When so many things happened and the big bosses jumped out one after another, the original big boss was forgotten in the face of the sudden change in the situation.
After sensing Undead Emperor Zero's pressure, Davey was both delighted and anxious. It was evident that Zero hadn't informed him of her arrival at all. Not only that, how long had she been hiding in his army was another problem.
"I'm afraid that I've already lost the Undead Emperors' trust …"
Davey didn't have the time to be depressed. He needed to think of a way to overcome the current crisis. He looked around and saw that it was a battle between a giant and a God. Energy waves that were powerful enough to easily tear apart Myth-ranked individuals were surging up and down. Davey didn't know what to do.
Should he go help the two Titan Giants? Judging from the battle's situation, not to mention his subordinates, even Davey himself would be torn apart by the shockwaves. Even if he could help, he would likely be crushed by the powerful Undead Emperors. It was even possible that his own Titan Giants would be annoyed and stomp him to death first.
Should he go help Zero? First of all, how was he supposed to explain himself to an Undead Emperor? This Undead Emperor was famous for her indiscriminate AOE attacks. If Davey accidentally got involved and became an eternal ice sculpture, it was likely that no one would be kind enough to help him unfreeze.
Davey was quite vexed, but he didn't know what to do. Should he go around the Ultraman battle outside the city and attack the city gates with two little monsters? That sounded like a good idea, but why were there two Immemorial Red Dragons fighting against each other?
A gigantic red dragon roared angrily in midair. Her falling body smashed through the city walls, and her leaking dragon breath transformed the ground into a sea of flames. Berserk draconic magic was destroying the undead army. These two female dragons became the fiercest targets of the undead army.
On the other side of the city walls, a berserk dwarf was currently fighting against a Thunder Titan Giant. Her war hammer and lightning spear kept clashing against each other. Nobody would be able to survive if they accidentally collided with each other.
The most dangerous part of all was still the confrontation between the two Undead Emperors. Although it was impossible for them to be in perfect condition, just the natural difference in power levels made it so that Davey didn't dare to get close to the two Undead Emperors.
"… Even though this was supposed to be my battle, I've become a side character. These Undead Emperors are so willful."
Many things that seemed accidental were actually inevitable. Davey did not see through them. During this period of time, if a large-scale war was started, there was a high chance that the big shots would personally take action.
The creation of the Contract Heroes System, the descent of the new Silver Species, the awakening of the primordial Titans, and the return of the Undead Republic. Any one of these events would be able to attract the attention of the entire world. When they all appeared together, they naturally attracted the attention of the various major factions.
Davey's army's attack on the wood spirits was nothing more than a prelude. The Holy War was about to begin, and the current situation, time, and location were far too sensitive. Bardi, which was the center of attention for many factions, would attract the attention of many factions. This was just like how every country was in a highly sensitive international situation. A major incident could erupt at any moment.
When the fuse of this war was ignited, many experts jumped out for their own interests. They either wanted to protect their own interests from being sacrificed, or had no goals at all. They only wanted to declare their existence and fight for the right to speak for the next part of the benefits. But for mortals, this was already an irresistible natural disaster.
"How about I go back to the headquarters first and take control of my army first?"
From a certain standpoint, this was obviously a wise choice. An Undead Lord without his army would lose two-thirds of his combat strength. Not only that, if he left this place, he wouldn't have to worry about being dragged into the battle between the big shots.
Unfortunately, when he chose to return to his own army and give his entire sense of belonging to his own army, he triggered the final ticking time bomb.
Here, the guide who brought about the end of the road had arrived.
"Edmund? Didn't you go missing? "
This lich who suddenly walked out from the shadows was Davey's old friend, as well as one of Davey's most loyal followers. Yet, Edmund had already gone missing half a month ago. Why would he suddenly appear in front of Davey? Could it be that there was a conclusion to his disappearance? Could it be that Edmund had discovered the truth?
The floating lich didn't respond to his old friend's question. He slowly walked over. His skeletal face was expressionless, as if the soulfire that had condensed was unable to reveal even a hint of emotion.
Suddenly, Davey discovered that he had lost control of his physical body. He slowly walked over to Edmund.
Along the way, Edmund had already lost his physical form. His entire body transformed into a pitch-black whirlwind of shadows.
"This … Why can't I move! Why do I feel joy!? "
His soul's screams had no sound. Davey opened his arms and voluntarily embraced the darkness.
