It turns out that not only can one obtain the professional template information by slaying skeletons, but also by enslaving them!

  When Lucas saw the last piece of information refreshed on the attribute panel, his heart was filled with joy.

  The either-or choice no longer existed.

  He had acquired the professional template possessed by this advanced skeleton and also gained a powerful minion.

  The Skeleton Warrior was the advanced profession of his newly subdued minion!

  Despite having over a decade of gaming experience from his past life.

  That experience was entirely from the perspective of a player.

  In his previous life, Lucas was not born in this novice village, and the monsters he fought in the early stages of the game were not skeletons and the undead. His understanding of skeletons and the undead race was limited to their types and various bosses.

  As for more in-depth knowledge, he knew very little.

  For example, the relationship between the skeleton race and other undead races; for example, the progression relationship between various ranks within the skeleton race, and so on.

  When his identity changed from a player in the real world to a skeleton in the game world, most of his gaming experience from his past life was no longer applicable.

  The most valuable part was his understanding of the entire game world and its rules.

  Details like the progression system of the skeleton race... except for necromancers, probably no one would care. In his past life, Lucas, who focused on the Sword Saint path, knew nothing about this.

  Hence, he needed to start collecting information anew.

  ...

  The Skeleton Soldier is the basic advanced profession of the skeleton race.

  It is also the only profession that all skeletons can transition to after meeting the corresponding conditions.

  However.

  Starting from advanced professions, the uniqueness of this profession begins to change.

  [Template]: Skeleton Warrior

  [Rank]: Advanced Profession Template

  [Bonuses]: Health +200, Strength *4, Agility *1.5, Constitution *3, Spirit *0.1

  [Skill]: Intimidation

  "Intimidation: Passive Skill. As a member of the Skeleton Legion, the Skeleton Warrior naturally possesses the ability to command Skeleton Soldiers and lead them in battle. The number of Skeleton Soldiers a Skeleton Warrior can command depends on its Spirit attribute (Spirit attribute *10)."

  This is the professional template possessed by the Skeleton Warrior.

  Judging from the template attributes, the Skeleton Warrior focuses on the growth of Strength and Constitution, with not much higher growth in Agility compared to the Skeleton Soldier.

  As for the Spirit attribute...

  From 0 to 0.1, this is already a qualitative leap!

  After all, the Spirit attribute determines the self-awareness and autonomous consciousness of the skeleton race.

  The levels of the other three attributes can only determine whether a skeleton is strong, but the level of the Spirit attribute can determine whether a skeleton can awaken and eventually grow into a high-level undead with intelligence no less than that of humans.

  The 0.1 Spirit attribute growth, combined with the "Intimidation" passive skill, is the reason behind the group of Skeleton Soldier minions around the Skeleton Warrior.

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  Combined with his knowledge of various skeletons from his past life...

  The complete progression chain of the Skeleton Warrior was thus figured out by Lucas.

  Basic rank, Skeleton Soldier.

  Advanced rank, Skeleton Warrior.

  Elite rank, Skeleton General.

  Hero rank, Skeleton Commander.

  Lord rank, Skeleton King.

  This is the orthodox progression path of the skeleton race.

  Of course, orthodox does not mean unique.

  Starting from the advanced rank, the skeleton race has diverged into many progression paths.

  Skeleton Swordsmen with balanced development in Strength, Agility, and Constitution; Skeleton Assassins with more prominent Strength and Agility; Skeleton Guards focusing on Constitution growth... and so on.

  No one knows how many progression paths the skeleton race has.

  Looking at the advanced profession template he had already obtained, Lucas felt somewhat conflicted.

  Compared to other advanced professions, the attribute growth of the Skeleton Warrior profession is not outstanding; it emphasizes more on legion warfare.

  The individual strength of a Skeleton Warrior might not match that of a Skeleton Swordsman.

  But when this Skeleton Warrior is fully loaded with minions, if the two meet, the Skeleton Swordsman has a higher chance of being slain.

  If he were just an ordinary skeleton, Lucas would naturally choose this progression path. But with the existence of the [Erosion] talent, the Skeleton Warrior is no longer the best choice for Lucas.

  "Intimidation" highly overlaps with [Erosion].

  The minions carried by the "Intimidation" skill are also limited by the Spirit attribute and rank.

  The minions enslaved by the [Erosion] talent do not have this limitation. As long as Lucas has enough patience and strength, he can even, as a Skeleton Soldier, enslave countless skeletons, Skeleton Soldiers, Skeleton Warriors, and even Skeleton Generals!

  If he transitions to a Skeleton Warrior, he would be wasting an opportunity to gain a skill.

  Unlike players.

  As a monster race, Lucas has very few opportunities to obtain skills.

  At least for now, it seems that only during profession transitions can he obtain a corresponding ability or skill from the profession template. And each ability or skill will undoubtedly greatly enhance his combat power or survivability!

  He can't bear to waste such opportunities.

  Therefore.

  Even though he had met the conditions to transition to a Skeleton Warrior, Lucas set it aside and did not hastily transition.

  "Let's wait a bit longer."

  "With the addition of the Skeleton Warrior, perhaps it won't be long before I can obtain a second, third advanced profession template."

  Having made up his mind,

  Lucas no longer paid attention to the advanced profession template he had just obtained, and instead focused on the Skeleton Warrior minion he had just acquired.

  At this time, the Skeleton Warrior had completed the fusion of its head and body.

  The first thing this already subdued Skeleton Warrior did after completing the body fusion was to push aside the numerous Skeleton Soldiers, and with a greatsword in hand, it stood majestically by Lucas's side.

  As if...

  Declaring its status by Lucas's side!