Hmm… So the Antfolk can indeed be revived. That’s good.
As for that Sandworm… its body is too large. If Ileya wants to resurrect it as a zombie, she’d probably need to blow the “Goddess’s Sigh” on it at least three more times.
It’s probably hopeless for now, but…
With a slight thought from Ileya, all the Antfolk zombies that weren’t missing limbs, including Milonglong, gathered together.
The young lady’s consciousness also briefly observed these Antfolk zombies.
Two discoveries.
First, whether it’s because she’s human and can’t tell the difference or something else, Ileya felt that these Antfolk zombies weren’t much different from when they were alive.
Their compound eyes just lacked some luster, and their standing postures were a bit stiff.
But these were issues that could be resolved.
The second point was that Ileya felt… these resurrected Antfolk seemed somewhat afraid of her.
Especially Milonglong. When she stared at it, its entire body would tremble subconsciously.
Generally, even if undead creatures feel fear, it’s only when a higher-level undead exerts pressure… that they would feel terror.
But right now… Ileya clearly wasn’t applying any suppression on these guys. It was just a simple gaze, not even eye contact…
Could it be that her majesty had increased? Making these guys feel an inexplicable awe?
Hmm… That’s quite possible~
Although she was quite satisfied with her own thoughts in her heart, Ileya still tested it immediately.
The result was rather realistic.
Her majesty had not increased. She randomly found a small skeleton wandering in the mountains… when she didn’t intentionally release her pressure, it acted as if it hadn’t noticed her gaze, still happily wandering around.
And what was the difference between these Antfolk and that skeleton?
After thinking for a moment, the clever young lady found the blind spot!
The difference between the two was that the skeleton was born autonomously in this space after the Goddess’s Sigh swept over this land.
And this group of Antfolk… belonged to those who died directly by her hand.
Especially Milonglong, who had the strongest reaction, was even scared to death by her.
If that’s the case, then the “servants” hunted down personally would retain some of their emotions or behaviors from when they were alive…
In other words, could it be understood that…
These servants, hunted and turned into zombies by her, were “smarter” than other servants? Possessing a certain degree of “self-awareness”?
At this moment, Ileya suddenly understood.
Why necromancers in the legends of the Western countries in her previous life liked to experiment on living people, committing acts like massacring villages and cities… being denounced as utterly evil villains.
So there was such a difference between wild and domesticated ones…
She subconsciously touched her chin and began observing the Antfolk zombies below more carefully.
And in the next second, she received some scattered information.
[Spare… please spare us…]
[Master… our master…]
These guys were indeed different.
Suppressing a bit her desire to go back to the city and grab a few ruffians for experiments, Ileya tried… to communicate with these few Antfolk zombies.
She found that although they had rudimentary consciousness, their thinking was very simple, like drunk people… sometimes the order of their speech was chaotic.
Perhaps they needed a bit more training.
But looking at it this way, the plan she had previously envisioned had great potential…
Thinking this, Ileya designated a separate area for these dozen or so Antfolk, isolating them from other skeleton zombies.
And she made them continuously practice speaking with each other, digging into their muscle memory.
Then… her consciousness withdrew from the Underworld Space.
“Mmm…”
The moment her consciousness returned, Ileya felt something in her arms… squirming restlessly.
Looking down, she saw the Goddess Young Lady, who was in her arms for a special reason.
She had already started using her fine tradition—since things have come to this, might as well sleep first~
Right now, this girl seemed to be in a half-asleep, half-awake state and was trying to find a more comfortable position.
So restless~
Ileya subconsciously reached out and ruffled the Goddess Young Lady’s soft hair.
She suddenly felt that she had changed quite a bit since transmigrating until now.
“Haa~” She slowly leaned against Insmouth’s armored chest, looking up at the relatively clear sky above.
Next, do we have to walk all the way back like this?
At this speed, how long would it take?
The answer… naturally was that they didn’t need to walk all the way back to Gilliris. Because after everyone had walked for several hours…
A dense, dark mass of people appeared ahead again.
With such a scale, everyone thought it was the Antfolk coming to cause trouble again, but as they got closer…
They realized it was a group of humans.
A group of nearly a hundred human soldiers clad in armor.
“That’s… the Kingdom’s Border Guard?!” Amisa was slightly stunned for a moment before looking at her young lady.
“Miss Bateos! It really is you! Are you alright?!”
As soon as both sides got close, the leader of this hundred-man team, a knight named [Fukadi], quickly dismounted and bowed to Ileya, who was sitting in Insmouth’s palm.
“Oh? You… how did you know I was here?”
“Ah! It was the City Lord… After the earthquake last night, the City Lord was worried that something might happen to you all if you went to the Ruined City. So this morning, he dispatched three thousand people from the Border Guard, scattered to welcome you. We are just one of those teams…”
Is that so?
Ileya was slightly taken aback, then looked at the carriage with a distinctly noble aura in the team.
Clearly, that had a Constant Temperature Array inside, and perhaps even cool drinks…
Thinking of this, Ileya subconsciously smiled wryly.
This is bad~
This time, I might… really owe the City Lord a favor~
“Well, then…”
“Me!! I am the second son of a Duke! I am the second son of Duke Kailweidi! Falanluote Kailweidi!!”
Before Ileya could finish speaking, Falanluote stepped out from behind everyone!
He looked utterly miserable right now.
His clothes were completely soaked, his eyes were bloodshot, and he looked exhausted to the extreme!
“Kai… Kailweidi Duke… second son?” Fukadi was also shocked and couldn’t help but size up the ragged young man before him.
He then looked towards the young lady sitting in the Black Armored Knight’s hand as if seeking her opinion.
“I don’t know this guy~ We just picked him up on the way and saved him as a convenience.” Ileya spread her hands, looking helpless.
“Young lady is truly benevolent.” Fukadi, who managed to become a centurion, was no fool. He immediately saw that the young lady didn’t seem to get along with this… person.
So…
“Ahem! You… you can eat things recklessly, but you can’t talk recklessly! Look at yourself! Impersonating a noble means having your teeth and tongue pulled out!!”
The knight spoke with great seriousness, fully displaying the power his class held over the commoner class!
“You… short-sighted fool!! I am Falanluote! If you don’t know… then let your City Lord come!!”
Under the strange gazes of the surrounding people, especially Arthur’s, Falanluote continued to roar with a stiffened scalp!
He had already considered it.
If he kept following these women, his mental state would only get worse! That sense of frustration and anger almost drowned Falanluote…
Moreover… his body could no longer endure such a long journey…
And now… this was the chance to strike back!
He was the second son of a Duke!
And that Ileya… although he didn’t know what noble her father was, being called ‘young lady’ and not ‘princess’…
Meant her family’s rank couldn’t be higher than his father’s, a Grand Duke!