Volume 6: Fighting for the World Chapter 271 Intermediate Puppetry
This large-scale giant magician group has a total of 61 members, including five level 10 eight-armed giant magicians, 14 level 9 intermediate four-armed giant magicians, and the remaining 42 are level 9 upper six-armed giant magicians. Qiushui Changtian, Yeyou and others should have taken advantage of the opportunity of my battle with the "Anti-Stupid Alliance" to explore the exact number, but the failure of this war and my surprisingly tough attitude forced them to give up their attempt to get involved in the holy land "Kalamayi" and encroach on my vested interests. They declined my invitation to watch the process of taming the giant magician group, and declined the two level 9 upper six-armed giant magicians I gave to each of the dozen middlemen as a thank-you gift for "hard work". Most of them forced a smile, exchanged a few polite words with me, and then left, probably because they didn't want to be saddened by the scene and didn't want to stay and witness my subsequent actions of taming the giant magician group.
The attack was already familiar, and victory was inevitable. Although the giant magician population was slightly larger, with sixty-one members, and five level ten eight-armed giant magicians in charge, they had very good command capabilities and put up a more tenacious resistance. I couldn't be ruthless and hurt their lives, which added to some trouble. However, the absolute advantage in numbers caused too much disparity in strength. Even at the cost of sacrificing some black bone dragons, I successfully defeated them all, and they all lost the ability to resist. Moreover, under my strong control, there was no accidental death or injury among the sixty-one giant magicians, and a good record was achieved. What made me even happier was that two of the five level 10 eight-armed giant mages actually reached the upper level of level 10, which not only increased the reserve of top-level undead under my command, but also did not waste too much of a pseudo-artifact "Soul-collecting Finger" - the upper level 10 undead could not be subdued by my own ability alone, so I had to use the pseudo-artifact to increase the success rate of signing the "Soul Contract" by 25%. It was a piece of cake to subdue the upper level 10 giant mages. For me, it took less than a minute to subdue the two of them, which really seemed a bit wasteful. The other three level 10 eight-armed giant mages were one level 10 middle level and two level 10 lower level. Now I have three level 10 upper level, two level 10 middle level and five level 10 lower level eight-armed giant mages, and more than two hundred level 9 upper level six-armed giant mages. I have finally restored the combat effectiveness that was severely damaged in the battle of "Great Leiyin Temple", which is enough to cope with the needs of large-scale wars.
The next day, at the agreed time, a tripartite meeting was held between me, the "Karamay Development Association", and more than a dozen middlemen including Qiu Shui Chang Tian, Qing Wu Fei Yang, and Ye You. We had specific discussions on the holy land "Karamay" and war compensation. A total of ten people represented the "Karamay Development Association" to negotiate, including Wan Gu Chang Qing, the Toad Who Wants to Eat Swan Meat, and Norwegian Forest, and the Count of Monte Cristo and the five Martians who were killed by me. Wan Gu Chang Qing acted as the chief representative. It seems that he is indeed the highest-ranking leader in the "Anti-Stupid Alliance". The basic conditions cannot be changed. With this premise, it is enough to effectively safeguard my interests. Therefore, I did not haggle with them too much on the specific details and made some concessions appropriately. Just like the scope of the holy land "Karamay" directly controlled by me, the radius of 300 miles was originally the result of my deliberate exaggeration, leaving them room to raise the steps and return the steps, so that they can seek psychological balance. The final result of the agreement is that the area within a radius of 100 miles with "Karamayi" as the center is my direct control area. Other undead wizards and their undead subordinates are strictly prohibited from invading without my permission. Otherwise, I will regard them as hostile invaders, and I have the right to take any necessary means, including forced expulsion or even direct killing, to safeguard my legitimate rights and interests. In addition, the area between 100 miles and 150 miles is a buffer zone. Other undead wizards and their undead subordinates can pass through this area to facilitate their actions, so as not to take too much detours sometimes, but they cannot stay and garrison. It is not allowed to use force to besiege and subdue the discovered giant magician population. If there is any violation, I have the right to take corresponding actions to stop expulsion and even impose punishment. Of course, the premise is that I must catch those undead wizards who violate the rules and have solid evidence. The behavior of settling accounts after the event based on hearsay or inference based on the results after the event will not be accepted.
