Becoming an Undead is easy. Any Necromancer can awaken the Undead (Soul Summoning). If one wishes to maintain their rationality, it is also possible to do so.
Low-tier Undead have no intelligence. However, if a Legend-rank Sword Saint or Archmage chooses to become an Undead, as long as their body and soul are intact, it would be difficult for them to fall below Silver-rank.
After Soul Summoning was popularized, the simplest path to Immortality appeared. Experts who have reached a certain level can find an Undead Master and sign a secret agreement before their lifespan ends.
Thus, faced with the temptation of Immortality, countless black-cloaked Swordsmen and Gray Robed Mages would secretly come to the Xiluo Empire every year. Among them, there are quite a few famous names in the various countries. Newly born Undead Lords who are originally unknown but appear to be rather powerful appear every year.
Even as a SemiGod Undead Emperor, even when faced with the best materials, it is impossible for me to guarantee success in every Undead Transformation. However, the method to increase the success rate of Undead Transformation is not a secret.
Soul. All power originates from the soul. This is the most basic law of this world. The core to increase the success rate of Undead Transformation is also on the soul.
The transformation of life and death sounds fantastical and magical. However, in my eyes, it is completely explainable with logic and knowledge.
The living is a physical body and a soul. Actually, the Undead are made of the same composition. It is just that the soul and physical body might not be the original.
For example, if a complete body is seen as a personal computer, the living would be an original product produced by a factory. Their software (soul) and hardware (physical body) are perfectly compatible. Furthermore, they are equipped with an automatic upgrade function (Life Growth).
For the Undead who are revived, the software might not change, but the original hardware is definitely unusable. The new physical body is a compatible machine that is pieced together. Perhaps its performance will be very strong, but system conflicts and inexplicable crashes are all very common.
In that case, the reason for the failure of Undead Transformation is obvious. Either the hardware and software are incompatible, or the software (soul) is missing data.
If it was the former, they could just modify the physical body, but if it was the latter, there was basically no way to save it. After all, no matter how good a computer was, it was impossible for it to read a disc with a missing piece. No matter how valuable the data contained in the disc, no matter how passionate and unrestrained the performance of the artist was … Cough, it was just a metaphor, so don't get the wrong idea.
Of course, Necromancers could also use other souls to make up for it, but it was needless to say whether it would still be the original person. Furthermore, there were more problems with such a soul. The current technology was unable to preserve the soul's activity and memory for a long time. There was a 90% chance that the soul would become mentally retarded after piecing it together.
Therefore, the most fundamental and important factor to successfully transform into an undead was obvious — preserving the soul.
This was also the reason why undead were usually souls with deep resentment. Resentment (unfulfilled regrets) was doubtlessly the reason why souls didn't dissipate. A firm will and pure personality would make the soul more solid, which could increase the success rate of conversion.
Then, the conclusion was out.
Based on my research theory that contradicted the current mainstream thinking, the success rate of soul conversion had nothing to do with the soul's strength when it was alive. It was just that the will of a powerful fighter who had experienced hundreds of battles wouldn't be weak, so naturally, the success rate would be higher.
It was impossible for there to be no losses in death. It would already be good if the deceased could preserve more than 80% of their memories. If I were to use a disc as an analogy, it would mean that they had lost at least 20% of their data and 20% of the disc (soul) would be unusable.
At this point, the difference between a naturally awakened undead and an undead awakened by a Soul Summoning spell was also out.
In reality, their principles were the same. It was just that a naturally awakened soul's will was especially firm, their personality was so pure that there were no impurities. Their resentment before death was enough to cause snow in June.
Even after death, their souls refused to enter the cycle of reincarnation. Their souls didn't dissipate in the slightest. Without the guidance of a Necromancer, they automatically achieved the transition between life and death.
This was also the reason why natural undead had such astonishing potential. Their souls didn't dissipate in the slightest and were basically the same as when they were alive. On the contrary, after passing through the boundary between life and death, they came into contact with the secrets of their own souls and were able to gain a deeper understanding of the essence of power.
