Ch. 161Dual Purpose

Medivh welcomed the Frozen Tundra tribes into Ulan City, resettled them, and continued exploring their ancestral lands for remains. As the Plane Portal neared opening, he summoned the Snow Fox-people and Snow Werewolves to send representatives to Kurd City and recover their heritage.

  • The Frozen Tundra tribes pledged allegiance to Medivh, and the Skeleton Legion helped them move their people and ancestors to Ulan City.
  • Medivh discovered ancient Red Bones and Ice-Sealed Corpses among the tribes' remains, but postponed using them until the newcomers had settled in.
  • Medivh merged the 120 tribes into 24 large tribes and assigned them settlements in Ulan City's Third Ring District.
  • The Archaeology Team continued exploring the Frozen Tundra for the remains of tribes that had vanished over thousands of years.
  • The Snow Fox-people and Snow Werewolves settled into Ulan City, where Church of Light districts helped ease their fears and the local Church gained followers.
  • In late June, Medivh told the Snow Fox-people and Snow Werewolves to choose representatives to accompany him to Kurd City and recover their lost heritage.

Ch. 162Snowy Lands

Medivh arranged transport for high-grade bones and representatives of the Snow Fox-people and Snow Werewolves, then used the bones to advance to Third Rank Advanced Mage. After restoring part of the two races' lost transcendent heritage, he housed their representatives in Kurd City while they awaited further restoration.

  • Medivh exchanged three hundred Iron-Clad Ballistae for transport capacity and arranged for Snow Fox-people and Snow Werewolves to accompany him to Kurd City.
  • The representatives arrived in Loran City and traveled by Cargo Airship to Kurd City, where Medivh welcomed them and stored the transported bones.
  • Medivh used Frozen Tundra Yellow Bone to break through his spiritual-power bottleneck and advance to Third Rank Advanced Mage, unlocking stronger skeletons for resurrection.
  • Medivh resurrected Snow Fox and Snow Wolf skeletons, and their ancestral skeletons helped the two races recover part of their lost transcendent heritage.
  • Medivh arranged lodgings for the representatives and let many of the young women stay in Tower No. 1 as maids in training, where he could help restore their heritage.

Ch. 163Brought the Price Down

Medivh reviewed the Wrynn Territory’s rapid growth and the Skeleton Mage Corps’ new inventions after reaching Third Rank Advanced Mage. With the territory prospering and plane warfare supplying vital high-grade bones, he resumed tempering his bones and advanced his Supreme-Grade Blue Bone to Low-Grade Purple Bone.

  • Medivh surveyed Ulan City and the Wrynn Territory’s expanding districts, population, infrastructure, and growing skeleton forces.
  • The Skeleton Mage Corps developed new potions, upgraded Magic Rune Armaments, and created the Wild Goose, Lynx, and Thunderbolt Ironclad Vehicles.
  • The Wrynn Family’s Anti-Air Ballistae sold rapidly to nobles, prompting rival Alchemical Crossbow Cart makers to lower their prices and then abandon the project.
  • Medivh kept the Thunderbolt and Sky Bow Ballista for Wrynn Family use while the Alchemy Institute developed Raging Flame Origin Crystal Magic Rune Cannons for vehicles and city defense.
  • Medivh continued to pursue plane warfare for high-grade bones after the Odyssey Region’s political status remained unresolved.
  • After reaching Third Rank Advanced Mage, Medivh resumed bone-tempering cultivation and promoted his Supreme-Grade Blue Bone to Low-Grade Purple Bone.

Ch. 164A Flood of Thoughts

Medivh used Ulan City's skeleton workforce to supply the allied army and agreed to provide the Loran Family with discounted supplies in exchange for campaign slots in the Lord Plane and Blackstone Plane. As Number Two departed for the Lord Plane and Medivh prepared for the Blackstone campaign, Emily told him she was pregnant, and he welcomed her into the Wrynn Family.

  • The Hobarton-Wrynn Allied Forces relied on supplies from Ulan City, where Skeleton Miners and Skeleton Blacksmiths produced ore, steel, weapons, armor, and food.
  • Isabella told Medivh that Marquis Loran had offered the Wrynn Family campaign slots in the Lord Plane and Blackstone Plane in exchange for discounted supplies, and Medivh agreed.
  • Medivh sent Number Two's Bone Spirit Substitute and the Skeleton Legion toward Loran City-State for the Lord Plane campaign, accompanied by a Priest Corps from the Church of Light.
  • Medivh strengthened his other Bone Spirit Substitutes and sent supplies to the Loran Expeditionary Force in the Horn Plane, while wondering whether his missing father, Rhine, was still alive.
  • Emily told Medivh she was pregnant, and he confirmed it, promoted her to a lady of the Wrynn Family, and renamed her Emily Wrynn.

