Chapter 314: It's really a 'ghost' calling

Was she originally so cruel? Duchess Mei Sha was questioned by Anthony and soon began to doubt life.

"When you have the ability to save lives, not doing so is cruel, especially in a situation that will leave you with endless future troubles. Thousands of people are waiting for you to save them, but you shrink into your own safe territory, ignoring their painful wails outside the border. Without the lord's grain, do you know how many people will starve to death?" Anthony asked sorrowfully.

Duchess Mei Sha's mood became heavy, and she shook her head.

Anthony sighed: "I don't know the specific situation of the Duchy of Uss, but according to the calculations of the situation in the jurisdiction of the Holy Church, the grain gap of the entire plane may be as high as five percent."

Five percent? This number isn't big? Hey? Holy Church? Anthony? Acting Pope! Duchess Mei Sha finally reacted to who this mysterious cloaked person in front of her was.

Anthony clearly saw the disapproval in Duchess Mei Sha's eyes and shook his head: "This is not a problem of five percent. When five percent of the population of the entire plane has no grain, what does it represent? It represents that grain can be raised infinitely until five percent of the people starve to death completely."

"Plus hoarding, uneven distribution, inconvenient transportation, war chaos, etc., this number may double several times. In order not to become this few percent, starving people can do anything cruel, such as eating Tauren."

Waniya suffered a disaster, staring with Tauren eyes and looking around: Why eat Tauren?

Miss Lisha, Negris, Luo Ge, etc., all fell silent. They naturally heard Anthony's implication. If they could eat Tauren, they could eat other things, such as their own kind. If it really reached that point, starving living beings could absolutely do such things.

Luo Ge suddenly said: "In the past, when the Undead Empire encountered this situation, they would directly launch an Undead Calamity. Instead of killing each other, it's better to send them to the afterlife."

Everyone from the Abyss of Rest looked at Miss Lisha, because Feilin almost made the same decision. Back then, if the lich dungeon couldn't solve the grain crisis, Feilin was prepared to launch an Undead Calamity.

Anthony continued: "Although there is a gap, can we just do nothing? We can completely carry out grain control, crack down on hoarding, organize the restoration of production, find substitute side dishes. The hard gap of five percent, as long as it is managed well, can be completely compensated."

"As long as it is controlled well, the hard gap can be completely compensated, but all this must be done under efficient organization and unified distribution. If you are only satisfied with rejecting the enemy outside the border, it is equivalent to abandoning those poor farmers within Uss. This number may be as high as twenty-five percent. Calculated according to the five million population of the Duchy of Uss, it is very likely that over 1.2 million people will die."

Duchess Mei Sha's legs were a bit soft. This number was too big. Just thinking about it made her unable to stand firm. So many people died because of her... It had nothing to do with her.

Duchess Mei Sha struggled and said: "But if I send troops into the territory of Uss, the ones who die will be my loyal soldiers. What if I fail?"

Yo ho, the head is very clear, she is a qualified leader.

Anthony nodded approvingly: "This concern of yours is justified, but it doesn't exist now, because we support you."

Anthony said while shrinking behind Ang, patting his chest hard. That posture clearly showed that this 'we' included Ang.

Ang didn't want to fight at all, as it would affect farming, and backhanded him by the collar, pulling him back.

Anthony shrank his neck and laughed dryly.

"Hahahahaha..."

"Aha ahaha ahaha!!"

Seeing Anthony suffer, everyone laughed like crazy, especially Negris, who laughed the most exaggeratedly: "Let you be mysterious all day long. Ang doesn't eat this set."

Anthony scratched his head embarrassedly and laughed himself.

Duchess Mei Sha watched with trepidation from the side. Is it okay for everyone to laugh like this? Won't the acting Pope be angry? Why doesn't the acting Pope's identity seem to be very useful in this group of people?

After a burst of laughter, perhaps because it was rare to see Anthony suffer, Lu Se was in a good mood, stood out, patted his long sword and said: "Lord Anthony, I'll help you. My dragon-patterned steel-core mithril-inlaid magic-patterned earth-covered calcined ouch ouch sword will help you."

Before he could finish speaking, Lu Se was beaten and fled in a panic, but while running, he still read the full name of the sword.

Flash also patted his chest with his hooves: "Lord Anthony, I'll help you too."

After a burst of frolicking, everyone simply went to pack their luggage and organize their equipment. Looking at them, it was less like going to help Anthony and more like they were bored to death and wanted to find something to do.

Looking at this 'army', Duchess Mei Sha couldn't help but be moved. She knew the strength of the Duchy of Uss very well, having been neighbors for so many years.

If there were people under Ang to help, it could indeed take down the Duchy of Uss at a very small cost.

