“Earlie, a 5-star Intermediate Knight, is from my second sister’s family. Take the entry, then get up and work for me.”
“Callum, a 3-star Intermediate Knight, this time from my eldest brother’s family. Only sent a 3-star, are you looking down on me? You are a Duke’s heir, show some respect.”
“Valentine, a 9-star Intermediate Knight. Oh, wow, he was actually sent by that old Duke.”
Along the way, Hell stopped and started. After getting used to the blood and dismembered bodies, he instead treated these corpses as unopened blind boxes.
Every single one was truly a surprise.
A literal surprise.
Can you imagine, among the dozen or so corpses in the entire dungeon, not a single one was loyal to Hell.
They were either spies sent by the Duke’s family or had already pledged allegiance to the local nobles.
The most important thing was that these people were all from Hell’s personal guard.
“I finally know why the original owner was chronically poisoned. No need to guess, the chef and maid must also be moles.”
Even without this witch invasion, it wouldn't be long before news would spread that the new Earl of Heim had died of illness in the Heim Territory due to unsuitability to the climate, that the Heim Family had no successor, and that the old Duke had tearfully reclaimed the entire Heim Territory.
“Oh, a big fish.”
At this moment, Hell had already left the dungeon and arrived in the castle hall.
And very quickly, a mummified corpse in the center of the hall caught his attention.
【Name】: Lily
【Strength】: 7-star Intermediate Knight
【Attributes】: Martial Prowess 35 (27), Magic Power 9, Knowledge 16 (6), Luck 23 (3), Charm 57 (7), Elemental Affinity 20 (Water)
【Entries】: Yuri (Orange), Blood Burning Secret Art (Blue), Water Element Battle Qi Affinity (Green), Intermediate Swordplay (Green), Rich Scion (White), Heim Family’s Loyal Servant (Black), Sister’s Dog (Black)
Finally, I met one of my own, but that’s not the point.
If Hell’s memory was correct, Lily seemed to be his aunt, though they weren’t blood-related.
Lily was originally Hell’s mother’s personal guard, and later, for some unknown reason, was recognized as a sworn sister.
However…
【Yuri (Orange)】: Charm +50, Luck +20. You can bend any female who has a good impression of you.
【Sister’s Dog (Black)】: Loyalty +90. You have an extremely important 'Sister' for whom you can abandon your integrity.
How terrifying, how truly terrifying.
Hell finally understood why the original owner’s mother wasn’t favored by the old Duke; it turned out he had been cuckolded.
No words, Hell could only sigh that the noble circle was truly chaotic.
However, since she was one of his own, he couldn't rashly revive her as a living corpse.
Perhaps, he could use the power of the Undead Holy Coffin to cast some more advanced undead summoning magic.
For example…
Hell took out the blood crystal stone containing all of Rose’s blood from his pocket.
At the same time, complex and mysterious incantations quickly flowed from Hell’s mouth, and blood-colored magic circles appeared behind him.
【High-level Death Magic: Advanced Bloodline Creation】
The next moment, bloodlines shot out from the blood crystal stone in Hell’s hand and drilled into Lily’s withered corpse.
As the blood essence completely disappeared, Lily’s body gradually became full, and soon looked no different from an ordinary person, except her skin was slightly paler.
At the same time, Lily’s entries also increased by 4.
【High-level Bloodline (Orange)】: Magic Power +100%, Charm +60. Forms bloodline suppression over bloodlines lower than yours.
【Death Magic Affinity (Purple)】: Death Magic Affinity +50
【Blood Thirst (Black)】: Will fall into madness if not drinking blood for a long time.
【Death Servant (Black)】: Loyalty +60. Undead servants cannot disobey their creator’s commands.
Upon seeing these entries, Hell also became thoughtful.
Lily did not gain the 'Muddled Mind' entry.
So, was this a special case for the Bloodline race, or was it because all High-level Undead were like this?
However, before he could think more, the system prompt popped up.
【Detected a creature with loyalty to the traveler exceeding 100. Entry granting module has been activated.】
【Acquired skill: Entry Granting, Entry Adjustment】
【Entry Granting: Can grant entries from the entry library to other lives. If the target has no entry slots, the traveler needs to choose an entry to replace, and the replaced entry will disappear.】
【Entry Adjustment: For creatures with loyalty to the traveler exceeding 100, the traveler can adjust the entries they possess.】
【Heim Family’s Loyal Servant (Black)】 added 60 to loyalty, and 【Death Servant (Black)】 added another 60, bringing Lily’s loyalty to him to exactly 120.
This was truly a loyal follower.
Hell estimated that if he merely said it was cold, she would dare to help him usurp the throne.
No need to say more, Hell would definitely focus on cultivating such a loyal follower.
So he directly replaced it with 【Bloodline King (Gold)】.
As for other entries, none were suitable for her, so Hell could only give up.
However, Hell did return Lily’s original 【Water Element Battle Qi Affinity (Green)】 to her.
Earlier, when creating living corpses, Hell had discovered that if a corpse had an elemental affinity entry, no matter what attribute it was, once they became undead creatures, it would transform into a Death attribute affinity entry.
Therefore, to allow Lily to conceal her identity well, Hell naturally took away her attribute affinity entry in advance.
As for whether a person could cultivate two attributes, Hell had already experimented on himself.
Not long after he returned the entry to Lily, Lily, who was lying on the ground, let out a soft groan and slowly opened her eyes.
“Sis… Sister, am I dead?”
“Congratulations, your surgery was very successful. You are now a boy.”
“Such a good thing exists?”
Hell: …
Oh no, this was exactly what she wanted.
“Huh? It’s Young Master. Am I not dead?”
“No, you died, and then I revived you. Congratulations, Miss Lily, you have gloriously joined the Undead family.”
“Undead? A zombie?”
Lily was startled and quickly carefully examined her body.
After checking around, she only found that her skin was fairer than before, but felt no other changes.
“Your race is Bloodline King, so your appearance is no different from an ordinary person, and your resistance to sunlight is also relatively strong. As long as you are not thrown into direct sunlight, there will be no problems.”
“But, Young Master, if my current state is discovered by the Church, it will affect you…”
“Do you really think I, a necromancer, would be considered a good thing in the eyes of the Church?”
Hell gave Lily an annoyed look and explained:
“And tonight, who knows how many living people will be left in the end. Plus, I’m a lord who was parachuted in from the capital.
What do you think would happen if the nobles of the Heim Territory found out that all the knights serving their lord had died overnight?”
“You mean rebellion? Impossible…”
At this point, Lily seemed to have thought of something. She opened her mouth, wanting to speak, but the words wouldn't come out.
“What you’re talking about is the Heim Territory from 10 years ago. Ever since the last head of the Heim Family, my uncle Earl of Heim, died, the morale here has long since disintegrated.
Ten years have passed. How many people do you think are still willing to recognize the Heim Family’s rule?”
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【Author’s Note: Updated Lily’s character card】