Chapter 154: Ambition
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"Aldrich Tris, undead hero, graveyard lord. ”
"Class: Level 5 Undead Knight/Level 1 Wizard, Hero Template Base Life Points 200, Spellcaster Class Adds 30 Health and 25 Mana. ”
"Defense level 10, defense 80 points, passive trigger bone armor +55 points, a total of 135 points. ”
"Basic attack 18-25, hit rate 85, special undead physique, immunity to toxin, acid, ice damage, fire and silver weapon damage doubled. ”
"Equip weapons: Zombie Axe, refined weapon, damage 4-9, command the undead zombie type undead with additional bonuses, durability 9/12. ”
"Equip Armor: Fragile Skin, Refined Armor, Black Iron Texture, Defense +18, Adds 3 False Life. Reigning undead undead have an additional bonus and durability of 15/36. ”
"Skill 1: Talent Spiritualism, Summoning Skeleton Servants Who Obey Orders from the Corpse of the Dead, Beginner (Skill Points Available), 10% Success Rate, Special Equipment Bonus, 30% Success Rate. ”
"Skill 2: Cursed Blade, double attack, characteristics must hit every shot, double the base damage, raise the war flag, can only be used once. Adds special effects of Shock and Knockback. ”
"Skill 3: Damage deepening, poison curse, a spell unique to the male witch who is addicted to the power of death, doubles the damage dealt by the enemy's normal attacks, leaving a wound that quickly decays. ”
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Since putting on the template of the undead hero, the black hair has gradually faded into decaying ashes, the skin of the hands and feet and even the whole body has become pale and pale as the deceased, and the nails have extended forward and become sharp like eagle claws.
When the Undead Knight reached the second-floor balcony of the ruins of the castle, an army of more than 100 skeletons, zombies, and ghosts from the cemetery stood neatly at his feet.
Aldrich immediately issued his first order: to clear the ruins inside and out, and restore the castle to its original appearance.
The undead servants who didn't know the hardships, didn't know the tiredness, didn't need to eat, drink, and rested immediately split up, and the zombies who were sluggish and strong were the main force, responsible for dealing with large pieces of city wall fragments, and all the small stones were handed over to the skeletons, and the ghosts were responsible for cleaning up the dust.
The undead minions, who do not cheat and play tricks and do not slacken and lazy, only took half an hour to clear the ruins, and as for the ancient castle is still dilapidated and leaking everywhere, and the pieces of garbage are piled up on the perimeter to form an inner wall-like obstacle, and even hinder normal travel, they do not have any apologetic expression.
"As I expected, the undead are a very easy race, with little logistical support, and they are simply free coolies and the best hired laborers, who either charge the battlefield and fight non-stop, or stay on the assembly line of a large factory, repeating and repeating, repeating a boring process......"
Thinking of this, Tris suddenly found the best place to industrialize, or to experiment with the first industrial revolution of the Undead in the world of All Souls' Day.
However, with this bit of manpower under his feet, not even the Sea of Skulls has been formed, let alone the undead steam engine powered by the power of death.
"War!"
Behind the undead knight raised a blood-colored banner with two swords crossed, all the undead hurried to Aldrich's feet, obeying the hero's orders, following the direction of the zombie axe, breaking through the low wall of ruins and splintering into the valley deep in the swamp.
Tris jumped down from the balcony on the second floor, landed steadily on the carriage pulled by the two skeletons, grabbed the pitch-black reins woven with the beast's tendons and manes with his left hand, and vibrated it a little harder, and the undead horse, which had been weak and lowered its head, immediately lifted its spirits, and its carbon-red eyes gradually warmed and brightened, like blood flowing.
The land where hundreds of undead armies operated, the excessive negative energy took away the vitality of the swamp in an instant, and the tender green blades of grass faded at a speed visible to the eye, withering and yellowing to the ground, allowing the undead to trample through.
The low-flying ghosts were wrapped in a chilling chill, and the low-lying pools of water swept by their aftermath, spontaneously freezing and freezing, and then crushed by the zombies dragging their heavy feet, and the ice slag mixed with the discolored blades of grass turned into filthy mud.