Ch. 165Let the Radical Faction Have Nothing to Say

Emily’s pregnancy drew attention at Wrynn Manor while the Number Two Bone Spirit Substitute led the Skeleton Legion to the Lord Plane and settled its main force in Poison Mist Swamp. After Holy Light confirmed the Bone Spirit was not an evil Lich, Medivh began transforming the swamp into fertile land.

  • Emily’s pregnancy made her the focus of attention, and Audrey advised her while the High Tower Maids and Isabella envied her.
  • The Number Two Bone Spirit Substitute led the Skeleton Legion and the Kurd Second Legion through the portal to the Lord Plane, while the Kurd Third Legion took over Wrynn Manor’s garrison.
  • The Number Two Bone Spirit Substitute took the Skeleton Legion’s main force to Poison Mist Swamp, and Marquis Capet and Marshal Andrew approved the redeployment rather than objecting.
  • The Radical Faction’s Samuro questioned the Bone Spirit’s intentions, but Archbishop Marda’s Greater Purification revealed that Holy Light did not harm him and made his bones shine.
  • Medivh built Wrynn Dark Tower and used an Elemental Array to turn Poison Mist Swamp’s quagmires into fertile, dry land.

Ch. 166Licensed Archaeology

Medivh purified Poison Mist Swamp and built Jinxiu City, a thriving settlement where Light Priests and the ostracized Dawn Clan could live safely. As the city expanded and began producing grain, Medivh continued growing his Bone Spirit kingdom through licensed archaeology and corpse storage.

  • Bone Spirit Substitute Number Two delivered the poison-mist ice bricks to the Light Church, where Light Priests purified them.
  • Medivh built the First Ring District in Poison Mist Swamp, established a Grand Cathedral of Light, and named the developing city Jinxiu City.
  • Orc Holy Swordsman Samuro asked Medivh to let the Dawn Clan move to Jinxiu City, and Medivh approved the request.
  • Skeleton caravans brought bones and Orc corpses to Jinxiu City, where Bone Spirit Substitute Number Two raised some bones and Skeleton Conservators stored others.
  • Jinxiu City's Third Ring District was completed, and wheat in the first district ripened for harvest.

Ch. 167Odyssey City-State

Medivh attended the first Odyssey City-State noble assembly through his Number Three Bone Spirit Substitute, while the Wrynn Family secured trade, transport, excavation, and corpse-processing rights. The council announced that a planar war would begin in mid-October.

  • The founders invited Medivh to the Odyssey City-State’s first noble assembly after seven Marquis families formed its council and Zaun City-State secured only two founder seats.
  • Philip proposed a marriage alliance, and Medivh welcomed Fiona and Finel into the Wrynn Family in exchange for two suits of Fierce Lion Battle Armor and twenty Anti-Air Ballistae.
  • Medivh refused other families’ marriage proposals and sent his Number Three Bone Spirit Substitute to the assembly in mid-April.
  • The seven Marquises described the agreement between the Gewalt Federation and the Orc and Bear-man Empires to use the Sui River as their boundary, and praised the Wrynn Family’s role in the war.
  • Medivh’s team negotiated guaranteed Plane Portal capacity, archaeological excavation rights, and permission to process enemy corpses in exchange for supplying Anti-Air Ballistae and other goods.
  • The Odyssey Noble Council announced that a planar war would begin in mid-October.

Ch. 168At Last, He Would Be Crowned King

Medivh welcomed his second son, Arthas, whose birth carried both the Blessing of Light and powerful Ice Wolf and Lava Dragon bloodlines, then helped Hilda and the others acquire Dragon Blood to speed their advancement. The Ice Plains Tribe’s letter predicted Arthas would become its king, while Medivh ended the chapter sparring with Hilda.

  • Medivh and Emily named their newborn son Arthas Loran Hobarton Wrynn after he was born with the Blessing of Light and signs of Ice Wolf and Lava Dragon bloodlines.
  • The Ice Plains Tribe sent Arthas a congratulatory letter proclaiming that he would become the tribe’s king, and Medivh laughed at its prediction.
  • Medivh’s Number Three Bone Spirit Substitute met Number One at the Loran City-State’s Plane Teleportation Plaza as supplies and returning delegations traveled to the Horn Plane.
  • Hilda returned from leave and told Medivh that the Hobarton Family was selecting its next Earl, then explained she could step down after reaching Fourth Rank.
  • Medivh brought Hilda, Isabella, and the others to Oriana, who gave them Origin Dragon Blood so they could become Dragonblood Knights or Dragon-Vein Mages.
  • Hilda challenged Medivh to spar after receiving the Dragon Blood, while Oriana peeked at their increasingly outrageous match.

