Chapter 181 Corpse

Eastern Proving Ground.

A small room was packed with people. Everyone had a serious look on their face, but no one spoke. There was no other furniture in the room except the wooden table in the middle. Hughes looked at the people gathered around the table and broke the silence.

"Ash, you go first, start with what happened recently."

Ash glanced at the body on the table and nodded:

"Recently, the spread of the pollution snakes has suddenly accelerated, and the range of activities of the sea urchin monsters has also become larger and larger. In the past, I went into the sea to find their scouting locations, but now, I have to constantly avoid their pursuit."

"How many sea urchin monsters are there around here?"

"There are at least ten of them, and they are only near the island. I can't get away from the island now. There are so many of them in the nearby sea area. We can see them soon after entering the water. Their speed of advancement is far beyond our imagination."

"Where's the fishman?"

"I have never seen a murloc. Every time I saw the sea urchin monster, I would stay away from it. The range of activities of the murloc should be smaller than that of the sea urchin. If it weren't for what happened today, I would have thought that the murlocs had all disappeared."

Zeus nodded. The severity of the situation exceeded his worst expectations. According to his observations and calculations, it would take a month for these pollution snakes to advance to the vicinity of Castel, by which time the island should have been filled with various fortifications and fortresses.

But now, those polluted snakes seemed to have their own consciousness, staring at Caster, and they were approaching this side first. Ash discovered this when he was still able to go out before.

"Chloe, Oona, Alexi, how is the renovation of the church going?"

The three of them looked at each other, and Chloe cleared her throat and spoke first: "The transformation of the guardian inscription is complete. The energy source placed under the church, that is, the central furnace, has been cast, but has not yet been installed. Once the installation is completed, it can be put into use directly if everything goes well."

"Oona, you are responsible for installing the furnace, right? How long will it take?"

"At most, three days at most. The furnace has been placed, but the cooling system has not been completed. We can try running it at low power. If the heat accumulation is not serious, it won't be a big problem."

"Okay, let's try it out first. We'll go over there later to see if the Guardian Inscription can work properly. Chloe, please arrange some staff over there."

"No problem." Chloe nodded, and a moth flew out from her sleeve.

Hughes silently watched the moth fluttering its wings, then turned to look at Alexi: "How far has the church's perimeter expanded?"

Alexei looked bitter. "We have just completed the most basic renovation. The main part of the church has been expanded. It is much larger than before and can be expanded to the periphery. It is just the beginning and the time is too short. It was originally expected to be completed in a month."

The renovation of the church was divided into three parts. The first was to demolish the old church, which is now the part where the Candlelight Club is built.

Then comes the construction of the new church, which will cover an area dozens of times larger than the previous one and will consist of multiple buildings. It will be the future core area of ​​Castel, and Hughes will gradually move important industries into the church for protection.

The last step was the outer fortifications and fortresses, which together formed the "wall" of the new church. After this step was completed, the entire island of Castres fell under the jurisdiction of the church.

The churches covering the entire island and the dense fortifications would crush even the most powerful enemy. This was Zeus' greatest confidence in facing the war.

But now, even the second step has not been completed, and the enemy has already arrived on the island. Zeus looked at the corpse on the table and bit his lower lip.

"How much has been completed? I remember that some of the works started at the same time as the church?"

"Basically. Not much. Apart from the main body of the church, two factories have been built in the industrial zone, and the rest of the area has not started yet. As for the outer fortifications, only a few high towers near the core circle have been completed."

Hughes recalled Castel's map. According to the current level of completion, once the war broke out, almost the entire periphery of the island would be lost, and even the factories would be outside the protection range.

"Prioritize the Eastern Test Site. This is Castel's core industry. The steel plant and nitroglycerin production line are all here. We must not lose this place!"

Alexei lowered his head and thought for a moment, then spoke with some difficulty: "This will take at least a week. It takes time for the cement to solidify, and this is without any interference from the enemy."

"The Banshees will help you. They are more efficient at turning fossils into mud. Prioritize completing the fortifications here. As for the enemy..."

Hughes turned to look at a shorter man in the crowd and said, "Erwin, tell me what happened."

Erwin has messy brown hair and a red nose. He is an islander from Castel. He was selected when soldiers were recruited some time ago. Due to his good performance and participation in advanced classes, he was the first to become a team leader among the first batch of 50 people.

"Yes, my lord, I was patrolling the island with a team that day." Erwin recalled and narrated.

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Since the preparations for war began, the Banshees basically stopped performing patrol missions. Zeus needed their ability to turn rocks into mud more, so most of them were transferred to Una to help, leaving only a small team to respond quickly and deal with emergencies.

It was under such circumstances that Erwin took over the patrol mission on the outskirts of the island. Several high towers on the island had been built. They could sound the alarm on the spot when encountering any emergency, and the guards left on the tower would report quickly.

That is why their patrol team was not too panicked when they encountered the mermen on the beach.

Hughes had long since revealed the existence of sea urchins, murlocs, etc. to the islanders of Castel, so Erwin roughly knew the combat effectiveness of these monsters: they were much stronger than humans, but not very fast. This was the data obtained by the Banshee in the water. The webbed feet between the murlocs' claws meant that they were more suitable for fighting in the water.

There were six people in the patrol team. Since they were patrolling the most dangerous outer section of the road, they were well equipped. All six of them were wearing armor and had long and short weapons, and three of them carried bows and arrows.

There was only one merman, and it was hiding carefully behind the reef, looking curiously towards the island.

This place is too close to the sea. Once support arrives, the mermen will definitely be able to escape back into the sea. Therefore, after discussing it, the six of them made a bold decision.

They want to keep the murlocs here.

(End of this chapter)