Your Lord Has A Screw Loose?-Chapter 488 - 490 Mobilization The Ambitions of the

Chapter 488: Chapter 490: Mobilization, The Ambitions of the Nobles

Chapter 488 -490: Mobilization, The Ambitions of the Nobles

“The court’s efficiency is indeed swift; students from academies everywhere were conscripted into the military camps at the earliest time, and sects have all responded to the call.”

“Most of the noble families were also forced to offer up a large amount of martial power as sacrifices, due to political pressure.”

“It must be said that Huang Family and Xiao Fan really have a fate—they’ve actually been assigned to the same military camp. This is bound to be a drama-filled slaughter.”

Qin Muye sneered, he didn’t need to think about the follow-up, as it was nothing more than Huang Family using their role as sacrifices to continuously suppress Xiao Fan, even assigning him missions tantamount to sending him to his death.

In the end, Xiao Fan would survive by the skin of his teeth, and then at some opportunity, he’d turn the tables and kill the Huang Family sacrifice, before making a great achievement and then moving on to the next map.

The routine was probably just this, which could be applied as a template to endlessly bootstrap oneself into a powerful figure.

But who was Qin Muye, to let him bootstrap to success so easily? What if the other party succeeded? How would Qin Muye proceed then?

He was planning on feeding Xiao Fan a dose of steroids, but if Xiao Fan really managed to grow successfully on his own, the subsequent experiments simply couldn’t continue.

“The first step is to get rid of the Huang Family. It just so happens that I have a spy lurking in that military camp; just find an opportunity to transfer him to another camp, and then…”

“It’s not suitable to slaughter them all, after all, they are a noble family, contributing both people and money. There might be repercussions if someone decides to investigate.”

The very reason noble families hold the status of sacrifices is partly because a sizeable amount of their combat force has been taken away, and they were also coerced to hand over resources.

Thus they received such a status. Otherwise, do you really think the court would honor them with the status of sacrifices? It’s not the court sacrificing for them; it’s them sacrificing for the court.

Of course, there are certain privileges associated with this status, such as acting as a supervisor during war times, or having the convenience of action, but none of this is explicitly stated. Generally, when you need to use these privileges, you can’t, and when you don’t need them, they are useless.

In short, it’s about saving face. The nobles have already lost substance, and if even this bit of courtesy isn’t extended, applying too much pressure would result in a rebound.”

The assembly plan was a success, and morale was significantly boosted, but a small problem arose.

That was the absence of an enemy to fight. Hence, they could only encircle Baijing State for now, because the Frenzy Blood Spirit Monster had previously appeared in Baijing State, so it was naturally assumed that it would appear there again.

“The numbers seem a bit insufficient, even counting the cooks and other personnel, Baijing State’s garrisoned forces barely reach two hundred thousand,” Qin Muye expressed his concern, feeling that there was an enormous gap compared to the one million expected.

The force surrounding Baijing State was just a part, not the majority. The remainder were still assembling—after all, it’s not easy to kill off an entire race.

Didn’t you see how many died at once below the Eighth Grade?

“Lord Wang, there’s a conscription at the village entrance; people from the state government came, they say it’s to fight demons,” a government official ran over, panting heavily.

“Conscription? What’s the situation?” Qin Muye was aware of the conscription, but he hadn’t expected it to reach his small village.

However, he quickly realized that maybe it wasn’t him who was being conscripted, but the able-bodied men of the village.

Just now, he thought they were conscripting him.

“Not sure, but they said the military pay is one tael of silver a month, and there’s meat to eat every three days. Quite a number of people are tempted,” the official responded calmly after catching his breath.

The official belonged to the bureaucracy and was exempt from labor and military services. Moreover, this conscription seemed not to be a forced levy, but voluntary enlistment.

“Oh, what do you think?” Qin Muye asked leisurely.

“What can I think? It’s sending oneself to death. Baijing State is much bigger than our Nanliang State. Even Baijing State fell; how many from our tiny Qingsong Village would return?” The official was quite indifferent about it.

He earns one tael of silver a month, and although it might be deducted, his life is much better than that of ordinary people. Therefore, he would never give up his official status to enlist.

“Mhm, I understand. We’re not going to intervene in this matter. If people want to try their luck for a better future, should they really make a war achievement and come back, they could become our superiors. I’ll give some silver, let the village chief set up a few tables for those willing to go, consider it as making good karma,” Qin Muye figured since they were marching to their deaths, they might as well have a full meal before leaving.

