Global Lord: My Undead Can Undergo Fission
Chapter 165: The Scale of Millions

Chapter 165: Chapter 165: The Scale of Millions

The beach below the highland, the battle ended predictably.

The Skull Soldiers were more numerous and their combination of strengths was more reasonable, with military formations and some high-level troops, utterly beyond what those hastily assembled human troops could handle.

Those troops had just arrived and rushed over eagerly, delivering themselves into the jaws of death.

In the end, about ten percent were killed, and the formation completely collapsed, unable to hold back. After a series of pursuits, over thirty percent were left behind, while the rest mostly scattered.

Eventually, those who could regroup amounted to about thirty percent.

The helpless human army could only retreat back up to the highland and defend the entrance, hoping to hold back the Undead invasion. However, they were unaware that several passages had already been constructed by the beach.

The Undead climbed the steps and made their way to the top. Apart from the White Bone War Elephants, which were difficult to get up, other types of troops easily reached the highland, waiting to launch a full-scale war against it.

However, at this time, Fang Jie could only set aside that matter.

Despite the distance, Fang Jie could easily obtain intelligence from the opposite side.

Firstly, the New Moon Kingdom’s border had taken measures, keeping their skeleton birds away from their cities. As soon as they got close, a special force would purify them.

For this reason, communication with Jia Siwei at the frontline was lost before a full counterattack could begin.

Jia Siwei had to find his own way, sending Mechanical Flying Eagles to communicate cautiously while preventing detection.

But what attracted his attention even more was another matter — the new hiring plan of the Blue Sand Empire. The scale of this plan was even larger and very urgent.

Duogu could not decide on these matters alone and contacted Fang Jie immediately.

Fang Jie also felt somewhat unsure, so he informed Qin Lan and asked for his help in deliberating.

Seeing this hiring plan, Qin Lan had some ideas, "This must be a probe and a weakening move. Spending money to hire our people to fight for them while weakening both New Moon Kingdom and us. And after achieving their war aims, the wealth they seize will far exceed what they have spent."

Fang Jie nodded, "That I could think of myself. I might even do the same. What do you mean by a probe? Are they unsure about New Moon Kingdom’s strength?"

After years of enmity between the two nations, Fang Jie would not believe it if anyone said they did not understand each other well.

There used to be a saying on Earth: the one who understands you the most isn’t your friend, but your enemy.

"Of course they understand, but they are not sure about the other’s determination and preparations. It’s probably to test the reaction of New Moon Kingdom. However, it seems Blue Sand Kingdom doesn’t yet know about the situation at Flower Plateau."

Flower Plateau, located at the northernmost part of New Moon Kingdom, is considered the crown jewel of the kingdom.

Whether it’s the environment, location, or even its function, it can be considered significant.

"Another thing, they probably most want to probe us. If we can assemble the needed troops in a short period, they’ll perceive our strength as strong and only be wary, not daring to attack us head-on."

Fang Jie narrowed his eyes, "If we can’t muster the forces, it represents weakness; could they really dare to venture deeper into the desert?"

"It’s possible, with those Desert Snake-men, they just thought it unnecessary before, but Undead are different. For Undead, living beings are natural enemies; for their development, they inevitably need the life of living beings."

Qin Lan sighed. In reality, their own situation was similar.

Their own hard work in livestock farming—besides getting meat, bones, and souls, was it not all for Fang Jie to use as materials? Most of these ended up as Skull Soldiers.

"Whether it’s Blue Sand Empire or other normal living forces, none would want to have Undead nearby."

"If they presume that our fight against the Desert Snake-men resulted in huge losses and weakened us, they might risk the expense to come and take us down."

Qin Lan continued, "This might be a good opportunity for them to deplete our force further, using the wealth and population we conquer for them to counter us, achieving multiple goals at once."

Fang Jie thought this was too optimistic.

"So what should we do, lure the enemy deeper or show stronger dominance?"

"If we lure the enemy deeper, we cannot eliminate Blue Sand Empire quickly; it might turn them into sworn enemies. If we show stronger dominance, cooperation might still be possible, but we can forget about acquiring corpses."

Fang Jie nodded. The list of materials they received previously indeed did not include corpses, this was to prevent them from growing large.

However, it contained many materials usable for producing Puppets, and they didn’t know that he had an Alchemy Workshop. With these materials, he could still grow stronger, just not as quickly as with Undead.

Qin Lan didn’t make a suggestion, just analyzed two possibilities.

Anyway, Fang Jie was the Lord, relating to broad issues of territorial development; Qin Lan usually wouldn’t offer direct advice. But his inclination was very clearly expressed.

"I understand. This time let’s show some might, so no one thinks we are easy to bully."

Devouring Blue Sand Kingdom would be a long process; Fang Jie still didn’t think he was their match at this moment.

Fang Jie immediately ordered Duogu to prepare a military force of two million. Black Iron and Bronze levels each prepared a team. Even Silver-level Skeletons were not left out by Fang Jie.

As long as they dared give materials and Gold Coin, Fang Jie dared to hire them out.

A grand army of White Bone appeared, turning the entire ground into a sea of grayish-white. Many observing from afar felt chills running down their spines and their bodies go weak.

The spectacle was truly terrifying.

Seeing this, Morale’s complexion also slightly changed.

"It seems we can only take precautions against them; these Undead are even stronger than we imagined. Being able to draw a force of two million at will, their reserves of military might are probably even more."

Morale also guessed whether these Undead might have transformed all those Desert Snake-men already.

Such quick transformation speed, such high efficiency, did the other side possess territory under the Undead Camp? If that was so, these Undead might be even more difficult to deal with than imagined.