The fisherman druid is in another world

Chapter 340 Ending war with war
Although Pastor Luo seemed aloof and unapproachable, Baron Edelman spoke highly of him behind his back.

He said to his successor: "This man's arrogant attitude is indeed easy to hurt people's hearts. But we all know that we are used to similar situations.

Big shots, powerful people, which one of them doesn’t have his own personality, which one of them doesn’t act bossy and have the final say?

This person is relatively easy to get along with. At least he is willing to find some plausible excuses to cover up the fact that he regards us as small people.

More importantly, his behavior eliminated the "repaying a favor" that I had been worried about before. Not only did he eliminate it, but he also did the opposite, allowing both of us to calm down.

Immediate perception and subsequent recollection have less emotional elements, and the latter makes it easier to make rational decisions.

Although rationality often brings about some undesirable effects, such as being heartless, greedy, and ungrateful, one good thing about it is that the decisions made at this time can be recognized in the long run.

Those decisions made on a whim will be regretted afterwards. Even if you insist on carrying out your decision stubbornly, it will leave scars in your heart, and every time you recall it, it will be a tearing experience.

This is not a good thing. The intensification of conflicts between us and others is often due to too much of this kind of accumulation.

Analyzed from this perspective, Sir Tatus's seemingly inhumane approach actually seems brilliant.

What I want to say is that the gains and losses are quite interesting. I hope you can think more about this when you encounter problems in the future..."

How Baron Edelman educates his son has nothing to do with Pastor Luo, and he doesn't care.

He lives a more self-centered life, and his ability to connect with people and things is nothing more than his temperament and outlook inherited from Robo himself. It can be regarded as a manifestation of "although it has been repeatedly weakened, the inertia still exists."

On his side, with the establishment of the zombie army, the number of corpse wizards and the bone sword guards has increased.

All the spellcasters in the invading mixed army, even those with spellcasting talent, were transformed into corpse wizards, including the Aurora spellcaster who had fired the lightning pillar and was once besieged by two sword guards.

There are two more corpse wizards with names and surnames, namely Lister and Caster.

Ai, Ao, Li, and Ka, the four Sters, form the high-level council of corpse wizards. Kosar is still the leader. Even if it is purely based on strength, no one can threaten his position at present.

There are sixty-four new ordinary corpse wizards, leaving nearly two thousand people. It can only be said that the barbarians' diet and cultural level make it difficult to support enough potential spellcasters. The low number of shamans in each tribe is also related to this.

3+68, these are all the members of the current Corpse Witch Team.

There are enough bone sword guards and axe guards, more than 300 of them were selected. The barbarians are rich in warriors, and after the transformation they are all axe guards, which is influenced by the remaining memories of their previous lives.

The Bone Sword Guards mainly come from the rebellious defenders of Kroni Star Fort.

Pastor Luo simply separated the two types of guards.

The Axe Guards will serve as officers in the zombie puppet army, and the Sword Guards will serve as his personal guards.

After this wave of troubles, the consumption of supernatural power has been reversed, and it still cannot meet the armor needs of all the Bone Guards. I can only deal with it temporarily and think of a solution later.

Since he will have to go into battle again soon, it seems that Pastor Luo will have no choice but to work as a babysitter.

The main reason is that I can't stand letting the puppet soldiers fight with bare hands, it's too inefficient.

The army was marching, the Demon Feather Crows were scouting, and Priest Luo had already contacted Joani.

This is achieved by using the Magic Feather Crow as a signal relay.

Long before he accepted the commission from Grand Duke Malos and teleported Magic Fence No. 1 from Mesana Star Castle, he sent a group of magic crows from Mesana to fly to Baron Edelman's Castle.

With the intelligence of the modified Magic Feather Crow, it is possible to patrol in a roughly designated area, thus becoming a temporary communication relay station.

Then they were deployed one by one, and by the time Pastor Luo had dealt with the invading mixed army, the Magic Feather Crow communication relay chain had been completed.

It is dynamic and can continuously adjust based on new orders from Priest Luo.

