Zuo Si is undoubtedly very interested in what is hidden in Varena's mind.
But he was not in a hurry to conduct research, but planned to move these refugees who were about to starve to death to a relatively safe place to protect them.
However, as an outsider, it is obviously not easy to gain their trust.
In addition, Zuo Si was too lazy to make things too complicated, so he directly chose to cast the five-ring magic [Dominate Humanity] on Varena, who was the leader of the camp.
Through this spell, he directly controlled the other party to announce to all the refugees that he was a member of the Wizards' Council from the Floating City of Plantia, which could provide safe shelter and enough food for all the people who were still alive.
Although at the beginning, many people had strong doubts about this.
Because they are not fools, they can see how bad the situation outside is. All kinds of undead creatures are almost everywhere in the streets and alleys of the city.
Moreover, for a long time after the plague broke out, there was no news about the Mage Council and the Floating City, and no army or mages came to save themselves.
The most important thing is that the refugees are not sure whether they will be infected by the plague from the outside world after leaving this safe place.
More than two years of despair have caused all survivors to lose trust in the Master Council and the Floating City.
If it weren’t for the deep-seated awe of magic and mages, there might be some drastic actions.
After all, many versions of rumors have mentioned that this plague was most likely the result of something going wrong when the necromancers were conducting dangerous research and experiments, which led to such serious consequences.
But in the end, driven by hunger, these people agreed to walk out of this hidden tomb.
Under the leadership of Zuo Si, everyone brought a small amount of belongings and quickly headed towards the location of the warehouse along the underground tunnel.
The tunnel, which was originally only suitable for a ten-year-old boy to crawl, was quickly expanded to about two meters high and three meters wide under the influence of magic.
When they climbed out of the warehouse, these hungry people immediately rushed to the place where the food was stored, stuffing bacon, dried meat and hard raw grains into their mouths.
Some of them ate so fast that they almost choked themselves to death.
Fortunately, Zuo Si was nearby to help them get out the things stuck in their throats and trachea, otherwise they would have died of suffocation within a few minutes.
Similarly, this also reminds Zuo Si to pay attention to the amount of food these people eat to prevent them from accidentally stretching themselves to death.
You must know that for a group of people who have endured hunger for a long time, it is impossible to control the instinctive and strong desire when they suddenly get enough food.
Zuo Si also suffered from hunger. Although it only lasted for a few days, the unforgettable feeling will never be forgotten in his life.
After stopping these people from swallowing grains and chewing hard bacon and dried meat, he decisively summoned the [Heroes' Feast].
Instantly!
These two hundred refugees are excited!
Because even before the outbreak of the plague, no one among them had eaten such delicious food, and more than two-thirds of them accidentally bit their tongues while chewing quickly.
Seeing these refugees devouring their food, Zuo Si immediately ordered Vanessa: "Send two people to go underground in the cemetery area to detect whether there are other gathering places for survivors. Hull's permanent population is almost half a million, and I
I feel like there may be similar places in other tombs inside. In addition, be careful to use the holy water I prepared to sprinkle around the warehouse to ensure that these people will not be infected by the plague that remains on the undead."
"Understood, leave it to me."
The lich took the bottle filled with holy water and nodded.
After a while, he sprinkled the holy water evenly around the warehouse, and gave orders to all the controlled undead and constructs, prohibiting them from approaching these survivors who were in an extremely weak state.
In fact, Zuo Si had no intention of bringing all the undead, golems and other structures brought here back to Faerûn or other worlds.
Because from the moment they are released, they are very likely to become carriers of the terrible plague.
Unless collective disinfection is carried out, it is basically a group of moving natural disasters.
Relying on the powerful magic item of the Scroll of the Undead, most of the low-level undead in Hel City were captured in just a few days, while those high-level undead who were born with sanity were either completely captured.
Destroy without mercy, or be forced to choose to surrender and become the commander-in-chief of the undead army.
In the end, the lichs succeeded in replenishing the city with approximately 80,000 to 100,000 undead cannon fodder.
In addition, the magic materials and iron ingots in the warehouse have also been made into thousands of the simplest and cheapest steel structures.
These constructs do not have as strong magic resistance and immunity as golems, and they cannot understand complex commands.
But it is better because of its large number, and its defense against physical attacks is amazing, and it will not be affected by psychic or charm spells.