This way, she wouldn't need to hoard heavy troops at the border, wouldn't need to allocate grain for relief. As Anthony said, the entire plane had a grain gap, and Duchess Mei Sha was no exception.

The Duchy of De Luo Sa was not a grain-producing country. They used to buy it, so the grain pressure was very high. But because of this, they built several large grain storage fortresses, and the grain was relatively sufficient.

But who knew when this disaster would pass? Only going out and not coming in, no matter how big the grain fortress was, it wouldn't last for a few years.

Once and for all is the best way, and this time it was Uss who drove the refugees to her first. She was forced to take action. As long as she raised the banner of saving refugees, she would occupy the moral high ground, and no one could condemn her.

Gritting her teeth, she did it.

After discussing carefully with Anthony, Duchess Mei Sha agreed to raise troops in two days, and then went back to prepare.

After Duchess Mei Sha left, Negris flew over, his short claws curled up, elbowing Anthony, and asked: "What on earth do you want to do? Don't tell me you really have a kind heart and want to save those displaced farmers in Uss?"

Anthony spread his hands: "Of course, I am such a kind person, otherwise?"

The joke was over, and Anthony said solemnly: "On one hand, I want to plant nails in the Western Diocese. The locations of Uss and De Luo Sa are very critical. Secondly, Uss's approach is too vicious, artificially creating land annexation. If everyone does this, the commoners in the West will no longer have a way to live, either becoming slaves or starving to death."

"Oh, you are afraid of causing a chain reaction, and it will be troublesome if everyone follows suit." Negris realized, and also understood why Anthony, despite being busy, specifically asked Ang to summon him after hearing they were in the Duchy of De Luo Sa.

It wasn't easy for Anthony to come over. He first had to teleport to the Abyss of Rest, then be projected to the Heavenly Kingdom through the Heavenly Ladder, and then come over through the Heavenly Kingdom's teleportation gate. He transferred several times, and the travel expenses cost several times more.

"Now the entire plane is standing on an activated magic egg, and there is a possibility of an outbreak at any time. After the Uss incident spreads, it is easy to form a demonstration effect. Those unscrupulous landlords and nobles look at it and think: Hey, can it still be done like this? Not only can it clear excess population, but it can also annex land, obtain a large amount of cheap labor, and drive away refugees to starve their opponents."

"My diocese already has this sign. I killed three Grand Dukes and one King, and no one dared to do it anymore. Help me tell the lord later, I lack grain."

Negris curled his lips: "Go tell him yourself."

Anthony helplessly walked over himself and said a few words to Ang. Ang stood up with a 'huo', roared excitedly, and summoned the little angel, little zombie, and others.

Negris was dazed. After Anthony returned, he couldn't help but ask in a low voice: "What did you tell him? Isn't he going to farm? Why is he so excited."

Anthony spread his hands: "I told the lord that there is a large salt lake in the Duchy of Uss. The composition of the salt inside is different from the salt we eat. Druids will take them as fertilizer, which can replace wood ash."

"Puff..." Negris sprayed out a mouthful, looking at Anthony in shock, saying:

"I finally understand. You were clearly doing it on purpose when you suffered just now. At that time, you could have said this potassium salt lake, and Ang wouldn't have refused at all. But you didn't. You deliberately looked for suffering. Although it was shameful and embarrassing, it also brought everyone closer. Even Lu Se and Flash are willing to joke with you. God, I understand a little why you can climb to a high position every time you are reborn."

Anthony smiled slightly and said unfathomably: "A wise man once said that even if you want to make a heaven-defying contribution, you must do it as one of 'our own'."

"Which wise man said that? Why haven't I heard of it?" Negris frowned. Was there any wise man's slang he, the God of Knowledge, hadn't heard of?

Anthony said proudly: "That wise man is called Piero."

"Kubada, isn't that what you said yourself?" Negris was angry.

Anthony was actually quite embarrassed. He was too far from the core circle, and his identity was sensitive, which made everyone separated from him by a layer. After a long time, there would be a gap.

It was this circle with Ang as the core that wasn't a circle that loved to intrigue. His relationship with Ang was also a solid belief connection. Otherwise, rumors would have been flying everywhere and bad words would have been spread. He had seen too much in the thousand years he had been a 'human', and it was only here with Ang that he felt most comfortable.

But he couldn't stop trying hard to improve relationships just because he was too comfortable and didn't care, right? Occasionally making a fool of himself could bring everyone closer. When it came to handling relationships, he was still quite proud.

However, Anthony's pride vanished by evening.

"What? The lord attacked the territory of the Duchy of Uss and wiped out the Uss army? How many people did he bring? Three? Little angel, little zombie, and Flash? Plus a pot of saplings? I... is my plan too complicated?"

