Zongman: Evolution Paradise

[You are awakening your talent - the King]

"???"

Jolyne never expected such a good thing.

At this moment, the Rapunzel's expression changed, and suddenly several people appeared in the sky outside.

"Rapunzel, how dare you!"

How dare they advance to the kingdom without authorization!

You good-for-nothings have probably forgotten the majesty of the Kingdom of Strange Words!

"Rapunzel, I'll tear you to pieces and hang you in the sky to be struck by lightning six times!"

A zombie with tofu on its head, not content with just its threats, reached out and gathered corpse energy that corroded everything, intending to interrupt the advancement.

The Kingdom of the Houyhnhnms is far from Rapunzel's territory, and the surrounding kingdoms are completely unaware of the great upheaval that has occurred there. In the past, Rapunzel would have already fled with Princess Rapunzel by now, but instead, she looks at the zombie with a pained expression.

Sure enough, before it could even make a move, Anna had already cut off its arm.

"what?"

It was a little confused.

"Don't kill them all this time. The future kingdom will always need a group of subjects."

Jolyne offered a reminder and then quietly waited for the Lettuce Territory's promotion to be completed.

at last,

A beam of light erupted from the top of the tower!

As the center of the entire kingdom, the original 30 or 40-meter-tall round tower was raised to over 100 meters, and the light from the entire tower illuminated the hill.

The merging of the land deeds is quite strange.

For example, the size of the kingdom.

The newly formed kingdom is not the sum of the original areas of [Windblown River] and [Lettuce Territory], but three or four times larger. The most obvious difference is that the hills seem to have become a second layer of territory.

It was as if the kingdom had forcibly pushed the surrounding territories to a greater distance, and Jolyne truly understood what Miss Red meant when she said that "the structure of the fairy tale world is not stable."

Moreover, the new talent is quite unique.

[You have awakened your talent - King]

Talent - King

Description: The advantage lies with us; we must close ourselves off from the world!

Effect: Conquer, plunder, and rule; your crown will grant you special powers.

Kingdom Ruler Skill - Tyranny: You established your kingdom through pure violence, and the crown grants you the ability to return to peak condition when near death.

Note: The duration of this skill is determined by the quality of the subjects under your rule within the kingdom.

Current duration: 1.2 seconds

Royal Skill - Royal Maid: You can give the Ghost Stories a more growth-oriented maid-type profession.

Note: The maximum number of times this skill can be granted is determined by the territory size of the kingdom.

Number of maids currently available for appointment: 12

Usage conditions: Don't look down, or the crown will fall off.

"One had a sudden burst of energy before death, the other built a personal guard?"

Overall, it can only be considered a pleasant surprise.

After all, Jolyne really didn't want to encounter anything that could bring her to the brink of death.

However, just by looking at the name of this talent and how it came about, you can tell that it has great potential to become stronger.

If the territory becomes a [divine kingdom], the power of this talent will probably be more than just a pleasant surprise.

With those skills, perhaps Jolyne could be resurrected directly in her own tomb after death?

The Kingdom of Strange Words quickly surrendered, along with the Kingdom of the Wisps in the distance. The Church of the Snail Annihilation City directly used its power to transfer the kingdom over and devour it once again!

The newly formed kingdom expanded again, taking half a day to stabilize, and its area had already reached an astonishing 40 square kilometers.

This is because the Kingdom of Strange Words and the Kingdom of the Houyhnhnms have also devoured other kingdoms.

However, Miss Red said that becoming a level four [Empire] might attract the attention of those [God Kingdoms], so Jolyne still used the [Rapunzel Kingdom] as the core to complete the absorption.

Promotions are based solely on core qualifications.

Even if the kingdom being devoured is already a level 3.3 kingdom, as long as its core is level 3.0, it will only become a level 3.1 kingdom after being devoured.

The current kingdom level is 3.2.

The Ghost Stories Association has temporarily abandoned its plan to devour another kingdom and continue its expansion.

The kingdom is currently very bloated and weak.

In other words, the original inhabitants of the [Houyeh Kings] have already been refined by Medea, otherwise they would have already fought with the alien species of the [Strange Language Kingdom].

But it doesn't matter now.

Because of the sudden change, the people of the Kingdom of Strange Words were in an uproar. The zombies, vampires, ghouls, tree spirits and other strange creatures that were barely able to maintain their balance had started fighting each other.

Looking at the images on the magic mirror, Jolyne also realized that the Ghost Story Association was completely short-handed.

Or perhaps it's because the strength of Kallen and the other ghosts hasn't fully developed yet, and the gap between them and top-tier fighters like Esdeath is too great.

Esdeath was able to destroy a country, but the lesser ghost stories couldn't even manage the post-war governance.

However, this is not their fault. The training time was still too short. This time in the fairy tale world is a good opportunity to improve their strength.

Chapter 393 The Kingdom of the Disheartened Planet

“Except for the king of the Kingdom of Strange Tales, let’s first brand the other strange tales with the mark of the Strange Tales Association, and then put them back to stabilize the situation.”

Having made his decision, Jolyne led a group of anxious subjects toward the Round Tower.

Once branded, even if the ghost escapes, Medea can use the power of the [Snail Annihilation City Text] to bring it back.

Those ghost stories are unaware of this matter.

The ability to obey orders and work obediently is considered the first step in passing the onboarding test.

As for those who don't listen?

It's perfect to kill them right in front of the obedient ghost story; it won't cause any problems anyway.

