Defeated Underling

After admiring it for a while, Medivh called Suixin, who had been waiting outside, in and had her communicate with the Spirit Cat Warlock through Voice of the Soul to obtain the inheritance.

"Meow! Lord Medivh, he's willing to teach me the Cat Clan Warlock inheritance!"

Suixin cried out excitedly.

With Medivh's permission, the Spirit Cat Warlock passed the Cat Clan Warlock Cultivation Method on to Suixin.

Besides being proficient in spells, the Spirit Cat Warlock had also mastered the technique of engraving Inheritance Spirit Runes, which he passed on to Suixin as well.

After the inheritance was passed down, the Inheritance Spirit Runes mastered by the Spirit Cat Warlock were compared against those recorded by Suixin, further completing the Cat Clan Spirit Rune Warrior inheritance.

Using his Bone Staff as a pen, the Spirit Cat Warlock helped the three Spirit Cat Warriors complete the missing lines in their Inheritance Spirit Runes.

After their Inheritance Spirit Runes were completed, the three Spirit Cat Warriors crossed the final threshold and advanced to first-rank low-level Spirit Rune Warriors.

Like Bone Spirit Warriors, the Spirit Cat Warriors awakened Bone Spirit Power when they advanced into first-rank Time Skeletons.

Bone Spirit Power greatly increased the strength of their skeletal bodies, making their Bone Source Equipment even more powerful.

As first-rank low-level Bone Spirits, Spirit Cat Warriors with two transcendent powers were far stronger than Bone Spirit Warriors with only one transcendent power.

The Spirit Cat Warlock did not complete Suixiang's Inheritance Spirit Rune. Since the Spirit Cat Warriors shared the same origin as him, he could directly use the power of a Time Skeleton to complete their Inheritance Spirit Runes.

Suixiang was different. Engraving an Inheritance Spirit Rune normally required specific materials, so the task of completing Suixiang's Inheritance Spirit Rune fell to Suixin, who had received the Warlock Inheritance.

"Lord Medivh, can the other Cat-girls in the camp receive the Warlock Inheritance and Spirit Rune inheritance?"

As she massaged Medivh's shoulders, Suixin asked cautiously.

Only she and Suixiang had received transcendent inheritances. She wanted the other Cat-girls to grow stronger alongside them.

"They can. Call them over."

Medivh nodded in agreement. Having all the Cat-girls become Transcendents would be a considerable improvement for the Armory Camp.

"Meow! Thank you, Lord Medivh!"

Suixin cried out happily and ran off to discuss the inheritance with Suixiang.

"Remember, Lord Medivh is our master. No matter what happens later, none of you may show any resistance!"

Before the Cat-girls received their inheritances, Suixiang and Suixin repeatedly lectured them, emphasizing how they were supposed to obey.

They understood well that cultivation was founded on loyalty. If anyone angered Medivh, it would not only change the fate of the Cat-girls, but also affect the revival of the Spirit Cat Tribe.

"Greetings, Lord Medivh!"

After repeated reminders, Suixiang and Suixin brought the Cat-girls to meet Medivh, lining them up in a row before him.

"You, come here."

Medivh swept his gaze over them and picked out a rather distinctive Cat-girl. A small, exquisite golden bell was tied around her neck.

Suihua had not expected to be chosen. She secretly glanced at Suixiang from the corner of her eye and found only an encouraging look.

"Meow!"

Suihua's heart pounded like a drum as she hurried forward and meekly accepted Medivh's obedience test.

Suihua showed no resistance whatsoever, and Medivh was quite satisfied with her attitude and her water-soft eyes.

"Go take the test."

Medivh did not tease Suihua too much. After secretly observing the subtle expressions of the other Cat-girls, he let her go.

Suixiang and Suixin's ideological education had been thorough. Medivh saw no dissatisfaction or resistance in the Cat-girls' eyes.

