Chapter 1652 – 1652. God’S Atlantis
“Do you like it? I suffered a bit while Master was gone.”
“I love it!”
I was unintentionally left in hell, but I got stronger on my own. There was no reason not to like it.
A hundred souls a day?
Now that I see it, the living corpse (pseudo) lent me Gula at a very cheap price.
‘Of course, I’ll take Gula with me someday.’
I turned my gaze to the undead around me. It was time to strengthen the undead.
• • •
「The special event ends in 10 days.」
「If you do not kill the ruler of the Golden Desert within 10 days, you will face death.」
The notification window appeared at the same time as the sun rose over the sand dunes.
In the meantime, I focused on strengthening the undead army.
I increased the number of undead to raise their quality. I found and killed all living things, whether human or monster. I didn’t just wander around the Golden Desert. I rampaged in other desert areas.
‘Hatep, the ruler of the Golden Desert, has also finished his conquest activities.’
I wandered around the opposite area and dominated the desert area. Because of this, other areas dared not covet the Golden Desert, which was at war. In a way, I ended up helping Hatep.
‘It’s as intended.’
The better Hatep does, the better it is for me.
‘Because everything Hatep has will become mine.’
I looked around.
Starting with Gula by my side, the undead were lined up in a row. The number of undead troops I had refined and refined reached 100,000.
150 top-tier undead, 10,000 high-tier undead, 20,000 mid-tier undead, and the remaining 70,000 were low-tier.
This was the maximum now. Due to the problem of dominance, I could not increase the number of undead any further, nor could I turn low-tier undead into mid-tier undead.
‘Low and mid-tier are meat shields. The real power is the high and top-tier.’
The high and top-tier undead were armed with equipment received from Harmo. They were the elite of the elite.
“The time has finally come.”
I opened my mouth towards the undead army.
The undead army looked at me. 70 death knights and 30 liches showed their ominous glares.
“I will kill Hatep, the ruler of the Golden Desert, and become the true ruler of the desert!”
Gula and the death knights planted their swords in the ground.
“It will be as Master wishes.”
The liches laughed, scattering their evil energy.
“Hehehe. Trust us. We will harvest the lives of all the living. The dead are more suited to this desert than the living.”
The other undead also burned with fighting spirit.
I climbed onto the palanquin held by the high-tier undead and sat down.
“Advance.”
Kwa kwa kwa kwa kwa!
As soon as my order was given, the death worms that had burrowed into the ground moved. The death worms took the lead and ran forward.
• • •
The center of the Golden Desert. I arrived near the metropolis of Nilepit.
Hatep, the ruler of the Golden Desert, surprisingly brought his army out of the city. He meant to wage a full-scale war outside the city.
I got up from the chair and looked at the enemies. Charrr. The accessories I wore on my body shook here and there. It was very annoying, but I couldn’t take them off. Everything I wore on my body was at least B-rank or higher, which enhanced the necromancer’s abilities. The moment I took off even one of them, the balance of the undead army would be broken.
I scanned Hatep’s army.
‘There are a lot. Roughly 300,000. That’s three times the size of my undead army.’
Half of the army were golden sand soldiers. Soldiers made of gold and sand. They never tire and are absolutely loyal to their summoner. In a way, they were similar to the undead.
‘150,000… I guess they are not greatly affected by dominance because they use gold.’
The remaining 150,000 were made up of desert warriors.
Desert warriors do not fear war. Rather, they have a tendency to prefer combat. Even when faced with a powerful opponent, their morale does not easily drop. However, the desert warriors in front of me had their morale at rock bottom.
“To be treated worse than sand soldiers… They are pitiful.”
Gula said.
The desert warriors were standing in front of the golden sand soldiers. Normally, it would be right to put the golden sand soldiers in front. Because the front line is the most dangerous. But Hatep placed the golden sand soldiers behind the desert warriors. The desert warriors’ morale plummeted due to the very blatant placement.
In addition, the desert warriors’ outfits were all different. They were drafted from the desert warriors of the conquered areas.
“Tutankhamun!!”
A voice echoed from the enemy camp. It was amplified by magic.
“I am Hatep, the ruler of the Golden Desert! Tutankhamun! I will kill you and protect this desert!”
I amplified my voice with mana.
“Hehehe! Hatep! I will kill you and take the desert into my hands! The desert will be mine…! Just imagining it is amazing!”
“You are dreaming an impossible dream! There is no more conversation to be had with you! Brave warriors of the desert! Send those dead things back to hell!”
“Waaaaaaaah.”
The desert warriors shouted and charged. However, the shouts were somewhat weak, and the charge seemed clumsy because they were not in sync with each other. It was a characteristic of a hastily formed army.
