Building the Strongest Undead Empire from Scratch

Alex glanced at the system time; it was only about seven in the morning. The usually quiet World Chat started to explode with activity due to the large number of items being listed simultaneously.

[NotARobot]: "What's happening? Am I seeing things? Just woke up and already shocked by Big Shot!"

[CtrlAltDefeat]: "Holy moly, over two thousand pieces of equipment? Did Hamburger Big Shot wipe out a whole tribe or what? This is insane!"

[NoYuri]: "And there's Commanding level equipment too? It's only day four, and Hamburger is already taking down Commanding level creatures? Too strong, bowing down to Big Shot!"

[I have three succubus slaves]: "The evil tree spirit suit is the real shocker, though. It's just too expensive for me."

[Big Lemon]: "How much for your succubus slaves? Can I buy them with food or magic crystals? My troops are orcs, and those female orcs are just too ugly..."

...

What the heck, as the World Chat conversation started to derail, Alex decisively closed it. Typical Big Lemon, always thinking about naughty stuff.

"I'm too pure for this; can't let them corrupt me."

Now that Alex was wealthy, it was time to splurge a bit. Having 323 Essence Shards meant she wouldn't have to worry about acquiring more for a while.

Aside from iron ingots, which Alex currently couldn't procure herself, she was well-stocked with all other resources.

With the number of wild animals dwindling, Alex had half of her undead workforce chopping wood and mining stone. This way, even if she didn't need the wood and stone immediately, her stock would continue to grow.

In less than a day, Alex's Barracks were ready for an upgrade, which was really exciting.

[Upgrade Barracks required: 2000 magic crystals, 20 Essence Shards]

"Upgrade!"

[Undead Crystal: lv4 (Unique Barracks)]

[Level 4 Barracks can summon: Skeletons, Zombies, Specters, Death Conquerors, Gargoyles, Bone Dragons—six major troops (random ten) with a 5% chance of summoning higher-level troops, and an extremely low chance of summoning a Race King.]

[Upgrade Barracks required: 4000 magic crystals, 40 Essence Shards]

Level 4 Barracks unlocked Bone Dragons, and the upgrade materials doubled, but that wasn't a problem since Alex was quite affluent.

"Upgrading again!"

[Undead Crystal: lv5 (Unique Barracks)]

[Level 5 Barracks can summon: Skeletons, Zombies, Specters, Death Conquerors, Gargoyles, Bone Dragons, Ghost Dragons—seven major troops (random ten) with a 6% chance of summoning higher-level troops, and an extremely low chance of summoning a Race King.]

[Upgrade Barracks required: 8000 magic crystals, 80 Essence Shards]

Another new troop, the Ghost Dragon, was unlocked. Alex wasn't too familiar with Ghost Dragons, thinking they might be similar to Specters in being incorporeal, but she wouldn't form an opinion until she saw one summoned.

"Oops, forgot about the magic crystal consumption."

Alex, who had just considered herself wealthy, suddenly felt 'bankrupt'. She still had 263 Essence Shards, more than enough, but not enough magic crystals for another upgrade...

Just moments ago, she was marveling at her newfound wealth, but after upgrading the Barracks twice, her stockpile of 6000 magic crystals was completely depleted.

However, considering she had successfully upgraded the Barracks twice, it was all worth it. Magic crystals were still easy for Alex to earn.

Unlocking two powerful troops made her feel great. She believed she was definitely a T0 Lord on Eldoria.

"Not so fast, can't get too excited yet. Summoning is random, and it would be embarrassing if I couldn't summon a Bone Dragon or Ghost Dragon tomorrow."

Alex had just experienced what it was like to spend money like water.

The next level of Barracks would need 8000 magic crystals—how long would that take to save up?

As the undead finished their enhancements at the Blackwater Altar, Alex dismissed them, sending them out to hunt in farther areas, and Arthur was also sent to continue leveling up.

The undead were busy again, and Alex walked into the bathroom. She stripped off her clothes, revealing her full, firm breasts and her completely hairless pubic area.

The sound of running water filled the bathroom, and ten minutes later, Alex emerged wrapped in a bath towel, walking barefoot into the bedroom. She pulled a black sleep robe from the closet and put it on.

"Why is this robe so short?" Alex realized after putting it on that the robe barely covered below her hips, exposing her long legs.

The size was definitely right, so the robe was meant to be this revealing—it was a lingerie robe.

Sitting in the bedroom chair with her legs crossed, Alex pulled out the map she had obtained from the Goblin tribe. She had been on Eldoria for several days but still didn't know the name of her location.

The map was crudely drawn, and it only covered the area around her castle. Despite its simplicity, Alex could make out that the triangle on the map represented snowy mountains.

With the snowy mountains as a reference, she could easily identify other locations.

"Damn, there's writing on the back!" Alex flipped the map over and realized she had made a basic mistake by not checking both sides first.

It turned out she had been holding the map upside down...

The snowy mountains were called Frostwind Snowy Mountains, and the map showed that the area was quite large; what Alex had seen from her castle was just the tip of the iceberg.

The Frostwind Snowy Mountains were marked as dangerous, seemingly a forbidden area for Goblins.

To the west of the Frostwind Snowy Mountains was a vast forest called the Dark Forest, also marked as dangerous by the Goblins.

It might be due to the Goblins' weakness as a species that they saw danger everywhere...

Alex's castle was located at the junction of the Frostwind Snowy Mountains and the Dark Forest, where there were few trees, just a few scattered dead ones.

"According to this Goblin map, both east and west of my castle are dangerous!"

Alex's castle was outside the Dark Forest and closer to the Frostwind Snowy Mountains.

"Could both places really be forbidden areas?"

Alex's current strength was only slightly better than a Goblin tribe and nowhere near a Moon Silver Wolf. If a place was considered forbidden by Goblins, it was likely forbidden for her too, at least for now.

Moreover, the most important fact was that the Moon Silver Wolf tribe resided on the Frostwind Snowy Mountains.

Surviving in a place considered forbidden by Goblins indicated that the tribe's strength was extraordinary.