Level increased by one, giving Dean McKenzie a boost of 0.5 Spirit and 5 points of Mana.
Moreover, Dean McKenzie's depleted Mana was restored to a full 26 points.
Other than that, there wasn't much else gained.
This gain was much less than Dean McKenzie expected.
Fortunately, Dean McKenzie never intended to rely solely on leveling up to dominate.
In any case, his new strategy centered around Doggy Two had already taken shape.
Next, Dean McKenzie needed to perfect this strategy.
Then, using this strategy, gradually eliminate the Corpse Swarm.
[You successfully used the Talent [Extraction] on the corpses, extracting 0.2 Agility!]
[You spent 200 Copper Coins and assigned 0.2 Agility to your summoned creature [Doggy Two]!]
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Doggy Two's Agility further advanced to 1.8 after leveling up.
Dean McKenzie got back to work.
He focused intently on commanding Doggy Two, drawing in monsters, killing monsters!
With the enhancement of Doggy Two's Agility and Dean McKenzie's improved command techniques,
Dean McKenzie's strategy centered around Doggy Two kept growing more sophisticated.
On average, every two or three minutes, Dean McKenzie could command Doggy Two to single-handedly kill a Corpse.
However, after leveling up, Dean McKenzie's experience points from slaying Corpses diminished.
Originally 5 points per Corpse, it dropped to 4 points per Corpse.
This meant Dean McKenzie needed to kill 38 Corpses to level up.
Of course, given Dean McKenzie's current monster grinding speed, dealing with 38 Corpses smoothly would be just a matter of one or two hours.
Under Dean McKenzie's focused command,
The Corpses kept falling under Doggy Two's club, and his Experience Points continually climbed.
In less than an hour, they had dealt with nearly 20 Corpses.
The scale of the Corpse Swarm visibly decreased, while Dean McKenzie's Experience Points surged ahead.
The only thing that marred Dean McKenzie's mood was
The drop rate seemed to decline as his level increased.
Close to 20 Corpses and he had only found three glowing spots.
Among the three, two were 100 Copper Coins.
The remaining glowing spot was a bottle of [Life Potion] (minor).
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Potion: Life Potion (minor)
Required Level: level 1
Effect: Upon use, it can heal injuries below 5 points Physique and partially restore stamina.
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Although it wasn't what Dean McKenzie wanted most, it was still something he needed right now.
After all, he was covered in wounds.
However, despite acquiring a healing potion, Dean McKenzie chose not to use it immediately.
He felt that this item shouldn't be used casually; it could serve as a life-saving measure.
So, with great care, he stored the potion while continuing to fight monsters with Doggy Two.
Yet, the good times didn't last long.
Soon, Dean McKenzie encountered a problem.
He had already cleared out the Corpses within fifty meters of the small broken house.
The remaining Corpses were mostly concentrated within the fifty-meter range of the small broken house.
This meant Dean McKenzie no longer had the condition to lure them out one by one.
Once he was within the 50-meter range, an all-out showdown would be inevitable.
"We've reached this point so quickly?"
Dean McKenzie had anticipated this situation early on and had devised a strategy.
Without hesitation, he began to prepare.
He called Doggy Two back and started directing him to dig pits on Rotting Corpse Plain using Bone Fang.
The pits were generally small, with a diameter of about 20 to 30 centimeters and a depth of around one meter.
With Doggy Two's 1.4 Attack and 1.8 Agility, coupled with the relatively soft soil of Rotting Corpse Plain, Doggy Two managed to create around one hundred pits in two hours.
After Doggy Two finished setting up the traps, Dean McKenzie took a deep breath and patted Doggy Two's head!
"Go, let's see if this wave works out!
If it works, I'll bring you along to enjoy the good life!"
Doggy Two was quite calm about the promises Dean McKenzie painted; after all, it couldn't understand.
Soon enough, the Little Skeleton was directed by Dean McKenzie to walk into the 50-meter range of the small broken house.
As soon as Doggy Two entered this range, the Corpses within went berserk, swarming toward him.
Faced with such a situation, neither Doggy Two nor Dean McKenzie panicked.
After all, the one being chased was Doggy Two, not Dean McKenzie, and since Doggy Two was dull, they remained composed.
Dean McKenzie calmly commanded Doggy Two to retreat, moving toward the trap area.
Positioning himself in the trap zone, waiting for the roaring Corpse Swarm to approach.
"Pop!" "Pop!" "Pop!"
The equally dull Corpses didn't avoid the traps, even if the pits were clearly visible, they went straight through.
In one sweep, more than a dozen Corpses fell into the pits.
"Run!"
Dean McKenzie decisively ordered Doggy Two to run, exploiting the 1.8 Agility advantage to lead the Corpse Swarm in circles.
The circle they traversed was meticulously designed by Dean McKenzie.
Soon enough, Doggy Two led them back to the trap pit.
Under Dean McKenzie's command, Doggy Two crossed the trap while the Corpses behind him once again trampled through.
This time not many Corpses fell into the pits, but those already in were unfortunate and directly stomped over.
A few were immediately trampled to death.
[You successfully killed [Corpse]6,gaining 24 Experience Points!]
Dean McKenzie's Experience Points were pushed to [104/150].
And the Corpse Swarm, aside from those trampled, still numbered around three or forty injured.
Again!
Under Dean McKenzie's guidance, Doggy Two led them toward another trap zone.
The scenario repeated itself.
[You successfully killed [Corpse]7,gaining 28 Experience Points!]
[You successfully killed [Corpse]4,gaining 16 Experience Points!]
After three waves of traps, Dean McKenzie's Experience Points reached [148/150].
On the verge of leveling up.
After experiencing three traps, the Corpses had slowly fallen behind, with only seven or eight still following Doggy Two.
Among them was a figure significantly larger than a typical Corpse.
The real dangerous fight was about to begin.
Dean McKenzie gritted his teeth and issued a command!
"Draw them toward me!"
Under Dean McKenzie's command, Doggy Two drew the Corpses in his direction as Dean McKenzie held a rock, ready to act at any moment.
That day, Dean McKenzie had already thrown stones dozens of times, and this was the most tense of them all.
"I mustn't hit that big one, I mustn't hit that big one!"
Dean McKenzie was not very confident in his aim; he'd misfired more than a few times today, afraid that if he hit the big one, it could spell danger for him.
But he couldn't avoid throwing.
"I'll have to aim for the big one then!"
Dean McKenzie muttered, gritted his teeth, and threw the stone aimed at the big one.
"Pop!" It hit a nearby ordinary Corpse, attracting its attention.
Dean McKenzie rejoiced.
"With the Power of Death, I spawn the Tooth of Destruction!"
With an incantation uttered, a bone fang shot precisely, hitting the eye of the approaching Corpse five meters away.
[You successfully killed [Corpse]1,gaining 4 Experience Points!]
[Your level advanced to level 3, Spirit increased by 0.5, Mana cap raised to 31 points!]
[Your level increased to level 3, triggering [Necromancer Apprentice] skill inheritance, unlocking Skill [Summon Skeleton]!]
[Your Skill [Summon Skeleton] advanced to level 2!]
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System notifications kept refreshing, and Doggy Two's body started glowing while running...
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Thank you [Huang Tiger Left] for the 1800 Starting Coins reward and support!