Chapter 31: Insufficient Manpower

Current Mission Progress: 93,728 / 1,000,000

Mission Remaining Time: 31 hours and 21 minutes.

York’s pupils constricted when he saw the mission progress.

His plan was successful, and his subordinates followed his orders loyally.

However, more than one-fourth of the time had passed, but the mission progress was not even one tenth of that.

York felt annoyed. He knew that it was not because of his plan or because his subordinates had not worked hard enough.

The reason why he could not complete the mission was purely because it was impossible.

It was just like how a carriage driver could not catch up to a car no matter how hard he tried.

Most of the time, when something seemed impossible, it was true.

The difficulty of this mission exceeded York’s imagination. If this continued, no matter how hard York and his minions worked, they would not be able to complete the mission.

“This can’t go on.”

Realizing the seriousness of the matter, York knew that he had to change, or all his efforts would be in vain.

After thinking it through, York looked deep into the boneyard.

There was only one choice before him if he wanted to complete the mission.

That was to enter deeper into the boneyard.

Only by continuing to challenge higher-level monsters and increasing the benefits gained from harvesting a single soul could the mission be completed.

In doing this, he would have to face higher risks.

Without hesitation, York led the minions forward.

Time was tight. He had to seize every second to advance the mission as efficiently as possible.

…

Boom!

Flames exploded as more than ten Skeleton Knights ran.

Behind them, rolling black waves and thick smoke were attacking them.

There seemed to be ghosts crying and wolves howling inside. Hundreds of terrifying figures in black clothes could be seen floating in the black fog.

Looking closer, the interior of these black clothes was actually empty, only some strange fog lingering.

York stood a hundred meters away, watching the gray fog figure gradually attack him.

[Evil Spirit]

[Race]: Undead

[Level]: 45

[Status]: Health Points 1300, Magic Power 1500

[Attributes]: Constitution 105, Strength 101, Intelligence 132, Agility 128

[Skills]: Withering Entanglement, Evil Energy Explosion, Fog Invasion.

After entering the depths of the boneyard, the monsters’ strength indeed increased.

To his surprise, there were more monsters in the vicinity.

To the current York, what he lacked the most was time.

He even hoped that all the monsters in the fourth level of the catacombs would attack him so that he could kill them one by one.

“Your minion [No. 38] has been killed.”

In a short time, a second message appeared.

“Your minion [No. 21] has been killed.”

It was normal for minions to die.

As the enemies became stronger, the frequency of minions dying increased greatly.

This was inevitable, but fortunately, the death of the minions did not cause any loss to York.

Seizing the opportunity, York shot a fireball when the Skeleton Knight was within a hundred meters of him.

The huge fireball exploded in the gray fog, but after the dust settled, the Evil Spirit in the gray fog was almost unscathed.

York was not too surprised.

From the experience of his previous life, such Evil Spirits would be protected in the gray fog. It was difficult for attacks from outside the gray fog to harm them.

This was also why such Evil Spirits liked to act in groups. By gathering more Evil Spirits, the gray fog that was released could create a domain that was most beneficial to them.

But the same strategy was simple.

It was to rush into the gray fog and fight the Evil Spirits head-on.

When the Evil Spirits came closer, York roared and led the Headless Horseman and the undead who had been hiding outside to kill.

With his huge sword in hand, York led the way.

Cold sword energy gathered as the Ghost Slash was used, instantly killing an Evil Spirit.

After reaching Level 20 and obtaining the equipment, York’s strength had increased to a terrifying level.

Ordinary Level 40 monsters were no match for York.

He did not need a minion to help him destroy the monster. He did this purely to save time.

However, the attributes of the Evil Spirits were higher than that of the skeleton army under York.

In order to reduce the losses, he had to do his best.

The Evil Spirits who were happily chasing the Skeleton Knight were stunned.

The sudden appearance of the skeleton army caught them off guard.

Moreover, it was in a close combat domain that they were very bad at. Under the situation of being attacked from both sides, they were quickly wiped out.

“You killed an Evil Spirit.”

“You have received 1,500 experience points.”

“Your minion, Bolvar, has killed an Evil Spirit.”

“You have received 800 experience points.”

…

The battle quickly ended.

After losing 24 Skeleton Swordsmen, 18 Skeleton Knights, and several zombie monsters, York emerged victorious.

The losses were huge. Less than half of the undead army that York had subdued in the beginning was left.

At the same time, the result was very pleasant. They had killed more than a hundred Evil Spirits. In this situation, which was equivalent to fighting above their level, this loss was already considered small.

However, the continuous consumption of minions also posed a problem.

York’s manpower was running low..