Qiushui Changtian and Yeyou tried their best to get more opportunities to subdue the giant magician. They were unwilling to give up this special undead species that could perform ultra-long-range attacks. I didn't go too far and left them with a little hope in order to reach an agreement as soon as possible. The sphere of influence of a hundred miles is actually my ideal control area. If the area is too large, I don't have enough strength to completely control it. After all, a piece of paper only provides a theoretical basis. If I want to effectively control the holy land "Karamayi" in my hands, I still need enough strength to back it up. I will use heavy troops and strict monitoring. Only by giving those adventurers who refuse to give up a bloody lesson with my performance, and proving that I have the strength to completely control the sphere of influence of "Karamayi", can I effectively prevent their invasion. Once greed is too strong and I occupy too much territory but cannot control the situation, it will easily attract more "outlaws" to covet, which will affect my development. Moreover, I can effectively discover that the places where the giant magicians go to the holy land "Karamay" to worship are almost all within a radius of 100 miles. As long as I can ensure complete control of this area, it should not have a big impact on the number of giant magicians I can subdue.
The leaders of various forces and the top dozen or so undead wizards have recognized my control over the holy land "Karamayi", which is enough to constrain most undead wizards. The remaining small group of players who are outside the various forces are not strong enough and are no longer a threat. Basically, they should not dare to cause me any more trouble. As long as I can show enough control over the holy land "Karamayi" area and use the cost of my life to deter their greed, other undead wizards can only send people to search outside my sphere of influence. It is almost impossible to subdue too many giant wizards. There are not many advantages to be taken, which maximizes my vested interests in the giant wizard family. This is equivalent to issuing me a "license to kill". Other undead wizards can be killed in the "Dead Space" without being blamed or criticized. Wu Ma can be dispatched to this area to kill those greedy "poachers" who forcibly invade and devour their soul energy. The ninth-level professional Undead Holy Mage is equivalent to the nutrition provided by the tenth-level mid-level undead. For Wu Ma, who is still at the upper ninth level, it is definitely a great tonic and will definitely have a better effect than Ibola. To further accelerate its growth rate and strive to evolve into a higher level tenth-level mid-level advanced Destruction Knight as soon as possible.
There is also the issue of war compensation. In principle, gold coins are used as the payment unit. Of course, the equipment of the necromancers can also be used for compensation, but I am not a pawnshop. I will not accept "junk" that has little actual value or use value. It is limited to high-level holy equipment, which must be what I don't have or can still be used for equipment. After a fierce debate and consultation, both sides made certain concessions and finally agreed on the final amount of compensation - the necromancers who were killed by me in the war and lost 5% of their mental power limit will pay me 200 gold coins each, and the necromancers who survived will pay me 1,300 gold coins, making up a total of nearly 100,000 gold coins. Of course, if the surviving necromancers feel psychologically unbalanced, they can take the initiative to find me and be killed once, and they can enjoy the preferential treatment of only paying 200 gold coins. At the same time, it also comes with a high-level holy weapon "Blood Shadow Magic Boots". It can increase the mental power limit by 40%. After all, it is now the late stage of the operation of "Tianxia". There is a limit on the amount of real currency that players can exchange with "Tianxia Card", and the official crackdown on "black market" transactions is getting stronger and stronger. If players have too many gold coins in their hands and cannot exchange them for real euros, it will not be of much significance. The actual rank of the gold coins will become lower and lower. A mere 100,000 gold coins. It still can't satisfy my appetite. After all, it is the first "war transaction". If we don't leave them a more profound lesson, it will not be enough to deter other undead wizards who have different intentions and are secretly ready to move. This does not mean that they have to give up the holy land "Karamayi". That is not their interest. This time it is a real punishment for their armed aggression. No wonder I am cruel and insist squeezing out more benefits. Finally, under the proposal of Qingwu Feiyang, it was decided to use this "Blood Shadow Magic Boots" as compensation to offset the gold coins I offered that were far higher than its rank. Both sides made concessions. They got benefits, and I was psychologically satisfied. Finally, a consensus was reached.
