Swamp Lord: I have an intelligence system.

In the bottomless abyss, in an unknown dimension.

Wearing pure gold armor and with her hair flying wildly behind her, Karanis walked through the air.

The battle sword in his hand, inlaid with fragments of divine essence, gleamed with a dazzling light.

Not being in the main plane, and not having to endure that intense rejection, she was completely freed from her shackles.

This god of slaughter and tyranny calmly gazed at the demon city that stood before him on the scorched earth.

Although demons are chaotic, evil, brutal, and bloodthirsty, they also possess extraordinary intelligence, building city after city in the abyss.

Unlike the architectural style of the main plane, the demon city is filled with bizarre and ferocious elements. The outer facade of the city walls is covered with spikes made of huge beast bones, like a hedgehog covering the entire city.

The buildings inside rise straight up toward the sky, their ridges resembling the fangs of a ferocious beast.

Even from a distance, you can feel the suppressed restlessness of this city.

Karanis approached the city with a calm expression.

The undisguised figure immediately attracted the attention of the demons guarding the city wall. Upon seeing the outsider, they flew away with fierce expressions.

They started cursing and swearing even before they got close.

"Damn bastard, don't you know the rules of Bloodmelting City? Do you think you can just trespass in the sky?"

As soon as he finished speaking, he saw the other person give him a cold look.

In an instant, these dozen or so demons felt their souls freeze, and an unspeakable fear spread over them.

Before I could do anything, I felt my soul couldn't withstand the terrifying pressure and it shattered with a crack!
Its breath vanished abruptly, and it plummeted directly from the sky.

Thump! It crashed to the ground, splattering a large amount of blood.

The demons on the city wall sensed a majestic divine power and were immediately terrified.

Could a single glance kill their comrade?

Without the slightest hesitation, they immediately sounded the devil's horn.

The piercing sound echoed throughout the entire city.

Immediately, hordes of ferocious armies flew out from the Demon City behind them.

Looking around, there were tens of thousands of people.

Karanis's eyes remained calm and unwavering upon witnessing this scene.

With one step, he appeared directly above the city wall.

He slowly raised the battle sword, which gleamed with starlight, in his right hand.

He swung down suddenly!

Click~
A terrifying blade of energy burst forth, shattering the void in front of it, and the terrifying impact instantly engulfed the entire Demon City.

Countless fragments of space stirred up turbulent currents, engulfing everything.

*Pfft* *Bang*
The buildings within the city collapsed like straw under the impact of the sword energy and spatial turbulence.

The billowing dust obscured the sky.

After a long time, the dust settled.

The vast city was razed to the ground with a single blow!

None of the demonic creatures inside survived.

Karanis's gaze remained unchanged upon witnessing this scene.

Fly over the ruins.

The next moment, his killing intent and rage emanated from his body.

The boundless divine power covered the surrounding area for tens of kilometers, and the demons in the distance felt terrified and fled in a frenzy.

After the power gathered to a certain extent, it suddenly fell and surged into the ruins.

Click~click~
Strange noises echoed from the building debris.

In no time at all, bang~ crash~
Several pieces of rubble were directly torn up.

Then, demons, each 5 meters tall, with dark red fleshy wings covered in barbs on their backs and exuding a savage aura, crawled out.

Then he knelt on one knee, bowed his head, and paid homage to the sky in the most humble posture.

Karanis narrowed her eyes upon seeing this.

"A city with over 100,000 demons can breed 15 killing demons."

That's a bit too little.

However, in the bottomless abyss, there is not much of anything except demons!

With a wave of his hand, the newly born killing demons flapped their wings and took to the air, following closely behind.

Karanis headed straight for the next city.

Her ultimate unit doesn't need any nurturing; it only needs to be nourished by the blood and flesh of her enemies!

Not long after, an extremely terrifying massacre broke out in this unknown abyss dimension.

The human female warrior in golden armor, leading an army of demons capable of destroying everything, swept across the entire surface like a storm.

Wherever it went, no demon could survive.

As the killing continued, Karanis could feel herself being constantly eroded by the power of the abyss.

He wanted to lure her into corruption, to completely transform her into a creature of the abyss.

That power was extremely strong, and no matter how strong her will was, she could not resist it.

But Lear would only use the Crown of the Sun when he reached his limit.

Let the corrosive force be swallowed up by the Crown of the Sun.

She not only tempered her will, but her soul, under the sun's protection, remained unaffected.

It develops and grows at a rapid pace.

Lear was unaware of what had happened in the Abyss. After testing that the sun could fully activate the Angel Heart, he directly threw tens of thousands of them into it.

It's not that we don't want to put all the Angel Hearts in, but the number of tens of thousands has already reached the limit.

Otherwise, even the Crown of the Sun might be weakened. This also shows how extraordinary these mythical creations that can devour light are.

At the same time, he will imprint the soul mark on each angel's heart, so that the newly born Chaos Angels will directly become his servants.

