Capítulo 14: Blood Contract
The design is vivid, with the length of 90 kilometers, the height of 18 to 20 meters and 8 meters wide. She is well aware of how much resources and time this would take to pull of using the conventional methods but she has Agatha.
It is a bonus the hospital was built in a semi isolated area with a few hundred kilometers of empty land occupied by mountains and wildlife. This place will basically have to worry about mutated animals than zombie attacks.
Who else has an earth manipulating giant snake with over a century of accumulated spiritual energy on their side? This is what it means to make use of all your abilities. Agatha is part of her power.
It didn't take too long for Amelia who has been to the immortality school to put together an impenetrable defensive structure that would have taken men generations to pull off.
The snake said she can do it, then she can definitely pull it off. The large piece of land1
should be difficult for humans to cover in wall taking a short amount of time.
The wall is as tall at the walls of the imperial empire she once visited that year. The walls are certainly high, there are eight watch towers. Amelia is planning on using formations to enforce the walls in the future when the construction is done.
Amelia went to give the plan to the snake who snorted after seeing it. "I have seen better." But Amelia just smiles and gave her another one.
When the snake looked it. The nose snorted poison making Amelia jump away from it. "I am not your builder of cities!" The snake said in anger.
"Eh? Who said I was saying you should build it? That is the city outside the walls you will make ah!"
"You better not make me do this."
"You'll be the one asking me to let you do it at that time." Amelia said taking back her plans and went into the building for the meeting.
The meeting has started already. "I saw her go out just now, she will be here soon." There are mummers around the hall before Amelia got inside.
She is wearing a summer long dress, the ink black hair falls behind her like fine strands of silk, the now slightly linger neck, is pale white making people feel like she isn't real. The small delicate feet on her sandals as she walks towards the podium look very charming.
"Hello. I am Amelia Bold. You can call me leader. How has your stay been these couple of days?" She looked at the suddenly silent people in the hall.
"Oh my, I hear you are all very scared of me. That's good. First I'll like to let everyone here know that this hospital is now a base under my complete control. Unlike the other bases in the country where some people will bring in weapons, others will bring food and then they will hold hands and share the power and authority. I alone own this place. Any objections?" She smiled brightly.
The people looked at each other, you look at me I look at you. No one has anything to add. A doctor raised her hand and Amelia pointed at her.
"Leader, I would like to know if we have a defense strategy should zombies attack at this moment?"
"At the moment all of you are weak and those who are not weak are too few if an army of zombies come, I will take care of it but I give you all 4 weeks to get strong enough to protect your own home. Anymore questions?"
Someone else raised his hand. Long lengs and a pale white face. He is the youth from the lab. "How do we get strong in such a short period of time?"
Amelia smiles after hearing this question. "Before answering that question I'd like to state a few things. First, if you are not comfortable staying here under my rule, you can ask a car from the hospitals enormous parking, and a few supplies to leave the base there are a few maps for closeby bases where you can go to."
"Secondly, four weeks from now, each and everyone of you unless you are below 14 years of age will take up arms and battle zombies outside. If you are not comfortable with this. You can all leave." The hall became noisy but some people looked appalled.
"Let me explain. In this base, no one will remain unemployed. Everyone will work to earn work points, this is not the base where people will build shacks and dirty the streets. No one is expected from this rule. Not the elderly, not the young, not the lazy. There will be no slums, no messy space where the weak live and suffer from the oppression of the strong. None of it will happen here." Her tone colder even the venue because too silent at this time.
"One thing you must know is that some people were born with the potential to activate power while others were not. I am told there is a device here to check and activate this power."
"What I talk about is the ability to defend yourself. But the price is that your strength belongs to this base. You will lose the ability to leave and join another base."
"Because you will sign a magic contract. If you betray the base or join another base, your strength will leave you. It should be no surprise that what I can give I can take back." She spoke with a strong voice.
