Building the Strongest Undead Empire from Scratch

Chapter 260: Arthur and Riven return

At this moment, within the blond man's realm in Undead City.

Even when faced with the blond man's second demand for submission, Alex remained defiant.

"You want to control the undead for the angels? Dream on!"

Alex raised her head, fearlessly meeting the man's gaze. This time, the man was momentarily taken aback, surprised that Alex had guessed his intentions.

"You're quite clever, but that won't help you."

The man raised his hand, and countless beams of golden light surged forth, converging towards Alex's head. Since this girl wouldn't agree, he would use holy light to forcibly control her soul.

Just then, the golden light began to dissipate, and the entire holy light realm collapsed. The two of them were back in Undead City.

Blood trickled from the man's mouth; the collapse of the realm had left him severely injured.

The man's face turned pale with fear, his previous composure gone.

"Master, this is Holy Court's affair. Why do you interfere?"

Facing the immense pressure, the man was drenched in sweat but couldn't afford to lose the honor of the Holy Court and the Templar Knights Captain.

"Fuck off!"

A raspy male voice echoed from the Dark Forest. Alex recognized it as the voice that had once guided her out of the depths of the Dark Forest.

The man clutched his chest, wiped the blood from his mouth, and vanished from Undead City without a word.

He had sensed the killing intent and knew that sparing his life was already a concession to the Holy Court.

Alex stood up, looking towards the Dark Forest.

"Thank you, for your assistance!"

The mysterious figure did not respond, disappearing once more.

Alex bowed for a moment, and seeing no response, she turned back to Undead City.

This time, Alex's undead suffered significant losses, the worst in history. She realized she needed to assess the strength of her undead forces.

Regarding the mysterious figure in the Dark Forest, Alex had no way to reach out. As long as the figure remained friendly, that was enough.

If the mysterious figure had been hostile, Alex would have been dead long ago. Undead City wouldn't have grown to its current scale.

The mysterious figure could injure an lv8 King level Templar Knight Captain from a distance, so their power might be Sovereign level. Alex didn't know for sure, but she knew they were incredibly strong.

Deep in the Dark Forest, a purple figure appeared out of thin air—it was Eldrin. He looked at the middle-aged man meditating on a boulder not far away.

"Thank you for your help. But someone like you wouldn't care about old favors, would you?" Eldrin spoke politely.

"She is a friend of an old friend's child." The mysterious man didn't open his eyes, maintaining his meditative posture.

"I see. Regarding the human race, I apologize."

Eldrin showed a look of realization, then apologized to the man.

"No matter. Humans are like that."

The mysterious man's voice was raspy, devoid of emotion, as if indifferent to everything around him.

"How much time do you have left?"

"Not much. Today's intervention wasted some energy. It's a pity she hasn't grown yet."

For some reason, Eldrin thought of Alex at that moment and spoke.

"Actually..."

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In the palace of Undead City, Alex was physically and mentally exhausted. She realized she needed to quickly increase her strength. This was the first time an enemy had come to her doorstep, but it wouldn't be the last.

With the mysterious figure's deterrence, the Holy Court likely wouldn't cause trouble for a while. Alex needed to reach King level as soon as possible.

But the undead's existence would surely be exposed. She hoped trouble wouldn't come too quickly.

The losses from this battle were severe. Over twenty Monarch undead were killed, and 80,000 standard undead died protecting Alex.

The power of a King level was truly terrifying.

Alex didn't feel sorry for the dead undead because it was pointless.

Arthas currently lacked the ability to resurrect Monarch undead. Dead was dead. As for standard undead, Alex could summon large numbers in a short time if she wished, so there was no need to worry about their numbers.

Near dusk, Arthur and Riven returned to Undead City with the spoils from conquering the dwarf kingdom.

The dwarf kingdom's resources were so abundant that the Warehouse was nearly full, allowing the city to be upgraded again.

Additionally, the undead army had grown. When Arthur and Riven were dispatched, Grimstone had only 20,000 undead. Now, they returned with 100,000.

Most of these undead were bone dragons and ghost dragons, personally summoned by Arthur and Riven.

This was partly because they had captured some dwarves and spared the civilian dwarves. Otherwise, the number of undead would be even higher.

Fifteen new Monarch undead were added, and twenty captured Monarch dwarves signed contracts with Sophie, becoming her subordinates.

Durin led the dwarves in rebuilding their war-torn homes and handling post-unification affairs. Naturally, Durin became the new dwarf king.

