Chapter 411 The Depression of the Bloodless Prince

"Chaos in the Black Swamp Kingdom..."

'Bloodless Prince' Ostis frowned as he looked at the thick stack of scrolls that were placed in front of him.

Ever since the magic ring was broken, Ostis was in a daze for a while, but when he passed by a place, he saw a pregnant woman with a big belly. The reason was that she was pregnant with the child of a local noble as a mistress, so she was ruthlessly abandoned.

Ostis saved the woman, but she died beside him.

After that day, Ostis began to have different thoughts. This chaotic world and the nobles who did nothing had no need to exist.

"Bloodless" means that he does not have any noble blood.

He was placed on the throne of the new nobility by his followers, and then successfully ascended to the "heroic level" through his own efforts.

His goal is to quell the war in the Black Swamp Kingdom and prevent the invasion of the Great Abyss Rift, but the forces under his command are still too few. Even if he discovers some mysterious undead and they are willing to serve him, it is still not enough.

This will be a battle that will take years, perhaps a dozen years.

Ostis had made sufficient preparations, but he did not expect that a group of undead would suddenly appear a few days ago. These undead were different from the undead that had appeared in the Black Swamp Kingdom. They were extremely powerful and carried the breath of the abyss.

The Abyss has infected the undead!

Ostis was very worried, so he sent people over immediately to stop them, but what he didn't expect was that the undead were still rational.

No hostility and very willing to communicate.

"They took the initiative to eliminate the disasters nearby."

When Ostis looked at the information uploaded by the scroll, he couldn't help but feel confused.

"and then?"

"They are the same as the undead that appeared in the Black Swamp Kingdom. They are like mercenaries, and they are rewarded for everything they do."

"That's not a problem!" Ostis was surprised.

If there is such a powerful undead army, there should be no problem whether it is unifying the Black Swamp Kingdom to end the chaos or fighting against the Great Rift in the Abyss.

The problem with Ostis now is that the army is not strong enough.

“But their asking price is a bit high.”

"How tall?"

"They want excellent and sophisticated weapons, secret treasures, alchemical materials, and the Heart of Disaster."

"Heart of Disaster? I remember we still have dozens of them." Ostis waved his hand, "If you can hire them, use them to hire them."

"Yes!"

Two days later, the soldiers who went to investigate came back again.

"Your Highness!"

"How about it?"

"Some strange figures appeared among the undead."

"Mutant?"

The "new aristocracy" of the new era can adapt to this era better than the old aristocracy.

"Yes." The soldier nodded.

"That is to say, they may believe in evil gods." At this stage, apart from drinking magic potions that cause the body to grow uncontrollably in a direction closer to magic and lead to deformation, the only other changes are race and appearance caused by believing in evil gods.

"Possibly, but we have not observed their prayers to God, except for some associations that promote some strange requests."

"Besides that? How's the recruitment going?" Ostis didn't care about the association.

His team also developed from an association, but being able to get to this point has absolutely nothing to do with the association. In the initial stage, the association could attract a group of like-minded people, but the conflict of ideas could not be resolved and even became a stumbling block to development.

I have come this far thanks to my own efforts.

"They formed a caravan." The soldier did not answer Ostis's question, but changed the way he said it, which seemed to divert the topic.

"Caravan, who are you trading with?" Ostis knew the speaking style of his men, so he followed up with the question.

"The local undead, and some other forces willing to trade."

"And then?" Ostis felt something was wrong.

"They sell Hearts of Disaster, not only the ones we have in our warehouse, but also our very scarce, higher-level Hearts of Disaster!"

Ostis: ...

What, you’re richer than me?

It is a consensus between Ostis and his men that the undead cannot form a stable force.

But this new batch of undead seemed different. The difference in strength alone was enough to make Ostis take it seriously.

"First, find out how many people there are."

If it is not possible to recruit these undead people by hiring them, there may be other methods that can be used, but it will require long-term planning.

Time passed quickly, and Ostis could see the changes around him without even needing his soldiers to pass on messages.

Fire, storm, explosion...

There was no peace.

The entire Black Swamp Kingdom became bustling.

And his soldiers finally arrived and brought back news of the investigation.

"Your Highness, something has happened," said the soldier.

"What's going on?" Ostis frowned. He felt more and more that these undead might cause some trouble.

"All our undead have left and joined them."

"what?!"

Ostis doesn't take the undead seriously, but that doesn't mean the power of the undead can be lost. Soldiers who are not afraid of death are very useful.