Ch. 169You Profit, I Don't Lose

The Snow Fox and Snow Wolf delegation returned to Ulan City and found it greatly expanded, with their heritage and academies restored. Meanwhile, Medivh’s trade arrangements benefited the Loran faction, and Ulan City agreed to supply other Loran legions at half the cost of cross-plane transportation.

  • The Snow Fox and Snow Wolf delegation returned to Ulan City and saw that its districts had expanded from eleven-by-eleven to twenty-three-by-twenty-three.
  • Medivh established Inheritance Towers and academies for the Snow Fox and Snow Wolf tribes, restoring their Transcendent Heritage.
  • The Second Elder shared Wrynn White Rum with Loran nobles, who also benefited from the Hobarton Family’s improved equipment and cooking.
  • The Loran faction’s nobles bought Anti-Air Ballistae through the Loran and Hobarton families and negotiated custom Fierce Lion Magic Rune Armament with Medivh.
  • Marquis Kaman contacted Marquis Loran to secure local supplies for other Loran legions.
  • With Marquis Loran mediating, Ulan City agreed to provide those legions with basic military provisions at half the cost of cross-plane transportation.

Ch. 170The Logistics Chief

Medivh sent Number Four and the Wrynn Mixed Legion to serve as chief of logistics in Odyssey’s first plane campaign, using skeletons to establish farming and supply operations in the conquered territory. After arriving to find the front lines littered with bodies, Number Four followed orders to build fortresses and reclaim land while Medivh stayed behind to develop a stronghold.

  • Medivh planned to supply the Loran Expeditionary Force with Ulan City’s surplus grain and mass-produced war supplies, benefiting both the Wrynn Family and Loran City-State.
  • In late September, Medivh answered Odyssey City-State’s call by sending Number Four to lead a 420,000-strong mixed legion of Combat Skeletons, Logistics Skeletons, and Kurd Fourth Legion soldiers.
  • The Wrynn Mixed Legion passed through the Plane Portal in early November, arriving after the Odyssey Expeditionary Legion had fought a bloody battle.
  • General Command Headquarters ordered Number Four to send Skeleton Engineering Teams to build fortresses and direct the remaining skeletons to clear land for farming.
  • The Skeleton Legion reclaimed fields, began building a central district, and prepared to store enemy corpses, while Medivh delayed archaeological excavation and focused on developing a stronghold.

Ch. 171Pretending to Be What Others Think You Are

Medivh supported the Odyssey Expedition by arranging another sale of Anti-Air Ballistas while secretly expanding his Skeleton Legion and its power. He continued searching for valuable Necromancer knowledge, but his excavations had yielded little, and older remains were difficult to find.

  • The Odyssey Expedition’s Iron-Clad Ballista Battalions suffered heavy losses in battle, so its command sought more Anti-Air Ballistas from the Wrynn Family.
  • Medivh sold the Odyssey City-State a second batch of three hundred Anti-Air Ballistas, hoping its territorial gains would secure his archaeological work.
  • Medivh unlocked the ability to resurrect Top-Grade Yellow Bone Transcendental Skeletons and increased his forces, including 340 Fourth Rank Skeletons.
  • The Snow Fox-people and Snow Werewolves gained Fifth Rank leaders, but continued to follow Medivh, who kept the Skeleton Legion’s strength hidden from outsiders.
  • Medivh found little useful Necromancer knowledge in excavated bones and concluded that he needed remains from before the Necrotic Scourge, especially those of Liches or older Necromancers.

Ch. 172Golden Wheat City

Medivh expanded the Wrynn Family’s skeleton-powered farming, mining, and construction in the Odyssey Expeditionary Force’s land-clearing zone, turning it into Golden Wheat City. After its first harvest began supplying the Expeditionary Legion, Odyssey City-State sent more troops to launch a second campaign while Medivh stayed behind to manage his territory.