As for Nori's escape, Alex didn't pay much attention. What could a lv1 Monarch do?

"Big Shot, I've had Durin gather the high-level dwarf artisans at Grimstone. What should we do with them?"

Sophie asked. She had gained a lot from signing contracts with many Monarch level dwarves, though most of the experience went to the undead.

Alex had already planned for this.

"Move some skilled artisans to Undead City to collaborate with the hobgoblins and alchemy warlocks on technology. I'll upgrade your town to a city soon, so the dwarves can develop industry. The dwarf kingdom will focus on the area from Grimstone to White Rock Mountains and your city."

Sophie was delighted. This way, she wouldn't have to shuttle back and forth and could stay in Undead City.

"No problem, Big Shot."

Alex opened the system interface to upgrade Sophie's town. For Alex, upgrading a town to a city didn't require many resources, so there was no need to worry about consumption.

Soon, Alex upgraded Sophie's town to a city.

"Big Shot, I'll notify Durin to send the artisans over and then check out my city." Sophie said happily.

"Go ahead."

The system's power was truly impressive. When a town in the mountains was upgraded to a city, the area expanded significantly, flattening the surrounding mountains into a vast plain. In this transformed landscape, a dwarf city with two barracks was established.

While Sophie arranged for the artisans, Alex didn't idle. She began upgrading Undead City.

The city's area expanded, the walls emitted a faint black energy, and the palace behind Alex became more magnificent, covered in a mysterious blue energy.

Undead City reached lv7, just two levels from max.

Alex then upgraded the Barracks. The dwarf kingdom's resources were comprehensive, covering everything. The biggest gain from conquering the dwarf kingdom was the resources.

Currently, Drake's Barracks were the strongest. Alex didn't upgrade the Barracks for the Xiao siblings or Sophie but directly upgraded Drake's Barracks.

Drake's Barracks went from lv16 to lv20, a significant boost. Alex's own Barracks were only lv21.

[Rock Dragon Crystal: lv20]

[Barracks can summon: Rock Dragon troop, fixed at one, bloodline activation concentration 40%, initial level lv9 Commanding.]

This was Drake's Barracks information. The bloodline activation concentration indicated the dragons' growth rate, ensuring they didn't take too long to mature and could grow stronger faster.

These dragons had a level cap of Sovereign level, equivalent to normal adult dragons, but their growth was slow.

The most absurd part was that Drake's Barracks differed from other Lords. Normal Barracks had a 24-hour cooldown, but Drake's Barracks had a 120-hour cooldown, or five days.

In other words, he could summon one Rock Dragon every five days, so his troops have never exceeded ten up to now.

Dragons were powerful but had clear drawbacks: low numbers and slow growth.

Next, Alex upgraded her own Barracks by five levels, depleting the resources from the dwarf kingdom.

The Undead Barracks reached lv26.

The upgrade removed the summoning of races under a race king, meaning skeletons, specters, zombies, liches, bone dragons, and ghost dragons would no longer be summoned.

The initial level increased to lv3 Commanding, the summoning number doubled from fifty to one hundred, the chance of summoning a race king increased, and a new troop, the Crypt Fiend, was unlocked.

Alex wasn't particularly interested in the new troop. It had no standout features, with a level cap similar to Death Conquerors and Gargoyles, serving as a ground-based ranged unit.

That was all for the five-level Barracks upgrade.

The description page became simpler.

Alex was puzzled. Shouldn't higher levels unlock more advanced troops? The system wasn't following the usual pattern.

[Blood Moon in the sky, darkness descends]

The system prompt sounded, signaling nightfall. Alex had used up all the resources, closed the system interface, and returned to the palace.

Xiao Mu and Xiao Hui returned from Gemini City, shocked by the devastation outside and the piles of undead bones.

"What happened?"

Xiao Hui covered her mouth in surprise. Xiao Mu, without a word, pulled her into the palace, where they found Alex sitting there eating dessert.

They sighed in relief, glad Alex was unharmed.

"Miss Alex, what happened outside?"

Xiao Hui asked urgently, seeing the countless undead bones, estimating at least tens of thousands.

"Nothing much, just got beaten up."

Alex said nonchalantly, as if it had nothing to do with her.

Xiao Hui wanted to ask more, but Xiao Mu stopped her, and they headed out.

"Leader, we're going to eat."

"Go ahead."