The area of the barren land was expanding, but Aldrich felt that the concentration of negative energy was gradually transforming and increasing, and vaguely used the illusion that his strength was rising with the tide.
The result of the rapid march was to take the forces of the swampy valley by surprise, and to lose the gnolls, poachers, and watchers, and the flat-topped pyramid-shaped altar summoned only twelve ordinary werewolves, armed with a wooden-handled chain hammer, the head of which was bound together by thorns, and it was a little ridiculously rudimentary.
When an army of the dead appeared at the mouth of the valley, the werewolves howled in panic, and then received an order from the invisible will of the underworld to abandon the altar that had not yet completed the ritual and hide in the flat-topped pyramid, ready to take advantage of the geographical advantage.
The undead knight Aldrich scolded, and the undead suddenly stopped, and then he ordered the low-flying four-headed ghost to go and investigate.
Opening the attribute screen of these third-order undead under the banner of Hero, it is surprising to find that the Zombie Axe and Fragile Skin do not give them any additional bonuses.
Shade, a third-order undead creature, a ghost with no entity, has a base lethality of 9-15, health 50, and is immune to physical attacks.
Uneasily, he opened the attribute interface of skeletons and zombies, and only after carefully examining them did he breathe a sigh of relief and let go of his thoughts.
Skeletons, first-order undead, from the Cursed Graveyard, base lethality 3-5, defense 12, health 15, additional hero equipment bonus, defense 12+18 (modified) = 30, health 15+3 (modified) = 18, can accumulate combat experience to complete the rank.
Zombies, second-order undead, from the Cursed Graveyard, base damage 6-8, defense 28, health 32, additional hero equipment bonuses, lethality 10-17 (modified), defense 46 (modified), health 35 (modified), can accumulate combat experience to complete the rank.
"It's a pity that there is no ability to perceive or detect the enemy's attributes, maybe it's some kind of hero skill, maybe it's some kind of spell. When Aldrich found that the werewolves did not dare to attack, he ordered the Wraith to stay in the four corners of the pyramid and, with a wave of his hand, commanded the undead army to sweep the entire valley.
The swamp that was once full of life was soon contaminated by the plague and toxins carried by skeletons and zombies, and the earth faded into negative energy, which continued to gather into the Hero's Banner, and then the radiation spread to all the undead, making them more active.
"How long do I think you can endure it?"
Standing alone in a barren place strewn with ice and mud, accompanied only by two skeleton riders, the werewolves hidden in the pyramid kept roaring, cheering themselves up, and in a sense, a cry for war.
The invisible will of the inner core of the pyramid is still hesitating, such an obvious trap is in front of you, only fools will be fooled, but the bait is close to the ground, give up the rare opportunity in vain, and wait until the army of the undead turns the valley into a complete desolation, then the enemy will be even stronger in a decisive battle.
It's time to decide, hesitation is an intolerable fault, and the fleeting opportunity, if caught, will reverse the entire unfavorable situation, and even uproot the undead.
"All of you!"
Aldrich saw the twelve werewolves biting the thorn chain hammer in their mouths, and launched a desperate charge to his place on all fours, and immediately ordered the Yin Ouroboros to chase and kill, and then he bent down and lifted the hidden trump card, the special combat unit Gnoll Skeleton, from the bottom of the carriage, shook off all the joints, and placed them in front of him, acting as a meat shield to protect his back.
"Gather!"
At the same time, the undead knight issued an order to his subordinates, and the skeletons and zombies scattered far and near the valley did not care about the instinct to pollute the environment and create a barren land, and ran to rescue their own heroes who were besieged by werewolves.
The hole next to Tris, who was originally a gnoll watcher, a potential enemy hero, died halfway through, died at the hands of Aldrich, and was transformed into a special kind of skeleton soldier by him, so when it appeared, the werewolf who charged was slightly stunned, and suddenly the rhythm of the attack appeared fatal holes and flaws.
When the fleeting opportunity appeared, Tris would not let go, and reached forward to point forward, and the aura of vicious curse that deepened the damage fell out of thin air, covering an area of only ten square meters, and because the werewolves were crowded closely, nearly half of them were actually hung in a negative state.
