Pioneer Lord: Starting From Daily Intelligence

Chapter 730 - 69: Powerful Night Wanderer Corpses and Generous Transaction Returns

Jasper, as a legendary level undead mage, is the main force of undead power active in the Gray Mountain Range, and his strength is truly extraordinary.

Su Li had to pay close attention and asked, "How can you distinguish if a group of undead is Night Wanderer Corpses or ordinary undead?"

Gesen solemnly replied, "It’s quite easy. Jasper purposely differentiates his Night Wanderer Corpses from ordinary undead, so except for regular Night Wanderer Corpses still wearing tattered rags, the core Night Wanderer Corpses, Corpse Demons, and others wear wolf skin cloak uniforms split in half along their height."

"Additionally, they have various badges. For instance, Jasper’s corpse transport vehicle hangs with scattered pieces of human skin, which are covered with Morse Rib colored spider-like script. Their soldiers’ shields also bear faded emblems—a dead wolf with a bleeding long lance wound."

"Moreover, their tactics are distinctive, depending on the scale of Night Wanderer Corpses. The envoy, like a spy, enters the settlement before the main force. If the envoy is killed, Jasper will maneuver the Night Wanderer Corpses toward safer targets. He aims to gather as many envoys as possible and is uninterested in battles not favoring him."

"When their power is intact, the Night Wanderer Corpses rely purely on numbers to fight. The main force of lesser undead will march ahead to clear the path for Jasper. He always favors heading towards graveyards. He orchestrates chaos using zombies and skeletons inside settlements, while commanding his corpse transport vehicle to any potential graveyard or cemetery. Settlements that surrender to Night Wanderer Corpses generally face no further disturbances. The Night Wanderer Corpses pass through the settlement, taking away the dead and leaving the living behind closed doors."

"In inevitable conflicts, Night Wanderer Corpses will erode their enemies using waves of lesser undead. The life energy of zombies and skeletons will continuously grow as the corpse transport vehicle approaches. Unusually for an undead mage, Jasper tends not to sacrifice his subordinates when possible, dispatching lower-value undead creatures and communal grave corpses to the front when significant threats appear."

"Simply put: Night Wanderer Corpses never stop moving, and their paths are unpredictable unless someone knows where a plague or battle erupted nearby recently. During mobility, Night Wanderer Corpses spread out centered on Jasper. The farther they are from the corpse transport vehicle, the less stable Jasper’s control over them becomes, making their actions more erratic. Many knights are more likely to encounter these peripheral detached undead rather than the core of Night Wanderer Corpses themselves, possibly observing them moving with more purpose than usual for such creatures. Battle and noise will draw other corpse groups, but rarely attract Jasper’s attention unless they are too close to the Night Wanderer Corpses’ center. In such cases, Muhawa is dispatched to handle these intruders."

"So if you are to guard against Night Wanderer Corpses, you must focus on gathering intelligence, promptly eliminating envoys infiltrating the territory. We failed to notice the infiltrating envoy, thus attracting the invasion of Night Wanderer Corpses."

Upon hearing this, Su Li frowned. With the aid of Daily Intelligence, he had a unique advantage in dealing with Night Wanderer Corpses, easily eliminating envoys infiltrating the territory.

However, advantages come with drawbacks. Assisted by Daily Intelligence, he often initiates battles, expanding territories, and resulting in a plethora of battles and battlefield remnants, which greatly attract the Night Wanderer Corpses’ main force. After all, on the plains northeast of Heisen Castle, there lie tens of thousands of monster remains. Black Magic doesn’t care if you’ve burned them to ashes; so long as there are souls, even connecting to ashes can create a multitude of zombies and skeletons. Not to mention, Su Li didn’t have the strength back then to cut vast numbers of trees to burn these tens of thousands of remains.

His entire territory suffered severe losses at the time, with a sharp population decline and countless wounded soldiers. Managing to care for the wounded in the territory and properly dispose of the thousands of fallen corpses without rot and plague was quite challenging. Under such scarcity, coffins were in short supply. As for the tens of thousands of monster remains, a pit was dug, and they were hastily buried. Only some very important and fresh remains were preserved, sacrificed by the Father of Grains.

Thinking along these lines, Su Li looked towards Demster; the intelligence specifically revealed that the Divine Chosen of the Death God Mole was given to him, likely to aid in dealing with the numerous war aftermaths within the territory.

Thus, Su Li said, "In the upcoming period, lead Mole’s followers and knights to clear and manage the various battlefield remnants throughout the territory."

"If spare energy allows, it’s best to go to the Heroic Spirit Garden, open the graves of the fallen soldiers in the territory, and use the divine magic [End-of-Life Ceremony] to grant them eternal rest."

Su Li increasingly felt that Mole’s followers were like the people of Cameroon, where the Sun-Corpse Festival is celebrated. Every 7 years, coffins are opened to let deceased remains bask in sunlight.

Mole’s followers also have this ability; by chanting a solemn soul soothing hymn at the corpses, they can ensure that the soul is conveyed to Mole’s domain and guarantee the corpse doesn’t become a target for any necromancy. If the target of the divine magic is an enemy with undead creature and construct characteristics, it will be destroyed.