Global Lord in the Apocalypse: I Begin with a Greenhouse

Chapter 27 - Reaping the Rewards

“Your strategy was truly brilliant, my lord!”

Yemima was helping several injured undead soldiers rest in a special room on the first floor. Around half of the army had sustained serious injuries. Although none of them were life-threatening, the soldiers still needed complete rest to recover.

“We managed to kill so many monsters! We didn’t let a single one of them escape!”

Drake spoke excitedly. Although his facial expression was difficult to read, consisting of nothing more than a skull, his voice was filled with joy.

“I can hardly wait for the next Evernight!”

Jaxon was quick to add his own comment.

Both generals had also suffered serious injuries after fighting the Blood Bears. However, compared to the victory they had achieved, their injuries meant nothing.

“Get some rest.”

Adrian patted his generals on the shoulders, a broad smile spreading across his face.

“You fought very well tonight. You deserve some rest.”

A faint light appeared in the eastern sky. Sunrise was approaching.

Although Adrian felt that he shouldn't let his guard down, he couldn't force his troops to continue patrolling the area around the shelter.

Besides, the turrets surrounding the fence had proven extremely effective at destroying monsters. At Gold tier, even if a hundred Abominations suddenly appeared right now, they would surely be annihilated by his weapons.

He was pleased not only with his soldiers' fighting spirit, but also with the fact that he hadn't been tempted to attack the monsters as soon as they appeared.

“If I hadn't held back my attacks, they would definitely have fled.”

The red mist had arrived with the monsters, but that didn't mean these creatures would attack only one shelter.

Looking at the map, Adrian saw another shelter within ten kilometers of his greenhouse.

If he had frightened the monsters away from the beginning, they would certainly have fled and redirected their attacks toward that other shelter.

If that had happened, instead of obtaining the maximum possible rewards, Adrian would have lost many monsters that he could have hunted down.

“Thank you, my lord.”

Jaxon and Drake bowed to Adrian.

“But we're really fine. We're more than ready if they come back to attack us.”

Although they were undead, the sensations these two generals experienced seemed little different from those of ordinary humans. It was as if adrenaline were still surging through their bodies. They couldn't simply settle down right away. Their bodies were still eager to celebrate their victory.

“Fine. Have it your way. Just for today, I won't stop you from doing whatever you want.”

Adrian walked out through the fence to inspect the number of monsters they had slaughtered.

Corpses covered the wilderness before him, making the area look more like a sea of carcasses.

“Wait!” Adrian suddenly exclaimed.

He had just realized a problem.

“There are thousands of corpses. If we leave them lying around here, won't that be dangerous?”

If left there for too long, the corpses would not only produce an overwhelming stench but might also become a source of disease.

Besides, the undead soldiers had already collected all the Stones from their bodies. It seemed there was nothing more he could gain from these corpses.

“All of them need to be removed immediately.”

As he spoke, Adrian crouched down and picked up an Attribute Stone lying on the ground.

[A new target detected. Insert monster corpses into the Sacred Altar to perform an exchange.]

At the same moment, his hand accidentally touched one of the corpses, and a notification screen appeared before him.

“An exchange?”

Adrian furrowed his brows.

“What does that mean?”

He had indeed been thinking about getting rid of all the corpses. If they could still be exchanged for something useful, he would gladly do so.

“Yemima, come here. Can you help me with this?”

“Of course, my lord.”

Yemima immediately lifted a bear's corpse with her left hand. The enormous body, measuring three and a half meters tall, looked incredibly light in her grasp, as though she were holding a small bird.

Upon reaching the first floor, Yemima tossed the bear's body onto the altar.

Just as the enormous corpse was about to hit the floor, the altar transformed.

A swirling vortex formed on the floor, sucking the bear's body into it.

Then, just a few seconds later, an undead soldier emerged from within. He was similar in height and build to Jaxon or Drake.

“Greetings, my lord. I am here to serve you.”

The soldier knelt before Adrian with his head bowed. Even before hearing any orders from his lord, he seemed prepared to remain in that position indefinitely.

While the soldier appeared obedient, Adrian could only gape in astonishment.

“What am I looking at?”

Overwhelmed by shock, Adrian shouted inwardly.

“I can exchange those corpses for undead soldiers? This is absolutely insane!”

Adrian immediately ordered the soldiers who were still healthy to collect all the corpses outside and throw them into the altar.

Every time a bear's corpse was thrown in, a Gold-tier soldier emerged.

After all the bear corpses had been processed, he now had a total of fifteen new Gold-tier undead soldiers. Even so, none of them could match the generals, who had already reached five-star rank. These new soldiers possessed only one star, or at most three.

“Throw that one in as well.”

Adrian ordered them to toss in an Abomination's corpse.

An undead soldier immediately emerged.

“Greetings, Lord Galael!”

“Just an ordinary soldier,” Adrian thought.

He began to understand how it worked. If he threw in a Gold-tier corpse, the result would be a soldier of the same tier. The same applied if he used a Silver-tier corpse.

“Good. Join the others and bring all those corpses over here.”

“Yes, my lord!”

A total of one hundred Abomination corpses produced an equal number of new undead soldiers. Combined with the Bronze-tier soldiers Adrian had owned previously, his undead army now numbered one hundred and eighteen, not counting those at Gold tier.