Chapter 1014 Little Ghost's Transformation and Growth
Catherine's gift was generous, although she was motivated by the purpose of gaining more faith for Lady Strategy.
But for Gavin, it was still a gift from someone who was sending him a pillow when he was sleepy. He used these followers of Lady Strategy very well.
It is no exaggeration to say that his rapid development in the past two years is inseparable from Lady Strategy.
Eighty percent of his officers at all levels are her followers, and many of the remaining 20% are also indirectly related.
On the other hand, it is also his credit that Lady Strategy ascended to the gods so quickly.
The two are inseparable and intertwined with each other.
When one prospers, all prosper, and when one suffers, all suffer.
"Everything is subject to the orders of the Lord Knight." Demetri interpreted the knight's words and deeds to the extreme.
This is not just because of faith. It is estimated that he himself comes from a knight family.
"In the name of the Hand of Killing, behead them." Gavin quickly selected hundreds of extraordinary real shadows to come over.
There are not many real shadows in the Abyss, but his territory is so large that he can find a lot of them if he wants to.
The methods used on the undead before can naturally be used on these shadow officers now.
"In the name of the hand of killing." The shadow officer did not hesitate and cut off the heads of the real shadows with a knife.
Under normal circumstances, it is impossible to kill the real shadows by doing this.
But now it is obviously not a normal situation. This is a kind of killing sacrifice. Beheading is just a killing ritual.
At the moment of beheading, Gavin's left hand lit up with a bloody light, and directly sank into the bodies of these real shadows, and then completely destroyed them from the inside, and finally turned into a bloody light and merged into the body of the shadow officer.
For them, the special ability of the shadows - shadow fusion was opened.
Real shadows are also shadows, and the killing evolution ability opened is naturally the same as it.
Shadow fusion and shadow possession are simply excellent commander abilities, especially when you have mastered the mass production of corpse giants and shadow aircraft.
They can use this ability to merge with these corpse monsters, achieve the ability to directly control them, and make themselves burst out with terrifying combat power.
This is similar to Gavin's super-state transformation, and it has the effect of one plus one being greater than two.
The same ability, with intelligence and without intelligence, the combat power is completely different.
These shadow officers are not clear about Gavin's plan, but their military-like beliefs will make them obey unconditionally.
"You go too." Gavin turned his head and said to Amanda, who was following him like a little follower.
"Ah..." The little ghost didn't expect that she had a part in this, and her palm-sized face wrinkled into a ball involuntarily.
Since following Gavin, she has mainly been engaged in running errands and pulling other people's arms or legs. She has never done such a job of killing people.
That little look makes people feel pity for her, but for the sake of future development, Gavin can only say firmly: "You can only do this yourself, no one else can do it for you, this is the price of growing up."
Her role in Vizeme Manor is irreplaceable, and there is no way to copy the ability of earthbound shadows so far.
Gavin can transfer the control of more than a dozen shadow officers to her name. She only needs to take a shadow aircraft as the shadow coordinates to take them to move freely outside the territory.
A dozen shadow officers are not just a dozen people, but an army of 100,000 undead.
What's more precious is that her devout belief in herself allows her to establish a faith link with them and can be remotely controlled.
Such a good seedling, if not fully cultivated, is absolutely a waste of natural resources.
"The price of growing up." Amanda's big eyes suddenly sparkled, and this word was full of unspeakable temptation for her.
Her body shape does not match her actual age and mind.
And growing up quickly has always been her biggest dream since she was a child.
Only when she grows up can she escape from her nightmare family.
But the gods seemed to have a grudge against her and did not give her this opportunity.
Even if Gavin rescued them from the endless cycle of revenge, she was fixed at the moment of death.
Swish!
The next second, Amanda jumped out from behind Gavin, and with a swish, the head of a real shadow was cut off.
Clean and neat.
From this knife alone, it can be seen that the little shadow must have put a lot of effort.
This is a huge contrast to Amanda's previous harmless appearance.
Gavin was not surprised at all, because he had seen her fierce side in the endless cycle of revenge. She was the leader of revenge, and Estel was just a vassal.
And she was also very hardworking. In the Vizeme Manor, she learned everything day and night.
Gavin didn't know what she had learned. After all, there were many ghosts and shadows imprisoned in Shadow Manor, and they were mixed. Among them, there were many outstanding people in a certain industry. Amanda was half the owner of the manor, so she had the right to deploy them as her teacher.
As soon as the evolutionary light ball entered her body, Amanda couldn't wait to transform into a physical state. She compared her height, sighed, and looked at Gavin with her big eyes full of resentment.
"Haha..." Gavin couldn't help laughing and said, "The growth I'm talking about is to make you gain more powerful strength, but it's not impossible for you to grow in this aspect. What you lack is the source power. Here, try using this."
Gavin handed Amanda a Soul Pool Purification Essence and looked at her with some curiosity.
Because he was not sure what the Soul Pool Purification Essence could bring her.
Is it the source enhancement?