"Kill!"
The Gnoll Skeleton Soldier wields the special weapon of the activated three-headed chain hammer Carmela, and the Skeleton, Mountain Fox, and Owl each hit a target, paralyzing, sucking blood, and shocking, and almost killed the wounded Werewolf without a single shot due to the curse that deepened the damage.
Put on the undead knight template, Aldridge wielding the zombie axe is more advantageous, 22-34 lethality, just a round sweep, you can reach the limit of lethality, with the vicious curse, the two werewolves who have not yet wielded the chain hammer were immediately disemboweled, and in a blink of an eye, they fell into a state of serious injury and death.
Twelve werewolves, in the blink of an eye, a small half lost their combat effectiveness, and the invisible will inside the pyramid gave the order to retreat restlessly, but the undead creatures surrounding them in all directions blocked their retreat, and the low-flying ghosts did not dare to get too close due to the aura of the Thorn Chain Hammer, perhaps this was also the order of the undead knight.
Wielding the zombie axe, he bombarded the stunned werewolf with a rusty blunt head, smashing its chest into a dent with a single blow, and the wound was rapidly rotting and eroding, and its strong vitality was no different from a dead branch before the curse and the hero's extraordinary force.
The blade of the axe swept and wiped on the neck of the werewolf who had lost too much blood, and it hurriedly threw away the thorn chain hammer and covered the wound on its neck with both hands, but the pervasive curse still caused the werewolf to die of poison.
As the paralysis of the Activation Hammer had passed, the werewolf made a surprising gesture by dropping his obtrusive weapon, raising his hands in the air, and prostrate himself on the ground in submission to the undead knight.
"It's a pity that I only need your corpse, not surrender. ”
Armed with a zombie axe, Tris decapitated the cowardly werewolf with a simple slash, then hooked the wreckage with the blade and threw it on the carriage.
Except for the Thorn Chain Hammer, the werewolves whose attributes are almost blank slate are not on the same level as the skeletons and zombies that have been amplified by the weapons and armor of the Undead Knight. Coupled with the ghosts that are like entering no man's land, flying low-altitude and passing by, constantly harassing and delaying their escape, causing the seven werewolves to fall on the way back to the nest one after another.
"It's done!"
Aldrich laughed, and without even using the Cursed Blade, with the simplest of tricks, he plucked all the branches and leaves of the pyramid forces of the Swamp Valley.
He rode slowly forward in the carriage, the heroic banner moving with the undead knight, and when he set foot in the pyramids, the barren land broke through the invisible limits and permeated the strange blood-soaked structure.
The vines that climbed between the masonry were dehydrated and withered, the slippery moss turned to rotting grass ash, and several skeletons tentatively rushed inside, giving feedback that it was empty.
When Aldrich revisited the place on full alert, he was surprised to find that the traces of the silver-crowned perch were still fresh, especially in the place where the huge root system had been resting for a long time, and the signs of loose soil were vivid.
"Run! degenerate into seeds, or into the form of a treeman?" the undead rider believed that it was the former, after all, when the treeman moved, the movement must be not small, and it was probably an exaggeration to say that the ground trembled, and the staggering footsteps shook the earth, making the ground tremble more believable.
"Well, the inside of the swamp temple is full of life, and every brick and stone has a long history...... Yes, it's all dismantled for me. ”
The undead knight gave the order, and the skeletons and zombies under his command immediately began to move, starting from the sacrificial altar at the top, which was dismantled by the four-headed zombies and the pedestal, and then walked towards the ruins of the ancient castle.
"This special building is good, it can be soaked in negative energy in the Necropolis, and then transformed into a sacrificial altar to establish a pawn for the undead, instead of one dead head and one less head like now. ”
The werewolf's assault just now was not without results, at least three skeleton soldiers and a zombie were torn to pieces by the werewolf's claws, and if there was a sacrificial altar, at least half of it could be pieced together and recovered.
The undead servants successively removed 500 square meters of blood-soaked stones from the pyramids, 120 square meters of fresh firewood, and more than 50 wrecks of various beasts and birds.
