Chapter 70: Return to the City
Stepping into Aridowei City, the sunlight that originally shone upon me completely vanished, and the sky reverted to the gloomy feeling of a city of death.
In front of the Aridowei City Council Hall, the 50 skeleton soldiers, 20 zombies, and 10 ghosts that had just joined Gu Xi's team were all lined up.
Unlike the skeleton soldiers Gu Xi summoned himself, these undead were formal units with levels.
The skeleton soldiers were all equipped with swords and shields, wearing armor as official skeleton soldiers.
[Skeleton Soldier (Level 3, Summoned Unit): Experience (0/500) Attack 2+1 (Long Sword), Defense 1+2 (Shield + Armor) Life 20, Skills: Undead Creature, Combined Combat.]
From the attributes of these skeleton soldiers, it could be seen that they had no real advantages; they were the most basic type of undead soldiers with no special features.
Unlike the commonly seen skeleton soldiers, zombies and ghosts were not common types, and their formation levels were significantly higher than those of the skeleton soldiers.
Those zombies, with bluish-green skin, hardened flesh, exposed bones in some places, and holding cleavers, were the most basic type of zombies. They had no defense, no attack, and no movement speed.
However, because of their higher levels, their attack and defense were above the standard of regular skeleton soldiers.
[Zombie (Level 4, Summoned Unit): Experience (0/750) Attack 4+2 (Cleaver), Defense 6, Life 60, Skills: Undead Creature, Battle Bite, Corrosive Poison Attack.]
Similar to the zombies, the ghosts had much higher levels, and their attack power and traits far surpassed those of the skeleton soldiers.
These ghosts were completely different from Luna. They belonged to the old-style ghost type, not the more common later semi-transparent ghost type. They wore black robes, floated in the air, and revealed skeletal faces and ribcages.
They floated quietly together, without causing much reaction.
[Ghost (Level 5, Summoned Unit): Experience (0/1000) Attack 5, Defense 4, Life 55, Skills: Undead Creature, Flying Unit, Life Recovery, Ghost Physique.]
The traits of these ghosts were far superior to those of the skeleton soldiers and zombies. The undead creature and flying unit traits were obvious, but the life recovery trait meant that ghosts could heal themselves during battle.
Moreover, the ghost physique trait provided a 50% chance to be immune to physical attacks.
Coupled with their already strong attack power, these ghosts could be considered the pinnacle of basic undead units.
All the undead units stood before him, motionless without Gu Xi's command.
After glancing at these undead units, Gu Xi nodded in satisfaction. The number of these units alone was enough to replenish the losses from his previous battles.
Gu Xi had been busy with other matters and hadn't had time to deal with these undead units. Now that he had time, he naturally had to arrange them properly.
"All skeleton leaders come over, distribute these skeleton soldiers at a ratio of 10, 20, 20. The zombies stay here for now, and the ghosts are managed by Luna.
Luna, how is the construction of the new Bone Chapel going, Luna...
Luna?"
After distributing for a while, Gu Xi realized that Luna and Shaya were both absent.
He was stunned and was about to check where Luna had gone when he saw Luna and Shaya walking out from a nearby building.
At this moment, both of them looked quite upset, with gloomy expressions as if someone owed them a large sum of money.
Their expressions only improved upon seeing Gu Xi. "Master, you're here."
"Yes, what's wrong? You both look unwell. Is there a problem with the newly merged abandoned old town?"
"No, Master, we just went to Victoria City, and something major happened there."
Luna quickly explained.
"What happened?" Gu Xi's Aridowei City was closely related to Victoria City; any problem there would affect here, so he became anxious upon hearing this.
It was much more important than the merged old town.
"It seems that Westminster Abbey is being influenced by the Great Lord's followers, turning into a wicked domain. One of the Great Lord's believers plans to ascend there and complete the contract James I made with the Great Lord."
Hearing this, Gu Xi couldn't help but say,
"He must be crazy, is that even possible?"
"Of course, those cultists have always been like this. They have no brains for their beliefs," Shaya interjected at this point.
Gu Xi noticed that Shaya's emotions seemed off. This matter clearly had nothing to do with her, yet she was so agitated.
"Shaya, did something happen?"
"Those cultists are performing blood sacrifices on the streets of Victoria City to support the actions at Westminster Abbey. Many people have died on the streets these past two nights.
This has made the Scotland Yard officers furious, and they have been investigating this matter.
Even the Fate Compass Guild has been affected."
"Are you worried about your mentor and the others?"
Gu Xi understood Shaya's thoughts upon hearing this.
"Yes, for some reason, I have an uneasy feeling."
Shaya spoke softly, but she didn't understand where this feeling came from.
As a thief, she should have a sense of danger, but this uneasy feeling was unfamiliar to her.
"This matter is a bit troublesome. Let's handle your current tasks first, and then you can station yourself in Victoria City to monitor the situation there. If anything happens, you can help your mentor directly."
Hearing this, Shaya's expression improved significantly. "Thank you, Master."
"It's nothing, we don't need your strength at the moment."
Seeing Shaya's expression improve, Luna also smiled.
Gu Xi then turned to Luna.
"How is the Bone Chapel we brought in last time?"
"It's already under construction, occupying the last large plot of land in this city. Master, how many days will you stay in the city this time?"
"About five or six days. We'll first complete the Bone Chapel. With the Bone Chapel's troops and our current forces, we should be able to take the dock area. By the way, how is the newly merged old town? Do we have enough resources to develop?"
"We don't have enough resources, but after merging the old town, our territory has significantly improved, and our resource collection speed has increased. However, there is one problem."
As the manager of Aridowei, Luna was most familiar with these matters.
"What problem?"
"There are three places in the old town that seem to be suppressing something. I feel that something is wrong there."
"Are you talking about the laboratories? I also feel something is off. I don't like those places either.
Let's not worry about that for now. We'll take the dock area first, then come back and demolish those three laboratories to make way for new buildings."
Gu Xi decided to skip the laboratories and build his own structures.
He had never liked such things, and he had an important task to complete.
To finish the temporary mission related to Shaya, the Holy Artifact in the Fairy Tale.
And obtain another of the Three Divine Skills, the Death Incarnation.
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