Equipped with the high-level holy artifact "Blood Shadow Magic Boots", the upper limit of mental power increased by 40%, so that the basic mental power and the upper limit of mental power reached a new balance. I was finally able to successfully perform "Summoning the Undead" to summon the level 10 intermediate undead subordinates to the human world, or in the normal state without performing "Blood Change", in addition to some, I can also match a level 9 upper undead subordinate such as Khufu or Wu Ma who surpassed the level 9 upper level. When performing "Blood Change" and increasing the basic mental power by 15%, I can summon a level 10 intermediate, a level 10 lower and a level 9 upper undead subordinate at one time. The strength has finally made another leap. With Taotao and Shaman, two powerful pets, and Yibo La, Baji Yin Mo, Undead Ghost Wind and other level 10 intermediate undead subordinates, I finally have the initial strength to fight against those top players with level 10 upper magic pets head-on, so that I can't fight against them because the undead subordinates summoned at one time are not strong enough, and can only be defeated and oppressed.
The conflict between me and the "Karamay Development Federation" that eventually evolved into a tragic war finally came to an end, and ended with my great victory. Qiu Shui Chang Tian, Tian Xing, and Ye You, the masterminds behind the scenes, misjudged my possible reaction and did not expect that my attitude would be so tough and resolute. They did not hesitate to openly break with them and provoke a large-scale civil war among the undead wizards. After all, they, like me, had different goals in the game, not just to seek economic benefits, and they also had many scruples in their actions. After all, they did not have enough confidence and certainty to bear the consequences of turning against me. They did not dare to bet everything on their future like me. In the face of my aggressive strength, they had to choose to forbear and retreat, and lost the first round of struggle that took the initiative to provoke me and try to suppress me. Of course. The contradiction still exists. After this battle, they may even harbor hatred and seek revenge. Moreover, for their own interests, they will definitely not give up the action of provoking me. They will only act more cautiously and will not easily trouble me unless they encounter a more suitable opportunity. Avoid not taking advantage but suffering a big loss.
Although I was right in this matter and got the support of Qingwu Feiyang and Longxing Tianxia, I avoided being criticized and suppressed by public opinion and becoming the "public enemy of the dead wizards". However, it was probably because I was too strong and aggressive to Qiushui Changtian, Tianxing, Yeyou and other "big bosses", especially the "Karamayi Development Federation" that directly offended me. I forced them to surrender and sign the unequal treaty of defeat that "lost the country's sovereignty and humiliated the country". Under their indirect innuendo and attacks behind their backs, they still confused some dead wizards who only focused on the results, did not know the specific inside story, or hated my achievements, which affected my reputation to a certain extent. They secretly called me "Dai Ba" - meaning that I acted too domineeringly, relying on my own strength to do whatever I wanted, "fighting against others", and those who followed me prospered. Those who opposed me died. I did not take other dead wizards seriously at all, and wanted to dominate the "dead space". Rumors spread everywhere, and many undead wizards criticized my tyranny. I sympathized with the "Karamay Development Federation" that was bullied by me, but I didn't care. It was "stupid bully" after all, I took advantage of them and they suffered. It was better than "stupid". With my current strength and status, if they took advantage of me again, I would be buried alive.
During the negotiation, Qiushui Changtian mentioned Sabrotu and the others, intentionally or unintentionally, and asked me if the four of them who participated in the war were the four blood-sucking fang princes in the rumors. There was nothing to hide. With that kind of appearance and strength, and the ability to freely change forms, they must have known about the blood-sucking fangs, but they just wanted to get further confirmation from me. Denial was meaningless, so it was better to admit it. However, I naturally said that I knew nothing about the specific details, and I was determined not to reveal that I had any relationship with them. I only said that I met them by chance and was not under my control. I didn't know where they would live. As for Qiushui Changtian's proposal to cooperate in controlling the four blood-sucking fang princes to help their blood-sucking fangs successfully ascend to the title and replace them, I did not comment, and was vague, saying that the current strength did not have enough monitoring capabilities, and delayed it indefinitely. I intend to take the four vampire fang princes for myself and make them all my direct subordinates. I will never give up on them easily unless it is absolutely necessary. Other undead wizards intervened and broke up the combined attack technique of the four vampire fang princes, which doubled the power.
