"Eat! What are you looking at? Eat as much as you can. You are all ghosts. Only in this way can you become stronger!"
"Do you think such an opportunity comes easily? Look over there. Do you think he is someone who likes to soak in a sea of blood and corpses?"
At Snow Ridge Ranch, Caroline and several other witch souls came here with a group of ghost students from the Psychic Academy, and Selma also brought some backbones of the "Wall of Sighs" in the city.
Although most of these ghosts are equipped with their own corpse demons, the first thing they do when they arrive here is not to fight, but to capture and eat the monster ghosts created by Mu Hua.
At this time, Caroline pointed at Mu Hua who was floating in the distance. It must be said that his suit and tie did not match the wilderness full of blood, mud and charred corpses.
"He has many strong men under his command. He came to the front line just for you. Eat these ghosts for me!"
Pointing at Mu Hua, Caroline shouted loudly, and asked the students to look away. However, looking at the ghost screaming and begging for mercy in their hands, some young ghost students still had troubled expressions on their faces and found it difficult to speak.
Because of Mu Hua's existence, the war in Snow Ridge Ranch also brought many ghosts here. No matter whether they are demons or orcs and monsters, the newly born ghosts can't make any waves in the hands of the Kanes ghosts. Even many of the ghosts in the academy are still ghost class.
The members of the Wall of Sighs were relatively okay, but many students in the Scholomance Academy were still not used to soul-eating, which led to the scene before our eyes.
"Soul Devouring directly affects the growth of ghosts. We don't have physical fitness in the conventional sense. Our spiritual attributes and spellcasting abilities are everything to us. Ghosts without spellcasting abilities will eventually become food for other ghosts. The dean is not trying to harm you."
As a non-member of the academy, Selma stood up to smooth things over for Caroline. She is a Faceless Person and is also very famous among the students of the Scholomance Academy, because compared to a wailing banshee like Caroline, Selma is the "same type" as the students.
"Lord Mu Hua has put a lot of thought into you. Look here, and then look at the Goblin Kingdom. We are still regarded as aliens by many people."
"The Courtyard Campaign requires more combat power, but the Lord now has to disperse manpower to maintain the stability of Caines City. In the future, we will need you to participate in the management and protection of Caines City. If we don't become stronger soon, how long will we have to rely on the Lord?"
In Loren's world, the terms like adults and villains are not popular, especially when facing young people. They can only influence them subtly, but it is not a good idea to put Mu Hua in a superior position right away.
With Caroline's severity and Selma's comfort, the ghosts of the academy finally began to instinctively devour the monster ghosts that were captured specifically for them.
Screams and curses, the cross-dimensional chaos is imperceptible to ordinary people, but in the eyes of psychics, the shrill screams of large numbers of ghosts devouring each other resounded through the wilderness.
Ghosts are still soul-eating species after all. Mu Hua is not harming them. At most, he just wants to catalyze their growth without investing much resources.
Of course, shaping one's own image and reputation is essential, but this aspect is mainly handled by Caroline and Selma, and Mu Hua only needs to show up occasionally to create a look.
Except for a small number of people from the Kingdom of Galaposo who came to Snow Ridge Ranch to demarcate the land and defend themselves, after Mu Hua launched the invasion of Snow Ridge Ranch, almost no adventurers were willing to come here.
Ghosts and gods are one reason. In addition, people are taboo about this place mainly because of the monsters under Mu Hua's command.
Thursday's big guy is a bit scary. Monsters are moody and there are monsters roaming around the vast land from time to time. The skeleton undead and hellhounds that hunt down monsters are unable to distinguish between friend and foe. If you are affected by them when they are fighting with monsters, it would be a bit unfair and depressing.
Caroline and Selma brought seven thousand ghosts, which are roughly equivalent to seven thousand zombies with the ability to move independently.
Human ghosts have excellent adaptability to corpse demons. If there is no intense fighting, even if they are just ghosts, they can control the corpse demons for more than 10 hours a day.
