Volume 5: Protracted War Chapter 133: The Witch Killing Union (1)
A massive "Undead War" finally ended. Although some twists and turns occurred due to the calculations of the Bat Demon Tika, and the intended purpose was not fully achieved, it was compensated in other aspects, and the result was not bad, and it did not lose the original capital. However, I, the new fourth wizard king, was really embarrassed. The original Graveson's subordinates all fled, and none of them were willing to join my sect. All the corpse wizards kept a "respectful distance" attitude towards me, and did not dare to provoke me, but they did not obey my leadership. It seems that they are very similar to the newly enthroned blood lich Temur of the blood wizard clan, who is a "lone emperor" and needs to recruit troops again.
Fortunately, as the fourth wizard king, I naturally got the relevant . I didn't pay attention to it before, and now I have no clue. I have to be patient and check it carefully, and then I know the whole story. Unlike the low-level zombie clan, where the corpse king decides everything, the corpse wizard clan is also divided into three levels of emperor, king, and ordinary individuals, but the ability of the individual is the main criterion. There is no direct subordinate relationship between the high-level and low-level. They can only get due respect and cannot be driven and mobilized. The royal family or king of the corpse wizard clan can only be formally under the command of the low-level individuals through persuasion, coercion and other means to force them to swear to surrender, and then they can be driven at will to establish their own power. In other words, I am now just a "fourth wizard king" with no command. I can only spend time signing "soul contracts" one by one to form my own corpse wizard army. What's more troublesome is that the Corpse Witches have another rule: once the Corpse Witch King or even the Witch King swears to submit to others, he will automatically terminate the affiliation with all his former subordinates and no longer have the power and ability to control other individuals. In other words , even if I conquer Graveson, I will still only have a fourth Witch King without any soldiers under his command, and I still need to conquer him personally. This is obviously a setting made for us Undead Witches.
While I complained, I could understand the system's approach after experiencing so much. This setting was probably to maintain a relative balance. Otherwise, if a necromancer who could ignore many undead laws was lucky enough to replace the position of the Witch King, not only would his own abilities be greatly enhanced, but he could also easily gain control over millions of corpse wizards. This would be a great disaster for other undead races in the "Dead Space". Having such a huge army of corpse wizards would give him an absolute advantage in earning seniority points, which would be extremely unfair to other undead wizards.
At the same time, the division of the sphere of influence of the four great wizard kings was also known. The huge territory of corpse wizards had basically been divided up by the four wizard kings, and their respective boundaries were clearly marked. Under normal circumstances, even the wizard kings could not cross the boundary, otherwise it would be regarded as an invasion, which might lead to a large-scale war. Although the groups of corpse wizards within the sphere of influence may not all be included in their direct rule, they are potential sources of troops. As long as the situation requires, the wizard kings can come forward at any time to force them to swear allegiance. Those who are unwilling to surrender will be punished by expulsion and will not be allowed to return for life. Of course, considering that there are too many individuals, the system also takes good care of the NPC wizard kings and gives them a special ability to hold a group oath of allegiance ceremony. According to the abilities of the four wizard kings, different numbers of corpse wizards can be absorbed each time.
As the fourth wizard king who was a necromancer, I naturally did not have such preferential treatment. I could only use the "Soul Contract" to chase the corpse wizards everywhere and sign "Soul Contracts" with them. The reason why I had to "chase" was because the corpse wizards did not want me to get close to them. Although they did not dare to resist by force, they would flee everywhere as soon as they found me. I was forced to do so. In order to improve the efficiency of conquering them, I had to implement "hunting" and lead my terror knights to surround a group of corpse wizards from all sides, trapping them in the middle and leaving them with no way to escape. As long as my men did not take the initiative to attack, the corpse wizards could not defend themselves and fight back. They were no match for the strong terror knights in terms of strength, so they could only be trapped inside, waiting for me to sign "Soul Contracts" one by one and become my direct subordinates.
These are easy to deal with. Anyway, the Corpse Witches and even the Corpse Witch Kings are intimidated by the power of me, the Fourth Witch King, and are unable to resist. It just takes time to subdue them. What gives me a headache is the attitude of the other three Witch Kings - the First Witch King Titanic, the Second Witch King Benjamin, and the Third Witch King Bebeto. Since I took the throne, a series of actions have shown that they seem to be unfriendly to me, and even have hidden hostility. I can't help but worry. I don't know if they will take action to overthrow my rule by force. This is also the main reason why I am busy subduing the Corpse Witches and eager to expand my power.
As soon as I put on the "Fourth Wizard Crown", I felt that the other three wizard kings blocked my contact and could not communicate with them. Of course, this might be the sequelae of Graveson, because it colluded with the blood lich Douglas and was in cahoots with each other, so it was not liked by the three wizard kings, and the relationship between them was relatively bad, which was also consistent with the information obtained from the bat demon Dika. However, the following actions showed that they seemed to have the same or even worse feelings towards me - although I was unable to mobilize and command, the ability of the wizard king allowed me to use telepathy to grasp the movements in the corpse wizard territory originally under the jurisdiction of the fourth wizard king. After I "ascended the throne" , the sphere of influence that had been demarcated between the four wizard kings was unilaterally torn up by them. The three wizard kings all mobilized the corpse wizard army at the border and marched into my territory collectively, occupying it by force. As long as they notified all the ownerless corpse wizards in the occupied area to change their allegiance and clarify the new ruler, they would be included in their rule and deprive me of my ownership of that area.
If it was just habit, and they wanted to take advantage of the opportunity of my ascension to the throne and the disintegration of my rule to seize more territories and expand their own power, it would be fine. However, the three witch kings seem to be insatiable. They have already occupied a lot of territories that originally belonged to me, and they are still advancing forward. If they don't stop and continue at this pace, maybe it will only take a month or two, and I will be faced with the embarrassing situation of having my territory divided up by the three witch kings and having nowhere to live. Although I am also a witch king, these NPC witch kings do not have the power to take the initiative to declare war on me, but they can deprive me of my actual control over the corpse witch clan in this way, and can even secretly support some powerful corpse witch kings to challenge me and seize my position as witch king.
