Chapter 14: The Door to a New World
"Poor Headless Brother, what does marriage bring to men?"
Amber Xiu sighed and felt fortunate for his decision to remain single since he traveled through time.
It was really shocking that the bone dragon sister was also a member of the Mourning Poetry Society. Amber Xiu had never seen her speak in the group chat.
The chat group behind the Codex of the Dead didn't have a member list, so if you didn't talk in the group, no one would know. Amber Xiu had been a member for a short time, and had only seen four or five names, so he didn't know how many members the Mourning Poets Society had.
Without even a moment of mourning for Headless Brother's fate, Amberxiu immediately returned to the experimental state.
According to the requirements of the Withered Rose, Amberxiu needs to design an undead army that can attack the Lion Imperial Capital head-on, which is a very difficult task.
The Ryan Empire is the strongest human empire, with the largest number of light priests and holy warriors in the entire continent, as well as the largest number of legendary powerhouses.
The walls of the imperial capital are blessed with countless defensive magics, especially those that can restrain the undead.
Even though Amber was a legendary lich, if he dared to appear in the range of the Lion Imperial Capital, the anti-undead magic on the city wall alone would be enough to blast him into pieces without the intervention of those legendary masters. The strongest empire on the continent was not boasted, but was won through countless brilliant achievements.
Ordinary undead soldiers will be reduced to ashes just by getting close.
Originally, Amberxiu was planning to create some puppets to solve the problem of the undead being restrained.
Among the undead army, Zombies are the most special one. It's not that they are so strong, but that Zombies can't even be considered undead to some extent.
This is a very special magical construct, created by the great legendary lich Master Morgan. The famous "Research on Ghost Breeding" is his work.
Whether souls can give birth to offspring was once an academic problem in the world of the dead, and countless necromancers argued fiercely about it every year.
It was not until the publication of Master Morgan's "Research on Ghost Reproduction" that the issue was finally settled - ghosts can also reproduce.
Although the conditions are extremely harsh and the success rate is very low, this result can be reproduced after being tested by countless necromancers, and the new souls bred by ghosts seem to have become a race independent of the undead.
The most obvious feature is that this newborn soul is not restrained by light magic and does not seem to be recognized as an undead by the laws of the world.
The zombies created with this special soul are the most special kind of undead soldiers. They have almost no undead aura and will not be restrained by light magic.
It's a pity that after the zombies were created by Master Morgan, this senior in the undead world had his life box smashed by the Ryan Empire, and ordered "Legendary Spell" to take back the honor given to Master Morgan, and even demanded the destruction of all research materials related to the zombies.
Thanks to the then editor-in-chief of "Legendary Spells" who was strong enough to stick to the bottom line of scholars in the face of the oppression of the Lion Empire, the zombie technology had enough time to spread. Although Master Morgan's manuscripts have been destroyed and many details need to be figured out by everyone, the zombie technology has not been lost.
Amber Xiu naturally knew the technology of making zombies, but he had never studied it in depth before. This topic was too advanced, and a new lich like him didn't have enough knowledge of undead magic, so it would be a waste of time to force research.
But now Amberxiu took out the dusty "Research on Ghost Reproduction" from the bookshelf. This is the core foundation for the creation of zombies. Today he must read this book thoroughly.
"Oh, it starts with human reproduction, that's really...hiss, this illustration is so detailed..."
Amberxiu became obsessed with learning, and researching new technologies became his second hobby besides making money.
After just turning a few pages, Isabel appeared trembling in Amber's study.
"Lord Lich, the rock softening potion for reclamation has been prepared. My brother has brought back a total of 123 people in the past few days. The rooms in the castle are full and the food is a bit insufficient..."
Isabel carefully reported her recent work results.
Amber Xiu put down the magic book in his hand and said to Isabel, "You're pretty quick. You brought back hundreds of people in just a few days?"
In the past few days, Isabel's brother Raul has been helping Amberxiu collect the fleeing freemen. Although the alien skeletons can only be used at night, there are too many people fleeing due to the tax crisis recently, so if they just spread the word of Amberxiu's "preferential policies", naturally many desperate freemen will come to seek refuge.
I'll die if I go back anyway, and I'll die if I'm caught by the lord, so what's wrong with trying my luck in the lich's territory?
Seeing the large piece of wasteland behind the castle and the promise that everyone would have land, these free people couldn't help but praise the kind-hearted Lich Master, who was even kinder than the God of Light.
However, after living there for a few days, these free people were almost running out of patience.
The main reason was that they were crowded in this gloomy castle all day long, and the legendary lich master had not appeared, which made them start to worry. Would the promised land really be given to them? How would they solve the problem of food and drink during the reclamation period? How would they cultivate the land without tools, seeds, or livestock? These questions would constantly erode their sanity, making people anxious and restless, and would repeatedly infect the crowd like a virus, reinforcing this anxiety.
The situation is now at a point where it can no longer be suppressed, so Isabel mustered up the courage to report to Amber.
There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!
"Well, the progress is very good. Since the potion has been prepared, we can officially open up the land today. You make a list of them, separate the young and strong from the women and children. These free people should have occupations such as blacksmiths and carpenters. All of them must be carefully counted, and then the potion is distributed according to the division of land, but they must work together during the reclamation. If anyone shows selfish behavior, such as fighting for land, falsely reporting the number of people, taking more potions, making up occupational information, etc., don't waste time and drive them out directly..."
Amber kept talking, and Isabel quickly took out a notebook and wrote it down quickly. This is a good habit for an alchemy apprentice. Anything the teacher says may become an opportunity for one to rise to prominence, so one must always be prepared to take notes.
Isabel wrote quickly, recording Amber's instructions word for word.
It was not until she had filled several pages of parchment that she discovered that Amber had a detailed and clear plan for the resettlement of the people. Is this also something that liches usually study?
Isabel began to feel curious about this kind lich master. To humans, undead creatures are usually described with words like dirty, mean, and evil, but after getting along with him for a few days, it seemed that this lich did not have any evil qualities except that he was cold and strict.
Moreover, it can be said without prejudice that Amber is the most knowledgeable and wise scholar Isabel has ever met, and his attainments in alchemy are unmatched by any of Isabel's teachers.
"Could it be that the world has some misunderstanding about liches?"
Isabel took a curious look at the things on Amber's desk, wanting to see what kind of magic this kind lich master usually studied.
As a result, after just one look, Isabel's beautiful eyes widened. The girl, who was ignorant of certain things, seemed to have opened the door to a new world at this moment.
(End of this chapter)