Dean Mo raised his hand. "Can I not get strong and just do administration tasks instead?"
"If there is a horde of zombies coming to kill us all, you will die. Are you content with just staying inside like this forever?" She asked him.
"If I don't use your method of getting stronger, then I won't have to sign a magic contract. Right?" One person asked.
"How about this, I will ask here who will be shield of the base?"
Everyone looked at each other. No one spoke. "Good, then I will organize a bus and give you enough supplies for the road." She is about to move down from the podium when the 9 from the lab stood up.
"Honestly I always dreamed of setting this place on fire. But that day, you changed my mind. I would like to be your shield. Not the shield of this place, infact this place and all these people can die for all I care. I will be your soldier...we will be your soldiers." The one with a pale face spoke making the faces of the doctors and nurses turn ugly.
Amelia smiled. "Thank you. You can move in the second floor from upstairs, At the moment I need someone to the the Shield of this base, are you willing?"
She understands that the 9 people are appalled by this hospital and might not want to guard it. In this case, she will not force them.
"I'm called little 3, I will help you run this place. You can count on me." Three patted his chest proudly.
Amelia smiled at him and looked at the others.
"I'll do it." One by one they all agreed.
Amelia and the group chatted. Seeing no one else. She looked at the old man.
She smiled sadly. Amy had6 rescued these people from the clutches of death but they didn't know how others out there are living compared to them. They still feel entitled like the government should come and save us.
"Wai! This place doesn't belong to you, what right do you have to chase us away from here? Did you build it? There's so many of us and only so many of you, do you think you can take on all of us?" The man spoke and many others stood up in agreement to his statement.
Amelia released a killing Intent so strong, that they all fell to the ground gasping for breath. She counted 16 people who just rioted.
"Give them four cars and a bag of rice. I want them out of this place in four minutes." She looked at the 9 people who were too eager to push out the doctors and nurses.
They are lined up outside in less than 4 minutes with four cars. Someone opened the gate and they got out. The others looked at them solemnly. Tomorrow it is their turn. They are really scared of the zombies outside.
Amelia used this time to collect out all the medications she hadn't put into space before. She also cleaned out the storage with food.
Now when the people come to steal, they wont find anything. Thinking maybe saving a bunch of ink smelling working class with no combat power was a waste of her time.
She took the 9 kids to the roof to watch as the cars drive out and the people inside get scared when they saw the zombies coming for them. They drove fast and soon their cars disappeared from view.
She wondered how much food did she waste on these people. "How many do you think will decide to stay?"
"Hopefully not many. They are so used to getting things easily inside here, they have no idea how people are living out there. Let them experience it." Amelia said lightly.
"You say it like they are still welcome here." Li Jie said laughing.
"Of course I won't accept them. But them alive out there is bound to give me problems." She thought about boss fan and his cronies. They will definitely appreciate strength right?
Her walkie sounded. "Are you in the roof again?"
"I am, what of it?" Her voice a little colder than before.
"People are asking for another meeting. They want to join your army."
"It's too late for that. I will give each car a bag of supplies at the gate. I won't send you off." The voice is stil cold.
"Some have children. They hasn't said anything back there because of fear." Dean Mo felt like his hair has turned white just from this one call.
"They can leave the children. I'll turn them into strong warriors." She turned off the call.
"You know they are not going right?" Li Jie asked.
"I know." She answered. "The nine of you, introduce yourselves." She looks at them one by one.
"I'm Li Jie, 21 years."
"I'm Ma Hao. But you can call me 3." The small boy said looking at her.
"I'm Fenhua."
"I'm Fang."
"I'm Jing."
"Okay stop, I guess I can learn your names as time goes on. I want you to sign this. When you have put a drop of your blood on the lower space let me know." In fact she doesn't need them to tell her she will know if someone has formed a blood pact with her.
