The Necromancer's Fourth Catastrophe-Chapter 14: This Is True Mastery of Strategy

After Iron Black Pot and Caged Parrot cooperated and brought down two thick branches, they hurried back along the original path. 𝗳𝗿𝐞𝕖𝘄𝗲𝕓𝗻𝚘𝚟𝕖𝐥.𝚌𝕠𝕞

To their delight, they found that the task had already been completed.

This was because the noose trap they set successfully caught a gigantic beast.

Additionally, the wooden spike trap had caught two small beasts again.

The blood from these three beasts was more than enough to complete the task, with some left over.

However, there was some disagreement among the players on how to deal with the beasts’ bodies.

One player spoke up: "I think Wangzai Little Buns definitely deserves a tendon from these beasts. After all, she was able to skillfully extract the tendons from them."

Immediately, another player agreed: "I also agree with this. Moreover, both traps were set by Iron Black Pot. We just lent a hand. It’s fair that Iron Black Pot takes two sets of beast tendons. So, how should we divide the rest?"

Hearing the other players’ arguments, Iron Black Pot couldn’t help but interject: "Just divide the rest any way you want. The traps are still there, aren’t they? Those of you who didn’t get any can restore the traps."

"Once we’ve handed in the task, those who didn’t get a share can come back and continue hunting, and everyone will get their share."

"Since we’re skeletons, the beasts here obviously aren’t very interested in us, so when we run into them, they often just take a look and leave."

"Therefore, this forest is relatively safe for us."

"I think these traps can serve as our public facilities. Anyone can come and restore them for use at any time."

"I taught you how to use them when you helped me set them up."

Hearing Iron Black Pot’s words, the players exchanged glances, and soon someone voiced their agreement, with the others having no objections.

A player suggested that Iron Black Pot distribute the remaining tendons first.

To this, Iron Black Pot naturally had no objection and gave the last tendon to Caged Parrot, in exchange for a grateful glance.

Wangzai Little Buns clapped her hands to get everyone’s attention.

Then she pointed at the beasts’ corpses: "The game has a high degree of freedom. Even though our task was just to collect beast blood..."

"I think we can definitely extract the tendons from these beasts’ corpses and take the bodies back to Mage Fang Ka. Maybe there’ll be a surprise?"

Hearing this, Iron Black Pot couldn’t help but give a thumbs up: "Didn’t expect Little Mantou to have such great wisdom."

"Well said, we can take these bodies back to Mage Fang Ka and see how he reacts. Maybe it’ll trigger a mission."

Everyone then quickly tidied up the bodies and headed towards the Ancient Castle together.

...

At that time, the players gathering Magic Potions had all already arrived at the front of the Ancient Castle and completed their task.

Fang Ka had them wait in front of the Ancient Castle while he carried the sorted Magic Potions inside.

He planned to issue a task to build the temple after all the players had arrived.

Since building such a large temple would naturally be a massive project.

It could be issued as a team task, involving all players.

Then an experience pool and reward pool would be set up, with rewards distributed based on the players’ performance.

This was his sneaky planning strategy.

If the reward for this kind of construction task was the same for everyone, there would be a high chance of players slacking off, cutting corners, and indirectly affecting player enthusiasm.

If the rewards were the same, why should I work more? The game’s so realistic, I’d rather spend time enjoying the scenery.

With his many years of sneaky planning, Fang Ka believed players would definitely think this way.

After all, it’s not like building their own house, but building a temple for everyone.

Unless Fang Ka supervised them scrutinizingly as a monitor.

If someone slacked off, he’d immediately apply a threefold reduction in favor, but that wasn’t what Fang Ka wanted to see.

Because that would only make him appear to plan poorly.

Setting up a reward and experience pool changes things.

Players would surely exhaust themselves to reap the maximum benefits from the pools, getting deeply immersed in the process and addicted to the grind.

By being a bystander observing their performance, he could occasionally increase the favor of the most dedicated players or give a small reward.

Wouldn’t that allow him to effortlessly grip the players’ pulse, pushing them into an uncontrollable frenzy of competitiveness?

Oh, they’re skeletons now, so they already look inhuman...

In any case, this is what makes him shine as a brilliant sneaky planner.

Moreover, what’s the advantage of skeleton players? They don’t need food or drink, saving time typically wasted on such needs, and fully investing it into work.

No doubt, the temple he needs will be completed at a speed beyond his imagination.

As his thoughts turned slightly, Fang Ka finished categorizing the Magic Potions and then walked back out from the Ancient Castle.

Mr. Zhou: "Mr. Qian, did you see the last update announcement?"

Grandpa Qian of Bone-Touching glanced at Mr. Zhou, who had leaned in, and replied: "Yeah, I saw it. Why? Is there an issue?"

Mr. Zhou eagerly gestured, "Did you notice? The announcement clearly stated that the building system was updated. What does this mean? It means we can build houses now!"

"Oh my god, isn’t this the greatest joy in the game?"

Grandpa Qian of Bone-Touching looked Mr. Zhou up and down before speaking: "What? Are you a management player? Sorry, I’m a war player. I prefer fighting."

Mr. Zhou sighed slightly: "What’s so great about fighting? You haven’t even experienced the real fun of the game. I truly pity you."

"Also, Mr. Qian, at your age, why do you still enjoy fighting? At this age, shouldn’t you be cultivating your mind and joining our large management player faction?"

Grandpa Qian of Bone-Touching made a bone-setting gesture: "Because when someone breaks a bone, I can just set it and continue fighting."

"Mr. Qian, are you always this humorous? I always feel like there’s a generation gap when we talk." Mr. Zhou shifted his gaze toward the castle gate:

"What do you think Mage Fang Ka wants us to wait here after submitting the task?"

"Is there something big going to happen?"

"I really want to ask him about the building system, but I’m afraid of being too abrupt and getting a negative favor."

"Oh? Mage Fang Ka is coming out."