These ghosts are undoubtedly a new force for the repeated cleansing of the area south of the hot spring town. At the same time, the monster ghosts born on the battlefield are also a rare resource for them.
Selma's previous remarks were not meant to fool them. Mu Hua looked forward to their growth, and he really needed them to participate in the management and security of the city of Cairns.
The two thousand black-armored skeleton generals in Kanes City, the flying dragons and lion scorpion knights patrolling the sky, etc., can all be deployed as combat teams in the courtyard war.
Perhaps in terms of conventional military level, their numbers are just so-so, but most of the combat individuals under Mu Hua's command cannot be considered conventional.
Including the Terras at home, Mu Hua is not prepared to keep them in the human world to manage worldly affairs all the time. When there are enough replacements, they will inevitably be transferred back to Mu Hua's side to fight, or even to establish their own forces.
A courtyard like a world kingdom cannot be maintained stable by just three or five cities, and development is completely different from simple destruction and killing.
Even for the Snow Ridge Ranch, it would be difficult to form a stable joint defense without setting up hundreds of large and small cities, especially when it comes to future development. Even if this area is seized from the monsters, it is not just the monsters that need to be guarded against.
Not to mention Mu Hua's family, those Terras in his family, and even those individuals with high-level potential, may eventually become the leading city lords guarding a place.
Although it is too early to say all this now.
But if you don't have enough forces of your own, by the time you have cleared out the monsters, the humans who came here to develop may unknowingly sideline you.
Well, being in awe of you and leaving you idle don't seem to conflict with each other, and many people are very good at this.
"Boom!" The terrifying lightning column shone with eye-catching brightness, but because of the distance, it was only brightness and sonic boom. Sky Strike, a precise directional magic that tends to attack a single target at a long distance, this Sky Strike was several levels stronger than the one that Mu Hua had endured during the Star Patrol War.
Well, this heavenly strike was aimed at Thursday, and I don’t know how many heavenly strikes Thursday has suffered.
A high-level Breath of the Crack can, to a certain extent, prevent long-range magic locks beyond visual range, but it has little effect on line of sight and coordinate locks.
Thursday is big and conspicuous. Even if it is not within the caster's sight, find some beings who are good at measuring coordinates to estimate its movement coordinates, and it will be almost certain that one hit will hit it accurately.
This situation is a common phenomenon in high-level monster wars. It is clean and environmentally friendly, and is basically the same as the so-called long-range tactical strike.
Not to mention floating monsters, even if it is Leviathan, war fortresses and the like, when deployed in this kind of war, supporting defense measures and energy supply are indispensable, otherwise you can't expect to have a moment of peace.
After all, it is almost inevitable that beings with strategic functions will be hit more often, and compared with tactical attacks with hot weapons, this kind of casting is much more convenient and flexible.
Of course, since he dared to bring Thursday to the battlefield, Mu Hua would definitely give it good protection, because Thursday's monster followers are not just summoned beasts.
Thursday is always followed by several monsters that are good at defensive magic. Without high-intensity attacks, it is impossible to break the long-term protection on Thursday. The monster followers are on guard against this long-range threat to Thursday. Mu Hua and his group are no longer surprised by this.
In other words, before the head-on confrontation with the army of monsters, Thursday was originally pulled out by Mu Hua to be a target for the monsters.
It is a strategic-level demon, and you will have to confront it head-on sooner or later. It is floating around in front of the enemy's front line. Even if you can't destroy it for the time being, will you not bomb it?
We have to bombard it when we need to, no matter whether we can bomb it or not. If we don't make some noise, the morale of our own army will inevitably decline seriously, especially the low-level cannon fodder. If we don't make some noise to appease them, when they see this thing, they will get so tired that their calves will clench if we attack them violently.
Since there is an attack, there will be consumption involved. As for whether the opponent is consuming resources or his own magic power, Mu Hua is not quite sure. Anyway, there is consumption. That's what war is about.
The sky in the distance was dyed with a polar halo by the high-intensity sky strike. The ghost students brought by Caroline were briefly surprised, but then their expressions seemed to be a little firmer. They looked at the monster ghost with a murderous light in their eyes.
