A group of whales, like a blue whale leading three killer whales, four huge monsters swam out of the dimensional gate. The smallest killer whale could reach a hundred meters in length, and the leading blue whale was more than three hundred meters long, with a fin span of over a hundred meters.
Floating in the void, silent, yet seemingly suppressing their anger, four floating monsters seemed to be spreading whale calls in the space, descending into the Courtyard of the Dead.
"Welcome, Your Majesty." Five liches floating in the air knelt down in the direction of the whale group.
"How's it going?" A cold question came from the sky. The person who spoke should be on the blue whale-shaped floating monster, but because the floating monster was too big, the figure of the person speaking could not be seen at all from the lower position.
"Occam is willing to accept immigrants and abide by the laws of the City of the Dead. There will be no disputes outside the burial grounds. The undead born naturally in the courtyard will be regarded as wild and can be subdued by those who are capable." said a lich.
"very good."
"This place will be under my rule. Your crusade is over. Withdraw." The cold voice sounded again. Although it did not name anyone, it was obviously directed at Dandelion.
"Is this the one from your family? Has he always behaved like this?" Mu Hua asked Alvis in the midst of thousands of troops, almost being ignored.
"Well, it's him. You should say less. He is very petty." Alvis said.
"Ha, this guy will never be able to enter the Council of Ghosts and Gods." Mu Hua sneered. This was the first time that Mu Hua met someone who called himself "I". This seventh person, whom he hadn't even seen, seemed to be more awesome than the first one.
"Hmm? Alvis, have you absorbed joy? Are you Mu Hua? These undead have grown very well, please step down, or I can give you a chance to join my army."
Treze's voice sounded, still cold when he mentioned Alvis, but when he talked about Mu Hua, there was a hint of contempt in his tone.
"Treser, what are you doing here? This is not a courtyard worth mobilizing so much force." Alvis asked.
"Oh, aren't they the ones you have found to rely on? Alvis, I just want you to understand that everything you have done is in vain."
"I don't need those little gadgets on you, but you shouldn't try to disrupt order, and you don't have the ability to disrupt order." Treze said contemptuously.
As Treze spoke, the center line of the blue whale in the sky split open, similar to the floating monster that Mu Hua had seen on the Demon Island. The huge blue whale opened its abstract mouth.
It was hard to tell whether it was inside the body or in the mouth, a large number of liches wearing robes and holding staffs appeared. The blue whale seemed to have doubled in size, but its shape had already become an indescribable weirdness. The magic circle spread by the liches covered its entire body, and at this moment it was like a sky fortress.
The followers summoned magic circles, some of which rose, some of which fell, and in the blink of an eye, death energy was like waves, and countless undead souls emerged from the death energy that blew across the earth.
Skeletons of all levels of undead covered the ground. Although there were a large number of skeleton warriors among them, the headless knights summoned by the liches were no less than those on Mu Hua's side.
When the earth was covered by a huge number of undead, hundreds of dragons in the sky stretched their necks and roared, spread their wings, and dropped gray dust like thick fog.
"Alvis, you should know that I don't like this kind of low-class ceremony."
"Come before me and I will accept your confession." A strong aura of death swept over. While Treze tried to intimidate Mu Hua and others, he seemed quite dissatisfied with the scene set up by those liches.
He had been ignoring Dandelion and his group, and didn't even mention Vivian. It seemed that he appeared here just to train Alvis.
That’s right, training.
Judging from the feeling that Treze's words gave Mu Hua, he still highly values Alvis, but this kind of expression of valuing him means that Alvis is still worth training.
Degradation, suppression, pity, and respect, Mu Hua's approach seemed to be just a part of training Alvis.
"Why do I suddenly feel that Alvis is actually quite similar to this guy." Mu Hua said to Vivian, thinking of Vivian's early situation.
"I feel the same way. Why not let him go away?" Vivian glanced at Alvis with disdain. She was chased by Alvis back then, and Alvis's style was essentially the same.
"Hey, I was a lich back then," Alvis protested.
"You are also a lich now." Taibetha interrupted and looked at Mu Hua. Mu Hua nodded and Taibetha cleared her throat.
"The Adventurer's Guild has already set a deadline for the crusade mission. Now is not the deadline yet. You have no reason to drive us away." Taibesha said loudly.
"You are not the only ones who can take on the crusade mission. Now, the problem of this courtyard has been successfully resolved, which is not bad for you." Faced with Taibetha's rebuttal, Treze ignored her and spoke as a lich.
"I understand your situation. Go back to your Caines. You are no longer needed here. Don't waste your energy on meaningless things. This is just a kind advice." The dragons were flying over the sea of bones, like a battlefield ready to break out at any moment, but the silent undead created a thousand-mile dead silence.
