The southern region of Ximengsi Continent, Adrian Empire’s border, Antaur Town at the bank of Aldington River.
In the underground prison, Clyde sent away Demon Princess Andrea, the only follower he had brought along, instructing her to go to the entrance of the underground prison and be on the lookout. As for himself, Clyde removed the concealment effect and appeared behind Death Knight Thomas.
The former suzerain Baron Thomas, the commander of the undead monster army that forcibly occupied Antaur Town, even after death, it retained most of its former wicked hobbies, and they had even become more severe. At this moment, its attention was completely focused on bullying imprisoned white lambs in the dungeon. It didn’t notice someone was attacking it from behind.
“Death is not the end, it’s just the beginning. After I have played enough, I’ll turn you all into undeads!”
The consciousness of Baron Thomas still existed. The death knight could be counted as mid to high-leveled undead. It retained a part of its former consciousness and memories. It also spoke the human language. There were no big changes. Clyde who was standing behind the death knight could clearly hear playfulness in the tone of Baron Thomas.
In front of a death knight, those few white lambs were helplessly shaking their heads. These war trophies weren’t blindfolded, so they could see what kind of wicked things this death knight intended to do. However, because their hands and legs were tied tightly, other than shaking their heads and shivering, these war trophies could do nothing else. In addition, with their legs in “M” letter posture, their softest part was exposed. As for the death knight, it picked up that red-hot searing-iron from the stove. Just after it came out of the stove, a steaming hot white mist appeared from the searing-iron. At first glance, anyone could determine that it was in a scalding hot state.
“It doesn’t matter if it is painful, this is just the beginning, there are more funs afterward! Eh, you all can’t withstand so quickly.”
When the death knight walked over holding the searing-iron, it saw that those white lambs had turned pale. They were so scared that they directly reach the peak, and after losing control, many strange water stains appeared on the ground. Afterward, they fainted in terror. The death knight planned to imprint the enslavement mark on the softest part of these war trophies. This was forbidden in the nations of Victor Alliance. It, however, was common in the next-door Clark Alliance, after all, their systems were different. When Baron Thomas was still alive, he already had this bold thought. Merely, he never had the guts. Now that he had become the death knight after the death, it didn’t have many misgivings.
The Death Knight Thomas basically never expected that, those war trophies didn’t faint in terror due to its appearance, rather that person behind it frightened them so much that they lost their control. Clyde who had removed the concealed state behind Thomas just happened to not use the appearance of a normal person, rather used the appearance of The Great Old One. That black hood made it impossible for others to clearly see his face, merely a layer of abyss-like darkness could be seen. And in the midst of the darkness, there were many red dots of eyes, looking especially frightening. Compared to him, Death Knight Thomas instantly became a lot more ‘pretty’.
“Death is the end, Your Excellency Baron Thomas, you should go on your way.”
“No… impossible, my defense is not…”
When Death Knight Thomas sensed the chill coming from behind, it was already too late. A few thick black “tentacle” hands stretched out from under the black robe of Clyde, directly piercing through the chest of the death knight from behind. The strong defense of the death knight was nothing in front of the Great Old One. The entire body of Thomas quickly withered and the dark energy within its body was absorbed by Clyde. In the blink of an eye, it turned into a skinny state.
“Lord Annie, save…”
“As it turned out your behind-the-scenes supporter goes by this name. Many thanks for pointing this out, also… farewell!”
Death Knight Thomas, this pig teammate, made a slip of the tongue just before its end, exposing the name of the behind-the-scenes instigator. After the end of Clyde’s attack, Death Knight Thomas thoroughly disappeared as if vanished from the face of the earth. Just a death knight specific armor was left on the ground as the proof of Baron Thomas’s existence. Those few holes on the breastplate seemed to quietly recount a certain someone’s evil action.
“Mas… Master, that Lord Deity and you are actually the same person, I… I contradicted with you for so long, please punish me, Master!”
“Andrea, I already said that I will not look into the previous matters, just follow the plan discussed before.”
“Okay, Master, I will immediately start the transformation ritual on you.”
Upon hearing the loud noise Demon Princess Andrea came down to the basement and saw the back view of Clyde’s real form. Finally, she was certain that that Evil God who had made her fall from the mount with a single gaze was Clyde himself. Thinking about how she had contradicted him for so long, Princess Andrea was very frightened. Before Clyde said anything, she took the initiative to admit her error and asked for the punishment to obtain Clyde’s understanding.