In this way, ultra-long-distance communication can always be maintained, and the communication effect will even get better and better until a certain upper limit is reached.

The purpose of Priest Luo's communication with Yejoani was simple. On the one hand, it was to inform him of the latest progress of his actions, and on the other hand, it was to propose a new round of transaction applications.

The zombie puppets are sold in exchange for the air cavalry storage box service of the Spire of Order, extraordinary supplies, as well as the fodder, soybean meal, and even a certain number of raw eggs needed by the long-haired wildebeest.

There are also tents, camping equipment, prefabricated parts, etc.

The mixed invasion group took the attitude of "if they fail, they will die". They would take a rest in Kroni Castle on the first night and stay in Edelman Castle on the second night. At the very least, they would kill a larger farm nearby and spend the night there. But the zombie army could not do that.

Moreover, they have the word "alive". Although they are easier to raise and manage than living people, they still require a certain degree of care for their basic biological needs to prevent their functions from malfunctioning.

In short, if you are not willing to spend a little money, then you have to spend money. Treatment costs a lot of money, and strengthening also costs a lot of money. Now money is tight, so you have to find a way to get through this rising period of spending money everywhere.

When Joanni heard about the situation on Pastor Luo's side, he was naturally amazed and happy.

In fact, he is short of money now and has put up with goods. However, he has strong connections and is willing to use his own reputation as collateral, so he can still raise the money and goods that Pastor Luo needs.

What's more, having made so much money, he can no longer enjoy it alone. He has already contacted his teacher, hoping that he can take the lead and, on behalf of the Spire of Order, work with Pastor Luo to formalize and long-termize the combat puppet business.

Although this cannot be said to be a fair fight, it will benefit the organization, and he and his teacher will gain both fame and fortune, and there will be no subsequent troubles. This is the right way of life.

The world of martial arts is not about fighting and killing, but about human relationships and interests.

Ioanni is also in his forties. He is well-informed and has seen the world, so he understands this principle.

The zombie army is more active and powerful at night, so the lance-horned wildebeests suffer more, but they don't need to carry heavy loads anyway, and all members of the zombie army are on foot, so this army can continue to fight day and night.

The corpse wizards also buffed the entire group, making them more capable of moving.

Therefore, at about 17: in the afternoon of the next day, the Legion arrived at Kroni Star Fortress.

The star fortress was deserted and there was a fire inside. Many buildings had collapsed, but the overall outline was still intact and solid.

This problem is nothing to Pastor Luo.

The air cavalry reserve box service that Ioanni had ordered had just arrived, and considering that this would be the northern edge of the Free Earldom in the future, it was obvious that Grand Duke Malos had deliberately let him get involved in the northern border defense line to see if he could revitalize this line of defense.

He didn't mind this little calculation, so he prepared to make major changes and rebuild the Kroni Star Fortress.

This time he didn't turn mud into stone, but used ice and snow as the main materials.

Stones were used, which were taken from Kroni Castle.

In addition, the non-ferrous metals mined during the gold rush led by Enom and afterwards were also obtained.

Simply put, it is to use metal as reinforcement, penetrate into the stone, turn mud into stone, and improve the quality of rock, from limestone to granite, while at the same time having certain concrete characteristics.

This system of stones, together with the rocky ground, formed a solid framework, just like a modern high-rise building.

However, this building does not have walls made of aerated blocks, nor does it use plaster or tiles. Instead, the walls are built with snow, which is constantly compressed and frozen, and rune stones are added to make the entire wall a part of a large magic circle.

Finally, coatings are applied inside and outside, the main purpose of which is heat insulation.

Because there were dozens of corpse wizards helping, and all the puppets were temporarily used as coolies, so within one day and two nights, the main body of the super-turret-like ice fortress with a fifty-meter-high outer wall was completed.

This is not simply because Pastor Luo is ambitious and wants to create such a miracle project to please himself.

On the one hand, it would take time for the Demon Feather Crow to complete its reconnaissance of the Frostwind Grassland.

On the other hand, he was building a giant dark well to facilitate the absorption of supernatural powers.

