Building the Armory Camp

This was the countermeasure Medivh had devised on the spot: use Green Bone Warriors to take the blows, then launch a sneak attack while the Transcendental Murlocs' weapons were restrained.

The tactic proved highly effective, seriously wounding one Transcendental Murloc.

But it could only be used once. Once they were on guard, the Transcendental Murlocs would not give him another chance to ambush them.

With two Green Bone Warriors pulled over to take the hits, the pressure on Audrey and the other Green Bone Warriors soared.

Medivh needed to end the battle quickly, or the Murlocs' reinforcements would wear him down to death.

Just as Medivh gave it everything he had, trying to kill the heavily wounded Transcendental Murloc and break the deadlock, an unexpected breakthrough appeared.

The newly resurrected Green Bone Warrior broke through its limits amid the fierce battle, awakened Bone Spirit Power, and became a Tier 1 Bone Spirit Warrior.

The Bone Spirit Warrior used a desperate, all-or-nothing fighting style, trading wound for wound to take down the uninjured Transcendental Murloc.

Medivh seized the chance to finish off the wounded Transcendental Murloc.

With the two Transcendental Murlocs dead, the Murlocs scattered like frightened birds and beasts.

The Murlocs that had just appeared at the far end of the rain curtain vanished again.

Clearly, the death aura of the Transcendental Murlocs had frightened the ordinary Murlocs.

The Transcendental Murlocs were likewise unwilling to come over and take the risk.

"Medivh, we won!"

After driving off the Murlocs, Audrey wiped the rain from her face and smiled at Medivh.

This girl had an unusual way of thinking, but when it came to fighting, she was not delicate about it at all.

There were quite a few bloodstains on her armor, yet she did not complain about pain or suffering.

"Hey, Audrey!"

Just as Medivh was about to say something, he saw Audrey roll her eyes and collapse to the ground.

He hurried over and checked her breathing. Once he confirmed that Audrey had merely fainted, he let out a sigh of relief.

He picked Audrey up, carried her back into the cottage, and dressed her wounds.

Once he removed her armor, he found that this foolish girl was far more seriously injured than he had realized.

He used mana to draw the clotted blood and debris from her wounds, washed them clean with hot water, then applied ointment and bandaged them.

After treating Audrey's injuries, Medivh laid her flat on the bed to rest.

Once Audrey was settled, Medivh inspected the Skeleton Legion's battle losses.

The results were better than he had expected. Aside from the two Green Bone Warriors that had taken the blows, who were badly damaged, the other Skeletons only had minor bone fractures and would recover after some rest.

Time Skeletons were tough and durable, unlike flesh-and-blood bodies that were easily maimed or killed.

The Murloc corpses had also received the Blessing of Light and could not be used as necromantic materials.

The greatest gain from this battle was the Green Bone Skeleton that had advanced into a Bone Spirit Warrior.

Bone Spirit Power was an extraordinary power similar to Battle Qi.

With an extraordinary warrior by his side, Medivh felt much more secure.

Crises emerged endlessly throughout the Odyssey Region. Medivh did not slack off. After resting briefly, he resumed meditating to recover mana, refining skeletal components, and resurrecting Time Skeletons.

A veteran Apprentice Knight had a strong physique, and with Medivh's proper treatment, Audrey's wounds did not worsen. She woke later that day.

She did not make a sound, merely lying on her side and watching Medivh refine skeletal components.

"You're awake."

When Medivh looked up and saw that Audrey was awake, he walked over to check how well her injuries were healing.

"Medivh, will you take responsibility?"

Audrey suddenly blurted out the question.

"Enough. Rest properly and stop fantasizing. I'll deal with you sooner or later."

Medivh glared at this girl, who loved making things up in her head, somewhat speechlessly.

It was only because he needed to hurry and make Skeletons to strengthen the camp's defenses. Otherwise, he would have dealt with her long ago.

"Hehe!"

Audrey giggled and peacefully closed her eyes.

Medivh smiled silently and returned to work.

After killing those two Transcendental Murlocs, no Murlocs came to harass them for the next half month.

There were plenty of places in the Odyssey Region worth plundering. The Murlocs had no need to keep butting heads with such a tough target.

After half a month of continuous rain, the skies cleared, and the rainy season ended.

After resting for half a month, Audrey's injuries had fully healed, and the Skeletons damaged in battle had all recovered as well.

During this time, Medivh resurrected more Skeletons.

The Ruins Camp currently had ten Bone Farmers and four Bone Hunters.

It had nineteen Green Bone Farmers, two Green Bone Hunters, seven Green Bone Warriors, and one Green Bone Blacksmith.

It had one Tier 1 low-grade Green Bone Bone Spirit Warrior.

The Time Skeleton Group had begun to take shape.

The rapid resurrection rate during this period was thanks to the large number of mismatched skeletal components he had accumulated earlier.

Those components only lacked one or two pieces to make complete sets. Once enough had piled up, they could always be matched together.

There were still several hundred sets of bones in the warehouse, enough to last him for some time.

Still, he had to prepare for the future. As soon as the skies cleared, Medivh went out and found another Residential District ruin. He marked it as a target and had the Skeleton Farmers excavate it.

The Skeleton Farmers worked efficiently and quickly dug up all the bones beneath those ruins.

They returned to the camp and, under Medivh's command, used the bricks and tiles accumulated during the rainy season to construct buildings.

The camp's buildings were not erected at random. Medivh had planned the core territory as an urban district made up of one hundred hundred-meter blocks, ten across and ten deep.

The four central blocks were reserved for his lord's castle.

The Brick Cottage where he currently lived stood at the northwest corner of Block Five Across, Block Five Deep, within the Castle District.

Directly north of the Brick Cottage, in Block Five Across, Block Four Deep, stood a row of back-to-back buildings, with Fort Towers on the north side and warehouses on the south side.

This row of buildings had already reached thirty meters in length and was still being extended eastward.

Five meters of open space had been reserved in each of the two blocks, leaving a ten-meter-wide road between the Brick Cottage and the connected Armory Camps.

Directly west of the Brick Cottage, in Block Four Across, Block Five Deep, stood a row of Armory Camp buildings constructed lengthwise, with Fort Towers on the west side and warehouses on the east side.

This row of buildings was currently twenty meters long and was extending southward.

Medivh's goal was clear: first build a ring of connected Armory Camps around the Castle District.

Then seal the gaps at the four corners, enclosing it into a closed camp, with the Armory Camps serving as the camp walls.

Counting the time, it had been exactly three months since he left Loran City.

His territory had gained a certain foundation. The next step was to speed up construction of the Armory Camps and create a closed camp.

"Looks like a fat sheep!"

As soon as the skies cleared, the thugs came out to move about. They had been cooped up in their camps for more than half a month, and many of them were going hungry.

A group of thugs wandered over and grew excited the moment they saw the orderly rows of connected Armory Camps.

Anyone who could build such exquisite brick houses amid the ruins had to be wealthy.

There were no guards patrolling near those brick houses, only a few dozen Skeletons. At a glance, they looked like easy prey.

They had had enough of their rundown camps that leaked everywhere whenever it rained. Today, they would rob this place and move in while they were at it.

This refined camp would belong to them!

The thugs charged over with howls, ready to smash the Skeletons to pieces in no time and tie up the camp's owner.

Instead, the Skeletons taught them a lesson, taking care of them in no time.

Medivh had no intention of taking in thugs. Not a single one was spared.

The Skeleton Farmers dragged away the thugs one by one, their faces filled with terror and confusion. They had never expected to lose to Skeletons.

Weren't necromantic Skeletons the weakest combat units? Had the world changed without them knowing?