"anything else?"

The province of Moctria has come into contact with the undead, and welcomes them in.

Trouble!
Ostis looked a little unhappy.

In the Kingdom of Black Marsh, the Black Marsh Emperor Half Lloyd holds a hostile attitude towards the undead, or rather, his "loyal ministers" do so. He built an [Undead Prison] and locked up the captured undead in it.

On the other hand, there is Baron, the 'Lord of the Wind' in the province of Moctria. He started to contact the undead even earlier than Ostis, and allowed the undead to have certain management and autonomy rights.

If such a powerful undead team enters the province of Moctria, it will not be him who unifies the Black Marsh Kingdom, but Baron who will lead his troops and become the new emperor.

But Ostis's ugly expression did not last long, as the soldiers soon brought more news.

"The undead have caused a lot of trouble in the province of Moctria. They have started a war."

……

"The Undead defeated the defenders of Mocteria Province and directly announced that the Kingdom of Rand occupied that area."

……

"The Undead demanded a ransom from the Thousand Faces City, otherwise they would execute Baron. However, the Thousand Faces City refused to pay the ransom, so the Undead prepared to attack the Thousand Faces City."

... "Wait!" Ostis was stunned. "The Kingdom of Rand? What does it have to do with the Kingdom of Rand? And why did they demand a ransom from the Thousand Faces City after they captured Baron?"

Ostis felt an itch on his head.

Thousand Faces Castle is the capital of the Kingdom of Black Marsh and the residence of Emperor Harv Lloyd.

There was a rebellion going on in the province of Moctria right now, and the undead executing Lord Baron was exactly what Harv Lloyd wanted. Not to mention asking him to pay a ransom to save him, if he could help kill Baron, he might even be willing to pay more to help kill him a few more times.

"They claim to be the expeditionary force of the Kingdom of Rand, following Duke Lind Alman."

Ostis was even more confused. As far as he knew, there was no duke of the Kingdom of Land with the last name of Alman.

There might be a minor noble, but every kingdom has minor nobles, and it's not worth remembering at all.

Neighboring countries will remember generals, legions, and various heroes, while non-neighboring countries may not even know who each other's kings are.

In this world where communication is basically done on foot and relations between countries are tense, it is impossible to allow messengers to cross their own borders to go to other countries. The minds are blocked and cannot communicate with each other.

Only some illegal travelers or merchants could use carriage wheels to bring countless versions of the story to other places.

Ostis asked, "Are you sure what they said is true? Who is that duke?"

"Uh……"

The soldiers under his command were not sure either: "They said that Lind Alman unified the chaotic Rand Kingdom in one or two years, destroyed the great crack of Morpheus' Gate, and eliminated the king of the abyss. They also said that Lind Alman had a flying dragon, opened a portal that could cross space, and trained tens of thousands of superior strongmen."

"impossible!"

Ostis could still listen to the first part, but he couldn't listen to the latter part. He didn't even dare to make up a story like this. Tens of thousands of people were promoted? Then the Rand Kingdom should change its name to the Rand Empire... That's not right. It would be better for Xilu Continent to be renamed Rand Continent, and Black Swamp Kingdom to be renamed Black Swamp Province.

"Sir, more undeads are appearing one after another, and their number has reached six thousand!"

Ostis: ...

He felt dizzy.

Soon, more news came, and this time the news was not just dizzying, it even made Ostis want to vomit blood. More than half of his soldiers ran away!

The problem broke out with the association that Ostis had not paid attention to before. This association had a very peculiar operating model, which was to attract people to join and then continuously improve themselves.

If an ordinary person used this logic, no one would believe it, but the one who stood up to speak was the undead in the Land Kingdom Expeditionary Force, who directly defeated the terrorist army of Moctria Province in a short period of time.

You can join by recruiting people, and you can even get a position in it. It's so easy as long as you pay the fee and recruit people.

……

Lind thought he must have missed something.

He had not yet finished his work in the Griffin Territory, and the magma world under the King of Ashes made him feel very special, more than just swimming naked in the magma.

"I don't even know the main plot?"

According to Lind's plan, let Melulan control the entire Black Swamp Kingdom from the secret, and then use her identity as queen to sit on the throne of ruler, which would also provide him with an opportunity for experimentation.

The laws of the Kingdom of Rand brought thunder, what power can the laws of the Kingdom of Black Swamp bring?
But the undead, who were completely out of control, directly destroyed more than half of the Black Swamp Kingdom.

