After feeling more awake, Noan went to the top floor of the shelter and started his daily routine.
Vylyss looked like she was struck by lightning after hearing the word 'vegetarian', she just sat still in the bedroom, refusing to go out.
Noan sighed; if he didn't give that order, he was afraid she would squeeze him dry, drying him up like a stick.
It must be known that his physical strength has increased greatly since he created the Warrior Skeleton and Warrior High Orc.
However, just having 'fun' with Vylyss made him unconscious for more than 12 hours, and after waking up, he didn't even have enough strength to open his eyes.
Therefore, he had no choice but to defend himself by forcing Vylyss to become a 'vegetarian'.
Noan suddenly remembered the question she asked him before they started; at that time… she said that this was her first time too.
Coupled with Vylyss's description, it seems… what she said is true.
Vylyss worships both the 'Goddess of Lust' and the 'Goddess of Purity', so she only loves and is loyal to one person.
Noan sighed and shook his head; he didn't want to think anymore.
He stood before the summoning pool created from the lord's core; behind him were all the skeletons he had summoned and fused.
[Ding! Do you want to use today's soldier summoning?]
"Yes!"
[Ding! Summoning is starting…]
Immediately after, from within the summoned lake, ten skeletons began to crawl out, then knelt on the ground in front of Noan.
Noan sighed; the 'Apocalyptic Bunker' building had a good effect that had a 10% chance of doubling the number of soldiers he summoned.
Just now, he had hoped that the probability would be activated, but perhaps… 10% was still too low.
As of now, Noan owns 2 F+ Skeletons and 14 F-rank Skeletons.
Noan thought for a moment, deciding to merge everything.
After the decision was made, all the F-rank Skeletons turned into light particles and then fused together, except for the remaining 2 F-rank Skeletons that could not fuse due to lack of materials.
12 Rank F Skeletons turned into 4 F+ rank Warrior Skeletons. At this moment, Noan was disappointed once again; he thought that there would be a chance of mutated skeletons appearing.
At this point, he had 6 Warrior Skeletons.
Noan continued to fuse the current 6 warrior skeletons into 2 higher-level skeletons.
Finally, in front of Noan appeared two skeletons taller than 180 cm, one holding a sword, the other holding a shield.
He sighed; still no mutated skeleton appeared, it seemed… Today was not his lucky day.
Noan clenched his fists, feeling that his strength had increased quite a bit.
However, it wasn't as much as yesterday, when the Urlgan summoning was successful.
If yesterday,
Noan shook his head, not wanting to think anymore, and opened the information panel to see how strong the two new skeletons were.
…
Name: Warrior High Skeleton
Rank: E
Description: Tireless fighters, their sturdy skeletons increase their defenses. In particular, Warrior High Skeletons are no longer slow; they can move very quickly.
At this rank, skeletons can hear and understand somewhat complex commands.
…
Looking at the two E-rank skeletons, Noan felt that there weren't too many changes.
'Perhaps… if they weren't mutated monsters, then perhaps they were just like normal soldiers.'
Noan thought to himself.
Thinking back to yesterday, just one mutation was enough to create a terrifying monster like Urlgan.
Noan didn't feel too sad; after all, he possessed SSS rank talent. As long as he had enough time, he could definitely become stronger.
[Ding! You have a message from Lord Lylia.]
"Ah!" Noan suddenly remembered something important to do, which was to text Lylia to let her know that he was still alive.
He quickly opened the chat box and saw Lylia's message.
Lylia: [Oy! I see your name is still shining; you are definitely not dead. Quickly reply to my message!]
Noan chuckled; he knew what Lylia meant.
When two lords have exchanged contact with each other, if the other party's name is still lit in the chat list, it means that person is still alive.
If their name is no longer shining, there are only two possibilities: either the person has returned to the city, or… that person is dead.
Noan: [Don't worry, I'm still alive.]
Lylia: [Ah, good! Don't die early; remember to invite me to a really fancy restaurant; otherwise, I'll bring soldiers to destroy your territory and make you my slave.]
Noan: [What kind of slave? Sex slave?]
Lylia: [AAA!!! Pervert! I won't talk to you anymore.]
After Lylia left the chat, Noan was not idle either; he continued to search the 'Trade' section to see if anyone was selling defensive equipment.
Not for his monsters or his heroes, but for himself.
Although his strength had increased, compared to this world, he was just a piece of meat that could move.
