Chapter 122: Quartermaster
Sitting on the coffin lid, Gu Xi held a lotus leaf and ate the sticky rice inside. Although it looked unappetizing, the taste was actually acceptable.
At least there was nothing in the taste that Gu Xi couldn't stomach.
At the same time, Gu Xi could clearly feel his body heating up as he ate the rice, as if a special power was repairing his previous injuries.
Especially his stomach, which had suffered some damage due to prolonged hunger before he got the job. Even though he hadn't felt it much, his stomach was indeed somewhat damaged.
After eating this rice, he felt a warm sensation in his stomach.
This made Gu Xi quite satisfied and captured most of his attention. When the evil coffin stopped, Gu Xi realized he had unknowingly finished all the food.
"Comrade, come quickly. I've already explained the situation to the quartermaster, and he agreed to make an exception and count your achievements on the way here as part of your battle record."
Gu Xi looked up and saw a man in his forties smiling at him.
This man had dark skin, but for some reason, he had a certain affability. When he smiled, Gu Xi also felt like smiling.
"Hello, my name is Gu Xi, I'm from the transport unit."
"I know. The commander mobilized three thousand elite troops from the underground area of the city to deal with the war, and the city lord extorted five thousand replacements. You're the one who transported these troops, right?"
Gu Xi didn't expect there to be such a backstory behind transporting troops.
For a moment, he didn't know how to respond.
The man patted Gu Xi on the shoulder. "You don't know how much you've helped us by transporting those troops. If you had been any later, we wouldn't have known what to do.
Come, tell me about your journey. Did you encounter many interception troops along the way?"
"Yes, it was fine when I first set out, but the closer I got to the Scatter Immortal Garden, the stronger the interceptions became. Especially on the outer plains, the interception forces were ridiculously strong. I almost couldn't make it through."
"Really? Then what kind of enemies did you kill along the way? Can you tell me?"
Talking about this, Gu Xi immediately perked up. He quickly took out the white baboon skins left by the ghost leaders he killed along the way and began to explain to the man.
The man listened attentively, occasionally interjecting.
Unconsciously, Gu Xi told him everything that had happened along the way.
When all the white baboon skins were laid out on the table, Gu Xi felt something was off.
What had just happened? How did he end up telling everything?
Seeing Gu Xi's confused expression, the man smiled slightly. The reason he could sit in the quartermaster's position was due to his affability.
After all, who would have thought that a death knight's greatest talent and path would be in leadership, diplomacy, recruitment, and finance?
The affability he displayed was just a manifestation of his diplomatic skills reaching a certain level.
It wasn't hard for him to get Gu Xi to talk so much. It was just some conversation skills guiding him.
Unconsciously, Gu Xi saw him as a friend and spoke more.
Of course, since Gu Xi saw him as a friend, he would naturally treat Gu Xi as a friend too.
"Brother Gu Xi, I'll take care of what you need this time. No matter what, you have made contributions by breaking through the siege and delivering what Scatter Immortal Garden needs.
Even if other places don't recognize it, I definitely do.
For each baboon skin, I'll count one battle merit for you. You brought back two skins, and you said you killed one along the way but didn't have a skin, so I'll count that as half a battle merit.
You also killed several similar leaders in the recent battle. I'll count one battle merit for each baboon skin.
You said the headless knight was directly blown up, so I'll count that as half a battle merit.
Altogether, I'll count six battle merits for you.
Since you're a necromancer, I won't recommend anything else. The most crucial thing for a necromancer is their undead army. With six battle merits, I'll exchange for the most useful thing for you, six leader-level undead.
Tell me what kind of soldiers you need. I can find corresponding leaders.
Even if I don't have them, see this skill? Special skill, Death Edict, near-god level skill.
Tell me what you want. Even if I don't have it, I can transform it on the spot."
[Death Edict: All neutral creatures that surrender and join the necromancer's army will automatically transform into corresponding undead creatures according to their rank and upgrade status.]
Seeing the man's smug look, Gu Xi weakly asked, "Does a bone dragon count?"
The man stared at Gu Xi, blinking with an expression of 'Are you joking?'
A bone dragon leader? Do you have a dragon tomb at home?
Even with the Death Edict special skill, he didn't dare to appear directly in front of a dragon.
Not to mention going to persuade a dragon to surrender and then transform it into a bone dragon.
"Go, go, go, don't joke around. A bone dragon leader? Even I want one. We don't have that. We have basic undead leaders, and we can also get advanced undead leaders, but we don't have the top three types, let alone a bone dragon.
If you had a bone dragon, a necromancer could directly rush to level 10. Why would you still be struggling here?"
"Then I don't have any special requirements."
Gu Xi shook his head.
This stumped the man.
"No, I can't let my bragging be slapped in the face. I must have something useful for you. Wait here."
After speaking, the man pressed Gu Xi into a chair and ran out.
The man's actions left Gu Xi bewildered. He turned to look at Du Wushuang, who was equally confused. "Is he always like this?"
"No, he was probably provoked by you. After all, you're the only one who directly asked for a bone dragon leader right off the bat."
"That was just a fluke. But I do need a bone dragon leader. Other leaders don't mean much to me."
While talking, the man came back with a few special-looking undead following him.
"Brother Gu Xi, these are my best things. If we weren't good friends, I wouldn't take them out. They're all chosen based on your previous descriptions.
The best one is this skeletal archer leader, he..."
While the man was introducing, Gu Xi's gaze fell on the figure at the end of this group of undead.