Maxwell had a neck; he did not have a neck before. No, normally it would be odd to be without a neck, and so having one once again would actually be a cause for celebration, but he was undead, and suddenly growing back lost limbs as if he was healing may not be a good sign. So he had to examine this development rather carefully, especially as everything was coming up pretty well for him lately, and so he wouldn't want this strange development to ruin that current winning streak.

So focusing his special necrotic sight on his new neck bone, Maxwell followed it to the end underneath him. What he found was quite shocking, as it seemed his new neck now connected him more physically to the underground system of his kingdom. As it went through the ground and into the network of tunnels that Wormer and his apprentices had helped make and improve.

Maxwell took in the fact that he was not more physically connected to the land and all that entails. Well, he was doing that nearby, smog-fist roots who hadn't noticed his spine as it had somehow blended with the rock around it to their senses had it brought to their attention with Maxwell's own focus on it. Soon his only third of a spine that was underground was covered in smog fist roots, all looking to protect their ruler and honored for the chance to do so.

Maxwell could feel the smog roots fist clinging to and surrounding his new neck bone. Which was an odd thing to feel, but he didn't mind it as it was just his loyal creations trying to protect him. There was nothing wrong with so with his new neck explained and any possible danger coming from his new neck now eliminated with his smog root fist guarding the new limb.

The only question left for Maxwell to ask then is why he had gotten a new neck. He thought for a moment, recalling what undead he was exactly, which was an undead construct. So by going off that, then a good sign of growth for an undead of his type would be expanding. So he supposed it wasn't so much he got a neck but was growing a basement? This was most likely due to the sudden expansion of his territory.

As all that power was being spread throughout the lands of the grass pixie clan's territory, it had boasted his authority. Which, as an undead ruler, there was probably a link to his power as a ruler and the might of his physical form, though how much of one was probably still up for debate. Which was probably good to keep in mind for later but wasn't important right at this moment.

So with his new neck now settled, Maxwell now focused back on the surface and on other issues. Such as the grass pixies returning home, some had already returned to their villages while others had not yet reached theirs yet. Maxwell watched them for a long while as they went about their business of either marching home or getting their villages back in order.

Maxwell's necrotic vision allowed him to see a physical manifestation of their dark emotions. As they knew they had lost the war and were now under a king, but that did not mean they had to like it. Especially for those in the village, they could already see the changes to their way of life as undead butterflies and undead hornets patrolled their skies. Well, smog grass elementals patrolled their streets, angrily watched by grass pixie hunters who felt insulted by the fact they could not even walk their own streets without being reminded of their defeat.

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Maxwell, seeing this, thought on it a moment. "Perhaps some carrot is in order." Maxwell said to himself thinking that perhaps if he gave them something to be positive about they would be less angry and perhaps a bit more accepting of the change in status quo. So using the new building he had gotten and the memories he had from playing Age of Legends when it came to city building, he added three new buildings to the other eight villages that made up the clans.

Which caused different reactions among the grass pixie clans, as some were still on the march back to their villages when these new buildings appeared. While others were in their villages, three buildings suddenly shot out of the ground, created through the use of dark worm fey magic. The universal reaction was suspicion, as none of the grass pixies trusted the building made from dark worm fey magic. But after some prodding by the undead of the smog kingdom, they went into the new buildings and found their uses.

So all In all, Maxwell thought it worked out as the different grass pixie villages used the new building with suspicion. But in the end they used the new facilities, which was a start to hopefully improving relations. Now with that done, Maxwell focused back on his capital territory, where his commanders were. He began to think on it a moment then came to a decision, which was that the three should be patrolling his new territory.

Since both the cloaked butterfly ship and the hornet doom sphere were mobile, as well as the fact that the miserable rage catapult was a mobile siege engine. As it was with the outpost and workshop nearby, Maxwell had a constant supply of low-level troops to defend himself with, not to mention the ghost leaf tornadoes he could use if the more basic troops weren't up to the task.

So it would be better to have his commanders leading their personal armies through his lead-fortified territories that, as if this moment just had walls of solid smog between them. So with his mind made up, he gave the command, and all three of his commanders began to gather large personal forces before they set out to patrol the eight other provinces that made up his kingdom of smog.

It was actually quite a thing to watch as Horter and Bunet built up their giant flying armadas before taking off to watch the skies and ground of his realm. While the miserable rage catapult gathered line after line of smog grass catapults, forming them up only once he had several lines in front of and behind itself, did the miserable rage catapult begin to have its forces march out to begin their patrol of the realm along with the other three.

"With that, everything should be good for now, and my realm will be secure for now on." Maxwell said, thinking that the era of war with the grass pixies was finally over and that he probably wouldn't ever have to worry about fighting grass pixies ever again.