mesbooks Chapter 34 Cannons and Magic
Chapter 34 Cannons and Magic
The secluded house is located at the deepest part of the cemetery and is a two-story Gothic building.
Black stone bricks, a pointed roof, and walls covered with withered yellow vines.
The arched windows are inlaid with stained glass, on which are painted vampire images: pale faces, blood-red eyes, and sharp fangs.
The door to the secluded house was made of iron, with a huge bat pattern engraved on it.
Lin Mo pushed open the door and went inside.
Inside was a spacious hall.
The ground was paved with black stone slabs, and at the far end of the hall was a stone altar with several coffins on it.
Upon closer inspection, two figures were found lying in two of the coffins.
Two vampires.
Their skin was as pale as paper, without a trace of blood.
His face was ugly, with high cheekbones, deep-set eyes, and chapped lips.
Its eyes are blood red, with vertical slits in the pupils, like a snake's.
The fingers are thick and the nails are sharp, like ten sharp knives.
They were dressed in grey suits and lay motionless inside.
Lin Mo reached out and touched the crystal coffin.
The secluded residence has been completed.
[Currently available to recruit: 2 vampires]
Recruitment Cost: 360 Gold Coins/each
[Description: Vampires are level four undead creatures with the ability of "blood-sucking resurrection." Each attack they receive restores 30% of their health. They can transform into a bat form, gaining the ability to fly.]
Lin Mo took a deep breath.
Naturally, all will be recruited.
Gold coins -720.
The lid of the crystal coffin opened automatically, and the two vampires opened their eyes.
Their blood-red pupils gleamed in the darkness as they floated out of the coffin. There were no footsteps, no breaths; they landed silently on the ground like two gray feathers.
They knelt on one knee in front of Lin Mo.
Lin Mo looked at the two terrifying monsters, his mind filled with thoughts.
In his previous life, he was killed by a vampire.
However, in this life, they are merely soldiers under his command.
The two vampires stood up.
They were half a head taller than Lin Mo, and their terrifying appearance and thick claws gave them a very intimidating presence.
Lin Mo opened the military treatise and put the two vampires into it.
He stepped out of the secluded house and took a deep breath of the morning air.
He is now very likely the world's first lord hero with a Tier 4 unit.
Next, Lin Mo walked to the Interior Hall and opened the construction list.
The secluded residence is now complete; his next plan is to upgrade the Department of Internal Affairs.
A level one internal affairs hall only produces 500 gold coins per day, which is far from enough for his current consumption. A level two internal affairs hall produces 1000 gold coins per day, double the amount.
Gold coins are something you can have as many as you want; nobody ever thinks they have too many.
Upgrade the Interior Ministry
[Required: 2500 Gold Coins]
Estimated remaining time: 6 hours
Lin Mo confirmed the construction.
The exterior walls of the Interior Hall began to glow, a faint golden light enveloping the entire building.
The construction countdown appeared before his eyes.
He then opened the build list and selected the next object to build.
Unfilled grave.
This increases the production of skeletons by 6 per day.
Because it is not a key building within the territory, its construction time is only three hours, far shorter than other buildings.
However, the effect is immediate, and the rate at which skeletons accumulate will increase.
This series of "building" and "buying" has basically squandered all the gold coins and resources he spent time collecting yesterday, leaving him with very little.
Fortunately, he has a gold mine that produces 1000 gold coins a day. Today, he can upgrade the Internal Affairs Hall, which will also bring in 1000 gold coins a day. With Genova's 350 gold coins, he will have at least 2350 gold coins in his account every day.
But it's still not enough.
But looking at the troop strength, Lin Mo felt relieved.
【troops】
Skeletons: 98
Hellhounds: 6
Vampires: 2
Little devils: 6
This is the troop strength described in his military treatise.
This doesn't even include Hammer; if it were, it would be even more impressive.
Strategic Treasures: Undead Shield (Defense +3, Undead Extra Defense +1), Dragon Eye Ring (Attack +1, Defense +1), Magic Ring (Mana Regeneration +20%), Swift Cloak (Movement Speed +20%).
Mount: Skeleton Warhorse (Attack +2, Defense +2)
At this moment, Lin Mo felt like a wealthy person looking at the balance in their bank account, feeling a great sense of accomplishment and security.
