Lords of All: The Moving Castle of the Dead

Castle of the Dead, main hall.

The main hall is a place that Li Ziyu rarely uses. After all, he doesn't have any ministers under him. He usually meets Zhang Peng, Liu Xingxing, Batubu and them, just find a place casually, and they are not outsiders. It is necessary to open such a formal main hall

This time it was specially arranged for the Orc Empire mission.

The hall is more than ten meters high. Looking up, there seems to be a sea of ​​skeletons above the head. It is not a relief mural, but a real undead. They seem to be trapped in the wall, constantly swimming, and from time to time they use their... The beating soul fire looked at the envoy coming in below.

A dozen extremely thick white bone columns held up the ceiling, with a large number of reliefs of various strange beasts on it.

Flags hung from the ceiling, with images of various undead warriors on them.

The layout of the main hall highlights a solemn and grand feeling.

At the entrance of the hall are elite heavy-hammer skeleton warriors carrying sledgehammers. When they arrive at the main hall, these tall, fierce-looking guys can only act as doormen, responsible for opening and guarding the door.

The ground was covered with a blood-red carpet, all the way forward until it was under the high platform. On both sides were four rows of black warriors and skeleton knights.

The black warrior stood in front, holding the hilt of the sword with both hands, the tip of the sword pointing to the ground, silent, like a lifeless armor for display.

Behind them were the skeleton knights riding on the soul war horses. Their figures were half hidden in the darkness. The soul fire in the eyes of the soul war horses was also very weak. If you didn't pay attention, you would think they were blue lights.

Under the high platform, standing was the Skeleton Sword Guard, with red feathers fluttering above his head, tall and straight, and heroic.

All of this has been rearranged, just to show the power of the undead and shock the orc empire's mission.

Li Ziyu sat high on the throne, looking down at the orcs walking slowly below.

The leaders of the orc envoy are still old acquaintances, Morimoth and Moridia, but for some unknown reason, today's orc envoy is different from the past. They all wear robes and hoods, covering their faces.

But it doesn't matter, Li Ziyu is not worried about these guys having any evil intentions.

This is the Castle of the Undead. If he is successfully assassinated by the orcs in the Castle of the Undead, he will no longer need to be the Lord of the Undead.

"The great Lord of the Undead, Morimoth of the Orc Empire, Moridia, greets you."

During the traditional greeting session, Li Ziyu nodded, "Moremos, Moridia, what are you bringing your envoy to my Castle of the Dead this time?"

Mori Moss said respectfully and humbly, "We come with the goodwill of the Emperor of the Orc Empire. The Emperor hopes that the undead clan and the Orc Empire can live in peace and not have any bad feelings because of some trivial matters."

Li Ziyu asked in a calm voice, "Is the resentment mentioned by your Emperor the result of the fact that the Tigerman Prince of the Orc Empire did not take the Lord of the Undead seriously and shouted for beatings and killings?"

Moridia said quickly, "Great Lord of the Undead, you are so majestic and powerful, and your mind is broader than the sea. You will not break your hard-earned strength just because of a few words from some people." Peace."

Li Ziyu waved his hands and said impatiently, "There is no need to say such meaningless words. I don't want to waste time with you. Tell me, what do you want to do in exchange for peace?"

It's not the undead that can't bear the war, but the Orc Empire, so the initiative lies entirely with Li Ziyu.

He is waiting for the Orc Empire to make conditions.

Seeing that Li Ziyu was so direct, Mori Moss took out a roll of animal skin paper and offered it to him with both hands. Li Ziyu waved his hand, and the undead came over and took the animal skin roll.

The undead opened the animal skin roll in front of Mori Moss and checked if there were any problems.

If there is any poison, hidden weapon, magic, curse, etc. hidden in the animal skin roll, naturally it cannot be sent directly to Li Ziyu.

After unrolling the animal skin scroll, there were only densely packed orc empire words on it. Everything was normal. The undead then rerolled the animal skin scroll and turned around to send it to Li Ziyu.

And Morris Moss also opened his mouth to introduce the things recorded on the animal skin scroll.

That is an extremely large amount of supplies. As long as Li Ziyu promises that the undead and the orc empire will live in peace, all the supplies on the animal skin roll will be given to Li Ziyu.

Li Ziyu pretended to look at the animal skin roll and motioned to the undead to take it aside.

It was written in orc writing, and he didn't recognize it, so he might as well listen to Maury Moss.

There were a lot of things. Mori Moss tried his best and explained them in detail. After listening for a while, Li Ziyu felt that it was not interesting anymore. He waved his hand and said to him, "Okay, no need to say any more. Do you want to use these supplies to spend your time?" Me? Do you think I’m threatening you just for the sake of supplies?”

