Chapter 510

Tessa froze at her brother's sudden hug, then a faint blush rose to her cheeks—an expression so rare for one half-dead that it was like seeing a sloth run, practically within the realm of "impossible."

She had originally intended to make a forceful display of her attitude to hide her true feelings, but she could not help hesitating, reluctant to waste this rare opportunity. Caught between two choices, she heard Tuya'an's proposal.

"Huh?" At that moment, she truly had "no idea what expression to make." "Why did you suddenly think of that?"

Tuya'an completely failed to grasp what his sister really meant. Chuckling, he said, "I only got the inspiration just now. Think about it—what can necromancy do? Its most common use is raising or creating the undead! Intangible ghosts and the like are one thing, but skeletons, zombies, even revenants with physical bodies... they all obey faithfully. Though their intelligence is low, they carry out their master's orders without the slightest discount, never hesitating or delaying, no matter what the order is. Aren't subordinates like that the finest cheap laborers?"

The more he spoke, the more pleased with himself he became. "Recently, I've made a detailed investigation into the current circumstances of Void City and the Northwest Republic. The greatest problem here remains the shortage of workers. Farming, manufacturing, and pioneering all require huge numbers of hands, but the number of drifters we can recruit is dwindling. It simply cannot meet the demand."

"Under these circumstances, don't you think it's exactly the time for our necromancy to show its prowess?" he asked excitedly. "Just imagine it: hand all the tedious, simple work over to the undead, and let the living merely direct them. Wouldn't that give us a great many more workers all at once?"

Tessa had truly wanted