Skill Extraction: Exploring Dungeons-Chapter 475 - 438: Conditions That Need to Be Met

After returning to the camp, these soldiers who have become Spirits of Freedom returned to their own squads.

As Spirits of Freedom, they would not discriminate or harm their former comrades; instead, they would strive to help them become Spirits of Freedom as well.

On this path, only Abby is the most aware because he is just one step away.

But now it doesn’t matter, as long as they follow Officer Cain, they can naturally become Spirits of Freedom, which is the firm belief of all these soldiers who have already transformed.

Kane settled the soldiers, briefly greeted Kreya, and hurriedly returned to the central tent.

He entered, sat down, and summoned the Book of Adventure.

He flipped to the newly prompted information.

(Secret Intelligence Division: Congratulations, the number of people linked with you as friends has exceeded 200, and this has also allowed us to discover new ways to open Chapters; the information has been entered into your friend’s info bar, please check accordingly.)

Looking at what the secret intelligence division said.

The excitement on Kane’s face was uncontrollable.

There are now 200 friend icons, indicating a new Chapter.

The elements combined signify the new Chapter that will open; it’s already obvious.

Kane quickly turned the pages to the friends’ section.

The number of avatars below in the friend section suddenly increased tenfold, with a very long progress bar beneath.

The most noticeable thing was a question mark in the middle of a circle nearby.

Kane reached out and clicked on it.

Looking at the information above, Kane’s smile grew wider; indeed the new Chapter mentioned the guild system.

The conditions for opening the guild system were written above.

It’s simple, Kane needs to have 300 linked people with avatars to open the new Chapter, and he is very close to this requirement.

It can be said he’s just one step away.

Firstly, the avatars of the newly appeared soldiers are 220.

Adding the 30 Young Soldiers, along with Kreya, Longbei, and Burton, accounts for 5 more people.

He’s only 45 people away from 300.

So far, the fastest method is to have his soldiers reach their bottleneck and then take them to the Promotion Altar.

can be reached easily.

Honestly, the 300 friend condition really gave Kane a big scare.

The feeling of relief in his heart is undeniable.

From Kane becoming an Explorer to now, it’s been a year; among his five friends, four are teammates.

The other one was Burton, who helped him a lot when he just became an Explorer.

To reach the condition of 300 friends, honestly, if it wasn’t for this dungeon, Kane feels that he might never have had the chance.

How can he not feel relieved?

Thinking back, the condition seems very reasonable.

In the past games, the guild system naturally opened once you reached a certain level and completed beginner tasks.

Before that, there was a clear task to add a friend.

But now it’s real, and you need to have members to open a guild.

If your friends don’t reach a certain number, what’s the point of opening a guild?

Yes, very reasonable.

Kane got up and headed towards the soldiers’ tents where his Bow Riders were stationed.

His eyes had already transformed into Eagle Eyes; he intended to check how many of his soldiers were nearing the bottleneck.

He’s already impatient to see the new Chapter, the opening of the guild system.

However, Kane returned disappointed.

There’s a camp in front of them, indicating there’s another battle, and only about 30 soldiers could reach their bottleneck from one big victory, still short by dozens.

His eager mood was doused with cold water, suggesting Kane needs to win at least two more battles.

When Kane returned to the soldiers’ tent, Kreya was already inside.

Seeing Kane enter, Kreya asked, "How is it, have you figured out why?"

Upon Kreya’s question, Kane nodded, "Sort of figured it out, but there’s something very important now."

"What is it?" Kreya asked in confusion.

"My Origin Skills are about to transform; I can feel it, but it’s just short of the last step."

This kind of matter is nothing to hide, as once the guild system expands, Kreya and the rest would certainly become the first guild members.

It’s a precaution for them.

"Origin Skills?" Kreya was puzzled but quickly thought of something.

What flashed through her mind was Kane’s skill that involves creating various mechanical constructs.

After all, Kane’s Origin Skills needed discretion in the squad, so they never really thought too much about it.

With Kane’s reminder, Kreya realized what Kane’s Origin Skills were.

Origin Skills do upgrade, but Kane hasn’t reached the gold level yet?

Considering Kane’s absurd Origin Skills, such circumstances seemed no big deal.

Compared to the bizarreness of Kane’s skills, this situation doesn’t seem anything unmanageable.

With this in mind, Kreya was no longer surprised.

She looked up at Kane and asked, "What’s lacking in conditions?"

"45 Spirits of Freedom."

Upon hearing Kane’s words, Kreya said, "You’ve already determined that your soldiers will become Spirits of Freedom once promoted to intermediate classes."

"Hmm."

"So it means we need more victories to have soldiers among the remaining ones reach a bottleneck in their abilities, how many more big victories do we need?"

