Global Lords: Me and My Calabash Kiddos

Chapter 68: Chapter 60: Natives Return, Omen Stone

”My Fifth Child is finally about to be born.” Yi Tian happily stroked the Green Gourd.

Each Calabash Sister lands later than the last. Yi Tian can tell that the Purple Gourd of Seventh-Child is noticeably smaller than the Green Gourd of Fifth Child.

The Blue Gourd of Sixth Child looks about as big as Fifth Child’s.

”Now I can play with my sisters too! I want watermelon! I want to play in water! I love water the most!” Fifth Child tottered around, cheering with joy.

”Wuwu... From now on, it’ll just be me and Sixth Sister. What am I supposed to do when Sixth Sister lands next?” Seventh-Child actually started sobbing inside the gourd.

”Little Seven, your sisters leaving is for the sake of being together again in the future. No matter if it’s your sisters or me, your dad, as long as you call out, we’ll always be here with you.” Yi Tian hurriedly hugged Seventh-Child to comfort her.

”Yeah, Seventh Sister, we’ll always be here with you.” Sensible Sixth Child also gently comforted Seventh-Child from the side.

”Mm! I’ll never be lazy and sleep too much again, I’ll work hard to absorb divinity and try to land as soon as possible!” Seventh-Child’s crying stopped instantly, her tone was full of determination.

Yi Tian already knew that the kiddos need to absorb divinity by themselves. Sixth Child is the most diligent, so she’s about the same size as Fifth Child.

Judging by the pace, in about five days after Fifth Child lands, Sixth Child will land as well.

Seventh-Child is the most mischievous, so she’s absorbing divinity a bit slower.

”Go for it, Seventh-Child! After you land, Daddy will have plenty of time to play with you,” Yi Tian promised Seventh-Child.

”Daddy, I have something to tell you.”

At this moment, Second Child ran over and called out to Yi Tian.

Yi Tian’s face turned serious. Every time Second Child came to find him, something would happen.

Middle of the night again, what’s up now?

”Second Child, what’s the matter?” Yi Tian apologized to the three gourds, then asked Second Child.

”Daddy, a bunch of ugly monsters with horns showed up to the north.” Second Child pointed north as she spoke.

”Three-Eyed One-Horned Tribe? Heaven-Reaching Tribe of the Minotaur Race? Are you all dead set on picking a fight with my territory?”

North again, and with horns—Yi Tian naturally linked it to those two races.

Yi Tian opened the regional channel; everything was in Harmony, no signs of indigenous invasion.

This made Yi Tian wonder if it was some revenge plot by the Three-Eyed One-Horned Tribe and the Heaven-Reaching Tribe.

”If you want to butt heads with me, then I’ll make sure you bash your heads bloody.”

Yi Tian immediately gave Gu Qianqiu the order to gather the troops, ready to fight at any time.

Meanwhile, eighty Elemental Warriors stepped out of the Warrior Pavilion one after another.

The Brass Mechanized Guard and Silver Mechanized Guard weren’t activated. Yi Tian could activate them anytime.

The Five Tiger Generals, Howling Moon Silver Wolf, and the two Eastsea Falcons also started getting vigilant.

Especially the Five Tiger Generals. This was their first real battle after evolving into High-level Intelligent Life with SSS Potential. Their fierce nature finally showed, living up to their master’s nurturing.

All War Machines in the War Manor were running and standing by.

Yi Tian didn’t dare slack off—after the end-of-month assessment, the Three-Eyed One-Horned Tribe still dared to attack, so they must have some secret weapon.

”Daddy, I counted them. There are about fifteen hundred people, with five B-level monsters.”

Once Yi Tian had everything ready, Second Child reported again.

After days of studying, clever Second Child quickly learned basic math.

”Five Golden Warriors? Did these guys eat bear hearts and leopard gall to get so bold?” Yi Tian’s eyebrows knitted together.

Even though Yi Tian himself wasn’t that strong, he had plenty of subordinates.

The territory itself had close to a hundred B-level fighters.

Even if those five Golden Warriors had three-dimensional stats over 800, maybe even 900, his people could still take them down.

Having spent a month in the Celestial Dao World, Yi Tian already knew that the tribal High Priests had some means to observe the Lord’s Territory Level and a rough estimate of strength.

Of course, it’s not absolute. At least, those High Priests can’t assess the Lords’ talents, the talents of territory members, or the trump cards the Lords possess.

The Celestial Dao Stone is also a huge advantage for Lords.

So in this month’s contest, indigenous casualties were even heavier.

Yi Tian’s territory might be tough to judge, but they wouldn’t send just five B-levels to do something as futile as this.

”Daddy, they seem to be setting up camp, like they’re getting ready to sleep.” Second Child tilted her head, looking confused.

She didn’t get it—why would these people camp out right at their front door?

”What? They’re setting up camp?”

Yi Tian was shocked. Were they openly provoking his territory?

The Three-Eyed One-Horned Tribe had suffered heavy losses at his hands, so what gave them the guts?

Yi Tian caught the scent of a conspiracy.

What are the Three-Eyed One-Horned Tribe and the Heaven-Reaching Tribe plotting?

If they’re attacking tomorrow, why move out tonight?

”Could it be they know I can see through the mist and are preparing some sort of trick, a sneak attack later tonight?”

”Doesn’t seem right! If it’s a raid, coming in the dead of night would be better, wouldn’t it?”

”So what’s the secret weapon?”

For a moment, Yi Tian’s mind raced through countless possibilities.

”Second Child, keep a close eye on the enemy’s movements. Report every move the invaders make to me.” After thinking it through, Yi Tian solemnly entrusted Second Child.

