Chapter 1008: Chapter 619, Hard to Control
The next morning dawned.
I lay my thigh and arm aside,
Stretched lazily, and rolled out of bed.
Glancing at the figure on the bed, I muttered to myself, “Fairies sucking the soul from a man, indeed it’s true.”
After a quick wash, I continued my morning exercise.
As I passed by the Viscera Museum, I stopped in my tracks, then stepped back.
...
And walked straight in.
Inside the museum, the funeral priests were still busy with their tasks.
Seeing Fang Hao enter, they all bowed in salute.
“My lord.”
“Hmm, how’s the orc corpse that was sent over a couple of days ago?” Fang Hao asked.
Nelson had not yet returned, and only the Corpse Witch knew the ritual of conversion.
So Fang Hao worried that in this season, the corpse might rot or cause some contagious disease.
One of the funeral priests said, “My lord, we have already cleaned the corpse’s viscera, dehydrated and reshaped it; it can be preserved for a long time. We just need to wait for Scholar Nelson’s return, and direct spell release ritual and final embalming can be done.”
“Oh, how many corpses are there?”
“Three hero corpses were sent over,” the funeral priest answered.
Fang Hao nodded and swept a glance at the hall.
In the corner, there were several piles of white bones.
These white bones belonged to the Undead heroes whose Soul Fires Queen Amanda had extinguished during the assault on the Great Cemetery.
The Undead heroes, their Soul Fire extinguished, could no longer be transformed into heroes.
But they could be turned into Demon Dolls.
The method for crafting Demon Dolls was also in Nelson’s hands, and he too needed to return.
Now with Nelson not around, the work in the Viscera Museum had come to a halt.
Turning his gaze away, Fang Hao directly opened the Book of Lords and sent a private message to Dong Jiayue.
“Jia Yue! Haven’t you finished over there yet? Has Amanda kidnapped you or something?” Fang Hao asked half-jokingly.
Soon, Dong Jiayue sent back a reply.
She said, “Queen Amanda is mobilizing troops to reclaim the various cities within the region. These past few days, she’s brought back a large population to the Federation, so it’s been quite busy.”
After the successful restoration of her kingdom,
There were still a large number of cities and villages within the region unaware of the fall of Black Horn City.
Amanda needed to organize forces to either persuade them to surrender or capture them.
To have all cities and villages in the region recognize Amanda’s authority.
But bringing people back from the Federation, what was that about?
Dordy certainly hadn’t agreed to compensate with people.
Unable to figure it out, I had to ask, “What people, where are they from?”
Dong Jiayue answered, “Oh, remember the recent attack on Santerbourg? Afterward, Amanda had populations from nearby villages brought over to fill the demographic void in the region.”
In fact, after capturing Santerbourg, Amanda had the capability to continue and take the second city.
The reason for the slowdown in the offensive was largely due to relocating the surrounding villagers.
She knew time was of the essence and that Fang Hao might order her to stop the assault at any moment.
Thus, she intentionally gave the Federation Army time to breathe, deliberately slowing down the Federation’s sense of urgency regarding the war.
It dragged on for a whole day.
During this time, Amanda had the troops relocate all the villagers nearby.
And took them directly back into the ‘Anglina’ Region.
Even if the Federation pursued the matter later, with the people untraceable and the Federation’s inability to retaliate, they’d have no choice but to accept the loss in silence.
“How many people?” Fang Hao asked.
Having Amanda handle tasks turned me into just another piece on the board.
She indeed acted according to my requests, but she often managed to do more than what was originally planned.
And I couldn’t find fault with that or use it as an excuse to blame her.
She was too hard to control.
“Probably more than two thousand villagers, and over ten thousand captive soldiers,” Dong Jiayue said.
The number of villagers seems reasonable, like that of three or four villages.
The captive soldiers would likely be ransomed back by the Federation.
So, no big problem there.
“Is Amanda with you?” Fang Hao continued to inquire.
“I’ll go over now. Tell me what your message is, and I’ll pass it to her.”
“Hmm, ask her when she is letting you return,” Fang Hao sent another message.
About twenty minutes later,
Dong Jiayue responded, “Queen Amanda says there are still several cities and areas to recover. It should take about half a month before we can return.”
Another half month.
The time it takes to pacify the territories is longer than the time taken to capture them.
Fang Hao pondered for a moment, then asked further, “Tell Amanda that the main city captured Furious Lion City, and we need Nelson back here to preside over the Viscera Museum.”
“Queen Amanda says that’s alright; she can send Nelson back right now.”
Ah! This time Amanda agreed readily, without making up reasons to keep Nelson there.
And that makes sense.
The main city here, too, needed its share of heroes to stand guard.
She couldn’t possibly transfer them all to her side.
After confirming his location,
Fang Hao directly released a teleportation screen, and the next second, Nelson, clad in a black robe with golden patterns, walked out from the screen.
Looking around at his surroundings, he bowed to Fang Hao, “My lord.”
“Hmm, you’ve worked hard, Scholar Nelson,” Fang Hao said softly.
“It’s what I ought to do, my lord.”
Fang Hao nodded and continued, “The territory has taken Furious Lion City; we have a few hero corpses here that need Scholar Nelson’s attention.”
Nelson glanced towards the room where the corpses were stored, “Good, I will prepare the curse-release ritual right away.”
“Hmm, besides the corpses, there are a few bones without souls that will be turned into Demon Dolls later on.”