Chapter 684 Controlling the Regional Ruler

Chapter 684 Controlling the Regional Ruler

The Valyr Lordess and her subordinates would have died without Michael. He achieved the 'impossible' by killing the 106 Lords and clearing the Savannah Region. That was something nobody managed to do in the last few decades. It was a fantastic achievement and the reason Michael could make ridiculous demands of the Valyr Lordess.

First, he told the Valyr they had to eliminate the remaining soldiers and Awakened, who continued roaming the Savannah Region. Their corpses had to be brought back to Michael.

Since every Lord had an average of 100,000 Soldiers and they killed less than four million over the last few days and weeks, there were still millions left to kill.

Traveling through the Savannah Region to search and eliminate the remaining Combat Summons and Awakened was dirty work. Others could have done it, but Michael didn't want to deploy his Soldiers or the Untamed Awakened to slave away for weeks, if not months, to do something the Valyrs would have to do if they wanted to claim the Savannah Region, either way.

Michael made another atrocious demand besides the Combat Summons and Awakened corpses. The contracts said that if Michael killed more than half of the 106 Lords, he would be given 50% of all profit generated in the Savannah Region. The Valyr Lordess would have to work tirelessly before she could generate profit in the Savannah Region, but Michael was not in a rush. He would wait patiently to earn a fortune from the Valyr Lordess once she reclaimed territory to expand and generate profit from conquering the Savannah Region.

Michael would earn a fortune from his initial investment in a few years or maybe a year or two. He wouldn't have to protect the border with the Valyr Lordess because she was bound to ensure that no monster or Valyr was to invade the Untamed Jungle. The Valyr Lordess would deal with the enemies bordering the Savannah Region once she claimed the Savannah Region. Therefore, she would protect her land, acting as a cushion for Michael.

Enemies from the west would have to crush the Valyr Lordess before reaching Michael. That was supposed to give Michael some peace.

He also demanded something particular from the Valyr. It was pretty simple.

Michael told the Valyr that they would only be allowed to claim the Savannah Region if they handed over their criminals. Awakened criminals, to be precise.Follow current novels at novelhall.com)

The Valyr Lordess would have to create a temporary Link of Loyalty with the criminals and use a Silver Teleportation Token, but it was possible. The criminals couldn't be stronger than the Valyr Lordess to establish the Link of Loyalty. Using a Silver Teleportation Token for each criminal brought to the Origin Expanse would be extremely expensive, but Michael didn't care. His demand didn't change. He wanted Awakened Criminals.

If the Valyr didn't accept this condition, he wouldn't allow the Valyr Lordess to regain her Lord Power and conquer the Savannah Region.

Others might consider this short-sighted, mainly because the price of every Silver Teleportation Token was ridiculously high, but the value of every Tier-4 Awakened was enormous for Michael.

Nature reclaimed the Untamed Jungle's outer ring and expanded further, stretching across the border to the Savannah Region.

The Valyr Lordess left Arx with her subordinates. They teleported straight to the Savannah Center, where the Valyr Lordess used the Lord Seal, procured from her people, to re- establish her territory.

She used the resources supplied by her higher-ups to expand her territory rapidly. Hundreds of Elite Valyrs were sent to the Savannah Region to help the Valyr Lordess claim the entire Savannah Region.

Three months passed until the Valyr Lordess managed to claim the Savannah Region. There had been some complications, but she managed to transform the Savannah Region into a domain of the Valyr Race.

In the meantime, Michael advanced rapidly. Digesting all energy influxes took longer than expected, but Michael hadn't been in a rush. He reached the Mid rank of Tier-3 and advanced straight to the upper threshold of the Mid rank. It was merely a matter of time before he advanced to the Late rank.

His body, mind, and soul refinement progressed rapidly in the last few weeks. He was stronger than ever.

But the most important thing was that Michael regained complete control of Extraction. His Cursed Seals were still stirring trouble, but he could activate them again. Their effect on his mind and emotions was even stronger than it used to be, however, that was something Michael expected to happen.

After all, the fourth Cursed Seal was a lot more potent than the first three.

Michael was still unsure what to think about the Cursed Seals and their influence on him. However, he was glad that he could activate them once again.

At last, he could use the strongest form of Extraction again.

That was about time.

A few million corpses were waiting for him to extract, after all!