Reincarnated as incubus: I didn't mean to seduce you!-Chapter 1239 - 337: You Call This Lancaster?

Kael's gaze turned towards the Earth Mother Goddess Church.

The person currently seated in the position of the Pope of the Earth Mother Goddess Church was none other than Tetu Bishop, who had a good relationship with him since his youth.

Oh, no, he shouldn't be called Bishop Tetu anymore.

Tetu now was already the Pope of the Earth Mother Goddess Church.

"Pope Tetu, regarding the matter of the original citizens of Shangtiya being transformed into my citizens, I suppose the church has already received news from His Majesty Shangtiya?"

"Yes, Helois Monarch, His Majesty Shangtiya has informed us about this. His Majesty will not revoke the authority granted for the resurrection of the Undead through the earth's ley lines. Now, what Helois Monarch needs to consider is the issue of funds in their hands."

Pope Tetu said with a smile.

"Funds issue?" Kael was momentarily stunned, not quite understanding what Pope Tetu meant by the funds issue.

Seeing that Kael seemed unaware, Pope Tetu sighed and said, "Have you ever wondered why each newcomer Undead in this world has a certain amount of start-up funds?"

"Hmm?"

Kael's mouth twitched slightly, a slight sense of dread flashing across his face.

He glanced at the Caesar Governor, who remained silent but had been holding back laughter, and hesitantly said, "No way?"

Caesar Governor tilted his head slightly and said, "Actually, back when Shangtiya's citizens entered the Eingeclans Duchy, the Earth Mother Goddess Church once deducted a considerable number of assets from us, which allowed them to successfully prepare the start-up funds for Shangtiya's citizens..."

Kael smacked his face with his palm, momentarily at a loss for words.

Goodness, Shangtiya Church, I initially thought you were just guiding the Undead. Who knew you emptied a significant part of your accumulated assets to welcome the Goddess' citizens.

He never expected the Earth Mother Goddess Church to go this far. In retrospect, why did the newly arrived Undead have the currency from the continent of Shenhua?

After all, fundamentally, for currency to circulate outside, someone must print it, resulting in a significant increase, right?

But in reality, from the players' performance back then, it seemed their funds did not affect the currency circulation in the Eingeclans Duchy, let alone the entire Bell Federation.

It turned out there was a clearly visible network of benefit transfer behind this.

Previously, the church with its rich history served as a wallet for new players, but now that the players have come under Kael's control, that small part of the Federation currency for new players needs to be handled by Kael himself.

Without much thought, Kael chuckled and said, "It's not a difficult task. The current Lancaster Territory still has enough capability to cover this expense."

"Not all of the money will be paid by the Lancaster Territory. The Royal Court and Eingeclans Duchy will also bear a portion, as the arrival of the players is a necessary condition for our future strategic layout in the Federation."

Caesar Governor commented casually.

For the increasingly bloated Federation, this amount is entirely affordable. In fact, even without the help from the Federation and the Duchy, the profits gained by the Lancaster Territory under Kael's command in recent years are not negligible and all controlled by the Helois family, making them incredibly wealthy.

If they wanted to splurge, they could entirely do so, as the major expense earlier was mostly borne by the Earth Mother Goddess Church, while Kael and his people cover only a small part now.

Of course, this isn't the most important part.

Even though it is now in Kael's hands, the current Lancaster Territory remains the birthplace of all new players.

A large number of new players are born, game, and grow here, and that money can practically be spent in a blink of an eye in Lancaster, especially after leveling up once or twice.

It wouldn't be an exaggeration to say, new players entering the game, quickly consuming funds, then rapidly revitalizing the surrounding industrial chain benefits Lancaster Territory from short-term to long-term.

After all...

The labor cost of players is lower, and with them, the industrial chain can be expanded more quickly.

While Kael began strategizing how to fully utilize the players' residual value, many veteran players in Lancaster Territory were already bewildered.

"Damn, where is this place? According to the system's map, this is actually Lancaster?" [My Great Tree of Infinity] thought of himself as quite worldly, but after re-logging into the game, he found something seemed a little off.

First, he looked up to the sky and found a massive structure floating in the air.

This floating city, akin to those commonly seen in fantasy games, hung quietly in the sky, like the eyes of a deity overlooking the world.

"I remember when we were forced offline, the floating city of the Bell Federation had just appeared not long ago?"

[My Great Tree of Infinity] was referring to the Federation Floating City. While it was not the first floating city completed, it was the first to appear in the eyes of various major forces on the continent of Shenhua.

Back then, players in the Eingeclans Duchy could vaguely guess the existence of other floating cities within the duchy, such as Brother Kael's teacher, Luxius Monarch, who was one of the most likely to acquire a floating city.

However, even then, they couldn't have imagined that the Lancaster Territory, at the border, would now possess a floating city. 𝐟𝐫𝕖𝗲𝘄𝚎𝗯𝕟𝐨𝕧𝐞𝚕.𝕔𝕠𝐦

But soon, something even more confounding caught their attention.

In another corner of Lancaster Territory, player [Lingering Little Fish] looked at the map regarding the current status of Lancaster Territory, sent backstage by a [Mouse Eye] organization member. Their expressions turned into the classic "subway, old man, cellphone.jpg".

[Lingering Little Fish] rubbed his forehead and said: "No, although we could guess a big change with each version update, isn't this change too big?"

She wasn't just spouting nonsense, pure honesty; she simply couldn't fathom how upon returning after a game version update, Lancaster had seemingly leapfrogged from a medieval appearance to a near-modern fantasy visage, and even the map prices had increased tenfold.

At first, she thought [Mouse Eye] members were scammed, but upon seeing the map, she was stunned.

The enlarged detailed map being ten times bigger wasn't because of overpricing but because Lancaster Territory had indeed expanded to an astounding extent.

The map, consisting of over a dozen pieces of small maps individually trimmed out, formed a grand map. It required trimming because if the detailed map were fully spread out, an ordinary adventurer wouldn't even have a place to stand, given Lancaster's perfect map price which covered over a dozen squares, which was jaw-dropping.

What's occurring isn't limited to [My Great Tree of Infinity] and [Lingering Little Fish]. In various regions of Lancaster Territory, screams of surprise echoed continuously.

"Can anyone tell me why the number of floating cities has increased to close to a hundred? While during the version update, weren't there less than five floating cities?"

"Ha, that's nothing! Let's see what being a true child of the version looks like. Your Brother Kael has now embraced us, transforming us from Shangtiya's citizens to the King's citizens of Mages, isn't that more outrageous?"

"Wait, wait, who is this King of Mages?"

"Brother Kael?"

"Say that again?"

"It's Brother Kael. During our slumber, he practically topped the continent of Shenhua, and now no one dares to speak against him!"