The Golden Experience Point [Part 1]

Chapter 108: "Reforesting Campaign"

La Colline was undergoing a smooth reforestation.

One of World Tree's terminals produced via [Root Division] had been planted in the center of the hill. It was using [Scatter Seeds] there, so a tiny forest had already begun to appear. [Scatter Seeds] only made more treants that were the same race as the original, but they wouldn't be terminals for World Tree. The same was true if a terminal used [Root Division], which meant that the same limitations preventing World Tree from duplicating itself applied. The use of [Magnum Beneficium] via the terminal caused accelerated growth among the treants, and the terminal itself in the center had already become an elder camphor treant. Rare was also helping with the reforesting while testing out her [Plant Magic].

"This won't cause the soil to become barren, I hope. I wonder what happens to the nutrients in the ground."

If they needed organic matter from dead creatures, those would need to be procured from somewhere.

<As things are currently, that can be determined later. The city did have many humans living here, correct?>

Sugaru was right. Indeed, there were many former residents that had been laid to rest here beneath the earth.

As La Colline was being reforested, the ants who had arrived first were excavating a new nest underground while aerial soldiers patrolled overhead.

"With this many trees, we should implement more three-dimensional tactics. Unfortunately, our ants primarily operate on the ground, and the wasps are too big to make use of their mobility in forests. Perhaps we should produce more spiders."

<Before our next campaign occurs, it would be ideal to confirm all options at our disposal.>

This was a great idea. With a proactive review, they could map out all the skill cooldowns now instead of worrying about them in the thick of things. They were currently in a temporary period of peace, so to speak, so this was the perfect time to perform such a review now.

"Let's do that, then. This was a large city, so we can cover it with an even larger forest. It would be best to have as many different types of monsters here as we can, so let's see what the Coleopteran Queen has to offer later."

While La Colline was being reforested, apparently some kind of rebel force had shown up at the royal capital. Since it seemed unlikely for NPCs to be able to communicate and organize overnight, the attackers must have been players who had read about the situation on social media. If they weren't die-once-and-that's-it sellsword NPCs, then it would be best to assume they'd keep coming indefinitely. Rare ordered low-level skeletons to be stationed around the capital's outer perimeter, and for adamantite soldiers to hunt down anyone who came within sight of the castle. During the day, the undead would be much weaker, so they would probably get taken down easily, but sunlight had no effect on the adamantite units.

"Back in Liebe, we had some of the transporter ants act as analysts to calculate the XP gains for each visitor... not that they were particularly suited for it, they just didn't have anything else to do. In any case, Sieg doesn't currently have anyone to perform that role under him, does he..."

While exploring the castle, they had found some kind of conference room. If there were any undead who still had brain functions left, it might make things smoother for them to take that room to do administrative work.

"I'll boost the INT for those maid and civil servant zombies that we had tamed while taking over the castle. Maybe INT- and MND-focused zombies will get stat-appropriate reincarnation paths if we use Philosopher's Stones on them. We've got a lot of leftover stones, after all, and as for the XP, well... The beneficiaries would be able to go out and earn more themselves. We're just investing in them upfront."