The black whirlwind instantly wrapped around him. Even though his soul still had the will to resist, he was unable to do anything. He could only watch as the black shadow swallowed him whole.
"It's time to merge. … So this is how everyone goes missing. "
At this moment, Davey obtained a lot of new knowledge and met many old friends. He knew everything. However, this was the Undead Lord's final thought. From the very start, when "War" decided to use this entire army as food, Davey, who was at the highest point of the army, became the most important part. Davey himself would also become the core of "War"'s knowledge base.
The other Myth-ranked undead would still have the possibility of escaping. However, for Davey, his identity as a member of the Undead Lord's army became a Concept that bound him. Once all the effects were confirmed, the "Cause" that was connected to all karma would naturally be unable to escape.
The entire ground began to rumble as if some monster was digging its way out of the ground. Once the leader of the undead army was swallowed and his true master began to summon, the evil beast "War" finally began to awaken.
…
I shook off the snow on my body as I looked playfully at the Specter Emperor before me.
As an expert in ice and snow magic … fine, let's just take it seriously. At the very least, I was half an ice and snow magic master. And even though I was only half an ice and snow magic master, I could more or less understand this Undead Emperor's path after coming into contact with ice and snow.
"Life Devourer, or, more accurately, Heat Devourer."
Ghosts' bodies were filled with negative energy. Coming into contact with them would cause weakness, loss of body temperature, and many other effects. Ghost Touch was a simple undead magic spell that mimicked coming into contact with a ghost filled with negative energy.
People only noticed that Ghost Touch dealt negative energy damage to the living, but they didn't notice that it was also stealing away the living's body temperature. This seemed to be one of the natural abilities of ghosts. However, due to the slow effects, one had to come into contact with the ghost in order to use it. Also, using it multiple times would cause fatal effects. Only the incredibly weak ghosts would use such a useless natural ability. Even I had basically ignored this ability.
But today, Senpai had taught me a lesson. There were no useless abilities, only weak users.
At that moment, she stole away all the heat in the area and forcefully lowered the temperature of the entire area to an extremely low temperature. The icy mist that transformed into rain and snow was only a cover for her true trump card.
If you treated it as an ordinary ice and snow magic and thought that you would be fine as long as you didn't come into contact with it, then you would be gravely mistaken. That icy mist wasn't an ultimate attack. What was truly powerful was the invisible and extremely low temperature.
"How amazing. She instantly lowered the temperature to negative 80 degrees Celsius. If I didn't know the principle and paid attention to the ice, I would probably be silently frozen solid. And this probably isn't even her complete form. As expected of Senpai, but … "
The snow on his body had already turned into rainwater. The thin layer of ice armor isolated the other party's extremely low temperature. The coldest was its definition. Even if the temperature outside was negative 80 degrees Celsius, the Zero Degree Ice Armor remained at zero degrees Celsius.
When I faced off against Ömdiroken, this ice armor had helped me block out the damage from the Calamity's Freezing Flames. Now, it was naturally capable of blocking out the low temperature for me.
"… Such a low temperature is meaningless against me! Ha, let's take a look at my world of ice and snow instead. "
I stabbed my magic sword into the ground as I spread out my silver wings. Beneath my ice armor was magma-like skin. After the Arbiters descended, the door to the Frigidwinter Earth was opened wide. Although this was still an alternate world where only ice and snow existed, Zero felt that her world had been stolen away.
However, she wasn't shaken at all. Instead, she smiled with interest. It would have been disappointing if her world hadn't reached such a level.
* Clap. *
With a clear clap, countless flashing eyes lit up in the misty rain. It would seem that she was already using clap as a spell casting action. The essence of ice began to gather as numerous undead awakened from the snowy mist. There were all sorts of undead, but the most frightening were two Legend-ranked undead — the Winter Demons and the Shadow Wings.
The Winter Demons were the incarnation of a blizzard. Any appearance would bring about a destructive natural disaster. Meanwhile, the Shadow Wings were Legend-ranked mages that could easily transcend time and space. They were immune to all mages below the ninth circle, and were the most dangerous shadow mages.
Among these thirty-odd Winter Devils and Shadow Wings, many of them had gone through their second or third evolution. That meant that they were Saint-rank or Epic-rank monsters. Even bringing an Undead army of this level with them was worthy of praise for how rich they were.