Darkness, filth, evil... Well, these are indeed conducive to the acquisition of the power of death. Without being seen by others, evil can be done behind closed doors. Even if this ice fortress is turned into a slaughterhouse or a torture chamber, no one can do anything about it, and out of sight, out of mind.

Therefore, it makes sense that the dead and the living should not live in the same country.

The zombie army will be transformed into a demonic army in the future. This involves the magic training technology of the Blood Moon Cult that Hei Luobo encountered when he first came to the foggy world in this universe.

Of course, Hei Luobo has turned it into a part of his own technology, a branch.

Once the zombies are transformed into demon corpses, they will be upgraded to elite infantry.

However, there are currently no conditions or time to raise troops, so he sold five hundred of them directly, leaving only seven hundred zombies in the zombie army.

Seven hundred zombies, three hundred undead laborers, more than two hundred axe guards, 40 corpse wizards, and the quasi-master-level (14) corpse wizards Lister and Custer guarded the Ice Fortress. While taking on the responsibility of guarding it, they also completed the detailed construction of the fortress's interior.

What’s interesting is that along with the air cavalry reserve box service came a group of mages from the Spire of Order.

The Tower of Order has a huge stall, and manpower is still very valuable.

The fact that he was able to come here this time, despite the rapid rise of Father Luo in the series and the rapid increase in influence, is still secondary. After all, the Spire of Order has long been accustomed to grand narratives, and its vision and measurement are not limited to just one country or one place.

What really makes the Spire of Order pay attention to Priest Luo is his strong sense of order, control, and necromancy system technology with a strong personal style.

The technology of using the power of death as a supernatural energy source is not uncommon in this world. During the time when Priest Luo continued to show off in the northern border, in the great swamp area in the southeast, the Overlord of the Undead was making a lot of trouble. It has been more than two years, and it is still not over. Instead, it is getting worse and worse.

It is precisely because of this strong sense of contrast that the Spire of Order is willing to observe and study it.

Another reason is that as Joani led his mentor and even the Spire of Order to become rich, the invisible barriers were broken.

Mages actually have a strong sense of boundaries, especially famous ones. They each have their own business and will ask for help when needed, and are averse to others interfering.

As for the Grand Duchy of Malos, Joanni has been in charge since the redemption of the fire mage. Unless Joanni mentions it, other mages from the Spire of Order will not get involved.

Now that Ioanni had spoken, this group of mages took the opportunity to appear on the scene.

Pastor Luo allowed them to inspect and select the goods, specifically the 500 zombies for sale.

The mages naturally have the ability to distinguish, and they don't just pick the good ones, but also pick some from all grades.

Because what the Spire of Order cares about is not how powerful these zombies are.

The difference in combat power between picking the best and picking the worst is a big deal in the eyes of ordinary lords, but in their eyes, it is nothing.

What they value more is the relevant technology, and these zombies are the test subjects.

They will be sent to the Great Swamp for comprehensive inspection, including testing to see if they can be controlled by the necromancers there.

As a result, while handling this matter, he witnessed the construction of the Ice Fortress and was immediately amazed. He applied to stay and continue to observe. After all, he had already seen it, so it would be best to see the whole thing.

The current Ice Fortress is still basically an empty shell, with the high walls, magic circles, and central magic tower gone. People are still living in tents, and the interior of the magic tower has not been folded or processed.

Next, barracks and functional facilities will be built on platforms extending from the high walls. A dual system of stairs and elevators will connect these platforms, leaving the central area empty.

A well must look like a well. This is not just a simple name, but the Dark Well has a basic design logic. Posture and ritual are very important and must conform to the concept of a well in order to efficiently absorb and utilize the power of darkness.

In fact, the construction army has spoken with facts. The solid ice has turned into a mysterious color, just like the starry night sky, dark blue and deep.

This ice first paved the ground inside the Ice Fortress to create the effect of a mirrored marble floor, and then began to condense energy crystals near the central magic tower.

By this time, the mages of the Order Spire had confirmed that the entire Ice Fortress was a super-large mage tower's negative energy pool, with superb efficiency and controllability. And because it was controllable, it would not have a negative impact on the creatures moving inside.

