Building the Strongest Undead Empire from Scratch

Chapter 211: Crazy goblins

Among the undead present, Arthas, the Lich King, was undoubtedly the most knowledgeable about summoning spells. However, even he couldn't summon a Monarch-level corpse on his own.

"How about summoning a skeleton creature instead?" Xiao Hui suggested.

Arthas immediately dismissed Xiao Hui's idea. "All the necromancers are dead. Summoning a skeleton creature would drain all of John's and my mana. It's not worth it."

Xiao Mu agreed with Arthas. Xiao Hui always came up with useless ideas.

Among all the Monarch-level beings, Arthas was the most powerful. If he lost his combat ability, they would be in an even more passive position.

"Strange, these hobgoblins clearly have the advantage. Why aren't they attacking?" Xiao Hui wondered aloud. Given their advanced technology, they didn't seem like idiots.

"They'll probably attack soon," Xiao Mu said thoughtfully.

"How can you be so sure?"

"Idiot, because their Mana Points are almost fully restored!"

"You're the dumb one. I already figured that out!"

Meanwhile, in the hobgoblin royal city, the elderly hobgoblin king made a move. Despite his age, he still had the strength to fight.

"Mudhollow City has been taken by the goblins?!" In the palace, the hobgoblin king received the shocking news. It was one thing for the goblins to rebel, but to attack his city?

Before the hobgoblin king could get angry, the teleportation array in the city lit up, and a group of goblins emerged. They carried no weapons, their eyes bloodshot, each holding a bomb as they charged at the surrounding hobgoblins.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Explosions echoed throughout the hobgoblin royal city. The hobgoblins had never seen such a suicidal attack and were thrown into chaos.

Fortunately, the hobgoblin shamans arrived in time, quickly subduing the goblins and shutting down the teleportation array, cutting off the connection between Mudhollow City and the hobgoblin royal city.

"Are they insane?" The hobgoblin king thought the goblins must have conspired with the undead to destroy the hobgoblin kingdom.

As Xiao Mu and the others stood on the fortress wall, watching the explosions in the hobgoblin royal city, a section of the distant wall suddenly shattered, and a goblin emerged.

The goblin held a strange device, which it immediately activated, creating a teleportation array.

Xiao Mu noticed the goblin appearing on the empty ground and saw countless goblins emerging from the array.

He quickly informed the other undead. He knew goblins were hobgoblin slaves, and their appearance was clearly to help.

Endless goblins poured out of the teleportation array, soon numbering in the tens of thousands. They wore elaborate armor, with goblin mages wielding staffs made from Essence Shards and goblin warriors carrying metal clubs.

Finally, five Monarch-level goblins and a human appeared, clearly leading the goblins.

The man wore a checkered shirt, a crooked tie, and black suit pants. His gaze was dark and aggressive.

"Hobgoblin kingdom, here I come."

"Take down the hobgoblin kingdom. I will conquer the hobgoblin race!"

With his words, tens of thousands of goblins charged at the hobgoblin royal city, while the five Monarch-level goblins stayed behind.

The man then noticed the undead fortress. He knew extraterrestrial visitors were attacking the hobgoblin kingdom but didn't realize they were undead lords.

"Looks like the undead lord isn't as strong as the rumors say."

With the man's help, goblin technology had advanced rapidly, and since it shared roots with hobgoblin technology, breaking the hobgoblin royal city's shield was no challenge for the goblins.

Facing their former slaves' attack, the hobgoblins were furious. With their Monarch-level mana points nearly restored, they didn't wait for the goblins to break the shield; they deactivated it themselves.

The hobgoblins charged out to meet the enemy, with Monarch-level beings flying from the walls to bombard the goblins indiscriminately.

Seeing the goblins being slaughtered, the man's expression remained unchanged, even showing a satisfied smile. He knew the goblins couldn't defeat the hobgoblins.

But the teleportation array behind him continued to flash, with more goblins emerging.

Goblins loved to reproduce and had little interest in anything else. Female goblins were rare, but they could capture females of other races as substitutes.

Goblins born from these unions inherited some of the mother's power. The stronger the mother, the stronger the goblin offspring.

But that wasn't the most important thing. He needed the goblins to reproduce quickly.

The goblin population was already three times that of the hobgoblins. Under the man's rule, their numbers had exploded, all in preparation for this day.

Attacking only the hobgoblin kingdom seemed too slow, so the man ordered the goblins to attack the undead fortress as well.

Xiao Mu, Xiao Hui, and the other undead on the wall were puzzled.

These weak goblins were attacking both the hobgoblins and the undead?

Even with the man, they only had six Monarch-level beings. Both the hobgoblins and the undead had two to three times that number. How could they possibly win?

Was this a suicide mission?

With the man's sudden appearance leading the goblins, the hobgoblins stopped attacking the undead and focused on eliminating the traitors.

As for Xiao Mu and the others, they knew the undead were weaker than the hobgoblins and wouldn't actively attack them. The goblins' sudden interference caused both sides, either passively or actively, to target the goblins.

The undead didn't even leave the fortress, attacking the goblins below from their stronghold. The Standard and Commanding-level goblins couldn't even breach the undead fortress.

Xiao Mu looked at the man in the distance, puzzled by his calm demeanor and slight smile.

"Arthas, that man is a Lord. These goblins are too numerous to be his troops. Whatever his goal is, we should take him out first."

The more Xiao Mu thought about it, the more he felt something was off. With their superior strength, they should eliminate him.

Agreed. Let's kill these goblins ourselves. It'll give us a lot of experience points.

The Race Kings agreed with Arthas and descended to kill the goblins themselves.

Most undead couldn't level up, so it was better for the Race Kings to gain the experience. The goblins were only Standard and Commanding level, easily killed by Monarch-level undead without wasting mana.

Meanwhile, the Monarch-level hobgoblins weren't fools. They knew the importance of capturing the leader. While the goblins' fate didn't concern them, their leader had to die.

A dozen Monarch-level hobgoblins flew low, heading for the man. He calmly took out two devices.

One created a circular barrier, enclosing him, the five Monarch-level goblins, and the teleportation array. The other formed another teleportation array, from which emerged a giant centipede, more like a beast.

The centipede charged at the hobgoblins in the sky. Xiao Mu's face changed as he watched from the fortress.

The centipede was clearly the man's troop, but it seemed to be a nemesis for the hobgoblin shamans.

The shamans' magic was ineffective against the centipede, and its hard exoskeleton resisted physical attacks.

The centipede's attributes allowed it to hold off a dozen hobgoblin shamans. While it couldn't kill them, its venom could stall them indefinitely.

"A dozen Monarch-level beings held off by a single centipede?" Xiao Mu was incredulous. He had thought the hobgoblins would handle the man, but now it was clear the man had come prepared.

Xiao Mu stood on the wall, raising his hand to gather a bright elemental laser. Since attacking the hobgoblins was ineffective, he aimed for the large centipede.

Zap!

A blinding beam shot from the undead fortress toward the centipede.

But the man had anticipated this. He appeared in front of the laser, casually blocking Xiao Mu's attack.

Xiao Mu wasn't disappointed. This confirmed that the centipede was meant to counter the hobgoblins and had no advantage against other Monarch-level beings, which was why the man intervened.

The man shook his blackened hand, glaring at Xiao Mu on the fortress wall, as if warning him not to interfere.