Looking at the densely packed army of constructs and undead in front of them, the core members of the organization present could not help but feel a surge of emotion.
"Now, we finally have enough capital to regain the Floating City of Plantia."
With that said, Zuo Si activated the power of the planeswalker's sparks and once again forcibly tore open an unstable space rift.
The next second...
Countless constructs and undead creatures swarmed over.
The scene was so spectacular that even the survivors who were rescued near the warehouse were so shocked that they opened their mouths and were speechless.
At this moment, they really believed that this group of spellcasters of unknown origin might really be able to occupy the floating city and end this desperate doomsday.
At the same time, the army that passed through the rift, led by those high-level undead creatures that chose to surrender, soon began to attack using the mage tower as a forward base, capturing nearby buildings one by one along the streets.
Especially those towers that can release all kinds of amazingly destructive magic.
Suddenly, the originally silent Floating City of Plantia suddenly became lively.
A large number of undead that were originally hidden in inconspicuous corners rushed out to mingle with these intruders at the lord's order.
Some relatively spacious streets, parks and squares gathered thousands of undead creatures belonging to different lords in a very short period of time, and then began to fall into an endless war of attrition and tug-of-war.
Since the low-level undead have neither consciousness nor fear, from the moment the battle breaks out, they enter a tragic state that living people can never imagine.
I saw them wearing the same armor and clothes as when they were alive, carrying all kinds of crude weapons randomly picked up in the streets and alleys, crowded together like sardines.
When it reaches the front of the battle line, it will immediately try to smash the head of the undead creature on the opposite side with a very clumsy movement.
If the weapon is lost in the melee, they will grab it with their hands, bite it with their teeth, or even hit it with their own heads.
The smarter ones will pick up the fallen thigh bones on the ground and use them as sticks.
Almost every minute, hundreds of skeletons or zombies were dismembered and consumed, and the broken bones and corpses even piled up a raised hill in the center of the battlefield.
But what's interesting is that neither the undead lords who have evolved sanity nor the lich on Zuo Si's side have any intention of ending up personally, and they don't care at all how shocking their losses are.
Because this is the war between the undead!
A war a hundred times more brutal than the war in the living world!
A kind of war with only cold calculations and a life-and-death battle!
Unless the cannon fodder is exhausted, the lords will not take the risk of being killed.
As for Zuo Si, he simply has enough war resources and cannon fodder on hand, so there is no need to reveal his trump card too early.
And he also plans to test whether there is some kind of connection between these high-level undead creatures, or whether they all surrender to a powerful undead king.
You must know that the concentration of negative energy existing in the environment in the floating city is beyond the reach of ordinary cities on the ground.
In addition, there are many corpses left after the death of archmages and high-level professionals, so it is easier to spawn powerful undead creatures. Those death knights holding cursed weapons are the best proof.
Standing at the top of the tower and looking out at the advancing battle front, Zuo Si asked without looking back: "How, how many threatening undead lords have been detected?"
A female lich who is good at prophecy magic answered without thinking: "There are fourteen observed so far. Seven of them are melee zombies, skeletons and death knight lords, and two are spirits.
The body of the banshee lord, and five others wearing tattered robes, should obviously be spellcasters. But we don’t know yet what kind of magic and spell-like abilities these guys have."
"Accelerate the consumption of cannon fodder as quickly as possible and force some of these lords to join the battle." Zuo Si quickly gave instructions.
He doesn't have time to wait and fight with these guys for several months, but hopes to defeat them as soon as possible and complete the actual occupation of Plantia's floating city.
After all, occupation and control are only the first step. Then the entire city must be cleaned and disinfected, and some survivors must be collected to rekindle the fire of civilization.
Each of these things requires a lot of time and energy.
"Without using constructs, with the current number and density of low-level undead creatures on the battlefield, we may not be able to deploy more troops." Jeffrey explained helplessly.
"According to the current consumption rate, how long can the other party last?" Zuo Si frowned subconsciously.
Jeffrey replied without thinking: "Even the fastest line is estimated to take at least two hours. You can take a rest first, or do other things to pass the time. Here are
We just keep an eye on it."
"Do you need me to keep this holy sword?"
Zuo Si grabbed the sword in the sheath and asked.
This move immediately frightened all the lichs present and made them step back. Vanessa shook her head desperately: "No, no need, we can control the situation. You should keep this weapon for yourself."
To be continued...