Building the Strongest Undead Empire from Scratch

Chapter 220: Chieftain's corpse

White Rock Mountains, Sophie was still asleep, not yet awake.

With nothing much to do these days, Sophie spent her time arranging for the dwarves to gather materials and forge equipment, chatting on World Chat, and then sleeping.

After all, besides these activities, there wasn't much for her to do in the castle. The dwarves were all working, and she could only rely on the dwarves at the Rockhammer City front line to kill enemies and gain experience, making her level up very slowly.

As of now, Sophie had barely reached lv6 Commanding level, which was quite weak.

However, Sophie didn't mind at all, as she was only responsible for logistics, and being a bit weaker was acceptable.

The siblings didn't teleport directly from the main fortress to Grimstone but used the Portal of Transit to come to Sophie.

This place was assigned to Sophie by Alex, and the siblings needed to understand the situation from her.

"Leader is actually very kind to us. From these past few days of observation, she isn't a cold and ruthless person, but she also doesn't seem like someone who would easily accept subjects," Xiao Mu whispered to Xiao Hui in the palace.

"I know, I think so too," Xiao Hui nodded in agreement.

"Then what do you know? Tell me," Xiao Mu gave Xiao Hui a sideways glance, thinking she knew nothing.

"Well, you go first. I'll see if it matches what I think."

"I think maybe Alex didn't know what was happening in Emerald Hills at the time. It was all Sophie's doing, and Alex thought we submitted voluntarily. That's why she's been so friendly to us, treating us as friends, which is different from the 'submit or die' scenario we were told."

Xiao Mu felt he had been deceived by Sophie.

"Yeah, I noticed that too. With Miss Alex's personality, she wouldn't kill us if we didn't submit. She wouldn't kill the innocent. This kind of deceit is really annoying. What's the word for it?"

Xiao Hui pondered.

"It's called cunning and deceitful. But maybe we should thank her. After joining Alex, we no longer have to worry about our lives, unlike in Emerald Hills, where we lived in constant fear."

Xiao Mu understood that, in a way, Sophie had helped them by deceiving them.

Since they and Sophie were both Alex's subjects, it was best to maintain a harmonious relationship.

"Of course, I know that. Don't worry, I'm not a child anymore."

The main reason was that Alex treated them well. Otherwise, they would definitely hold a grudge against Sophie.

As they whispered to each other, they reached Sophie's castle. But upon learning from the dwarf guards that Sophie was still asleep, Xiao Hui exploded.

"What? We're out there fighting enemies, and she's still sleeping in?"

The dwarf guards trembled, not daring to speak. They knew the two before them were also subordinates of the leader, with positions no lower than their Lord.

"Alright, alright," Xiao Mu pulled Xiao Hui back.

The dwarf guards went into the castle to report but only dared to knock on the door from outside.

Knock, knock, knock—

The frequent knocking woke Sophie.

"What is it?"

Sophie's voice came from inside, and the dwarf guards immediately reported that two of the leader's subordinates had arrived.

Sophie felt embarrassed and quickly peeked out the window, seeing Xiao Hui and Xiao Mu.

She hurriedly pulled down the black stockings drying outside the window, but Xiao Hui saw this.

Xiao Hui's eyelid twitched, feeling speechless.

She could only think to herself, "These stockings are really good quality. They've been worn for a month and still haven't torn?"

In no time, Sophie rushed out, her hair still messy, having only washed her face.

Sophie knew that the siblings' sudden arrival must mean Alex had a task for them.

"Please come in."

Sophie didn't have an arrogant attitude towards her allies, always maintaining a calm demeanor.

"We do have a task here, but it's not urgent. Let's go inside first," Xiao Mu said, pulling Xiao Hui along.

Sophie followed them into the castle.

Inside, the dwarves served the siblings a special dwarf beverage.

"This is a specialty of the dwarves. You should try it; it tastes pretty good," Sophie said with a smile.

"Miss Alex is unhappy with your slow progress in conquering the dwarf kingdom. She sent us to help. Just tell us the situation with the dwarves," Xiao Hui said bluntly, though she couldn't resist taking a sip of the drink, finding it delicious.

Xiao Hui's eyes widened, looking at Xiao Mu, then back at the drink, as if to say it was really good.

Xiao Mu sighed. The aura they had tried to project was now halved.

Sophie then explained the current progress and intelligence regarding the dwarf kingdom.

After losing Rockhammer City, the Silverbeard Clan was exterminated under the combined assault of two major clans. The Silverbeard Clan chieftain chose death over surrender and was killed. Due to being of the same race, the two major clans absorbed the remaining Silverbeard Clan forces and gave the chieftain a proper burial.

Durin hadn't been idle. Using his former noble status, he infiltrated the clan territory last night and stole the Silverbeard Clan chieftain's corpse. No one would heavily guard a graveyard, and even if they did, they wouldn't be a match for a Monarch level.

Durin also took advantage of the chaos to recruit many civilians and deserters, strengthening his forces.

Since Rockhammer City was the Silverbeard Clan's logistics city, the two major clans didn't know it had been emptied by Durin.

The enemy was preparing to gather forces to capture Rockhammer City, Durin knowing he couldn't win, had already retreated to Grimstone with the materials and equipment.

Not only was the Silverbeard Clan unified, but two other weaker clans had also been absorbed. Now, the four clans had merged into two factions, fully attacking each other.

Three major clans were attacking the once strongest royal clan.

"That's the current situation," Sophie sighed. The dwarf kingdom was in chaos, with civil wars and battles everywhere. They had gone mad.

Xiao Hui didn't care about the details. She only knew they had lost one city, which was a loss for their side.

"Hmph, pathetic."

Xiao Hui turned away. "By the way, I want another cup of that drink!"

Only Xiao Mu focused on the crucial issue.

"Where is the Silverbeard Clan chieftain's corpse? If it's been dead for over twenty-four hours, our leader can't summon it as an undead."

"What!"

Sophie hadn't known about this limitation and quickly calculated the time.

"It'll be over twenty-four hours by noon. The corpse is still in Grimstone!"

Xiao Mu immediately stood up. This was a high-level Monarch level corpse, and losing it would be a huge loss.

"Quick, notify Alex to summon it. Why didn't you say this earlier?"

Sophie felt helpless.

"I... I wanted to wait until the corpse was brought back. I didn't know about the time limit."