ATPnovel #184 - Chapter 184 Drew's Escape
#184 - Chapter 184 Drew's Escape
“Kaka… Kaka…”
Within the world named [Raven's Roost], a frail skeleton was sprinting at top speed, clutching an extremely ornate [Lich Phylactery] in its arms.
Although this weak skeleton was running as fast as it could, its overall speed wasn't great due to a missing arm and its frail body.
It even had to stop and rest every so often to prevent its skeletal frame from falling apart.
After stopping and starting for some time, the frail skeleton finally reached its target area, near Wu Wei's defensive line.
However, upon actually reaching its destination, the frail skeleton didn't seem so happy.
In fact, the soul fire in its cracked eye sockets revealed a hint of worry and confusion.
Because it could clearly see that ahead, groups of 'traitorous undead' were frantically searching for it.
Those undead warriors who once served it and fought for it had now become the harbingers of its doom!
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“Damn it, what am I going to do now?”
“All my undead warriors have completely betrayed me.”
Drew, whose soul was residing in this body, said worriedly.
“Although I suspected that Xia Luo Pu would seize control of the undead army from me, I didn't expect her to be so fast!”
“After becoming a Supervisor of the Thirteen Undead Council, the intensity of her soul fire has far surpassed mine… Is this the power of a true demigod?”
The reason Drew lost control of the undead army was that there is a significant difference between undead creatures and ordinary creatures.
First of all.
Most undead creatures, especially low-level undead without [Intelligence], have no concept of 'loyalty'.
Their loyalty depends solely on who controls their souls.
This is a major characteristic of creatures in the undead faction.
High-level undead can use their stronger souls to control low-level undead, making them their slaves.
Of course, this enslavement is not as simple as it sounds.
To truly enslave a low-level undead, a high-level undead must ensure that its soul fire is strong enough to overwhelm the low-level undead and completely invade its soul.
Only then can it truly control the low-level undead.
Therefore, undead creatures that have gained intelligence early due to rare circumstances or the 'blessing of the River Styx' are difficult for high-level undead to enslave.
In addition to running away, their resistance to soul invasion is far greater than that of ordinary undead creatures.
Their resistance is extremely effective against undead creatures that are only slightly higher in level than they are.
Therefore, most high-level undead generally do not bother trying to enslave such intelligent low-level undead.
They choose a more efficient and safer method to deal with them.
And that method is to kill them directly!
In the bloody and dark era of lords, undead, like countless human lords, were also keen on war, death, and conquest.
No high-level undead would show kindness to a strange undead for no reason.
Because as long as the other party is alive, it represents a threat.
No one knows if the low-level undead with free will will grow to their current level in the future, and no one can guarantee that the low-level undead will not destroy their territory and enslave their souls in the future.
Therefore, high-level undead often take such extreme measures when encountering low-level undead with free will.
But all of the above is just a 'battle' between high-level and low-level undead.
Battles between high-level undead are not so troublesome, and can even be said to be extremely simple.
Battles between high-level undead are either evenly matched, with both sides using their undead legions to engage in deathmatches lasting thousands of years.
Or, like the battle between Xia Luo Pu and Drew, they form a one-sided crush.
With just one wave of contact, Xia Luo Pu, a demigod undead, seized control of all the armies of the legendary peak undead monarch Drew, directly depriving him of any means of resistance.
Simple and brutal.
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“According to the current situation, I have no way to continue moving forward.”
In its somewhat cracked eye sockets, Drew's soul fire gradually dimmed.
It began to analyze its current situation.
It had to be said that its situation was terrible.
Its soul had been weakened to the extreme due to the self-destruction spell.
Although as a lich, it would not completely fall, such soul damage could not be repaired in a short time.
With its strength impaired, it had no way to compete with Supervisor Xia Luo Pu for control of the armies that originally belonged to it.
Moreover, it swore that if it dared to use its soul fire to touch those undead warriors, Supervisor Xia Luo Pu would arrive in front of it within a few minutes.
But if it didn't, those 'traitorous undead' blocking its path would become an insurmountable chasm.
“I must think of a way to notify that guy who calls himself the Abyss Lord to pick me up.”
“After all, in the current situation, perhaps only someone as crazy as him would dare to take in me, who has defected from the Styx forces…”
The reason Drew did not seek help from others after self-destructing its soul, but came directly to Wu Wei for protection, was because it saw the special nature of Wu Wei's character.
That was an extremely pure 'human' soul.
With such a pure soul, he didn't care whether the enemy was strong or not, and always practiced his own way.
This could be seen from the fact that Drew's power far exceeded Wu Wei's back then, but Wu Wei still wanted to take him as his subordinate.
Only someone like him could accept it, who was now beset with troubles.
And when it thought that a few days ago, it was still looking down at the Abyss Lord with a condescending attitude, and today it had to ask the other party for help, Drew inexplicably wanted to sigh at the impermanence of fate.
However, just as Drew was still thinking about how to notify the Abyss Lord, the Gate of Fate opened a small 'fissure' for it.
But it was this small fissure that was about to guide its fate to a different continent.
A path of fate guided by chaos.
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Under Drew's gaze, a little devil, dodging other little devils, ran out from the edge of a forest while devouring the thigh of an unknown creature.
After running out of the forest, the little devil's scarlet eyes immediately met the soul fire in the eye sockets of the confused skeleton…
Of course, the next second, the greedy it noticed the [Lich Phylactery] in Drew's hand, which looked to be of high value!
A wicked smile appeared on the little devil's face.