I put the mid-tier undead in front. I made the mid-tier undead withstand the charge of the desert warriors. Low-tier undead would not be able to withstand the charge of the desert warriors for long.
I flicked my hand. The group of low-tier undead lined up behind me approached.
I used Undead Modification (SS). Dozens of low-tier undead gathered in one place and became a huge lump of meat.
Then, I ordered the giant cyclops zombie.
“Throw the lump of meat at the enemy.”
“Understood.”
The cyclops answered in a heavy voice. His brow narrowed. This damn giant zombie bastard didn’t use honorifics until the end. Still, he followed my orders well.
The cyclops held the lump of meat in both hands and threw it at the enemies.
The lump of meat fell in the center of the charging desert warriors. Several warriors died after being crushed by the lump of meat. The real power of the lump of meat was about to begin.
“Corpse explosion.”
Kwaaaaaaaang!
The lump of meat exploded, sweeping away the desert warriors nearby. Dozens of desert warriors died in an instant.
But this was not the end.
“Rise!”
“Pledge your loyalty to the Death Lord!”
The liches resurrected the dead desert warriors as undead. The number of enemies was decreasing, while our side was increasing in number.
The cyclops continued to throw lumps of meat. I kept using corpse explosion repeatedly while watching the battlefield.
‘The armies will clash soon.’
I raised Moses’ staff and used black magic.
“Black Sonata!”
Black rain began to fall from the clear sky. The desert warriors who were hit by the black rain frowned. On the other hand, the undead who were hit by the black rain were full of vitality as if they had taken some kind of drug.
“Death Worm. Aim for Hatep.”
The sand floor shook. It was a small earthquake caused by the movement of the death worms.
The death worms approached Hatep, who was at the very back, at a rapid speed.
The golden sand soldiers reacted quickly. They thrust their spears at the death worms running underground. Of course, most of them did not reach the death worms underground.
‘Some of the golden sand soldiers are different.’
Those who were more flamboyant and larger than the other golden sand soldiers used strong energy to inflict fatal damage on the death worms. They were comparable to death knights. Fortunately, there were only about 100 of them.
‘Ten death worms were annihilated. If I could have killed him, it would have ended easily.’
The ten death worms could not even get close to Hatep.
I turned my gaze back to the front line.
‘The mid-tier undead are holding up well.’
They were being pushed back little by little. And that was what it meant to be holding up well.
When a mid-tier undead died or was pushed back, I turned a low-tier undead into a mid-tier undead and immediately put them into the front line.
‘If they hold out, the desert warriors will get tired. Then their front line will be disrupted.’
That was the point when I would deploy Gula and the death knights. Then the death knights on skeletal horses would tear through the battlefield and bring victory.
“Master. It’s their magic attack.”
Gula pointed to one side. Magic was flying from the golden sand soldier camp. Now that I saw it, it seemed that some of the golden sand soldiers could use magic.
‘There are quite a few who are holding different weapons. I guess I should see them as having a variety of troop types, like the undead army.’
I just watched the magic flying towards us and did not respond. There was no need to. Because there were 30 liches behind me.
“That’s pathetic magic.”
“Mana drain!”
“I’ll show you what real magic is. Hehehe.”
Lich.
These mages who had transcended death were much more powerful than any ordinary mage.
The magic that was flying towards us disappeared. On the contrary, the liches’ magic flew towards the enemies. Of course, they also blocked the magic attacks, but they were more likely to miss one compared to us.
‘Hatep. That guy is just standing by even though he could help the desert warriors.’
The golden sand soldiers were still not moving.
‘Is he planning to use the desert warriors as expendables to reduce my stamina and mana?’
It wasn’t a bad strategy.
‘If I were to do nothing and stand by.’
I turned my head to the side. Undead locusts, aiming for Hatep’s flank, were running, kicking up dust. Hatep, surprised, moved the golden sand soldiers to form a defensive line.
‘That’s not the end.’
Giant flies flew in the sky. The giant flies were carrying one low-tier undead each. The golden sand soldiers shot arrows to check the giant flies. More than 60% of the giant flies were hit by arrows and fell.
The remaining 40% successfully reached Hatep.
“Now! Corpse explosion!”
The liches, including me, used corpse explosion. The giant flies and low-tier undead self-destructed. The small explosions caused a chain reaction, blowing up the golden sand soldiers.
I clearly saw Hatep getting caught in the explosion.
“Hehe. Is that all? There was no need for the death knights to move. Hehehe.”
Hatep was dead. Only traces of the explosion remained in the place where he was. But the golden sand soldiers did not disappear. The special event was not completed either. I, who had been chuckling, stopped.
‘Could it be that it wasn’t the real one? Where is the real one?’