This is something that many magic towers cannot do.

Although the world is made up of four elements, including the bodies of living things, there are many variants of the four elements, but the four elements themselves can still have a strong impact on the human body and mind, disrupting their physiological and even psychological balance, and then leading to tragedy.

Therefore, the magic tower is a dangerous workplace even for mages with strong souls and professional knowledge and skills to resist and control supernatural powers.

Not to mention negative energy.

For thousands of years, the impact of negative energy on people can be summarized in one sentence: whoever touches it will either go crazy or die.

Even gods cannot handle the negative energy for a long time, their minds will be distorted and their duties will be affected. Not to mention the extraordinary ones.

However, Father Luo demonstrated a path that seemed highly controllable.

The mages, who have always been curious and eager to learn, naturally want to find out how Priest Luo controls darkness and tames death.

Pastor Luo didn't care. As a member of the gang, he knew very well that the Old Ones were the core of all the magic and the rest were just supporting roles.

These mages have got the wrong direction, and even if they are willing to study hard, it will be difficult for them to threaten him.

What's more, he didn't think that with the scale of the Spire of Order, it would be capable of promoting the major development of technology in a certain extraordinary field in a short period of time.

They are just a bunch of plagiarists, and they copied the homework that he wanted them to copy. What is he afraid of?

So, the mage group from the Spire of Order was left in the Ice Fortress as curious babies, and he personally led more than a hundred bone sword guards and 28 corpse wizards led by Kosar to start the Frost Wind Sweep.

It was the sixth day after the Battle of Baron Edelman's Castle. This time, all members of the mopping-up team had mounts and a logistics convoy.

Moreover, whether it is a mount or a vehicle, it is endowed with magical effects that facilitate traveling.

Priest Luo even specially switched his lower body for this purpose, using the body that possessed the Life Mage and the Earth Shaman to create two magical instruments, so that he could cast several relatively fixed spells.

In fact, this body can also use this kind of magic, like Black Robo or even Cult Robo. It can cast spells with ease. It uses whatever it needs and rarely cares about trivial issues.

But Priest Luo is troubled by his ability to absorb supernatural power, so he has to do more economic calculations. Maintaining soldiers is not cheap, and maintaining the buff aura effect for a long time also costs a lot, so saving money is earning money.

We were well-targeted and even the route was planned. We arrived at the first stop without any problems after two days and nights of continuous travel.

When the people of the Snow Moss Tribe saw the Skeleton Regiment's soldiers in a skirmish formation, they were stunned.

The tribes on the Frostwind Grassland do not live in a peaceful state.

On the contrary, the fighting between tribes has almost never stopped.

The fight for grassland is actually secondary. Although the so-called civilized forces represented by Grand Duke Malos have been expanding northward, the Frostwind Grassland still has enough vast land to feed the nomadic tribes living here.

What really needs to be fought for is the extraordinary specialty.

Extraordinary, bringing more vigorous vitality to this world. Even the frosty grassland with hot summer and cold winter is covered with dense vegetation. The grass is like leek, which grows fast if eaten.

But the extraordinary also brings higher intensity and fierceness of fighting.

Without enough extraordinary specialties, the tribe will not be able to produce enough high-end military forces, and will be conquered and become slaves of other tribes, without its own heritage and culture.

Living is indeed important, but you have to have some thoughts. If you live just for the sake of others to live better, then life is too boring.

In order to avoid being conquered and enslaved, each tribe worked very hard on military armament and the acquisition of extraordinary materials.

Over time, they developed their own system of violence, which naturally included reconnaissance and counter-reconnaissance.

Therefore, although the tribe does not have high walls and towers, it is not without defenses, and it does not know how to build watchtowers for surveillance.

But now, at least the facts have proved that their vigilance has failed, and the unknown military force is already at the gate of the city, and they are facing it in confusion.

After a brief panic, everyone quickly went their own way. The entire nation was armed, all young and strong men and women were armed and assembled, and the old and young served as logistics personnel. Although it was not as orderly and efficient as a military camp and seemed a bit messy, there was order in the chaos and a wonderful rhythm.

