Global Lord: My Undead Can Undergo Fission
Chapter 371 The Gradually Balding Forest

Chapter 371: Chapter 371 The Gradually Balding Forest

"Tell me, what is the reason?" Fang Jie asked with interest as he looked at the leader of the Shadow Elves.

"Our clan has been fighting with the Dark Druids for thousands of years, always evading them. Our hatred for the Dark Druids is the greatest. If you can eliminate the Dark Druids, then all of us will be willing to pledge our loyalty."

Fang Jie nodded, "I see, I will look forward to that."

Then Fang Jie’s tone shifted, "But if there are those who fail to meet the requirements by then, I will have no choice but to eliminate them."

"Rest assured, I will explain it to them properly."

There were so few of their people left. Although their race bred easily and could grow even from just one individual, now that they had been captured, she did not want to see her kind annihilated.

The Shadow Elf Clan had struggled for so long just to preserve their people; she could not let them be wiped out on her watch. Seeing their state, Fang Jie nodded with satisfaction.

"Keep a good eye on them; no accidents should happen."

Afterwards, Fang Jie left, leaving behind some Ghost Mages to guard the area with a barrier.

With high-level Ghost Mages constantly maintaining the barrier, the Shadow Elves had no chance of escaping. This was the base of operations in Flower Plateau, how could they leave?

Fang Jie began investigating the situation in the Dark Forest.

At this time in the southern region, both kingdoms had become his territories. Although reformation and reorganization were underway, the lands of the two nations no longer required as many troops to guard them.

As for the original nobles and Lords, those who resisted fiercely were eliminated directly.

The others who did not resist, Fang Jie only purged a few with particularly heinous reputations to ease public resentment, keeping the rest temporarily.

After all, those nobles still held certain power in their hands, and while Fang Jie was not afraid of their troubles, there would be many. To completely settle the territories would take time.

The people he had stationed to manage these territories did not have the military strength for that level of control.

He still needed to divert his own forces to assist, but Fang Jie wanted to quickly resolve issues in the south and then focus all his energies on dealing with the enemies to the north and to the east across the sea.

The west of the Dark Forest bordered the New Moon Kingdom, which had long been semi-encircled by the New Moon Kingdom.

Similarly, in the south, Fang Jie discovered an expanse known as the Land of Flames, which seemed a bit too vast. Not understanding the specifics, he could only temporarily disregard it.

To the farther east, there were other nations that the Sea Alliance could reach.

However, there did not seem to be any particularly powerful nations there, so Fang Jie paid it little mind. It was even possible that there were no nations there at all, considering the Sea Alliance did not seem to place much importance on the area.

To the north was the vast ocean, so the Dark Druids’ escape was impossible.

Previously, ongoing Skeleton attacks forced the Dark Druids to corrupt the great trees into Corrupted Tree Demons to fight these Skeletons.

Once turned into Corrupted Tree Demons, there was no way for the trees to become what they once were.

Moreover, the toxins borne by these Corrupted Tree Demons were causing immense damage to the forest. From above, the forest no longer looked as lush as before.

Now, the forest appeared very odd, with bare patches of ground just appearing in plain sight.

If this continued, perhaps the entire forest would become barren.

Fortunately, the Undead were advancing quickly and had already brought a significant portion of the forest under their protection. Even so, the forest was far from its former glory.

Further in, the forest looked even more stark, with even more bald spots.

If this continued, sooner or later, the Dark Druids would run out of trees to use.

They might have other means, but those would be limited.

Aside from the direct summoning of plants, their other methods were much weaker. Over time, an increasing number of Dark Druids were being killed, including many of silver level.

Gold-level Druids were also seen in battle, but none had died thus far.

After all, Fang Jie had not yet allowed high-level troops to enter the forest, but it appeared that now was the time.

"Let the high-level troops begin their advance. We need to take down this part of the forest as soon as possible," Fang Jie decided.

"Also, take some of the dead Druids to Flower Plateau, to show the Shadow Elves, and boost their loyalty," he continued.

During this time, Fang Jie planned to take good care of the Shadow Elves, merely restricting their freedom.

After all, to ensure their genuine loyalty without engendering vast resentment and smoothly activate his scroll, he could not be too harsh. Human hearts are indeed difficult to control.

Race Loyalty Scrolls were not easy to come by, and even more difficult was the condition of an entire race’s unconditional loyalty.

Fang Jie certainly did not want to waste this opportunity with such a fitting race.

After giving his orders, large numbers of high-level troops crossed the New Moon Kingdom, charging straight toward the Dark Forest. Seeing this, the humans of the New Moon Kingdom began to discuss the matter quietly among themselves.

"No way, they are actually going to attack the Dark Druids."

"Let them fight. Dog-eat-dog, isn’t that a good thing?"

"Psh, life for us civilians has improved countless times since they came. We don’t have to be conscripted into the army anymore, what’s not to like?"

The one who just spoke was an Old Noble, although of lower rank, he still had privileges.

But since the New Moon Kingdom’s occupation, these Old Nobles, unless they made contributions, would lose their former privileges. New nobles were born, riding high above their heads, which filled many with resentment.

Those born into noble families might not possess the capability of their ancestors in their generation.

"Stop talking. Before, guarding this place meant countless deaths every year. If they can eliminate those damned things, I’m willing to support the rule of the new Lord."

Sure enough, this was not a King but a Lord, and that Lord was Qin Lan.

Those of Old Noble descent saw this scene and pursed their lips, daring not to speak out. If they sparked public anger and got beaten up, they had nowhere to appeal now.