Others might not know, but he was well aware.

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The official, hearing this, showed a look of respect. What is a good person? This is what a good person looks like!

“Alright, I’ll go find the Village Chief right away,” the Government Official said, his eyes darting about before he quickly took off.

The saying ‘he who sees shares in the gain’ meant that, as a Government Official, he would certainly get to partake in the feast. This kind of banquet was bound to be decent, with at least guaranteed meat and drinks.

Therefore, it had to be done well, with a measure of grace, to not tarnish the reputation of Lord Wang.

“Tsk, each and every one of them is so sly,” Qin Muye muttered in complaint.

The little guys had their own little wisdoms. It was clear to anyone with eyes that this war would be a tough one.

“Mass recruitment is underway, and the benefits will surely continue to improve,” Qin Muye knew well what this meant—it was all about fodder for the cannons.

“Perhaps there is more to it, someone in the Court is trying to enhance their own reputation.”

In an instant, Qin Muye also realized something: everyone dies, but there is a difference between before and after death.

In this world, one could become a Heroic Spirit after death, and the potential of a Heroic Spirit is determined by their reputation. If someone in the Court sitting on the Dragon Throne could exterminate the Spirit Clan and achieve the grand feat of surviving a Spirit Tribulation, then it’s possible that after death, they could become a Heroic Spirit with Emperor Level potential.

Others too were holding back their efforts in the hope of leaving a mark in history. By then, even if not at Emperor Level, Emperor Level or King Level would be sufficient.

“Crisis and benefits are equivalent, but it’s a pity… the Spirit Tribulation is fake…”

“And it’s another matter whether there will be any Heroic Spirits afterwards.”

Given Qin Muye’s way of doing things, usually leaving no stone unturned, he would surely take over the whole world.

“For now, we can just leave a thread to monitor Xiao Fan’s luck data, at least until the opening of the Sky Tower, there shouldn’t be much change,” Qin Muye decided.

“We can start by investigating the situation with the Spirit Tribulation.”

Qin Muye needed to first understand what Spirit Tribulation was before deciding what type of Titan Level Giant Structure to turn this world into.

It definitely has to match the nature of the world; otherwise, fitting it blindly could potentially lead to a loss.

This world, unlike the peaceful server realms of the Gods’ Realm, had its own set of Tribulations.

And the Spirit Tribulation was not ordinary—the Spirit Summoners must have experienced it more than once, yet there were no records of it.

If there had been records, Qin Muye’s act of impersonating the Spirit Tribulation would have been exposed long ago, and it’s unimaginable that up to now no one would have pointed it out.

The Spirit Monster spies had already infiltrated the upper echelons of the Court, a massive amount of documents and data had been copied and uploaded to the Magic Network, and even the Imperial Palace had been thoroughly surveyed by them, yet no records related to Spirit Tribulation were found—not even a mention, at most, than its mere existence.

Qin Muye suspected that Spirit Tribulation might be related to Heroic Spirit Land, but so far, he hadn’t been able to find anything linked to it, as his Perception had already scanned the entire world dozens of times without noticing the slightest issue.

He didn’t think it didn’t exist, rather, he just hadn’t found it.

“So now, do I need to find a way to break through the firewall of Heroic Spirit Land?”

“Without reallocating some of the computing power shares from other projects in the Star Array, it might take quite some time,” he mused.

Currently, the available computing power at his disposal was limited; cracking the firewall of Heroic Spirit Land was not a minor project. Unlike the observation of the protagonist, which demand less computational power and could be manipulated through the intelligence department alone.

To take on the firewall was to target the core of this world, and that was far from simple.

“If not possible, I’ll start work on it and see. Once the ‘Divine Artifact Territory Trait’ project is partially complete, I can transfer some computational power to it,” Qin Muye reasoned that there was no point in idling, better to experiment.

The progress might be slow, but it would still move forward, otherwise doing nothing and just idly waiting would lead to nothing at all.

“Multitasking sure is exhilarating,” Qin Muye quickly started on the hacking work. Despite his limited computational power, relative to the entire Star Array, if compared to Eighth Grade power, it was massively more efficient.

After all, the Star Array itself was a Miracle Level structure built using a whole world.