Chapter 480: Cleaning up the battlefield
The destructive power of fire magic is very unfriendly to smelting and monster drops, but there is an advantage of fire magic, which is to kill quickly and dissipate quickly, and basically will not affect the drop of projected monsters.
Whether it is magic that can cause destructive blows in a large area in a short period of time, or trying to evolve Monday into Cerberus, it is the deterrence that Mu Hua wants to show to the outside world.
Deterrence, but not a trump card, because he has been constantly strengthening his own abilities and growing rapidly.
Mu Hua is not afraid that someone will plan to restrain his abilities, because even he himself does not know what abilities he will have tomorrow.
The pervasive fire almost burned everything in the city, and the castle that was not created by magic was preserved. On the high-rise platform of the charred castle, Mu Hua overlooked the city, and a large number of summoned skeleton followers were collecting the post-war drops inside and outside the city.
"You are really lucky." Retracting his gaze from afar, Mu Hua said to Zambak who was pressed behind him on the platform of the castle.
This demon always brings surprises to Mu Hua. He was doomed to death by Doris. After the flames, he survived tenaciously with his well-trained magic shield.
With his horns broken and in a mess, Zambak was held by two dragon tooth soldiers with knives. Although the sharp blades of the dragon tooth soldiers could cause damage to him, if he really wanted to resist, it would be difficult for the two dragon tooth soldiers to suppress him.
At this time, in front of Mu Hua, Zambak seemed to have lost the will to resist. Frustrated, annoyed, jealous, and afraid, Zambak lowered his head. He knew very well that he didn't need to resist. If he resisted, he might die faster.
"You... what do you want? I'm a projection. Let me go. I promise that I won't be your enemy again. I can even provide you with some information you need." Zambak said uneasily.
"Let you go? Your demon horns are gone, and the city is destroyed. What kind of punishment will you receive this time?" Mu Hua smiled.
"No, this time is different. The city lord here is the dragon. I have been punished enough. I don't need to be responsible for the loss this time."
Zambak shook his head and tried to get up, but the sharp blade pressed by the dragon tooth soldier cut the skin of its neck. A wisp of black and purple blood flowed down its neck. Mu Hua's frowning eyes made it quiet again.
Mu Hua hesitated for a moment. It seemed that Zambak was not the city lord here. After being killed by him twice, this guy was demoted?
"You are not even the city lord, so what can you use to be my enemy? Tell me your value, otherwise I can only take your drop." Mu Hua shook his head.
"You... You don't need my sacrifice now. The dragon lost the city without resisting you. Believe me, I can regain power, I can."
"We can cooperate. In the future, you can establish a station in my territory. We can agree on a non-aggression zone. You can even build a human city in my territory." Zambak said to Mu Hua.
"Is this okay? Krepnos doesn't care?" Mu Hua questioned.
"No, no, we are different from those bastards wandering in the wild. The courtyard needs to develop, and we only need to obey the wartime dispatch. In normal times, the commander and even the lord will not ask how we develop the territory."
"We don't mind coexisting with humans. Let me live to bring you more benefits. Later, let me go, and I will send you more compensation than the sacrifice." As if seeing the hope of survival, Zambak said to Mu Hua.
"Heh, coexistence? You should ask me now whether I want to coexist with you, right?"
"And the wartime dispatch, that is to say, as long as Krepnos asks you to attack me, you still have to obey orders. Coexistence is also what I fought for myself. Your words are meaningless." Mu Hua frowned.
There are indeed humans in the courtyard who build cities and countries in the monster territory. This kind of coexistence is actually similar to that between human countries. If it is worthwhile, we will destroy you. If it is not worthwhile, we will not invade each other. If we cannot output benefits to the other party, we basically have to rely on strength.
"No, that's different. There are too few humans in this courtyard. The lord doesn't want to start a war against humans. Moreover, you can gain prestige among humans, which will help you develop your own power, right?"
"Time, you will get more time for stable development, you will be praised and worshipped by humans, and more people will join you. That must be safer and longer than you wandering among the demons alone." Zambak retorted.
Although he said some great truths, Zambak seemed to know something about Mu Hua's situation, probably because of some demon followers.
"This is the Death Canyon, most humans don't like to live here." Mu Hua sneered.
"Don't mention prestige to me anymore. I'm a necromancer, you know. I can let you go, and I can even not take the initiative to trouble you in the future."
"No, I can even help you find trouble with other monsters. You monsters shouldn't always be so harmonious, right?"
"But..." Mu Hua paused.
"You say." Zambak asked wisely.
"I want some monsters, golems, thunderbirds, flying dragons, behemoths, various low-level monsters, can you get them?" Mu Hua asked, and Zhambak was stunned.
A wildfire burned a monster city, high-level magic stones (basically all low-level magic stones were burned), tens of thousands of demon gold coins, scattered equipment, magic materials, and a lot of suspended stones.
