Beyond Man Lies Man

The Spirit Cat Tribe's final few battles before migrating to Spirit Cat Hill, and the years after the migration—all the dead cat-men were buried on Spirit Cat Hill.

Medivh selected Transcendental Green Bones from among them, smelted and resurrected twenty-eight Spirit Cat Skeleton Warriors and three Spirit Cat Skeleton Warlocks.

The Spirit Cat Skeleton Warriors were special; after completing their Inheritance Spirit Runes, every single one took that final step, awakening Bone Spirit Power and advancing to first-tier low-grade Bone Spirits.

The Gnoll Tribe was the Spirit Cat Tribe's sworn enemy. Most of the enemy bones on Spirit Cat Hill were left behind by gnolls.

Medivh didn't care about the feud between the two races. He picked out all the Transcendental gnoll bones and smelted them for resurrection.

After a round of work, the underground workshop of High Tower Castle gained twelve Gnoll Warriors and two Gnoll Warlocks.

Gnoll and Orc Transcendental inheritances were quite similar. Gnoll Warriors were bloodthirsty berserkers, and Gnoll Warlocks were curse warlocks who used blood as a medium for their curses.

Every Transcendental Skeleton carried a portion of Transcendental inheritance. This batch of Transcendental Skeletons enriched Kurd City's library with accumulated Transcendental knowledge.

Besides the Blue Bone Skeletons and Green Bone Transcendental Skeletons, Medivh had also resurrected a large number of Common Skeletons over these two months. Among them were 1,875 Grey Bone Skeletons, 848 White Bone Skeletons, and 432 Green Bone Skeletons.

Over these two months, Medivh's mental strength had improved considerably.

As long as he had enough bones, he could mass-resurrect Common Grey Bone, White Bone, and Green Bone Skeletons.

After this recent stretch of resurrections, he was closer to advancing to first-tier mid-grade mage.

Time Skeletons weren't fixed upon resurrection; they had some growth potential.

Over these two months, three Green Bone Warriors, two Green Bone Heavy Warriors, four Green Bone Farmers, and two Green Bone Hunters had self-awakened Bone Spirit Power and advanced to first-tier Bone Spirits.

Among the apprentice Transcendental Skeletons, five Orc Berserkers and three Flame Knights took that final step and advanced to first-tier.

As for the Magic Beast Blood from these two months—last month's went to two apprentice Orc Prophets, and this month's went to two recently resurrected apprentice Spirit Cat Warlocks, helping them advance to first-tier.

Currently, Kurd City had 257 first-tier skeletons, and the Spirit Cat Tribe had several dozen first-tiers as well. This was a very formidable force.

Medivh didn't become arrogant because of this. The Transcendental Skeletons working together could kill second-tier Transcendents, but Kurd City ultimately still had no second-tier Transcendents.

He wasn't some common-born nobody; he had seen the power of this world since childhood and knew there were always stronger people out there.

Setting aside the top-tier major powers, even comparing Kurd City to the Hobarton Family Medivh came from—if the two clashed, Kurd City would be the one crushed.

The Hobarton Family had fourth-tier knights. They were a powerful force qualified to participate in planar wars, with territories and assets in other worlds.

Compared to the noble families of the Gewalt Federation, the thugs and refugees of the Odyssey were just roadside ants.

The fact that Thug Gangs could throw their weight around on this land was the result of the Gewalt Federation and major foreign powers like the Orc Kingdom checking each other, not because the thugs were anything special.

Currently, the main forces of the Gewalt Federation's major powers were campaigning in other planes. Even Winter Fortress had no elite troops, mostly hastily assembled rabble.

Medivh had only been in the Odyssey for a year and a half. He was just a first-tier low-grade Necromancer.

Trying to surpass the centuries or millennia of accumulation by noble families after tinkering for just a year and a half was simply unrealistic.

But time was on his side. Given Kurd City's development speed, as long as it developed in secret for a few years, even if it couldn't surpass those old noble powers, making them wary enough not to dare attack Kurd City easily was well within reach.

Currently, Kurd City's total skeleton count exceeded ten thousand, plus over eighty thousand cat-men. Construction was very fast.

During the half-month he'd been immersed in smelting and resurrection, the walls of No. 4 Nine-Grid District had risen to eight meters, and the walls of No. 5 Wall District had risen to four meters.

The nine districts centered on No. 1 Nine-Grid District—all the Farmland Districts were being cultivated. Next spring, these farmlands would be planted with wheat, corn, potatoes, and other food crops.

Bones were Kurd City's driving force for development. The Spirit Cat Tribe marked on the skeletons' surveyed maps all the war sites along their migration route, their pre-Odyssey War tribal settlements, and the ancient battlefields they knew of.

The Spirit Cat Tribe hadn't left detailed maps. Those ancient battlefields only had approximate location information. Currently, Skeleton Assassins were scouting the Wilderness, searching for ancient battlefields based on the information the Spirit Cat Tribe provided.

Medivh looked forward to the Skeleton Assassins sending back news. Kurd City's rise had begun with excavating cat-men ancient battlefields.

Every ancient battlefield excavation brought a large batch of high-quality bones, adding more skeletons to Kurd City.

He also looked forward to exploring and excavating the Spirit Cat Tribe's original settlements, hoping to find more Blue Bones and older cat-men bones.

Besides the Spirit Cat Tribe's ancestral lands, cat-man history also contained fragmentary information about the ancestral lands of many other races. Those bits of information were somewhat helpful for Kurd City in locating those burial grounds.

The Spirit Cat Tribe had given a lot back to Kurd City. It wasn't for nothing that Medivh had shown great kindness in helping them migrate and taking them in.

After inspecting the territory, Medivh issued new directives for Kurd City's construction.

Next, while the skeletons completed No. 5 Nine-Grid District, they were to begin construction on No. 6 and No. 7 Nine-Grid Districts.

No. 6 and No. 7 Nine-Grid Districts were located directly north and directly south of No. 1 Nine-Grid District, respectively.

"Queling, can you share some knowledge with us?!"

The cat-girls were passionate. They felt deep gratitude toward Medivh, who had brought stability to the Spirit Cat Tribe's life.

That day, Queling, who had been staying at High Tower Castle with Suixiang for a few days, returned to No. 2 District and was immediately surrounded by the friends she had grown up with.

They asked Queling for advice, hoping they could perform well when that day came.

"Mm, remember not to be greedy and eat too much at the start, or it'll be really uncomfortable..."

Queling enthusiastically shared the little details she had accumulated.

By now, she no longer thought Suixiang had gotten fat. As Suixiang said, it was just right.

Cat-people and humans had body type differences. Only Suixiang's exaggerated hourglass figure allowed a cat-person to perfectly match Medivh.

On November 22nd, No. 2 District became extremely lively.

It had been a month since the cat-people moved to Kurd City. Settled down, they began thinking about life's big matters.

Under the blessings of the cats, the Spirit Cat Tribe's battle hero would marry his beloved Cat-girl, becoming the first couple since the tribe migrated to Kurd City.

"Welcome, Lord Medivh!"

That day, Medivh happened to be inspecting his territory. Seeing the cats preparing a celebration, he went over to join the festivities and offer his blessings.

The lord himself had come to bless the newlyweds. The welcoming Cat-man shouted excitedly, respectfully ushering Medivh inside.

Along the way, the cats bowed to him in reverence and led him to a seat of honor.

As Medivh observed the ceremony, some cats hurried away with panicked expressions to confer in private.