Activate Other Buildings (Seeking Follow-up Reads)

As the church's state transformed, Gu Xi noticed that the skeleton soldiers he had placed inside had actually begun walking toward the graveyard behind the church.

Puzzled by their actions, Gu Xi followed them over for a look.

When he followed them, he had assumed the skeleton soldiers would wander around the graveyard behind the church. Instead, they planted their weapons into the grave mounds, dug up coffins for themselves, and buried themselves inside.

The sight left Gu Xi rather embarrassed. It was clear that these twenty skeleton soldiers no longer belonged to him.

They had been placed in the Evil Church merely to fill out its troop ranks.

Even if the Evil Church were destroyed, they would never come out to fight for Gu Xi again.

For Gu Xi, who was already short on troops, this was an enormous loss.

Fortunately, the Evil Church had not completely denied him an opportunity.

The twenty skeletons that should have been produced this week were sitting on the pews inside the Evil Church. With a single command from Gu Xi, they could be recruited.

However, Gu Xi was currently short on funds, and he had more important matters to attend to. He could only say, "Battle squads, take out the Ghoul Qi Beads you have and upgrade the skeletons in your squads.

The rest of the troops will wait for me to replenish them when I return."

The three Skeleton Heads immediately sprang into action.

Their skeletons had already accumulated enough experience, and the battle squads had each been assigned quite a few Ghoul Qi Beads, so they had no trouble covering the cost of transforming the skeletons into skeleton soldiers.

Before long, all the skeletons had completed their transformation into skeleton soldiers.

At the same time, all the battle squads were reorganized. Battle Squad 1, which had been totally annihilated, was removed, while Battle Squad 2 was promoted to Battle Squad 1.

Battle Squad 1 (Level 1, Unnamed, Traits: Attack +5, Defense +1, Experience 64/200): Captain (1/1) Level 2 Skeleton Head, Members (3/43) Level 3 Skeleton Soldiers (3)

Battle Squad 2 (Level 2, Unnamed, Traits: Attack +4, Life +4, Experience 19/500): Captain (1/1) Level 2 Skeleton Head, Members (11/38) Level 3 Skeleton Soldiers (11)

Battle Squad 3 (Level 1, Unnamed, Traits: Defense +6, Experience 124/200): Captain (1/1) Level 2 Skeleton Head, Members (9/49) Level 3 Skeleton Soldiers (9)

Looking at the total of twenty-two skeleton soldiers, Gu Xi sighed. Filling these battle squads back up was becoming increasingly difficult.

Still, Gu Xi did not have time to sit idle. He had plenty of things to do.

Not only did he need to build a City Gate, but there were also two unactivated buildings in the city that required his personal attention.

He swept his gaze over the three battle squads. "Follow me. We're going to the Candle Factory."

Luna, who had left the Evil Church alongside Gu Xi, explained the situation with the Candle Factory.

"My lord, I'm not entirely sure why the Candle Factory became a functional building. But from what I saw, only after building the Candle Factory can Street Lamps be built along the roads.

Once there are Street Lamps, the training speed of ghosts in Aryadovi City will increase to a certain extent."

"You mean the Candle Factory is meant to prepare for training ghosts later on?"

"Probably. Other than that, I can't see what use the Candle Factory has."

Gu Xi did not know what to say after hearing that. Still, the Candle Factory had already been built. He only needed to go over and activate it, so it was essentially free and did not require him to spend anything on constructing another building.

Gu Xi put those thoughts aside.

When they arrived in front of the Candle Factory, Gu Xi realized this could hardly be called a factory. It was clearly just a workshop.

It was a two-story building like the Council Hall, though much smaller than the church. The entire street-facing wall of the first floor had been torn down. Several Animal Skins hung by the roadside, their waxy yellow fat not yet removed.

There was a large pot inside the building, boiling something.

All kinds of wood were piled beside the pot, while a large quantity of dried herbs had been placed farther away.

Gu Xi was puzzled. Wasn't this supposed to be a Candle Factory? It looked more like a Slaughterhouse.

What Gu Xi did not understand was that, in the Western Realm, aside from the small portion made from beeswax, a great many candles were made from animal fat.

That was precisely why activating the Candle Factory before him required twenty strange corpses.

But Gu Xi now faced an even more helpless problem. Forget twenty strange creature corpses—he did not even have one.

"Luna, do you know where we can hunt strange creatures?"

"I don't know either." Luna looked equally helpless. "How about we build the City Gate first, then you can go to Victoria City and look around?"

Gu Xi recalled the situation in Victoria City.

Cultists probably did not count as strange creatures, did they?

Left with no choice, Gu Xi could only temporarily abandon the idea of activating the Candle Factory and prepare to go back and build the City Gate.

Just as Gu Xi stepped onto the street and prepared to head back, his eyes suddenly lit up. "Luna, come look. Does that count as something strange?"

Luna came over to where Gu Xi was pointing and discovered that he was looking through the ice covering the street, pointing at the Sewer beneath it.

A massive rat was racing through the Sewer.

Even through the thick ice, Gu Xi and Luna could clearly see that the rat's fur had already rotted away.

Gu Xi and Luna exchanged a glance. Both realized something at the same time. Without saying a word, they turned and ran toward the Water Well.

Looking down through the ice, everything below belonged to the Sewer system.

Among the three buildings Aryadovi City currently possessed, the Water Well was the entrance to the Sewer. Activating the Water Well required clearing the Sewer beneath the First Street Block.

As Gu Xi ran toward the Water Well, Luna followed him while summoning Gu Xi's battle squads.

By the time Gu Xi and the others reached the Water Well, he found that his remaining three battle squads were already in position, waiting only for his command.

"Since you're all here, I won't waste words. Battle Squad 4—ah, Battle Squad 3 now—go down first. Once you enter the Sewer, ignore everything else and set up defenses.

Have two skeleton soldiers from Battle Squad 2 go down and check whether the height inside the Sewer is sufficient. If it isn't, Battle Squad 1's skeleton soldiers will take the lead in combat.

What are you standing around for? Get moving. This time, our goal is to clear the entire Sewer."