759 Third Party (2/2)

Although the five Undead Emperors were allied with each other, there was an obvious difference in power level and status between them. Shupnus and Anina, the two Undead Emperors who wanted to war with humans, were the two youngest and weakest of the five Undead Emperors. Sandro and the Undead General, the two most veteran Undead Emperors, had full control of the Dimensional Door. Meanwhile, the fifth Undead Emperor was relatively neutral, and nobody knew where he was or what he was doing currently.

The Undead General was an incredibly rare warrior-type Undead Emperor. He had a really special relationship with Aso. The Undead General's current goal was to target the ogres that he had an incredibly deep grudge against.

Sandro had a good secret relationship with me. The Tark Republic reestablishment plan was secretly ongoing in the Northlands, so Sandro was probably the person who least wanted to see the current situation.

Sandro's Tark Republic reestablishment plan would either be ruined or majorly inhibited if the undead and living's conflict became even fiercer. Sandro wouldn't be able to wait around if he couldn't establish the foundation of a revived Tark Republic during this Holy War, even if I could wait.

Someone like Sandro wouldn't easily change their mind after coming to a decision. In that case, he definitely wouldn't allow Shupnus and Anina to continue acting as they pleased.

Still, it wasn't likely that Sandro would directly attack the other Undead Emperors. However, it would be quite easy for him to tamper with the undead army.

Give a reason for the tampering? The undead army would go together with the Undead General to fight against the ogres for the sake of revenge for the Tark Republic. What an excellent excuse this would make as it would gain the support and understanding of the intelligent undead as well as the full support of the undead who already hated the ogres.

As long as Sandro and the Undead General controlled the Dimensional Door, they would be able to siphon away most of the undead army. Any Undead Emperor who didn't have an endless Undead Calamity wouldn't be able to achieve as much.

”I need information…”

The human allied army had made a temporary camp to stop and bury the dead. The squires were busy with the actual burial work, while the priests and apothecaries treated the injured, and the generals held endless strategic meetings.

What could they even possibly discuss? Retreat would be impossible. They would of course blame each other and try to avoid responsibility, and then keep arguing and finally reach the conclusion that they should proceed, albeit more carefully.

I couldn't be bothered to watch a bunch of muscular gorillas argue with each other, as I knew they wouldn't possibly come up with any results, so I gave them an excuse not to have to go.

I then notified Harloys and directly left the campground.

After leaving the camp, I took out a magic book and casually uttered an incantation, causing a ghost carriage to swiftly arrive before me in a swirl of black mist.

Death mist swirled around me as I walked. By the time that I got on the carriage, I was a lich enveloped in death mist instead of a living person.

I used some illusion magic combined with the true power of death. I was confident that I would be able to fool any undead at Undead Lord or below as long as I didn't meet an Undead Emperor.

”I should pay a visit to the world of the undead that I haven't seen for so long.”

Asolivis was the city where the undead gathered. This was a location which had formerly been on the frontlines of battle. An overwhelming amount of the power of death forever enveloped this city. This was the first stop where countless undead from the Death Planes would arrive at in the mortal plane. The Dimensional Doors connected to the six major Death Planes would never stop working for even a moment.

In the past, this had always been a forbidden zone for the living, but many visitors had arrived here today.

Even though Shupnus should have been quite happy to receive reinforcements, he was actually quite angry because of the painful injuries on the skin which kept reminding him of the Holy Knight that he met not long ago.

Shupnus had transformed himself into the form of clouds. That made him completely invulnerable to physical attacks, but it also meant that his fragile soul was no longer protected by a physical body. The injuries he received from the Holy Light caused him to experience extreme pain, a sensation that he hadn't experienced for several millennia already.

Yet, Shupnus currently had to act supremely self-confident because these visitors were just like wolves who might turn on him at any moment.

Still, Shupnus had no other choice right now.

The senior Undead Emperors that he had thought of as his ironclad allies had betrayed him. He was basically the only one left to deal with this rotten situation. If he missed this opportunity, he would likely only be able to retreat in defeat back to the Death Planes.

”Venerated ruler of devils, we agree to your conditions. Now, please open up a dimensional portal connected to the Chaos Abyss.”