It was a surprise to Mu Hua that Zambak survived, but to be honest, Mu Hua was not in such a hurry to stab a Barang demon in the back.
Zambak was not a demon of original sin. Killing it would at most melt a Death Breathing Skill Stone. Mu Hua was thinking about how to use it to its full potential.
"You want me to catch monsters for you?" Zambak seemed to resist.
"If you want peace, you have to pay a price. You don't have to catch them. Just find a way to send some from hell here." Mu Hua's expression became more and more indifferent. If he couldn't do this, he would just stab it.
"Then we still have to drive it away and capture it. You... I can try." Zambak was about to refute, but he felt Mu Hua's killing intention, shuddered, and said in a tangled way.
Zambak was very afraid of Mu Hua now. It was not that Mu Hua could kill it now, but it was more worried that Mu Hua would kill it repeatedly in the future.
It was originally a leader under Krepnos, but it failed several missions. Now it is neither a leader nor a soldier. It was punished by Krepnos and may be reactivated at any time. Unless it does not descend on the courtyard in the future, it dare not guarantee that it will not run into Mu Hua again.
"Try as much as you can. Strength is not important. Get me two golems first. Now, I need to see your sincerity. If you do well, I will not attack you again even if I go to Krepnos." Seeing Zambak's promise, Mu Hua said with a smile.
It's nonsense. Mu Hua made such a promise without thinking. Anyway, saying such things to the devil is just like some politicians' speeches. Basically, there is no need to be responsible. I think when it's time to stab each other in the back, both sides will not be soft.
Mu Hua had seen the giant golem that exceeded the standard during the star patrol meeting. He thought that there should be a tribe of golems in this courtyard. Mu Hua released Zambak. No matter if it was stealing or cheating, Mu Hua asked it to get him two golems in their original form right now.
Zambak agreed to leave. As for whether it would really execute the agreement with Mu Hua, Mu Hua didn't care. If it had it, it would be the best. If not, it would be killed every time it was seen in the future. Anyway, it was an idea that came to mind at the last minute.
After letting Zambak go, a large amount of collected property was piled up under the castle.
The headless knights here did not leave a corpse. Among the more than 400 headless knights, the magic stones that could be left were only two low-level impact immunity. The others were some soul-specific weapons, various low- and medium-level combat skills, and even a lot of skeleton summons. Mu Hua regarded them all as harvesting the Hundred Refinement Secret Stones.
There were a number of miscellaneous equipment, and the armor left by nearly 300 Barang demons was quite complete. The upper body armor could barely be worn by humans, but the lower body leggings and combat boots did not conform to the human body structure.
Although if one's own strength was strong enough, some monsters seemed to be able to communicate, and perhaps these armors could also be sold to demons, but Mu Hua did not want to make this kind of money.
Let some skeleton warriors put on armored skirts, and the leg components, including the gauntlets, Mu Hua was going to use the Creation of Ten Thousand Elements to refine magic metal.
During the "opening up", the demons dropped a lot of demon gold coins. If they died a few more times, their sacrificial items would probably be varied.
A pile of demon gold coins was estimated to be at least a hundred thousand, so they were collected all at once and asked Tina to sort them out slowly.
As a specialty of the Kanins Courtyard, Mu Hua also harvested a lot of suspended stones of different sizes. Although these suspended stones could not be fused with each other, Mu Hua discovered that the Creation of Ten Thousand Elements could integrate multiple suspended stones into other substances.
For example, if you want to make a mountain rock, as long as you have enough suspended stones, no matter how big or small the quality is, you can melt them into the rock and make a floating rock without complicated transformation and coordination.
This is also the fundamental reason why Mu Hua is interested in building a sky city. Not only a floating rock, but since he wants to build one, Mu Hua is also going to integrate some magic metal.
He wants to make a solid and durable foundation. At this stage, he is still in the stage of hoarding resources.
After collecting the spoils and sending the undead family back to the Abyss Island, Mu Hua rested for a while in the ruins of the city, but he did not wait for the imagined siege attack.
The previous attack on the city was swift and violent, but it consumed a lot of magic power. Counting the Purgatory Arms he has accumulated, Mu Hua can release four or five waves of that kind of attack in a row.
Although that kind of attack is refreshing, Mu Hua does not want to consume his own Purgatory Arms for the time being.
However, among the many drops here, Mu Hua also harvested six or seven magic storage crystals. Under the pull of the touch of jealousy, seven magic storage crystals floated around Mu Hua.
Since the undead here did not bother him, he could only take the initiative to go to their door.
Summoning the dragon, Mu Hua went west to find another place where monsters gathered, such as castles and cities. Conventional magic storage can be obtained with purgatory weapons. Mu Hua did not plan to keep the magic storage crystals he harvested. (End of this chapter)