Thousands of level 30 undead were simply bullying the weaklings in the Black Swamp Kingdom, where the average level of the people was below level 11, and they couldn't stop at all.

With Lind's strong support, this group of undead were able to force their way through the abyss rift plot, which should have lasted for several years, within half a year. They were even more terrifying than the disasters in the rift. When they were able to move freely on the ground, no one could stop them.

Now there is another problem before us. There is only Thousand Faces City and some corners left to conquer the Black Swamp Kingdom. Should we take over the Black Swamp Kingdom?

The infrastructure construction speed has not kept up at all, and the map expansion too fast is not necessarily a good thing. Lind simply does not have enough NPCs under his command.

And the NPCs of the Black Swamp Kingdom, who are an enemy country, are even less likely to obey his orders.

It doesn't matter. He can send a group of NPCs who have already attended the class to open training courses there. Moreover, with the trip to the Griffin Territory, he is sure of one thing. As long as he captures those main city lords who can still maintain their rationality, the novice village chiefs under their command will most likely surrender directly. By taking over the territory, he can also take over the management.

What is left for Lind next is the trouble of happiness.

The undead looted a lot of good things, including various potion formulas, magic materials, potion materials, equipment armor, etc.

It’s not that they are so loyal that they only think of Lind when they get the good things. Picking up garbage is a talent of the immortals, but throwing garbage out depends on their weight limit.

They want points, military merit, and battle experience points.

But Lind really wanted these things, and things like battle experience points were indeed not very valuable.

He can definitely launch more types of titles and designations, and those who want to grind can keep grinding.

However, the origins of these things are somewhat problematic, not so civilized. Why was the province of Mocteria conquered by the undead? It was because of a dispute. Why did the dispute occur? Because the undead were discovered stealing things.

The undead are afraid of being discovered when stealing things, but if they are really discovered, and the NPC cannot defeat them and turns into a red name, then it will turn into a robbery.

It is called treasure hunting.

"Thank you for your hard work." Linde looked at Raniya and smiled.

As the biggest poster girl supported by Lind, it is time for Rania to appear. She will reward the undead who have made outstanding contributions, hold a commendation meeting in the royal city, and announce the official attack on the Black Swamp Kingdom.

This is her job as a queen. The golden toilet should be used by capable people.

……

At present, some undead people who have increased their combat experience points to above 10001 have begun to appear one after another.

When your combat experience points reach 10001, you will become a [Knight Squire] and are qualified to become a combat commander. You can even lead a team to fight alone while following the knight in the battlefield.

The undead have many ways to trick NPCs into working for them, but the NPCs created by bugs are ultimately not as good as those created by the official mechanism. Maybe it will be fixed someday.

The undead who have the qualifications to form a knight squad are also full of passion, and it is time to recruit NPCs.

"If I just set up a team of knights and let them help me with daily tasks, tsk tsk."

"I still want to form an all-female knight team. Black stockings are standard. Female knights with black stockings!!"

"I'm already a Knight's Squire, so it makes sense to just recruit soldiers from the Lander Legion."

……

Regardless of how the undead were making a fuss, Linde was busy on the other side.

He has to get in touch with Melulan. The plan has changed. Melulan should continue to stay hidden and be a hidden NPC. The Chaos Camp is still not qualified to stand on the stage.

In addition, Lind also had to identify the agent of the Black Swamp Kingdom. Rania was out of reach, and Lind had no intention of continuing to wander around the Novice Village.

According to his understanding, the 'Bloodless Prince' Ostis is a good candidate. Like William, he is a protagonist-type character, but the difference is that the other party is a ruler-type version of the protagonist, who is good at managing the rear.

Surrender and pledge allegiance, or die.

When Ostis received the news, his first thought was to fight with the Kingdom of Rand.

However, he suppressed his thoughts when he saw those undeads with the aura of the abyss lingering around them and baring their teeth.

Surrender is not an option, and the other party said that he can directly lend him the power of the undead to fight against the abyss.

"Such a powerful force is handed over to me..." Ostis smiled.

Whoever controls the military power is the boss!

You'll regret this eventually, Lind.

The military power is in his own hands, and the military and political power of the Rand Kingdom is out of reach. The outcome is already doomed. After taking over the Thousand Faces City, Ostis will directly counterattack the Rand Kingdom and take off the heads of Lind Alman and Rania Hedwin.

Through a brief understanding, he found that among them there were undead people called "La Le Ge Da" and "Xuanwu Shield", who controlled elite forces.

Incite them to revolt!

(End of this chapter)