Mori Moss quickly shook his head and said, "Don't dare, great Lord of the Undead, these supplies are for the peace of the Undead and our orcs, and they are the sincerity of our orcs."

There is indeed a lot of supplies, and there is no problem at all in supporting a fortress.

But this was a one-time deal, and Li Ziyu didn't feel that giving him some supplies would be enough.

He said nothing and looked at Morrissey quietly, waiting for the other person's next words.

Seeing this, Moridia took a step forward and said softly, "We have also prepared a large number of slaves for you, including serfs and beauties, a total of two thousand."

This was also what they negotiated.

The Lord of the Undead was obsessed with the White Tiger Empress. Although he said that he wanted the White Tiger Empress to be a hostage, it would be hard to tell if he didn't fall in love with the White Tiger Empress' beauty.

Naturally, it was impossible for the Orc Empire to hand over the White Tiger Empress to Li Ziyu, so they had to bring over a group of slaves.

The slaves prepared for Li Ziyu are all young and middle-aged, strong and quick at work. They have basically been slaves for generations. Their ancestors were all slaves. After training, they are all obedient and sensible.

The orc maids are selected based on human aesthetics. They come from various orc tribes, and they are all pure-blooded orcs. They have also been trained and are extremely outstanding in all aspects.

Li Ziyu couldn't help but roll his eyes after listening to Moridiya's words.

slave?

Do I need a slave?

There are so many undead under me, they are so obedient, they are more convenient than slaves, they don’t talk back, they don’t get tired, they work hard and they don’t complain, whatever I say is what they say.

Besides, I am sitting in the wasteland and want some people, which is not easy. I don’t know how many people in the wasteland want to board my castle.

This is not because Li Ziyu is arrogant, but because he is confident.

The entire wasteland has one and only one ruler, and that is Li Ziyu. The wasteland is all under the rule of the undead.

The Castle of the Undead is the capital and main city in the eyes of the people in the wasteland. Who doesn’t want to live in the capital!

It's just that they can run back and forth to the capital in the wasteland. They have no way to go to the capital.

If Li Ziyu wanted help, all he had to do was say a word, and a large number of orcs would swarm over from the wasteland. Not to mention two thousand, even twenty thousand would be a waste.

As for the maids, well, there are more. I don’t know how many beautiful women there are in the wasteland waiting to crawl into Li Ziyu’s bed.

Of course, the maids of the Orc Empire have undergone special training, and are definitely much better than ordinary wasteland women in all aspects.

But using two thousand slaves as a bargaining chip is somewhat of a joke.

Li Ziyu leaned down and said to Mori Moss and Moridia, "I am not a brainless ruler. Just give me something and I will compromise. As long as you show sincerity, It’s of little value to me.”

Morimuth and Moridia looked at each other and sighed.

They knew that it was almost impossible to convince the Lord of the Undead with resources, slaves, and such things.

Not to mention anything else, even if they had a lot of contact with Batu Buhe before, it was hard to say whether they could convince them with these things, let alone the Lord of the Undead.

However, they have other ways. Morimos took a deep breath and said loudly, "We are willing to cede the land and city to you in exchange for peace."

Moridia continued, "Two cities, our orc empire is willing to cede these two cities and the surrounding land to the undead tribe."

Ceding land is the last bargaining chip of the Orc Empire.

The two looked at Li Ziyu nervously, but found that he smiled, a mocking smile.

Li Ziyu leaned on the throne and said calmly, "Cede the land? If there is a war, the entire orc empire will be mine. Why do I need you to cede the land? You don't think you can really stop me, do you?"

His words reminded Mori Moss and Moridia of the previous Life Empire Alliance.

The Orc Empire is already struggling to resist the Life Empire. If Li Ziyu hadn't appeared, there might not even be an Orc Empire now.

It took a lot of effort to defeat the Empire of Life. If we go against the Lord of the Undead again, wouldn't it happen again? And this time it's even more difficult than the last time. Li Ziyu led others to defeat the Empire of Life. ah.

What he said was really not alarmist, it could really happen.

Countries and countries, forces and forces can coexist peacefully, not because one party is kind-hearted, or because one party is compassionate, but because everyone is at the card table and has the strength to overturn the table. Only then can we live in peace.

Even if they are strong or weak, they cannot be too different, otherwise how can they get along with each other.

If there is too much difference in strength, a balance must be formed by forming alliances and contacting allies. Of course, if it doesn't work, you can find a father for yourself and ask him to help.

But on the grassland, the Orc Empire is the largest force, and there is no father who is stronger than him.

So find allies?

Who are you looking for, a tribe of nomads?

