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Chapter 147: Demonic Pact

Chapter 147: Demonic Pact

I was still reeling from Beatrice's suggestion that we intentionally bring mess makers into the castle. The very thought of it made me squirm with discomfort. The horrors! As scandalous as it first seemed though, I did see her point. Working on ridding the world of mess makers was a noble goal, and it sounded like we could give our people a safe way to gain combat experience along the way.

But still, mess makers? Was it really necessary? I thought back ...

Chapter 146: Winter is Coming

Chapter 146: Winter is Coming

Bee looked on as Susan drilled their new members hard. She might have been a more demanding teacher than even Void, though she was definitely more hands-on. Void had just let Bee do her own thing while giving the occasional instruction and acting as a safety net. Susan, though, was giving very specific instructions. They learned how to use a bow and knives mostly, and she was very particular about their technique.

She couldn't say that the men were ...

Chapter 145: Careful What You Wish For

Chapter 145: Careful What You Wish For

Bee finally had brewed a dozen of her new acid attack potions. They weren't perfected yet, but she only had limited ingredients and vials to work with. This was the best she could do without a lot more research and testing.

The once seemingly inexhaustible store of supplies the castle housed was no longer so inexhaustible. Not that they would run out any time soon, but specific items were limited, and with her teaching Maranda they were dra...

Chapter 144: Trouble Brewing

Chapter 144: Trouble Brewing

Bee felt reasonably good about leaving Tony to watch over the band of men they had just welcomed into the castle. Not that Tony would be able to fight five people close to his level, but she trusted that he would be able to tell when they were out of line. Truthfully, Void wasn't even necessary to enforce order here, even if its presence was comforting. No, herself or Susan should be enough; she just hoped no violence was necessary.

By the look of th...

Chapter 143: May You Always Find Shelter and Shade

Chapter 143: May You Always Find Shelter and Shade

What's it like to be a god? I wasn't sure how to respond to such a question, even if the man could understand me. I didn't feel godly. But then, the system did tell me I had formed a religion. I even got experience from my followers, so who was I to say I wasn't? I was just happy to have so many friends, so many humans that I could take care of. Sure, they weren't the same as my all-knowing and magnanimously perfect humans fr...

Chapter 142: Knight’s Watch

Chapter 142: Knight’s Watch

The five men outside of the gate looked at Bee with blank looks of confusion after her declaration. She couldn't tell if they thought she was joking or something, but she was starting to get a little insulted. A light cough brought them out of their apparent shock.

She met their thoroughly confused stares with a bland smile. Internally, she was quite frustrated. There were much better ways to go about preaching than simply pointing at something and ...

Chapter 141: We Have Company

Chapter 141: We Have Company

The report on the number of deserters was depressing. In all his time as a leader, Arthur had never had a problem with deserters en mass like this. Every commander had a few, of course. But this was well beyond the point where he could even pretend to find them all. And if they executed the ones they did catch, they would only be helping their enemies.

He took small comfort in the fact that the desertions were not coming from his own men and the army...

Chapter 140: The Night is Young

Chapter 140: The Night is Young

The deer meat had lasted the humans a few days. Mary quickly seized the meat and rationed it out so that it wasn't wasted. People were very grateful to have the fresh food and went out of their way to thank me. I didn't know why they were thanking me, though; their application was much better directed toward Cliff. Without her, there would be no meat. She was the one who wanted to go hunting, the one to track the prey, and even the one to kill it. I onl...

Chapter 139: Dressing Down

Chapter 139: Dressing Down

"No? Really? I thought that one might have worked. Darn." Trent kept speaking, which only deepened the growing pit of horror in Bee's stomach. "How about… The Endless Cult! Ya know, 'cause Void's eternal?"

"W-what!" Bee spluttered. "You want us to get ostracized as some crazy cultists?!"

Trent opened his mouth to defend himself. He was still clearly holding back laughter, but Bee cut him off. "We are not a cult! We don't want people to...

Chapter 138: The Sweeping Society

Chapter 138: The Sweeping Society

We ran through the woods for 32 minutes. Well, Cliff ran. I flew. Despite being airborne, I was still having trouble keeping up with her quick movements. She slipped through the trees with a deadly grace where I felt like I had to swerve widely to not smash through any branches. When she was able to slip through bushes, I needed to go over them, and that often meant I had to contend with tree limbs or hanging moss.