However, Priest Luo was too lazy to pay attention to the performance of the Snow Moss Tribe. This was a crushing defeat, and mercy was by no means the main label.

Priest Luo was suspended in the air, and his spiritual voice roared in the hearts of every Snow Moss Barbarian: "Unconditional surrender, or death. Those who surrender, lay down your weapons, hold your head and kneel on the ground."

The Snow Moss Barbarians responded with angry roars and a volley of shots from their eagle-shooting bows.

Naturally, it was impossible to hurt even a hair of Priest Luo. Priest Luo used the death ray to fulfill his words and show his respect for the unyielding.

Seventeen Snow Moss Barbarians died without any resistance. No matter howling to boost courage or anger, it was meaningless. Instead, it seemed embarrassing and a little tragic.

"Boom!" Their front hooves trampled through the muddy and snowy ground. The Snow Moss Barbarian cavalry had assembled and launched an assault. They wanted to break through the enemy's seemingly thin and shrinking skirmish line and find a gap for the tribe's evacuation.

What greeted them was a poisonous green plague wind. The corpse wizards scattered throughout the encirclement were amplified by the bone staff and linked together through the unique soul-shaming effect. When one person cast a spell, all of them would be able to cast a spell.

The condition for sharing souls is that they all have the characteristics of puppets' pseudo-souls and the characteristics of group consciousness. To use an old saying from "StarCraft": Kara connects us.

With one mind and one purpose, each of them is a cog in the team's chariot, so there is no strong or weak spot.

The wind of plague surged like a torrent, and even though the Snow Moss Barbarian Cavalry were blessed by the shaman's witchcraft, they still stumbled to the ground with their horses and were completely routed.

The most crucial battle ended just like that. The most elite members of the entire tribe were killed or wounded by a single area spell.

The main reason is that Priest Luo is too powerful. The Plague Wind was transformed into a wind dragon, with the power concentrated and circling back and forth. From the perspective of the game, this is a torrent of combos, with damage numbers floating in a string. Even the boss-level blood volume can't withstand such a hard brush!

The main fighting is over, but sporadic resistance still exists.

Never underestimate the brain circuits of illiterate people. Some people are super emotional or they are the center of attention, and they launch a desperate counterattack without common sense, hoping to play the extreme one-for-one game.

Priest Luo naturally did not tolerate these people, he directly extracted their souls on the spot to let the Snow Moss Barbarians see that death was not the worst thing. Their souls were exploded and refined, and they could not go to the place where the ancestral souls resided in their culture, but could only completely perish. How cruel it was.

This action completely broke the spiritual backbone of the Snow Moss Barbarians. Even their spiritual leader, the Shaman, was no longer able to stop him from shouting and cursing at the top of his lungs and threatening to sacrifice his life.

What made them even more desperate was that Priest Luo responded with another round of strength, caught the shaman's soul back and stuffed it into his body, which at this time had become a cage.

In the words of Priest Luo: "You want to be righteous, but I won't allow you to do so. You will become a prisoner who loses all your senses, and I have plenty of time to wait for you to succumb, or completely collapse and perish."

Next comes the large-scale transformation ceremony.

The dead were transformed into corpse puppets.

Corpse puppets are undead heavy infantry without heavy armor.

The first batch of puppets in the Enom Territory were of this kind.

The reason for doing this is simple. On the one hand, the elite barbarians have good physical fitness and there are bonuses in the transformation process, so it would be a pity not to utilize it.

On the other hand, there is not enough supernatural power and materials to equip it, so it becomes a high-level coolie-like existence.

Of course, killing hundreds of people at once, from the perspective of ritual and the release of negative emotional power caused by killing, it would be a pity not to use it to absorb a wave of death power.

So, along with the transformation ceremony and the energy absorption ceremony, although it looks quite dark, in fact, due to effective control, no magical pollution is caused. The snow and winter grass outside the Snow Moss Tribe camp are white where they should be white, and green where they should be green.

