Lords of All: The Moving Castle of the Dead

Irmaha, the rat-man city-state.

"Lord City Lord, information has been sent from the border."

The attendant knocked on the door and walked into the office, placed the sealed metal drum on the desk, bowed and left.

Because he was concerned about the undead, the lord of the lower city did not go to the dungeon to work. Instead, he stayed in the dungeon and temporarily shared an office with the lord of the upper city.

The city lord picked up the metal cylinder and checked the magic seal on it to make sure no one had tampered with it. Then he opened the cylinder and poured out a piece of animal skin paper.

He spread out the animal skin paper and frowned after just reading the first sentence. He resisted the urge to get angry and finished reading the information on the animal skin paper before handing the animal skin paper to the lower city lord.

The Lord of the Lower City was stunned by the animal skin paper. He suddenly slammed the table hard and yelled in a high-pitched voice, "The undead are provoking! Are you trying to bully my rat tribe?"

The first sentence on the animal skin paper reads: The construction of the new city of the dead has been completed and it will be named the border city of the dead.

What does this name mean?

Blatantly mocking the Ratmen!

We ratmen can't defeat the undead. If it weren't for the restrictions imposed by rules, countless armies of ratmen would surely crush the undead.

It is unbearable.

The lower city lord was very angry. As soon as he took office as the city lord, the undead came to apply eye drops. It was so bullying.

He is the city lord in charge of the military. If he doesn't show the undead some color this time, he won't have to be the city lord anymore.

Before he could speak again, the Lord of the Upper City tapped the table with his nails, signaling him to look down.

The Lord of the Lower City suppressed the fire, picked up the animal skin paper and continued to look down.

The information below explained the meaning of the city's name. It was not the provocation of the undead as they thought. They simply wanted to express that this city was a city on the border between the rat people and the undead.

Even if you want to express a border city, you can't name it like this. This is so misleading!

The lower city lord was still aggrieved.

The undead must be allowed to change the name of this city!

Must change!

Looking back again, the Lord of the Lower City remained silent.

The following information is very interesting. It probably means that some undead came out of the new city and arrived at the border. After waiting for a long time, they found the spies and asked the spies to bring a message. The undead wanted to see the Ratman City Lord and discuss the matter with the Ratmen. Communicating with the dead.

It seems like a very common thing, but what is revealed inside is very interesting.

The undead did not cross the border and go directly to the city-state of Ilmaha to find them. Instead, they waited at the border and let spies deliver messages.

This shows that the other party recognizes boundaries and respects rules, and that the other party knows that they have sent spies to monitor them.

Letting the spies deliver the message means that the other party can communicate with them, and is not the kind of being that cannot communicate, nor is it a cold-blooded and ruthless monster who only knows how to kill.

Discussing trade matters made the two city lords even more interested.

In addition to their large population and advanced technology, the Ratmen's developed business is also one of their advantages.

Their intelligence is not only reflected in the development of technology. In various commercial fields, the Ratmen are also very successful. Their caravans are spread throughout the central area, providing a large amount of resources for the Ratmen.

Although the city owner was unhappy because he lost the war and ceded the land to the undead, the contradiction was a contradiction and business was business. Even if he was angry, it would not affect making money.

Interest is the key to maintaining everything.

After the new Lord of Shangxia City took office, he even studied this matter specifically.

There are a lot of resources in the territory that the undead now have, and they, the ratmen, also need them.

It turns out that these resources belong to the rat people, but now that the territory belongs to the undead, the things belong to others. If you want them, you need to exchange them.

Even if the undead did not propose trade, the city lord of Ilmaha would still propose trade.

If you want to develop, you cannot miss resources.

"Upper City Lord, what do you think?" After reading the information, the Lower City Lord put down the animal skin paper and looked at the Upper City Lord and asked.

"The other party is asking for trade. I think it is a good thing. We should go and see each other." The Lord of the Upper City said immediately.

"Could this be a trap?" The lower city lord asked worriedly.

"Are you afraid that they will launch a surprise attack on us, kill us at the border, and then invade the city-state territory?" The upper city lord immediately understood what the lower city lord meant, and continued what he said.

The lower city lord nodded, indicating that this was what he was worried about.

They are not familiar with the undead race. Although the other party behaves well, it does not really follow the rules. They don't know because there is no evidence to show how the other party does things.

If the other party uses the excuse of trade to deceive them and then kill them, the city-state of Illamaha will be leaderless.

When the undead tribe launches another attack, even if the rat tribe wants to rescue them, it will be too late.

"This is not a big deal. We can act separately. You stay and guard Illamaha while I go to see the undead." The Lord of the City seemed to have already thought of a countermeasure and said without hesitation.

