Building the Strongest Undead Empire from Scratch - Chapter 9

Chapter 9: Bone dragon king
Lying in bed, half-asleep, Alex suddenly had a lightbulb moment.

“Wait a sec! Can’t I summon troops again at midnight?”

Summoning at midnight means her troops can hunt all night long—hello, extra food!

Alex pulled up the system screen to check the time. It was just eleven o’clock.

Still early, what to do?

…

Five minutes later, Alex strolled out of her room, casually rocking an oversized T-shirt that showed off her long legs.

She headed to the kitchen. Not really hungry, but feeling snacky.

“Wonder if the meat in this game world tastes any good.”

Soon, Alex emerged with a giant pork chop, bigger than her face. Holding it with both hands, she took a big bite.

The wild boar meat was tough, hard to bite through, so Alex had to tear at it vigorously.

Finally, she managed to rip off a mouthful. The pork chop, now slobbered on from her efforts, surprisingly tasted pretty good.

Alex was pleasantly surprised; she thought it would be awful.

After finishing the pork chop, Alex’s mouth and hands were greasy and sticky.

It took her a while to clean up, and by then, it was nearly midnight.

Alex checked out the World Chat for a bit, and soon it was twelve o’clock.

She was already by the Barracks, familiar prompt popped up again.

[Undead Crystal fully charged, recruit now?]

[Yes] or [No].

Alex took a deep breath and hit yes without hesitation.

The Undead Crystal glowed green, and slowly, ten figures formed behind the light.

One was massive, about 20 feet tall.

The others were smaller, mostly the size of Skeleton Soldiers.

Alex was instantly drawn to the huge figure.

“Ha, luck’s on my side tonight!”

Alex finally got a good look at the troops she summoned this time—a massive bone dragon, three zombies, two specters, and four death knights.

Talk about hitting the jackpot with beginner troops!

The bone dragon laid its skeletal head on the ground, blue flames flickering in its eyes, wings sprawled out.

“Your Majesty, your servant greets you.”

Alex jumped when both the bone dragon and the specters spoke. High-level undeads are smart, she remembered.

Specters, being ethereal undead, are among the few lower-tier spirits with intelligence.

A panel popped up with info on the four major troops. The bone dragon was clearly the top-tier creature here, so Alex didn’t hesitate to check its stats first.

[bone dragon king (unnamed)]

[Race: undead]

[Loyalty: 100% (Never Betray)]

[Life Tier: Standard]

[Level: lv1 (Can level up by killing enemies)]

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

[Mana Points: 50]

[Strength: 20]

[Stamina: ∞]

[Agility: 20]

[Max Potential: Divine level]

[Active Skill: Nether Dragon Breath]

Nether Dragon Breath: Spews a chilling blue soul fire that corrodes the enemy’s soul and freezes their body.

[Passive Skill: Elemental Magic Immunity]

[Note: Troop levels range from Standard, Commanding, Monarch, King, Emperor, Sovereign, to Divine]

Alex’s jaw dropped.

She couldn’t believe it wasn’t just any bone dragon, but the king of bone dragons—bone dragon king!

“This is insane, its base stats are even higher than a level 5 Moon Silver Wolf!”

“Hold up, its max potential is Divine level! Wow, that’s awesome!!!”

This means the bone dragon king could ascend to godhood! With such high initial stats, its growth potential is off the charts compared to regular troops.

Alex noticed that there were more skills listed behind the bone dragon king, but they were locked and grayed out, probably because the level was too low to unlock them.

“Arthur!”

“From now on, you’ll be called Arthur!”

Alex decided on a name for the bone dragon king.

Suddenly, Alex felt that the frost dragon up on the snowy mountain wasn’t so terrifying anymore. Given enough time for Arthur to grow, she could totally crush that frost dragon.

Alex didn’t even want the frost dragon as a mount anymore because now she had the way cooler Arthur.

Then, she turned her attention to the other three standard troops nearby.

The death knight was decked out in floating, tattered armor, with blue cursed flames burning inside, riding a skeletal horse that also blazed with blue flames, wielding a green scythe as a weapon.

The specter floated in the air, its body in an ethereal form, radiating a chill and skilled in soul attacks.

In contrast, the zombie was in a corpse form, slow-moving, and although not quite your typical zombie, Alex felt it was in the same ballpark, and it didn’t even have a weapon.

This zombie seemed even lamer than a Skeleton Soldier.

Alex first checked out the zombie’s stats, because the zombie was a real letdown.

[zombie]

[Race: undead]

[Loyalty: 100% (Never Betray)]

[Life Tier: Standard]

[Level: lv1 (Can level up by killing enemies)]

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

[Mana Points: 0]

[Strength: 6]

[Stamina: ∞]

[Agility: 5]

[Max Potential: Commanding level]

To Alex’s surprise, this lame zombie could actually reach Commanding level, but its other stats were pretty much identical to a Skeleton Soldier.

Next, Alex checked the specter’s stats.

[specter (ethereal)]

[Race: undead]

[Loyalty: 100% (Never Betray)]

[Life Tier: Standard]

[Level: lv1 (Can level up by killing enemies)]

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

[Mana Points: 0]

[Mind: 6]

[Stamina: ∞]

[Agility: 8]

[Max Potential: Commanding level]

The specter didn’t have a Strength stat, replaced by a Mind stat instead. Being ethereal, it was much quicker than both the Skeleton Soldier and the zombie. Luckily, it was smart enough to hold a conversation.

Finally, Alex started checking out the death knight’s stats, which could only be unlocked after upgrading to a level 2 Barracks.

[death knight]

[Race: undead]

[Loyalty: 100% (Never Betray)]

[Life Tier: Standard]

[Level: lv1 (Can level up by killing enemies)]

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

[Mana Points: 0]

[Strength: 8]

[Stamina: ∞]

[Agility: 10]

[Max Potential: Monarch level]

The death knight’s Strength and Agility were way above those of the Skeleton Soldier, zombie, and specter, and its growth potential was higher, hitting Monarch level, but nothing too crazy—pretty standard stuff.

Since even the most basic Skeleton Soldier could change class after reaching lv3, Alex was pretty sure these troops could too, and she was already getting excited about it.

“Arthur, take them out hunting to level up!”

“Yes, my respected Queen!”

Arthur led the three major troops out of the castle, joining the Skeleton Soldiers in the wild for some leveling up.

“Yawn~”

“I’m heading back to sleep, see ya tomorrow!”