The transformation ritual was not difficult. After Andrea used the Demon Race’s dark magic transformation, Clyde turned into a death knight. Unlike Baron Thomas, the shoddy death knight, Clyde’s strength was terrifying. After the temporary disguise, the level of his death knight was much stronger than the original. The death knight of Baron Thomas had no special effects, was just a zombie version knight. Clyde’s special effect, however, was gorgeous. Below his legs, there was blackish purple magic array. This was the halo effect of the first-class death knight similar to the halo effects of paladins and Dragon Knights, but the former was more overbearing than the latter. The halo effects of paladins and Dragon Knights required the guidance of the goddess to awaken, unlike the death knight who could produce it just like this.
The death halo under Clyde’s feet automatically followed its master’s footsteps. In addition, he was surrounded by resentment spirits, making him only indistinctly visible. And that indistinct appearance imperceptibly increased his sense of mystery. The knight armor on his body was dark red in color and its blood-red light glimmered in the darkness like an omen of being killed.
“Andrea, did you confuse the profession? Is this crown also the equipment of a death knight?”
“Mas… Master, your level is too high. This… this is not a normal death knight, is one of the legendary Dark Knight King who commands the death knights… I… I tried my best, there is honestly no way to transform you into an ordinary death knight.”
“Forget it, it’s enough if the profession is not wrong. Then, how should we find the specific location of that behind-the-scenes manipulator?”
“Using that skull communication artifact is enough. That artifact is customized for the use of the death knight, there is no professional level restriction.”
Clyde held that magnificent dark-gold crown on his head. Fortunately, he was also equipped with a dark-gold mask, and it was enough if the profession was right, he could barely put up with it. When Clyde placed his hand on the skull like Death Knight Thomas did before, the skull used for communication was unable to bear the power coming from Clyde’s body and directly broke, turning into a pile of white bone powder on the desk. Fortunately, before the skull self-destructed, Clyde was able to obtain the specific location of the behind-the-scenes instigator. Outside Antaur Town, in a quiet remote ancient graveyard, Ancient Demon King Tinas seemed to have visited there when she was still in the demonic soul state. The resurrection of that mysterious behind-the-scenes instigator was very likely related to some unintentional actions of Tinas.
“I finally know where that fellow is. I’ll go and see whether she will negotiate and settle peacefully in giving up and leaving Anatur Town, otherwise, I can only…”
“Master, how will you deal with these people? Do you need my help to clean them up? You don’t need to get your hands stained with unnecessary blood.”
“Not necessary, there is no need, Andrea, you don’t have to participate in this affair.”
“Master, I understand.”
Princess Andrea’s reminder brought Clyde’s attention back to the dungeon. Fortunately, he didn’t try to spread out the death halo below his feet just now. Otherwise, all the white lambs in the dungeon would have turned into white bones. Clyde thought for a little bit and he used the Dark Knight King’s sharp sword to cut off the iron hoops, getting rid of those damned restriction items.
The rescued white lambs looked at that broken-down death knight armor on the ground with lingering fear. They recognized that it was worn by Baron Thomas before, and the expression of fear unintentionally appeared on their face. They then looked around with an extremely insecure gaze. The terror brought by that indescribably terrifying existence behind the death knight made these white lambs had a serious mental shadow. They might never forget it throughout their life. However, there were no other terrifying monsters other than a higher-leveled death knight wearing a dark-gold crown on the scene now.
“You all can go! You all are free, I am different from that fellow Thomas. It is already buried forever. All the former dark rights on you all are already void.”
Those white lambs looked at each other in blank dismay, and after a short hesitation, they knelt down in unison. The outside was full of undead monsters. The survivors would definitely be besieged to death if they go outside. Especially when their terrible bare state was a delicacy for many undeads. The undead would bite them until they also turn into undeads. Since that case, Clyde’s release order was equivalent to the execution order in disguise. Going outside was certain death, staying in the dungeon, they might have a small chance of survival. Going outside, even if they were able to avoid the hunt of the undeads, they wouldn’t be able to avoid the corrosion of the death qi.
“We beg you, Lord Death Knight, we… we will be bitten to death by undeads if we go out, you… can you…”
“So that’s how it is, then wait here for the time being. I will set up a defense barrier. Other undeads will not be able to enter. Tomorrow morning, the human troops will take over this place, then you can go to the human army for shelter.”
The white lambs inwardly sighed in relief, thinking that they would be free, and this death knight was stung by conscience so it planned to return them to the human army for the suitable arrangements. They didn’t notice a hint of slyness flashing in Clyde’s eyes when he left. The human army that would come to take over Antaur Town was Steinbeck Fief’s troops, i.e. his people. If these war trophies wanted to escape, then this was the only chance, there would be no chance later.