This incredible windfall felt almost like a dream to Lear.

His original plan for this operation was simply to prevent the Bloodthirsty Lord from harming the swamp; he had no hope whatsoever for the Holy Angel Sword.

Unexpectedly, in the end, not only did they obtain that supreme artifact, but they also acquired all of the Chaos Angel's stockpile of Angel Hearts.

Simply.

After finishing his work, Lear carefully observed the situation and estimated that, based on the rate at which the Angel Heart was absorbing energy, these angels would be fully born within a week.

In high spirits, he didn't linger, merging the Holy Angel Sword into his soul before returning to the City of Slight Dew.

It was already December 9th, two days after the attack by the Bloodthirsty Saint.

The muddy swamp remained undisturbed and was very quiet at the moment, with various departments working hard to complete the tasks assigned by the city hall.

Lear refrained from any major actions and began to devote himself to government affairs, dealing with the backlog of previously accumulated tasks.

The Lord of Fallen Angels is clearly going mad after losing such a treasure; it would be best to lay low for a while.

Although the city hall handles the vast majority of government affairs, as the sole ruler of the territory, some key core matters cannot be advanced without his approval.

With a larger territory, there's not only a city hall, but also various deities of the swamp pantheon, all of whom hold high positions, and the city hall's orders cannot be easily invoked.

Only with his personal order can the project proceed smoothly.

This is normal. Nobody is a machine; everyone has their own thoughts. Especially after becoming a god, it's impossible for them to cooperate unconditionally with a single order, just like before.

However, in order to improve efficiency, Lear still convened a high-level meeting.

During the meeting, he personally established a new department—the City Hall's Supreme Executive Council.

Policies passed by the Supreme Executive Council must be implemented immediately by everyone else, even all the subordinate gods of the Swamp God system.

In the swamp, Lear's will was supreme, and no one dared to object.

In this way, several key departments were connected, and administrative efficiency was immediately and significantly improved. After taking over the administration, Lear realized how large the territory had become and how complicated these matters were.

The city hall needs to make decisions in all aspects.

This kept them busy until December 16th.

The good news is that the Angel Heart has absorbed enough energy and replaced it with a second batch. The bad news is that after absorbing enough energy, the Chaos Angel has taken shape, but its soul has not yet been condensed, and its birth will require more time.

The exact duration is unknown, but it will be at least one month.

In addition, all departments have been thriving these past few days.

The Vatican's Faith Department, as a core department, has begun to exert its efforts recently, securing a large number of workers needed by the city of Weilu every day.

Lear didn't hesitate either, delegating the authority to open the passage to the Lord of the Bloodflies in the Crimson Fleshlands.

Once the target is located, instruct the Lord of Bloodflies to immediately open a spatial rift and bring the person back.

In just one week, the number of goblins in the key development area exceeded 10.

It's an exaggeration.

This allows the alchemy workshop's production lines to operate at full capacity.

After gaining a large number of people, the ancient goblin god was only one step away from stepping into the realm of faint divine power.

Lear was quite pleased with this.

Just then, another piece of good news arrived—the Spider God, who had previously sensed the summons of the Swamp Banshee, returned to the City of Slight Dew.

This time, the opponent is not alone; they have already subdued the plane ruled by the Spider Queen.

His own strength was directly restored to the level of a weak god.

Moreover, he commands an ultimate force of ten thousand men—the Spider Hunter Guards.

Although it is only 1 star in level, the strength of the ultimate unit is incomparable to that of ordinary units.

As a result, Lear's power increased once again.

He immediately anchored the plane controlled by the Spider God to the Swamp God Kingdom and the City of Slight Dew.

In the event of war, the other side can directly send troops to support them.

Very comfortable.

After some questioning, Lear learned more detailed information.

There were over 80 spider succubi in that plane, enough to nourish the spider god.

Moreover, it is rich in resources and is a rare superior plane.

Lear immediately instructed the city hall to liaise with the Spider Queen, and at the same time ordered the blacksmith to sort through the mineral resources inside, and to transport any useful ones back to the city of Leyde.

The Spider Queen occupies a plane spanning 500 kilometers, with numerous plant and mineral deposits.

Originally, the region was divided into several major factions that fought each other. Now, after being integrated by the Spider God, it can immediately develop resources.

Meanwhile, in the abyss, Tulos was also intensifying its mining efforts to supply the alchemy workshop.

After Tulos took over the territory of the Blood Lord, the Abyss Grand Duke, he now controlled as many as four to five million demons.

Although demons are inherently chaotic, brutal, and bloodthirsty, they sometimes dare to draw their swords and kill their superiors simply because they don't like them.

But with such a large number of miners, normal mining shouldn't be a problem. Don't want to work? The demon overseer's whip can directly lash their souls.

After a massive amount of ore was produced, it was transported truckload after truckload to Weilu City.

