Building the Strongest Undead Empire from Scratch - Chapter 35

Chapter 35: It seems I overestimated their strength
Once again, Alex climbed onto Arthur’s back and settled into a comfortable position.

“Arthur, take off!”

The undead resumed their crossing of the swamp, this time without encountering another evil tree spirit, which Alex felt somewhat relieved about. She figured if another one appeared, her Mana Points would likely be depleted.

With no other creatures to interfere, the undead army quickly crossed the swamp.

The level 9 bone beast werewolves, donned in the evil tree spirit suit, moved the fastest. Alex suspected that the suit had a hidden effect that allowed its wearer to move effortlessly through the swamp.

Arthur, carrying Alex, flew ahead and soon hovered above the Goblin tribe. She saw a small valley below, dotted with numerous torches, each marking an entrance to a hole, densely packed like a honeycomb. The sight gave Alex goosebumps due to her fear of clusters.

Outside the valley, there was a large bonfire with several wooden spits nearby. However, there were no Goblins around the fire, and the flames had died down considerably.

Only a few Goblin guards armed with large clubs patrolled the area. It was, after all, five in the morning—the time when humanoid creatures are most sleepy, even Goblins.

Looking back, Alex noticed that the undead were almost caught up.

“Arthur, begin the operation!”

Feeling the timing was right, Alex immediately commanded Arthur to attack. Arthur stopped circling in the sky, and at the queen’s command, he unleashed a breath of dragon on the patrolling Goblins below, instantly freezing them into ice sculptures, their souls extinguished.

Unexpectedly, not far from the valley, a Goblin on a makeshift wooden watchtower spotted the attack.

“Enemy attack! Enemy attack!”

The Goblin frantically let out an ugly, piercing scream.

Under Alex’s command, Arthur landed, and she skillfully climbed down, then jumped onto a level 1 gargoyle. The 8-feet-tall gargoyle had no problem carrying Alex, who lay flat on its back.

To avoid hindering Arthur in battle, Alex specifically chose this level 1 gargoyle as her mount.

The gargoyle, bending slightly, took off carefully, knowing that carrying its queen was a privilege that would make it the envy of other gargoyles for a lifetime.

As the Goblin’s scream echoed, the entire valley began to stir, and various Goblins started pouring out.

The most common Goblins wielded sharpened wooden spears and clubs, some holding torches in their other hands. Slightly more advanced Goblins carried bone weapons and makeshift weapons, like clubs embedded with numerous beast teeth, turning them into maces.

From the largest cave entrance in the valley, a robust Goblin wielding a bone club and standing 7 feet tall charged out. Alex immediately recognized this Goblin as the tribe’s leader.

“Damn it, where did these undead come from? They even outnumber our tribe!”

The enraged Goblin Commanding, seeing the enemies appearing in the sky and around him, roared furiously.

Behind the Goblin Commanding were four Goblin Mages and six Goblin Warriors, likely the level 9 Goblins who stood closest to their leader.

“Dragons, dragons!”

Some of the more cowardly Goblins, seeing Arthur’s massive body, a bone dragon, were terrified by the Dragon’s Presence, enough to intimidate the timid Goblins.

Now, the Goblins were running out of their caves, saving Alex the trouble of sending the undead in to kill them one by one. The undead army was also converging from all sides, forming an encirclement.

The undead, including the death knights of level 5 and above, had already arrived. Only some level 1 Skeleton Soldiers and zombies were still on their way, but they weren’t far off, so it wasn’t a big issue.

“Begin the attack!”

With a wave of her hand, countless specters in the sky swooped down like a parade of ghosts.

Arthur also moved, soaring into the sky. The Goblins, except for a few Goblin Mages, had virtually no means to attack the air. Arthur, from his vantage point, was slaughtering the Goblins below.

The ground troops of the undead, hearing Alex’s command, charged at the Goblins, and a melee ensued between over a thousand Goblins and a thousand undead.

The Goblin Mages, wielding their staffs, were the only Goblins capable of ranged attacks. Their primary targets were the undead flying above.

One after another, fireballs shot from the Goblin Mages’ staffs, lighting up the night sky like fireworks as they aimed at the specters. The fireballs passed right through the specters without effect, leaving the Goblin Mages confused and forcing them to switch targets.

Arthur circled in the sky, his massive form a prime target for the Goblin Mages. Fireballs flew towards Arthur, but upon contact, they merely produced some smoke, leaving Arthur unscathed as he flew out of the smoke, baffling the Goblin Mages even more.

In the air force, only the level 7 Bone Beast Griffin was unlucky. The other air units were either incorporeal or immune to magic, but it was shattered instantly by a fireball.

Suddenly, a Goblin Mage below spotted a gargoyle hovering motionless in the sky, apparently carrying a human female.

The Goblin Mage’s staff glowed red, and a fireball shot straight towards Alex.

Just as the fireball was about to hit Alex, another gargoyle flew out and blocked the fireball with its body, absorbing the magic.

Goblin Mage: ???

The Goblin Mage couldn’t believe it, thinking it was dreaming.

So the Goblin tribe’s prized fireball spell was just a joke?

The Goblin Mage’s fireball spell seemed to have no effect on any of the enemies, plunging it into deep self-doubt…

“Damn sneaky little vermin, trying to ambush me.”

Although the Goblin leader was Commanding level, his size was still smaller than the level 9 bone beast werewolves. At the moment, the bone beast werewolves, wearing the evil tree spirit suit, were battling the Goblin leader, barely holding their own against the Goblin Commanding.

If it weren’t for the Goblin leader’s double attribute boost, Alex felt that this Goblin leader might indeed struggle to defeat the suit-enhanced bone beast werewolves.

“It seems I overestimated their strength!”