Miracle City
In fact, many of the pioneering lords in the Northlands had considered planting grapes and making wine again.
But the result was a complete slap in the face.
The grapes grown on the land they cultivated were of extremely poor quality, and the wine made from them was bitter and astringent, making it undrinkable.
Their investments were completely wiped out.
The reason is actually quite simple...
"Beneath the soil of their territory, a vast amount of Corruption Divine Power still lies hidden."
"And beneath the soil of my territory lies the Waaagh Power."
The pioneering lords of the Northlands rarely achieved self-sufficiency in food.
This is also for the same reason.
The Corruption Divine Power caused a slowdown in the growth rate of crops, resulting in a significant reduction in crop yields.
Every year, they need to spend a large amount of gold coins to obtain enough food.
But Chen Changhe didn't have this concern.
He was certain that given enough time...
His territory will become a true land of plenty.
"Although the Corruption Goddess's Gift are inexpensive and of high quality."
"I can't let my people eat grass all day long!"
"You have to mix in some dry food every now and then."
I, Chen Changhe, am a lord of conscience.
To ensure the safety of the caravan, Ma Dexiang took 500 warriors with her.
Besides Ma Dexiang, there were more than a dozen knights who had awakened their Fighting Aura.
With this level of strength, even if they were to encounter Corrupted God's Chosen...
It's not that they're without the ability to fight.
After all, including Ma Dexiang, each of them had begun to Orkification, and their physical attributes were no longer what they used to be.
Once the trade route is truly established, the Blackwater Fief will be able to obtain stable resource channels.
This time, they will bring back a large number of slaves to replenish the population of their territory when they travel to Miracle City.
Blackwater Fief was newly established and had a significant shortage in this area; those newly built houses were constructed for this purpose.
In fact, Chen Changhe was fully capable of acquiring more land.
For example, the official cities of the Blackwater Fief.
However, Chen Changhe decided to postpone the meeting.
For the past few days, he has been observing the Corruption Mists surrounding the Northlands.
He discovered this fact.
The Corruption Mists is alive; it is transformed by the Divine Power of the Corruption Goddess Corruption Mists, yet it is not merely divine Divine Power.
The Corruption Mists that shrouds the Northlands is actually a unified whole, possessing its own will.
"This is clearly an incarnation of the Corruption Goddess..."
"An avatar of a deity of Intermediate Divine Power."
The Corruption Goddess really goes all out.
Sending such a divine avatar into such a dimensional world would require an incredibly vast amount of effort and resources.
Fortunately, it seems that only the shell of this deity remains.
The soul has vanished without a trace.
"Nefertari Vivi Dragon..."
Chen Changhe thought of the name of the Empress who ruled the Dragon Empire.
"It seems that Nefertari Vivi Dragon is the manifestation of the soul of the Corruption Goddess."
It's unclear how long the Corruption Goddess has been plotting in this world.
Chen Changhe knew that once his whereabouts were exposed...
This could easily attract the fierce resistance of the Corruption Goddess.
Chen Changhe is quite capable.
However, it is still not as powerful as an avatar of a deity of Intermediate Divine Power.
"Fortunately, it seems there's some kind of limitation on the Corruption Goddess..."
If that weren't the case, Chen Changhe could just surrender and call it quits.
"My only advantage is that I know of Nefertari Vivi Dragon's existence, while she doesn't know of me."
As long as Chen Changhe can get through the initial stage and develop his strength quickly and discreetly.
This allows them to steal the enemy's base with lightning speed and achieve final victory.
Besides the more than 500 people that Ma Dexiang took away, there were still more than 400 people left in the territory.
Apart from Vasili and some of his men, the rest were slaves that Chen Changhe Lion Earl's Domain.
As time went by, these slaves became increasingly Orkification, undergoing dramatic changes in strength and regenerative abilities.
He looks completely different from when he left the Lion Earl's Domain.
The elderly people looked at least ten years younger, and their bodies were full of muscle.
The children suddenly grew several tens of centimeters taller, becoming almost the same size as adults.
They have no shortage of energy when it comes to work, and they can handle even heavy tasks like building houses with ease.
They work in the morning and spend the afternoon reading the Waaagh Codex.
Chen Changhe personally wrote the latest version of the Waaagh Codex.
There is only one core idea.
Ork God is the greatest god in this world.
Only by believing in the Ork God, by believing in waaaaagh, can one obtain eternal life.
Those heretics who betray waaaaagh are filthy, shameless maggots who deserve to die.
Vasili and his men patrolled the area daily, eliminating large numbers of Corrupted Creatures.
As Chen Changhe purified the manor.
This place became a thorn in the side of the Corrupted Creatures in the vicinity.
Every day, large numbers of Corrupted Creatures approach the manor.
However, faced with Vasili and his soldiers' sharp swords, they became corpses.
This is the corpse that Chen Changhe is facing now.
It looks like a piece of dead wood standing upright, with slender limbs growing on it.
Its limbs were withered and dry, resembling chicken claws, as if they might break at the slightest touch.
At the top of the dead tree was a human face, and countless plant roots covered the corpse's torso.
When they are alive, these plant roots can wriggle like tentacles.
They can also use these roots to pierce into corpses and control them to fight for them.
The Corrupted Treant is a corrupted Corrupted Creatures formed from a plant contaminated by the Corruption Divine Power.
The vast majority of plants remain safe even after being polluted and altered.
It cannot move and is not aggressive.
However, some plants, after being contaminated, transformed into terrifying monsters capable of moving freely.
The Corrupted Treant is one of the best examples of this.
"I never expected that Corrupted Treant would appear even on the Northlands edge of the land."
Normally, Corrupted Treant only appear in the central region of the Northlands.
This Corrupted Creatures itself isn't particularly strong, but it possesses incredible vitality and the ability to control corpses in combat.
This organism is also a social creature.
They like to live like humans, and are particularly keen on capturing living humans.
The roots and stems are used to turn humans into puppets, and the blood and bodily fluids of these human puppets become fertilizer to nourish these Corrupted Treant.
They are insatiable, utterly devoid of mercy, and terrifying beyond measure.
"It seems that the information the Dragon Empire is disseminating about the Northlands is incorrect."
They downplayed the dangers of the Northlands in their propaganda.
This is only to be expected.
That Empress Nefertari Vivi is herself a member of the Corruption Goddess.
The information she disseminates will naturally be filtered.
No wonder so many people enter the Northlands every year, yet so few survive.
We are ready to put our skills to good use.
Unfortunately, His Majesty is an enemy general.
How should this battle be fought?