Undead Mage: I Have a Skeleton Clone-Chapter 580 - 404: Military Merit Upgrade, Two Great Calamities—Undead and Zerg!

This directly afflicted the Evil Fire Monsters with a plethora of negative effects like plague, poisoning, and weakness. Once one fell to the ground, it couldn’t get back up for a long time.

Fang Zhou waved his hand again. The Skeleton Archers immediately unleashed another volley, killing all the struggling elite Evil Fire Monsters.

Ye Yinzhu and the others were overjoyed, gaining an even deeper understanding of Fang Zhou’s terrifying combat power.

At this time, the swarm commanded by Gu Yueyuan and the Close Combat Professionals from the Thunderfire Squad had also engaged the Evil Fire Monsters. As cadets of the Sea City Military Academy, even those without special Rare Professions were far stronger than ordinary Demons once they had Equipment and Skills.

Just as Fang Zhou thought the battle was decided, something unexpected happened. An Evil Fire Monster that had fallen behind, for some unknown reason, slashed open the ropes binding several Fishman slaves with a single stroke. 𝒇𝒓𝙚𝒆𝔀𝓮𝓫𝒏𝓸𝙫𝓮𝓵.𝓬𝙤𝙢

Since the distance wasn’t great, Fang Zhou couldn’t clearly hear what was being said. But the subsequent actions of those Fishman slaves allowed him to roughly guess the truth.

Because after being freed from their restraints, they didn’t attack the Evil Fire Monsters. Instead, they scrambled on all fours and charged toward Fang Zhou’s group! These Fishman slaves had obviously been tortured by the Evil Fire Monsters to the point of losing their sanity. Perhaps due to long-term oppression and abuse, they were so filled with fear of the Evil Fire Monsters that they didn’t dare to resist at all.

Without Fang Zhou needing to speak up, Ye Yinzhu, who was closer, already started cursing loudly.

"You damn fools! Instead of fighting the Evil Fire Monsters that captured you, you’re coming after us?

"I’ll send you on your way, then!"

In front of him, a Warrior from the Thunderfire Squad quickly drew his Longsword and, with a few simple moves, cut down the Fishman slaves. Other team members also reacted quickly, finishing off the rebellious captives.

Ten minutes later, the battle was more or less over.

Under Fang Zhou’s watchful eye, not a single Evil Fire Monster managed to escape. After the Black Iron-rank elite Evil Fire Monsters were killed one after another, any monster that tried to stand up and organize a resistance was immediately targeted by the ranged units and quickly turned into a Corpse.

This happened several times, and soon, even the battle-hardened Evil Fire Monsters’ morale plummeted. Lacking a unified command, they were wiped out completely without inflicting a single casualty on Fang Zhou’s side.

As for the captives, Gu Yueyuan had already spotted the problem the moment the first Evil Fire Monster cut some of them free. He immediately commanded the swarm to charge forward. While these Low Tier swarms might not be much stronger than Fishmen and Demon Swamp Frogs in a fair fight, they were devastating against bound opponents. The swarm swiftly tore into the Fishmen and Demon Swamp Frogs, killing all the captives in short order.

"Haha, that was satisfying! Boss Fang Zhou, thank you so much this time! I never imagined it would go so smoothly!"

The members of the Thunderfire Squad beside him also nodded repeatedly. After taking out this group of Evil Fire Monsters, they had earned a significant amount of Military Merit and materials at a minimal cost.

"Boss Fang Zhou’s skill is truly incredible! Four Black Iron-rank Evil Fire Monsters were wiped out in one go!"

"Exactly! If anyone says Undead Mages are weak again, I’ll set them straight!"

"I don’t know if Undead Mages are weak or not, but Boss Fang Zhou is definitely strong!"

"Right, right! And his teammates are so powerful too! There were only three or four of them, but their firepower was even more frenzied than our whole ten-person squad’s!"

Members of the Thunderfire Squad cleaned up the battlefield while excitedly discussing the performance of the Calamity Squad. Compliments and flattery flew around as if they were free.

But Fang Zhou merely nodded with a smile in response to these praises. The reason he was stronger than an ordinary Sea City Military Academy cadet was due to his tireless efforts, and, in some small part—a ridiculously small part—his attribute panel and Corpse Clone.

The revolution is not yet won; comrades must continue to strive.

It was foreseeable that as time went on and Fang Zhou continued to grow, he would become increasingly powerful.

Seeing his lack of enthusiasm, Ye Yinzhu didn’t press the matter and simply displayed the spoils of war.

"Fang Zhou, this is all thanks to you, and we’ll still need to trouble you in the future, so you pick first."

The Thunderfire Squad members also nodded in agreement. Without Fang Zhou’s aid, the battle could not possibly have gone so smoothly. No matter what, he was definitely a powerful backer they needed to cling to!

Fang Zhou didn’t stand on ceremony; this was what he deserved. Besides, if he didn’t take anything this time, it might be difficult to cooperate with Ye Yinzhu and the others in the future.

He scanned the loot and found that most of it was just poor-quality Equipment used by the Evil Fire Monsters. Only two things were somewhat interesting, but just barely.

One was a horn used by the Evil Fire Monsters. Its effect was that, upon being blown, it allowed allies to roughly determine the horn’s direction and distance, with a maximum range of two miles. The Evil Fire Monsters used it to convey simple messages among themselves.

This item might be useful for Demons who lacked any technology, but it was useless for the cadets of the Sea City Military Academy. However, he figured it might serve as a trinket or perhaps a future Alchemy material, so Fang Zhou took it.