  • Medivh counted more than 3.4 million skeletons under his command and continued using them to strengthen the Wrynn Family’s territories.
  • Skeletons cleared wasteland, planted wheat, mined ore, and built districts, impressing the Odyssey Expeditionary Force’s commanders and rear guards with their productivity.
  • Over two and a half months, the land-clearing zone gained eight rings of districts, and Medivh named the territory Golden Wheat City after its first golden harvest.
  • Golden Wheat City milled its wheat into flour for the Expeditionary Legion and began supplying weapons, armor, and arrows, while its skeleton farmers planted a second crop.
  • After receiving Golden Wheat City’s grain, Odyssey City-State transported more troops and launched its second campaign, while Medivh remained behind to farm and conduct archaeology.

Ch. 173Hey, What Are You Doing?

After discovering that Ulan City supplied the human Expeditionary Legion, the Lizardman king ordered Marshal Ululu to conquer it. Ululu led 400,000 troops to the city and tried to fly over its defenses, unaware that its anti-air ballistae were ready.

  • Lizardman assassins reported that Ulan City supplied the Expeditionary Legion, and their evidence stunned the Royal Court ministers.
  • The Lizardman king ordered Marshal Ululu to attack Ulan Gobi and seize Ulan City as a supply base.
  • Ululu gathered 400,000 troops and marched toward Ulan City with few supplies, expecting to take the city and feast there.
  • Medivh ordered the Skeleton Legion to stop construction and prepare to crush the invading Lizardman army.
  • Ululu led the Flying Lizard Cavalry Regiment toward Ulan City to open its gates, then ordered it to fly high over the Sky Bow Battalion’s ballistae and land behind them.

Ch. 174Charred Lizardman

Ulan City's defenders repelled the Lizardman assault with coordinated fire from their ballistae, cannons, and archers. Marshal Ululu remained trapped in the sky, unable to reach the Sky Bow Battalion as Medivh watched.

  • Marshal Ululu ordered the Flying Lizard Cavalry Regiment to attack Ulan City, but the city's anti-air weapons shot down riders and mounts.
  • The Lizardman ground forces charged the walls and suffered heavy casualties from the defenders' crossbows, archers, and trebuchets.
  • Medivh fired the Raging Flame Origin Crystal Magic Rune Cannon at the gathered Lizardman Transcendents, killing the Third- and Fourth-Rank fighters and burning two Fifth-Rank generals.
  • The Fifth-Rank Snow Wolf Knight and Snow Fox Mage froze the wounded Lizardman generals after they escaped the cannon's flames, killing them.
  • Marshal Ululu repeatedly unleashed Wyvern Crash against the Sky Bow Battalion, but anti-air fire knocked him back and drained his power.

Ch. 175Broken Bridge Remnant Snow

Ulan City’s defenses destroyed Marshal Ululu’s army, and Ululu died recalling how he had killed the Holland king at Broken Bridge. After Medivh ordered stronger mobile anti-air weapons researched, the Lizardman Royal Court debated another campaign and was advised to focus on its other enemies.

  • The Lizardman Kingdom’s powerful figures refused to rescue Ululu, citing the Light Covenant and the danger of leaving their kingdom exposed, while the Holland Kingdom’s fighters traded insults with them.
  • Ululu’s power failed under another blast from the Raging Flame Origin Crystal Magic Rune Cannon, and he died remembering his victory at the snowy Broken Bridge.
  • The Holland Kingdom’s fighters asked the Loran City-State’s fighters whether Ulan City could withstand an assault by powerful opponents, and they warned that Viscount Wrynn could destroy the city.
  • Medivh judged the Sky Bow Ballista too weak to stop Fifth Rank Transcendents and tasked the Skeleton Mage Corps with developing a stronger mobile Anti-Air Ballista.
  • The Lizardman king asked for a general to lead another campaign against Ulan Gobi, but a Pillar of the State urged him to focus on the Holland Kingdom and the human army from another plane.

Ch. 176Play the Part to the End

After the Lizardman Kingdom abandoned its costly siege of Ulan City, Medivh arranged a marriage alliance with the Holland Kingdom by marrying Princess Tier and supplying provisions and military support. Tier settled into her new life in Kurd City as Ulan City's archaeologists excavated ancient battlefield sites in Holland, uncovering valuable bones and lost history.

  • The Lizardman King abandoned the attack on Ulan City and mobilized his people to fight the Holland Kingdom and the Loran City-State.
  • The Holland Kingdom sent a delegation and Princess Tier to negotiate for wartime provisions, offering access to ancient battlefield sites in return.
  • Medivh accepted the deal, married Tier in Kurd City, and sent three Sky Bow Battalions to support Holland in her name.
  • Tier enjoyed her new life while the Sky Bow Battalions won victories and the Holland King honored her with a statue.
  • Ulan City's Archaeology Team excavated Holland's ancient battlefield sites, finding bones of nonhuman peoples and learning how the Snow Werewolf and Snow Fox-person peoples had been displaced.