When a normal undead lost a portion of their soul, their growth rate would naturally become very low. However, my Seven Deadly Sins were an exception. They didn't start off strong, but their growth rate was very high.
Compared to normal Necromancers who focused on the creation of powerful undead bodies (hardware engineers), I set my sights on the source of the soul (software engineers). Of course, this was also due to the fact that I was a natural undead and had soaked in the River Styx several times. Even if other Necromancers wanted to work on souls, they probably wouldn't know how to start. Their standard was still stuck at the level of transferring souls according to the instructions. Creating and piecing together new souls and the like, in their eyes, should be the authority of the Creator God.
However, the number of souls that I had created and modified were not few. There were stubborn and twisted souls, perfectly reborn souls that were instinctively talented, loyal and unyielding souls, and many of them were even souls that I had created from other souls as raw materials. In a sense, it wasn't wrong for Omar and Ah Dang to call me father.
Complete and stubborn souls, this was also the inconceivably powerful foundation of the Seven Deadly Sins. As the crystallization of my research, their souls were all complete. Coupled with the specially prepared physical bodies for them, they were even more complete and stubborn than a normal living person. In a sense, they were artificial natural undead.
But in reality, due to my ability, compared to real natural undead, their potential was still a notch lower. After all, the natural undead that I knew were all super monsters, including myself, Heloise, and Aillé.
Didn't they say that in ancient times, there was a Valkyrie who guided Valkyrie to the Valkyrie Palace? To be honest, there wasn't much difference between them and Necromancers. As for the Valkyrie under the Gods in modern times, there wasn't much difference between them and artificial undead. It was just that the one who summoned the souls was a God. Under the influence of God's power, they were able to retain more of their memories and battle techniques.
Everything originated from the soul. Valkyrie's soul was basically solidified to its strongest state. It seemed great, but in reality, Valkyrie was basically unable to progress any further because of this. It was the same for the undead. In a sense, putting aside that dazzling halo, Valkyrie and the undead had too many similarities, and couldn't be compared to the natural undead.
In ancient times, there were still some natural undead, but in modern times, the rate of natural undead awakening was completely negligible. The fragile souls of modern people were unable to resist the attraction of reincarnation, not to mention the complete awakening of a soul. Furthermore, just having this wasn't enough. The most difficult condition to achieve was the resentment and unwillingness to destroy the world.
Both Heloise and I had our countries destroyed, and we were the last descendants of the royal family who watched our own people and kingdom fall into ruin. It could be said that we were vengeful spirits who stayed in this world for the sake of revenge. Aillé didn't say what happened to him, but it probably wasn't anything good.
Even if all the conditions were met, sufficient luck was still needed, and the success rate had to be calculated from the decimal point.
Thus, for the current people, the undead were equivalent to the undead summoned by necromancers. The natural undead were not an option from the very start, and some necromancers themselves didn't even know that there was such a thing as the natural undead.
Thus, when Suana revived as a banshee, no one knew about it, and no one could predict it. Perhaps even the Elven Gods who planned everything didn't expect such a small probability of happening.
Pure souls tended to transform into spiritual undead, and female elves were one of the races most likely to become banshees. After Suana revived as a banshee, the title of Queen of Banshees would no longer be exclusive to Heloise.
From a certain standpoint, there were many similarities between Heloise and Suana. They were both born as elven princesses, and they both suffered the betrayal of their most trusted people and Gods. Their deaths were both important historical events — the living sacrifices of war.
The ironic thing is that the Elven Gods who were at the height of their power back then created a godly enemy like Heloise, and the undead would definitely have sufficient time to investigate the truth. When everything is exposed to the light of day, Suana might also become a godly enemy.
