Chapter 436 – Level Up
Little Jin was now more like a Knight, but this knight didn't use a weapon and instead used his own huge arms. And adding on his overbearing strength, the Light Mage became exhausted before long.
The Light Mage felt that the situation was becoming inconceivable. He didn't know how Zhao Hai managed to get these Magic Beasts. One must know that 9th rank Magic Beasts are very difficult to come across. However, even if he only encountered one today, the other one not reaching 9th rank evident in how it was riding on the other one's back, but both of its offensive and defensive strength were no less than a 9th ranks expert's. This made the Light Mage very confused.
Although 9th rank Magic Beasts are stronger than 9th rand Human experts, 8th rank Magic Beasts were never as good as 9th rank Humans. Rank difference can never be compensated with racial traits. This fact was widely accepted by everyone on the continent.
But this understanding was shattered today because of this 8th rank Magic Beast in front of him that had the strength of a 9th rank. This was really inconceivable.
Origin Sword Saint had drawn back and didn't participate in fighting the Light Mage. He already knew that the enemy had no chance of escaping. At the same time, he was also startled, he didn't think that Zhao Hai actually had such aces up his sleeves.
At this moment, Little Jin gave a shout as his body emitted a magnificent golden light. Then he moved and left Zhao Wen's back. His figure soared in the air as it directed an attack towards the Light Mage, and surprisingly breaking the former's guard.
It was not only Origin Sword Saint and the others who were shocked, Zhao Hai was shocked as well. But before he wondered what made Little Jin break through this time, a prompt came from the Space, "Massive amount of metal element energy has been received. Upgrading the Space. Space may now produce metallic ores, 100 ton per day output. Compatibility between Host and Metal element energy detected, upgrading Host's Metal Manipulation Ability. Host can now freely control 200 jin of metal. Compatibility with Little Jin and Metal element energy detected, upgrading Little Jin's strength and abilities. Space Ranch upgraded to Level 28, Space Farm upgraded to Level 35. Because of the Space's promotion, monitor range increased to 15 thousand meters. Transmission Point quantity increased to 20. Because of the Metal element energy, plants in the Farm have evolved. Vines now have added metallic attributes, they are now more resistant to metal attacks."[1]
Zhao Hai's mind was blank upon listening to this. He didn't think that he would gain so much from killing two Metal Ability users. The Farm actually levelled up to 35, while the Ranch rose to 28. Moreover, the Space can now produce metallic ores everyday. His metal manipulation has also increased. At the same time, Cai'er and Little Jin has also been upgraded, all of this seems too unbelievable.
However, Zhao Hai knew that the Space wouldn't deceive him. If it said that it levelled up, then it certainly did level up. In other words, Zhao Hai's strength has increased once again, this was a huge surprise.
While the Light Mage was stunned by the sudden appearance of the golden light, Zhao Wen made use of this opportunity to puncture its mouth into the body of the Light Mage. Before long, there was nothing left from the Light Mage aside from his skin and bones.
When Zhao Hai recovered, he immediately stopped Zhao Wen. Then he gave out a black gas before Little Jin and Zhao Wen vanished. At this point, they no longer have any opponents. Four 9th rank experts and two Metal Ability users actually died in less than a day.
Origin Sword Saint was blankly staring at all of this. He didn't believe all of that just happened. One must know that a typical fight between 9th rank experts would take one or two months. Some special cases may even take 1 or 2 years. But now, the fight actually ended in less than a day. If Origin Sword Saint's calculation was correct, then not even two hours had passed before the result was obtained The opposite party was totally exterminated, while Zhao Hai's group was completely intact. This show of power was too astonishing.
Zhao Hai didn't have the mood to think about Origin Sword Saint's feelings, he just turned to the old man and said, "Sir Sword Saint, now that the matter here has been settled. I'll have to go down and deal with those mercenaries before they run away, at the very least expelling them from Purcell Duchy."
Origin Sword Saint recovered, he was also reminded of the people outside. He immediately stood firm and looked at Zhao Hai and said, "Alright, then I have to trouble mister." Then his body vanished with a flash.
At this time, Laura and the others appeared by Zhao Hai's side. Megan held Little Jin on her bosom. Megan looked very surprised at Little Jin, she didn't think that the little ape could actually change into such a ferocious form.
