Building the Strongest Undead Empire from Scratch

After saying this, the specter stopped paying attention to Sophie.

Sophie was taken aback, realizing that these undead voluntarily referred to Alex in this manner.

She suddenly realized something—Alex's identity seemed pretty badass.

Sophie had seen in the World Chat before that some Lords awaken special bloodlines or something of the sort, and it turned out to be true.

Just as Sophie was about to enter the Portal of Transit, she noticed a small yellow dot in the distant sky flying towards her.

Sophie had never seen any of Alex's troops that could fly and were yellow.

Of course, it wasn't troops; the small yellow dot was Chi-Chi riding a Flying Nimbus.

As Chi-Chi got closer, Sophie could see the small yellow dot clearly.

There was a person on it?!

Sophie's first reaction was that it was an enemy, but seeing that the other troops were indifferent, she realized that this must be the Lord who had previously submitted to Alex. Sophie remembered that this Lord's castle was not far from Alex's.

As Chi-Chi landed, just as she was excited to go find Alex, the specter at the door told her Alex was not there.

"Portal of Transit?"

"What is that?"

Chi-Chi looked in the direction the specter pointed and saw Sophie standing outside the Portal of Transit. Their eyes met. Actually, Sophie had been watching Chi-Chi approach.

Dressed in cartoon pajamas and with a youthful face, Sophie realized this Lord was actually quite young, looking like a student.

"Old witch, prepare to die!"

Clearly, Chi-Chi didn't think so, as she suddenly had a stick in her hand and charged at Sophie.

Sophie: ?????

"Ouch, ouch, ouch!"

Chi-Chi screamed in pain as Sophie pinched her face, grabbing the stick with her other hand.

Both were Standard, but Chi-Chi was only level 4 while Sophie had the attributes of level 9, so she easily subdued Chi-Chi.

"Are you King Kong?"

Sophie asked, puzzled, having thought King Kong was a man, only to find it was just an underage girl.

"I am King Kong! Let go of me!"

"Ah, still talking tough."

Sophie's grip tightened, causing Chi-Chi to nearly cry from the pain.

"Wait till my Miss Alex comes back, then you're done!"

Sophie let go of Chi-Chi, who quickly covered her face with her hands. She had thought about retaliating, but a stern look from Sophie made her back down immediately.

"Aren't you looking for your Miss Alex? I'll take you to her."

Sophie said with a grin, looking at Chi-Chi.

"Really? That's great!"

Chi-Chi immediately cheered up, now understanding that Sophie, appearing in Alex's castle, must also be an ally or friend of Alex.

"She is just across from the portal that's behind us."

Sophie pointed at the Portal of Transit, not really angry with a child, especially since this child was technically under Alex's command.

Sophie and Chi-Chi walked into the Portal of Transit together, and as expected, they both started vomiting wildly as soon as they stepped out.

Luckily, Sophie hadn't eaten breakfast, so after a few heaves, she was fine. Chi-Chi, on the other hand, threw up her breakfast from the day before.

"Ugh, fuck, what kind of shitty portal is this!"

Slap!

Sophie smacked Chi-Chi on the head,

"Watch your language."

Oh, right, about to meet Miss Alex, can't swear anymore.

Chi-Chi immediately shut up.

The two walked out of the Portal of Transit, and what they saw was Sophie's castle. Chi-Chi realized that this portal could connect two castles.

"Is this your castle?"

"No shit, if it's not mine, is it yours?"

The two bickered all the way to the castle. For Chi-Chi, everything here was too novel, even the long-missed blue sky and white clouds made her happy for a long time.

Of course, Alex was not in the castle; she had already gone to scout the nearby terrain riding a griffin.

The dwarves also didn't know where Alex had gone, so Sophie and Chi-Chi couldn't just wander aimlessly; they had to wait for Alex to return.

Barren Plains, Elemental Alliance.

