Chapter 36: Resources of War
Editor: Atlas Studios
After the grayish-black magic array Spell dissipated, the Necromancer walked up to Fang Ping, put down the magic staff in his hand, and lowered his head respectfully.
"Great Undead Lord, the Necromancer greets you."
Looking at the polite Necromancer, Fang Ping immediately gave his first order.
"There are nearly a thousand Goblin and Dark Zero Priest corpses below. Transform all of them into Skeleton Soldiers and let me see how powerful you are."
The Necromancer bowed his head respectfully.
"Great Undead Lord, I will obey your will."
As soon as he finished speaking, the Necromancer appeared in front of the territory gate as if he had teleported.
Looking at the corpses all over the ground, the Necromancer raised the magic staff in his hand and chanted a hymn to revive the Skeleton Soldiers with a fanatical tone.
"The supreme Undead dominator who controls death."
"Please let me borrow your authority to give these corpses the ability to fight again and allow these wandering souls to revive."
"With the art of eternal slaughter and destruction, please us."
"Revive! Skeletal undead!"
As the Necromancer fantanically chanted the hymn to revive the undead, the corpses of the Goblins and Dark Zero Race gradually began to tremble.
When the Necromancer's hymn reached its end, all the corpses in front of him moved their bodies that had long lost their vital signs. They slowly stood up and walked towards the empty space in front of the Necromancer.
As they walked, their flesh and blood began to gradually melt into their bones, turning into the foundation of the Skeleton Soldiers' future advancement and increasing the hardness of their white bone bodies.
When nearly a thousand Goblins and Dark Zero Race corpses walked in front of the Undead Necromancer, they were all transformed into ordinary Skeleton Soldiers of the lowest level. Moreover, every Skeleton Soldier was exactly the same as the ones that Fang Ping had previously summoned. It was impossible to tell what race they were.
The Necromancer looked at the nearly 1,000 Skeleton Soldiers that formed a phalanx in front of him. He retracted the short staff in his hand and bowed to Fang Ping.
"Great Undead Lord, as you wish, nearly a thousand Skeleton Soldiers have been transformed. Please inspect them."
Fang Ping looked at the army of nearly a thousand Skeleton Soldiers lined up neatly outside the territory. He jumped down from the wall excitedly and walked quickly to the Necromancer's side to inspect his army.
"How strong are these Skeleton Soldiers?"
"Are they comparable to the Skeleton Soldiers I summoned?"
When the Necromancer heard Fang Ping's question, he explained proudly.
"Great Undead Lord, these Skeleton Soldiers transformed from corpses have the strength of ordinary Skeleton Soldiers. Among them, the Skeleton Soldiers transformed from the Goblin Giants and the Dark Zero Priests have already reached Level-2."
"The strength of the Skeleton Soldiers transformed by us Necromancers depends on the race and strength of the corpses before transformation. If the transformed corpses are strong enough, the transformed Skeleton Soldiers will be stronger."
The Necromancer's explanation instantly surprised Fang Ping.
Originally, he had thought that the Skeleton Soldiers summoned by the Necromancers could only be used as cannon fodder and construction soldiers. He had never thought that the strength of the Skeleton Soldiers could increase according to the strength of the transformed corpses. As expected of the most basic and important member of the Undead Calamity, the abilities of the Necromancer were indeed unbelievably powerful.
While Fang Ping was still shocked by the power of the Necromancer, An Li had already brought all his subordinates back to Shadow Feather Forest. He gathered all the warriors of the Dark Zero Race and announced that he was going to start a war with the Goblin Tribe.
An Li looked at the few Priests of the Dark Zero Race who had returned with him and roared at the Dark Zero Race warriors in front of him with an angry expression.
"Those lowly and despicable Goblins actually dared to deceive us like this, causing the precious Dark Zero Priests of our race to suffer such a heavy blow. This is truly a great humiliation. I must make them pay the price!"
The Dark Zero Race soldiers looked at An Li, who was covered in blood and was in a very sorry state. All of them instantly roared with a ferocious expression.
"We have to make those damned lowly Goblins pay a painful price. We have to destroy them all and make them the lowest-level slaves of our race!"
Looking at the furious Dark Zero Race warriors, An Li immediately shouted.
"I hereby announce that the Dark Zero Race has officially declared war on the Bone Strength Goblin Tribe. We will fight to the death!"
Following An Li's angry roar, the entire Dark Zero Race started to operate like a war machine, preparing to start the war to destroy the Bone Strength Goblin Tribe.
On Fang Ping's side, due to the report from the Elite Skeletons sent to monitor them, he also learned that the Dark Zero Race was going to declare war on the Bone Strength Goblin Tribe.
After receiving the news that the two races were about to start a war, Fang Ping immediately began to think about how to obtain the greatest benefits from the war between the two races.
According to the current situation, other than the Goblins and the Dark Zero Race, there was only the novice Overlord, the young girl who controlled Dwarves, around him.
Although he could sit back and reap the benefits, he had to think carefully about how to obtain the greatest benefits.
Then, he asked the Elite Skeletons to continue monitoring. Once they discovered that the two sides had started to move, they should immediately report back to him. After that, he fell into deep thought.
Due to the absolute restraint of the Dark Zero Race against Undead creatures, he could not let his soldiers go out and participate in the war between the two races.
If they were in his territory, he could still rely on the buildings in his territory to deal with them and destroy them all. However, if he went out into the wilderness, his Undead subordinates would be courting death when facing the Dark Zero Race.
However, Fang Ping was not willing to give up on this opportunity. After all, he could reap the benefits and could even seize the opportunity to annex the Goblin tribe.
Therefore, Fang Ping began to think if he should contact the girl with Dwarves to participate in this gluttonous feast.
After hesitating a few times and closing the virtual interface, Fang Ping gave up on the idea of teaming up with the girl. He decided to wait until the war between the two races had begun and see which party was strong enough and had a high chance of winning before making plans.
However, before that, he could not sit still and wait for death. He had to be prepared for war. Otherwise, even if he wanted to start a war, he would not have enough backup resources to annex their territory, plunder their resources, and turn the enemy into slaves.
Thus, Fang Ping did as he thought. He immediately opened the trading interface and offered the remaining Mysterious Fruits and Spirit Stones in exchange for refined iron, iron ore, forging firearms, armor, sharp weapons, and ammunition with all the new Overlords in the Trading Area. He also armed the army of nearly a thousand new Skeleton Soldiers.
Although Fang Ping did not want to exchange the Mysterious Fruit and Spirit Stones for refined iron, the iron ore that was steadily produced in the mine of the Goblin Tribe could not keep up with his daily consumption.
Furthermore, besides the Spirit Stones and Mysterious Fruits, the novice Overlords who had developed for so long no longer needed other resources.
Therefore, he could only use the Mysterious Fruit and Spirit Stones to trade for enough resources to support all the Skeleton Soldiers across several wars in a short period of time.
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