The fight outside was naturally seen inside the Space. Megan didn't expect that the Little Jin that she loved to hug was that strong.
Zhao Hai turned his head to Laura and said, "Laura, did you hear that? Sir Sword Saint just called me mister."
Laura smiled faintly and said, "Sir Sword Saint calling you mister meant that he regards you as an equal. On the other hand, Brother Hai, I didn't think that Little Jin and Cai'er would get stronger."
Zhao Hai nodded and said, "I also didn't think that Little Jin and Cai'er would be improved. Moreover, the Space levelled up as well. This is very good for us. And later on, the Multi-purpose Processing Machine wouldn't be idle anymore. Since the Space can now produce metallic ores, we can make weapons from the machine."
At this time, Shue suddenly knelt in front of Zhao Hai and with a serious voice he said, "Young Master, Shue has some words to say."
Zhao Hai stared at Shue and said, "Get up, you can tell me while standing up.
But Shue didn't listen, he kowtowed instead and said, "Young Master, Shue has always been disappointed with this world, but ever since Young Master has taken me in, you didn't make me feel like an outsider. For this, Shue is very thankful to the Young Master. Shue has seen that after you absorbed the two ability holders, the Space levellup up. Young Master, Shue proposes that you kill me and make the Space absorb my ability. This way, the Space would level up again."
Zhao Hai, Laura and the others stared blankly, then their faces changed. They didn't think that Shue would have such thoughts. Zhao Hai replied with a flat tone, "Who told you that the Space levelled up after absorbing two Divergent Abilities?"
Shue replied, "This is Shue's calculation. The Young Master has had a lot of undead, some of them are Mages, some of them Warriors. But those people wasn't able to make the Space level up. Only those two Divergent Ability users managed to upgrade the Space. Moreover, it raised by five levels. Young Master, Shue thinks that as long as the Space absorbs Divergent Abilities, then it would get upgraded. This Shue doesn't have any more aspirations in life, I only hope that I could help Young Master. If Shue's ability gets absorbed into the Space, then it would certainly level up. This can be a great help to Young Master."
Zhao Hai looked at Shue, then all of a sudden Shue's mouth was knocked down as he fell to the ground. The slap made use of all of Zhao Hai's strength. Shue's face was swollen, one or two teeth might have been broken.
Zhao Hai looked at Shue and said, "This palm should have told you that your life is mine. I do what I want with it, it's not for you to decide. What do you think your master sees you? A Magic Beast? I want to upgrade the Space, but not to the point of killing my own people. Remember this, if you dare say this again in the future, then I will have to drive you away. Now go back to my side and protect me."
Although Shue fell to the ground, he immediately got up again. When he heard Zhao Hai's words, he didn't say anything and just returned to his young master's side. This time, Shue has truly regarded Zhao Hai as his Master. If Zhao Hai were to tell him to commit suicide, he wouldn't hesitate to do so.
At this time, sets of footsteps could be heard as Evan led some of his subordinates. When the 9th ranks came, Evan really wanted to assist Zhao Hai. But he was already delegated by Origin Sword Saint to look after his own family members. This was the reason why he only managed to arrive after those 9th ranks have been dealt with.
When Evan saw Zhao Hai, he seemed to have a complicated look in his eyes. But he immediately laughed and said, "Little Hai, you really are greater than you let off. With the Buda Clan under your care, glory would be flooding in. You shouldn't forget about your uncle when that time comes."
Zhao Hai looked at Evan and smiled faintly, "Uncle Evan is too polite. As long as Uncle isn't afraid of being implicated. Uncle should know that the world is full of my enemies."
Evan laughed, "Why do I need to be afraid, fear is useless. How could fear be useful in dealing with enemies? Hahaha. Right, Little Hai, what do you plan to do next?"
Zhao Hai coldly smiled and said, "The enemy seems to have some tens of thousands of troops remaining in Purcell Duchy. How could I just let them peacefully retreat? Wouldn't it be too easy for them?"
Evan looked at Zhao Hai and said, "Are you sure?"
Zhao Hai smiled, "Of course, I just feel like I have a little too few undead in my hand. I just want to increase their numbers."