For now, all he could do was wait and look for a countermeasure.

”Daddy, the Minotaur picked up a weird gray stone that’s glowing. He keeps shining it around at the mist. Does that count as a move?” Hearing Yi Tian’s words, Second Child reported what she’d seen.

Gray stone, aiming at the mist?

Yi Tian’s head was full of question marks.

Separated by the mist, Yi Tian couldn’t use the Celestial Dao Stone to analyze it.

Are they planning to use this stone to break through the mist?

No way it’s that magical, right?

And why didn’t the Celestial Dao Stone give a warning? I’ve noticed them for ages now.

Could it be that after the newbie protection period, the Celestial Dao Stone stops warning about indigenous invasions?

”Second Child, which direction is that gray stone at now?” Yi Tian asked Second Child.

Yi Tian had decided that no matter what it was, he’d use a Mist Scroll to snatch it back.

The High-level Mist Scroll lets him take twenty territory members out of the territory.

That number clearly isn’t enough for a night raid.

Yi Tian also wanted to capture some prisoners to ransom his enemies once the Summer Beast disappears.

Fighting outside—even if you catch prisoners, you can’t bring them back to your territory.

”It’s right next to the mist. After the Minotaur put it down, he ran off like he was escaping. Daddy, I could use a stick to pull it inside.” Second Child gestured as she spoke.

”This is a thing?” Yi Tian was completely stunned.

He knew that Lords could really throw some ’inanimate objects’ outside the territory.

Theoretically, Second Child could use a stick to poke the gray stone inside.

If that’s the case, no need to waste a High-level Mist Scroll.

Yi Tian didn’t act rashly—he chose to observe a bit longer before making his next move.

He was afraid that gray stone was some sort of bait.

”Gu Qianqiu, take everyone back to cook and eat! The enemy is camping to the north, no action yet. If anything happens, the Five Tigers will sound the alarm.”

Gu Qianqiu and his group had been farming all afternoon and were exhausted.

Currently, with no attack yet, there’s no need to waste energy.

Eighty Elemental Warriors and the Five Tigers guard the walls.

If something happens, Gu Qianqiu and the others living in the northeast corner can definitely get onto the wall before the enemy arrives.

”On your orders, Lord!” Gu Qianqiu and the others obeyed and left the walls one after another.

Yi Tian then told Big Child, Third Child, Fourth Child, Qixin, and Liyue to head back to the villa for dinner.

He and Second Child prepared to go to the border for a look.

If they could overhear anything, that’d be perfect.

Second Child couldn’t understand the indigenous language, but Yi Tian could.

In this world, the indigenous language is unusually unified. The weird thing is, the Calabash Sisters are born speaking Huaxia Language.

”Second Child, what are they doing?”

After reaching the edge of the mist, Yi Tian asked Second Child.

”They’re roasting meat.” Second Child replied.

”Picnicking, huh!” Yi Tian was pretty annoyed.

Yi Tian crouched at the boundary of the mist, listening for a long time, but couldn’t make out a thing.

The boundary can block sounds to a degree, and Yi Tian was a hundred meters away from the indigenous camp, so he couldn’t hear anything.

”Second Child, see if you can hook that gray stone inside.” Yi Tian made a seven or eight meter iron wire hook at the workbench and handed it to Second Child.

”Watch this, Dad!”

Second Child took the hook, activated Thousand-Mile Eye, and tiptoed to the boundary wall.

The hook stretched into the mist, and just as Yi Tian expected, passed through without any trouble...

Second Child had some solid strength. After fiddling a bit, she hooked the gray stone steady and began pulling the wire back.

She didn’t pull suddenly—she was gentle, and the indigenous tribe didn’t notice.

Not until the gray light completely vanished did the indigenous tribe react—where’d that thing go?

It’s gone?

Five indigenous Golden Warriors rushed to the mist’s edge in a panic.

On Yi Tian’s side, he got a good look at that gray stone.

It was about the size of a soccer ball, and oddly shaped.

At this moment, the gray stone wasn’t glowing.

”Omen Stone, formed from evil thoughts condensed for countless millennia in the Demon Wolf Abyss. Treasure and disaster both. Once activated, it releases Ominous Light, which can corrode any energy in heaven and earth. Within a certain range, if living creatures are exposed to Ominous Light for more than ten breaths, they’ll turn into Abyssal Demon Beasts—pure killers with no consciousness or fatigue...”

When Yi Tian used the Celestial Dao Stone to scan the gray stone, he immediately grabbed Second Child like a rabbit and sprinted away at top speed.

Sh*t, thought it was a treasure, but who knew I’d hook back something like this?

Trying to get me killed, huh!

Second Child was totally confused. Dad, what’s up with you? It was her first time seeing Yi Tian so flustered.

”Second Child, you said that when it was outside, the Omen Stone was emitting gray light?”

A hundred meters away, after calming down, Yi Tian glanced warily at the distant Omen Stone.

”Yeah, Dad. Once the tip of it poked into the mist, the gray light vanished.” Second Child replied.

”So once inside the territory, the Ominous Light got forcefully shut down, huh.”

Yi Tian finished reading the second half of the Celestial Dao Stone’s info.

To activate Ominous Light, you need blood.

The stronger the creature, the bigger the blood activation, the larger and more powerful the Ominous Light’s coverage.

”I’m a startled bird now. Right now, if the Omen Stone isn’t glowing, that probably means after it entered the territory, the Heaven and Earth Rules gave it a baptism.” Yi Tian let out a sigh of relief.

In that instant, Yi Tian had no idea if the Omen Stone was activated or not. With ten breaths nearly up, Yi Tian played it safe and could only grab Second Child and run.