Volume 5: Protracted War Chapter 148: Joining forces (2)
I returned to the "Dead Soul Space" and continued my work of conquering corpse witches. Only by turning all the corpse witches near the "Blood Pool" into my subordinates can I ensure that the other three witch kings will not infiltrate and interfere with my sphere of influence, and can I also ensure the safety of the "Blood Pool". In this case, I must have at least hundreds of thousands of direct subordinates, but due to the continuous encroachment of the three witch kings, the territory left for me is getting smaller and smaller. Under their pressure and distrust of me, the alien witch king, a large number of corpse witches originally belonging to Graveson have fled, which has increased the difficulty of conquering them. I, the fourth witch king, is actually in name only and has no real power. At most, I can only live in peace in a corner. It is by no means easy to expand my power or even overthrow the rule of the other three witch kings. The difficulty is much greater than I imagined.
After Xiaobai and a group of ghost kings explored and searched everywhere, they finally found the location of the "Bottomless Abyss", one of the four forbidden areas. It is in the territory of the first wizard king Titanic, which is far away from the sphere of influence under my current control. It is impossible to sneak in secretly. The only way to enter smoothly is to occupy it by force or find a way to defeat Titanic and replace it. With my current strength, I can't do it for the time being.
So many things are piled up together, and few of them go smoothly. I am anxious, but I can't do anything. Might is right, and everything depends on strength. I can only run back and forth step by step, focusing on subduing the corpse wizards and the terrifying earth dragon knights, constantly accumulating and expanding my strength.
On the other hand, the "Witch Killing Union" composed of Qiu Shui Chang Tian and Tian Xing and others was also not idle, constantly searching for the traces of the three witch kings, and the scope of exploration was getting wider and wider, and they had gradually penetrated into the central area of the corpse witch territory. The frequent activities also attracted the attention of the three witch kings. Although they did not intervene militarily, they also dispatched some people to take precautions, which indirectly relieved my pressure.
In mid-January, the "Witch Killing Alliance" probably determined the specific location of one of the Witch Kings, and assembled an army of more than 250,000 Terror Knights. They divided the troops into five groups and brazenly marched into the territory of the corpse witches. They rushed forward in an unstoppable manner, killing hundreds of thousands of corpse witches along the way, and provoked the largest "Undead War" in the "Dead Space" to date.
Although I couldn't watch the battle in person, I sent Xiaobai and Ghost King to follow Qiushui Changtian and Tianxing and other five armies to roughly understand the specific progress of this "Undead War". The "Witch Killing Union" seemed to have discovered the traces of the second witch king Benjamin. The five armies attacked separately. Judging from the direction of advance, the meeting point should be within its territory. If they can grasp Benjamin's whereabouts and launch a siege, with the strength of more than 200,000 Terror Knights, it is absolutely possible to kill him and replace him.
Unfortunately, things are unpredictable, and the results are not as expected. The Witch King is not a low-level Corpse King or Bone King, and cannot be underestimated. The unprecedented joint operation of the "Witch Killing Union" ended in failure. They underestimated the wisdom of the Witch King and did not see through the trap set by the second Witch King Benjamin, who used himself as bait, and the three Witch Kings jointly set for them. When I launched the more arrogant invasion, the fourth Witch King Graveson had seen through the opportunity and laid an ambush on me. Now the actions of the "Witch Killing Union" are even more unscrupulous than mine. The three Witch Kings have been alert. They are all old and smart guys, so they will naturally not easily leave opportunities for the enemy. Benjamin suddenly appeared and was exposed to their reconnaissance, which led them to attack with all their strength, but it was exactly what the three Witch Kings wanted. After the army of Terror Knights penetrated deep into the territory of the Corpse Witches, Benjamin was responsible for blocking them in the front, while the First Witch King Titanic and the Third Witch King Bebeto led elite troops to attack from the side, cutting off the retreat of the "Witch Killing Federation" and surrounding them .
Fortunately, Qiu Shui Changtian, Tian Xing and other leaders of the "Witch Killing Union" were not reckless and incompetent. Although they were advancing rapidly with the goal of killing the Witch King, they did not ignore the observation of the surrounding situation. Soon after the battle with Benjamin, they discovered the abnormal mobilization of a large number of corpse witches on all sides and realized the possible crisis. With their strength, if they attacked desperately, they might be able to successfully kill the second witch king Benjamin who served as bait, but the army of horror knights would also suffer heavy casualties. Once they could not control the situation, they would not have the spare energy to break out of the encirclement of the army of corpse witches, and the whole army would be wiped out. After weighing the pros and cons, the "Witch Killing Union" wisely chose to break out quickly. While the army of corpse witches had not yet fully arrived and there were still many loopholes in the encirclement, after a hard battle, they finally fought their way out and escaped from the territory of the corpse witches.
After this battle, although the "Witch Killing Union" lost some Terror Knights, because they saw the opportunity early, they did not suffer any serious injuries. The main force is still alive and still has considerable strength. However, it also let them know how powerful the Witch King is. It is not easy to deal with him. To succeed, not only must you have strength, but you must also take advantage of opportunities. Fortunately, they have not yet fought the Witch King face to face, otherwise if he launched a "mental attack", I am afraid that many undead wizards would have to meet the dead old man.
Two days later, Long Xing Tianxia invited me to a gathering at Beijing Restaurant on behalf of Da Mo Fei Ying, Qiu Shui Chang Tian and Qing Wu Fei Yang, saying that they had something to discuss - the "Witch Killing Union" wanted to work with me to kill the three great witch kings and unify the corpse witch clan. Perhaps because they had suffered a loss once, Qiu Shui Chang Tian and the others found that killing the witch king was not so easy, and they were unwilling to delay too much time, so they wanted to pull me in, using my experience, strength and "Fourth Witch Crown" to strive to achieve their goals in the shortest time and at the lowest cost. At the moment, Da Mo Fei Ying and the others did have the capital to negotiate with me. The issue of "Eye of Glory" was still unresolved, which became a "heartache" for me. When they were talking to Long Xing Tianxia, they vaguely said that if I agreed to cooperate and the matter of the witch king could be successfully resolved, then no matter how I dealt with "Eye of Glory" in the future, they would never trouble me about this matter.
With my current strength, I am constantly suppressed by the three witch kings and cannot quickly complete the integration of forces. My further development is greatly restricted. Cooperating with the "Witch Killing Association" is a solution . Although I have to give up some interests, with the free disposal right of the "Eye of Light" as a bargaining chip, I have no choice but to compromise.
