My Players Are So Fierce

“Your body did not even decay after death; instead, it became more resilient and destructive due to the pure Netherworld power infused within it. Twilight is shaping you as a melee fighter, contrasted against the Countess!

I don’t even need to sense it to know that her use of Death Psychic Power has been greatly enhanced as well. It’s said she was an outstanding Half-body Man spellcaster in life, so it seems they didn’t choose the Xike curse vessel randomly.

Although this is an external power, it is enough to push your wife closer to the Golden Realm after death.

The state you two are in right now is hard to classify with the usual undead categories; your form of existence hasn’t been seen in the continent for thousands of years. Of course, in the Origin Land, such evil stories have happened more than once.”

“This is the standard and classic pairing of a lich and a grave lord.”

Next to them, enduring the Countess’s endless chatter and overwhelming desire to share, was Nifytelli, who was examining the Countess’s Spiritual Body, responding:

“During the time they were dead but not yet revived, someone tampered with their corpses — Xikemeier’s wife was made into a phylactery, while Old Count’s existence was permanently bound to this city.

This is part of the orthodox ascension ritual of the Death Moon Sect. Once the transformation is complete, this city will have a Gold Stage lich and a Gold Stage grave lord.

What a grand scale!

Such a lavish setup, even in the Origin Land, not every Pharaoh has the financial and material resources to support it. I can pretty much conclude that the covert transformation of Westerburg did not start after the war ended; such a complex arrangement takes years.

Thus, perhaps when your ten-year war just began, Westerburg was already targeted.

In other words, the war between the Exploration Corps and the Xike Territory was arranged from the start. I learned about the events of the ten-year war on my way here, and it’s said that even King Louis was involved in planning and pushing forward this war.

So, Twilight actually has informants beside King Louis?

Otherwise, it’s hard to explain how they could design and cover up this entire series of events so precisely, ultimately turning Westerburg into a mock-up of the Netherworld Legion according to their plan.”

“Hmm, your speculation is genuinely terrifying.”

Murphy whispered:

“But looking at Twilight’s style, we can’t rule out that possibility. Unfortunately, at least Lancia lacks the power to search for the truth in the Golden Flower Kingdom, so for now, it can only be speculation.

Nifytelli, what are your inspection results?

Can Westerburg’s transformation be stopped or set them free?”

“Of course, it can be resolved within ten days!”

The Mummy Girl first gave an affirmative answer, bringing joy to the two vampires and two undead present, but then, as an unreliable character, she shifted her tone, spreading her hands and tilting her head:

“But the premise is that my mentor must come in person! With my pitiful rank, I can’t solve a Netherworld Legion of this scale — they’ve been transforming for too long, and this Netherworld Army is only one step away from fully taking form.

Once the ascension ceremony for the Count and Countess is completed, Netherworld power will break through the material world’s isolation, directly flooding into Westerburg, transforming it into a Holy Land of Death!

Though surely not as powerful as the Moon Holy City, once it forms, you living ones would have no way to destroy it!

Westerburg will become a deathly dagger piercing into the continent’s center. Even if Count Xikemeier and his wife can resist Twilight’s summons and refrain from wanton slaughter, the Netherworld aura constantly extending from Westerburg will turn all of Lancia and the surrounding regions into the Land of Death.

Barren and covered with white bones, the living die while the dead wander!

In such a situation, even if the entire Death Moon Sect was mobilized, they couldn’t help you, but for us, it isn’t a bad thing; it means the Death Moon will have a second Holy City.

If you need it then, considering how familiar we are, I can introduce you to join the sect and become a low-level priest or something.

Our welfare is great, it’s a proper royal subordinate organization; each member receives free shrouds and preservatives every month, and you’ll get grain, oil, and gold on Cold Moon Festivals and Fierce Sun Days.

Though we don’t even use these…”

“Hey, your brain had a glitch again, right?”

Murphy chopped Nifytelli’s head with his hand, causing her to scream but then calm down. She pretended to cough a couple of times, saying:

“Anyway, this ascension ritual cannot be stopped, but at least I can disrupt the wrathful spirit ritual to calm you down, and then I’ll use a series of Death Moon Sect’s secret techniques to extend the time until the ascension ceremony completes.

However, this isn’t a cure-all!”

The Mummy Girl held up three fingers, saying seriously:

“I’ve already said the crux of the issue isn’t the undead of Westerburg, but this land, which has suffered too much pain and death, has already resonated with the Netherworld Will. Even if you kill all the undead in Westerburg, this ritual will resurrect them again and again.

You could say that at the moment the ascension ritual was initiated, Twilight’s setup in Westerburg was already completed.

They are already in an invincible position.

This is why Twilight doesn’t garrison personnel in this city; it’s completely unnecessary to do so.

Now, I can delay the completion of the ascension ritual by three months, meaning that in at most nine months from now, the Holy Land of Death will fully form!

During this process, you must find that ‘Origin.’

Kill her!

Destroy her faction!

Retrieve the joint phylactery of the Earl and Countess — that thing is the core of this city’s ascension ritual and the core of the Netherworld Will’s resonance with this land.

Once recovered, I can constrain the death power from spreading outwards, and like the Moon Holy City, allow it to accumulate and purify within a fixed area until it becomes the second Moon Holy City in a few hundred years.

Of course, I must remind you both.

Once a Holy City is formed, the Death Moon Sect must take over, not because we covet territory or power, but because ordinary people really can’t handle this thing.”

“Hmm.”

Murphy nodded. Triss seemed sad but didn’t object.

So, things were decided just like that.

Then Nifytelli turned back to look at the Old Count and his loli-teacher-wife, saying:

“As for you two…

Though you are not registered bona fide Netherworld monarchs, since things are as they are, I will apply to the Moon Holy City for you two to personally handwrite an explanatory material and application document, to be forwarded by the Death Moon faction to the ‘Kings of the Tombs’ for review.

If they agree to your joining, then you will become part of the glorious ‘Ancient Kings’… yes, enjoying the royal support of the Pharaoh King.

The benefits are excellent!

Not only do you automatically have the status of a high priest in the Death Moon Sect, but you also receive a deathly chariot custom-made by the Ptolemaic Dynasty with a Netherworld Forbidden Guards honor guard, and you can even be assigned a Netherworld Cerberus to guard your gate.

If you have special tastes, you can also opt for an Anubis Giant or Netherworld Giant Scorpion instead.

On the seventh of every month, you can attend the Ancient Kings’ gatherings at the end of the Path of the Dead in the Netherworld.

That’s the status symbol in the World of Death!

I’m so envious.

Sigh, it’s a pity my tribal background isn’t strong, so unqualified to support the Ancient Kings, otherwise, I’d count as your colleague.

So don’t be downcast, you two.

Death is not the end of life; especially for those who qualify, it’s just the beginning of another journey.

Anticipate a beautiful new life in death, I think you two will become the brightest new stars at the Kings’ gathering.

Especially you, Countess.

Your extraordinary eloquence truly has the potential to become the queen of the banquet.”