However, digging a hole and jumping into it is a tradition of the Elves and the Elven Gods. The Golden Elves and Rose back then are the most classic examples. They were the fuse that led to the fall of the Elves. This time, if the Elven Gods were to turn into the Malevolent Gods of Chaos, I am looking forward to seeing what Rose, who is famous for her extreme hatred towards Aichy, would do.
Back to the main topic, even if the humans had already started to pull back their defenses, and Red Maple City, as the core area, was heavily guarded, it still couldn't stop a Legend-rank Warrior, a Golden Archer, and a natural undead banshee from surrounding us.
"Ah. Uncle Bones isn't here. Big Sister Eliza, how did you return? "
Anne sighed in disappointment, not only because of the fact that Roland wasn't here, but also because of the disappointment of Eliza's return. This naturally made Eliza's eyebrows twitch. What does she mean by asking about my boyfriend the moment they meet? Also, we only fought once before, is it that indifferent now?
"I thought you would ask about Adam and the others first. They came here a few days ago."
"I know about foster father and Big Sister Marguerite, I have been communicating with them. Right, didn't foster father tell you that I'm coming? "
"Adam, as always, he's a bastard …"
In an instant, the image of that man giving a thumbs up as usual appeared in Eliza's mind, revealing a smile as if he was watching a show — — "This is what I should do, don't thank me."
"Alright, of course we welcome you. But as you can see, we are very busy now, so we don't have time to entertain you. If we have offended you, please forgive us. "
Eliza said so on the surface, but her lips purposely 'softly' grumbled.
"An Underground Autarch and an Underground Beastman Sovereign, how did they escape just like that? They are already adults, yet they run away as they please, don't they know the severity of the situation? "
Obviously, judging from past experience, Eliza thought that these two fellows weren't here for proper business. They were most likely annoyed by work, so they abandoned their entourage and ran away from home.
However, she didn't see the expected awkward expression. On the contrary, Anne smiled proudly.
"We are here for proper business. Right, do you still remember the declaration of 'Underground dwellers should also enjoy sunlight'? We are here for this! "
"Is there going to be a war?"
This was Eliza's first reaction when she heard this. This demand for 'the right to enjoy sunlight', wasn't this the invasion of the Underground Allied Forces that Roland had predicted?
Considering the current situation of Donglan where Roland was, it was impossible for them to withstand a war on two fronts. Instantly, Eliza's expression turned ugly.
But fortunately, Anya interrupted in time, preventing the atmosphere from worsening.
"Most of the Beastman Chieftains requested to form an allied army to attack, but we are considering the possibility of renting a land."
"Renting a land?"
"Un, buying, renting, or even an ownerless land is fine. This is also Prince Roland's intention. The most important part is to organize a scouting party to contact possible sellers, and we are the vanguard of the scouting party. "
Perhaps this was indeed a possibility. Nodding her head, Eliza didn't say anything else. On the other hand, the Banshee who had been very reserved when she entered finally broke her silence.
"Roland? May I ask if you are talking about the Legend Holy Knight Prince Roland? "
"You are?"
Initially, Eliza thought that the other party was a Banshee from Sulfur Mountain City, but from the looks of it, a Banshee was a high-tier undead, and it was rare to meet one in the wild. Could this be a special envoy from Xiluo?
"I am Suana, Suana New Leaf."
This name was in the headlines recently, perhaps even the fuse of war. Of course, Eliza knew of it.
She was shocked at first, but then, she seemed to have thought of something and nodded her head with a smile.
"… This is really interesting. Perhaps that sly Roland would be happy to see your arrival. Oh, how rude of me, I have yet to answer Your Highness' question. Yes, we are talking about Roland, the Holy Knight Roland from 300 years ago. "
"Please don't call me Princess … The current me is no longer a member of the royal family of the Tassel Kingdom, much less some Elf Princess."
Looking at the dejected Suana, Eliza still wanted to say something, but the servant outside the door suddenly barged in, his face agitated. Obviously, he had important news to report.
"Lord Eliza, our reinforcements have finally arrived!"
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