Global Lord: My Undead Can Undergo Fission
Chapter 548: The Lord’s Cottage Is Actually Not Enough

Chapter 548: Chapter 548: The Lord’s Cottage Is Actually Not Enough

Looking at the data, Fang Jie couldn’t help but doubt; they actually ran out of Lord’s Cottages.

"Speaking of which, we have a lot of Lord’s Cottages, right? How come there aren’t enough?"

"Don’t you know how many we have? Look at this data analysis; I knew you wouldn’t believe it." Qin Lan took some more documents from Anya’s hands, which had been prepared earlier.

Fang Jie, in many cases, had been rather presumptuous with his orders. Without someone covering for him, he would have often ended up embarrassing himself. The Undead didn’t mind such matters.

But it was different for other races. Fortunately, almost all orders needed to go through Qin Lan.

Studying the data, Fang Jie gradually understood. He had forgotten that the reason they had so many Lord’s Cottages was because, during the assault on the Northern Plateau, the soldiers had defected to him en masse.

Those people were concentrated, so they brought him over two thousand Lord’s Cottages at once.

Although none of them were upgraded or had changed races, they were foundational.

Fang Jie had occupied those cottages at first, intending to upgrade them as needed. After they reached the town level, they could be relocated wherever necessary.

Now, however, things were different. His territory had expanded, especially those islands, which were each independent.

According to Fang Jie’s previous plan, every island should have a Lord’s Cottage, but that was now unattainable. Not to mention every island, but even just the large and medium-sized islands, Fang Jie’s cottages might not suffice.

After all, he had distributed quite a few during this period.

In terms of numbers, it might seem there were enough, but in reality, each Lord’s Cottage was different in its mutation direction and Camp affiliation. To place similar Camps would be difficult, and small islands would be out of the question.

Thus, Qin Lan’s plan for him was to relocate a cottage only to large islands and some important medium-sized islands.

Other places would remain as is. Some islands still had Territories that hadn’t been destroyed, which Fang Jie would occupy. If they were destroyed, then it was hopeless.

The distribution of Territories was very uneven; most had been destroyed due to various reasons.

Whether the Lord abandoned them or they were destroyed by their original Lords during Fang Jie’s attacks, they were not preserved.

After such actions, preserving these Territories became impossible, and it was not easy to acquire new ones, even if it were possible to allocate them.

It took time and resources to develop a Lord’s Cottage into a town, and there would even be trials to face.

Now, without Catastrophic-level tests, but the highest Hell Level tests still had to be conducted.

These tests would tie up some military forces; in short, they were all troublesome matters.

With fewer Lord’s Cottages remaining, there was less trouble. It seemed that moving forward, these cottages could not be wasted carelessly. He had thought there were many, but now realized things were different from what he had anticipated.

It wasn’t that there were too few Lord’s Cottages, but that too many had been abandoned and destroyed.

In the future, capturing enemy areas’ Lord’s Cottages in major wars would become harder.

After all, the undiscovered ones would gradually become scarce, and the enemy would hardly leave discovered ones to him. "This really is a troublesome issue."

"Now you realize the trouble," said Qin Lan. "Lord’s Cottages are a precious Talent, and Territories are very important, not to be wasted lightly. Moreover, even if you focus on developing them, it won’t be easy."

Just like Fang Jie, who, aside from his own Undead Camp, had developed the Puppet Camp and Human Faction’s Affiliated Territories. Then there was the Forest Elf Camp that Qin Lan had developed with Fang Jie’s help.

The development of other Camps was limited to a Dark Night Elf Camp and had reached its limit there.

The rest were developed by other proxy lords, and the extent of development can be imagined. It would be troublesome to develop all Camps, regardless of their usefulness.

"Alright, I understand. I’ll take good care of those Lord’s Cottages."

After some thought, Fang Jie spoke again, "So after this incident, how many Lord’s Cottages will we have left in reserve?"

Without hesitation, Qin Lan replied, "Barely a thousand, I guess. If there are more undiscovered ones, then there might be more." The specifics would be determined after the war’s end.

Although no one could stop Fang Jie now, wrapping things up was still a hassle.

Many people wanted to surrender, but some were feigning their surrender or simply stalling. Others, more desperate, were threatening using civilians, or harboring other motives.

In consideration of the Subjects’ sentiments, these issues needed to be addressed.

Fang Jie’s army held an overwhelming advantage, yet resolving these matters also took time.

With winter passed and spring arriving, the situation on some islands started to change gradually. It seemed that the complete takeover of the Sea Alliance was now only a matter of time.

Still, notifications and probes from two Empires troubled Fang Jie.

Clearly, the Empires had discovered something and were now finalizing their confirmation. Fang Jie, too, was probing the North, where it was said Demons had begun attacking the two Empires.

However, the specifics were unknown to Fang Jie, but it was clear that the pressure from the North loomed near.

But thinking too much was futile at this point. Things had developed beyond his control.

If worst came to worst, he could only abandon everything and flee this place. With Fang Jie’s current strength, even if he lost everything, he wouldn’t be completely finished; a comeback was still possible.

Of course, Fang Jie didn’t want things to go that far and could only hope that those people would succeed.

"Let’s not worry about that now; it’s useless to think. Anya, you go out first," Fang Jie waved Anya off.

Anya pursed her lips, showing a hint of resentment but still walked towards the door.

"By the way, have Anfei and Lu Qi’er come in," Qin Lan knew what Fang Jie intended just by looking into his eyes and instructed Anya accordingly. Anya’s resentment deepened; she felt inferior to the two ’foxes’.

Qin Lan also felt a wave of weakness wash over her. Fang Jie’s strength had increased, and his Physical Strength was greatly enhanced.

Although his normal Combat Power was uncertain, his special Combat Power had become too much for three people to Parry. If this continued, Qin Lan wondered if she should find him a few more people.