Once the ore returned to the city of Weilu, it was immediately thrown into the steel furnace, where the ceaseless breath of the lava dragon kept the furnace perpetually hot.

These ores are smelted into metal in a very short time, then roughly processed in the blacksmith's shop before being transported to the alchemy workshop.

Here, goblins will perform additional processing on the metal to make it into parts for alchemical magical golems.

Everything is running smoothly and efficiently.

On December 18th, another piece of good news arrived—the Flesh Slaughterer had completely transformed that undead plane into his own divine kingdom!
Moreover, its area is as large as 300 kilometers.

It contains the spirits of over ten million dead!

More importantly, during the process of refining the divine kingdom, the Flesh Slaughterer once again comprehended a portion of the necromantic authority, and the necromantic authority he controlled exceeded 10%.

Reignition: 100%, Undead: 10%. Although it only has two powers, it gives this headless god a formidable fighting force.

As the divine kingdom coalesced, the thousands of dragon cubs that had died due to the fall of the Dragon God were immediately infused with the power of death by the Flesh Slaughterer.

While transforming it into a dragon of death, I used the authority of the undead to enhance it to the extraordinary level!

These are thousands of dead dragons!
The entire team is extraordinary—how exaggerated is that?!

The Death Dragon has a rather ferocious appearance, with a wingspan of over thirty meters. Its body is rotten and dilapidated, and faint necromantic flames burn on its body.

Thousands of birds flew in mid-air, almost covering the sky.

Unlike ultimate units, these death dragons have only transformed into undead creatures and still have room for advancement.

If you absorb enough death power, you might even be able to advance to the level of a demigod!
Its combat power is much stronger than that of ordinary ultimate units.

Lear was in a great mood.

Karanis, Tulos, the Flesh Slayer, the Spider God, the Ancient Goblin God. He possesses a total of five subordinate gods!
Among the reserve forces, Bettina and the two-headed ogre chieftain are also expected to be promoted.

With him as the powerful mid-level god lord wielding a supreme artifact, the Swamp pantheon can truly be described as powerful.

That day, in a very good mood, Lear ordered the butchers of flesh to cooperate with the city hall in mining the minerals in his divine realm.

The opponent's divine kingdom was formed by fusing fragments of the undead plane, and it contains many valuable treasures.

Without further ado, the Flesh Slaughterer immediately manipulated the divine kingdom, causing the earth to churn and piling all the ores onto the ground for people to choose from.

His own divine kingdom was not like the land outside, which needed to be mined little by little; he could control it with a single thought.

The city hall was pleasantly surprised and immediately organized people to go and move it back.

The Flesh Slaughterer opened a spatial passage in front of the ore, allowing the Bubble Beasts to transport it back in truckloads, which was very convenient.

After the investigation, both the alchemy workshop and the blacksmith shop became excited.

Too much!
The mineral deposits in this 300-kilometer-long divine kingdom were piled up to form a high mountain!
Moreover, it boasts a rich variety of types, including a large quantity of rare undead-type ores that are not found elsewhere.

This is fantastic news for the two main production departments.

One by one, they volunteered to sort the ore.
On December 23rd, all the ore from the Flesh Slaughterer's Kingdom was finally transported back to the City of Slight Dew.

Correspondingly, the Vine Fairy built 30 new ore warehouses in the earth.

The ample supplies gave both departments enough confidence to start producing at full speed.

For this reason, the production of the alchemical magic puppet, which was originally scheduled to be completed on the 20th, had to be postponed.

There are so many good things here, it would be a disservice to these rare metals not to use them.

On December 27th, Lear learned another piece of good news from Haggs.

This month, the Vatican's Congregation for the Faith has found a staggering 25 lizard warriors.

These lizardmen have all been taken back to the Swamp God Kingdom!
Haggs pleaded with Lear to transform these ferocious lives into cold-blooded cavalry!

The difference between wetland lizardmen and lizardmen is that one lives in swamps and the other lives on normal land.

They are all of the same race; there are differences, but they are not significant.

Moreover, the Cold-Blooded Cavalry is a legendary unit among the Lizardmen, so promoting these warriors is not a problem.

Lear immediately agreed and told him to go ahead and do it.

Not only lizardmen, but the Congregation for Faith of the Holy See also took in 12 half-elves and 3 night elves.

In an instant, the military power of Weilu City expanded at an exaggerated rate.

If all promotions are completed, the army under my command will soon reach a million.

Lear was very satisfied with this, and instead of hindering it, he encouraged the Congregation for Faith to further increase its efforts.

Having ascended to a mid-level powerful god and obtained the Holy Angel Sword, many of his previous concerns have been trampled underfoot.

Strength is always the foundation of one's confidence!

Now it's time to make the City of Slight Dew strong!

Especially with the final changes fast approaching, there's no need for any strategy of biding one's time; all that's needed is to strengthen oneself at all costs—expand the military, and expand it again! (End of Chapter)