Or the skeleton enhancement?
After all, her state is very unique, between life and death.
You said she is a dead soul, she can be transformed into flesh and blood and have a physical body.
You said she is a living person, she can become a ghost.
After Amanda took the Soul Pool Purification Essence, she didn't need to move at all. It was like water flowing into a pond, automatically blending into it.
Amanda immediately flickered uncontrollably. She was a physical body in the previous second, a spiritual body in the next second, and then changed back in the next second.
"It really can grow! This is both necessary and necessary!"
Gavin couldn't help but sigh in his heart. He saw clearly that every time Amanda's body changed, her body would grow a point taller, and her attributes would be greatly improved.
When Amanda's body regained stability, her height had increased by five centimeters, and her life dice increased by one.
Attribute improvement: Strength 4, Agility 1, Constitution 2, Intelligence 2, Perception 1, Charisma 1.
Secondary bone manipulation and secondary bone strengthening were also enabled, and the latter was already included in the above comprehensive improvement.
It seems that this pure soul essence is completely suitable for Amanda, and it has indeed greatly strengthened her essence.
"I'm getting taller, Master, I'm really taller." Amanda screamed excitedly, pulling Gavin's hand and shaking it.
"Keep going!" Gavin took out another soul pool purification essence. It is not difficult to see from the ability of secondary bone manipulation that her strengthening is far from reaching the top.
"Thank you, Master." Amanda took it excitedly.
Both the process and the result are the same as before.
Without saying anything, Gavin took out the soul pool purification essence like water. He made up his mind today to improve the little ghost's ability to the maximum.
Although the soul pool purification essence is precious, it is not as good as a usable talent. At this pace, he will strengthen a super ghost.
There is no such thing as five times.
After taking five soul pool purification essences in a row, Amanda took the sixth one and did not show any reaction again, which shows that she has reached the top in this aspect.
Even so, her ability is already different from the original.
Vitality: 88 (life dice: 15D8+24)
Attributes: Strength 7, Agility 19, Constitution 15, Intelligence 13, Perception 19, Charisma 17
Special abilities: sunlight sensitivity, absorbing life, creating earthbound ghosts, earthbound spirits, real and virtual transformation
This is before strengthening.
Vitality: 386 (Hit Dice: 20D12+140+120)
Attributes: Strength 27, Agility 24, Constitution 25, Intelligence 23, Perception 24, Charisma 22
Special Abilities: Sunlight Sensitivity, Absorb Life, Create Earthbound Shadows, Earthbound Spirits, Virtual to Real Transformation, Legendary Bone Manipulation, Legendary Bone Strengthening, Profane Strength, Fierce Aura, Shadow Attack (Strength), Shadow Acceleration (Agility), Shadow Armor (Constitution), Shadow Flash (Intelligence), Shadow Lock (Perception), Strengthen Earthbound Shadows (Charisma), Supernatural Body/Night Shadow Body
If Amanda's transformation had not been taking place right before his eyes, Gavin would never have believed that the two were the same person.
The contrast between her spiritual and physical states is huge.
In her physical state, she is a little girl who is less than 1.5 meters tall, but has a physique comparable to that of a barbarian, and the internal measurements that legendary spellcasters do not have, which has opened up a supernatural body.
In spirit form, she is a six-meter-tall crouching night shadow, with all the abilities of a crouching night shadow - cold air, spell-like abilities (cast at will - cause disease, charm people, death cloud, confusion, darkness, dispel magic, speed, human fixation and invisibility, once a day - finger of death), summon undead creatures, hate sunlight, cold immunity, spell immunity (below level 6), detect magic, see through invisibility, telepathy, damage reduction (25/+3), increase resistance (50 points of acid resistance, fire resistance and electricity resistance), crush objects, evil gaze.
Except for the last two abilities, which are exclusive to crouching night shadows, the rest are common abilities of night shadows, which all night shadows have, so they are also called night shadow bodies.
And her extraordinary abilities are all centered around the ability of virtual-real transformation, most of which are common abilities that can be used in both states.
"Master, I've grown taller, hehe... I've really grown up." Amanda's focus was obviously different from Gavin's. She kept comparing her physical height, looking at her small chest that bulged like a steamed bun, and giggled.
She grew 25 centimeters, enough for the little shadow like a thin flower bud to bloom into a little white flower, and officially grew into a shadow girl.
Although she was only 1.45 meters tall, Amanda, who had always been seeking but could not get it, was already satisfied. This was better than never growing up.
Overall, Amanda was still thin and weak, giving people the feeling of a delicate little white flower that would fall down with the wind.
But Gavin, who knew her attributes, knew that this was just a misleading appearance.
It is a bit exaggerated to knock down an elephant with one punch, but it is absolutely no problem to knock down a warhorse or a wild bull.
Entering the Night Shadow state will be even more terrifying. Not to mention an elephant, even a mammoth can be knocked down.
This is not the end, but a beginning.
In this case, how can Gavin's three divine powers be missing - killing, immortality and road.
