Skeleton Assembly Line

Even though the Holy Light left behind by the Hospice Blessing could slow the decay of bones to some extent, the passage of time was unavoidable.

Only bones that were properly buried could be preserved for a long time.

The number of bones in the Underground Warehouse that were over three hundred years old wasn't very high, so they couldn't be used to revive many Blue Bone Skeletons.

The Odyssey War had buried a great many bones underground.

Those bones were high-year Green Bone, between two hundred and fifty and three hundred years old, and were excellent materials for spellcasting.

Medivh had to thank God of Light for leaving behind the Hospice Blessing. Under the Holy Light's protection, ordinary bones decayed more slowly and were more likely to survive naturally.

Moreover, the Hospice Blessing had cut off the path for ordinary Necromancers. Necromancers had fallen to the lowest ranks, and the various races were no longer particular about how they disposed of bodies. They simply buried them somewhere, which was a boon to Medivh's archaeological excavations.

After focusing on refining for a while, Medivh had smelted all the Blue Bone that could be refined.

Using the resulting Blue Bone Skeleton parts, he assembled and revived two Transcendental Light Blue Skeletons, thirty-two Common Light Blue Skeletons, and eighteen Common Sky Blue Skeletons.

The Transcendental Blue Bone Skeletons were all Minotaur Warriors. The Common Blue Bone Skeletons included warriors, hunters, farmers, and others.

In just over half a month, Kurd had gained fifty-two first-tier Blue Bone Skeletons. Their growth was like a rocket taking off.

After inspecting this batch of Blue Bone, Medivh distributed the Magic Beast Blood he had drawn that month.

The Green Bone Frost Mage and one Green Bone Orc Prophet were nourished by the Magic Beast Blood and advanced to the first-tier low level.

Two promising Skeletons had appeared over the past month.

A Green Bone Heavy Warrior and a Green Bone Ranger had awakened Bone Spirit Power on their own and advanced to first-tier low-level Bone Spirits.

Kurd's development had never slowed. While on patrol, Medivh saw that the second Nine-Grid District had been completely enclosed by city walls.

In the second Nine-Grid District, the walls around the four new areas were only five meters high, while those around the five older areas had reached eight meters.

In the first Nine-Grid District, the walls around six areas had reached sixteen meters, while those around the remaining three areas were ten meters high.

"There still aren't enough Skeletons!"

At each stage, people saw things differently. Medivh was once again dissatisfied with Kurd's rate of development, so he decided to set aside some time to revive a batch of Grey Bone and White Bone Skeletons to bolster the city.

After advancing to a first-tier Mage, Medivh smelted Grey Bone and White Bone very quickly. Reviving Grey Bone and White Bone Skeletons took very little mental or magical energy.

He was like a precision machine. One by one, Grey Bone and White Bone were carried to the workbench and turned into Skeleton parts.

Then the complete sets of Skeleton parts were carried to another workbench, where they stood up again under his magic.

Medivh stood between the two workbenches. The Skeletons carried each set of Grey Bone and White Bone to the smelting workbench, then carried the refined Skeleton parts away.

The Skeletons in charge of organizing the stock carried sets of bone parts to the revival workbench, and the Grey Bone and White Bone Skeletons that were revived walked off it by themselves.

Medivh and the Skeletons responsible for loading the materials formed an efficient assembly line. The Grey Bone and White Bone Skeletons were its finished products.

"Clack-clack!"

More than half a month later, the Skeleton responsible for loading materials clacked its jaws together.

"Lord Medivh, there's no Grey Bone or White Bone left in the Underground Warehouse."

Suixin, his thoughtful little secretary, followed up with a translation.

The Skeleton assembly line had been so efficient that it had used up the Underground Warehouse's entire stock of Grey Bone and White Bone.

"Oh, bring up that batch of Green Bone."

Medivh was in full workaholic mode and still wasn't ready to stop.

He had the Skeletons bring over the high-year Green Bone excavated from the Ancient Battlefield and continued production.

The Transcendental bones were the first to go on the workbench. Piece after piece of Transcendental bone was smelted in the Necrotic Black Light.

There weren't many Transcendental bones, and they had all been smelted into Skeleton parts within a few days.

Medivh rummaged through his warehouse of Transcendental parts and pieced together complete sets of Transcendental Skeleton parts for revival.

"That makes three Skeleton Mages!"

The first Skeleton to be revived was a Skeleton Mage. These Skeletons had the highest revival priority.

It was a Skeleton Mage specializing in fire magic. It didn't bring Medivh any new universal spells, but it added three fire spells to the High Tower Library.

Medivh had the Skeleton Mage copy out the magical knowledge it had mastered and store it in the Library, where he and the other Skeleton Mages could consult it.

Over the following days, one Transcendental Skeleton after another stood up on the revival workbench.

This round of revivals added a Flame Skeleton Mage, three Flame Skeleton Knights, an Earth Skeleton Knight, six Orc Skeleton Berserkers, and two Orc Skeleton Prophets to Kurd City District.

The Flame Skeleton Knights brought no new combat techniques, but the Earth Skeleton Knight brought two new earth-based combat techniques.

The range of curse spells had grown by one more: the Sleep Curse.

A target struck by the Sleep Curse would fall unconscious if its mental resistance was too low. With average mental resistance, it would feel listless and groggy.

After smelting the Transcendental bones, Medivh didn't stop.

He continued smelting the bones of ordinary human soldiers and Orc warriors.

The bones of ordinary Orc warriors smelted into human Skeleton parts, though they differed somewhat from pure human parts.

For the same Skeleton Warrior, Orc bones produced Axe-Shield Skeleton Warriors, while human bones produced Sword-Shield Skeleton Warriors.

Above Skeleton Hunters were Skeleton Archers, which were revived from the bones of regular Longbowmen.

A Skeleton Archer was a Sword-Shield Warrior with a longbow, and had a different role from a Skeleton Ranger.

The former excelled at holding position and dealing damage, while the latter excelled at skirmishing.

Whether Skeleton Archers or Skeleton Rangers, both were highly capable in close combat, making it difficult for enemies to reach the back line.

"Time to rest!"

After working continuously for a month, Medivh stretched, then mentally signaled to the Logistics Skeletons that they didn't need to replenish the materials.

Over the past month, apart from the Transcendental Skeletons, Medivh had produced 1,625 Grey Bone Skeletons, 736 White Bone Skeletons, and 324 Green Bone Skeletons.

The Underground Warehouse was nearly out of stock. From now on, he would balance work and rest, smelting and reviving bones from time to time while alternating between study and relaxation.

Once the bones in the Underground Warehouse had piled up again, he would return to the assembly line and mass-produce Skeletons.

"Medivh, this is the Magic Beast Blood we just drew."

When Medivh returned to the High Tower Hall, Audrey was directing the Skeletons as they carried the Magic Beast Blood.

The Big-Horned Ox Magic Beast Herd paid its rent on time every month on the ninth, then happily took its subsidy and went home.

They were very happy living in Kurd. The Skeletons provided them with plenty of good food and drink, and they didn't have to worry about predators hunting them.

All they had to do was provide a small amount of Magic Beast Blood without harming their health or growth.

They'd shed plenty of blood while living in the wild, so they didn't mind at all.

Medivh distributed the freshly drawn Magic Beast Blood to the third Skeleton Mage and a Skeleton Prophet.

His training priorities were clear: if there were Mage Skeletons, he prioritized advancing them to the first tier. If there weren't, he would advance other Transcendental Skeletons. Ordinary Skeletons came last.