Chapter: 806

Thankfully the armor was made for humans, and the spine didn’t necessarily have any more protection than any of the other organs.

The armor had a few easy ways into it, and it would not be difficult for the skeletons to adjust their aim slightly to target the spine.

However, since they had minds and must learn, Jay had them practice their attack, stabbing the corpses while Landen watched helplessly, realizing that even with full-body armor, he and his men would never match up to the undead.

Plus, he also looked like a helpless, lost puppy as he saw his new armor being pierced and ravaged.

In the meantime Jay explained everything he thought and did while examining the knights to the skeletons, as it would help each of them become better at figuring things out in the future too.

Simply telling them to target the spine would not satisfy Jay; telling them ‘why’ and ‘how’ to target it did, and in the long term would only give him better troops, capable of independent thought, able to assess enemies and become more proficient killers.

Jay left the skeletons to practice for a while and went to talk to Landen, sitting down on some roots near him.

“You can come along or go home. I don’t care either way. I’m following the knights back to their base as we speak.”

Landen didn’t really understand how Jay was following them, but he didn’t want to simply leave the valuable armor lying there for what could be days.

Landen felt like he could trust Jay not to kill him, but didn’t trust Jay to keep him safe either.

“I will go back - If that’s okay with you.” he weakly said, as if it were a question.

“That’s fine.” Jay shrugged, not really caring.

“Thank you again. If you need anything, you know where to find us.” Landen gave one last bow to Jay and left, sprinting away as fast as he could.

He would need some help with burning and purifying the armor before carrying it back, so that’s exactly what he went to retrieve - help from his men.

As for why he was spiriting, well, he wanted to claim their treasure before anyone else wandered by - not that many would wander near the cannibals territory anyway.

Jay sat patiently, sensing that Handy was still moving away, following the three knights which left with a pile of corpses.

“Hopefully the next fight goes much faster,” Jay thought, watching the skeletons slowly become more proficient at stabbing their blades through the armor gaps and accurately hitting the spines.

**I've decided to switch to American-English. Armour=armor. Saviour=Savior. Colour=Color. etc. +Chapters a little slow due to exam season. Thanks - Aero182**


Jay decided to leave with his skeletons, marching towards Handy who was still following the other three knights.

As they traveled, Jay placed Blue in command of the formation. Immediately, the skeletons began to move, as Blue kept Sweeper at the rear, Red as Jay’s body guard, and Lamp was sent forward as a scout.

Blue itself marched at Jay’s other side, which was fitting of the second in command.

A few hours later, Jay sensed that Handy had finally stopped.

“Good,” Jay thought, “not long now.”

It was nice for Jay, having his skeletons handle everything while he walked. He was still trying to figure out what the quest to save the innocent meant, and how it connected to the [Needle of the Starved], but couldn’t figure it out, thinking he would probably discover more clues in the knight’s territory.

The party crept through the forest towards Handy - yet as they got closer, Jay sensed Handy moving again, going somewhere to the right of where the party was heading.