Volume 4: People who challenge the light Chapter 51: Calculation
With the return of the Blood Bat couple, the Dark Knights have been replenished by more than a hundred people, and have regained their popularity. The Red Star, whose strength has been significantly improved, has played an irreplaceable role and made great contributions to my resurgence. Now that everything is ready, it is time to mobilize a million zombies to conquer the corpse witch and complete this long-planned but almost difficult plan.
Although the team has been severely reduced to only one tenth of the original plan, there are still millions of troops. Even if the corpse witch's "death cloud bomb" can kill one at a time, unless they can also gather tens of thousands of troops, it is impossible to wipe out the zombies too quickly. It is bound to be entangled for a long time. This is the opportunity I want. I don't expect to earn much qualification points through this undead war. With the extremely low attack power of zombies, coupled with the ability to be suppressed when facing high-level undead, even if the defense of the corpse witch is relatively weak, they can't kill it easily. The invasion of the zombie army is just a cover for me to attract the attention of the corpse witches so that I can take advantage of the chaos. My goal is to subdue them. With the Black Warrior Corps as the vanguard and the Dark Knight Corps as the main force, I will take advantage of the chaotic situation to approach the corpse witches, quickly defeat them and sign a "soul contract". According to the level of the corpse witches, their mental resistance is at most about the same as that of the Dark Knight, so it shouldn't be too difficult to subdue them.
Riding Tao Tao, standing in front of the army of millions of zombies, next to me were Red Star and Blood Bat, a couple who were protecting me closely. Xiao Bai was afraid of magic attacks, so he didn't go with me this time. There were hundreds of dark knights around him, and more than a hundred black warriors outside. With such strength, as long as they didn't get surrounded by corpse witches, they shouldn't encounter any danger when they moved among the zombies. The second and third corpse kings fell at the end of the entire army. They had limited abilities and it was difficult for them to protect themselves. There was no suitable replacement for the time being, so they couldn't be sacrificed. Therefore, I didn't let them go too deep, but just established a spiritual connection with me. On the one hand, they were responsible for coordinating and commanding the actions of the zombies, and on the other hand, they could support me in launching "mental attacks" at any time. After all, they were invading the territory of corpse witches. I didn't know much about them, and I didn't know what would happen. More means would protect their lives.
The zombie army, which had waited for a long time, finally entered the territory of the corpse witches. After leaving their inherent living area for a long time and staying in the territory that did not belong to them, the zombies had become a little anxious. If it were not for the two zombie kings suppressing them with all their strength, they would have dispersed long ago. The process of marching was not smooth. They were instinctively afraid of the powerful soul power of the high-level corpse witches. The closer they got to the territory of the corpse witches, the more panicked they became. If they were not my direct subordinates who had signed the "soul contract", their resistance to the suppression effect of high-level undead was relatively weak. With only the three zombie kings working together, I am afraid that at most they can only exert three-quarters of their combat power.
The zombies in the front have already invaded the territory of the corpse witches. In order to prolong the battle, I did not spread the battle line too wide, and concentrated my strength to attack one point. The nearby corpse witches were attracted and released "death cloud bombs" to attack. The vanguard troops fell in groups like mowing grass, which seemed so fragile. Moreover, with their slow speed, it was difficult to quickly break through the interception of the long-range firepower network of the corpse witches and approach them to create a chaotic situation. I stayed at the edge of the corpse witches' territory and was not in a hurry to go deeper. While mobilizing the actions of the zombie army, I observed the situation and looked for a breakthrough. The one-sided massacre at the beginning of the war was also within my expectations. Without paying a certain price and consuming a lot of the mental and physical strength of the corpse witches, I am afraid it will not be so easy to form a melee with them.
The system has issued a prompt that a large-scale undead war has officially broken out. It also indicates that the undead war is also a special event. Before the battle between the two sides has completely stopped, as the instigator of the war, I can neither be resurrected nor offline, otherwise the income from this war will be deducted by half by the system. I remember that there was no such procedure before. It seems that this matter has become a big deal and has been classified as a "restricted" task. Think about it, a million zombies are on an expedition against corpse witches, and the two groups are fighting. How spectacular the scene must be, it is really not something that ordinary people can do.
