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Chapter 50 Preparing to Create Soul Armor

Because of changes to the original plan, the originally more than enough month was not as sufficient as expected.

After more than half a month of effort and a considerable amount of funding, Miao Meng successfully obtained jurisdiction over a village from Earl Gerry.

Although the village is not large, with only about 40 fishing households, it is in a good location, situated in a sheltered bay.

If it weren't for the fact that this harbor is particularly vulnerable to pirate attacks, coupled with the relatively small amount of local resources, and the ongoing disputes with Herest over border demarcation, it would be a different story.

There was no way that jurisdiction over this fishing village would fall into the hands of Miao Meng, this newly arrived nobleman, even if he paid a considerable price.

In addition, the people of this fishing village are also very fierce. Many fishermen even have ancient bloodlines from the pirate kingdom, and they are so ugly that they are almost unrecognizable.

There were even rumors circulating that these Gut people were cannibals, and the Black Earl did not deny it, as he had witnessed the barbaric acts of those Gut tribes in the past.

These ancient people, despite their ugly appearance and cannibalistic tendencies, were able to survive, mainly because they were all quite skilled fighters, in addition to their remote location and poverty.

With just a little training, they can be considered excellent second-tier warriors, and a very few can even go further and reach the level of third-tier berserkers.

Therefore, upon arriving at the fishing village, Miao Meng did not rush to show the lord's certificate in his hand to convey to the fishermen that he owned the place.

What he needed was a relatively stable base, a village that could provide him with holy water of faith, rather than a desolate ruin that had been ravaged by slaughter.

If they were to launch a full-scale attack, even without relying on long-range bombing capabilities, those 40-odd guards alone would be enough to flatten this place.

Miao Meng didn't even stay in the village. Instead, he found a place nearby that was easy to defend and difficult to attack, and hired craftsmen from the city and local workers to build a manor there.

With the money he currently has and his own plans, he can only afford to build a large manor. Building a stone castle would be a waste for him.

Of course, considering that he might take these crew members with him after he leaves, an empty manor would certainly attract a lot of attention.

So all the necessary servants and guards were prepared, but after all this trouble, a month had passed, which was quite a long time.

Fortunately, he wasn't idle; instead of just keeping an eye on the project's progress, he had already obtained the soul crystal from Count Grylls.

The Wind Sword is bound to the ship girl form. Its unique attribute enhancement does not bring any benefit to the main body because the two forms are clearly distinguished.

Miao Meng's eagerness to create a new soul crystal was not simply to make the Wind Sword stronger, but also to prepare a soul weapon for his main body.

Ideally, it should be a defensive system that can be passively activated. Only with such a sufficient guarantee can he feel more secure in the real world, where various dangerous events occur frequently.

After living in this world for more than half a month, he finally understood why his version of the crossover network belonged to the Unspeakable Horror series.

The forums on the general network can also be accessed here. Based on the world intelligence he has collected during this period in preparation for his soul weapon, the problems in his main world are very serious.

It was so severe that if it weren't for his original body, which couldn't isolate the imprint of the world, he would want to use the current continent of Galtilan as his main world and completely sever the idea of ​​going back.

A hundred years ago, the real world he lived in was actually a normal technological world, but by chance someone gained the attention of the Comprehensive Network and obtained its unique version.

An unspeakable terror: The Star Child, in this version, was transformed into the mythical race Star of Colors, which caused the entire world to begin sliding into an abyss.

Miao Meng learned from the forum's historical messages that he was not the first player to appear in the main world; it's just that the previous players had all failed to defeat the evil god.

Whether those players became paladins or mages, none of them could truly resist the temptation of the evil god, and in the end, they became one tombstone after another.

The reason he was an exception was because the Mind Cube he obtained made him a special race that was half a dimension higher than ordinary people.

Otherwise, as he delves deeper into the world of psychic powers and learns more and more about mythology, he will inevitably fall into the arms of those evil gods sooner or later.

Actually, these evil gods are not invincible to the big shots in the online forums, but unfortunately, because of the first player, these evil gods were identified as the world's righteous gods.

Even though these evil gods may cause mental pollution, physical alienation, and even world distortion in humans, they are still considered normal phenomena in the judgment of the comprehensive network.

This has resulted in many righteous alliances, divine alliances, or evil-slaying cults composed of legendary monks on the forum being unable to bypass the network's judgment and enter this world to carry out cleanup.

Unless a powerful figure notices the situation in this world and is willing to traverse the void in the chaotic sea, overcome mountains and rivers, and pick out this world from a large number of worlds corrupted by evil gods, and then clean it up.

"Pat pat~" Miao Meng patted the alchemical potion residue on his hands and began to calibrate the magic circle in front of him.

After receiving the soul-binding array from Count Grylls, he immediately began researching it, but he didn't complete the preliminary preparations until just before leaving.

Unlike the natives of this world, Miao Meng's soul is contaminated with a large amount of evil god corruption. If a soul weapon is randomly bound to it, the final product may not be anything at all.

He only learned this information after consulting many alchemists and priests on the forum. He was just a hair's breadth away from falling into the trap set by the evil god.

"Soul protection array and purification array have been added. Fortunately, we left the main world and the binding took place on the continent of Galtiran."

Otherwise, given the situation in the main world, even with these protective arrays, they might not be very effective; the main world is truly far more complex and unpredictable.

Miao Meng's mutterings went unnoticed by anyone, because there was no one there except for Count Black.

"You've been keeping watch outside for me. My life or death depends on this move."

After confirming that these crew members would not immediately disappear upon his transformation, Miao Meng prepared to have them protect him.

Fortunately, the Guard skill is unlocked through the skill page, rather than being a special skill for ship girls. Otherwise, he would have had to rely on the hired guards for his safety.

"As you command, Captain."

The Black Earl bowed politely, then left the underground alchemy workshop to continue directing the patrols on the surface.

After activating all the effects of the various magic arrays, Miao Meng took out the sky-blue crystal shard from his backpack.

This soul crystal is filled with sky-blue light. Its size and shape resemble a shattered rhomboid glass. Even if you let go of it, it will slowly float in the air at a certain height.

Because soul crystals have no physical weight, their essence, according to Miao Meng's various magical analyses, is very similar to a youthful, weakened version of the Mind Cube.

It does not possess the power to transform history and imagination into reality, but it does possess the power of spirituality or soul, capable of bestowing power upon inanimate objects.

After the soul crystal stabilized, Miao Meng took several deep breaths and then began chanting incantations.

"Key that conceals the power of the soul, I command you in the name of Lionel Roberts: Release the seal!"