The four vampire fang princes were led to a very far distance by Yibo La to avoid causing trouble to the normal activities of Yibo La and Wu Ma. Then, I used "teleportation" continuously to quickly get rid of them and pinned them in the nearby area, and continued to be under my surveillance. Afterwards, Yibo La also rushed back to find a place to start his cultivation. During the war, he devoured the soul energy of at least forty undead holy wizards, which were all tenth-level mid-level tonics. He simply stored the energy in his body and was not able to absorb and transform it to meet the needs of growth. This time, he ate too much, so he had to spend more time to digest it. I believe that his growth rate will be much faster. In the future, he will not need to invest too much energy in dark energy, but should pay more attention to the accumulation of wind-attributed undead energy, so that he can achieve coordinated development and not affect the evolution to the higher ultimate destruction knight form, which will delay more time.
According to the plan, Wu Ma was transferred to the control area around the holy land "Karamayi" by me to operate, specifically to kill those "poachers" who were daring, blinded by interests, and not afraid of death, and to look for opportunities to devour the soul energy of those undead wizards to promote his own growth rate. With the growth experience of Ebola as a reference, and a low level, only the upper level of level nine, the supply of undead energy is very sufficient. Wu Ma's growth rate is much faster than that of wild Destruction Knights. With my unremitting efforts, he has killed and devoured a sufficient number of undead ghost winds, and has accumulated the "undead ability" that meets the standard. If I hadn't given up on captivity and switched to semi-autonomous wild grazing, intending to further enhance its actual combat experience and ability, thus slowing down its absorption of dark attribute energy and earth attribute energy. I believe that it should be ready to evolve into a higher form of advanced Destruction Knight. The power-type Destruction Knight with the ability of "earth escape" can exert combat effectiveness above that of Ebola, who focuses on speed, when facing a powerful opponent that has to confront head-on, which is also what I look forward to.
As for me, in addition to going deep into the "Dragon Bone Mountain" to subdue as many black bone dragons as possible and make up for the nearly 3,000 losses caused by this war, I also decided to apply for a professional task. I learned the "Intermediate Puppetry" magic. When I was promoted to the ninth-level Undead Holy Mage profession, I only learned the "Primary Puppetry" magic. For a top-level Undead wizard like me, the effect is really limited. It is better for dealing with undead below the ninth level and with lower IQ, but it is not very effective for undead below the tenth level. Basically, it is not of much help. I must master the more powerful "Intermediate Puppetry" magic as soon as possible. Especially in the challenges that occurred in the "Hell Volcano", whether it was the "Magma Cave Mouth" challenge or the promotion to the life and death battle, we had to face the increasingly powerful Hell Dragon. Without the help of other undead subordinates, the usual combat tools "Touch of Death" and "Sacrifice" magic could not be used. We could only hope for the "Puppetry" magic. The stronger the effect, the greater the help for me and the undead subordinates who participated in the challenge. After experiencing the battle of the hidden killer Tambizi challenging Let's Ivoire, I realized this more clearly. We can't put all our hopes on the "Millennium Fire Lotus" and "Ten Thousand Years Fire Crystal" and other natural treasures. There are many subordinates and few treasures, which will definitely be insufficient in the future. The root cause is still me. I must increase my strength as much as possible and give more help to the undead subordinates who participated in the battle. Only in this way can we cope with the increasingly difficult tests that are about to be faced.
