Building the Strongest Undead Empire from Scratch

Chapter 178: Three new Race Kings

After the events at the snowy mountain, no other powerful forces had appeared, and things had remained peaceful for many days. Alex decided it was time for Ice Cream to go out and develop. After all, Ice Cream had a high level cap, and as Alex's future mount, its strength needed to keep up.

Additionally, the three Race Kings needed to level up quickly to reach Monarch level, which was the most important task at hand.

Alex could finally relax for a couple of days. With more Monarch levels under her command, she didn't need to handle everything personally.

"Huh, Samson's name has turned white. He's become a Freelancer," Alex noticed. It seemed something had happened within the Elemental Alliance.

In the evening, Alex and Ruby sat at the dining table, enjoying the delicious food cooked by the dark elves. Their culinary skills far surpassed Alex's.

Ruby was happily eating, her hands and feet moving in excitement.

These dark elves had great potential as maids. Alex hadn't eaten much before because she didn't need to, but mostly because she was lazy.

The twelve-story castle had hundreds of rooms, enough to accommodate hundreds of people. However, not everything could live in the castle.

Alex had now categorized the undead. Aside from the three Race Sovereigns and the Monarch levels, no other undead were allowed inside the castle.

Alex's next goal was to locate the hobgoblin kingdom. They were her next target for development. As for the dwarves, she left them to Durin. If he couldn't handle it, he would ask for her help.

She had given them enough equipment to fight the Silverbeard Clan.

After dinner, Alex and Ruby sat together, chatting. Alex told Ruby many fascinating things, leaving her amazed.

"We all have this strange feeling that killing extraterrestrial visitors will drop special items. I think this intuition is why races and extraterrestrial visitors can't coexist peacefully."

"According to our system prompts, the final outcome might be that most extraterrestrial visitors will die. As for how to conquer, we don't really know."

"Do you miss home?" Ruby asked.

"Of course. No one wants to be dragged into something like this. I guess many chose to commit suicide, while others are desperately trying to develop under immense pressure."

They chatted late into the night.

Alex then went to the Barracks. Since it was past midnight, she decided to summon her troops before going to bed.

The Barracks glowed with the usual eerie green light. Alex didn't bother with the ritual of touching her breast for luck anymore.

Luck was a mysterious thing, after all.

When the light faded, three exclamation marks appeared above Alex's head.

!!!

Three unique undead forms caught Alex's attention. There were three of them!

Alex was already excited.

The three undead were not large, so she hadn't noticed anything unusual during the summoning.

Zombie King: Its form was similar to that of the Black Warrior, clad in black armor, and its body appeared more human-like. The most striking feature was the long sword in its hand, burning with black flames—dark magic.

This meant that once it reached Monarch level, its close combat abilities would be terrifying, and it could fly using dark magic.

Its weakness was obvious—no ranged attacks. Similarly, the level cap for ordinary zombies was lifted.

If John the Skeleton King was like a general, the Zombie King was more like a cold-blooded, invincible fighter.

Ghost Dragon King: Alex hadn't seen a large form, but one of them was the Ghost Dragon King.

Ghost dragons had no physical form, composed entirely of blue ghostly flames. As the king of its kind, the Ghost Dragon King burned with purple flames, a stark contrast to other ghost dragons.

Ghost dragons, as high-level undead, had comprehensive abilities, including single-target and area attacks, support, and healing.

The Ghost Dragon King's most powerful support skill was a group shield that protected undead souls from soul damage.

Alex was most pleased to summon them. Compared to their attributes and skills, nothing surprised her.

Each Race King had at least three skills, so Alex wasn't surprised, just curious about their unique abilities.

Satan and Lilith's twelve demons and eight fallen angels were equivalent to Alex's Race Kings. They had their powerful troops from the very beginning, whereas Alex had to slowly gather her race kings through summoning.

The last figure was the most intriguing undead to Alex because it didn't look like an undead. It resembled a human in blue heavy armor. Unlike John, whose helmet revealed his skeletal face, this one's helmet was fully enclosed, with blue glowing eyes emitting a chilling aura.

"What is this?"

Lich King!

It was the Lich King, a name Alex had known even before understanding undead.

Clad in blue armor, with a crown-like helmet adorned with upward spikes, a tattered black cloak on its shoulders, and a blue-glowing sword in its hand.

The Lich King's skills shocked Alex—five in total.

Frost and dark magic, bones and skeleton magic were its basic abilities. Its summoning ability was a combination of lich and necromancer, able to create skeleton undead and summon other undead races.

Compared to the Ghost Dragon King's shield, the Lich King was more powerful. It could reignite soul flames, resurrecting undead in the truest sense, even those whose soul flames had been extinguished.

Combined with its close combat abilities, Alex knew the Lich King would be her greatest asset.

"Your most loyal servants greet you, esteemed Queen," the undead said in unison, bowing to Alex.

This was Alex's luckiest summoning ever, gaining three Race Kings at once.

"From now on, you'll be called Crane (Zombie King), Riven (Ghost Dragon King), and Arthas (Lich King)!"

"Thank you, Queen, for the names!"

Alex waved them off to develop on their own. Though their potential was high, they were currently weak, only lv7 Standard, and couldn't help Alex much.

These Race Sovereigns were highly intelligent, with Arthas and Azure being the smartest, followed by John and Crane.

Arthur and Riven had intelligence comparable to liches and necromancers. They had normal human intelligence and thinking but couldn't command undead armies with tactical precision.

But it didn't matter. With undead troops, sheer numbers were enough. Who needed strategy?

Alex went to bed, finally able to relax.

The undead needed time to develop, and raising the Race Sovereigns' overall strength was crucial. Currently, the outskirts of the Dark Forest were the best place for them to level up.

With the town's upgrade, the Dark Forest was now connected to Alex's territory. She wouldn't miss the resources on its outskirts.

Though the Dark Forest's depths held terrifying beings, the outskirts were a different world. With Alex at Monarch level and a massive undead army, as long as she avoided the depths, there was no danger.