Evan couldn't help but shiver. Although he didn't know that Zhao Hai already had several hundred thousand undead, he still knew that Zhao Hai should have at least 60 thousand undead. Listening to a Dark Mage who has 60 thousand undead saying that he wanted more is too terrifying.
Zhao Hai seemed to not see Evan's reaction as he released Alien, then he turned to Evan and said, "Uncle, do you want to come with us? In the shortest time, we would certainly expel those mercenaries from the Purcell Duchy."
Evan stared at Zhao Hai ans shook his head, "Their attack had left a huge injury to the Purcell Duchy. I'll take this opportunity to handle that matters of the Duchy. So I think I won't be coming with you." Zhao Hai nodded, and walked towards Alien before they left the city.
Raw says 15,000 kilometers… I say bs, that's more than the earth's diameter.. Maybe author typo. Let's seeChapter 437 – Next Plan
All the forces in the continent didn't expect this war to end so fast. It lasted much shorter than what they expected.
The end of the war was too sudden, too fast, and the victor seemed to be the Purcell Family, which were at the disadvantageous position since the beginning. Those with discerning eyes could see that the victory of this was was solely because of one person, Zhao Hai!
They didn't think that Zhao Hai would be a person from the Buda Clan, they also didn't think that Zhao Hai's prowess as a Dark Mage could be this strong. His enemies were simply looking to die. Most importantly, a Dark Mage was known for being able to increase his army as the battle continues on. Naturally, Dark Mages have their own limit as to how much undead they can command. However, this limit seems to not exist with Zhao Hai. The undead that he currently controlled has probably reached 100 thousand by now. This was the same quantity as a 7th rank Dark Mage can handle.
Although almost every Dark Mage didn't summon undead, there were some of them who specialize in cultivating them. If these people use all of their energy to summon undead, they could summon at 6th or 7th ranks for an army numbering 100 thousand.
Naturally, all of these undead are common undead, unlike Zhao Hai's advanced level undead.
However, those who didn't face Zhao Hai in the battlefield had no idea how strong his undead were. Therefore, although they were surprised that Zhao Hai can control 100 thousand undead creatures, they didn't pay much attention to this matter. What they paid attention to were some other points.
First, Zhao Hai's status. When Zhao Hai revealed the Wild Dragon Banner, the people knew that Zhao Hai's true identity was Buda Clan's Adam Buda. He now changed his name to Zhao Hai, which surprised the people on the Continent.
In the past, the Buda Clan wasn't very famous in the continent, this was because the Buda Clan were still emerging Nobles, for the major powers, this didn't merit their attention. Only when the Buda Clan was given the Black Wasteland did they became famous. Everyone in the continent knew where the Black Wasteland was. For the Buda Clan to be transferred there was akin to giving them the death sentence. This was the reason why the name of the Buda Clan was still on the minds of everybody.
Second point, the toxin from the Water of Nothingness actually had an antidote. For the Radiant Church as well as the Great Clans, this was a serious attack. Before, the Radiant Church and the Great Clans would use the Water of Nothingness as a deterrent weapon against experts. No expert was willing to lose their strength, that would be worse than killing them.
Because of this, a lot of experts had no choice but hire themselves into the Great Clans as well as the Radiant Church. Because only by doing so will they be spared from the Water of Nothingness.[1]
But now, it was known that the Water of Nothingness has an antidote. For the Experts on the continent, this was definitely a good thing, because they didn't need to be afraid anymore. Of course this information was also a huge blow to the Radiant Church.
Third point, the matter about the 9th ranks. The alliance between the Radiant Church and Boris had set out four 9th rank experts as well as two high-level Divergent Ability users. But with such lineup, they were still extinguished in less than two hours. This made all of those who were paying attention feel as though something was stuck in their throats, their hearts were jumping crazily, this development was too scary.
At this point, the major powers in the continent now had two things to consider, those powers under the control of the Radiant Church, and the matter about having Dark Mages in their armies.
It has been a long time since the last major war. Because of this, people have forgotten how terrifying Dark Mages were in the battlefield, they forgot the advantages of having Dark Mages.
