Chapter 161: 'Dancing on the Grave', Purifying the Land of the Dead

The panel in front of Mo Yu clearly showed the specific properties of the Rune Mage Tower.

【Rune Mage Tower】

[Level]: First-level exclusive building (upgrading requires 3 wind magic crystals, 1000 lightning magic crystals, 1000 water magic crystals, 1000 earth magic crystals, and fire magic crystals, units of wood, units of stone, and units of magic energy)

[Attributes]: Energy 300/5000, 50 exclusive guards, unlocked functions of central magic pool, spell training room, and rune workshop.

[Function - Central Magic Power Pool]: Collects and stores free magic energy to maintain the overall operation of the Rune Mage Tower, and can restore 200 energy points per hour.

[Function - Spell Training Room]: Contains first-order basic spells, which can be practiced by magic professions.

[Function - Rune Workshop]: The Rune Golem crafting sequence has been unlocked, and resources can be consumed to craft Rune Golems.

[Introduction]: The fully functional Mage Tower contains the mysteries of the Rune Empire.

The Rune Mage Tower has various functions, integrating military recruitment and spell training.

The so-called recruitment of soldiers is the production of rune golems.

The only difference from directly recruiting from the troop nest is that the rune golems here are directly produced by consuming resources.

The two methods are similar, both consume resources to obtain soldiers.

Another function is spell practice. Creatures with magical talents in the territory can go there to practice spells.

However, due to the current limitation of the building level, only first-level basic spells have been unlocked.

It is not very useful. The only use it has at present is in the creation of rune golems.

Mo Yu looked at the steel puppet-like creatures displayed under the Mage Tower. These were the Rune Golems, the exclusive guards of the Rune Mage Tower.

They are rare third-tier troops, and their positioning is similar to that of the stone monsters, both of which are melee defense type troops.

As the master of the territory, Mo Yu easily gained control of these 50 rune golems.

From what he perceived, just as he had guessed, the Rune Golem had no thoughts of its own and was completely a puppet creature.

As the Mo Yu approached, they respectfully made way.

With some curiosity, he stepped into the Rune Mage Tower and explored the building.

The interior space of the Mage Tower is very large. Functional buildings such as the central magic pool, mage training room and rune workshop are all located on the first floor of the Mage Tower.

Mo Yu tried to go and take a look, but was shocked to find that there was no passage to the second floor.

This should be related to the current level of the wizard tower.

Only by continuously upgrading the level of the Mage Tower and unlocking new functions, the second and third floors will gradually open up.

"To make a rune golem, you need 30 units of stone, 10 units of iron ore, and 50 units of magic power. The price is not expensive."

Mo Yu came to the Rune Workshop and checked the production conditions of the Rune Golem.

The Rune Golem's power consumption was lower than he expected.

After all, it is the cost price, and there is no middleman to make a profit from the difference.

Subsequent rune golems do not need food supplies, as they have their own magic recovery patterns, just like solar-powered robots.

Once the energy is exhausted, it will be fully charged again after two days.

Mo Yu immediately mobilized a large amount of resources to simply produce 100 units.

In the spell training room, there are a lot of basic spells engraved, such as Fireball, Wind Blade, etc.

He couldn't even sense the most basic magical elements, so it was naturally difficult for him to learn them.

There was nothing interesting left to see, so Mo Yu retreated from the Rune Mage Tower.

Perhaps because of the excellent example of the Tazhai Library, he initially had high expectations for the Rune Mage Tower. But now, after taking a look at the whole thing, he can't help but feel a little disappointed.

The Rune Mage Tower is not as powerful as expected.

As an exclusive building of an empire, it is inevitably not very high-end, with only a third-level troop barely being able to make the grade.

Therefore, Mo Yu had no motivation to upgrade it for a while.

Magic crystals are a major resource for upgrading defense towers, and he prefers to supply these resources to defense towers.

After leaving the Rune Mage Tower, Mo Yu strolled around the territory for a while.

The bluestone tower had unknowingly completed the hardening of the area around the lord's courtyard.

"Pay attention to the drainage problem in the territory."

Mo Yu looked at these bluestone slabs and suddenly thought of a question.

This issue needs to be considered in advance.

Once these bluestone slabs are laid, the penetration capacity of rainwater will definitely be greatly reduced, and once it rains, water accumulation will easily occur.

If it rains heavily, the low-lying areas in the territory will easily be flooded by the naturally gathered rainwater.

