#2593 - Suspicious

The communication system in the Death Realm is far more complex than that of the human world. Empires that control the Death Realm often cannot achieve long-distance information transmission. Many areas can only rely on point-to-point connections, which is very troublesome.

Rior was well aware of the importance of the Dragon Burial Mountains, leading a team composed of high-level undead warriors, undead chanters, and other high-level undead, riding undead warhorses all night towards the Dragon Burial Mountains.

Even so, it was already the next day when they arrived at the Dragon Burial Mountains.

Entering the Dragon Burial Mountains area, Rior looked up at the sky from a distance, a strange look in his eyes.

That is...

Undead Bone Dragons!

But different from the past.

Through the white mist, a dozen undead bone dragons were coiling outside the Dragon Burial Mountains, constantly wandering.

What's the situation?

Why are these undead bone dragons wandering around the periphery?

Rior's heart sank, and suddenly he had a bad feeling.

"Slow down, be careful, let's get closer."

"Yes!"

The team continued to explore forward.

Soon, they entered the outer area of the Dragon Burial Mountains.

Rior saw the battle situation in the white mist, and his eyes showed an even stranger look.

In the sky, more than twenty bone dragons were fighting fiercely!

No!

After careful observation, Rior suddenly realized that most of the bone dragons in the fierce battle were being controlled!

Someone left soul imprints on them!

While Rior was surprised, not far away, Kotal saw the support from the Clayton Empire and immediately led the guardians of the clan to greet them.

"General Rior."

"What's the situation? What happened here?"

Kotal's mouth was bitter, and he replied: "It's a human. He entered the Dragon Burial Mountains before and used a special spell to recruit undead bone dragons. He hasn't stopped since then, but continues to use the controlled bone dragons to recruit bone dragons in the mountains."

Rior frowned upon hearing this.

"Where is he?"

"In that thicket."

"Well, take me over to see."

At this time, Fang Heng was in the thicket.

After another night, the harvest of bone dragons +13.

Seeing that the bone dragon team was constantly growing, Fang Heng estimated that continuing to stay outside the Dragon Burial Mountains might not be efficient enough, and was considering whether to go deeper.

Suddenly, sensing a large number of undead troops approaching, Fang Heng looked up and cast his gaze towards the outside of the forest.

Rior was also a little surprised to see a large number of zombie creatures inside the forest.

He was quite puzzled in his heart.

How can this group of low-end undead creatures add soul imprints to undead bone dragons?

This is not in line with common sense.

Rior slowly shifted his gaze to the young man.

In the Death Realm, humans are extremely rare, and he has never really seen one.

"I am Rior, the commander of the Clayton Empire, what is your name?"

Sirius straightened up, looked up at Rior, and sighed softly: "I didn't expect that after so many years, the Clayton Empire has developed to this point."

Rior frowned upon hearing this, "Who are you?"

"We are the old subordinates of Empress Persephone, my name is Sirius."

Sirius said, looking at Rior, "Her Majesty was kind and did not attack the Clayton clan at the beginning, but gave you an area to survive and delineated the boundary line."

The other party claimed to be the old subordinates of Empress Persephone!

Rior's heart jumped upon hearing this.

There is such a period in the history of the Clayton Empire.

Thinking of the explosion of Empress Persephone's mausoleum and the outbreak of the insect plague not long ago...

"You claim to be the old subordinates of the Empress, what evidence do you have to prove it?"

Sirius shook his head.

Fang Heng listened to Kotal's translation beside him, stared at Rior, and said: "Whether we are the old subordinates of the Empress has nothing to do with you, and it is not necessary to prove it to you."

Rior frowned upon hearing the translation.

"There was an explosion in the Empress's mausoleum before. Were you in it at that time? What happened inside the mausoleum?"

"The mausoleum was attacked by the Hani clan. The Empress's will was broken. We entered the Dragon Burial Mountains to find the broken Empress's will."

Sirius was unwilling to cause more trouble and continued to explain: "At present, a part of the Empress's remaining will is still in the Dragon Burial Mountains. We are here to find the Empress's will."

Rior frowned even deeper upon hearing this.

At first glance, there were no flaws in what the other party said.

The occurrence of the disaster may also be related to the Empress's mausoleum.

Kotal hurriedly asked: "Then what about the bone dragons? What's going on with the bone dragons?"

Fang Heng looked at Kotal and said lightly: "The Empress's will stays in the depths of the mountains. Once we enter, we will inevitably be attacked by the bone dragons. With our current ability, we cannot enter, so we can only find a way to borrow the power of the bone dragons, recruit them, is there any problem?"

Kotal was speechless for a while, feeling unable to refute.

Rior thought for a moment and asked in a deep voice: "Is the recovery of the disaster also related to the broken Empress's will?"

Sirius's expression changed obviously after hearing the word disaster, with a bit of surprise, and asked: "Disaster? Wasn't the disaster completely destroyed by Her Majesty? Have they been revived again? When did it happen?"

"Yes, just a few days ago, the disaster appeared in the depths of the Vanni Empire."

"I have never heard of any Vanni Empire."

Kotal added from the side: "In the outer area of the River of the Underworld."

A dignified look gradually appeared in Sirius's eyes, "Her Majesty had a battle with the disaster there. The time point of the disaster's revival coincides with the time when the Empress's will was broken. I'm afraid this is not just a simple coincidence."

Rior frowned, "So you don't know anything either?"

Kotal didn't translate this conversation beside him, and Fang Heng was a little confused listening to it.

Suddenly, a line of game prompts appeared on the retina.

[Hint: The player's current guiding task is triggered - unknown disaster].

Optional guiding task: Go to the River of the Underworld to explore.

Not interested!

Fang Heng glanced at the task prompt and quickly looked away.

What disaster are you talking about, I don't understand at all.

There are too many things to do right now, I can't take care of them all, so I might as well not care so much, and focus on getting more bone dragons first.

"With the advent of disaster, no one can escape. This is a threat that our entire Death Realm will face."