Summoning a large number of undead creatures to keep the enemy busy when encountering an enemy. Then, they would think about their strategy. This was a common undead mage tactic. As for an Undead Emperor, it would be quite embarrassing if she didn't have a few top-level undead creatures with her.
This army of top-level undead couldn't be underestimated. They glared at me viciously. Any ordinary undead mage would immediately summon a large group of undead to deal with them. This was the standard combat style for undead mages. They would use meat shields to slow down the enemy while they dealt debuffs and buffs to their own side.
Undead mages' combat style was just like chess. Both sides would summon their chess pieces, test each other, and finally determine the advantage and obtain victory.
I indeed had a few top-level undead with me, but I had no intentions of summoning them.
"Apart from the Winter Demons and Shadow Wings, the other undead are obviously two levels lower. The unique characteristic of these two types of undead is that the former are immune to ice magic, while the latter eat negative energy as food …"
Plus, Zero's ability to steal heat and her identity as an expert in ice magic made it obvious that Zero's combat style was quite similar to mine. If I summoned a large number of undead, she would use a large AOE forbidden spell to bombard the undead without distinguishing between friend and foe. That forbidden spell would most likely be a combination of ice and negative energy magic. Only these two types of undead would be able to survive after being bombarded by ice and negative energy.
But if I didn't summon any meat shields at all, it would be too late by the time the undead surrounded me.
Attack, attack, and attack, forcing the undead into my own rhythm. This was a blatant scheme, but it was indeed quite difficult to deal with.
"Ha, how interesting. In that case, let's summon the undead that are absolutely impossible to freeze. Come, 'War', meet your little friend!"
As I summoned Zero, the next moment, I paused in surprise. But it wasn't that something had gone wrong with War. After I discovered that the enemy was too strong, I ordered War to complete the final devouring and was currently in the midst of awakening. Instead …
"System, why did you come out at such a time to make your existence known!"
[Host has reached the peak of Gold. You have activated more than three of your bloodline abilities. Your soul and physical body have perfectly fused together. Your Soul Imprint has been activated. SemiGod undead, Order, and Divine items have been detected in the surroundings. Bloodline Hunting Quest (Epic) activated. System Notification: It's time to show the true value of this physical body. Show those Titans who thought themselves to be perfect what a Double Diamond Bloodline really is.]
[Optional Quest released. Choose one of three. Bloodline evolution will occur based on the completion of the quest. Currently, your bloodline can only withstand one evolution.]
[After your bloodline evolves completely, you will open the path to Legend. Your War Angel/Original Sin Demon God transformation ability will evolve as well.]
[Hunting Quest 1: 'I am the real … Lich King, my butt isn't glued to the Ice Throne! That's just a rumor! ' Destroy Zero's clone before you and steal her knowledge and the Key to the Ice Dimensional Plane. You will be able to improve further in your path of undead and ice. System Notification: Go, young man. King Meow's beautiful future is waiting for you! Quest Difficulty: Myth (Yes, the one before you isn't an Undead Emperor in her complete form. You have a chance at victory. Use your unscrupulous methods and despicable methods to steal the essence of your master's wife).]
[Hunting Quest 2: 'I am the legendary Dragonslayer hero who is impervious to all weapons and is bathed in dragon blood. However, I won't mention it to my unfortunate senior. I'll remember to wash my feet.' Kill Molly and Ein Mezus and steal at least half of an Immemorial Dragon's blood. Complete the Dragonblood Ritual and strengthen your physical body's basic stats. System Notification: If you choose this, you will reach the peak of melee combat with barbarians. Quest Difficulty: Legend (Considering that you have Little Red's help, the difficulty will be greatly reduced. However, you will probably have to call her sister or mother in the future … I suddenly feel that this sounds really cool. I'll choose this one!)]
[Hunting Quest 3: 'My dear distant relative, can we talk things over … Don't close the door! I'm really not borrowing money. I just want to borrow some blood! 'Hunt down a Titan Giant's clone and obtain the Titan Giant's heart and blood. Complete the baptism and greatly increase your basic stats and bloodline power. System Notification: If you choose this evolution and complete it, the next step of evolution will require the blood of the Titan Giant's main body. Quest Difficulty: SemiGod (If you want to evolve further, the difficulty will be at least True God level. However, you get what you pay for. You understand.)]
Alright then, no matter what I chose, from this moment onward, I no longer looked at Zero as a senior but as a delicious piece of cake.
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