Free Web NovelChapter 143: Chapter 110: Bountiful Harvest 2
Even though the Watchtowers were made of white bone, they didn’t find it strange. This was the Undead Race, after all; almost all their buildings were made of bone, so it was hardly worth making a fuss about.
But when the spikes and baffles appeared, the Minotaurs grew excited. This stuff was incredible! Just one look filled them with a sense of security. It might look menacing to their enemies, but to them, it just felt safe!
Look at those white walls—so high, so thick! Look at those spikes—so long, so thick, so sharp! The only drawback was that the gaps between the wall sections were a bit large, so enemies could still charge in. However, it was much stronger than having no defense at all. At the very least, it could block plenty of stray arrows and the like.
’Since I’m already adding defenses to the Fortress, I might as well add some more.’ Li Ziyu rubbed his chin and checked the System. ’Time for more wheels.’
He had made 4 Big Bone Wheels before. ’Right, let’s increase that to 16.’ He originally only had 2 Little Bone Wheels. ’I’ll boost that to 32.’ The goal wasn’t to increase Speed, but to ensure smooth travel and stable turns!
When it had fewer wheels, the Fortress’s ride was very bumpy. At high speeds, it always felt like it was struggling under the load. And with too few Little Bone Wheels, it could turn, but at high speed, people could be thrown right off, and it was prone to flipping over.
’Now that I have enough resources, I should definitely get some maintenance done—at least make myself more comfortable.’
It felt good to have resources. He could afford to be extravagant.
By early morning, all the Undead had finally returned to the Fortress, bringing all the corpses and loot back with them.
In this surprise attack, they had wiped out over 5,000 enemies. The Headhunter Race was almost completely annihilated, and most of those who escaped were goblins. After the System decomposed the corpses, Li Ziyu gained a huge amount of Soul Energy—over 230,000 units in total, which greatly eased his pressing Soul Energy shortage.
Sitting on the White Bone Throne, Li Ziyu silently thanked his "dear friends and family" from the Wasteland for their gift, then gleefully began to calculate how to allocate all this Soul Energy.
’Hmm, upgrading to a Level 3 Fortress requires 10,000 units of Soul Energy. That’s very important, so I have to set that aside.’
’The Great Tomb, a Main City Level building. I’ve always wanted one, but I’ve been short on resources. It requires 1,000,000 units of Skeleton alone, plus 50,000 Soul Energy. I can just wait for the caves to produce the Skeletons, so for now, I’ll reserve the Soul Energy.’
After setting aside those 60,000 units, and factoring in the emergency reserves he already had, he still had 190,000 Soul Energy left. That was enough for another big splurge.
’The Skeleton Longbowmen have already proven their strength, and the damage from their White Bone Long Arrows is astonishing. I definitely can’t pass them up; I have to summon some. As for the Short Bowmen... should I summon some of them, too?’
’No, forget it. You need a large number of Archers to be effective. Since I already have Longbowmen, I’ll focus on summoning them first. I can worry about the Short Bowmen later.’
Not considering the Skeleton consumption, one Skeleton Longbowman required 530 units of Soul Energy. A squad of 100 would need 53,000 units of Soul Energy.
’Okay, two squads it is. Then I’ll reinforce the Longbowmen on the Watchtowers. That will give me three squads of Longbowmen in total. It should be enough to create a small arrow storm.’
In the blink of an eye, his remaining Soul Energy dropped to 90,000. Li Ziyu felt he still needed to spend it sparingly, or he’d be poor again.
’Sigh, I really didn’t expect this. The Undead Race consumes so much Soul Energy. I don’t even dare to create too many soldiers.’
’I guess you win some, you lose some. For the Skeleton Undead Race, the resource needed for many buildings is just Skeletons. I don’t have to worry about all sorts of different resources like other Races do. Plus, there are the mass-producible Low Level Skeleton Undead. So it’s understandable that High Level Soldier Species are more expensive. You can’t have all the advantages, right?’
Fortunately, the Undead’s Combat Sequence wasn’t weak, and their combat effectiveness was very reliable.
By the time he had taken care of everything, the sky was bright. It was time to enter Hibernation Mode again.
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「A hidden underground cave.」
"Any news of Panok?" Nado asked a tribesman beside him, his face dark.
"No." The tribesman shook his head.
"That idiot! That brainless moron—" Seeing there was still no news, Nado lost control and swore loudly. The tribesman at his side simply stood there impassively, saying nothing.
After Panok left with his men, Momonai had reported the news. Both Nado and Moss were furious about this unauthorized action. They had issued an order to assemble, but that idiot had completely ignored their command. After learning of the Undead’s location, he had just taken his men and charged straight over.
’If the Undead were that easy to take out, why would they need to form an alliance?!’
Nado had chosen Panok to join the Vanguard Army because he valued his courage and ferocity. He never expected his brain to be so useless, so incredibly stupid.
So many days had passed without a single message from him. They had to rely on Tribes along the way to get any scraps of information. This made Nado even more furious. ’He completely disrespects me, the leader of the Headhunter Race, doesn’t he?’
’It doesn’t matter if he succeeded or not. Either way, Panok isn’t going to live through this!’
In his heart, Nado had already sentenced Panok to death. If someone was going to challenge his authority, then they would pay with their life. Only blood could make power even more secure.
"Nado, we have to gather our forces as soon as possible. It’s highly likely that Panok has exposed our movements," Moss, who was sitting across from Nado, reminded him.
