohyuk raised his head , while splitting a Giant Scorpion that had jumped out of the sand in two.

It was still a long walk to the opposing side’s Stymphalion Lake, and he couldn’t use his Three Clawed Eagle here because of the many Gargoyle statues hidden across the entire Valley of Kings.

If his Eagle were to be caught and petrified by the Gargoyles while in midair, he would find himself in quite the pickle.

‘It would be nice to catch a Golden Goat.’

It wasn’t to the extent that he would dedicate a significant amount of time to track it down, but he would definitely capture it if it were to pass by.

A mount that was able to jump up and down cliffs with ease, despite carrying an adult on its back.

Not to mention that it was also considered as a rare cooking ingredient, and could be used to rope in Hans later on.

As Woohyuk was making his way across the map, a Goat’s bleat rang out.

‘What a good timing.’

He had to admit that he had quite the luck when it came to material gains, but was truly too unlucky when it came to the most important moments.

Not far away from him, an entire tribe of goats were climbing a rocky cliff.

‘I was truly amazed by the sight of them when I first saw them climb.’

Even back on Earth, mountain goats had been excellent climbers, just that he hadn’t been aware of it.

A very interesting animal.

Sometimes they might be hunted by large Desert Eagles that would push them down the cliff with their sharp claws, hunting them as prey.

Woohyuk waited patiently, because he wasn’t confident in catching them if he approached directly.

From here, he could tell that the goats seemed to be heading towards a certain oasis.

A place within the desert that had clear water, palm trees and plants.

He climbed the cliff using Jake’s Airwalker boots, carefully tracking their tribe.

In the Valley of Kings, there were many oases that it was easy to become lost if you only relied on them, so they couldn’t be used as landmarks for directions.

‘There were always incidents occurring around an Oasis. ’

All the Goats had ended up dying to this one instance of poisoned spring’s water.

It was also common to use an Oasis as a camp, due to the cover of the trees. Of course if this were to be discovered by the opposing faction, they would use fire attacks to take advantage of the situation.

‘I don’t have to worry about all that right now.’

Woohyuk was after all the first person to reach the Valley of Kings. The earliest any other adventurer might get here would be on day 7.

After arriving at the oasis, Woohyuk hid his presence as he approached the Golden Goats.

They were busy quenching their thirst, their heads down, slurping the spring water.

Grab

Woohyuk jumped onto the back of one of the Golden Goats, causing it to buck in surprise and cry out.

“Maaaeeee!”

None came to its aid however. The other goats were all frightened and cried out as they backed away. None of them had chosen to charge and attack with their imposing curled horns.

Stiish!

He smacked the Golden Goats rear with his leather whip, as Woohyuk grabbed its horns and did his best not to be thrown off.

Just like Logan had boasted, it was very much like a bucking bronco

The point was to defeat it in a battle of power, and then give it some food as a prize. The stick first, only then the carrot.

When the Golden Goat was finally exhausted and collapsed to the ground, Woohyuk stood up and brought a herb to its mouth.

It was the Golden Goats favorite food.

Catching sight of it, its eyes glimmered excitedly.

“Meeeee”

Its cry had changed to one that was rather obedient.

Woohyuk stroked the Golden Goat’s head, a text appeared before him.

[Land Mount: Successfully tamed a Golden Goat.]

[Earned a ‘Golden Horn’ as a reward for this Achievement.]

‘So this is the Golden Horn that Logan was always so proud of.

Staring at the horn on his palm, Woohyuk held a satisfied smile.

It was a musical instrument that doubled the Mana and Stamina Regeneration of any allies who heard it.

It was even decent enough for him to use when he was solo.

Woohyuk blew the horn, and the other goats approached as if they’d been possessed.