In the weird atmosphere, a new army of undead appeared again in the direction of the Demon King's City. Several wailing banshees accompanied by a strange-looking demon flew towards this side from afar.
The newly emerged undead army gathered together with the undead created by Treze, forming a subtle opposition to the undead army on Mu Hua's side.
"Haha, human, the premise of our cooperation is that I will not be disturbed in this courtyard. Since they don't want to leave, why don't you keep them here?"
Occam, Lord of the Court of the Dead, a Battiba demon.
The upper body has a human-like body shape, but below the waist are tentacles. They are not octopus tentacles like the Kraken, but are flatter and softer, like jellyfish tentacles.
Mu Hua was also surprised when he first learned of Occam's true identity, because usually the Battiba demon has no connection with the undead. This is a demon that is not good at individual attacks but is very good at causing chaos.
Battiba demons are born with a racial talent for controlling parasites. These parasites allow them to control the parasitic creatures on a physical level, which is difficult to detect and remove with magic.
But they can parasitize flesh and blood creatures, which obviously do not include the undead. This is why Mu Hua was surprised by his race at the beginning. I really don’t know what this Occam has been through to become a necromancer and set up a courtyard of the undead to be the master of the courtyard.
"Occam! Back off, you have no right to interrupt here." Occam came with hostility, and the lich on Treze's side scolded.
The Batiba demons are not too big, with the upper body only about three meters tall, and the tentacles on their lower body are only as thick as an ordinary person's wrist.
But those soft and illusory tentacles are numerous and long, and when stretched out, they can reach thirty or forty meters. When they flutter in the sky, they make the Batibah demon look huge and weird.
"Heh, lich, you'd better make it clear to me. We are just cooperating. Are you qualified to negotiate qualifications in front of me?" Flying closer, Occam sneered at the lich who scolded him.
Occam is no small fry, he is the lord of a courtyard after all. Obviously, he does not buy into the account of a Crowned Shadow. After reprimanding the lich, Occam's dark eyes flashed with cunning, but he lowered his altitude and looked at Mu Hua.
"Hehe~, human, it looks like you're in trouble. I don't like these tasteless liches, they're just lackeys of the powerful. How about joining forces with me?"
"I've learned about your human rules. It was these bastards who first came to me for cooperation, and you were oppressed. If you join forces with me to deal with them, you shouldn't be punished by humans, right?"
"Come to think of it, even though you've been annoying me for many years, I'd rather cooperate with you. How about it, do you need me to help you deal with them?"
Occam laughed wildly, and his seemingly grotesque expression carried a hint of expectation, as if as long as Mu Hua nodded, he would immediately let the wailing banshee nestled beside him scream at the undead on Treze's side.
The three parties gathered together, and it was obvious that Occam was not afraid of Therese. He was a projection, and even if Therese took over the courtyard, he could not really do anything to him.
As long as he doesn't care about this courtyard, he can be considered strong without desire. He even wants to instigate Mu Hua to fight with Treze.
He was not joking. If Mu Hua nodded, he might really help Mu Hua.
It seemed that Treze's men did not leave a good impression on him.
This courtyard had been in disrepair for so many years. If Occam said that he no longer cared much about this courtyard, Mu Hua and Treze would have believed him.
"Occam, are you bringing these wailing banshees here to act cute? You should know they are useless." Looking at Occam who seemed to have suddenly become an outsider, Mu Hua said with disdain.
The howling banshee is quite scary, but there are too many jealousies here. The floating monsters are naturally close to jealousy, and Treze must have been touched by jealousy. After years of understanding, Occam should also know that there are multiple jealous ghosts squatting around Mu Hua.
The Howling Banshee's signature killer move is the Banshee's Wailing, or in other words, the Howling Banshee's spellcasting ability is not as good as that of the elemental spirits. They often rely on the Banshee's Wailing to make a living.
But there is so much jealousy here, and we are not sure where all the jealousy protections have been thrown. If the wailing banshee howls and the jealousy is triggered, there will be no need for a sneak attack. I guess the jealousy tentacles all over the world will tear them apart immediately.
Even if Occam also cast the jealousy protection on these wailing banshees, the same thing still applies: the wailing of banshees is a range attack, and they can attract too many jealous tentacles. There is no need to sneak attack and bite their souls. Those jealous touches can tear them apart on a physical level.
Although the demon generals in this courtyard were quite lax, it was quite unusual for Treze to wander in front of the King without any demon generals by his side.
It has to be said that Mu Hua once petrified the magic general under Treze. It was precisely because Treze knew that Mu Hua had many shady tricks that it was not nonsense for him to say that he was willing to cooperate with Mu Hua.
And these wailing banshees who obviously seemed to have entered the wrong set were probably just pitiful little ones that Occam, as the master of the courtyard, had no choice but to pull out to serve as a facade... (End of this chapter)