Chapter 1114 - 666: New Tomb City, Spiritual Vortex, Coinage Workshop

Chapter 1114: Chapter 666: New Tomb City, Spiritual Vortex, Coinage Workshop

The name of Draven’s stronghold was simply Draven Stronghold.

Fang Zhou directly renamed this stronghold Tomb City.

The stronghold wasn’t very large, its overall shape an irregular cuboid.

The only ore vein in the territory was also under a nearby mountain; this was a major source of income for the territory.

The city wall of the stronghold was built along the mountainside, reaching thirteen meters at its highest point, with a thickness of more than six meters.

When this wall was built, Draven had put a lot of effort into it, pouring a large number of Defense Runes into it, allowing the wall to withstand attacks from Gold Tier units.

Under Fang Zhou’s arrangement, he directly spent a huge amount of Soul Power to manifest the walls of the Tomb Territory in the Wasteland of Strife onto the current Tomb City.

The effect of the manifested wall, in terms of Defense Power, was at least twice as strong as the wall Draven had built.

Of course, the actual construction still depended on Skeletons throwing themselves into labor one after another.

Half a month later, the sections of the walls that had originally been blown down in battle had already undergone a dramatic change.

For this, Fang Zhou even announced that he had selected some lucky Skeletons, three hundred in total, and held a promotion Ritual for them.

These Skeletons were undoubtedly fortunate, especially compared to those Skeletons who had worked themselves to death.

The site of the promotion Ritual was chosen in a barracks within the city, where the space was large enough.

As Fang Zhou released the authority of the Undead Pioneer and began the Ritual to promote Undead, the two chests of Demon Heart Cores laid at his feet started burning rapidly.

With the promotion ceremony concluded, a new type of Undead crawled out from the shattered remains of Skeletons.

They were Lower Undead, Zombies.

The combat strength of Zombies wasn’t worth mentioning; they only had Black Iron Tier strength, but their ability to work was far superior to Skeletons.

These newly born Zombies knelt on the ground, grateful for Fang Zhou’s promotion.

And all the Skeletons still working in the city also began to work even harder at this moment.

These Skeletons, though lacking Wisdom, could still sense that some of their companions had advanced.

This pushed their desire to work and their efficiency to an unprecedented high.

The other Undead in the city, although already Middle-tier Undead, felt their own urge to work hard ignited when they saw Skeletons being promoted.

They also hoped to accumulate enough merit as soon as possible and gain a chance at promotion from Fang Zhou.

Looking at the many Undead working in high spirits, Fang Zhou smiled in satisfaction.

Only when these Undead worked hard could they earn more Blood Moon Coins for him.

The city wall’s reconstruction was advancing almost day by day; with the help of Zombies, the repair speed of the wall was even faster.

Fang Zhou was more than happy to see this.

So from now on, he would promote ten Skeletons to Zombies every day.

This, on the one hand, helped boost the work efficiency of the other Undead, and on the other hand, was preparation for expanding his manpower.

At the same time, Fang Zhou dispatched Tomb Civil Affairs Officer Leblanc, ordering her to take Morgana back to Tusk City and recruit more Naraku Undead from the city.

Compared to personally upgrading those Skeletons, these recruited Undead were the true kings of cost-performance.

Although there weren’t many Undead left who could bring their own rations and advance on their own, with Morgana and the others as cautionary tales, many Undead in other camps were now eager to come work at Fang Zhou’s stronghold.

After all, the chances for promotion and advancement here were much higher than under other Undead Pioneers, and it was much safer as well.

Leblanc also took with her the video recordings of Fang Zhou leading the Tomb Undead Legion to crush the Demon Army.

These would be the ultimate weapon for recruiting Naraku Undead from Tusk City.

With such a powerful force stationed in the stronghold, the casualty rate of these Undead could be kept to a minimum, and there were also opportunities for promotion; almost no Undead could refuse such recruitment.

The problem that had previously kept Fang Zhou from recruiting Undead from Tusk City on a large scale had now been perfectly resolved.

The Blood Moon Coins from Draven and Rekton had given Fang Zhou his starting capital, allowing him to boldly recruit usable Middle Tier Undead without worrying about not being able to pay their wages.

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Under Tomb City, this had originally been a huge warehouse used for storing supplies.

Now it had been transformed by Fang Zhou into a fabrication floor for Tombyard Undead Soldiers.

The Tomb Mage Corps were all busy here, where a dense array of a hundred and fifty to sixty gigantic incubation pools had been set up.

These incubation pools all contained Undead Soldiers made from the corpses of Gold Tier Demons, among which were fifty Curse Blood Knights.

The remaining hundred-plus were corpses whose Heart Cores had been excavated, made into Curse Blood Warriors.

High Tier infantry units were what Fang Zhou intended to develop on a large scale right now.

As battles became increasingly frequent and the number of Demons on the enemy side kept rising, solid infantry pillars were still needed on the main battlefield.

Otherwise, if the frontline collapsed, even a slightly larger number of cavalry wouldn’t be enough to turn the tide.

Fang Zhou inspected this workshop with satisfaction, giving high praise to the few busy Curse Blood Mages.

With the help of these Curse Blood Mages, the manufacturing of Tomb Units could save him a great deal of effort.

In a few days, once this batch of Warriors "hatches," he would have two hundred Curse Blood Knights and more than a hundred Curse Blood Warriors.

This force would be no weaker than the troops Hecarim had led before, just with fewer air units.