Building the Strongest Undead Empire from Scratch

[Night retreats, dawn arrives!]

It's Alex's sixth day on the continent of Eldoria. The moment the system notification sounded, Alex was already up. As her strength increased, she felt her energy levels soaring too.

"Another new day!"

Alex started by pulling on a sports bra, comfortable and without clasps, then slipped into a black sailor blouse paired with a black pleated skirt, black tights, and black leather shoes.

The first thing Alex did after getting dressed was to open the trading post to collect yesterday's earnings.

[Congratulations Lord on successfully trading 4160 ordinary pieces of equipment, earning 41,600 magic crystals.]

Forty-one thousand magic crystals—how cool is that!

Next, Alex relisted all her magic crystals, preparing to buy more materials. The Lords hadn't discovered her secret yet, so it was the perfect time to use all her magic crystals to buy more materials at low prices and make a big profit. Only those who dare to invest can expect returns.

[Hamburger initiates a trade!]

[One magic crystal, trading for one boar tusk and one piece of any animal fur.]

[Remaining quantity: 42,000 crystals.]

Alex added 400 of her own magic crystals to round out the number.

Sophie's equipment production rate was about 1000 per hour, but unlike the undead, dwarves need to eat and sleep, so 10,000 pieces of equipment per day was probably Sophie's limit.

It would take Sophie at least four days to use up over 40,000 pieces of material, and by then, it's likely that other Lords would have caught on to the use of these materials for crafting equipment, causing prices to skyrocket.

But Alex's latest listing had already started to raise suspicions among most Lords.

Who would use 40,000 magic crystals to buy a bunch of useless junk?

And the buyer is a Big Shot—what does that tell you? These items aren't junk; they're treasures with some special use!

Alex listing 40,000 magic crystals shocked the Lords.

[BigEarBull]: "Forty thousand magic crystals? I've never seen that many in my life, and Hamburger is using them to buy junk?"

[BigLemon]: "The guy above is an idiot. It's obvious these items are important; we just don't know their use yet, that's why Big Shot is buying them cheap."

[Green Forest]: "From my years of gaming experience, these materials are likely used for enhancing or crafting equipment!"

[King Ultraman]: "Everyone stop guessing. These materials are used for crafting equipment, but you need special buildings and humanoid intelligent creatures to do it."

[PigPeppa]: "Big Shot Ultraman has spoken. It's clear these materials are undervalued, and Hamburger is making a killing. We should all stand firm and demand she raises the prices!"

[MilkCoffee]: "Sorry, I'm just a bit short of magic crystals to upgrade my Barracks. I'm trading now. These items are useless to keep anyway. The beast tide is coming the day after tomorrow; it's crucial to boost our strength now. Who cares about losses? If you die the day after tomorrow, you won't lose anything.

You guys can keep raising the prices!"

[Thunder]: "Exactly, currently only Hamburger is collecting this resource. If you raise the price, won't she just stop buying? Wait until after the beast tide to sell these materials."

"I'm trading now, you guys can keep them in your Warehouse as souvenirs!"

"+1"

"+2"

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Phew, Alex breathed a sigh of relief. Although these Lords had become aware of her actions, everyone was focused on the upcoming beast tide, eager to enhance their strength without caring how much Alex earned, as long as they made their own profits.

It's likely that after the beast tide, those Lords who survive won't sell these materials anymore.

Alex went outside the castle, ready to collect the materials and bodies.

[Congratulations Lord on successfully obtaining 2k wood, 6k stone.]

After collecting the materials and looking at the mountain of animal bodies piled up at the door, a massive summoning project was about to begin again.

Alex took out her scythe and started the tedious summoning process.

An hour later, Alex had successfully completed the summoning.

After upgrading to Commanding level, she had regained the ability to double summon. Moreover, her summoning efficiency had significantly improved, no longer constrained by the 5-minute cd.

This unstable summoning effect puzzled her. Perhaps these summoning effects were also related to Alex's strength? That seemed the most likely explanation. It was unclear, however, whether the summoning effects would continue to grow stronger as her level increased.

After a busy period, 60 bodies were summoned into 120 undead, with skeletons accounting for about one-third, or 45 skeletons. Although she could simultaneously double summon four types of troops, the probability ofsummoning a death conqueror was always much lower.

"Disassemble!"

[Congratulations Lord on successfully disassembling 40 boar carcasses, obtaining 1600 food portions, 160 boar tusks, 80 boar skins, and 45 magic crystals (double drop).]

[Congratulations Lord on successfully disassembling 20 antelope carcasses, obtaining 800 food portions, 40 antelope skins, and 25 magic crystals (double drop).]

With an additional 160 materials, Alex promptly stored these materials and collected the previously listed materials from the trading post. Even though all Lords now knew the use of these materials, they still completed the trade of Alex's magic crystals amidst envious and jealous remarks.

[Congratulations Lord on successfully trading 42,200 magic crystals, obtaining 42,200 boar tusks and 42,200 pieces of animal fur.]

Alex immediately sent these materials, along with the freshly collected 160, directly to Sophie.

[Hamburger]: "A total of 42,160 materials, take them and start forging as soon as possible."

As she spoke, Alex also sent 1000 portions of food to Sophie, who would be busy crafting equipment for the next few days and likely wouldn't have time to gather food. The dwarves needed to smelt iron ingots and craft equipment, leaving them no spare energy for other tasks.

Alex sent her 1000 portions, enough for her and her troops for two days.

[QuartzStriker]: "Thank you, I'll get right on the equipment crafting!"

Sophie, seeing the 40,000 materials, was as excited as if she saw 400,000 magic crystals waving at her—how could she not be thrilled?

With 1000 portions of food still in the warehouse and an extra 1400 portions of food, Alex could trade these for some wood and stone.

Tonight, Alex and QuartzStriker would reap 10,000 pieces of equipment, worth 100,000 magic crystals. Splitting the profits fifty-fifty, Alex would gain a fabulous 50,000 magic crystals, enough to upgrade her Barracks.

Just then, the Ethereal Wraith silently flew back to the castle.

Alex saw it arrive.

It looks like it found the Moon Silver Wolf's lair!

"How did it go, did you pinpoint the location?"

The Ethereal Wraith had just landed in front of Alex and bowed.

"Your Majesty, I have located their tribe. The Moon Silver Wolf tribe is situated on the outskirts of the snowy mountain. I observed the surroundings and did not detect any dangerous creatures."

"Well done, tell me more!"