In Aldrich's view, these materials are the nutrients for the rapid rise of the undead and the cornerstone of the undead industrial revolution, and he can't wait.
The triumphant expeditionary force arrived at the lair safely, and Tris immediately ordered the zombies to place the altar on the edge of the cemetery, and the army of the undead carried a strong negative energy, fused with the cold aura of the undead lair, and eroded the blood altar pervasively.
The bloody, death-mixed creatures were half-pushed and half-in-situ to be transformed by negative energy, and new evil talismans were gradually generated, carved on the surface of the altar, like a gorgeous poem.
Its form is also twisted and changed, the bottom is deeply sunken, like a well, and the four corners gradually rise statues, symbolizing the ominous death crow, the blind bloodthirsty bat, the greedy scavenging vulture, and the cunning fierce hyena.
The formless and substantial negative energy gathered and condensed into crystalline droplets like mercury on the cliff of the altar, sliding down to the bottom and merging into a pool of shimmering scales.
Aldrich stretched out his finger and dipped it tentatively, and the mana consumed by the curse that had previously released the damage plus body was instantly replenished, and he couldn't help laughing, almost using the sacrificial altar as his own exclusive mana pool.
The laughter of the undead knight spread far away, and Cell, who was lurking near the ancient castle whose appearance had changed greatly, stared at the familiar figure with a look on each other, and was about to discuss countermeasures, when dozens of skeletons and zombies surrounded them, and tangible and intangible ghosts hovered at low altitude, cutting off the only way to retreat.
"What should I do?"
The trio kept Cell, the sole caster, in relative safety back-to-back, but the first one chose to throw up his hands in surrender, as the clever man had discovered that the undead had no intention of harming or even killing them.
"Let's go and meet the mastermind behind the awakening of these undead, and you may be surprised. ”
The undead seemed to be escorted, but it seemed to escort Cell's and the others to the balcony on the second floor of the castle, and their appearance suddenly changed greatly, and Wesley, whose face was vaguely familiar, quietly turned around, facing the foursome who had been messing around in the world of All Souls' Day, but had not survived.
"You've become so many, you have an army of the undead who obey orders, and you've carefully repaired the castle, what are you going to do here?"
Cell, who was publicly negotiated by his partner, did not know what amazing adventures Aldrich Tris, the tycoon, had had, and did not know what his plans were for the future.
The undead knight grinned, hooked up his loot from the corner of the balcony with a zombie axe, cut one neck and rotted swamp werewolf, pressed it to the ground, and cast a mid-level spiritualism with a high success rate - the expedition war was over, and the accumulated experience points made him upgrade, and the only skill point was to give spiritualism, increasing thirty percent to forty percent.
Aldrich's right hand appeared in a scarlet alchemy-like formation, dark red blood light soaked into the werewolf's corpse, and the thick yellow fur fell one after another, followed by the dehydration and dryness of the energetic muscles, instead of rotting and falling, clinging to the thick bones, forming a tough membrane.
"Whew!"
The undead knight breathed a sigh of relief, he found that his talent spiritualism turned the corpse of a werewolf into a second-order undead zombie, but it was much stronger than ordinary zombies, not only retaining the high speed of a werewolf, but also having the ability to eat corpses.
"Could it be that I used the corpses of swamp werewolves as a base to refine them into ghoul-like undead?"
Leaving aside the irrelevant concerns, Aldrich ordered the newborn undead servants to leave the second floor and go down to help repair the castle.
It has become a hot construction site, Terry faced Sail and the others, and spread his hands, as if to guide these ignorant and ignorant people on the right path.
"Look, the undead are the ideal industrial workers, they are able to do the work of the fields, they are the work of the workshops, they are the toils of the fields, they are the work of the workshops. As long as a simple command, whether you step on the battlefield or a busy industrial assembly line, you are extremely suitable cannon fodder and victims. ”
"I've found a way to bring the objects of this world to life, and I can also move the workshop into my territory, and fight as a hero of the undead, where the shadow of death hangs in my territory. ”
"Now I'm giving the four of you a choice, either leave forever or surrender to me?"
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