Also, since he was brought to the 'Singularity', he needed to ensure his own safety first.
After searching for a while, Noan finally gave up on buying equipment.
Most of the equipment was very expensive; a poor guy with only 3 E-rank energy stones like him couldn't buy it.
Noan brought 2 E-rank skeletons and 2 F rank skeletons to the surface via the bunker elevator.
On the ground, Urlgan seemed to be feeling very excited. When he saw Noan, he immediately went forward, knelt on the ground, and bowed his head respectfully.
"Noble master, please allow me to praise you."
Noan nodded slightly; he ordered: "Let's go; today we will go hunting."
…
In the city, some zombies walking on the street were beheaded by two skeleton-like monsters.
Then their feet immediately crushed the heads of those zombies.
The two skeletons walking behind quickly dug through the pile of rotten flesh as if searching for something.
When they found the small bean-sized stone that emitted a faint gray light, the two skeletons put it in a small bag hanging on their hips.
The work continued like this; the zombies on the road heard the loud sound and immediately rushed over.
However, they moved extremely slowly, so how could they be opponents for the Warrior High Skeleton?
Even though surrounded by a lot of zombies, the two skeletons still fought easily because they didn't know fatigue or fear.
Besides, skeletons are not afraid of being bitten by zombies; their bones are also twice as hard as the bones of normal skeletons.
Noan stood in the distance, observing the entire situation. Urlgan stood beside him like a guardian angel, ensuring his safety.
At this moment, Noan felt that he was really lucky that he was only an F-rank Lord and could only summon skeletons.
If he summoned another monster, he probably wouldn't be able to fight zombies so comfortably.
According to the knowledge he learnt in the academy, the virus in a zombie's body can infect monsters.
There are many cases where the lord's soldiers are infected with the virus from zombies, and then they kill the lord.
It cannot be said that the soldiers betrayed their lords, but only that the soldier died; the contract of absolute loyalty was cancelled.
After becoming zombies, there is no longer any relationship between soldiers and lords.
Even heroes are susceptible to the zombie virus.
However, with skeletons, they are not normal living creatures; they exist only thanks to energy.
As Noan watched the two High Skeleton Warriors, who were like two wolves lost among sheep, he felt happy in his heart.
The zombies in front of those two skeletons were like pudding.
The two F rank skeletons would act as looters. After all, he didn't want to rummage through that pile of rotting flesh looking for energy stones.
Besides, F rank skeletons can hear and carry out simple commands, so this is not difficult for them.
Noan sighed; he risked hunting because he really needed the energy stone.
Lords need to have enough resources to level up, especially energy stones.
Soldiers and heroes need energy stones to level up.
Notably, his skeletons do not survive by eating but by absorbing energy stones to replenish their own energy.
Trading or buying resources, equipment, etc. also requires the use of energy stones.
It can be said that energy stones are the almighty currency, so Noan needs to earn more energy stones.
He couldn't hide inside the bunker forever; that would be no different from committing suicide.
Noan raised his head and looked into the distant sky. There, Vylyss was flying high in the sky, waving a piece of red cloth.
He knew that meant there were high-level zombies ahead; he needed to be careful.
Vylyss will take on the role of information gathering, and Urlgan will protect him or fight if he encounters high-level monsters.
What about bunker defence?
No need to defend; this place is a zombie world after all. Will there be zombies so intelligent that they ambush inside his bunker?
Besides… his bunker was sealed; if someone other than him wanted to get inside, they would have to break the wall or door.
It's so easy to tell there's an intruder.
The massacre lasted for two hours straight, and in the end, Noan only collected 70 F-rank energy stones.
He sighed; he felt that it was a bit slow. The rate of energy stones appearing inside a zombie's body was too low, only about 40-50%.
Currently, for Noan to be able to level up, he needs 1,000 F-rank energy stones.
'If this continues, I don't know when I'll be able to level up.' Noan thought to himself.
If the other lords were to hear his thoughts, he would probably be beaten to death by them.
When new lords arrive in a new land, the first thing they think about is adapting to the new life, gathering resources, and fighting constantly.
Then try to survive, and finally think about levelling up.
As for him… he was sent to the 'Singularity', but instead of worrying about survival, he was worried about levelling up.
I'm afraid Noan is the only one who can adapt this quickly to the singularity.
As for the others… after being brought to the singularity, they all died.