Chapter 180: Blood New Star, preparation for expedition
Colby asked very respectfully.
"We will go in groups and we will never delay the defense of the territory..."
Zong Shen raised his head and looked at the dirty warriors who looked like mud monkeys, feeling a little funny in his heart.
Everyone in the entire territory has not taken a shower for several days, especially the soldiers who joined earlier.
The battle rhythm in the territory is usually very tense, and every soldier is clearly arranged.
There was almost no personal time, and even going to the stream to take a shower was a luxury. Thinking of this, Zong Shen could understand them.
As a qualified lord, you not only have to arrange for the food and drink of your subjects, but also need to consider many aspects, including bathing, which is also a big issue.
However, he did not intend to share a relatively private place like the hot spring with the entire territory.
Once the hot springs are opened, even if the water runes can purify the water and circulate water, the hot springs in the pool will immediately turn into mud.
It's not that he is reluctant to part with it, this is a very real problem. One hot spring cannot meet the bathing needs of the whole territory.
Unless he can get the drawings of a bathhouse or bathhouse, group bathing will always be a big problem. In comparison, it is more convenient to wash in a stream now.
The creek is located between the frontline position and the territory. It is an area that has been cleaned up before and is relatively safe.
The water cellars in the territory are now full of water, and the citizens drink cold water that has been precipitated in the water cellars and then boiled on the stove.
As living water, the creek flows all the time, so it doesn't matter if the soldiers go to take a bath.
Zong Shen waved his hand and said without hesitation.
"Go on, go on, be careful when taking a shower."
"The monsters near the creek should have been almost wiped out."
After receiving Zong Shen's permission, they cheered and bowed to Zong Shen in unison.
Then a group of soldiers walked towards the creek to the north humming a tune.
The other group of soldiers continued to patrol around the territory, and when the first group had finished washing, they came over to exchange them.
Zong Shen walked into the hot spring cabin and took a comfortable bath.
None of the hangout friends came tonight, so it was a little less lively and a little more deserted.
While soaking in the hot spring, Zong Shen browsed the [Channel] for a while.
I chatted with Aze for a while. Both brothers are night owls.
Zongze's strategy was similar to his. He directly blocked the necessary mountain roads with city walls, horse barriers, and roadblocks, and also built simple buildings as baits.
You must also go out and actively hunt monsters every night, otherwise you will always feel like you are losing blood.
The Rhodok Empire where he was located was mountainous and hilly, so the types of cave monsters were different from those found here by Zong Shen.
It is mainly composed of more flexible crypt monsters such as ghouls and thorny snakes.
However, these monsters will also form plague zones after their death.
Aze's strength is quite good, and coupled with the defensive advantage of his territory being located in the mountains, it is relatively easy to cope with the current underground challenge.
After the two brothers communicated with each other, Aze suddenly ended the chat with an excuse, muttering about going to rest, and then hurriedly left the channel.
Zong Shen already knew in his heart what caused Aze to leave in a hurry.
"Oh, my stinky brother has grown up after all."
Zong Shen put his hands behind his head, leaned leisurely by the hot spring pool, and said with some emotion.
After simply soaking for more than twenty minutes, he ended his bathing trip tonight.
I lazily returned to the lord's cabin and went to sleep.
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The next day, it was just after six o'clock in the morning.
Zong Shen opened his eyes full of energy and entered a state of natural awakening.
He had a dreamless night, which made him sleep very comfortably.
His goal today is equally clear, which is to completely knock down the part of the mine occupied by the spider web monster before the pressure of the underground challenge begins to increase.
To open up wasteland ruins and develop territory, one must grasp it with both hands and be strong-willed.
Zong Shen went downstairs and washed himself briefly before walking out of the lord's courtyard.
The farmers have already started collecting work outside the city wall under the arrangement of the three fat men.
The patrolling soldiers are already in place and wandering outside the territory.
Only those soldiers who were left behind by Zong Shen last night were still on standby in the territory.
But those mages were nowhere to be seen.
Zong Shen randomly found a left-behind wolf cavalry who was training nearby.
This wolf cavalryman, with his upper body naked, was jogging along the lord's courtyard, but was stopped by Zong Shen, and he quickly saluted Zong Shen.
"No need to be polite, do you know where those mages have gone?"
"Did they go to the front line? Why are they not in the territory?"
Zong Shen asked with some confusion.
The wolf cavalry wiped the sweat from his forehead and pointed to a building located to the east of the lord's courtyard. It was the rare-level building that Zong Shen had just built two days ago, the Magic Palace!
"The mages have all gone to the magic palace, saying they want to meditate and practice in the palace."
Hearing what the wolf cavalry said, Zong Shen suddenly understood, nodded, and smiled at him.
"Okay, I understand, let's continue exercising."
The wolf cavalry left, and Zong Shen patted his head.
