Maxwell thought a long moment after the rather large root worm marionette had taken the enemy commander to the root operating chambers underground. Well, former enemy commander, he was supposed to be, which was what was consuming his thoughts, as Maxwell wasn't entirely sure if he had handled that entire situation well.
He figured he had pulled off regal and dignified, which was good for the rule of a country, even one as small as his. But at the same time he wasn't sure about his form of punishment for the attack on the underground. As technically he supposed it was slavery because he had no idea what the guy had been paid, now normally that wouldn't be a problem as he could just figure out what the equivalent was and use that.
Sadly, his kingdom had no form of money and, as such, had no way to figure out what exactly the commander had to work off to be freed. This was a bit of a problem that he would need to rectify, and as such he would have to come up with a form of money for his kingdom. But before that he would look at the blue screens that had been waiting on him to finish with his business with the commander.
Through experimentation with both sad necrotic smog and angry necrotic smog you have unlocked the following smog grass varients
Sad grass spider- a grass spider that uses corrosive venom and camouflage to get its targets.
Angry grass spider- a taller grass spider with far sharper legs and fangs covered in razors that relays on aggressive pursuit to bring down enemies.
Sad grass centipede- a grass centipede depended on its defensive armor that is also corrusive to be an effective threat.
Angry grass centipedes- a grass centipede covered in far more sharper and deadlier grass spears than a regular grass centipedes that now includes grass pikes at its front.
With the unlocking of these varients the land type: undead grass lands: will now spawn these varinents along with theyr original counter parts.
Maxwell read the screen and reread it a few more times to be sure he had read right. As he wasn't entirely sure it was a good thing that the variants would spawn on their own. While he did need more powerful forces, the angry variants had proven to live up to their title and be rather aggressive.
Which had him worried, making him wonder if he should start grouping together the angry variants and start sending them out to join Bunet's counter hornet invasion of the grass pixie territory. He was pretty sure the angry variants would agree with the idea, and it would keep them from making trouble in his kingdom.
Though before he could definitely give an order to have his angry grass elemental variants march out, he heard Phabium, the god of monsters, and his savior, begin to speak to him. "Maxwell, do you have a moment? I need to speak to you." Phabium asked politely, trying to get into contact with Maxwell.
"Of course, Lord Phabium, but I thought you couldn't speak to me easily." Maxwell stated, a bit confused. As he had thought, Phabium, God of all monsters and ruler of the pantheon of monsters, was limited in how he could interact with the world of Zostrora, and it was a miracle he had warned him earlier of the grass pixies plans of a great hunt to get him and destroy his realm.
"It usually would be as I might be a powerful god in the higher realms, but the power I command in the realm of mortals is near nonexistent from many years of those in my domain being slaughtered as the warm-up act to whatever grand adventure they were going on." Phabium admitted with a sad tone at his shrinking influence and, with it, his ability to protect or save those that were his responsibility.
"Then my Lord, how can you speak to me now? And not to be rude, but why speak to me now? I am currently expanding my forces, and my domain is expanding steadily. Unless I have somehow gone wrong in my rule?" Maxwell asked nervously, wondering if he had somehow unknowingly committed an offense against Phabium in his rule without knowing.
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" No ruler Maxwell, in fact, you have done very well in your rule. So well, in fact, that you have caused a certain event within a monster kingdom that allows me to interact directly with you for the duration of this event," Phabium said with a tone of delight that made it quite clear he was happy at the event unfolding.
"What event would that be, Lord Phabium?" Maxwell asked, happy and curious in equal measure. He found himself desperately trying to figure out what event could call down the God that was his savior. He couldn't remember anything special recently; the only things that were big to happen recently were his sentencing of the enemy commander and his recent necrotic research.
"Well, you have just recently had Wormer exiled from the Fey and join your smog roots in the underground part of your kingdom as a form of punishment, correct?" Phabium stated simply, to which Maxwell gave back his agreement. "While then that means in this moment in time, you're a multiracial monster nation made up of dark fey and undead.
"Ohh, really, just one exiled fey joining my realm not by choice is enough to make my nation into a multi-monster nation," Maxwell stated with a bit of weariness. It wasn't that he didn't trust Phabium; it was simply that it seemed too easy, especially as it allowed his savior Phabium to interact easily with Zostrora for a period of time.
"Yes, as now you have made contact with a dark fey and swayed him to your side for even a temporary portion of time, you will unlock the dark fey and all that entails for your realm, and since I am the god of all monsters, I can come and congratulate rulers when they bring other monsters under their rule." Phabium said with enthusiasm to Maxwell, explaining that it was rather simple to get other monster races to his realm, though he had to find and get them to agree, which wasn't always the easiest of things.
"Alright, but what exactly do you mean by unlocking for getting dark fey?" Maxwell was curious what Phabium was getting at and what exactly his realm could be gaining because of Wormer. Phabium was quick to give an answer as he was eager to tell him.
"Well, you see, you can only unlock dark fey pertaining to the ones you have brought into your realm. But you may unlock more from experimentation as you have done with your necrotic smog." Phabium stated simply but excitedly.
"Okay, got it, Lord Phabium. Was there anything else you needed to tell me or that I needed to do?" Maxwell asked to be sure his savior did not have any task for him that he would need to complete. As he would do so to perfection for the one that had saved him from eternity in the void.
"No, that is all, Maxwell. Continue your good work. I do have plans if you reach the size required, but for that you must deal with the grass pixies one way or another so that they no longer threaten your realm. So best of luck, and may the fates be with you." Phabium stated simply before his presence left as it did, a purple screen appeared to tell him what he had gained from Wormer joining him.
Congratulations you have added a dark glory to your ranks making your kingdom a duel of undead dark fey. This unlocks the following
Dark fey- Wormer's assistants: dark insect fey that have some skill in WORM SHAPE but do not have the same level of knowledge and skill that wormer himself has.
Dark fey- worm siege beast: worms with black talons extending out of their mouth and hardened stone skin.
Dark fey room- Worm mutation chamber: a underground chamber operated by one of wormer assistants that can give limited mutations to regular works to make them into siege beast.
Cross room- worm root operating room: a special room that mixes a root operating room with a worm mutation chamber to create a chamber that allows Wormer and the smog roots to combine their skills to create even greater monstrosities.
Finally due to the unlocking of dark fey worm clan magic it has now added to the speed of the policy of grow your lawn allowing for faster expansion as the growth below and above ground happens at the exact same rate.
Maxwell looked over the recent additions to his kingdom and began wondering how his neighbors, the grass pixies, would react to finding out about his expansion into the realm of dark fey. As he guessed, his magical presence that now had dark fey mixed in with his necrotic would probably give it away.
Though it would probably take time before he fully integrated the dark fey magic he now had access to. As he hadn't even begun spawning all the dark fey he had access to, though the rooms had already begun to form, he could tell that Wormer was currently working in the worm root operating room.
Well, this decided his earlier decision, then he needed to press the fight before people began to note his added dark fey magic and bring more enemies to his doorstep. "Attack." Maxwell said simply causing all the rage grass elementals he had to go out of his kingdom and into the realm of the grass pixies outside.
"Well, I suppose now it's time to wait and see what happens next." Maxwell said as he effectively waited to see what would be the reaction of the grass pixies to his big push against them.