Building the Strongest Undead Empire from Scratch

The undead crystal emitted a familiar pale green glow. Twenty figures began to coalesce behind the Barracks crystal.

Alex saw that ten unique figures had emerged, unlike any undead she had previously summoned. These were new troops, and ten of them appeared at once!

Each figure was gaunt, with dark, sickly-looking skin, resembling a severely malnourished person rather than a typical humanoid form.

Each one was draped in a loose, large black robe that stretched from their heads to their feet, and each held a long black magic staff in their hands.

Upon seeing Alex, the ten figures immediately prostrated themselves.

"Your most devout apostles greet you, my queen."

The remaining twenty undead were ordinary summons, with no liches or zombie titans among them, so Alex didn't pay them much attention.

However, she did manage to summon two ghost dragons, which was a decent gain, although the elusive zombie titan and lich, despite being unlocked and having fifty chances, had yet to appear.

The ten figures remained kneeling before Alex, clearly dressed as mages, undoubtedly necromancers.

[Necromancer]

[Race: Undead]

[Loyalty: 100% (Never Betray)]

[Life Tier: Standard]

[Level: 1 (can be increased by killing enemies)]

[Health Points:Immortal as long as the soul fire burns]

[Mana Points: 30]

[Strength: 5]

[Stamina: ∞]

[Agility: 5]

[Growth Limit: King level]

[Skills: Ghost Form, Undead Summoning]

Ghost Form: Allows the necromancer to turn into a ghost. In this form, the necromancer can become invisible and fly silently but cannot cast spells.

Undead Summoning Magic: Similar to Alex's 1-tier Undead Summoning Magic.

Having two skills at level 1 was quite impressive for these troops. Although essentially human, they were endowed with undead traits by the system, allowing them to be immortal.

As mages, their primary mode of attack was to use magic, specifically harnessing frost and dark elements to inflict damage, and they were also capable of flight.

Alex mused that it seemed every troop could fly these days. Was she the only one who couldn't?

She hadn't forgotten about the enhancement effects of the Blackwater Altar. Typically, those enhanced by the Blackwater Altar gained at least one passive or active skill.

Alex intended for these necromancers to help alleviate her summoning duties. After all, she was the Queen of the Undead; why should she summon personally?

She sent them into the Blackwater Altar for enhancement. The undead previously summoned on the snowy mountains were now almost fully enhanced.

Minutes later, the necromancers were enhanced, and Alex eagerly checked their attributes.

[Necromancer: Magic Enhancement]

[Enhances the power of their magic, allowing negative attributes to stack with each other, adds 20 points to Mana Points limit, increases all attributes by 3 points.]

While the attribute boosts were modest, the necromancers primarily relied on magic attacks. A level 1 necromancer, post-enhancement, having 50 Mana Points was quite significant.

Since it was a magic enhancement, Alex revisited the necromancer's skills.

The enhanced Ghost Form now allowed them to cast spells or attack while remaining invisible.

Alex was even more pleased to see the Undead Summoning skill; the necromancer's Undead Summoning Magic had been elevated to about a second-tier level, allowing them to summon two undead at a time, though limited to skeletons.

With skeletons breaking their level caps and John around, even the Skeleton Soldiers summoned by the necromancers could level up.

Alex smiled happily; not only could all 1,500 Moon Silver Wolf corpses be summoned, but she wouldn't have to lift a finger—perfect!

With the Bone Throne's boost inside the castle, the necromancers gained an additional level and ten more Mana Points, allowing them to summon three more undead each.

These necromancers were indeed the core of her undead army's rapid expansion!

Alex immediately set them to work on the massive task of processing the 1,500 corpses; there was no time for slack.

While checking the system dashboard, Alex noticed a cluster of red notifications and realized something.

Right, Arthur had slain many of that Lord's troops last night, and there were kill notifications.

Because the killings occurred outside her territory, the system didn't pop up notifications during combat—that would be disastrous during a fight.

Moreover, these notifications could be set to "Do Not Disturb" mode, as Alex's undead were constantly in battle, and the constant alerts were nearly driving her mad.

Especially that time they cleared a chicken coop—the notifications were incessant, prompting Alex to turn on the "Do Not Disturb" mode.

Alex opened the system notifications.

[Your troops have killed a level 6 vampire, gaining sixty experience points!]

Vampires?

Alex recalled the group she saw last night; aside from the Lord, they all had unnaturally pale faces, were incredibly fast, and could fly.

That did fit her understanding of vampires, though she hadn't considered it at the time because she didn't see them feeding.

Damn, undead don't have blood, and the werewolf corpses were frozen solid, likely along with their blood. What did those vampires want with the corpses?

While unsure of that Lord's methods, Alex was certain he had some means other than a Barracks to summon vampires.

And considering that Lord's appearance, he was likely transformed into a vampire himself.

Vampires granted him the power of immortality, meaning that as long as he didn't seek his own death, just living could outlast many Lords. However, this was impractical, even if he could hide, his castle could not.

Regardless, he dared to steal Alex's corpses, and she had no intention of letting him live.

He might also have vampire lineage like Alex's undead lineage.

Alex opened the leaderboard to check the top-tier Lords' IDs, hoping to find some clues.

Indeed, she found a few suspicious candidates: [Count Night], [Dracula], and [Supreme Bloodline]. The last one was too juvenile; Alex passed on it, suspecting it was one of the first two.

Alex had already dispatched dozens of gargoyles to search around the snowy mountains.

She would not let him off easily.

Once Alex locates the vampire's castle, she will certainly make them witness the formidable power of the undead scourge.