Now that we have the coolies, the next step is to demolish the camp.

With high-end and systematic technology as a foundation, Priest Luo's utilization rate of materials is much higher than that of these barbarians.

To give an example of a characteristic detail, many satisfactory tents and equipment, because of long-term use and compliance, have entrusted the emotional power of the users.

Even the materials passed down from ancestors and fathers can be fully utilized by Priest Luo, not to mention the totems worshipped by the public.

To Priest Luo, such totems are another kind of treasury treasure. They contain the mixed power of many wishes. He cannot absorb them himself, but he can use them when creating a pseudo-soul.

Another thing is to strengthen certain characteristic souls.

People like Chief Corpse Wizard Kosar, Sword Guard Commander Aseron, and four quasi-master-level 'Ster' were all strengthened with the help of these resources.

Therefore, the residual soul, the power of many wishes, and the existence of the ghostly spirit figurines, the core means of the Soul Shaman, are all materials used to add wisdom to the puppets and give birth to intelligent backbone members.

While squeezing out the benefits of the kill, Priest Luo switched his own body and provided a wave of group healing to the Snow Moss Barbarians.

The health of cattle and sheep is also very important. Given this condition, Pastor Luo doesn't mind investing at the appropriate time.

Of course, it is not just a grant. Those who are in really bad condition will be directly sentenced to death.

This behavior of maximizing the use of a life while it is still alive is certainly extremely cold-blooded and cruel, as well as very business-like, but Pastor Luo does not feel ashamed of it, and instead feels somewhat complacent about it.

Because under normal circumstances, killing and war are always accompanied by the loss of lives, the destruction of wealth, and great waste. And many of them are non-renewable resources.

However, the essential purpose of war and killing is the competition for various resources and wealth, as well as the resolution of conflicts caused by them (if the problem cannot be solved, then the person who caused the problem will be resolved, including the loss of people in one's own camp).

In this context, is his behavior equivalent to controlling the damage caused by violence when the conflict has become irreconcilable and force must be resorted to?
To further infer, if the competition for resources and wealth has a set goal, then if the losses are small and the benefits are large, can the goal be achieved earlier?

The wealth that originally required the destruction of an entire country can now be obtained by destroying just one place. Isn't this a disguised form of kindness?

Of course, some may say that this so-called kindness is hypocritical and unjust.

However, Pastor Luo felt that it was still meaningful.

Saying that this kind of kindness is hypocritical and unjust is a conclusion drawn from looking at the issue from the perspective of the national and ethnic groups.

Pastor Luo felt that it was meaningful and was the conclusion drawn from looking at the problem from the perspective of life.

There is a warning saying that says that the prosperity and decline of a country are all caused by the suffering of the people.

Pastor Luo agrees with this statement.

Therefore, although his actions were unjust and cruel, and his specific behavior was of such low moral standards that it was outrageous, he himself was somewhat proud of it.

The specific thing is that because he has a cheat, he is doing things that are related to the rise and fall of the species, but he is able to reduce the suffering of the people to a very low level and turn bloodshed into labor pains.

Just imagine, what would happen if the kingdom and the barbarians in this northern border continued to fight each other for hundreds of years?
How many people will die? How much wealth will be consumed?
A general's success is built on the bones of thousands of soldiers. To succeed as a general, it only took thousands of soldiers' bones.

How many bones are needed to satisfy the kingdom's many military nobles who are willing to fight to get rich and glorify themselves and their families, as well as chiefs and shamans (spiritual leaders) in the tribes who want to stand out?
In a context where rulers can play the redemption game, how many bones will be lost?
Of course, he did not do this out of compassion, a desire to end the war, or some other grand and positive intention for the long-term well-being of all living beings.

He never even thought about whitewashing his cruel behavior.

If we have to say something, it is just a complaint: There are no good people among the rulers. Some are just robbers and villains, and some are liars and thieves.

The former is his kind, and the latter is the kings and the rich, who whitewash themselves, steal power, and enslave the people, yet they still want the enslaved to be grateful and sing praises to them. They are the most shameless...

(End of this chapter)