Inside the conference room on the second floor of the castle.
Hell, Lily, and Ya Wen, one person and two ghosts, sat around a massive round table.
On the round table lay the corpses of the old butler and the young maid.
Beside them, twenty or so zombies continuously moved more corpses into the room.
“Young Master, although the crisis within the castle has passed, our crisis remains unsolved.”
Lily pointed to the castle layout map on the table and explained, “Currently, the main building of the castle is blocked by a barrier, so no one outside knows what’s happening inside.
Thanks to this barrier, even though the castle is filled with Death Qi, no one from the Sanctuary Church has detected anything unusual here.
However, if no one comes out of the main building by daybreak, the guards on the city walls will surely become suspicious.
At that point, Sir Ya Wen and I, as Undead, will no longer be able to conceal our identities.”
“Sir Lily is correct.”
Ya Wen, the chief instructor responsible for knight training, also offered his opinion.
“Sir Lyman, who is in charge of guarding the city walls, is a trusted confidant of the Mandala Duke. Once he learns of what happened in the main building, it won’t be long before the Duke receives the news as well. At that time…”
Ya Wen paused, seemingly feeling that it was not appropriate for him to say the rest.
However, Hell didn't mind and took over the conversation: “Presumably, to cover up the fact that I am a Necromancer, the Duke, that old geezer, will send a large army to silence me before the news gets out.”
Ya Wen nodded.
“Therefore, our most important objective right now is to find a way to conceal the Death element within our bodies. Only then can we consider how to handle the remaining matters.”
Hell stroked his hairless chin, lost in thought.
To conceal Aura, the best solution for him was to find the corresponding entries.
And the creatures with these entries must be ones he could currently create or summon.
After all, the current conditions simply didn’t allow him to open the barrier of the castle’s main building and then leisurely search outside.
So, the remaining choices were only Undead creatures.
What kind of Undead creatures would meet this requirement?
Skeleton Spiders, which could be created using only bones.
Flesh Spores also had strong concealment properties.
Shadow Souls were also a possibility.
And Blood Bats, as reconnaissance units, might also have suitable entries.
After several attempts, Hell discovered that Blood Bats were the most cost-effective among them.
The most potent effect, of course, was the Shadow Soul’s Illusory Body.
However, it required the corpse of a Transcendent to summon, and only one could be summoned per corpse.
Moreover, the entries Hell gained from Shadow Souls summoned from Junior Knights were only white quality.
Hell found it difficult to guarantee that white-quality entries alone could deceive the Church’s detection.
Blood Bats, however, were different.
Although the Aura Interruption entry that Blood Bats gave Hell was gray, the blood from one corpse was enough for him to summon 50 Blood Bats.
And the corpses on site,
apart from Hell’s subordinates, and the maids who were sucked dry by Rose and couldn’t be used to summon Blood Bats,
as well as the knights who were summoned as zombies for cleanup,
there were still 88 corpses.
That meant 4400 【Aura Interruption (Gray)】.
After a series of syntheses, Hell obtained 7 【Aura Interruption (Purple)】 and over eight thousand black entries.
That’s right, in addition to 【Aura Interruption (Gray)】, Blood Bats came with two black entries:
【Low Intelligence】 and 【Blood Imp】.
The former was literal, an entry that reduced intellect. The latter was similar to Death Servant, a loyalty entry.
To be honest, Hell felt quite uncomfortable seeing over eight thousand of these things added to his entry library.
Fortunately, black entries could also be upgraded and synthesized.
The top-level upgrade of Low Intelligence was called Brain-Dead, with an effect of reducing intellect by 90 points.
It could be said that anyone who obtained this entry would immediately be declared to have lost the ability to care for themselves.
It was simply a divine artifact for tricking people.
However, Hell had only synthesized 1 of this entry so far.
The limit of the Blood Imp entry was Blood Slave.
It could increase loyalty to Hell by 60 points, an effect comparable to Death Servant.
And with this entry, he would have a much easier time developing his territory in the future.
Moreover, this entry required one less synthesis than the Brain-Dead entry.
So Hell ultimately obtained 7 Blood Slave entries.
The function of 【Aura Interruption (Purple)】 was also excellent; it could conceal the Aura of a Fourth-Tier Transcendent,
and prevent Fifth-Tier powerhouses from discerning the wearer’s strength and attributes.
And the strongest Transcendent in the Mandala Duchy, this wretched place, was only at the Archmage level, which is Fifth-Tier.
As long as Hell and his group didn't act recklessly, no one would be able to discover their secrets.
After Hell had individually adorned everyone with the Aura Interruption entries, he then brought up the second topic.
“So now, the second question is what kind of Undead should Sebas and little Anna be transformed into?
Or rather, how can Anna be transformed while maintaining her human appearance?”
Hell currently possessed a Fourth-Tier elemental crystal, which could be used to create a high-tier Undead by transplanting the elemental crystal.
But currently, two people needed to be resurrected.
Even the strongest, Butler Sebas, was only a Mid-Tier Magister.
At most, he could only be resurrected as a Skeleton Magister or a Lich, elite monsters slightly stronger than cannon fodder.
“I apologize, Young Master, I don’t know much about Undead creatures.”
It was Ya Wen who spoke; he was just an ordinary knight, not even literate.
Of course, Hell wasn't counting on him, but on Lily.
After Hell gave her Rose’s 【High-Tier Blood Magic (Purple)】 to use, she had learned quite a bit about common Undead creatures.
“Young Master, Anna is just an ordinary person. It’s basically impossible to transform her into a high-tier Undead in one go.
However, perhaps we can transform her into a Vampire, and then find a way to raise her bloodline level, allowing her to evolve into a Bloodkin.”
“Vampires are certainly possible, but Sister Lily, you’ve just become a Bloodkin. If you draw blood again, it’s very likely to reduce your bloodline concentration.”
“That would be true for an ordinary Bloodkin, but Young Master, you allowed me to evolve into a Bloodkin King. This amount of blood loss won’t significantly affect me.”
Saying this, Lily seemed to want to prove her words, so she drew the dagger from her waist and sliced her wrist.
Immediately, a stream of blood emerged from her wound, continuously gathering in mid-air.
Soon, it condensed into a translucent blood crystal stone.
However, this blood crystal stone was significantly smaller than the one Rose had condensed.
Hell saw that Lily’s complexion was normal and she hadn’t gained any negative entries, so he confidently took the blood crystal stone and went to the side of the table.
There, a small, shriveled corpse, drained of all its blood, lay on top, and this was the body of the young maid, Anna.