Building the Strongest Undead Empire from Scratch

Alex, fresh from her bath and wrapped in a towel, reflected on her afternoon's practice. It wasn't without progress; she had become more proficient with fire magic, and wielding her weapon felt increasingly natural.

She sensed that the Dark Forest was extraordinary, possibly hiding secrets. She just hoped it wouldn't attract the attention of the local human factions.

"Next time, it might be best to play dumb. According to what Charles said, the native human factions on Eldoria are quite powerful and harbor significant hostility towards us Lords who suddenly appeared from Earth."

Alex's castle was located in a remote area, a place unlikely to interest the powerful native factions who probably congregated in more prosperous areas. With so many Lords around, who would bother with her out-of-the-way spot?

Alex planned to sell the Holy Court Novice Knight Set; it was of no use to her, and the set had no benefits for her personally.

[Hamburger initiates a trade!]

[Holy Court Novice Knight Commanding level Set (5/5): 4,000 magic crystals or 3,000 iron ingots]

[Set Effects: Significantly increases the wearer's defense, immune to 40% of elemental magic damage, Strength +20, Agility +5, Stamina +5, receives 10% more Mind damage.]

[Remaining Quantity: One set.]

Alex opted for a bundle sale, offering all five pieces at once, and set the price in magic crystals higher than in iron ingots, hoping to encourage Lords to trade using iron ingots.

She also carefully detailed the set effects to ensure the Lords recognized the value.

"Might as well sell the food too, keeping a thousand units in stock should suffice."

[Hamburger initiates a trade!]

[One unit of food, trades for eight units of wood or four units of stone.]

[Remaining Quantity: 2,700 units.]

[One unit of elite food, trades for two magic crystals.]

[Remaining Quantity: 100 units.]

[BaconWrapped]: "Look, Hamburger has listed some great stuff again!"

[Queen of Harpies]: "Holy Court knights?! I've seen one; they are part of the native human factions of Eldoria. Even the lowest among them is at Commanding level, and they are incredibly strong, very hostile towards us outsiders. My troops are harpies, and we've seen them execute a Lord with our own eyes."

[KingOfTheForest]: "Such a formidable Holy Court knight taken down, just how strong is Hamburger? He's an idol to all of us Lords!"

[NotARobot]: "Man, don't scare me, I met a human in white gold armor today wanting to collaborate, asking me to leave the castle to a strange place, he couldn't be a Holy Court knight, could he?!"

[Donut Princess]: "Wow, that set is so powerful, are all the native human faction's equipment this good? I really want it too..."

...

The fifth day is approaching fast, and time is getting tight. Alex just hopes that after tonight's monster hunting, she can level up to Commanding level herself.

Ideally, Arthur would reach Commanding level too.

With nearly 3K undead in her army and three at Commanding level, she doesn't believe the beast tide could bring forth Monarch level wild beasts. With her current strength, she feels fully capable of handling the beast tide.

Wait, doesn't the beast tide adjust based on the Lord's strength?

Alex pondered this possibility. How would those unfortunate Lords with weak troops handle the beast tide, and what about those born on islands and deserts, where there are hardly any wild beasts around?

Being born on an island has its perks; you can fish when hungry and don't have to worry about wild beasts. Surely sea creatures wouldn't come ashore to attack the castle; that would make them sea monsters, not wild beasts.

Alex stayed in her bedroom, pulling up a chair to sit by the window, gazing out and occasionally checking the World Chat, watching the Lords boast to each other.

There are always some Lords with boundless optimism, treating this place like a game without any sense of crisis.

Alex is different; she's always been someone who prepares for the worst, never taking uncalculated risks.

As midnight approached, Alex got up, dressed in slippers, and headed to the Barracks to summon her troops, completing her tasks for the day so she could go to sleep with peace of mind.

[Undead crystal fully charged, ready to summon now!]

"Yes!"

She was close to unlocking all the high-level troops, wondering what use there was for the Barracks' 6% chance to summon high-level troops when only liches and zombie titans remained to be unlocked. She felt that upgrading the Barracks to full level would likely unlock all troops.

The green glow from the undead crystal filled the room, forming twenty silhouettes around it.

Surprisingly, six of these were massive figures,which Alex recognized as bone dragons, no doubt about it.

"Cool, summoning six at once, what luck!"

Alex was thrilled. She looked at the other figures: six Skeleton Soldiers, four zombies, three death conquerors, and one gargoyle.

The massive bone wings unfolded, and the four bone dragons materialized successfully. They were smaller than Arthur, lacked dragon horns on their heads, and otherwise didn't look much different from Arthur before he was enhanced.

The other two, as they extended their wings, Alex noticed something was off—not bone wings, but translucent wings ablaze with ghostly fire. They were ghost dragons!

Ghost dragons were entirely ethereal, a translucent light blue in color, their bodies aflame with blue ghostly fire. Unlike bone dragons, ghost dragons consisted only of a soul, protected by this ghostly fire.

Both creatures were of the same size, one a white skeletal dragon, the other a light blue ethereal dragon.

"Respected Queen, we await your commands!"

The four bone dragons and two ghost dragons spoke simultaneously, indicating they possessed intelligence. This was excellent news.

[bone dragon]

[Race: undead race]

[Loyalty: 100% (Never Betray)]

[Life Tier: Standard]

[Level: lv1 (can be increased by killing enemies)]

[Health Points: Undead trait, immortal as long as the soul fire burns]

[Mana Points: 20]

[Strength: 15]

[Stamina: ∞]

[Agility: 15]

[Growth Limit: Emperor level]

[Skill: breath of dragon]

breath of dragon: Spews scorching flames to destroy everything in front of it.

Even the basic attributes of a standard bone dragon were strong at 15 points, but this standard bone dragon's breath of dragon...

If I'm not mistaken, it should be a fire-breathing ability, right?