The interior of the round tower was quite spacious, and the Rapunzel, who was already frightened, no longer thought of resisting. She simply led the way and introduced Jolyne to the structure of the building.

But for a while,

The conference room was filled with all sorts of strange tales.

Hmm... Since there aren't enough chairs, the natives of Strange Forest and Lettuce Territory can only squat on the ground.

"Let's stabilize the kingdom first."

The magic mirror floated up, and a projection of the entire kingdom landed on the table. Centered on the hill, the territory looked like an irregular trapezoid.

The main reason is that the [Kingdom of the Houyhnhnms] is too far away. After the teachings of the Luoyan City were transferred here, they were directly squeezed into the original structure, and the original border [Wind River] was squeezed into an inland river.

Fortunately, the Luoyan City church can be renovated a second time.

"So, the first topic is to give our kingdom a resounding name."

The crown gleamed atop Jolyne's head, and the ghost stories with seats were whispering amongst themselves.

"The Land of Infinity!"

"The Holy Kingdom of Reincarnation!"

"The Celestial Empire!"

The discussion was heated, but the former king of the Strange Language Kingdom, who was squatting on the ground, tentatively raised his hand and said, "Well, actually, none of these can be taken."

It is a bone demon, and its root ability is a very peculiar [Chimera Stitching Technique].

This resulted in its skeleton being pieced together from different species: its arms were from zombies and ghouls, its torso was the head of a cyclops, its lower body was half a ghost horse, and most peculiarly, its head, which emitted blue soul fire, was a broken skull of a poisonous dragon.

This guy's strength is terrifying; even Esdeath took some time to process him.

Jolyne nodded at it. "Go on."

"Yes, my king."

The bone demon had no intention of resisting. After all, it still had a sword wound on its chest that had torn it in two. Having been conquered by such a powerful figure, it could only try to integrate into the new kingdom.

"Um, I'm not good with words, but the gist of it is that at the kingdom level, the establishment of each kingdom will divide the fortune of the fairy tale world."

This resulted in each kingdom in the fairy tale world having a unique name; the names the adults mentioned had probably already been taken by previous kingdoms.

Having experienced too many dangers, the ghost stories of this world are quite adept at dealing with strong individuals; even Hanako-chan can be addressed as "sir."

"This nickname already exists?"

Jolyne laughed, "It feels like this world and Paradise are connected more than just a little bit."

"Perhaps those divine kingdoms know something, after all, they should have come into contact with the players."

Medea chimed in, "So, what name should we choose?"

"Kutou Village?"

Joren had the teachings of the City of Snail Annihilation try it out, and it turned out that there really were strange tales in this world.

This made Jolyne's expression a little subtle. The main reason they came to Lettuce Territory was that it was very far from the nearby divine kingdoms. [Beacon Castle] must also be a divine kingdom of that level. Moreover, Miss Red didn't know that it was located in the Dead Sea next to the kingdom.

Jolyne questioned Rapunzel and Bone Witch. The former said that Rapunzel's territory was indeed frequently attacked by water monsters, but she had never seen a strong enemy. The latter also said that she had lived for hundreds of years but had never heard of this divine kingdom. This made Jolyne temporarily abandon her plan to move the territory and run away.

All the good names had been chosen, and Jolyne, looking at the lingering darkness in the sky, finally decided to follow the naming conventions of the existing divine kingdoms in fairy tales.

Hmm... the Kingdom of Disheartened Planet.

This sounds like it has the potential to become a divine kingdom.

As for the underworld and such, let's wait until the territory becomes a divine kingdom before making changes.

Afterwards, Jolyne and her team modified the terrain and structure of the planet Grayheart.

With the hills as the core of their territory, they moved inland away from the Dead Sea coastline. The [Wind River] directly merged with other rivers within their territory, forming a major transportation route and dividing the different species into distinct living areas along the river.

The Forest of Strange Words is very large; the original Kingdom of Strange Words only occupied less than one-tenth of its size.

This forest also needs to be moved into the kingdom to create a clear boundary; otherwise, it will be connected to the unruly areas, and the daily strange tales of people accidentally wandering into the gloomy planet will cause a lot of trouble.

The final kingdom was roughly rectangular.

It is bordered by Westwind Wolf Ridge to the north, Strange Whisper Forest to the west, the Dead Sea coastline to the east, and a group of trembling second- and third-tier territories to the south.

"Does anyone have any opinions on the bureaucratic structure of the Gloomy Planet?"

Jolyne felt he could rest now, as he lacked experience in managing the remaining tasks.

But it doesn't really matter, it's just a kingdom that can be handed over to them.

“Divide the kingdom into three regions and set up a five-level official structure.”

Jorogumo had been thinking about this for a long time, just waiting for her master to bring it up.

Others had their opinions, but none of them spoke up before Jorogumo.

She explained:

"This is an extraordinary world. Anyway, we can control the overall situation at any time, and the various soul-searching powers can also ensure that our subordinates will not have any disloyal intentions. So there is no need for an overly bloated bureaucratic structure."

My idea is to divide the planet of gloom into counties: White Tower, Lettuce, and Forest.

Then, based on strength, responsibility, and level of trust, all the ghost stories are divided into five levels.

Bingwei: Composed of ordinary ghost stories such as Lettuce Swordswoman, Blue Zombie, and Lettuce Sorcerer.

Knights: Composed of powerful supernatural beings such as succubi, river gods, and shepherdesses who have been subdued.

The main characters are Hanako, Sadako, and other weak elders of the association, as well as Rapunzel and Bone Demon, two former lords who have been subdued.