More and more corpse witches are attacking the zombies. It is estimated that the nearby corpse witches are attracted to participate in this undead war. As the battle continues, more corpse witches will be attracted. This is the characteristic of the undead war. The evil invasion will be resisted and counterattacked by the opponent. Unless the strength has an overwhelming advantage, there is only one outcome waiting for the invader, that is failure. At most, it is just a matter of holding on a little longer. Of course, I don’t care about the outcome. The failure of the zombies is inevitable. I only care about the process of the battle. As long as the zombies can hold on a little longer, I can conquer more corpse witches, which means victory for me.
One side was well prepared for the battle, while the other side resisted hastily. The endless stream of fearless zombies brought great pressure to the corpse wizards. They attacked the opponent's defense line with fierce magic attacks. After all, the absolute advantage of firepower could not completely suppress the absolute advantage of numbers. After paying the sacrifice of tens of thousands of zombies, thousands of corpse wizards were finally forced to retreat. The defense line had been shaken and it was believed that it would collapse soon.
I got closer, and with the flying "death cloud bombs" and the sacrifice of tens of thousands of zombies, I finally rushed in front of the corpse witches and fought with them. Those who could reach them surrounded the corpse witches and launched close attacks, while those who were far away continued to charge forward to expand the results of the battle and try to involve more corpse witches in the melee, so that I could fish in troubled waters more conveniently.
A chaotic situation has already formed. Many corpse wizards have been separated and surrounded by zombies. They have no way to escape and can't get strong support from their companions. I, who have been watching, finally waited for the moment of action. I ordered the two corpse kings not to approach the corpse wizards' territory for safety reasons, and then led my personal guard regiment and rushed in among the zombie army.
The weak zombies didn't have much to do against the corpse witches. The zombie claws could not break through the corpse witches' defenses. They could only use their bodies to surround the opponents and die tragically under the "death cloud bomb". They relied on the advantage in numbers to consume the opponent's mental power and use their sacrifice to create opportunities for me. With the cover of the zombies, I quietly approached the battle area. The black warriors and dark knights attacked one after another, defeated the surrounding corpse witches one by one , and used "soul contracts" to subdue them one by one. As I expected, although their mental resistance was slightly higher than that of the black warriors, the stronger ones were only equivalent to the dark knights, which was not too difficult for me. Unfortunately, the black warriors and dark knights were too barbaric and didn't know how to deal with them. The corpse witches' ability to resist physical attacks was indeed too weak, and many people died because of this. Only about half of the corpse witches lost the ability to fight back and could just stay in a dying state, waiting for me to subdue them. However, in such a chaotic situation, I cannot order the attacking Black Warriors and Dark Knights to hold back. On the one hand, it is really hard to control the severity of the attack. On the other hand, they are likely to be attacked by the Corpse Witches and suffer a lot of damage themselves. The Undead War will continue for some time, and I don't want my men to suffer too much damage.
The subdued corpse wizards do not have the physical strength to move yet, so they can only rest where they are. Once they have recovered some strength, they will immediately withdraw from the corpse wizards' territory and join the two corpse kings outside to avoid being affected by the war. They are my people now, and I will not put them in danger before they recover. They will not be able to play a big role and will cause unnecessary casualties.
Except for the slightly higher death rate of corpse witches due to accidental injuries, everything went according to my plan and went smoothly. Nearly half of the million zombie army had been killed, and they were still being attacked by at least thousands of corpse witches. The number was still decreasing sharply, but the results were very good. Hundreds of corpse witches were involved and trapped in the siege of zombies and could not break out. Without the support of their companions, they were fighting alone and could not support themselves. They could only wait for me to conquer them one by one. A rough estimate showed that at least more than 200 corpse witches had been conquered so far in the war, and there were still hundreds of them that would be at my mercy and could not escape the fate of succumbing to me. It was a very cost-effective deal to exchange millions of useless low-level zombies for hundreds of high-level undead corpse witches that could perform long-range magic attacks.
