Building the Strongest Undead Empire from Scratch

Chapter 96: Undead relied not on individual strength but on sheer numbers

Samson immediately sent a private message to Earl, asking for an invitation. Earl gladly agreed.

Compared to Samson's snowy mountain and Cain's volcano, Earl's Barren Plains were much safer. Although located within the borders of the Starfallen Empire, they were on the edge, unlikely to attract much attention.

After Earl sent the invitation, Samson immediately received a system notification and without hesitation, clicked 'accept'.

At that moment, Samson's castle began to shake violently, as if it was about to collapse. Magical runes appeared on the floor of the castle, and Samson guessed it was the teleportation matrix for the castle.

As the magical runes spread throughout the castle, the shaking intensified.

The vibrations of Samson's castle attracted a passing gargoyle, which noticed the strange phenomenon and decided to investigate.

Suddenly, the shaking stopped, and along with it, Samson's entire castle disappeared.

Two miles outside the territory of Earl town, Samson's white castle abruptly appeared.

Originally a level 9, Samson's castle had fallen to level 7, and the Barracks had also dropped two levels. However, it was all worth it, as Samson had successfully escaped the dreaded Frostwind snowy mountain.

The environment of the Barren Plains was at least a hundred times safer than the Frostwind snowy mountain.

At that moment, Samson suddenly noticed that besides his own and Earl's castles, another castle had appeared nearby, completely enveloped in vines and tree branches—it was Lord Ivy of the [Vine Fairy].

Both had chosen to move their castles next to Earl's, and together, their combined strength was formidable.

The three Lords met for the first time at the entrance of Earl's castle. Earl was a towering figure at 7 feet tall, muscular and robust. Ivy, on the other hand, sported a cyberpunk look and was about 5.7 feet tall.

Samson, wearing glasses, appeared scholarly, but among the three, he was the weakest, both in overall and individual strength.

Regaining his confidence, Samson felt their collective strength had greatly increased now that they were together!

Ivy suggested that today was a great day and must be celebrated.

What Samson and Earl, who were almost sick of eating roasted meat, did not expect was that Ivy's Warehouse was not only full of fungi but also various wild fruits and vegetables, offering a rich variety of ingredients.

"Where did you get all these from?"

"Just picked them up from the forest!" Ivy said, as if it was the most natural thing in the world.

...

On the continent of Arsen, atop a mountain outside Sophie's castle, Alex stood surveying the surrounding terrain, which was entirely mountainous.

The complex terrain made it difficult for the dwarves of the dwarf kingdom to locate Sophie's castle.

The vast mountain range was perfect for air forces, but since dwarves couldn't fly and the area was rugged and wild, it was no wonder the dwarves chose to flee here.

Pondering, Alex suddenly thought she could use Sophie to deploy undead on the continent of Arsen, as the area around Sophie's castle was relatively safe compared to the Dark Forest and Frostwind snowy mountain, offering a more stable development.

She only needed to send a few necromancers and eliminate the surrounding Lords to endlessly expand her military forces.

Alex didn't believe such a vast mountain range housed only Sophie as a Lord.

Later, Alex and Sophie returned to Hamburger.

Sophie brought the resources needed to build a subsidiary castle and eagerly clicked to construct.

A castle similar in style to Alex's rose next to her own, though it was much smaller, about a quarter of the size and five stories high, without a courtyard.

The subsidiary castle also had a level one dwarf Barracks, and other facilities were quite comprehensive, though special buildings were non-transferable and moving them to Alex's location was pointless.

Sophie, somewhat excited, ran into the castle to inspect it. The two castles had different styles and the internal room distribution varied slightly, but they were generally similar.

With this subsidiary castle, Sophie could choose to sleep there at night and return to the continent of Arsen during the day.

She no longer had to worry about enemies invading her castle at night and killing her.

"Big Shot, I'll be staying here at night from now on!"

"Suit yourself."

Alex paid no mind to the excited Sophie beside her, as she saw a gargoyle flying back.

"Translator, come here!"

Alex called over a specter, as she couldn't understand what the gargoyle was trying to say.

"What, you saw a castle suddenly disappear? Are you sure the disappearance of the castle wasn't because the Lord was killed?"

The gargoyle, sensitive to magical fluctuations, was indeed certain that the entire castle had disappeared, not just destroyed due to the Lord being killed.

"Big Shot, you better check the World Chat, they're all talking about something called an Alliance token, seems similar to the Submission token."

Sophie familiarly opened the World Chat to look for information, and indeed, she found that all the Lords were discussing a strange item, the Alliance token.

Alex opened the World Chat, where Lords were frantically spamming messages. Alex paused to read them one by one, discovering that everyone was looking for a Lord Alliance, this time with a peculiar condition added.

[Petted Kitten]: "Looking for a powerful Lord Alliance."

[Harem]: "My place is very safe, scenic with plenty of wild animals, first choice for moving Alliance! Currently only accepting single women under 29."

[Pea Shooter]: "I'm about to upgrade my town, book your Alliance move in advance!"

...

This was outrageous, Alliance members could actually move directly?! Alex seemed to understand a bit; it appeared that an Alliance Leader promoting their town could allow Alliance members to move, and all Lords were frantically seeking allies in the World Chat.

This meant that Alliances would no longer be mere decorations; Lords would start banding together, significantly boosting their strength.

This wasn't good news for Alex, a lone wolf, as future enemies would change from a single Lord to an entire Alliance.

Under the huge temptation of the Alliance token allowing relocation, the vast majority of Lords began choosing Alliances, forming one powerful group after another.

Even an Alliance of five second-tier Lords already had the strength to confront a first-tier Lord. What about an Alliance of five first-tier Lords?

Alex didn't think her current strength could simultaneously confront five top-tier Lords, but fortunately, her castle was still relatively hidden. As long as she kept a low profile, she could quietly develop on the continent.

Undead relied not on individual strength but on sheer numbers, and she had to make use of this.

"Quick, call back my necromancers!"