But with the recent war in the Purcell Duchy, people now had an image of the Dark Mages' appeal. For the profession to surprisingly turn the tides of war, this was something that all those who were paying attention to the event recognize.
Compared to all these people, Zhao Hai actually didn't think much of these. After he eliminated the 9th ranks, he started to deal with those mercenaries who remained in Purcell Duchy.
The mercenaries didn't expect Zhao Hai to kill the 9th ranks this quickly. They haven't even thought that Zhao Hai would defeat the 9th ranks. Because of this, the mercenaries didn't retreat far away, and instead, they even prepared themselves to attack Casa City.
Therefore, when Zhao Hai made his undead attack their camps, the mercenaries were ill prepared. And adding on the strength of the undead, all of them were immediately forced to run away. In the end, about 100 thousand managed to escape the Purcell Duchy, the other 100 thousand remained and would forever be part of Zhao Hai's undead army.
After doing all of these, Zhao Hai gave Evan word that he would be leaving Casa City. He came to Purcell Duchy only to expel the attackers, he didn't come here to do anything else.
Evan also understood Zhao Hai, and since he still had a lot of matters to deal with in Purcell Duchy, he didn't stop Zhao Hai leaving.
Zhao Hai also knew about the amount of difficulties that Evan would face. Casa City was a big city, it cannot produce enough grain for its consumption, so the grains would have to be brought from outside. Although the Purcell Family had a stockpile of grain, it was not enough to feed everyone in the city. Even though the enemies didn't manage to take down Casa City this time, they still managed to heavily damage the grain producing lands around the city.
So now, the Purcell Duchy was once again experiencing food problems. But this time, nobody decided to hoard the grains. The shops in the city also didn't try to raise their prices. They knew that using this method to deal with the Purcell Family was no use.
Before Zhao Hai left Casa City, he also gave Evan a lot of grain, enough for the City to survive its food crisis. Since the Purcell Family would have to buy grain from someone, they might as well but from him.
After dealing with the problems of the Purcell Family, Zhao Hai didn't immediately return to Sky Water City, instead, he went back to Iron Mountain Fort. He was ready to carry out his plan to make the 9th ranks in the Carrion Swamp his subordinates. With them on his side, the major powers in the continent would have no choice but see him as someone equal.
They weren't afraid of other powers in the continent since they could just escape to the Space. But if those powers really did want to deal with Zhao Hai, he would have no choice but to hide inside his Space for his entire life.
Zhao Hai didn't want that kind of life, he wanted to be able to give a good life to his people. So he had no other choice but to become strong and powerful. Although his status wasn't low, it still came from Megan. At this rate, there wouldn't be a lot of people in the continent who would give serious respect to the Buda Clan. The respect would have to be caused by the Calci Family.
But Zhao Hai already knew that depending on the Calci Family wasn't a good choice. Nor does depending on Charlie. All of those scenarios are just him having fake strength, in the end, it wasn't his own. He wanted to have strength and respect that was fully his. The Calci Family is a Great Noble Family, they could sacrifice almost anything for the benefit of the family. Although he was now their son-in-law, he could still be sacrificed at any time.
Moreover, Zhao Hai didn't want to be know as the Calci Family's son-in-law forever. In the future, he wanted people to regard him as the Patriarch of the Buda Clan, and not a son-in-law of the Calci Family.
This time, Zhao Hai was preparing to stay in Iron Mountain Fort for a few days not only because he needs to carry out his plan, but to take personal command of the fort and deal with those people who would be sent to the Black Wasteland by the major powers of the continent.
Zhao Hai was almost certain that that people would come and investigate him the moment he revealed his identity. Now, every power in the continent knew that he was from the Buda Clan. And they also knew that the Buda Clan was now residing in the Black Wasteland. From this, they would certainly send people to come and see the situation there.
If an ordinary person would come, then it would be easy, just kill them and that's the end. But if they send a 9th rank expert, then matters would get complicated.
Therefore, after Zhao Hai returned to the Black Wasteland, he immediately released every single one of his undead. About 800 thousand undead roamed the entirety of the Black Wasteland. As soon as they see an intruder, they wouldn't be polite.