Ch. 177A Worthy Investment

Ten years after beginning his career as a pioneer, Medivh had built a powerful family and continued cultivating through archaeological discoveries. Hilda became pregnant, the Hobarton Family approved her early retirement and marriage to Medivh, and she joined Audrey and Emily for a grand wedding in Kurd City.

  • The Skeleton Legion excavated historical corpses across the Gamma Plane while Medivh reflected on his progress and his family's growing strength over the past decade.
  • Hilda told Medivh she was pregnant again, and he asked the Hobarton Family Council to let her step down early and marry him.
  • Draven, Udir, and the Hobarton Family Council approved the arrangement, and the family received two hundred Anti-Air Ballistae and ten Fierce Lion Magic Rune Armaments as Hilda's dowry.
  • Medivh held a grand wedding in Kurd City for Audrey, Hilda, and Emily.
  • The Newint Family regretted how it had treated Audrey, while the High Tower Maids admired Emily and hoped to become brides of the Lord someday.

Ch. 178Warm Hospitality

Heavy flooding devastated the Odyssey Region while Medivh’s territory remained protected. When a hungry young Blue Dragon attacked Kurd City, Medivh’s forces trapped and battered it, and the dragon tried to negotiate for its life.

  • The early rainy season flooded villages and isolated Military Castles, while Wrynn Territory remained safe behind its walls and reservoirs.
  • In mid-July, sentry Skeletons spotted a Blue Dragon heading toward Kurd City, and Medivh ordered a Level One air defense alert.
  • Medivh let the Blue Dragon enter Kurd City’s Eastern District, where it attacked a herd of Big-Horned Oxen.
  • Kurd City’s defenses struck the Blue Dragon, which broke free by transforming into a ball of lightning and protested the attack.
  • Medivh summoned an Eight-Armed Skeleton Golem and sent Lava Dragon Oriana to help capture the Blue Dragon.
  • The Blue Dragon refused to pledge allegiance but offered to cooperate with Medivh to avoid being killed.

Ch. 179I Don't Eat Beef

Medivh forced the Blue Dragon Sindasa to sign a city-state contract and become Kurd City's Dragon Aspect. After settling in, Sindasa befriended Medivh over food and proposed connecting his Dragon Nest to the city, while Lux and Freya observed from the Grand Cathedral of Light.

  • Medivh rejected Sindasa's offer of a few tasks, but agreed to Oriana's proposal that Sindasa sign a city-state contract rather than risk Kurd City's residents in a battle.
  • Sindasa reluctantly signed the contract and became Kurd City's Dragon Aspect.
  • Sindasa complained that Medivh served him fruit instead of Big-Horned Oxen, then devoured a Thunder Spirit Fruit and admitted that he liked it.
  • Medivh served Sindasa roasted lamb, and Sindasa declared that he would eat lamb instead of beef.
  • After spending several days in Kurd City, Sindasa suggested that Medivh dig a tunnel to his Dragon Nest, and Medivh agreed.
  • Lux watched Medivh and Sindasa chatting while Freya wrote a biography titled "Brother of the Blue Dragon."

Ch. 180Dragon Transformation Art

Medivh visited Blue Dragon Sindasa’s nest after a mountain passage connected it to the Odyssey region, where Sindasa explained the Dragon race’s bloodline hierarchy and introduced his Dragon Heir, Synthia. Sindasa gave Medivh a Dragon Transformation Art inheritance scroll, leaving Medivh to wonder what his brother had in mind as Oriana felt an uneasy chill in the kitchen.

  • After the rainy season, Light Priests treated flood-related diseases across the Odyssey Region, including among Orcs and Bear-men.
  • Medivh and his family visited Sindasa’s Blue Dragon Nest and enjoyed a seafood feast prepared by Skeleton Chefs.
  • Sindasa explained the classifications of Dragonblood Creatures and introduced his daughter Synthia and a Dragon Egg guarded in the hatchery.
  • Sindasa warned Medivh not to get ideas about the egg, whose parents included a Blue Wave Dragon resting in the East Sea.
  • Sindasa gave Medivh an inheritance scroll containing the Dragon Transformation Art, then transformed and left to enjoy himself.
  • Oriana sneezed in the kitchen and sensed that something was watching her.
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