Since the end of the novice period, weather changes have become a very important environmental factor.

Who knows, one day, I will give these foreign lords a try and let them see how powerful I am.

You still have to plan ahead and prepare early.

Mo Yu had no habit of letting things pile up, so he immediately handed the matter over to the goblin messenger.

A circle of territory was completed quickly, and it was almost nine o'clock.

The language course for the territory management had just ended. Mo Yu called Salt, decorated the defense tower, and led the team to the land of the dead.

He planned to clean up the Land of the Dead thoroughly to make it easier for the territory's collection teams to go there and mine stone.

He dare not underestimate this place now.

The last time the territory expanded, a large number of undead emerged here.

It was a gaze that the tactical radar tower had not detected before.

This made Mo Yu wonder whether there were more undead sleeping underground in the Land of the Dead that had not been detected by the tactical radar tower.

Now that the Silver Bone Tower has been upgraded to the Golden Bone Tower, he has no intention of continuing to maintain this land of the dead.

Right now I just want to clean it up as soon as possible, and it would be best if the entire Land of the Dead is destroyed.

After all, if the territory expands one or two more times, the Land of the Dead will be included in the territory.

If such a spooky place is not cleaned up, it will not only be unusable when incorporated into the territory in the future, but will also become a disaster.

It's nine o'clock now. If everything goes well, we can clean up and have lunch.

We'll go into the forest again in the afternoon to open up a path to the logging camp.

With the plan in place, Mo Yu's actions became more efficient.

Riding on a warhorse, it took less than ten minutes to arrive at the land of the dead.

The gray-black fog of death still lingers here, covering the area like a dark cloud that lingers all year round.

I don’t know if it’s an illusion, but Mo Yu feels that the fog in the Land of the Dead is thicker than the previous times.

But, shouldn't it?
When the territory was expanding the day before yesterday, a large wave of undead was harvested. Logically speaking, the land of the dead should gradually collapse after losing the support of the undead.

Mo Yu looked at the ground and seemed to be able to vaguely see wisps of strange mist emanating from it.

"Is there any good way to clean up this place?"

Mo Yu turned his head and looked at Salt.

This person is very knowledgeable and I wonder if he can come up with any good solution.

Salt stroked his beard and said thoughtfully, "There are ways, but they are all difficult to achieve."

"The most fundamental thing is to dig up all the bones underground and destroy them all. But that would be time-consuming and laborious."

"Besides that, another way is to use a light mage to forcibly purify it, but—"

Salt suddenly shut up because he had seen the many light defense towers summoned by Mo Yu. Shining Light Tower, Holy Sword Tower, Holy Healing Light Tower, Holy Light Tower...

To deal with the undead, why wouldn't Mo Yu bring a light defense tower?

There are several light defense towers in the territory, all of which he brought here.

As for purification, the effects of light mages and light defense towers are not much different.

The essence is to neutralize and purify the death fog here through rich light elements.

Even if the attacks of these light defense towers hit the air, the strong light elements contained in them will not disappear and will continue to react with the death fog.

It's like pouring water into a fire. If you do it continuously, the fire will gradually be put out.

On the contrary, if there is less water, it will be difficult to extinguish the fire, and at best it can only suppress the fire temporarily.

As things stand now, the latter is more likely the case.

But the death fog is not endless.

As long as Mo Yu uses the light defense tower to consume it, it will not be completely ineffective, and he will be able to purify it sooner or later.

Here, the light defense tower is already firing at full power.

No need to aim, just aim for the place where the death fog is thickest and blast in.

The bright light and the thick gray intertwined and reacted violently.

The dazzling lights shine in the land of the dead. If someone who doesn't know looks at it from a distance, they might have the illusion that they are dancing on a grave.

Under the purification of the holy light, the gray fog of death became transparent piece by piece at a speed visible to the naked eye.

However, compared with the vast area of ​​the Land of the Dead, one or two areas actually do not occupy that much space.

But it’s obvious that it works.

Mo Yu was still not satisfied, so he released a large group of ants from the Earth Ant Nest Tower and began to dig in the center of the Land of the Dead.

Ants have excellent digging abilities, and although their bodies have grown larger, they still have this instinct.

Although the speed was not fast, the gathering of a large number of ants created several large pits at a speed visible to the naked eye.

There are many skeletons among them, and the attacks from defense towers such as the Fiery Sea of ​​Fire Tower and the Exploding Arrow Tower are directly physical.

