Chapter 23.1 - The Visit to a Terrifying Cursed Graveyard Part 1 (2/2)
Lucifer, however, was abnormal. She actually needed blood-servants of the same sex, which made Andrisno very nervous. If by chance, that bloodkin Lolita had some strange hobbies, then this ancient demon king definitely wouldn’t be able to protect her integrity. Just thinking of this made her want to give herself to Clyde in advance. Like that, she wouldn’t need to worry about Lucifer after returning since she’d have already been marked as Clyde’s woman.
At present, the best place to summon demonic creatures was in the city ruins of Needham Plains. When Clyde had visited this place with Princess Natalie, this region had been filled with undead, making it brim with ready-made summoning materials. Andrisno took Clyde to the periphery of Needham Plain while seeking a graveyard.
Demonic creatures summons were also divided into different levels. The former Suzerain of Steinbeck Fief, Duke Andrew, had not even crossed the easiest threshold. He completely relied on ancient Demon King Andrisno’s summoning powers, which lacked even the smallest connection to him. Clyde, however, possessed the identity of an Evil God, and his strength far surpassed the ancient demon king’s, so the issue of summoning level restrictions didn’t exist for him.
Demonic creature summonings were generally divided into Initial Tier Summons, Mid Tier Summons, High Tier Summons, Transcendental Tier Summons, Restricted Tier Summons, and the legendary Forbidden Tier Summons. Altogether, there were six summoning levels. Because of Clyde’s strength, he could directly use the final level, the legendary Forbidden Tier Summon.
However, Forbidden Tier Summons could only be used in special situations. Andrisno only gave a simple explanation of the final two summoning levels. The Restricted Tier Summon had restrictions on time and space. It could summon legendary magical creatures of myth, and also magical creatures that existed in particular time periods. The Forbidden Tier Summon, however, broke even the time and space barriers, randomly summoning magical creatures from different dimensions or even Demon Gods and Evil Gods. With Clyde’s special identity, it was likely that this summon tier would summon other Great Old Ones from Cthulhu Mythology. Perhaps, summoning external gods was also possible.
Even during the peak of ancient Demon King Andrisno’s power, she could only use Transcendental Tier Summons, nothing more. Therefore, she had no way to teach Clyde the final two summoning levels. However, Clyde didn’t need them for the time being. Now, he just wanted to summon some low-level skeleton warriors to use as a temporary army.
Skeleton warriors and other lesser undead also belonged to Initial Tier Summons, and their only requirement was a land that could supply corpses; otherwise, the summoning would fail. The method of directly turning living people into undead like what had occurred during the undead disaster was a rather extreme method. Clyde temporarily didn’t want to use that method. Now, he wanted to subjugate other people. If all his subjects turned undead, his objective wouldn’t be achieved.
Initial Tier Summons had many kinds of demonic creatures to choose from. Other than skeleton warriors and lesser undead, specters were also relatively common, which also required graveyards. Without restrictions, only goblins, demonic spirits, slimes, and other demonic creatures with very weak combat power could be summoned. Goblins and demonic spirits were shorties without powerful weapons. Without undergoing special training, goblins could only use wooden sticks or clubs as weapons. With their combat power, they couldn’t even defeat a relatively large brat of Human Race, let alone adults.
Slimes were even weaker. It was not that there were no smiles similar to those that appeared in Hentai, but they were very rare. They needed a long period of time to grow, yet most slimes died violent deaths before they reached even one year. Not to mention that they were training-level monsters for even the Human Race, the high-level magical and demonic creatures also ate them as food. Scraping by with such a tough existence, very few could grow to become formidable.
“Lord Clyde, this is the target. It is definitely the best corpse supplying land.”
“Andrisno, you’re sure you haven’t found the wrong place, right?”
In a remote area outside Needham Plains, Andrisno led Clyde to a massive abandoned graveyard. The resentful aura about this graveyard was dense. Even from far away, Clyde could sense a bone-piercing chill comparable to those graveyards in horror movies. Clyde momentarily thought of changing the location to escape this bone-chilling scene. After all, the many illusive shadows hanging about the graveyard slightly spooked him.