At the same time, Zhao Hai also had Megan fully explore the Black Wasteland. Currently, the entire Black Wasteland was covered by Cai'er's poisonous mist. Zhao Hai had also almost finished improving the land, making them fertile farmlands to be used in the future.
In order for these lands to be fully sustainable, Zhao Hai also began to prepare the waterworks system of the territory. As long as the waterworks gets completed as well as having watersheds implemented, the Black Wasteland would be transformed into the best farmland in the continent, making it the largest granary in the future.
These days, Megan was always in awe. She didn't expect that the legendary Black Wasteland would look like this. And since it was still winter, the ground outside was full of snow. Megan grew up on the coastlines, she wasn't able to see this scene before, this made her very excited everyday.
Aside from Megan, Little Jin was very excited as well. This little ape has not seen snow before. So when he came here, he was scared at first, but he quickly got used to it. He followed Megan and played around in the snow everyday, they enjoyed it very much.
Naturally, the factories inside Iron Mountain Fort were free for Megan to see. Especially the assembly line production that Zhao Hai has set up, which was an eye-opener for Megan.
Although Megan didn't involve herself much in the matters of the Calci Family, she still learned a lot of things. So the naturally understood the usefulness of this assembly line method of production. Once could clearly see how it can greatly improve working efficiency.
Of course, there were some products that weren't made using the assembly line method, examples of these were the blankets and carpets made by the Beastmen. Even if the method can be applied to those products, Zhao Hai chose not to do so, since if they did so, the carpets and blankets would lose their special touch. The products would be the same as those produced by the Multi-purpose Processing Machine.
When a person creates something, his feelings and efforts would naturally be reflected on his work. And this sentiment would be felt by those who bought the product. This was the biggest difference between products made by a machine and made by hand.
It has to be acknowledged that there were some things that were better when made by a machine, it can even be said to be close to a perfect product. But this perfection itself was precisely its shortcoming.
Those who make something by their own hands would find it impossible to make zero flaws in their work. But these flaws carry the feelings and personal touch of its maker. People arent' perfect, and products that they make should be the same, perfectly made products do not exist.
Zhao Hai didn't allow blankets to be made using the assembly line method. However, the other things were. Zhao Hai had a lot of products being made in Iron Mountain Fort. And most of these were made with the assembly line method.
Zhao Hai didn't prevent Megan from telling the Calci Family about his production method. In all honesty, the only thing that Zhao Hai didn't want Megan to tell the Calci Family was the situation in Iron Mountain Fort, anything other than that, Megan can freely say.
Zhao Hai knew that Megan had feelings for him, because of this, he didn't want to place Megan in an awkward position where he couldn't talk about anything in Iron Mountain Fort. He knew that there was no way for Megan to keep everything a secret, otherwise she wouldn't have anything to talk about with her family, and Zhao Hai didn't want that.
While they were staying in Iron Mountain Fort for several days, Zhao Hai began to deal with the Magic Beasts inside the Carrion Swamp. In fact, Zhao Hai had already regarded Carrion Swamp as his own back garden. And since the beasts in his back garden weren't very obedient, all he needed to do was make them his subordinates.
After Zhao Hai greeted Green and the others, he lead Laura and the others to Flower City. The moment they arrived at Flower City, Megan begame stunned. Although Iron Mountain Fort had become a second Flower City, the place was too small. It was the first time for Megan to see a big city, enough for 500 thousand people, just like this.
The most important thing was that almost everything in the city was comprised of Cai'er. In the endless facade of flowers, Megan almost lost herself, the place was too beautiful.
Excluding Megan, even Laura and the others were continually awed by the beauty of the city. Everytime they come here, they couldn't help but stare blankly at everything. The place was that beautiful and magnificent.
In order to make Megan happy, Zhao Hai decided to stay inside Flower City for three days. In the meantime, Zhao Hai let out Zhao Wen to see what the other 9th rank experts of the Carrion Swamp were doing, and then select their first target.
Since they weren't very strong, they would start looking for the weaker ones. And after bringing it to the Space, they would continue on to the next target, slowly moving towards the stronger Magic Beasts. This way, the Magic Beast Alliance would get weaker and weaker until Zhao Hai subdued every single 9th rank inside the swamp.
What logic is this?