CHAPTER 522: CHAPTER 251: 186 LONG-LEGGED TEACHER_2

Lin Rui was absolutely stunned. How did a regular administrative discussion turn into a conversation about priority marriage rights with Caroline, a recent high-achieving graduate?

Looking at her calm and articulate demeanor, Lin Rui was surprised. Was this really the same inexperienced and naive female civil servant he knew?

"Your theory..."

"I learned it in the academy," Caroline insisted confidently. "It must be correct."

"Whether it’s correct or not, I can’t say. But your academy’s curriculum sure is wild."

Lin Rui sighed, then formally said, "Alright, let’s implement it as you suggested. Issue an administrative order to open recruitment windows for explorers. Those who join the domain and have a permanent residence can be registered."

Lin Rui and Caroline had been discussing this for quite some time, and the unparalleled significance finally became apparent.

As the decree was announced, cheers erupted from the explorers by the campfire, and long lines quickly formed at the four registration spots.

This move could easily increase the troops by another battalion.

Watching the bustling recruitment queues, Audrey remarked in admiration, asking Lin Rui, "Lord, are you really going to recruit these explorers as the mainstay of your territorial forces?"

"I feel like even the most rebellious Black Qi and Silver Moon under my command are a hundred times more obedient than them."

Audrey’s concerns were clear to Lin Rui, but he was not too worried. He replied, "Actually, during the last siege at Dawn Fortress, the explorers fought with great valor and didn’t easily crumble under the encirclement."

"Weren’t they surrounded by the Templar Order? And they commanded themselves, so how could they escape?"

"Then let’s establish a dedicated explorer battalion for them. In the future, they might even form an explorer division, joining the other divisions of the territory to create a defensive line. If you think of them as a Skeleton Master or Beastmaster unit, it becomes easy to accept, right?"

"Huh? When you put it that way, it does make sense." Audrey, as always, easily got persuaded and shifted her stance.

However, when it came to the Skeleton Master, she smiled proudly and said, "Lord, I’ve already advanced to a hero and, with the blessings of the Army of Justice, the King’s Heart, and the Tiger Wing Rune, I’ve formed two necromancer divisions. Quickly, give me a name."

These two necromancer divisions naturally included those necromancers and witch demons under her command.

Nonetheless, even with that, a terrifying undead army of over twenty thousand was taking shape.

To put it into perspective, they’re spread across the domain’s outskirts, not bunched together in one place.

Instead, they form orderly phalanxes with intervals between them.

For comparison, the Terracotta Warriors of the Qin Shi Huang Mausoleum, with three pits and over six thousand figures, cover an area of more than twenty thousand square meters, extending beyond sight.

Their formation is too dense. With the current physique of the undead, such density would cause them to crumble on their own.

In this world, soldiers wield swords, sword Qi, and long halberds extending up to four or eight meters, so the spacing between each soldier needs to be wider.

This sprawling army of over twenty thousand waits in the countryside without orders, forming solemn phalanxes that seem endless. If a child wandered in, their parents would have to steel themselves to search for hours without guarantee of finding them.

For those two necromancer divisions, Lin Rui gave them fitting names directly: "The elite one is called the Undead First Division, and the one formed by ordinary low-tier undead is the Undead Second Division."

Audrey stomped her foot in frustration. "Father! You’re being too perfunctory. Even with all these enhancements, my undead are now considered elite frontline troops, even skeleton warriors chosen by the gods. The military of ordinary forces might not even defeat my Undead Second Division. And the Undead First Division contains many Black Warriors, Desolate Tomb Guards, Stone Tomb Spirits (Death God Scythe Infantry), and even Grief Demons, Bloodthirsty Celestial Ghosts, and giant monsters like Bat Wolves. Crushing the Imperial Army and the Green Tide is hardly a challenge. Your name doesn’t match their strength at all."

That’s true; Audrey benefited the most in command value during this military enhancement. The reason her army didn’t scale to match her increase in command power was because she allocated much of her command value to raising the proportion of elite troops.

Her Undead First and Second Divisions are standard infantry units composed of undead.

But the difference in combat effectiveness is like one being at the top of Titan Sky Mountain and the other at the bottom of it.

The former can easily crush the latter hundreds of times.

The disparity between the two is massive: The Undead Second Division is mainly composed of zombies and skeleton warriors, essentially cannon fodder. They’re mixed with a small number of ghouls and corpse witches, serving as sharp output units. Overall, they give off a ragged and bleak vibe.

But the Undead First Division is entirely different. Just the Black Warriors and Desolate Tomb Guards alone fill several battalions, all heavy infantry elites equipped with massive swords and clad in red and black heavy armor.

To any explorer, encountering just one of these soldiers in the wild would mean facing a formidable elite monster, one wrong move, and they could be cleaved in two by its fierce blade.

As for gigantic undead monsters like Grief Demons and Bloodthirsty Celestial Ghosts, with their towering seven- to eight-meter frames and high-tier statuses of four or five, they are essentially mini-bosses capable of wiping out a small explorer squad single-handedly.

Going higher, entities like the Dark Temple Warrior and Blood Knight are powerful undead monsters that explorers can’t hope to contend with. Spotting them would cause explorers to flee at the first instance, to run as far as possible.

Otherwise, even hundreds or thousands of explorers could be annihilated by these monsters.

After Audrey ascended to hero status, the monsters she commanded grew not just one or two times stronger than before.

This all-out power-up for the territory drastically elevated everyone’s strength to a new level.

Lin Rui, in good spirits, said, "You can name them whatever you like. How is Violet doing? Has her knight order finished reorganizing?"

"Heh heh, then I’ll just pick names at random. The First Division will be called the ’186 Long Legs Division,’ and the Second Division will be the ’Loyal Companions Division.’ Violet has gone to the knight order to train new recruits. I’ll have Silver Moon summon her for you now."

Lin Rui was speechless; those two names are just awful.

Do you even realize what ’Loyal Companions’ means? It’s an eyesore.

But recalling her whimsical naming habits like "Snow White" and "Playboy," Lin Rui simply chose to ignore the two dreadful names she came up with. Let’s stick to Undead First and Second Divisions.

Even if it’s 186, even if your legs are longer than my life, I refuse to use the "186 Long Legs Division" name. Taking it out would invite merciless laughter.

While waiting for Violet to arrive, the domain’s Champion Celebration Banquet was gradually coming to life, with bright lanterns lighting up the territory, banners fluttering between buildings, and adorned with beautiful flowers.

The domain’s civil servant, Soro, had already brought people pushing carts filled with prizes to the plaza in front of the palace district.

This nearly three thousand weapons and equipment rewards, including three epic-level first prizes, ten catastrophe-level second prizes, and twenty legendary-level third prizes, are all given freely to the residents, entirely luck-based!

If someone were to win the first prize! If it’s an explorer, their family would be set for generations.

Selling the weapon, whether to the empire or a merchant guild, would allow them to live a comfortable life. The empire could fulfill their every wish. Want a thousand pure maidens? Done! Want a palace with an estate of hundreds of thousands of square meters, to hold sadomasochism parties? Done! It’ll be arranged straight away!

Essentially, heaven only dares dream of seventy-two maidens, yet if you offer an epic-level weapon to the empire, they’ll multiply it tenfold for you! You can wed anew every night for two, three years, until you’re tired of it. Why bother with heaven? Earth will grant you a life ten times more blissful than heaven could.

That’s why outside the domain, explorers are going mad to join the Golden Pansy Domain, rushing there with all their might.