Grand Duke Lainate of Uss led his troops, driving refugees along the way. Occasionally, when they encountered corpses that had died on the side of the road, he directly picked them off the grass and woods below the road with his sword, too lazy to even collect them.

Lainate's deputy hesitated and said: "It's not good to just throw them aside like this. In case they become undead and harass everywhere, it won't be good."

Lainate waved his hand nonchalantly: "Don't be afraid. If they weren't afraid when they were alive, what are you afraid of when they are dead? Just undead, kill them again."

The deputy, who had read quite a few knight novels, didn't dare to agree, but didn't say anything, changing the topic: "Driving so many people over, can they really attack into the territory of De Luo Sa? In case De Luo Sa closes the border, we are all cavalry, and we can't beat those infantry in the mountains."

Lainate smiled slightly: "Do you think your Grand Duke is that kind of playboy who knows nothing and only grabs beautiful women?"

The deputy's eyes widened in shock: Isn't he?

Lainate coughed awkwardly: "Although I occasionally did some absurd things, this time is not. You ask everyone, this time driving away these lowly people, did everyone's family have a lot more fertile land?"

"Yes, long live the Grand Duke! Swear to die for the Grand Duke!" The accompanying cavalry shouted excitedly.

If you want everyone to work for you, you must first feed them full. This was the motto of Lainate's grandfather, the Grand Duke of Uss of the previous generation. Lainate listened very well, so although he was unlearned, absurd, and lecherous, he had a loyal cavalry regiment that followed his orders.

The deputy also shouted excitedly, because he was allocated more.

"Take down De Luo Sa, I will give you more land and titles, more slaves. I heard that the De Luo Sa family produces beauties. We will divide all the women in her family." Lainate shouted.

"Divide! Enfeoff! Divide! Enfeoff! Long live the Grand Duke! U U U!!!!" The cavalry's morale was greatly boosted, making strange noises while pinching their throats.

Amidst the strange noises, there was a long 'ah'~~~

The deputy saw the place where the corpse on the side of the road had just been kicked down. The grass there seemed to move, but looking carefully, there was no discovery.

Lainate continued: "De Luo Sa closing the border is not afraid. You know the new Grand Duke Luo Bote of De Luo Sa, right? That is a commoner who married into the Grand Duke's mansion. The nobles under him are not very convinced, so Luo Bote contacted me, hoping that I could give him support, and then he would open the door for me."

The deputy's eyes widened in shock. No wonder Lainate was full of confidence. It turned out the reason was here.

Lainate was proud and was about to say something, but suddenly felt a kind of irritability, and couldn't help scolding: "Who is ghost-calling there? Shut up!"

Originally, no one paid attention to that 'ah', but after the strange cheers of the cavalry slowly stopped, that 'ah' became clearer and clearer. Originally, ordinary ah ah ah, as long as you don't shout in your ears, won't make people irritable.

But this 'ah' sound made people feel very irritable, like scraping steel wire in your soul.

Everyone looked in the direction the sound came from. The deputy stood on the horse's back to see further, but what he saw made him gasp: "Grand... Grand Duke, it, it seems it's really a 'ghost' calling, undead... undead!"

Lainate also immediately stood on the horse's back and looked into the distance. He saw two translucent fluorescent figures on the hillside in the distance, raising their necks and wailing there. Behind them were three figures, one of whom was constantly releasing magic.

And all around these people, figures flooded over from all over the mountains and plains.

Ang's Cleansing Technique hit the corpses directly, without even emitting light, which would be more energy-saving, because there were too many corpses around.

Ang's kingly arrival, under the amplification of the two banshees, increased the range violently. All the corpses that died along the way were summoned by him.

I'm afraid Lainate would never have thought that the refugees he drove to death would become undead souls seeking his life.

Originally, he wanted to rush over and hack them to death, but Ang remembered Anthony's plan: don't expose the traces of undead creatures and foreign forces, otherwise this play of resisting tyranny would become a foreign invasion or an Undead Calamity.

So Ang treated every corpse, making them look alive.

All over the mountains and plains, figures who were alive, not afraid of death, and not afraid of pain, ran and flooded toward Lainate's cavalry.

The banshee's wail suddenly changed. A voice that went straight through the heart and soul sounded as if it were whispering in the ear.

I have stopped breathing—

But I am not dead—

Soul flames replace life—

Must escape before the dawn sunlight arrives—

Those living corpses, as if injected with chicken blood, rushed into Lainate's cavalry formation. The deputy saw with horror that the corpse that had just been kicked to the side of the road was now climbing up and pouncing on him.

As long as all the people are killed, no one will know that they were killed by undead creatures.