She had drawn these contracts when she was taking care of the puppy during the time she was clearing the outer buildings. These is only over a hundred for now. These types of contracts can only be drawn manually by her infusing her soul power on every stroke.
She went back to their rooms and put furniture into each of their rooms. She yawned and went to sleep herself.
It is still daybreak but there is no food in the entire hospital for the people to make supper and the rest of the items have also been confiscated. The people are all very unhappy with Amelia's actions.
Amelia didn't forget to give the fasting pills to the guards who were not part of the meeting. The guards were glad to be in the clear.
They have each signed a contract with her the terms of the contract are simple and crude but it serves its purpose. She will not feed them only to have them betray her.
The language in the contract is simple for them to understand. She didn't need to explain yourself.
Amelia woke up and went to check on the kids. "Alright, since you havebecame my people, the first thing we need to do is to increase your strength. As my first comrades, I will put you in charge of each department separately but you are all responsible for the defences of the base." She looked at them
"Any questions?" She asked when she saw come of their expressions.
"I'm Luqi, you can just call me Lulu. It says in the contract you will be responsible for providing us resources to increase our strength. What are these resources?" Lulu asked with her brown eyes blinking in confusion.
Amelia took out three dazzling golden banana from her space. "Cut it into three equal parts and eat it. Don't waste the peels as well. Do it in the comfort of your bed." She left them with curiosity.
The next hour, the 9 of them went to do as instructed. It didn't take them as long as Amelia to be unconscious. Within minutes they were knocked out and extricating impurities. Amelia has known something like this will happen so she went from room to room checking on them.
She wanted to ensure they don't choke on their own blood. When she saw all is well she left them.
They are all covered my black foul smelling cocoons. She put a fasting pill on each their mouths and went to check of the snake.
"How is it?"
"My mental power tripled in one night. Have I wasted my century of cultivation? One fruit can do that?" The snake sounds delighted and confused.
Seeing the snake doubting life. Amelia nudged it lightly. "Are you ready to start?"
"Tomorrow. I still have one more to take."
"Fine. God's speed Agatha. Winter is coming." Amelia went to check the gate but no one is there.
She called Mo. "You are up?" He sounds shocked. Mo had thought the lazy leader had gone to nap and always.
"Where are they? I don't have time to waste old Mo. Get them all here with moving cars as soon as possible." She said and old Mo sounded the alarm.
The people came out one by one. "My mistake was feeding you without asking for you to pay for it. Keeping you safe without having to pay a price for that too has come to bite me."
"Those who are leaving please go take the luggage and cars. Those who are staying, today starts training. Make it fast people."
312 people left when they heard "training" 200 more joined up after hearing she won't be given them food from now on, they have to go fight zombies and use the nuclei to pay for the food. 400 more left after finding out they will have to pay rent from now on.
6800 and some change remained. Amelia became very happy after this happened. This is because the extremely lazy people are gone.
"Leader, almost all the 500 supernatural power users whom I said were powerful enough to fight left taking most supporting ability users with them as well. The strong non ability users also decided to follow the group when they realized almost no one with abilities remained. About less than a hundred of the ability holders remain." Dean Mo said with a grim tone.
"Don't despair old Mo, this is a good thing. It means they have a fighting chance out there, that way they can live long enough to regret their choices in life." She smiled reassuringly that old Mo believed her words. She continues to introduce the changes to the people.
"Another change is the living arrangements. Only those working directly for the base will get to live in the main building with their families. Others may seek to stay in the outside buildings."
"The bigger the place, the higher the rent. You still need zombies nuclei or work points to pay with. Some of the three storey outer buildings will be turned into shops and a clinic for those who don't work for the base.
The main building three restaurants will be separated into the orphanage restaurant, the armys restaurant and finally the general staff restaurant."
"I have separated them like this because they will all get different ingredients. The orphanage will receive food appropriate for growing bodies, the solders will receive ingredients to make them stronger and the general workers will get delicious food."