I have been so busy these two days that I even forgot about the Magic Palace.
If I remember correctly, in addition to the meditation room where mages can practice meditation, there is also a magic room that can refresh a magic skill book every 72 hours.
At this time, more than twenty hours have passed since the construction was completed.
This made Zong Shen a little depressed. For a development-controller like him, wasting such a long time in vain was no different than killing half of his life.
"Damn it, I almost forgot something important, hurry up and get the skill book!"
Zong Shen quickly ran towards the east side of the small courtyard.
The Magic Palace covers an area of 500 square meters. It is not a large building, but its appearance is very distinctive. It is a circular building composed of twelve stone pillars covered with magic runes.
The height is about twelve meters, like a round jar.
Zong Shen walked into the magic hall. It was very quiet inside. In the center of the hall, there was a small room called the magic room.
Surrounding the interior of the hall are meditation rooms that are shrouded in black cloth.
Zong Shen's goal was very clear and he quickly walked to the door of the magic house.
He stretched out his hand to lift the black curtain and walked inside.
The magic house was originally dark, but after Zong Shen entered, the light suddenly lit up.
Dots of aqua-blue light emerged, giving him the illusion of being in a galaxy in the universe.
[(Click to extract magic skills)]
In front of me are systematic subtitles.
Zong Shen chose to draw without hesitation.
The light curtain immediately dissipated, and the surrounding aqua light spots began to gather together, as if thousands of stars began to condense in front of him.
These light spots contained countless combinations, representing the vast smoke-like magic combinations, and finally turned into a magic skill book that appeared in his hand.
Zong Shen looked at the skill book in his hand intently.
[Blood Nova (Level 4 Magic of the Necromantic System)]
[Only for Necromancers, you can learn the skill Blood Nova lv1]
[Consume 10% of the current health to release a blood nova, which will cause 0.6 times magic damage to all enemies within 25 meters plus 10% of the enemy's current health, and add a layer of blood filth effect to the enemy, reducing the
20% of the enemy’s healing effect and life recovery effect, cooling time 1 hour]
[Required wisdom: 30]
(The group damage magic of the necromantic system is pretty good against large-scale enemies)
This skill belongs to none other than Tasia.
After upgrading and strengthening with strengthening beads, Tasia's wisdom is now as high as 38 points.
It fully meets the learning requirements of this skill book.
Putting away the skill book, Zong Shen stood outside the magic house.
I shouted at those meditation rooms.
"Everyone, stop meditating and come out to gather!"
Soon, the black curtains of each meditation room were opened, and one by one the mages came out.
The time of meditation practice can be superimposed, and the meditation state can replace sleep.
These mages basically started coming to the Magic Hall to meditate and practice last night.
After hearing Zong Shen's call, they all ended their meditation and walked out of the meditation room, and gathered in front of Zong Shen.
"Tasia, this magic skill book is for you."
"Everyone else should gather at the entrance of the small courtyard first."
Zong Shen first handed the magic book to Tasia, and then ordered everyone to go to the entrance of the small courtyard to wait for the expedition.
Tasia took the skill book with a joyful smile on her face.
The once aloof necromancer is now like a little girl who got her beloved toy.
"Bo!"
Tasia held the skill book and kissed Zong Shen on the side of his face with a sweet kiss the next second to express her gratitude to Zong Shen.
Tasia's aloofness actually depends on the person.
As soon as she slapped the skill book with her hand, it turned into a ball of light red light and disappeared into her head.
Blood Nova lv1 is officially under her control.
"Okay, let's go gather."
Zong Shen smiled slightly and asked Tasia to go and gather.
He himself walked at the end, took out the communication crystal, and asked the third fat man to lead a few farmers to wait for him in the lord's courtyard.
When Zong Shen walked to the entrance of the small courtyard, the three fat men had already led five farmers to the outside of the lord's small courtyard, bowing to Zong Shen and waiting for his instructions.
There are currently twenty-four private houses in the territory divided into two rows.
There were no more thatched huts, so Zong Shen placed twelve thatched huts next to the two rows of houses and ordered the three fat men to lead people to build them.
After completing the city construction, he went to the market again, extracted 1,200 pieces of wood and hemp, and 800 pieces of stone as usual, and put 8 pieces of "Holy Water of the Moon" up for sale again.
Then he took out an appropriate amount of resources and let the dwarf uncle continue to forge arrows and crossbow bolts.
Seeing the busy figure of the dwarf uncle, Zong Shen planned to wait until the population of the territory further increased and arrange for several farmers with good qualifications to serve as blacksmith apprentices to help the dwarf uncle with the forging task.
After handling the trivial matters in the territory, he began to gather his troops at the entrance of the small courtyard.
Today's goal is very clear, that is to eliminate the spider web monsters and conquer the entire mine area!