Of the fifteen Cat-girls, aside from Suixin, only Suihua, who had shown a talent for herbal potions since childhood, tested positive for warlock talent.

Like humans, the Spirit Cat Tribe had very few members with talent for spellcasting.

Suihua received the Warlock Inheritance, while the other Cat-girls waited for Suixin and Suihua to master the engraving techniques before having the Cat Clan Inheritance Spirit Runes engraved upon them.

"You're quite good."

A Cat-girl he had picked at random had obtained the Warlock Inheritance. Medivh smiled and offered a compliment. His eye for talent was truly sharp.

"Meow!"

Hearing Medivh's praise, Suihua's legs went weak.

That feeling of being a defeated underling surged up in her heart again, and mist filled her eyes.

Without bullying the affectionate Little Cat again, Medivh waved his hand and had Suixiang and Suixin take their clanswomen away so they would not disturb him while he forged skeletons.

After resurrecting the Spirit Cat Warlock, Medivh had used up his stockpile of complete transcendent skeletal parts.

He did not lead a team out for a second excavation, as the number of Common Skeletons in the Armory Camp also needed to be increased.

For the next week, Medivh remained in the Brick Cottage, smelting skeletal parts and resurrecting Common Skeletons.

After advancing to Senior Mage Apprentice, his mental power and mana had improved considerably, making him more efficient at smelting skeleton parts and resurrecting Common Skeletons.

This round of crafting produced two new types of skeletons, both armored combat skeletons.

One was a Skeleton Ranger, equipped with Bone Armor, a bone longbow, and a bone short sword.

The other was a Skeleton Assassin, equipped with Bone Armor, Bone Daggers, and a Bone Arm Crossbow.

Roughly every half month, Medivh inspected the construction progress of the Armory Camp.

Tireless skeletons were the best workers, and Medivh continued improving the Armory Camp.

According to his plans, aside from the Core Castle District and the Outer Wall District, every other small grid contained two sets of Double-Row Buildings.

There were two kinds of Double-Row Buildings: one consisted of back-to-back Armory-Fort Buildings, while the other consisted of back-to-back Double-Fort Buildings.

Aside from the ring of Armory-Fort Buildings around the Castle District, all the rest were Double-Fort Buildings.

At present, the skeletons were constructing Double-Fort Buildings in the twelve small grids surrounding the Core Castle District, strengthening the defenses of those twelve areas.

Once these Double-Fort Buildings formed an encirclement, the core area where Medivh lived would be enclosed within double-layered walls, making it even safer.

The twelve small grids surrounding the core area were the Armory District Medivh had planned. The outermost ring of the ten-by-ten grid was the Wall District he had planned, while the area between the Armory District and the Wall District was the Residential District.

The Wall District would have specially designed High-Fort Walls, while the Residential District would consist of two sets of horizontal Double-Fort Buildings.

The Fort Towers would still be connected by Sky Corridors, making the entire Residential District an integrated defensive structure.

The city Medivh had planned was essentially a mass of small connected forts stacked together, with its defensive strength pushed to the limit.

Over the past half month, the Armory Camp had gained quite a few skeletons.

Besides the three Spirit Cat Warriors, two Skeleton Knights, and one Spirit Cat Warlock, there were also seventy-two Grey Bones, thirty-six White Bones, and twenty-four Green Bone Skeletons.

Judging from the numbers, the skeletons Medivh forged during the latter week had mainly been Grey Bone and White Bone Skeletons.

He had chosen this approach to speed up the camp's construction and complete the first city district as soon as possible.

The Armory Camp now had a total of 354 skeletons, including ten Transcendental Skeletons, seven of which were first-rank.

This was a very powerful force, a foundation Medivh had built with his own hands.

After replenishing the Armory Camp's Common Skeletons, it was time once more to improve their quality.

That evening, Medivh led a large number of skeletons pushing carts to the Spirit Cat Ancient Battlefield for a second excavation, transporting all the bones back to the Armory Camp.