"Sir, this method can easily cause changes in the land of the dead. Be careful of undead riots."

"In such a large area of ​​the Land of the Dead, there may be quite a few undead hiding there, and there may even be high-level undead."

Seeing this, Salt couldn't help but remind him.

He was horrified by what he saw. It seemed as if the lord was afraid that the undead underground were unaware that he was destroying their homes.

Mo Yu's expression was calm, "Well, I understand."

His inner confidence comes from the tactical radar tower that is monitoring the surrounding situation in real time.

According to the balance rules of this world, even if there are high-level undead hidden under the Land of the Dead, their strength cannot be fully displayed now because of certain rules.

After all, the novice period has just ended for more than two days.

Based on his preliminary understanding of the rules of the world of war, it doesn't make sense that he could easily dig up a king bomb near his territory.

At most, there will be more Undead cannon fodder and they will be stronger, but they will never be so strong that they cannot be resisted.

On the contrary, if left unchecked, this land of the dead will definitely breed high-level undead.

Moreover, the growth of individual strength will definitely be much faster than that of the territory, which will make it even more difficult to deal with.

It was with this idea in mind that he attacked the land of the dead so recklessly.

One hour... Two hours...

The Land of the Dead was extremely peaceful, with only a few low-level skeleton soldiers occasionally dug out from the pile of bones.

It’s hard for these undead souls. I don’t know how long they have been buried underground.

It's because his body is too fragile. If he is buried too deep, it will be difficult for him to break out of the ground.

Salt walked back and forth beside Mo Yu with a worried look on his face, sometimes looking at the images from the tactical radar tower, and sometimes standing on a high place to look at the situation inside the Land of the Dead.

He really cares about the territory now.

In comparison, Mo Yu sat under the defense tower, appearing unhurried.

During this time, half of the Land of the Dead was almost destroyed.

Nearly a quarter of the death fog had been dispelled, and the earth ants had almost turned the central area upside down.

Mo Yu even had some doubts as to whether there was an undead boss hidden underground.

However, there were really a lot of skeletons below. He felt that the number destroyed by the defense tower was at least nearly ten thousand.

No wonder this land of the dead was formed.

At this moment, Mo Yu suddenly clapped his hands and laughed.

"Haha, here it comes!"

On the screen of the tactical radar tower, the red dots were increasing at a speed visible to the naked eye, indicating that the undead were awakening in large numbers.

The Undead Rebellion is coming.

These red dots all appear in the center, an area of ​​about 500 meters.

The most eye-catching thing is an extremely bright red light spot.

According to Askin’s previous theory, this is most likely a fourth-order epic BOSS!

Maybe it will be a little higher, but it will never exceed level five.

Obviously, this land of the dead does have an owner.

And he's a guy with a good temper.

They could endure for so long the combination of dancing on graves, digging graves, and crushing bones and scattering ashes.

Mo Yu didn't believe that the other party would not be aware of such a big commotion.

There had been no movement before, probably because they were hoping that the Land of the Dead was large enough that Mo Yu would give up on his own.

However, the other party had no intention of giving up at all.

Instead, it's getting more and more outrageous. It's not just about being aggressive, it's almost like being on my head.

Faced with the large number of undead monsters that appeared, Mo Yu was not panicked, but rather excited.

He had always kept more than one-third of the ammunition in the light defense tower, and most of the ammunition in the other defense towers was also kept half full, just for this moment.

If it is an epic monster, then today we may have to make the Victory Gun Tower meet the conditions for killing the epic monster.

There are 9 epic monsters, and only the last one is left, which makes Mo Yu feel like a thorn in his throat.

Soon, the earth ants that were digging were attacked by the army of undead.

Once the two sides engaged in battle, the battle became extremely brutal.

When enemies meet, how can they not be jealous of each other?

The strength of these undead is not weak. They are not the newly born skeleton soldiers. Most of them have the strength of rare first or second level. Even third level undead are not uncommon.

Moreover, the number was quite exaggerated, and the earth ants had to retreat step by step.

In this situation, Mo Yu's defense tower will naturally not care about its own side and will directly start indiscriminate killing.

A large number of gathered Flame Wolves, Crouching Zombies and Skeleton Soldiers also rushed forward recklessly, looking down from above, trying to block the Undead that kept crawling out of the underground pits.

Because of the geographical advantage, the battle line was maintained for a while.

(End of this chapter)