#19 - Chapter 19 The Shadow of Death
Farte No. 3 Plane.
Su Yingxue's territory, in the lord's castle.
"Ms. Xia'er, please take the magic apprentices to Farm Area No. 17 and bring rain to the newly planted crops there."
Sitting behind the long table, Su Yingxue smiled as she spoke of her arrangements to the hero, Ms. Xia'er, whom she had recruited.
"After bringing the rain, please rest for an hour, then go to Forest No. 4 and kill the beasts that have been disturbing the miners."
"My hunter squad and foot soldiers have already found the cave where the beasts live, but unfortunately, they need your support to kill them."
"And..."
"Stop, stop, stop!"
Level 1 Arcane Master, Ms. Xia'er, raised her hand, interrupting Su Yingxue's "chanting", and said with a headache.
"My dear lord, I am a person, not a machine built by gnomes."
"Isn't it a bit too much to give orders like this?"
"And how did you know that I could replenish my mana within an hour after casting a spell?"
Faced with Ms. Xia'er's question, Su Yingxue casually replied while exchanging resources for points.
"It's simple. After knowing your mental attributes and the level 1 mana furnace passive, your mana recovery speed can basically be calculated."
"I'm sorry to make you so busy, but there's nothing I can do about it."
"After all, I am in the early stages of territory construction, and you, as my first hero unit, naturally need to be more busy."
"But I assure you that as soon as I get through the initial stage, I will satisfy all your demands as soon as possible, including building a mage tower that belongs only to you!"
"Oh~"
When she heard Su Yingxue say this, Ms. Xia'er's eyes lit up immediately.
Even though she was wearing a mage robe, she couldn't hide her excellent figure. She slowly walked to Su Yingxue's side, held the lord's shoulders, and said word by word.
"Are you sure you will satisfy all my demands? If so, then I don't mind being a little busier, but not here, my. dear. lord.~"
Su Yingxue turned her head, her smile disappeared.
She said coldly with an almost absolute poker face.
"To be precise, I said all reasonable demands, which absolutely does not include satisfying your perverted and stupid dirty thoughts."
"Uh..."
Ms. Xia'er was embarrassed by Su Yingxue's words.
"Alright, Ms. Xia'er, please take the apprentices to bring rain first."
After saying that, Su Yingxue snapped her fingers, forcing the arcane master, who still wanted to pester her, to leave the room.
"Sigh..."
After finally finishing all the tasks at hand, Su Yingxue raised her head and looked out the window.
At this time, her territory was expanding outward at an almost crazy speed.
In just a few days, she had already upgraded her territory to level 4 and built the first lord's castle, which was both a fortress and the core of the territory.
In addition, a large number of farmland and mines have also begun to be utilized by her, and in the territory, hunter huts and craftsman workshops have also taken shape.
She even recruited a racial hero, so it can be said that she already has enough power to protect herself.
Such efficient construction has already made her an absolute leader among this group of new lords.
But she is still worried.
However, the object of her concern is not herself.
"I wonder how Wu Wei is doing now, and what his territory looks like?"
Looking at the sunny weather outside the window, Su Yingxue's heart was filled with shadows.
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How is Wu Wei's territory being built?
The answer is that it hasn't been built at all!
Wu Wei, this war maniac, has only done one thing since he got his territory: changed the number of abyss hatching pools, the troop-producing building, from 1 to 2.
In addition, the abyss territory where he is located has hardly changed.
And all the resources he has, except for upgrading the territory and recruiting heroes, have been invested in endless wars!
At this moment, the total number of soldiers Wu Wei has has reached a full two thousand.
Nearly one-tenth of the entire Trial Continent map has been explored by him.
And all the areas he has explored, except for the resources that are still there, the other valuable neutral creatures have basically become extinct.
Wu Wei has slaughtered a full three batches of centaur tribes, similar to Usoq Taifeng.
And the blood and tears accusations against Wu Wei by weaker creatures such as goblins, slimes, and sprites are even more tragic and indescribable.
But all this is just the beginning.
Because the reason why Wu Wei has invested every point of resources in his hand into the construction of the demon army is to obtain greater benefits in the shortest possible time.
For example, occupying a neutral town with nearly a thousand dwarves living in it!
And the reason why Wu Wei has set his sights on this neutral town, in addition to the extremely high value of the town itself, is also its geographical factors.
The area where most of Wu Wei's soldiers are located is an area called Dawn Forest.
To the left and behind Dawn Forest are a vast and boundless swamp and a grassland full of small beasts and centaurs.
To the right and in front of Dawn Forest are a continuous hilly area and a boundless alluvial plain and valley, respectively.
The hilly area is full of rich mineral deposits.
On the alluvial plain, there are small villages of various races everywhere, exchanging what they have and making it lively.
And this unnamed neutral town is located right in the center of these two important areas!
It is the central node of this area and also the only trading place nearby.
As long as Wu Wei occupies this unnamed town, then he will be equivalent to controlling the access rights to two major areas in one fell swoop.
After controlling this unnamed town, Wu Wei can even build it into a fortress to block the advance of other competitors and prevent them from obtaining resources from other areas.
Therefore, all the lords, including Wu Wei, who want their troops to travel freely in this area will not voluntarily give up competing for this town, which is extremely important no matter how you look at it.
"Advance!"
With Wu Wei's order, in the depths of the forest, on the edge of the swamp, and in the shadows of the hills, endless demon armies began their march of death.
But the dwarves in that poor town were unaware of this.
They did not know that the shadow of death had unknowingly come to their side....
All they can do is pray.
But the object they should pray to is not those gods, but the endless abyss.
