"You have slain the 'Skeleton Commander.'"

  "You have gained 10,000 experience points."

  The system notification appeared.

  It signified that the Skeleton Commander had been utterly defeated.

  The phalanges gripping the bone glaive relaxed, and Lucas let out a long sigh of relief within his heart.

  The war between the two skeletal legions continued.

  But in Lucas's eyes, the battle was already over.

  Without the Skeleton Commander, no matter how numerous the skeletal legion was, it was nothing more than a disorganized rabble. Their fate was either to be slain or to be enslaved by Lucas, becoming his minions.

  The duration of this war was not long, but the perils were no less significant.

  Not to mention the combat prowess of the Skeleton Commander itself, just the cohort of skeleton mages it commanded was enough to pose a lethal threat to Lucas!

  Fortunately, he had emerged victorious.

  With the Skeleton Commander slain, the entire skeletal legion became his spoils of war.

  Next, Lucas was in no hurry to absorb the Skeleton Commander's bones. Instead, he returned to the battlefield, either slaying or subduing the remaining elite skeletons of the legion, incorporating them into his own forces.

  A full half-hour later.

  Aside from the dozen or so elite skeletons that had already been slain, the rest were all enslaved by Lucas, becoming his skeletal underlings.

  The number of advanced skeletons was even greater.

  As for the skeleton soldiers... once the quota for skeleton warriors and skeleton fighters under his command was full, the remaining skeleton soldiers were all slaughtered, becoming experience points for Lucas and his minions to grow.

  After completing these tasks, Lucas returned to the center of the battlefield.

  "You have absorbed the essence within the bones, your body has grown stronger."

  "Your strength has increased by 25 points."

  "Your agility has increased by 18 points."

  "Your constitution has increased by 32 points."

  "Your spirit has increased by 5 points."

  "You have obtained the class change information for the 'Warrior Class Template - Skeleton Commander.'"

  After all, it was a true warrior rank.

  Even though Lucas's four attributes had already seen significant growth, after absorbing the essence from the Skeleton Commander's bones, his four attributes still received a considerable increase.

  Of course, more importantly, he had also obtained the first material for synthesizing a warrior class, the class template belonging to the Skeleton Commander.

  Compared to other warrior class templates, the Skeleton Commander's four attribute bonuses were not very high. But this is relative; at least compared to the elite class templates Lucas possessed, the Skeleton Commander's four attribute bonuses were still quite substantial.

  [Template]: Skeleton Commander

  [Rank]: Warrior Class Template

  [Bonuses]: Health +5000, Strength*45, Agility*30, Constitution*70, Spirit*5

  [Skill]: Inspire

  "Inspire: Active skill. As a high-ranking undead, upon entering the battlefield, the Skeleton Commander can release the death aura within its body, bestowing it upon its subordinate skeletons, significantly increasing their attack power, attack speed, and movement speed for a short period."

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  Compared to the elite rank Skeleton Warrior, the Skeleton Commander's four attribute bonuses were three to four times higher! Even compared to the exclusive class template Lucas had obtained, it was significantly higher!

  With such high class template bonuses, the gap between the warrior rank and the elite rank was further widened!

  However, Lucas's attention did not linger on this warrior class template for too long.

  Regardless of whether this warrior class template's bonuses were strong or weak, it was ultimately just material for synthesizing Lucas's exclusive warrior class template.

  Having tasted the sweetness of class fusion, even if the most top-tier warrior class template were placed before him, Lucas would not rashly change classes.

  After finishing the absorption of the Skeleton Commander's bones,

  and also absorbing the essence from the bones of other elite skeletons he had slain on the battlefield, allowing his four attributes to experience another small increase, Lucas then looked at his attribute panel.

  He now possessed 11 free attribute points!

  With his current strength, approximately two elite skeletons could provide him with one free attribute point.

  In this war, the number of elite skeletons Lucas personally slew reached twelve. These twelve elite skeletons provided him with 6 free attribute points.

  As a warrior rank skeleton, the Skeleton Commander alone... provided Lucas with five free attribute points!

  Causing the total number of free attribute points Lucas now possessed to reach as many as 11.

  It is worth mentioning,

  after the attribute panel displayed the line of data for free attribute points, Lucas needed to carefully consider whether to slay or enslave skeleton minions.

  Just like the Skeleton Commander he had just slain.

  Enslaving it, Lucas could indeed obtain a powerful combatant, greatly reducing the pressure when hunting other warrior skeletons in the future, and the number of his skeleton minions would skyrocket.

  But enslaving it, not to mention the time Lucas would need, just the loss of experience points and free attribute points would be enough to make him heartbroken for a long time.

  At least until the free attribute points he obtained were sufficient, Lucas preferred to slay warrior skeletons and elite skeletons to obtain free attribute points to enhance his own strength.

  Unless they were particularly rare, or indeed necessary for him, Lucas would enslave them, turning them into his skeleton minions.

  For example, the sole surviving dread mage;

  For example, the elite class bone archer of the archers;

  For example, the three skeleton warriors that could assist Lucas in commanding skeleton minions.

  And so on.

  Apart from these,

  all other skeletons—whether skeleton soldiers, advanced skeletons, or elite skeletons—were all slain by Lucas and his skeleton minions, becoming nutrients for their further growth.

  11 free attribute points.

  Not a lot, but not too few either.

  Now that all matters on the battlefield were settled, Lucas could calm his mind and use the 11 free attribute points he had just obtained to once again enhance his own strength!