Chapter 47: Zombie Lord

  Apart from Lord Nelson's body, Rowe also found in another cell next door a number of corpses lying haphazardly on the ground with broken arrows all over their bodies.

  There was no doubt that these attendants of Lord Nelson had been killed by arrows, and when Rove discovered each of the similarly already-rotten corpses being dragged out of their cells, he found that every attendant who had been shot to death still had a mortal wound from being stabbed.

  "Eight corpses." Rowan, covering his nose, furrowed his brow after counting all the attendants' corpses: "That attendant named Quincy Andeshill said that there were twelve attendants of Lord Nelson who were imprisoned with him, which means three attendants escaped? Hmm... or perhaps they joined forces with the bandits of Defeated Blood, or maybe they were traitors from the start?"

  From the corpse alone, Luo Wei couldn't find the answer to his question, so he decided to conduct a thorough search of the now empty Blood Scythe lair overnight.

  The carpet search was effective, and Rove found the robbers who had stayed behind in the lair of the defeated Blood Blade thieves. Although they withdrew hastily and chaotically, even leaving many supplies behind, the bodies suspected to have died from infighting were only that one at the wooden palisade gate.

  "In other words, it's an orderly retreat rather than a chaotic rout?"

  Luo Wei gave the final answer, he thought that the remaining Defeated Blood Blade thieves should have collectively moved to another nest - the principle of the three holes of the cunning rabbit seems to be applicable in this different world.

  This is good news, although Luo Wei was completely unskilled in tracking. Because this means he still has a chance to find the ancient battlefield ruins.

  But it doesn't matter, because Luo Wei is a zombie after all, he has plenty of time to find the remaining defeated Blood Blade bandits hiding in other dens.

  So Luo Wei quickly returned to the vicinity of the prison, and of course he didn't forget to let Talant drag back the corpse of that unlucky guy who had fallen at the wooden gate.

  Next is the inevitable awakening of the undead and the refinement of the corpse.

  Lord Nelson, who was made a target for Corpse Refining by Luo Wei, was finally subdued after Luo Wei had exhausted the last bit of Corpse Refining material.

  "The Bronze Rank's sword wielder, indeed possesses a more robust body and soul. Fortunately, you're already old and worn out, otherwise I would have had no choice but to strip away your Soul Fire."

  Looking at the finally submissive Lord Nelson, Rove said with a hint of lingering fear. The reason for Rove's lingering fear was that after the first failure to refine the corpse, the zombie Lord Nelson had roared and attacked him.

  Although Tharros had been prepared, he intercepted Zombie Lord Nelson in the first moment. If it weren't for Tharros being a naturally powerful type, Rowen would have been forced to consume his Ice Shield and Soul Fire.

  Fortunately, the third corpse refinement succeeded, so Luo Wei finally had an additional bronze rank corpse instead of a ball of bronze rank soul fire.

  However, looking at the zombie Lord Nelson's slack and wrinkled skin as well as his rather impressive belly, Roviere didn't hesitate to continuously strip away six Soul Fires and feed them all to the zombie Lord Nelson.

  The remaining three awakened undead soul flames were reserved, and Luo Wei needed to devour their soul flames to continue powering the Black Ice Skull.

  However, the undead Lord Nelson, who had continuously devoured six Soul Fires, did not show any other significant changes except for a slight greenish tint in his eyes.

  Is it because the higher the level of the vengeful spirit, the less effective it is to replenish its soul fire by devouring lower-level vengeful spirits?

  Rovio thought of this possibility because he had already noticed similar situations when he was in Neserale Mine Village.

  At that time, Gudrak with hook-like fingernails, Tyrant with dark green skin, and even Rovy himself with pale skin covering his neck and chest cavity, after these significant changes occurred, continuing to devour and assimilate the soul fire of ordinary zombies had almost no effect.

  The situation two days ago was similar - swallowing the soul fire of ordinary skull soldiers could only make Obama, the skeleton sword hand, undergo a very small change in his short sword. However, after Luo Wei deprived the second skeleton sword hand of its soul fire and fed it to him, the hilt of Obama's white bone short sword immediately transformed into a skull shape, and its length was stretched from a short sword to a long sword.

  So basically, the higher the level of the vengeful spirit, the less effective it is to replenish its soul fire by devouring lower-level spirits, a speculation that had already become an established fact in Luo Wei's mind.

  Think about it carefully, this is actually a normal phenomenon. If devouring low-level undead soul fire can rapidly increase the strength of undead servants, then this otherworld would have long been dominated by necromancers. Where would there be any possibility for black mages to be hunted down by the brilliant knights of the White Night Watch?

  However, as long as the ancient battlefield ruins shrouded in that Undead Necromancy Puzzle Lock and filled with all sorts of high-level undead creatures can be found, the above problems will no longer be a problem!

  With this in mind, Rovin let Talrand once again play the role of gravedigger, digging a large pit and dragging the desecrated corpses into it, burying them deep beneath the earth.

  The three zombie attendants that Luo Wei had reserved were also buried, and before they were buried, their soul fires naturally could not escape being stripped away and stored inside the Sarenrei's Golden Ring.

  The amount of Saren's golden ring was too small; Luo Wei tried his best to store only one soul, so Luo Wei had to swallow two of the three reserved Soul Fires.

  After the soil of the mass grave was all filled up, Luo Wei bowed to the mass grave - people should be grateful for food, otherwise they will suffer from heavenly punishment.

  After bowing, Luo Wei retreated three steps before turning around and leaving. The stench of death in this place was too overwhelming, so Luo Wei could only find another place to spend the long night.

  Of course, before lighting the bonfire, Rove didn't forget to drive away Nelson Lord who was naked and had him jump into the pool in the valley. After he washed himself clean, Rove put the clothes he found on him.

  A coarse linen shirt of poor quality, a severely damaged leather cuirass, a helmet made of gnawed and bitten leather, and a broadsword with rusty stains.

  The hastily retreating Defiled Bloodletter thieves left behind enough subpar equipment for Rove to reequip the stark naked zombie Lord Nelson.

  Luo Wei tried to let the battle between Lord Nelson and Skull Swordsman Ao He, but the situation was one-sided - the black iron stage's Skull Swordsman was not even a match for the bronze stage's zombie Lord Nelson, it could be said that even if zombie Lord Nelson tied one hand behind his back, he could still defeat Skull Swordsman Ao He.

  With this satisfaction, Luo Wei found the windy house and lit a bonfire. After letting the undead servants guard the door, he began to skillfully recharge the Black Ice Necklace.

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