Hammer also shares this sense of security.
He and Genova had arrived at the area where the guard tower was located and successfully recruited the 12 gargoyles inside.
Twelve gargoyles flew down from the top of the tower, their gray, stone-like skin gleaming with a rock-like heaviness in the sunlight.
They flew around Hammer twice, then landed beside him, motionless, like 12 sculptures.
In addition, Hammer had already recruited cavemen in advance, and now the number of cavemen has reached 40.
After the "stacking" and "grouping" of Genova's military treatise, 40 cavemen were stacked into one group, 10 gargoyles into another group, and the remaining two were divided into separate teams.
In this way, in most battles, there are cannon fodder available, and there is also lethality available.
Moreover, Hammer is also holding the 'Dwarf King's Shield', which can add 2 points of defense to all troops.
Hammer was getting a little eager to try it out, wondering how he could encounter some monsters so he could practice his skills.
Just then, a loud boom suddenly came from afar.
"What's going on?" Hammer immediately went outside, while Genova was even faster. She used both hands and feet to nimbly climb to the second floor of a building and looked in the direction from which the sound came.
Another sound.
This time, Hammer understood.
"Is it artillery?"
In addition, there was a dense barrage of gunfire, like firecrackers going off.
Hammer climbed to a high point and saw a chaotic battle taking place in the distance.
Several tanks led the way, followed by at least five armored vehicles and seven or eight Humvees. The tanks' cannons roared as a three-story building collapsed, from which many monsters emerged.
The armored vehicles and the fully armed soldiers outside immediately began firing their automatic weapons.
This is a regular army!
Not only Hammer and his group witnessed this scene, but many survivors did as well.
Most of them have been hiding indoors these days, not daring to go out at all, enduring hunger and fear. Their mindset and understanding are still stuck in the pre-disaster era.
This is also why many people miss out on opportunities.
Cognitive inertia is something that is very difficult to change.
When they discover the presence of what they perceive as a powerful army, they naturally assume their chance of rescue has arrived.
So some people ran out of the room where they had been hiding for several days, hoping to be rescued.
But they soon discovered that the tanks and armored vehicles were not there to "rescue" people at all.
"General, reporting to you, the passage has been opened, and the treasure chests and resources inside this building have been obtained... Yes, sir. Next target: the level-two creature's nest one kilometer away..."
Inside the Hummer behind, a uniformed officer was speaking to a certain entity via a special phone.
The content of the discussion had absolutely nothing to do with saving lives.
"Sir, there are people blocking our way," a soldier said as he stepped forward.
"people?"
"Yes, they must be survivors from this area who want us to take them away."
"Sergeant, please note that we are not here to rescue people, but to carry out orders from above. We have our own mission. Ignore them and let them fend for themselves." The officer gave the order without hesitation.
"But..." the soldier hesitated for a moment.
"There are no buts. Damn it, you should have experienced what happened a few days ago, the scene of tens of thousands of armored soldiers being wiped out by those monsters, have you forgotten? Times have changed. We have to use our limited military force to acquire enough resources. How you live in the future depends on you, and even more so on the general."
After a reprimand, the soldier understood and immediately carried out the order.
Ahead, more than twenty survivors, along with their families, wanted this group of regular soldiers to take them away.
"There must be a shelter, right? A base, or something like that, that's how it's portrayed in the movies!"
"Yes, take us there. I have money; I can give it all to you."
"Is there any food? I've been starving for two days, I could eat a whole cow!"
The sergeant returned and delivered the order with a cold face.
"Get out of the way and go back to your own homes immediately. We have other missions to carry out."
Upon hearing this, the survivors erupted in uproar.
"Fuck, where do we have a home? Damn it, take us away."
"Please, I'll go anywhere, just not here. It's too dangerous here."
Amidst the entanglement, insults, and despair, someone offered their own "truth," only to have their magazine immediately emptied by the soldiers.
Once the killing begins, it's hard to stop.
Ultimately, the survivors who had been hiding in the house for several days died at the hands of the very people they thought were their saviors.
Staring wide-eyed, filled with resentment and bitterness.