There is only one enhancement that does not work, that is, the lord enhancement of the soul bound to the soul pool.
This is within Gavin's expectations, because Amanda's soul is bound to the Vizeme Manor, which is the origin of her earthbound spirit identity.
The soul can only be bound once, and there is no way to bind it again, unless it is unbound from another place in advance, and Amanda obviously has no need to do so.
But those shadow officers have this need, not only because of all attributes +2, but also because this is a prerequisite for them to lead the undead soldiers of the Undead Killing Territory.
These shadow officers are obviously carefully selected, and none of them has a charm lower than eighteen.
Although the devout followers of Lady Strategy are not like the goddess of love and beauty, Suni, who is a serious appearance party from top to bottom, their average charm is generally not low, and there are many cases where charm is higher than perception.
Appearance is innate, but conversation and interpersonal relationships are acquired and can be improved through training.
Especially in the military, the standards for judging charm and leadership are quite different from those in the secular world.
It is not uncommon to have an officer with an ugly face but great personal charm and super appeal. Good appearance is just a plus.
After entering the undead state, everything becomes simpler, because it throws away all appearances and only looks at the essence - the attribute itself.
Once they become shadow lords, the charm of these shadow officers will collectively break through to the extraordinary. The enhanced ability they choose is to enhance leadership, which directly doubles the number of troops they command. A hundred shadow officers are enough to command a million troops, allowing Gavin to deal with most of the wars.
Even Gavin, whose undead killing territory has expanded significantly, cannot frequently use the matter of smashing the soul pool to purify the essence on a person.
Moreover, the cost-effectiveness is not high. Most of these shadow officers are still a long way from becoming night shadows. For special cases like Amanda, they have no way to copy them. They are just the origin enhancement like ordinary undead.
For them, the all-attribute +2 provided by the origin enhancement is far less helpful than a corpse giant or a shadow aircraft.
Even so, Gavin still can't do one for each person, and can only produce according to demand.
It took more than half a month to produce 16 corpse giants and 21 shadow aircraft.
Except for one corpse giant that Gavin kept for his own use, the other 15 corpse giants were all divided into 15 legions with the shadow officers.
Neither the corpse giants nor the shadow officers waited until everything was in place before being put into the front-line war.
Instead, after convening a full-body officer meeting, formulating a detailed combat plan, and clarifying the combat objectives, half of the shadow officers silently integrated into the major undead legions.
Although they only have fifty people, their combat effectiveness for the entire killing army is even greater than that of fifty corpse giants.
The fighting style of the killing army has changed significantly.
In the past, the fifteen killing legions did not dare to say that they fought on their own, and basically there was not much linkage.
Although they were called killing armies, they actually fought each other.
That is, these killing legions had an absolute combat advantage, and the enemy was unprepared, so they made rapid progress.
However, as the enemy reacted and began to fight back in groups, this advantage was not so obvious.
With the addition of the shadow officers, the exquisite command within the legion still could not be carried out, but the linkage of legions on a large scale began to appear frequently.
What siege and attack reinforcements, what luring the enemy deep into the ground, what split and encircle... all kinds of strategies and tactics were used.
Those enemies with limited intelligence were pressed to the ground and rubbed hard.
Even in the end, they could not figure it out. They obviously had an absolute advantage in manpower, but in the end they were the ones who were wiped out, while the enemy suffered very few casualties.
"Will the Bone King stand us up?" The dog demon who was replaced from the front line looked worried.
It always held a highly suspicious state about the covenant of the undead demon lord.
"This shows that our speed of encroaching on the Dragon Bone Territory is still too slow, and the pressure he feels is not particularly great. Send 15 more killing legions up, adjust tactics, and go straight to the dragon. I think the Bone King will not move after we appear to rush down the dragon tomb of the Dragon Bone Territory in one fell swoop." Gavin sneered.
The previous restrictions on the killing legions were the command capabilities of those low-level undead lords. It took three or four people to form a legion.
Now a shadow officer lord can lead an army, and the entire killing territory can be fully utilized, reaching a full complement of 49 legions. As the territory continues to expand, the number of legions will continue to increase.
With more legions available, Gavin can naturally do more and make bigger moves.
The killing corps in front immediately changed upon hearing the news and began to shrink the distance between them, from the original ten kilometers to five kilometers.
The distance between them was reduced by half, which meant that the number of enemies they had to face was reduced by half, and mutual support was more convenient. There would often be a situation of two against one or three against one, and the speed of advancement was significantly faster.
The fifteen subsequent support killing legions did not directly join the front, but followed slowly behind, plowing the soul pools again while also serving as a living force.
Once there was a problem on the front line, they could choose to go to the front, or to make a detour, attack the enemy from the flank, or directly raid the house and cut off the enemy's rear roots.
Even if the enemy defeated the first killing army, without the continuous flow of troops, it would be a dead end to go deep into the rapidly expanding killing territory and be swallowed up by the army defending the territory. (End of this chapter)
