Chapter 119 Corpse Crow
“This is… an achievement prompt?!”
The grating sound of fingernails on a chalkboard was like beautiful music to Kazumi’s ears. The momentary confusion on her face gradually faded, and her usual cold expression returned.
The mark of a skull materialized on her wrist, and the massive, imposing coffin, exuding a deathly aura, reappeared from beneath the floor. It was only now that Kazumi shifted her attention to the territory panel before her.
“The first piece of land? What achievement was that, I don’t remember it’s been too long.”
The young girl frowned, trying to recall useful information from her game memories. However, the game “Undead Lord” had too much content, and Kazumi had played it non-stop back then. She truly couldn’t remember such minor early achievements.
She carefully reviewed her territory panel, which hadn’t changed much. Except for the territory area, which had steadily increased to 15 due to the large number of corpse bones stored in the black coffin, there were no other increases. It was impossible to see any significant changes.
Thinking that she wouldn’t be able to figure anything out by just looking at the panel, Kazumi decided not to dwell on it outside. She used her ability to open the lid of the black coffin and peered inside.
“This!!”
After a wave of intoxicatingly fragrant death aura, the scene that appeared before the girl’s eyes caused a few surprised expressions to surface on her already calm face.
Because what appeared before Kazumi was a vast, void space filled with a strong death aura!
Perhaps at first, she didn’t feel anything. Because the little bit of death aura that the girl collected by digging dirt was a joke to the entire black coffin. It could only expand the entire territory’s range in a place that was almost invisible.
Even later, with the help of Uncle Fukada, the girl obtained a corpse to help the entire territory operate. It was merely a drop in the bucket.
Even at that time, the entire territory was still very small. At first glance, it was just a coffin with a slightly larger internal space, and there was no such thing as a sense of space.
But now, it was completely different. Looking at the space before her, which was almost as large as her bedroom, Kazumi couldn’t help but show a surprised expression. After all, she had walked in from her bedroom and arrived in another space of the same size. This made Kazumi re-recognize the power of her golden finger ability.
“Is this the so-called first piece of land?”
Stepping on the thin layer of dark soil beneath her feet, Kazumi instantly understood what the achievement the system had just prompted her for was. She had specifically instructed Little Black and the others to bring some soil contaminated with death aura in preparation for the fertile soil in the territory in the future. Coupled with the remaining substances absorbed from the corpse bones by the black coffin, the foundation for this land suitable for undead creatures had been laid.
She turned and looked at the barren land around her and the pile of corpse bones that were piled into a small mountain not far away. Kazumi waved her hand towards it, and two terrifying, semi-humanoid creatures turned out from the pile of corpse bones and ran towards Kazumi at a disgusting speed.
“Yo, looks like you guys are living pretty well!”
Reaching out to tease Little Black’s chin, Kazumi looked at the two ghouls with great interest. Although she didn’t have any extra blood corpses to feed them, under the enhancement of the death aura from so many corpse bones, the appearance of the two ghouls was completely different from when they were first summoned.
The loose rotten flesh had firmed up a bit, and the dark, gleaming claws on their hands had become sharper. At the very least, they looked much more pleasing to the eye than before.
“Undead Lord” is a game with extremely high freedom. In the game, you can do almost anything. All the troops, even ghouls, have their promotion routes. After all, as undead creatures, even if the absorption efficiency is low, they can still achieve a qualitative leap through the accumulation of a large amount of resources.
If you are willing, you can even raise a divine-tier ghoul, but the resources required might not be enough to complete the game.
After petting the ghouls for a while, Kazumi knew that it was not the time to indulge in petting ghouls. She quickly pulled herself out of that satisfied and comfortable state and summoned the panel to check her harvest.
[Building: Corpse Crow Nest]
[Level: D]
[A nest where Corpse Crows gather and live. New Corpse Crows can be summoned by sacrificing blood food. The higher the quality of the blood food, the greater the chance of summoning a boss crow.]
[Ability: Blood Food Sacrifice]
[Troop: Corpse Crow X2]
Looking at the nest on the virtual panel before her, which looked like countless piles of rotten flesh stacked together with countless fist-sized holes, a hint of surprise flashed in Kazumi’s eyes. Regardless of the effect, the extremely cool appearance alone was enough for Kazumi to build this thing.
She silently chanted “Build,” and where she had chosen a spot not far away, the death aura began to churn. Piles of foul-smelling meat began to appear in the air, piling higher and higher, as if forming a small mountain.
Looking at the [Corpse Crow Nest] that was still under construction before her, the young girl lowered her head and began to think about how to use it.
Kazumi had never used the [Corpse Crow Nest] in her previous life. As an early scout unit, Kazumi had a perverse preference for the [Human Skin Lantern] as her flying unit. By the later stages, Kazumi, who relied on her undead army to fight and advance, naturally disdained this weak flying unit.
However, she probably didn’t have the luxury of being picky now. Having an extra bit of strength was an extra bit of hope for survival. Kazumi quickly thought about how to use it.
The specific troop abilities could only be seen after the building was completed. For now, she could only guess based on its appearance. According to the image on the virtual display, this so-called [Corpse Crow] looked basically the same as an ordinary crow. This was good news for Kazumi. Relying on the inherent lack of biological signals in undead creatures, they could at least play a scouting role.
If it were the [Human Skin Lantern] that Kazumi used before, it would probably have been found and killed as soon as it was sent out.
Her mind was racing with various ways to use it, but suddenly, a violent fluctuation of death aura was transmitted from the front.
Kazumi looked up, and the Corpse Crow Nest, made of a pile of rotten flesh and leather one person tall, was completed not far away.
“Caw—”
After two sharp, hoarse cries, two black shadows emerged from the holes of the mountain-like nest and flew towards the girl.
She felt a gust of foul wind hit her face, and then her shoulder felt heavy. Kazumi, coming back to her senses, turned her head and saw two crows, each about half the size of her head, completely black and with red eyes, perched on her shoulders.
