As the sun set, the Second Holy See had once again endured a day of peace and unrest.
Ed, who had approved the grand plans and allocated funds to several Idea King -generating players, was now off work.
Since outsourcing the combat missions in the south to the demons and leaving the exploration missions in the east to the players to carry out on their own, Ed has enjoyed a rare period of relaxation.
The two main tasks at present are to reclaim Fitz Province and explore Klaf City. Since there are no problems with these two tasks, Ed naturally has the opportunity to do other things.
For example, developing new organisms.
The Vine Dog, which were previously distributed as an experimental reward, have already caused a huge uproar on the forums.
The initial release of the pet system has generated considerable anticipation among players.
Pets, mounts, summoned beasts...
These things themselves do not have clear boundaries.
If I had to nitpick, the only differences would be in appearance, physique, and fighting ability.
Pets are animals that are small in size, good-looking, and have poor fighting ability.
Mounts are large, good-looking, but weak in combat.
Summoned beasts are large in size, have low appearance, and strong combat power.
Although this classification method is somewhat arbitrary, it is a pattern that Ed summarized from hundreds of thousands of player replies.
He had already planned that once a main quest in the south or east yielded initial results, he could take advantage of the next game update to add some new artificial creatures.
Recalling the famous scenes in some games from his previous life where certain whales could fly through the main city and make everyone inhale their exhaust fumes, Ed thought that the level of chaos among players would definitely increase again after this system was launched.
Bang bang bang.
Someone knocked on the door of Ed's study, and as Ed had expected, it was the Willow.
This guy's been visiting way too often lately.
The lich lady, radiating Psionic Energy energy, seemed somewhat erratic. After receiving permission from Ed to come in, she poked her head through the doorway.
"Boss, I want to know..."
"No need to say anything, I know what you're going to ask."
Ed coughed lightly and began to summarize the intelligence he had gathered that day.
The lich and the Blood Corpse have a deep-seated hatred for each other. Ever since learning that the advance team of the Soul Returner had gone to Klaf City, Willow has been in a state of excitement.
She would come every evening to check on Ed's advance team's progress.
Although Ed had made it clear that he would keep the other party informed if there were any new developments, Willow was obviously very concerned about this matter and insisted on going there in person to feel at ease.
Recently, she has even shifted her training focus to offensive Psionic Energy Formula and has begun to strengthen the alchemical golem once again. She no longer resists it and has even personally named it Seretima Type I, clearly intending to have a major battle with the Blood Corpse.
"Most of the Stability Anchor are currently functioning well, Gungnir patrol the area daily to prevent any Blood Corpse from damaging them."
"Based on the current progress, the Territory Secret Pact mature, but the Stability Anchor of Klaf City has not been activated. According to our previous theories, this indicates that the area has not yet become unclaimed territory. As for its owner..."
Willow's face darkened.
"It must be a Grand Duke who was sealed away."
"When the owner of Territory Secret Pact dies, if there is no blood relative to inherit it, that area will become no man's land."
"The only one who can still retain ownership of that area is definitely not human; it must be one of those sealed-away grand dukes."
Ed nodded and continued:
"So even if the Territory Secret Pact 'matures' and the Stability Anchor is activated, the Soul Returner can only resurrect in the outskirts of Klaf City at most."
"So there's one more thing I need you to do."
Ed handed Willow the draft of the mobile resurrection point proposal submitted by [ Shit Appraisal Master ] and others:
"Whether it's Stability Anchor or a pure Resurrection Tree and Teleportation Tree, the consumption of nutrients is very high."
"And with your Psionic Energy vision, you should have already discovered the true nature of 'teleportation' and 'resurrection'."
Willow hesitated for a moment, then nodded and said:
"Yes, I could tell from the very first day I arrived here."
She didn't go into details about how she secretly marked the player's soul and was then startled; she simply described what she saw:
"The so-called teleportation and resurrection are actually the same thing: extracting the souls of the Soul Returner and moving them at high speed according to the rules you set in the domain."
"Once we reach the respawn point, we'll use the various limbs prepared below the point to temporarily assemble and strengthen them."
"Some limbs or organs don't have the necessary implantation sites and may even require on-site Cultivation..."
At this point, Willow sighed:
"Although I'm somewhat reluctant to admit it, your use of these undead spirits and your own abilities truly earns my respect."
Ed waved his hand and said:
"No need for praise, so you should understand that the biggest difficulty in building that kind of 'mobile fountain' right now is that the limbs are 'printed' at an extremely slow speed."
"If you can come up with a good solution at the Psionic Energy level, this research should yield results soon. After all, regarding the so-called 'mobile resurrection point,' the 'mobile' aspect has already been solved. What you need to do is make the 'resurrection point' more reliable."
Willow accepted the document, nodded, and said:
"Understood. I will prioritize this matter. How is the advance team's situation?"
"The advance team has tripled in size, and now also has a tank and two technicians to assist (in administering medicine), making them significantly stronger than before."
"But they are still helping the old knights of the Eternal Domain collect the armor. Right now, only the helmet, one arm armor, and about half of the back armor are still missing."
"Once the armor is collected, the old knight will lead them to the sealed land of Antos."
Upon hearing this, Willow's expression suddenly twisted into a ferocious rage, revealing a hint of demonic killing intent:
"Boss, back then..."
"I will inform you. Not just Wens, I know you are an enemy of all vampires. Wens only killed your mother, but the entire lich race perished at the hands of vampires."
"Thank you."
Willow bowed to Ed, but Ed was then thinking of a new question:
"Based on the current situation, how many grand dukes do you think have been sealed away? And how many are in Klaf City?"
Willow thought for a moment and said:
I've also seen the statement from Luoli Adelaide last time.
"It is currently known that the sealing was done by two ' Short-Eared Elf,' and the last thing Luoli saw was the elves fighting against Grand Duke Hall."