LIGHTNOVELONLINE Chapter 69: Prepare for the beast tide
Alex harvested 2,800 units of wood and 2,000 units of stone, all collected by the land-based undead in one night.
As for the animal corpses by the castle gate, Alex planned to leave them be until the next morning to disassemble and recycle them all at once.
It was already late, and Alex decided to go to sleep. It would take at least three more hours for the Moon Silver Wolf corpses to be transported back. Waiting another three hours would mean daylight was upon them.
She would arrange the resources obtained tonight the next morning.
"Ice Cream, you'll stay in the castle for the next few days to avoid drawing attention, just in case those Holy Court knights discover you."
Alex had no plans to ride Ice Cream out anymore; such a conspicuous target was manageable at night, but would be problematic if spotted during the day.
Being seen by that Lord tonight was already an unexpected mishap. Once the castle's protection period ended, Alex planned to settle scores with him.
She wanted to show him that even among top-tier Lords, there could be significant gaps in strength.
Yawning, Alex was already tired. She entered the bathroom, kicked off her shoes, peeled off her black stockings, and stripped off her clothes completely.
The shower sprayed warm water that was soothing against Alex's smooth skin.
Her feet pressed against the soft carpet, leaving wet footprints.
Wrapped in a towel, Alex moved to the bedroom and sat on a chair, drying her damp hair with a towel.
"All set."
Alex crawled into bed and drifted off to sleep.
[Night ends, dawn arrives!]
It was the seventh day on the continent of Eldoria, and the last day of the novice protection period.
Even the world channel chat had quieted down considerably. Every Lord felt the pressure; it was the last day, and everyone was doing their utmost to enhance their strength.
No one knew the intensity of tomorrow's beast tide, nor whether they would survive it.
The undead had also transported the wolf corpses back, and even Arthur had ordered the bone dragons to go to the snowy mountains to pick up the ground-based undead. Otherwise, it would take them a month to return to the castle.
It wasn't until 8 AM that Alex, rubbing her eyes, prepared to get out of bed.
"Ah, that was refreshing!"
Alex felt as if she had replenished her mental energy, and her body was more relaxed than ever.
She sat up, threw off the covers, and got out of bed.
Today, Alex's task was to use her scythe to double summon as many undead as possible. Whatever she couldn't summon by the end of the day would be thrown into the Blackwater Altar for summoning.
She needed to prepare for the beast tide.
Alex dressed in a white short-sleeved shirt, paired with shorts and casual shoes, and twirled in front of the mirror.
Hmm, a different vibe.
Alex opened the trading post to collect the equipment sold last night.
It was a tense time for all Lords, and equipment was sure to sell well since no one wanted to miss even the slightest chance to become stronger.
Conversely, after the beast tide, these pieces of equipment would lose their value.
[Congratulations Lord, you have successfully traded 10,000 ordinary pieces of equipment, receiving 100,000 magic crystals.]
Alex sent 50,000 to Sophie and stored the remaining 50,000 magic crystals in the Warehouse.
Alex had also obtained 5,000 iron ingots from the werewolf lair, enough to build a wall, although a defense tower was still out of reach.
"Build!"
At the moment Alex clicked build, black walls rose from the ground at the edges of the town's territory, completely encompassing the area.
The black walls were 40 feet high and 15 feet wide, with a gate at the center of each side.
Above each gate and at the four corners, there were square recesses, twenty in total, likely intended for building defense towers.
Unfortunately, Alex didn't have enough iron ingots to construct defense towers now.
[Special Building: Wall]
[Building Level: Commanding level (can be upgraded with resources)]
[Feature: Commanding level defense]
[Upgrade Materials: 50k wood, 100k stone, 10k magic crystals, 50k iron ingots.]
The upgrade materials had increased tenfold...
Monarch level was still too far off for Alex to consider right now.
With the Commanding level defense of the wall, most of the beast tide could be kept outside the town's territory. Combined with Alex's undead army, there was nothing to fear!
Alex went to the castle entrance to disassemble last night's animal corpses, then threw them all into the Blackwater Altar.
These lower-tier animal corpses weren't worth using her Undead Summoning Magic on.
Besides, with so many Moon Silver Wolf corpses to summon, she didn't have time to bother with them.
A Moon Silver Wolf, at minimum, was level 5, far stronger than those other beasts, right?
"Disassemble!"
[Congratulations Lord, you have successfully disassembled 30 antelope corpses, obtaining 1,200 units of food, 20 magic crystals, and 60 antelope skins (double drop).]
There was too much food now; Alex had over 7,000 units of food and 6,000 units of elite food.
However, she decided not to sell this batch of elite food but to keep it as feed for Ice Cream, which could also gain extra experience points from it—perhaps even leveling up while eating.
The regular food wasn't much use anymore, so Alex sent 1,000 units each to Chi-Chi and Sophie.
This food would last Chi-Chi a while, at least temporarily freeing her from worrying about food. As for Sophie, she had been too helpful to Alex to need any mention.
Next, Alex planned to upgrade the Barracks, as today's troops hadn't yet been summoned.
[Upgrade Barracks required: 12k magic crystals, 120 Essence Shards.]
"Upgrade!"
...
[Upgrade Barracks required: 14k magic crystals, 140 Essence Shards.]
"Upgrade!"
[Undead Crystal: Level 9 (Unique Barracks)]
[Ninth-level Barracks can summon: skeletons, zombies, specters, death conquerors, gargoyles, bone dragons, ghost dragons, zombie titans, necromancer, liches—ten types of troops (random thirty), with an extremely low chance of summoning a Race King.]
[Upgrade Barracks required: 16k magic crystals, 160 Essence Shards]
After two consecutive upgrades, the results were good. If not for the shortage of Essence Shards, Alex could have upgraded another level.
Alex glanced at the Warehouse, still stocked with plenty of wood and stone, over 20,000 magic crystals, and more than a hundred Essence Shards. Except for iron ingots, she really wasn't short on other materials.
There was still one town-specific building, the [Portal of Transit], left to construct. Since resources were plentiful now, she might as well build it too.
Alex clicked to build directly.
The castle gate faced a black structure that emerged about 2,000 meters away from the wall gate, roughly in the middle.
Alex walked over to inspect this teleportation portal.
The black structure was about 16 feet high, with steps leading up to a large door. Alex opened it and saw an empty interior, except for a large rectangular teleportation portal at the far end.
Next to the portal, Alex found a system dashboard where she could set the destination. The list only included Chi-Chi and Sophie, both in gray and unclickable.
"Boring."
Feeling uninterested, Alex returned to the castle.
She approached the Barracks, ready to summon troops, hoping to draw some new types this time.
Alex once again grabbed her breast, a unique technique to boost her luck.
[Undead crystal fully charged, ready to summon now!]
Alex pressed firmly, not hesitating to click.
"Summon!"