Valon: Even a supporting character can change his fate.

As for those blacksmiths who were lured by Wolfe, they were very resistant to working for the undead at first, but they could not resist the high wages and good treatment offered by them.

One month's salary from the undead is equivalent to their previous three months' wages. At the same time, they can eat as much meat and fish as they want. It seems that there is nothing wrong with working for the undead.

While the Lich was managing a group of blacksmiths to forge weapons for the undead, Bai had already established a firm foothold in the bitter cold land.

As a dreadlord, the harsh environment of the Bitter Cold Land has very little impact on Bai.

After arriving in this bitter and cold land, Bai did not waste any time. He immediately took action and found a barbarian tribe as quickly as possible.

Without giving the barbarians any chance to react, he killed several of the barbarians on guard under the cover of night, sneaked into the tribe, and killed those who were sleeping one after another.

However, there were some small accidents in the process.

The chief of this tribe turned out to be a shaman with some magical powers. When Bai was about to kill him, he woke up. What a pity.

Even though the sneak attack failed, the disparity in strength between the two sides was too great, and he did not give the other side time to cast a spell. Relying on brute force, Bai pinched the other side's neck and strangled him to death.

After slaughtering an entire tribe of barbarians, Bai gathered the corpses together and began to chant undead magic, and with the help of materials, he transformed all the barbarians into undead.

Of course, what was transformed and summoned were not skeleton soldiers, nor were they ghouls. For such a strong body, transforming it into skeletons is really a waste of resources. Even if it is a ghoul, it will have an impact on the original body.

Based on the local characteristics and using materials commonly found in bitter and cold lands, Bai transformed these corpses into a special kind of undead creature, the corpse ghost.

A ghoul can be said to be a variant of a zombie. It retains the strength it had in life, but its skin is harder, and its hard claws and sharp teeth can spread corpse poison.

However, the difference is that the zombie's body is too stiff and the movements it can make are extremely simple, but it is different for ghouls. They sacrifice strength and the hardness of their skin in exchange for more flexible movements.

The limbs are stiffer than those of a living person, but can be bent.

This tribe was just the beginning. In the following time, Bai led the zombies to attack several barbarian tribes in succession. However, Bai did not transform the people of these tribes into zombies. Instead, he let the existing zombies absorb the vitality of these living people to make them stronger.

These corpses that have absorbed the vitality of living people will not only have their skin and strength further enlarged, but their limbs will also become more flexible.

After a corpse absorbs the vitality of three living people, the sensitivity of its limbs can be restored to the state it was in life.

Only after restoring each ghoul's sensitivity to normal will Shiro continue to transform new ghouls.

Those whose vitality is sucked away by the corpse will die immediately and their bodies will become very stiff.

However, Bai did not waste it. Since the flesh and blood had become completely stiff and was not suitable for transformation into a corpse ghost, the flesh and blood could be removed and transformed into a skeleton soldier.

However, the skeleton soldiers summoned in this way are completely consumables, cannon fodder among cannon fodder, and are three times more fragile than ordinary skeleton soldiers.

However, based on the principle that even the smallest bit of meat is still meat, if these corpses are not disposed of, once they are discovered by the barbarians from other tribes, it will inevitably arouse their vigilance.

As for these cannon fodder skeletons, now is not the time for them to appear. After all, there are too many targets and they can be easily discovered, causing unnecessary trouble.

To this end, Bai specially dug a big pit, threw them all in, then froze the pit mouth with ice magic, covered it with a thick layer of snow, and finally left a mark so that he could come back and find them later.

Of course, Bai also knows what sustainable exhaustion of resources means.

Although the barbarians in the bitter cold land exist in the form of tribes, their brains are not very good and there is generally no communication between tribes.

Because of this, Bai destroyed several tribes without being discovered by the locals. However, if too many tribes were destroyed, they would definitely be discovered.

Besides, these barbarians are a bit stupid. If they are pushed into a corner, it is hard to guarantee that they will not unite to deal with Bai.

Although it is not impossible for Bai to destroy them with his strength, doing so will certainly result in the loss of a lot of troops. Besides, there are not many barbarians in the bitter cold land. If he kills them all, where will he find high-quality soldiers in the future?

For this reason, Bai stopped hunting after replenishing the number of ghouls to a certain level, and began to lead the ghouls to dig the solid ice buried under the snow.

Soon, the lich sent them the first batch of equipment. In addition to weapons and equipment, there were also more digging tools such as hammers and hoes, which greatly improved the digging efficiency of the corpses.

Of course, with so many people digging at the same time, it would definitely make some noise and attract some unnecessary trouble, including hunting teams of barbarians out hunting.

Although Bai had no intention of continuing to provoke them, every time he met them, in order to hide his whereabouts, Bai would take action in time to kill them, either letting the corpse ghosts absorb the breath of the living, or transforming them into corpse ghosts.

The lich brought weapons and tools to everyone, and when he left, he returned with a full load of ice.

When Wolfe came the second time, he saw the pile of ice in front of him and his eyes lit up instantly. After completing the exchange, he said that he would bring more iron ore next time.

As time went on, the number of zombies led by Bai became larger and larger. Coupled with the large-scale excavation of solid ice, they would naturally be discovered by the surrounding barbarian tribes.

The barbarian tribe's solution to this suddenly emerging force was very simple and brutal, which was to completely eliminate it.

But they soon discovered that they had underestimated the strength of this force. Apart from anything else, just talking about individual strength, the corpse ghosts who regained their flexibility by absorbing vitality were on par with the barbarians.

In addition, the zombies have hard skin and are not afraid of death, which makes them superior to the barbarians as individuals.

Not to mention weapons and equipment.

Because of their low productivity, most barbarians wore clothes made of animal skins and held things made of animal bones in their hands.

Look at the zombies again. They are wearing iron armor and holding sharp swords and solid shields in their hands. They don't need to use too much force in the weapon clash. They can easily cut off the weapons in the hands of the barbarians.

It also cuts through the hides of the barbarians as easily as a hot knife through butter.