These ghosts are only a small part of the students in the Psychic Academy. No matter whether they are used to soul-devouring or not, the fact that they are brought out means that they are intentionally trained. Since it is training, there must be a tendency to select them.
It cannot be said that they are loyal to Mu Hua. For now, they haven't enjoyed any substantial benefits from Mu Hua, so it's too early to talk about loyalty. They generally have a sense of belonging to the city of Caines and practice very hard.
They were just students who had never seen big scenes. They were quite fierce when attached to corpse demons and fought against low- and medium-level monsters, but the stronger the corpse demon, the higher the requirements for the owner. The sky strike against Thursday made them feel deeply powerless.
Soul Devouring! Becoming Stronger! The ghost students thought to themselves: This is the battle that Mu Hua will face, and in the face of this kind of battle, Mu Hua actually has to draw forces to maintain the stability of Caines City.
What if, yes, just what if, what if Mu Hua fails? What if he... What will become of Cairns City in the future? What will happen to them?
Mu Hua might be suspected of fabricating some aspects, but these Kanes ghosts are indeed special enough. Feeling the impending atmosphere of war, many ghost students have planted the belief of becoming stronger in their hearts.
Seeing that the ghost students' mentality seemed to have changed, Caroline and Selma looked at each other and nodded silently. After that, they would probably further screen out those who could be the key training targets. Some would be handed over to Mu Hua for training, and some could be subdued and trained by them.
Caroline and Selma are also Mu Hua's dependents, but they also hope to have more independent power in their hands.
However, Mu Hua did not pay much attention to these ghosts. According to the reconnaissance report from the front, the three armies of monsters would not be able to gather until two days later. Given the logistical burden, it would probably take another five to seven days to reach the hot spring village.
The hot spring town has demarcated the scope of the palace city, tentatively planning to build 17 palaces and 43 eternal alleys. This kind of palace city cannot be considered a habitable city for the time being. It is like a maze fortress formed by 17 wizard positions.
The high walls on both sides of the Yongxiang Lane can be used as shooting shelters from a high vantage point. If you don't understand the layout of the palace, or even have a poor sense of direction, you will be confused if you go in there.
Tina has ghosts under her who have been specializing in the research of this type of architecture for many years, including the real city that will be expanded with the palace as the center and the construction of living facilities within it. All of these will be designed and planned by Tina and the architects.
The fog, crossbows, magic cannons and other equipment will be provided by the people of the Kingdom of Galaposo. Although it is Mu Hua's city, it is, after all, a bridgehead to attract monsters to invade. Its stability is also closely related to their development in the Snow Ridge Ranch.
As for equipping the city defense personnel with guns and ammunition, Mu Hua needs to take care of it himself. If it is a location like Yongxiang on the city wall, getting some skeleton warriors equipped with guns and ammunition can form a certain combat power.
Because the demand is relatively large, before completing the construction of his own arsenal, Mu Hua considered asking Kunna first to see if she has a suitable source of supply.
After confirming that there was no serious situation here for the time being, Mu Hua said hello to Caroline and asked her to arrange for the ghost students to collect guns and ammunition and sweep the occupied areas. He then flew towards the Goblin Kingdom.
Well, guns and ammunition, using these weapons can greatly reduce their consumption when fighting with corpses, which can be regarded as a disguised way to enhance their "endurance"...
As for the Goblin Kingdom, Mu Hua doesn't need to take care of the battles there, and he doesn't want to interfere in the adventurous forces that go to the Fire and Disaster to annihilate them. After all, if he interferes too much, it will directly reduce the other party's voice there. For the time being, those forces don't want to do chores for Mu Hua.
The reason why Mu Hua wanted to go there was because the battle between the monsters there was already bloody, and there were also many real monsters in the Goblin Kingdom. He would go there and create some ghosts, so that the ghosts of the Black Crow Knights could have a feast.
The influence of jealous ghosts on the outside world is not direct, but they bring ghosts of mutual devouring and chaos. (End of this chapter)