"Praise the Director!"
"Beauty is justice!"
Accompanied by the uniform, fanatical slogans of faith, a "Monster Girl Army" composed of angels, titans, and dragon girls marched grandly out of the gates of the Benevolent Heart Clinic.
Victor stood on the highest watchtower of the castle, holding a cup of freshly brewed goji berry tea. Like a retired veteran official, he looked with satisfaction at the "Medical Security Force" he had built with his own hands.
With an army—and one that possessed both beauty and combat power, as well as absolute loyalty—his restless, transmigrator's ambition finally began to stir.
Guarding such a gold mine of a clinic and waiting for patients to come to the door every day?
That was too passive.
And far too inefficient.
"A successful medical group cannot be satisfied with just 'curing diseases.'"
Victor took a sip of tea, his eyes flashing with the sharp light of a capitalist.
"It must also learn to... proactively 'develop patient sources.'"
"As well as control the production areas of the raw materials used to make 'medicine.'"
He opened the system map.
On the originally pitch-black map, besides the small point of light where the clinic was located, several surrounding areas were now marked.
【Black Swamp】: Rich in various poisonous herbs and medicinal insects, it is the lair of the lizardmen.
【Great Stone Mountains】: Rich in various rare ores and crystals, it is the territory of the cyclopes.
【Windcut Canyon】: Rugged terrain, easy to defend but hard to attack, it is the nesting ground of the harpies.
These places previously belonged to the private property of the defeated lords.
But now...
"Elizabeth."
Victor connected to the channel of his Financial Manager via the magic-conduction communicator.
"I'm here, Director. All the gold coins have been put into the vault. Do you want me to read today's income report to you?"
"Save the report for later."
Victor waved his hand with the grand air of a man surveying his empire.
"Pass down the order: the 'Red Cross Guards' will split into three routes."
"Gorm, lead your 'Heavy Titan Regiment' and take the Great Stone Mountains for me. From now on, that will be our clinic's exclusive quarry."
A muffled and excited response came through the communicator: "By your command! My master!"
"Bloodfeather, lead your 'Air Assault Regiment' and take over Windcut Canyon. From now on, that will be our frontline watchtower and airbase."
"At your service, my lord!"
"As for Saak..."
Victor glanced at the dragon girl warrior who was diligently digging foundations with a group of lizardmen.
"You... continue leading your 'Miner Regiment' and comb through the Black Swamp for me. Transplant all the valuable medicinal herbs back here and build a 'Hundred Herb Garden.'"
"Hiss... (As you command, Master!)"
Saak flicked her tongue. Although she still had some resentment toward the name "Miner Regiment," she carried out the order without hesitation.
Rumble—
The newly formed Monster Girl Army, before they even had time to get used to their new bodies, received the first order from the "Director"—
Expansion!
...
Over the next few days.
The entire outer area of the Eternal Night Peninsula witnessed a lightning-fast conquest that could be described as an "overwhelming dominance."
Great Stone Mountains.
Some of Gorm's "former" subordinates who were unwilling to surrender still remained here.
When they saw an army of hot "female giants" marching toward them, their first reaction was utter confusion.
"Is... is that our lady boss?"
"When did the boss get so many wives?"
Before they could figure it out...
"By order of the Director, purge the rebels!"
Gorm (or should I say Gormia?) raised the massive battle axe in her hand, her single golden eye flashing with ruthless cold light.
"Those who do not surrender, die!"
A battle without suspense broke out.
Or rather, it was a one-sided "domestic beating."
Before these "Titan War Goddesses," who had undergone genetic optimization and were equipped with exoskeleton armor, the ordinary cyclopes were as fragile as a shambles of clay chickens.
In less than half an hour, the battle ended.
The Great Stone Mountains changed hands.
...
Windcut Canyon.
The harpies who were lucky enough to escape the previous air raid had not even had time to mourn the "sacrifice" of their queen.
They witnessed a scene they would never forget for the rest of their lives.
An army of hundreds of "angels" wearing snow-white armor and possessing snow-white wings flew over, blotting out the sun.
The leader had a holy face and cold eyes, holding a silver spear that shimmered with cold light.
That face...
It was remarkably their missing queen, Bloodfeather!
"Queen? You're not dead?"
"No, the weak Bloodfeather of the past is dead."
Bloodfeather hovered in mid-air, her voice cold and sacred.
"The current me is the 'Archangel' serving the great Director, an apostle spreading the 'Gospel of Healing.'"
"Now, I give you two choices."
She raised her spear, pointing it from afar at the shivering group of former clansmen below.
"Either join us and bask in the Director's radiance."
"Or... become the first 'heretic' to fall under my spear."
Facing the new queen who crushed them in both strength and beauty...
The harpies, without any suspense...
Chose to follow their hearts (and submitted).
Windcut Canyon was peacefully liberated.
...
The smoothest conquest was, ironically, the Black Swamp.
When Saak led her "Dragon Girl Miner Regiment," equipped with 【tungsten steel drill bits】 and prospecting sonar, back to her old home...
The remaining lizardmen did not resist; instead, they were like people seeing a savior, crying and shouting as they knelt on the ground.
"Great King! You're finally back!"
"In the few days you were gone, those damned venom-flies almost ate us all!"
Saak looked at these useless subordinates and flicked her tail in disgust.
Then, clearing her throat, she announced the new ownership of the land with an air of superiority.
