Building the Strongest Undead Empire from Scratch

Chapter 34: Strongest skeleton

"Blood Frenzy!" The Titan activated his skill. His Strength and Endurance surged, surpassing the wolf's.

*Slam!* He landed a solid blow. Then another. And another. A flurry of bone-jarring punches, each one a critical hit. The wolf went down.

"Excellent!" Alex cheered from Baxter's head.

"Necromantic Summoning!" A black rune appeared above the wolf's corpse. A Level 25 Elite Skeletal Warrior emerged.

"Roar! Bone Hardening!" The new skeleton hardened its fists and punched a nearby wolf, sending it sprawling.

"Wind Blade!" A wind blade slammed into the skeleton, sending it flying, breaking two ribs. A Level 40 Elite wolf's attack.

But the skeleton got back up, looked at its broken ribs, and shrugged. *No big deal. They'll grow back.*

"Roar! Bone Hardening!" The newly summoned skeleton, unfazed by its missing ribs, attacked the nearest wolf.

The Alpha Wolf watched, its eyes narrowing.

"Fireball!" Arthur launched a fireball, then charged at the Alpha. "You're distracted! Your opponent is me!" He'd feinted, hoping to catch the Alpha off guard.

"Shadow Stealth!" The Alpha vanished into its shadow, teleporting away from Arthur's attack.

*Boom!* The fireball hit empty ground.

But Arthur wasn't disappointed. He glanced at the Alpha, now some distance away, and sneered. "Idiot."

"Enslavement!" Alex's voice rang out. She'd cast her skill on a Level 35 Elite wolf near Arthur.

The Alpha realized too late what Arthur had been planning.

"Wind Blade! Wind Blade! Wind Blade!" He fired three wind blades, trying to save his comrade, but it was too late.

The Level 35 wolf, frozen by Alex's Enslavement, couldn't move. The control only lasted two seconds, but it was enough.

"Fireball!" Arthur blasted the wolf point-blank in the face.

*Boom!* A direct hit, a critical hit, but not enough to kill it outright. Arthur was only Level 10, after all.

But the wolf was severely injured.

"Fireball!" Arthur pressed his advantage, blasting the wolf again, then finishing it off with a few well-placed claw strikes to the head.

*Crack!* The wolf's skull shattered.

The Alpha's wind blades arrived, but Arthur just chuckled, shrugging off the attacks. 200 damage? Meaningless to an immortal.

"Necromantic Summoning!" Alex summoned a Level 35 Elite Skeletal Warrior from the wolf's corpse. Her strongest skeleton yet! 70 in all stats!

"Bone Hardening!" The new skeleton hardened its fists and punched a nearby wolf, knocking it off its feet.

"Dragon Flame! Fireball!" Arthur and John seized the opportunity, finishing off the stunned wolf.

"Necromantic Summoning!" Another skeleton, this one Level 30, joined Alex's army.

The tide was turning.

The Alpha Wolf watched, its eyes cold. It turned and fired a wind blade at Alex. *She has to die.* Every dead wolf became another skeleton. This couldn't continue.

But Baxter, ever vigilant, dodged the attack with a graceful sidestep.

"Wind Blade! Wind Blade!" The Alpha fired two more wind blades, but Baxter evaded them easily.

"Dragon Flame!" Baxter retaliated, but his Level 6 flames couldn't harm the Level 43 Alpha. The attack missed, but the insult stung.

"Swift Claw!" The Alpha lunged at the Level 30 skeleton, its claws tearing through the skeleton's neck.

*Thud!* The skeleton's head rolled on the ground.

But the headless skeleton simply picked up its head and reattached it. Then, it counterattacked.

"Bone Spike!" It launched a volley of bone spikes at the Alpha.

"Wind Blade!" The Alpha sliced through the spikes, then blasted the skeleton with the remaining force of the wind blade, sending it flying, breaking three ribs.

But the skeleton got back up, unfazed, and charged again.

The Alpha was losing its mind. *Why won't they die?!*

"Wind Blade! Wind Blade! Wind Blade!" He unleashed a barrage of wind blades, chopping the skeleton into pieces.

But the skeleton reassembled itself and charged again.

The Alpha was on the verge of a breakdown. He was the strongest, but he couldn't kill these… immortal nuisances!

"Wind Blade! Wind Blade! …"

"Fireball!" Arthur saw his chance. While the Alpha was distracted, he and the Level 35 skeleton flew over to John. The three dragons would focus on the other two Level 40+ wolves.

John and the Level 35 skeleton engaged one wolf, while Arthur targeted the other. Arthur's 83 Strength, boosted by the Dragon Sparrow Saber, was finally enough to pierce the Level 40 wolf's 80 Endurance.

"Enslavement!" Alex, seeing Arthur's plan, assisted with a perfectly timed Enslavement. One second of control.

"Fireball! Fireball!" Arthur unleashed two fireballs at the wolf's head.

The wolf was severely injured.

"Fireball!" Arthur fired a third fireball down the wolf's throat.

*Boom!* A critical hit. The wolf went down.

"Necromantic Summoning!" A Level 40 Elite skeleton joined Alex's army.

"Bone Hardening! Bone Spike!" The new skeleton joined the fight against the remaining Level 40 wolf.

With the help of the two new skeletons, the tide turned decisively in Alex's favor. Every dead wolf became another skeleton. The wolves' numbers dwindled, while Alex's army grew stronger.

Arthur reached Level 11, then 12.

[Strength: 95]

…

With the Dragon Sparrow Saber, his Strength was now 95! Enough to pierce the Alpha's defenses!

"Fireball!" He blasted the Alpha.

"-11!" The Alpha was hurt! And the flames continued to burn, dealing more damage.

Arthur roared and charged, engaging the Alpha in close combat.

"Wind Blade! Swift Claw!" The Alpha fought back fiercely.

*Boom!* The two powerhouses clashed, forcing the other wolves and skeletons to back away.

The Alpha, with its superior stats, had the upper hand, but Arthur, immortal and relentless, fought with unmatched ferocity. And now, he could hurt the Alpha.

"Fireball!"

"Wind Blade!"

They traded blows, but only the Alpha was taking damage. Arthur's health bar remained stubbornly full.

"Fireball!" John, now Level 10, had also unlocked the Fireball skill. "Big bro, I'm here!"

"Bone Spike!" The two Level 40 skeletons added their support.

The Alpha howled in frustration. *They're ganging up on me! And they won't die!*

"Enslavement!" Alex seized the opportunity, freezing the Alpha for a fraction of a second.

"Fireball! Fireball! Bone Spike! Bone Spike! Dragon Flame!" Even Baxter joined in, blasting the Alpha with Dragon Flame.

*Boom!* The Alpha, a Level 43 Elite, finally fell.

"Necromantic Summoning!" A Level 43 Elite Skeletal Warrior emerged from the Alpha's corpse. The new Mike. Alex's strongest skeleton yet.