Millions of zombies have entered the territory of the corpse witches and thrown into this one-way war. I seized the time and successively subdued more than 200 corpse witches, but there are only more than 200,000 zombies left. The strange thing is that there are only a few thousand corpse witches resisting in the front, and there is no exaggerated scene of the whole tribe mobilizing after the undead war. Is there only so many corpse witches in this territory? If I had known this earlier, I would have been bolder and sent a few million more zombies. Maybe I could have caught them all in one fell swoop. If there is a corpse witch king hidden among them, the harvest would be too rich.
I was thinking about whether I should start another undead war in a few days, mobilize 4 million zombies at a time, and completely conquer this territory of the corpse wizards. At the same time, I issued an order to retreat. Unknowingly, I had mixed in with the zombie group and penetrated deep into the territory of the corpse wizards. The front and flanks were suffering fierce attacks from the corpse wizards. It would take some time to completely withdraw from the battle. I didn't want to wait until most of the zombies were sacrificed and I was chased by the massive counterattack of the corpse wizards. I came calmly, and of course I must go calmly.
Just as I was about to organize the remaining zombie army to cover my retreat, I suddenly felt an extremely powerful force appear within my sensing range. Its strength should be far superior to mine, and it quickly established a spiritual connection with me. "Why did you, lowly Zombie King, invade the territory of our noble Corpse Witch?"
I couldn't help but be shocked. Judging from this guy's position, he was obviously staying with the corpse wizards who were resisting in the front. Judging from his tone and the spiritual power he felt, he was definitely a guy in a high position. What was his intention to suddenly communicate with me at this time? I didn't think he would be in the mood to engage in a boring verbal dispute. "Who are you?" I suddenly had a bad premonition and decided to find out the other party's identity first.
"I am the fourth wizard king, Graveson. Your actions have seriously violated the interests of our corpse wizard clan and will pose a great threat to the development of our corpse wizard clan. After collective discussion among the four wizard kings, we decided to use this evil undead war started by you to kill you and eliminate the trouble for our corpse wizard clan forever."
The Witch King? Although I had a feeling that this guy would not be an ordinary character, his status was too high. I only wanted to cause trouble for the king, but I didn't expect to cause trouble for an emperor. Am I unlucky recently? How can I encounter such an extremely powerful existence in a random action? He also threatened to kill me . There was a sinister taste in his words, as if he had already set up a conspiracy, which made me even more frightened. "Don't joke, it's not that easy to kill me. Even if you decided to take action when the Undead War broke out, how many people could you mobilize in a hurry?" I retorted and encouraged myself at the same time, while secretly ordering my men to retreat faster. No matter whether it was real or fake, we should leave the territory of the corpse witch as soon as possible.
Graveson's voice still echoed in my mind, with a hint of sarcasm and ridicule, "Humble Corpse King, don't think that other undead creatures are as stupid as you, especially our Corpse Witch clan, which is known for its wisdom and is definitely not comparable to those guys with strong limbs and brute force. You mobilized so many zombies to station near our territory and stayed there for a long time. If we haven't received any news and can't figure out your intentions after such a long time, what qualifications do you have to be the Witch King? You are now deep in our territory, the ambush has been set, you have been surrounded and cannot escape death, but you are still unaware of it and are talking nonsense here. It's really ridiculous!"
I was mocked for my low IQ by an NPC-type intelligent Boss-level monster. I don't know if I'm the first one. What shocked me even more was the information it revealed in its words. Surrounded? I was surrounded by the corpse witch. This is too unbelievable. I came here to hunt, so how could I become the prey?
Graveson's words were soon confirmed. Through the observation of the zombies outside, the figures of corpse witches have appeared on all sides. It is definitely a big deal. There are at least thousands of people on each side, which have surrounded me and the 100,000 or so zombies. And since the Witch King has come in person, I think there should be several corpse witch kings accompanying him. They are so treacherous. If they dispatched such a large battle at the beginning, they could only destroy all the zombies at most. I would definitely not risk going deeper. They paid the price of more than a thousand corpse witches to lure me into a carefully designed trap. With tens of thousands of corpse witches besieging, each side has to face thousands of "death cloud bombs". Unless I have hundreds of red stars, it will be difficult to break through the siege.