Cain and Ivy had already cleaned up all traces of the Starfallen Empire elite scouting team, creating fake battle marks on the other side of the Alliance. When people from the Starfallen Empire arrived, they would be led by the fake clues directly to the border of Frostwind snowy mountain.

This way, they could divert attention to the real culprits behind the village slaughter, temporarily securing the safety of the Elemental Alliance.

Samson and Earl also arrived at the border between Frostwind snowy mountain and Barren Plains, but the border was too long to be found in a short time.

Samson's snow maidens could fly, making scouting much easier, while Earl's earth monster was not good at reconnaissance.

The two were sitting on the ground, eating grilled meat and drinking melted snow water, leaving all the scouting tasks to Samson's snow maidens.

"Earl, if we don't find it today, let's head back. Just create some signs of a fight here to mislead them. Staying here like this isn't a solution."

Samson said to Earl, as they had been out for nearly a day and a night, and there wasn't even a hint of a Lord's castle in sight.

"Mm."

Earl nodded, agreeing with Samson's point. After all, their own strength was too weak. If their strength had been greater than that of the Starfallen Empire, they wouldn't have feared them.

After eating, they set off again to search, and it wasn't entirely fruitless. Samson's snow maidens found a frost cave, and Samson and Earl successfully looted it, making the trip worthwhile, even turning a small profit.

However, this frost cave wasn't as strong as the one Samson had encountered before; its strength was very ordinary, and the two easily took it down.

By noon, just when Samson and Earl thought they had still found nothing in the morning, the snow maidens brought news.

"Sir, we've found that vampire Lord's castle, about fifty miles north of here."

The snow maidens fluttered their wings in the sky, speaking to Samson, who immediately showed a delighted expression.

"Has he spotted you?"

"No, we scouted from the edge of Frostwind snowy mountain, quite a distance away, but there are now more undead on the snowy mountain."

The snow maidens respectfully spoke to Samson, who didn't care why there were so many undead on the snowy mountain; framing Lucian was the real task at hand.

"Shall we take him out?"

Earl asked, puzzled.

"No, if we kill him, the Starfallen Empire will definitely point their spears at us. We just need to quietly make the marks and frame him, let the Starfallen Empire deal with him."

Samson explained, the biggest threat now being the fear that the Starfallen Empire would come knocking. They wouldn't be lenient just because you killed the murderer and handed him over; to them, all extraterrestrial visitors were enemies.

So Lucian couldn't be killed; he had to be kept to attract the Starfallen Empire's firepower.

"snow maidens, lead the way!"

The two and the snow maidens chose to start from the direction of Frostwind snowy mountain, which was more covert and less likely to be discovered by the enemy.

On the snowy mountain, Samson could transform into accumulated snow and sink into the ground, greatly speeding up his stealth movement. Conversely, Earl's movement speed would be relatively slower because the ground beneath the snow was frozen soil, and Earl had to break through the frozen soil along the way, not only slow but also consuming a lot of energy.

An hour later, the two stood on a mountainside looking towards the distant Barren Plains, where there was a small black dot, which upon closer inspection, was a castle.

It was Lucian's castle.

Samson took out the armor of the human troops they had killed, forcefully scratching it with wolf claws. He then buried several sets under his feet.

"Earl, wait here for me; I'll go make some battle marks."

Samson said to Earl, who nodded, knowing Samson was faster and more agile than him, and would definitely do a better job.

Samson transformed into snow and disappeared in an instant, reappearing at the foot of the mountain at the border.

He carefully approached Lucian's castle, and when he was close enough, he used Frost Magic to freeze the surrounding ground and then instantly destroy it, then withdrew his magic, making it look like a battle had taken place there.

Then Samson scattered the scratched weapons randomly on the ground, having already damaged the equipment beforehand, giving the impression that the damaged weapons hadn't been taken because they were partially buried.

Otherwise, perfectly intact weapons half-buried in the soil and not taken by extraterrestrial visitors would be too suspicious.

"Hey, what are you doing sneaking around near my castle?"