"No, it's better for me to go. It's safer for me to go." Lower City Lord frowned and said.

He felt that the city lord regarded him as a coward.

As a city lord in charge of the military, he would not back down in the face of danger.

"It would be better for me to go. I am in charge of the upper city area. Trade is my responsibility. I should go."

"Downtown is more important than uptown, and you can't take any chances."

The upper city lord shook his head and explained to the lower city lord.

Seeing that he didn't mean to look down on him, the lower city lord calmed down and thought about it seriously, feeling that the upper city lord's words did make sense.

The biggest advantage of going to the border to meet the undead by himself is that he is not easily killed, but discussing trade matters is indeed not what he is good at.

Although it is dangerous to go to the city lord to meet the undead, it is a good choice from all aspects.

"Wait, why do we have to go there? Isn't it good to let the undead come to Illamaha City?" The Lord of the City suddenly thought of something and said suddenly.

"Are you willing to let the undead come to Irmaha?" The Lord of the City frowned and asked.

"Why not?" Lower City Lord asked in surprise.

"Meeting at the border does not involve any confidentiality, but if we let them come to our side, they may leak our intelligence." The Lord of the Upper City said with some worry.

"No, I don't think so. Letting them come to our side, I think is the best choice at the moment." Lower City Lord raised his head and said.

Leaking information?

The lower city lord didn’t believe it.

If you want to detect information, you must at least be able to detect it.

There are just a bunch of skeletons. As long as they are not blind, they can tell they are undead at a glance. Who dares to tell them the information?

The opponent's state directly caused one's own vigilance.

As long as the undead come to their sphere of influence, as long as they are strictly guarded, the other party will have almost no chance to detect any information.

The lower city lord is still very confident about this.

"Okay then, I'll send someone to send a message to the undead and ask them to come to our side to discuss it." The Lord of the Upper City simply agreed when he saw that the Lord of the Lower City had made up his mind.

The Lord of the City found the animal skin paper, dipped it in ink and wrote on it, then sealed it in a metal barrel, called the attendant, and asked him to hand it over to the spies on the front line.

……

Li Ziyu summoned Zhang Peng and Liu Xingxing back.

The original mission of the two of them, Zhang Peng, was to dig holes under the central area and build his own underground passage network.

Liu Xingxing's mission is to hide himself, explore the Central Continent, and draw a map.

Li Ziyu also didn't expect that things would go so smoothly, that he would gain a foothold in the central area so easily, and even obtain a fairly large territory.

Plans never change quickly. If things go better than he planned, the plans will have to change accordingly.

Zhang Peng should prioritize the construction of underground passages within the territory of the undead.

The Rat Man's special skill is to dig holes, and Li Ziyu didn't want the other party to dig underneath him while he didn't know anything about it.

Instead of waiting for the other party to dig underground first, it is better to dig the tunnel yourself first and use magic to defeat magic.

Another point is that having underground tunnels is also very beneficial to future business.

In addition to using corpse transport vehicles to transport goods on the ground, Zhang Peng's Gopher Fortress can also transport large amounts of goods faster and more conveniently than corpse transport vehicles.

The comparison is like the difference between long-distance freight and subway.

Liu Xingxing was asked to come back so that he could explore the mineral treasures within the territory.

To find these things, there's no better way to send a treasure-hunting cat person.

Liu Xingxing found the original Revenant Mountains.

If you want to find out what resources are available within the territory in a short period of time, Liu Xingxing will naturally have to get started.

Li Ziyu doesn't feel that relying on a group of undead to find mineral veins.

An environment like a deserted land was not suitable for a meeting, so Li Ziyu just told the two of them what they needed to do in a private chat.

Because they were doing something they were familiar with, something Liu Xingxing and Zhang Peng could easily do.

Trade was the result of discussions between Li Ziyu and Zhang Peng.

Zhang Peng is a businessman after all. Compared with other ways to gather resources, he prefers to use business.

Li Ziyu naturally likes resources, but what he values ​​​​more is the caravan!

It is best to be a caravan that can travel around the central area!

Through the caravan, he can better understand the Central Continent and at the same time collect a large amount of intelligence, which will be beneficial to future actions.

To discuss business with the rat people is to conduct experiments and explore the other party's tone.

[The rat-man spies have arrived, requesting a meeting. 】

A message crossed the soul network, and Li Ziyu immediately sent a message to the Black Warriors and asked them to take a look.

The boundary between the territory of the city-state of Ilmaha of the rat people and the territory of the undead tribe.