If I hadn't been practicing my...

Chapter 137: Cult of the Doomba

Chapter 137: Cult of the Doomba

Bee, Tony, and Susan decided that they needed all needed to break for a little bit. Also, before they made any more significant decisions, they would need to talk to Trent and Mary. It would be best to see if they would actually accept the positions of running food production and taking care of the castle's operations.

"They probably just finished putting Leane down for bed," Tony commented. Not seeing any reason to delay, the trio left the room t...

Chapter 136: Pulling it Together

Chapter 136: Pulling it Together

Bee felt a slight bit of panic set in as she looked at Susan and Tony from across the desk. They met her stare calmly and assuredly. "I don't think I can lead all of this. I can be in charge of doctrine and magic or something, but that's it."

"Of course, I think these things will fall to you for now, and doctrine will likely always be your domain. But magic and teaching will likely be delegated eventually," Susan said.

Before Bee could prot...

Chapter 135: Everything in Order

Chapter 135: Everything in Order

Bee spent several hours working with Maranda to get her set up with the basics. It had taken longer than expected, but not by too much - the girl was laser focused on every word that came from Bee's mouth. After a few near-misses, she managed to guide her "apprentice" through the recipe for a lesser contusion balm. Now that she had finished her first successful brew, the only thing left was repetition. Lots of repetition. Bee left her to it. Technicall...

Chapter 134: Help

Chapter 134: Help

Harold packed his belongings without too much of a rush. After all, he hadn't brought that much with him in the first place, and there was still plenty of time before the caravan moved out. Once he gathered his clothes from the laundry, he would be ready to go.

Honestly, he wouldn't miss the dank College of the Undead one bit. Though his time here hadn't been nearly as awful as he had feared. It turned out there was a decent amount of assistance his outside per...

Chapter 133: Mends and Amends

Chapter 133: Mends and Amends

Do sheep need their coats? I hadn't thought about the possibility. Would I need to wait until tonight to harvest their fibers, or even longer than that? Still, I listened to the old man; he did know a lot about farms and animals. I beeped a question to the man.

He cocked his head as he listened to me but shook his head. "Shucks if I know what that was."

He scuffed the ground with his boot and mummed thoughtfully for a few seconds. "Well if Tre...

Chapter 132: The Showdown

Void went over to care for the sheep, leaving Bee standing alone with Tony and Susan in the middle of the yard. Looking around, Bee started to become aware of how much had changed since she was last here. The trip had only taken a few days, but someone had trimmed most of the grass lawn, and there were more than three full fields cut into the ground.

But the changes didn't stop there. There was a huge pile of grass clippings and other compost, and stacked next to it were a surprising nu...

Chapter 131: House Training

Roscoe hurried back as fast as his rat legs would let him. What had he done wrong? He was sure that he had left plenty of troops back around the city to keep the humans boxed in, at least for longer than this. His recruitment drives were only partially in progress. Sure, the people they were finding were joining them, but his Necromantic Rituals were proving more difficult than he had anticipated.

The humans were apparently in the practice of burning their dead. This made it quite diffi...

Chapter 130: Sheep Clothing

Bee watched the far-off bird move unnaturally fast in the air above them. It had only been up there for a few minutes, and it was really freaking her out. The speed was completely unreasonable, not to mention the zig-zagging direction changes; worse, she could only make it out as a dark smudge in the distance, so she had no idea how fast it was going. Is this some new undead threat I've never heard of?

There wasn't much they could do, though. That would be if they tried to move...

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Chapter 129: Wings of Liberty

Talia was clearly having a panic attack. She frantically pointed at Cliff, Trent and Mary picking up their pace at her screams. Luckily, they were not far behind. Maybe they could help calm her down. Totally unconcerned by the commotion, Cliff set the dog in her mouth down and squatted on her haunches, tongue lolling out the side of her mouth.

Tanu similarly didn’t seem to register Talia's reaction. That, or he was just too happy to be bothered by it. His face lit up ...

Chapter 128: Dogpile

Bee looked up at Tony. That's right, he wasn't there for the whole infiltrator discussion with Susan. "Uh, you remember when I told you that she went to go tell people about us?"

