Building the Strongest Undead Empire from Scratch

Chapter 245: Alex's concerns

Arsen Continent, Lilith's town.

Lilith wasn't particularly surprised by Alex's sudden visit, but she did look puzzled when she saw Alex dragging a frozen templar knight along.

Alex quickly informed Lilith about the templar knights' attack and shared some of her suspicions.

"You suspect the templar knights in the elf kingdom are also there to subdue the entire elf kingdom?" Lilith was shocked. If it was the Holy Court, the elves' strength would indeed be insignificant in comparison.

"This is troublesome. If what you say is true, my development will become very difficult," Lilith said, her face showing concern. As for why the Holy Court was subduing these races, it was something far beyond their current reach.

"Yeah, I'm at risk of being exposed too. But don't worry too much. They can't stay here forever, and the lower-level elves are bound to resist their rule. When the templar knights leave, it might even spark a rebellion. You can take advantage of that," Alex reassured her, though it was clear this wasn't Lilith's main concern.

"I'm more worried that the elf kingdoms will merge because of this. If that happens, they'll definitely clear out the surrounding forces, and the coastal areas will be their primary focus."

All the border races on the continent were constantly on guard against the powerful races in the ocean, without a doubt.

"These are just our guesses for now. See if you can control this knight. If we can gather information from him, we'll know for sure."

Alex unfroze the templar knight, and Lilith approached him. She extended her finger, black energy dancing at her fingertip, and touched his forehead, causing the knight to look terrified.

The templar knight's head immediately glowed with holy light, which clashed with Lilith's black energy.

Suddenly, the templar knight's eyes rolled back, and he died instantly.

???

Alex was confused and looked at Lilith, who stood up and shook her head.

"It's no use. He had holy light protection inside him. When my energy invaded, the two forces clashed and destroyed his soul."

Lilith felt it was a pity. She hadn't expected the Holy Court to be so meticulous, preparing for capture and preventing information leaks.

"Even his soul was protected? This knight must have known he'd die if he said anything he shouldn't, which is why he refused to talk," Alex said, feeling a bit horrified. These templar knights seemed more like the angels' minions and puppets than followers.

"We'll have to rely on our own investigations. Be extra careful in the coming days," Lilith advised Alex.

Both of them were serious and didn't chat much. Alex dragged the templar knight's body back to Undead City.

As for Satan in Valoria, Alex didn't ask much. Most of the races there were evil, and the angels' influence seemed weak.

The templar knights wouldn't try to subdue those "evil" races; they'd likely wage war to exterminate them.

Thus, Satan's side was relatively safe, at least from the Holy Court.

"Let's just hope Undead City remains undiscovered."

Alex shook her head, pushing these thoughts aside. Upon returning to the city, she received good news.

During her busy time, Xiao Mu and Xiao Hui had killed another Soul Hunter, earning 2 points.

[Blood Moon in the sky, darkness descends.]

By nightfall, Alex received three more pieces of good news.

Arthas had captured another orc camp, bringing all the resources back to the palace. Arthur and Riven had annihilated the Hardbeard clan's main force, and both Race Kings had advanced to lv3. The Death Spirit had absorbed death energy from several battlefields, reaching Monarch level.

Alex was amazed by the Death Spirit's rapid leveling. In just two days, it had advanced from Commanding level to Monarch level.

After reaching Monarch level, its abilities were greatly enhanced. Its clones could now possess and strengthen multiple undead simultaneously.

Alex had a feeling that the Death Spirit's rapid growth would play a crucial support role for the entire undead army.

Alex looked at a dwarf corpse brought back by the undead. It was the Hardbeard clan's chieftain.

The Hardbeard chieftain was a middle-aged dwarf with long hair and a beard braided into plaits.

This dwarf had lv7 Monarch strength and was summoned by Alex as a lich to assist Arthur, along with the Death Spirit's clones, in the dwarf kingdom.

So far, the dwarf kingdom's front line had a lv7 and a lv6 undead. The remaining clans would have no chance of resisting.

With the Death Spirit's addition, Alex didn't need to personally summon corpses on the front lines. The core of the undead was to wage war; only war and death could quickly expand the undead's scale and strength.

"The day after tomorrow, go sign contracts with those dwarves," Alex said, turning to Sophie, who nodded.

As for the orc camp Arthas had destroyed, it wasn't very strong, ranking low in the Orc Empire.

There were no high-level Monarchs among them. Although the Orc Empire's summoning of all camp leaders had accelerated Arthas's progress and difficulty in eliminating these camps, it also prevented Alex from summoning high-level Monarchs.

"Arthas, we need to speed up the progress in the Orc Empire. Destroy as many camps as possible before the leaders return and plunder their resources."

Alex didn't know what was happening in the Orc Empire or if the gathering of leaders was related to the templar knights, but speeding up progress was always a good idea.

"Yes, Esteemed Queen."

Arthas firmly supported the queen's command and led the undead through the Portal of Transit, leaving the city.

Alex tallied the current number of Monarchs and found it had reached nearly eighty!

She could hardly believe the staggering number, not counting the seven Race Kings, the siblings, and herself.

With today gaining a lv8 lich, her forces were nearing the peak of Monarch strength.

Alex herself was only lv6.

As long as she didn't encounter a King level, Alex was confident her power was unmatched among Monarchs!

But she still had concerns. The biggest fear was the templar knights sending a King level knight next time, which would be troublesome.

The stronger the level, the more apparent the gap. A lv9 Commanding would struggle against a lv1 Monarch. Could a lv9 Monarch defeat a King level?

Alex assessed her state. Her experience points were about halfway, still some distance from leveling up. Reaching King level would take time.

"Ice Cream hasn't come back for days. I wonder where it went."

Since Alex let Ice Cream roam freely, it had left the castle and hadn't returned.

These native creatures leveled up too slowly, incomparable to Lords.

If Ice Cream followed its natural growth, it might reach Sovereign level in a few hundred years, by which time Alex's undead might have already conquered the world.

Alex walked into the palace, leaving the siblings puzzled.

"Who's Ice Cream?"

Xiao Hui asked Sophie, confused. Ice Cream had been absent from the city since they submitted to Alex.

"It's an Azure Dragon. I don't know where it went either."

"Oh, so having a dragon is standard for a Big Shot?"

Xiao Hui seemed to understand why she wasn't a Big Shot herself, not questioning why Alex had tamed a dragon.