Count Pluto’s face turned pale when he felt his heart being crushed by the undead Fanna, and a wave of weakness washed over him.

"Cough!" He fell weakly onto his knees and coughed up blood from his mouth. He knew he was about to die as his life force was being drained at a rapid pace.

[Ding Dong]

[You are dying]

[Searching for a surviving Oreburgh Bloodline]

[Search successful]

[Bloodline Detected]

[Amber Oreburgh, the sole survivor of the Oreburgh Bloodline, has been detected]

[Transferring the title of Countess to Amber Oreburgh]

These rows of text kept flashing on his retina, and he gave a bitter smile as he thought, ’Who would have thought that in the end she would become the Countess... I hope she can continue the Oreburgh Bloodline.’

"Tsk." The undead Fanna clicked her tongue and looked at the other undeads, who were standing before her with their heads bowed.

"Go, kill everyone and turn them into undead." Her voice sounded like a royal decree, and the undeads vanished from their places like obedient soldiers and immediately began a massacre.

Then her eyes turned toward Pluto’s corpse, which started to twitch before slowly rising again as an undead.

"Grrr..." the undead growled at her and knelt in front of her. Her face scrunched up in displeasure. "If you are going to be my King, you should at least be able to speak a human language."

"You, bring that human," the undead Fanna ordered one of the undead soldiers, who dragged a male servant forward by his throat while he looked around in terror.

Bang!

The undead tossed the male servant onto the ground. He looked upward fearfully, and his eyes nearly popped out of their sockets.

"Lord Pluto... and... Lady Fanna!"

The servant could not believe that Miss Fanna, who should have died years ago and turned to nothing but bones, had resurrected as an undead, and there was even flesh on her body.

"Eat him," Fanna said coldly to Pluto, who slowly started walking toward the servant. The servant’s face turned deathly pale at the sight.

"N-No, wait! I surrender, turn me into an undead! I can be useful!" he cried as tears and snot dripped from his nose. "Lady Fanna, I took care of young Miss Amber after you died, please spare me!"

Hearing this, the undead Fanna gave a mocking smile and said, "The only way you can be useful is by providing him with intelligence."

"D-Don’t come close to me! Lord Pluto, spare me!" The servant crawled backward frantically with his hands.

Under his terrified and panicked gaze, the undead reached forward and grabbed his head before taking a savage bite out of his face.

"Aaargh!!! It hurts!!!! It hurts so much!"

Then Pluto knelt down beside him and bit into his arm, tearing off a large chunk of flesh in the process.

"Help me! It hurts so much!"

He then lowered his head onto his other arm and began devouring his hand, tearing off two fingers with a single bite.

"I’m willing to be your dog! I’ll work myself to death for you! Turn me into an undead!"

His desperate screams echoed everywhere, bouncing between the nearby buildings and creating a shrill, piercing echo that shook the eardrums of all who heard it.

Under Pluto’s savage assault, he was bitten all over until his body became a mangled mess of blood and flesh. His screams of pain and agony finally ceased when Undead Pluto bit into his throat.

"Wife..." Pluto, who had regained his intelligence, quickly ran toward Fanna and performed a dogeza.

She did not look at him, instead turning her gaze toward the text flashing on her retina.

[Ding Dong]

[Congratulations, you have gained a Territory of your own]

[This is the foundation of your Undead Empire]

[Do you want to become the ruler of Oreburgh County? Yes/No]

"Hey, give me your arm," Fanna said while narrowing her eyes at her ex-husband.

"Yes, Mistress." He did not know what she intended to do, but he complied and extended his arm, which she grabbed. She was Tier 4, far stronger than him, and he could not disobey her.

"Huh?" Undead Pluto’s eyes widened as he saw the text.

[You have become the Territory Lord of the Undead Territory]

"Queen, why did you give it to me?" Pluto asked in confusion.

"Hmph, don’t think too much. I wanted to surprise my daughter. She would be very happy to see her mother after so long." Fanna wore a grotesque smile on her face.

"Within a month at most, I will gather an army and attack the Silvernum Territory," she said excitedly. She had already learned from the maids and secret spies she turned into undead that her precious daughter was at the Silvernum Territory. She could already imagine how beautiful Amber would look once she became the princess of her mother’s undead kingdom.

"Yes, yes..." Pluto replied with a fawning smile.

Bang!

Fanna directly placed her foot on his head and pressed him against the ground before saying in a malicious tone, "You didn’t think I forgot you for killing me, right? Time to repay your debts."

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"So, you’re saying your father became an undead and is now ruling the county?" Victor asked again with wide eyes as he looked at Amber in shock. She nodded and said in a solemn tone, "I was about to hand over the territory to you, but before I could, it was snatched back by my undead father."

"I see..." Victor nodded and started thinking. He was already planning to retake it, as it would help him gain more territories to establish a kingdom for his evolution.

Before he could think any further, a soldier ran toward Edward and whispered something with a pale face. Edward’s eyes widened in horror as he looked toward Victor.

"What happened, Edward?" Victor asked, as he had never seen Edward wear such a pale and serious expression.

"It’s the former Baron and Baroness Silvernum... they have become undead and are taking over the territory," Edward said.

Victor’s pupils constricted as he shouted, "WHAT?!"