Zane quickly organized his small horde of undead according to their strengths. At the same time, he incorporated his own party members into their ranks. At the front were the five Undead spearmen, forming a small shieldwall. Madison, of course, leading them as their NCO.
Whereas the remaining twenty or so Walkers were used as skirmishers to flank the enemy with what can best be described as a zerg rush. As for Elena, she would be leading these skirmishers. Meanwhile, Olivia and Angelica sat back.
Olivia provided support via her offensive lightning skill. And Angelica would heal any of the party members who were injured. As for Zane, he acted as a scout, probing the enemy, and luring them towards his formation, where he would then strike at the most opportune moment.
Naturally, if he could max out his Horde Size of 300 Undead Servants, and equip them all with basic gear, it would be even better, but that was a long-term goal. The first thing he needed was to actually collect the walkers and force them to submit to his control.
Because of this, Zane led his small horde throughout the ruined streets of Old Reno, quickly collecting Walkers into his ranks. He neglected howlers and leapers simply due to the fact that he did not yet know how to properly incorporate such undead into his ranks.
By the time the sun began to set, Zane had collected his three hundred walkers, and had even engaged in battle with three times as many undead. Curiously enough, his Horde did not individually gain XP. Rather, it was collective for the horde itself. When the Horde gained a certain amount of XP, he could apply it to level up one or more of his Undead Servants.
Zane received enough for three level ups which he applied evenly across his five Undead Spearmen, three of which became level two. It was an interesting system, one which Zane felt was somewhat reminiscent of a certain first person strategy game that he had well over one thousand hours on prior to the outbreak of the apocalypse.
But one thing was certain to Zane. The next time he defeated a Horde King, if he managed to get a third skill that was in a similar theme to the two he already had then there would be no mistake about it. That would prove to Zane that there was an intelligent creator behind the system, one that favored him for whatever reason.
After all, with two skills of a similar theme that could very well be a coincidence, but three was a pattern and there would be no denying such a reality if it came to pass. But at the end of the day, none of this really mattered. At least not as one of Zane's immediate concerns.
Now he needed to become stronger, and the best way to do that was to hunt undead in the ruins of Old Reno, acquire the resources that they dropped, and create equipment to properly outfit his new horde. As well as the residents of Gravestone.
If this could be properly accomplished, then Zane's strength would have jumped by leaps and bounds. Thus, Zane simply nodded his head in response to Elena's statement, after much time elapsed in ponderous thought.
"You're right... It is a very powerful skill indeed. One that needs to be properly nurtured... I say from now on, we should lead regular strike teams into the ruins of Old Reno. Five days a week, for six to eight hours a day... What do you all think?"
The girls' opinion on the matter was unanimous, apart from wanting to grow stronger so they had a better chance at surviving. There was also a certain matter of jealousy towards Madison who had an excellent set of equipment, while the others did not. And thus, all the girls came together and agreed with Zane's proposal.
"Absolutely!"