To learn the magic of "Intermediate Puppetry", there are relatively harsh conditions. Not every undead wizard who has mastered the magic of "Elementary Puppetry" can master it. In addition to practicing the magic of "Elementary Puppetry" to a five-star proficiency, you also need to earn enough professional merits - at least enough to exchange for a pseudo-artifact. You must use these merits as a price to apply for the completion of the corresponding professional tasks. It is said that the difficulty is very high. Even for the top undead holy wizards, the success rate of successfully completing the task and learning the magic of "Intermediate Puppetry" is very small. And there is only one chance. Once the task fails, you can no longer start over. The merit points paid for this will also become a bubble and be wasted in vain. If you want to learn again, you can only spend the same merits to continue to apply. It is not easy to earn some professional merits, and you have to keep them in exchange for pseudo artifacts, so you must not waste them so easily. Therefore, the system reminds the necromancer players that it is best to wait until you are stronger before applying for the professional task of learning the "Intermediate Puppet Wood" magic, so as not to waste professional merits in vain. This is why I have not applied to learn the "Intermediate Puppetry" magic even though I have already practiced the "Primary Puppetry" magic to a five-star proficiency and earned enough professional merits. Until now, I have added the high-level holy artifact "Blood Shadow Magic Boots", which can summon ten-level intermediate undead . The strength that can be exerted in the human world has been further enhanced. I feel that I should have a better grasp of it, so I have the idea of learning it.
I rushed to the "Castle of the Dead" in the Western Continent and applied to learn the "Intermediate Puppetry" magic. I was led into an empty hall in the inner layer by Kreta, the tenth-level Undead Holy Spirit Mage who was in charge of daily affairs and whom I had met before. I waited alone for a while, but it was the dead old man who came out to receive me in person.
"Haha, hello, A-Dai, what's the matter that has you bothering me this time?" The old man was as enthusiastic as ever.
Isn't this asking even though you already know the answer? I cursed the old man for being so long-winded, but on the surface I didn't want to offend him, so I still acted quite respectful. "Hello, Lord Death, I'm here to learn the magic of 'Intermediate Puppetry'."
The old man nodded. "Well, do you know and have the necessary learning conditions?"
What nonsense again. If I had not been checked by the person in charge, Creta, and had not met the required conditions, would he have introduced me here and disturbed you at will? It seems that because the players have spent most of their energy on upgrading and finding suitable pets during this period, they have not applied for any large or difficult professional tasks. He has been too idle. He finally came out to take a breath and always wanted to talk to me. Unfortunately, I didn't have the leisure to chat with him. I tried my best to lead the conversation to the topic, "Everything is satisfied, I wonder what kind of professional task I need to complete?"
"Don't worry. According to the procedure, I have to deduct the required merit points from you first. Because you are the first player to apply to learn the magic of 'Intermediate Puppetry', I have given you a special preferential reward. I will only deduct 80% of the merit points normally required."
My mood immediately improved. I didn't expect there would be such a discount. I saved 20% of the merit, which is equivalent to one-fifth of a pseudo-artifact. At this stage, I can no longer continue to go deep into the Western Continent to "ride alone for thousands of miles". The efficiency of earning merit rewards has dropped a lot. Every bit of saving is a bit. This 20% can only be accumulated by killing a lot of Light players.
"To learn the magic of 'Intermediate Puppetry', you need to complete the 'Relics of the Gods' mission. 'Relics of the Gods' is a place located deep in the central continent. It is a lifeless dead place. It used to be a gathering place in ancient times when the gods had not yet provoked power disputes. Later, due to the increasing conflicts between the gods, the relationship was no longer harmonious and became more and more tense, which eventually led to the outbreak of the War of the Gods. Therefore, it was abandoned. The once magnificent and magnificent palaces of the gods and other buildings and facilities were destroyed in the war, leaving only a large area of ruins, which became the 'Relics of the Gods'. However, although the gods have long left and have never come again, after all, various facilities were built by gods of all sizes and have lived there for a long time. Even in the ruins, there is a lot of divine power, which will spontaneously attack invaders. For every intruder, it is extremely dangerous and there is always a worry about their lives."