Tony nodded. Bee looked at Susan to see if she wanted to fill in the gaps. Susan just gave her a shrug. Sighing, Bee continued. "Yeah, well, she has the Infiltrator class."

Tony cocked an eyebrow at Bee. "So you just… let her go inform on us then?"

"Well no," Bee said. "Void did."

"...

Chapter 127: Reasonably Sized Dogs

"Lost sheep?" Susan froze. "Are you… Are you sure?"

Bee gestured towards Tony and the sheep. "I mean, yes. That's why we have so many of them."

"So many of them?" The taller woman frowned, noticing the flock of fluffy white beasts milling about nearby. "Oh. Oh. Well, yes, I suppose that makes sense too."

"Wait, what did you think I meant?" Bee frowned in confusion.

Susan hesitated. "I mean, far be it from me to interpret Void's will, but… Perhaps he meant ...

Chapter 126: Lost and Found

I watched Felix's eyes as he tracked the arc of water I had sent hurtling toward him. With a smooth motion, he moved his stick inbetween his face and the incoming projectile. He had more than enough time to react as the spray struck the stick, splashing to either side and leaving him dry.

The children all let out a cheer at his success. I was quite pleased too. This training seemed easy enough. I could probably adjust the arc a bit to make it more difficult, even up the speed. However, ...

Chapter 125: Nighty Knight

Susan took a couple of seconds to finish drinking the whole bottle. Afterward, Bee lowered her head back onto the ground. It wouldn’t take long for the potion to take effect, but the woman would still need to rest for a bit while it did. Still, Susan felt the need to answer Bee’s last question before she passed out. “I came from… Caleb.”

Bee leaned back on her heels. Susan had come all the way from the province capital? That was a very long walk. But even more concerning was t...

Chapter 124: Slice of Life

Practice with my thrusters had gone well after the initial hiccups. After a day and a half of near-constant trial and error, I could maintain a consistent hover around six inches off the ground and move 75% as fast as I could on wheels. I had a feeling that I could move much quicker and on a more vertical axis as well, but that was just unnatural. Also, why would I need to go up? The floors that needed cleaning were down here.

I still didn’t like being too far from the ground unless I...

Chapter 123: Rocket Science

I was, quite honestly, in the slightest bit of a predicament. I looked down at the children below, staring up at me in awe. I was proud of them and sort of proud of my own achievement, but it really wasn't what I was going for. As I reached out with my claw to flip myself right side up, the children started cheering.

The roof slant was working against me slightly, but I wasn't too worried about rolling the rest of the way down onto the ground. If that did happen I'd probably be fine, ju...

Chapter 122: Herding Cats

The cat's extended claws barely missed the fluffy end of my mop. I had to act fast to keep the appendage from being ripped from my body. I started to back up, swerving one way then the other to keep the cat from catching the pompom, but no matter where I moved it, the cat continued its relentless pursuit.

At first, I thought it was a game, kind of like the one we played with my sanitation lamp. But the cat’s continued persistence and the fury of its motions indicated otherwise. Trying...

Chapter 121: A Sheepless Night

The rising sun shot daggers of light through Bee’s eyelids. Reluctantly, they opened, glaring at the unwelcome intrusion. Glancing around, she saw dozens of headless, unmoving zombies scattered a stone’s throw away from their campsite. Another, smaller group of slashed-up zombie remains was right nearby. Tony had been busy through the night, though she hadn’t needed to see the bodies to tell. Regardless of how much she wanted to keep sleeping, though, they had to get on their way.

Chapter 120: Growth and Decay, Life Cycle

Arthur watched the streams of undead pour away from the city like a mold growing outwards. This was the worst-case scenario in his mind. Not only were the undead able to spread out over the countryside, but he and his people were still pretty much trapped in the city for now.

They had done better than he could have hoped for, slowing the undead’s advance. They also were able to inflict heavy losses on their opponents. It had been enough to save the city that everyone had thought was l...

Chapter 119: His Cleanliness

I wasn’t normally one to be self-conscious, but it felt like most of the castle had come to watch me cut the grass. What was so fascinating about it?

It was only a little after my third revolution around the castle that Trent joined the crowd. After a few minutes, he stepped out and cleared his throat. “Master Void, do you have any plans for those grass clippings you are harvestin’?”

I paused in my work. Did I have plans for the grass? I didn’t know if I would really cal...