"I want those with experience in cooking to apply for the jobs. In this base, there is no abuse of power or oppression of the weak, if I find you doing something you shouldn't, I will hang your corpse on the main hall to set an example. I want everyone working for me to be treated with respect, I want those who choose to work under my rule to be as comfortable as possible. Are we clear?"
"Yes leader!" They said with one voice making Amy very happy.
She introduced the long forgotten points system. "The soldiers of the base will get 150 points a month, free accommodations for themselves and three members of their families any more and they have to pay. Captains can live with five family members for free."
"They also get free water and electricity but limited amount. Soldiers get 5% discount in the base shopping center while captains get 10% discount.
"There will be a one night free shelter for visitors especially the elderly, children and women. The next day after breakfast, they must either enlist as soldiers, joint the children orphanage or leave the base. The base law states that no one is to sleep outside in the base. The street will always be clean and tidy."
"At a certain point the base will stop accepting people. The base will be constructed further outward after the upcoming long winter."
"The orphanage will be from 39th floor up to 42. The leader will provide food and clothing including furniture for the place. New staff to take care of the children required. Preferably women. But kind uncles are also fine but I warn you. Those kids are our future, if you mistreat them in any way I will descend upon you." She released a powerful mental pressure mixed with her bloody aura making people sweat in palpitations.
A while later someone raised their hand to ask a question.
Amelia looked at the thousands of people who looked at her with mixed emotions. "Feel free. I am not an unpleasant person."
"Leader, how does one become a captain?" A man asked looking determined. The heavy atmosphere decimates and people became ambitious.
"Get a team of 30 people willing to follow your lead. Don't worry training will follow, for now you all just need to get strong." Amelia smiled.
"The minimum is 30? Can it be lower?"
"This is the requirements. Don't worry I have a place where people can report unfair treatment from the leader and request for transfering teams or to start your own team. I will need administration staff to handle this for me." She looked at old Mo who nodded.
"After joining the soldiers training we really can not leave with the power?" Someone voiced the concern of many people.
"You can, but you will first need to train someone else up to your exact level of strength and power with your own resources from start to finish and have them take your place in the army. That is fair is it not?" They all seem to agree.
Old Mo became dazed at the prospect. "Leader, can this be done too? The resources you will use to make them stronger can be bought?"
"Sure. If you can afford it." She smirked.
"Leader, what's the estimated cost?" One person said.
"We haven't started training and you are all thinking about leaving?" She crossed she arms but the new bust got in the way. She ended up putting her hand on her waist. Those in the front who saw this snickered.
"Leader." A woman raised her voice.
"Can women really be as strong and as reliable in battle as men? We have always been weak." The woman asked.
"Strange, you ask this but your eyes are shining with a firm resolve. What a naughty kitten." She mumbled.
"If you still think you are weak after four weeks, you can go back to cooking and whatever else you like." Amelia said.
"Women will not be bullied in my base because they are weak. Those who remain weak here, are those who chose to do so. Weak? Who the hell said you are weak? Women have more tolerance for pain compared to men. Remember you gave birth to men! We are weak only when we want to be, I am weak only on my term!" Amelia said but loud cheers sounded from the crowd.
Amelia smiled. She hadn't ment to motivate anyone she was just thinking out loud.
"In any case, I will make a new device which will allow you to have convenience in the base I am just short of one thing. Jade."
"Leader, there is a stone gambling den not too far from here. I can take you there." A man in his late thirties said proudly.
Another man ridiculed him. "Is it something to be boastful about to be a renowned gambler?"
The man didn't get embarrassed he looked at the speakerwil shining eyes. "I get to help the leader this way." He replies happily.
Amelia acknowledged the man, she thanked him and promised to go there with him after this meeting since it is close by.
"Old Mo will arrange the staff and the new accommodations." Amelia gave old Mo three large bags of pills.