"From today on, this is no longer the Black Swamp."
"This is—"
"The Benevolent Heart Clinic Affiliated Herbal Cultivation Base and Ecological Protection Zone!"
Just like that.
In less than three days.
The territories of the three major monster lords in the outer Eternal Night Peninsula were annexed... without shedding a drop of blood.
The entire outer area was completely linked together, forming a solid "Iron Triangle" ruling zone with the Benevolent Heart Clinic as the absolute core.
The cyclopes' mines continuously provided rare metals for the clinic's research department.
The harpies' watchtowers expanded the clinic's reconnaissance range by more than tenfold.
And the lizardmen's swamp became a massive medicinal cultivation base, where various rare poisonous herbs and medicinal plants were carefully nurtured.
Resource integration: complete.
The prototype of a self-sufficient dark empire, filled with violence aesthetics and black technology, was quietly established on this cursed land.
...
"Not bad, not bad."
Victor stood before the map, looking at the areas being lit up one by one, and took a satisfied sip of goji berry tea.
This feeling of strategizing and winning from a distance was even more exhilarating than performing an S-rank surgery.
【Ding!】
【Detected that the host's sphere of influence has reached the "Lord-level" standard.】
【Lord Template initiated...】
【Congratulations, you have successfully established a primary force—"Benevolent Heart Clinic Medical Group."】
【You have obtained the title: Eternal Night Lord.】
The system's prompt sounded in Victor's mind.
Immediately after.
The massive holographic map changed.
On the interface that originally only had four sections—【Medical】, 【Construction】, 【Mall】, and 【Modification】.
A brand-new section representing "Force" slowly emerged.
【Force Name: Benevolent Heart Clinic Medical Group】
【Lord: Victor Corvinus】
【Title: Eternal Night Lord (Effect: Within your territory, all friendly units' attributes are increased by 10%, and all enemy units' attributes are suppressed by 10%)】
【Current Territory Range: Outer Eternal Night Peninsula (Surrounding hundred miles)】
【Unlocked New Building Permissions:】
【City Defense System】: Can build city walls, arrow towers, magic barriers, and other defensive works.
【Resource Collection Buildings】: Can build mines, logging camps, herb gardens, etc.
【Logistics Buildings】: Can build barracks, forges, alchemy labs, etc.
"Finally... it's starting to look like a lord's base-building game."
Looking at this string of new functions, Victor's eyes sparkled with the light of an "infrastructure fanatic."
He felt the DNA within him stir.
What was the point of just fighting and killing?
Building, developing productivity, and climbing the tech tree—that was the true way!
"System, max out the city walls for me immediately!"
"Build ten mines! Twenty logging camps!"
"And that alchemy lab—expand it to the scale of a national-level key laboratory!"
Victor rubbed his hands together like a child who had just received New Year's money, eager to turn his new home into an impregnable war fortress.
However.
Before he could begin his "Great Construction" plan...
【Ding!】
【Warning! High point consumption detected!】
【Processing settlement...】
【Establishing primary force: 5,000 points consumed.】
【Unlocking building permissions: 3,000 points consumed.】
【Insufficient account balance, payment failed.】
【Lord, please top up as soon as possible, otherwise the Force Template will be frozen.】
The smile on Victor's face froze instantly.
He opened his account interface.
The five-digit points that were once respectable had now turned into a glaring...
"-8,000."
"I... I'll be..."
Looking at that negative number, Victor felt a sweetness in his throat, nearly spitting out a mouthful of blood.
"System! You're a scam shop!"
"Establishing a force actually puts me in debt to you?!"
【The Force Template is an advanced feature and requires a corresponding activation fee.】
The system's reply was cold and heartless.
【Detected that the Lord is in a state of bankruptcy. We thoughtfully recommend the following solutions:】
1. 【Loan Service】: You can apply for a high-interest loan from the system; the daily interest rate is only 10%.
2. 【Organ Sale】: Detected a large number of captives in the territory; their organs can be packaged and sold to inter-dimensional merchants.
3. 【Develop New Business】: It is suggested that the Lord utilize his own strengths to carry out cross-regional medical services to earn more consultation fees.
Victor looked at these three options, his face as black as the bottom of a pot.
Usury, selling organs, and... going out as an itinerant doctor?
Did this system want him to carry out the name of a "black-hearted clinic" to the very end?
"Forget it, I'll rely on myself."
Victor sighed and closed the system interface.
It seemed that if he wanted to focus on infrastructure, he first had to...
Earn a quick buck.
He looked up, his gaze passing over the territory he had just established, toward the distant, unknown area still shrouded in darkness.
"It's about time..."
"To pay a visit to those 'old neighbors' deeper inside."
He picked up the magic-conduction communicator on the table and connected to Helena's channel.
"Helena, how is the map drawing coming along?"
"Reporting, Commander."
Helena's cold electronic voice soon came through.
"The outer areas have been fully explored. But deeper in... it's blocked by a powerful barrier that my radar cannot penetrate."
"However, at the edge of the barrier, I discovered a very interesting place."
"A... massive valley that looks like a beehive."
"There, a strange creature resides. They look like spiders but possess the upper bodies of human females."
Victor's eyes lit up.
"Send me the coordinates."
"Also, pass down the order."
"Red Cross Guards, all units assemble."
"Prepare... for a house call."
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