Not to mention whether the nomadic tribe will let go of the grudges accumulated over generations, but they are allies of the undead, so why should they form an alliance with the orc empire?

Who else can we turn to, the insect man?

The Bugmen are a faction of their own, and they are fighting with each other. If you form an alliance with them, you have to consider whether these brainless guys will stab you on a whim.

Without a father and allies, why should the Orc Empire fight against the undead?

Mori Moss suddenly discovered a terrifying thing, that is, in their eyes, the powerful Orc Empire really seemed to have no bargaining chips.

The undead would not care about the bargaining chips they could offer. As long as they conquered the Orc Empire, everything would be theirs.

silence.

Maury Moss had nothing to say.

Li Ziyu looked at Morris Moss quietly, not anxious at all, and stopped talking.

Just when both sides fell silent, a hooded member of the mission came out and stood at the front.

Under Li Ziyu's curious gaze, the member of the mission lifted his hat and revealed his true appearance, which made Li Ziyu raise his eyebrows.

White Tiger Empress.

The member of this mission was none other than the White Tiger Empress.

She blended in with the envoys and followed them.

The White Tiger Empress was worried about this situation, and she was really curious about the undead, so she followed him.

Her worries were not unnecessary. The mission was indeed in a dilemma.

"Your Majesty." Morrissey called softly.

The White Tiger Empress raised her hand, stopped him, and signaled the members of the envoy not to come forward, "You guys go out, I want to talk to the Lord of the Dead alone."

"His Majesty!"

This time, not only Mori Moss, but other members of the mission also shouted.

They did not dare to let the White Tiger Empress come into contact with the Lord of the Undead alone. When they were in the Orc Empire, they were not worried. After all, it was their territory, but this is the territory of the undead. If the Lord of the Undead did something to the Empress, they would not be worried. There is no way.

With such a dangerous matter, they naturally couldn't let the Empress put herself in danger.

The White Tiger Empress turned her head sharply and stared at the members of the delegation behind her with her red eyes, her eyes full of majesty, "I said, get out!"

The members of the mission all trembled, lowered their heads, and retreated.

Li Ziyu waved his hand, and the undead stepped forward and led the members of the mission away.

After the members of the mission left, the White Tiger Empress, Li Ziyu and a group of undead in a daze were left in the main hall.

Li Ziyu stood up from the throne, chuckled and said, "We meet again."

As he spoke, he walked down the steps.

The White Tiger Empress looked up at him and asked, "How do you want to agree not to fight anymore?"

Facing Li Ziyu, the White Tiger Empress felt powerless.

When Li Ziyu said that the war would start in three days and they wanted to study how to deal with it, the people of the Orc Empire discovered that they knew too little about the Lord of the Undead.

So few that they have no way to deal with it.

They don't know Li Ziyu's character, his preferences, what's going on with the Undead, where they come from, how many soldiers they have, nothing.

The only thing I know is the terrifying strength shown in the Empire of Life.

Let alone finding the weakness of the Lord of the Undead, even if he wanted to give a gift, he didn’t even know what to give.

What are they going to do with such an enemy?

Nothing to do!

Li Ziyu walked up to the White Tiger Empress and looked at her with a smile.

Well, my skin is very good and fair, I am very tall, over 175cm, my body proportions are great, my legs are really long.

This look, this body shape, a perfect goddess.

"I said, I want you to be a hostage." Li Ziyu replied with a smile.

The White Tiger Empress frowned, took a deep breath and said, "You know this is impossible. The Orc Empire will never compromise and start a war directly. There is no difference between taking me as a hostage and forcing the Orc Empire to go to war. This is not the way to peace. We will still go to war."

Li Ziyu touched his chin and thought about it seriously, "What you said makes sense. Let me put it another way. I hope that the Orc Empire will be integrated into my undead tribe."

The White Tiger Empress' expression turned cold, and she gritted her teeth and said, "You have planned this from the beginning, right? You want to annex our orc empire. You are no different from those guys before!"

I rely on!

I won’t take the blame for this!

Those guys in the Life Empire are obviously much more vicious than me.

Li Ziyu rolled his eyes, waved his hands and explained, "This is different. The Life Empire fights undeclared war and is not a righteous teacher. I am different. I talked to you, greeted you, and even gave you money. Preparation time, I call it etiquette, do you understand?"

The White Tiger Empress gritted her teeth and said, "In three days, my order will not reach the border of the empire, and the army will not have time to assemble. You tell me this is called etiquette? What kind of etiquette is it? Is it for humans or for you undead? In the end, you still have to do it." Don’t you want to invade us?”

Li Ziyu shook his head quickly and said with a serious face, "No, no, no, we can solve this problem peacefully..."