"This is the only lunch until the kitchen staff make something to eat. Food is in the kitchen storage. Only today and tomorrow morning, after that you will all have to pay unless you are a soldier employed by the base."
The truth is all these people are now employed by the base, they are either soldiers or the other staff members. They all live inside the main building. For now, nothing changes except a few people left the base.
Amelia went to the gambling den and took all the jade she could find⁰ even on the jewelry shops she didn't let go of the storages either. Coming back she figured she would use winter to make the jade slab too many formations to be drawn in the jade.
Not to mention only with mental or spiritual energy can one use it. The art of forging was never her forte but her master made her learn many things. She knew how to make many item she has ever used.
Even after her master died, she made sure to learn how to make every new magical item she used just to pass time and not get bored by too much cultivation.
Now that knowledge will help her create an item that will record people's money and points. She will use it to bank all the base monetary funds into her own private space. Hehe.
The ones at the school were for recording the purchase strolls and granting access to school location in accordance to the relevant status. That is what she must implement in the buildings a magical version of an access card.
The problem with this type of artifact is the network that must be established in order for it to work. Crystal ball is required to be in place for inserting the jade slip. This is made from a normal crystal ball only it has inscriptions designed to do the job.
Schools used this crystal ball because it can store spiritual energy for a long time without it running out. But she doesn't remember seeing this crystal material in this world so she will ake something else at that time.
After getting all the herbs, she went to boil a large pot of medicine and poured it in a large container to be taken to the soldiers in the morning. She made tens of similar boiled pots in the end it was enough for all 4300 soldiers.
It is lucky most of the people chose general work and administrative duties. The benefits are lower but at least they don't have to risk their lives outside. These workers have to pay for electricity and water, they only get to live with only one person in the main building unless the third person is less than 14 years. They have to pay for their meals and well as rent.
The 9 solders are still going through the black cocoon. She also made diluted versions of the golden fruit including the peel in the smoothie. It is also useful. She used spring water to make them and gave it to the solders restuarant to serve this drink in a smaller cup.
The spiri food and drinks will be given to the soldiers, the food she had taken from shops outside will be cooked for the administrative and general workers. The orphanage will get the normal food planted in space and some of the normal food looted from outside.
The soldiers will look forward to the spirit food served in the restaurant. This will encourage them to work hard and also make them feel they made a good choice. The spirit food has the ability to have heavenly taste even when cooks are normal people with no training. That is if one has never eaten spirit food made by a professional spirit chef.
After all this she decided to go to check the rest of the vegetables and fruits. Just like the other trees, there are shining fruits and vegetables in the bunch even some stack of rice shone brightly.
Not knowing what to think about the effect she went to the tomatoes and found them glowing. She took one and ate it. She didn't feel anything but she has learned not to underestimate these fruits.
She felt the change happen in her skin. Texture is softer but she can feel it is several times more powerful and sturdy than before. Even the color is brighter and more beautiful. She took a knife and stabbed it directly to her arm. Only for it to make a small mark and even that disappeared after a while.
She is about to have the toughest army this world has every known. She smiled thinking about her sister and how out classed she is about to be.
Whistling lightly she went to rest. She tossed and turned but no sleep came. She decided to cultivate. As the cultivation is about to start, she felt the tremor and with a loud scream went to get the snake and the puppy to bring them into space.
This was the first earthquake in the novel. The first week in the way to the base, the ground encounters an earthquake and many people die. The army's young general became injured and the female protagonist heals him with her mutated water system.
The general fell in love and the first passion arch started. The in laws can see her going in and out of the camping tent belonging to the general. Knowing she is very useful this time,they urge the young master to quickly coax her back but the young master found her having sex.
When she sees him, she enjoys herself even more. The general pampered her all the way to the base, until she finds out he has many other women he sleeps with. She is heart broken and makes a decisively broke up. The general seduces her one last time where they have their last mind blowing toes curling sex.
"Haaa..." She sighs thinking about all the drama she is missing.
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