Kreya immediately grasped the crux of the issue.

"Two."

After listening to Kane, Kreya looked at the map on the table beside them and their forward path. Ahead of them was a camp, followed by a Promotion Altar for Close Combat Soldiers.

The next camp was very far from them, about six or seven hundred kilometers away, with a large river obstructing their route in between.

Their previous plan was to clear these two camps first, upgrade the Close Combat Soldiers, and then return, planning to cross the river by another route next time.

However, now Kane needed two major victories, so Kreya began to search around.

Their attack direction was the same as Longbei’s, and there were also two camps on Longbei’s route, with the final camp located on the riverside of their route.

So they just needed to quickly capture the camp on their side tomorrow and then rush to assist Longbei’s side.

To avoid competing for experience, let Kane take a small number of soldiers who are about to reach a bottleneck to support Longbei.

In this way, they can ensure the appearance of 45 Bow Riders reaching the bottleneck phase to the greatest extent.

They originally planned to rest in the camp for two days, then have the camp’s general lead their soldiers along with Kane to fight the next camp.

Because the camp’s soldiers had reached full recruitment capacity, which required about a whole day.

It seems that they can only continue leading the remaining soldiers to attack tomorrow.

After Kane and Kreya agreed on the plan, they used the Ruby Lapel Pin to inform Longbei.

"Hey, good buddy, what’s up?"

"Longbei, tomorrow you quickly head to your last camp, but don’t attack it; wait for my support."

"Huh? Oh, no problem, good buddy, we’ll wait for you then."

Longbei didn’t ask Kane why he was doing this, he trusted Kane had his reasons for doing so.

Kane didn’t explain much either, otherwise Longbei would end up chatting with him for half a day.

He preferred to save the talk for when the guild system pulled him in, where Longbei would definitely talk endlessly.

Kane clearly understood whether to face the trouble all at once or split it into two times.

...

In the morning.

As dawn barely broke, Kane and Kreya led their soldiers away from the camp, heading towards the enemy camp ahead.

Riding on his mechanical warhorse, Kane was still studying the map in his hand.

Although he was looking at the map, the issues Kane contemplated in his mind had nothing to do with it.

He was concerned about the safety of his subordinates, those Bow Riders who had become Spirits of Freedom.

If they hadn’t become Spirits of Freedom before, then death was simply death.

After all, at that time, they couldn’t be considered life because they were copied from the dungeon.

But now they have become Spirits of Freedom, and thus are free, not to mention having bonds with Kane, swearing loyalty to him.

If they died now, they would truly die with no chance of revival, as they are still effectively off-the-record in the Mist, even unable to use resurrection items.

This was unacceptable to Kane; others’ deaths meant little, but these were his subordinates, fighting for him.

Exchanging lives with those enemy soldiers was something Kane totally couldn’t accept, as it was far too worthless.

He was now thinking about how to strengthen these soldiers, to further enhance their abilities.

With increased strength, their lives would naturally be preserved.

However, he still hadn’t figured out a solution.

The only consolation was that his subordinates, these Bow Riders, inherently had a low mortality rate, being mounted long-range shooters.

Most of the fatal cases came from enemy generals.

Kreya, beside Kane, watched his expression.

"You’re thinking about those soldiers who have become Spirits of Freedom, right?"

"Hmm."

Having spent a long time with Kane, Kreya clearly understood his personality. He was incredibly passionate about his own people.

Of course, that premise was his own people, while for outsiders, in Kane’s eyes, death was just death, something he was quite indifferent about.

Kreya also knew the trait of Spirits of Freedom not reviving after death.

She understood what Kane was worried about.

Because even if these ordinary soldiers were upgraded to mid-level units, their strength hadn’t improved much.

Unlike the troops Kane recruited from the wild, whose strength was maximized.

To ordinary soldiers, it was simply a dimensional strike.

Once fighting broke out, the casualty rate could be imagined.

This morning, Kane also discussed with those soldiers, subtly suggesting they stay in a safe place, but was firmly rejected by them.

To those soldiers, they were born for war, their loyalty to Kane for his campaigns, winning victories for him.

Moreover, their memories still contained the cyclical deaths, causing them to habitually disregard their own lives.

This distinguished Spirits of Freedom from ordinary soldiers.

Just like Kallen and the others, these soldiers gained their own will after obtaining freedom.

They no longer strictly followed Kane’s orders as before. In some circumstances, they would act on their own will, even if it contradicted Kane’s commands.

Of course, this wasn’t betrayal.

But rather it was about matters that didn’t align with the accepted things in the minds of these Spirits of Freedom.

Like Kallen, determined to protect Kane.

Like these soldiers, determined to fight for Kane.