"Undead, undead, why me? These guys are too dangerous. I won't do it again after this mission is over. Sooner or later, I will die in the hands of those big masters." The rat man spy looked around, his eyes full of vigilance, and his mouth Whispering quietly.

He felt like an unlucky guy who was sent to monitor the undead.

Skaven spies witnessed the establishment of the Rat-Dead Border City.

It was too fast. In just a short time, a city rose up in front of his eyes.

It's not that crudely made. On the contrary, the houses in the city are all made of stone.

He couldn't figure out where the undead transported so much wood and stones. The wood and stones were all processed, and it felt as if the undead had prepared them in advance.

After the new city was established, a group of undead came out of the new city and came to the border.

These undead are very interesting. They are standing on the border. As long as they take one more step, they will enter the territory of the rat people. However, they have not crossed the border.

He observed the undead for a long time, always feeling that the undead were looking at him.

It turns out that his feeling was correct, the undead really discovered him and saw through his disguise.

For the first time, he was forced to show up.

He thought there would be a bloody battle, but he didn't expect that the undead actually asked him to deliver a message to the city lord.

There are no obstacles in communicating with the undead, and the other party speaks directly, without any beating around the bush.

The rat spy knew that these matters were beyond his control, so he compiled the information and sent it back to Ilmaha.

Irmahar has a reply, he needs to find the undead.

The problem is that he doesn't dare to cross the border line, so he just stands stupidly at the border line waiting for the undead, not knowing when the other party will notice him.

What surprised the rat spy was that no matter how long he stood there, a skeleton came over and stared at him silently.

Soon, there were more than a dozen undead standing opposite him.

"Hey, I'm here to deliver a message. I need to see the one you can call the shots... the skeleton." The rat spy waved the metal cylinder in his hand and shouted to the undead skeleton.

In response to his shouts, the skeletal undead made no move, and just looked at him intently, which made him feel terrified.

What is going on with these skeletons? They are so different from the undead wearing armor before.

The spy retreated silently, intending to escape first, but an undead skeleton bent down, picked up a stone, threw it towards the spy, and pointed at the spot where he was standing just now.

The spy was startled and tentatively stepped back. The skeleton opposite picked up stones again. He quickly stepped forward, but the skeleton immediately stopped.

Is this... asking me to stand there and wait?

The rat spy guessed what the skeleton meant and felt slightly relaxed.

After waiting boredly for a while, he saw again the undead warriors wearing black heavy armor he met last time.

"You're finally here. I thought you wouldn't come." The bored spy complained to the Black Warrior.

"It takes time to get here from Rat Death Border City." Black Warrior pointed in the direction of the new city and explained.

"This is the city lord's reply to you. I'll put it on the ground and you can pick it up yourself." The spy said and took out a piece of animal skin paper.

He stared at the black warrior, slowly took two steps forward, carefully bent down, placed the animal skin paper on the boundary line, and pressed it with stones to prevent it from being blown away by the wind.

After doing all this, he immediately retreated and looked at the Black Warrior warily.

The Black Warrior looked at the spy strangely, stepped forward and picked up the animal skin paper.

He shook the animal skin paper seriously and put it in front of him. The eyes of the undead floating in the sky floated over curiously and looked at the animal skin paper as well.

"Sure enough, I can't understand it." Through the eyes of the undead, Li Ziyu saw the writing on the animal skin paper. Those crooked writings were not any kind of writing that he was familiar with.

But looking at the serious look on Black Knight's face, you should be able to understand it, right?

[What is written above? ] Li Ziyu asked in the soul network.

[Master, don’t you understand? Don’t you know what is written on it? 】The information about the Black Warrior came quickly.

[How can I possibly understand the writings of the Ratmen? 】 Li Ziyu asked differently.

[Then why do you think I can understand the writings of the rat people? I am an undead. 】Dark Warrior asked back.

Damn it, what you said makes sense, I didn’t reply.

[You don’t understand what you are pretending to be? Just ask! 】

Black Warrior could feel his master's impatience through the soul network.

【…】

He waved the animal skin paper in his hand towards the rat scout, beckoning him to come over.

The spy hesitated for a moment, then stepped forward, and then saw the black warrior handing the animal skin paper to him.

Spy:? ? ?

"What's written on it?" Black Warrior asked.

Spy: ...

You can't read, so what are you doing reading for a long time?

"Read it to me." Black Warrior said again.

The spy was a little embarrassed, but after looking at the Black Warrior, he finally took the animal skin paper and read the words on it.

The general meaning is that the city lords of Ilmaha already know the undead's willingness to trade. They feel that trade between the two races is a good thing, so they invite the undead to the Ilmaha city-state for detailed discussions.