Chapter 1657: Chapter 1657

Capítulo 1657: Chapter 818: Undead Manipulation Blessing_3

His development plan in the Great Valley would inevitably affect Cesk’s interests, and those thieves lurking in the shadows surely wouldn’t sit idly by.

However, their dark methods are hard to defend against head-on. The best way is to use soldiers skilled in secret warfare to launch a covert war and keep them at bay.

Similarly, the Shadow Wing Guild, adept in shadow power, is undoubtedly the best candidate.

He plans to emulate the Shadow Master Guild in the City of Usmer by pushing the Brotherhood of Sword Spike to the forefront as a decoy, while he secretly controls everything through the Shadow Wing Guild.

“As you command.” Grace agreed but seemed hesitant to say more.

This didn’t escape Gaven’s notice, who asked proactively, “If there’s something you need, feel free to say it.”

“Our strengths and weaknesses are something you know best, my lord,” Grace suggested. “Could we build a shadow hall in the City of Usmer, like the one at the Efanso Conquerors’ Caravan Headquarters? Our shadow powers would connect seamlessly, and I can guarantee that the city’s safety level would greatly improve. This has already been proven in Efanso. Those shadow soldiers never tire, nor are they bound by excessive desires, remaining ever loyal to their duties.”

“It’s not that I don’t wish to,” Gaven sighed helplessly, “but the conditions of the Efanso Council Hall are rare. Without the Dark Nest, my shadow power cannot reach.”

“The Dark Nest was also constructed by people, my lord. Haven’t you considered building one yourself? And then transform it using shadow power?” Grace countered.

Gaven paused momentarily, then couldn’t help but smack his forehead hard, saying, “Even a wise man overlooks things sometimes. I only considered taking advantage of what was available and forgot about building it myself. Since you’re a disciple of that Evil Beast Spirit, you must have some knowledge of how the Dark Mage Tower in Efanso was constructed. Can you build one on your own?”

Previously, Gaven hadn’t considered this direction mainly because he didn’t want to dirty his hands with too many evil deeds, especially evil sacrifices. Such practices, if delved too deeply, could change a person’s nature, something to be wary of.

“Yes,” Grace seemed very aware of Gaven’s concerns, “as long as we have enough materials, the difficulty of building a Dark Mage Tower is not as high as you imagine, nor is it as evil. Death sacrifice isn’t necessary for constructing a Dark Mage Tower. It’s merely for easier contact with the shadow plane and to increase success rates.

And you, my lord, holding the undead divine nature and undead divine power, have the most suitable guiding power at your disposal.

Estelle, Daphne, and I have studied extensively. As long as we craft an undead divine nature container and inject a small amount of undead divine nature into it, we can use it as the array’s core to construct a shadow array, converting a building into a shadow structure like the Conqueror Guild’s Headquarters, thereby becoming a new shadow domain of ours.”

With the constant development of the faction, Gaven’s subordinates began to show their initiative.

“Good, good, good,” Gaven exclaimed, “you’ve all achieved great merit. Have you created the undead divine nature container you’ve mentioned? Do you need me to guide the undead divine nature to cooperate with your experiments?”

In Weizemay Manor, only he could guide the undead divine nature, even Estelle couldn’t do it.

“It’s already finished,” Grace said as she directly took out an enormous skull from her portable dimensional bag, larger than an adult human.

Gaven immediately recognized it as the Cloud Giant skull recovered from the underground mines of Dwarf Statue City. It had been thoroughly cleaned, its glowing and delicately colored appearance resembling white jade, but when struck with a hard object, it produced a metallic sound.

The composition of giant bones differs greatly from humans. With the same material, enlarging it proportionately doesn’t suffice to support their terrifying weight and strength.

The more significant the size disparity, the greater the material difference becomes.

Not only giants, but also the Giant Dragon and Titan Behemoth exhibit this phenomenon, as do the Lord of Withering and demon tree trunks, whose hardness far surpasses ordinary trees. Latest content publıshed on 𝙣𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙡·𝕗𝕚𝕣𝕖·𝔫𝔢𝔱

This is why spells like Enlarge and Shrinking Spell have size limitations.

It’s also the reason giant bones and dragon bones are used as forging materials to create various weapons. Their hardness can rival or even exceed that of steel, and they offer advantages in bearing negative energy that regular steel doesn’t possess, making them the most natural containers for carrying undead divine nature.

Grace and her companions didn’t simply bring out a Cloud Giant skull.

Inside and out, it was inscribed with mysterious tiny characters, clearly belonging to a shadow array.

“Can we directly infuse it with undead divine nature?” Gaven inquired.

“Very well,” Gaven said without further ado. He placed the War Ravager directly on the Cloud Giant skull.

Gaven himself couldn’t directly manipulate undead divine nature, just as he couldn’t directly handle shadow power. After all, he was flesh and blood, a mere mortal, unlike Grace and the others who had specially modified themselves to endure negative energy.

Even the passage of shadow power through him would cause harm, let alone undead divine nature.

The War Ravager infused with the undead divine spark was the key to guiding undead divine nature.

A gray-black light point slowly floated from the War Ravager. It didn’t dive directly into the Cloud Giant skull and disappear, but instead passed through it, flying directly into the cranial cavity between the eyes, forming a miniature black vortex.