Chapter 42: Redwind Plains and the Origin of the Undead

"How is it? Did he confess?" Qin Muye arrived at the prison and asked Evil Language, who was interrogating near the entrance.

Though called a prison, it was more like individual small rooms. After the Spider Corpse Hero Klose was captured, he couldn't break free. The prison had innate effects like anti-magic and weakening spells. Unless someone opened it from the outside, escaping was impossible.

"He revealed quite a bit, Master. Our situation is not optimistic," Evil Language's tone carried a sense of seriousness. He began explaining the history of the region they were in.

The area where Qin Muye's territory was located was called the Redwind Plains. Once, it was a territory of the Mage Alliance, the Silver Star Alliance. Later, the Orc Rebellion had some impact, but that wasn't the focus.

The crucial point was that this area was once the birthplace of beast-type people, a region where different races coexisted as slaves.

Various horrific experiments took place here. Eventually, the gods of different races joined forces to strike against the Mage Alliance. This turned the region into chaos, a mix of divine and magical energies. It rarely saw outsiders passing through.

At irregular intervals each year, the air would turn red. This signaled a significant expansion of chaotic magical and divine energies, plunging the entire area into extreme turmoil. No one knew when this eruption would occur or how long it would last.

The cause of the red storm, where magical and divine energies entwined in chaos, was the fall of a great mage and a divine being. Hence, it was named the Redwind Plains, originally known as the Abundant Plains.

The Silver Star Alliance left because living here was impossible, leaving behind a mess, including the inability to enter or leave, beast-type undead, and various unfavorable environmental conditions.

Beast-type people were in an awkward position. The gods of other races didn't acknowledge them, and after the battles between the gods and mages, they were left behind. The mages didn't think of taking these slaves with them, so they were abandoned in this area.

As time passed, the beast-type people who didn't receive enough supplies naturally died. The remaining few became undead, forming a faction.

Due to the battles between gods and mages, only a small portion of the region was livable. Other areas, even for monsters, were impossible to survive in, let alone undead.

Evil Language also found out how Molek entered. They used teleportation magic to come here and had traded with the beast-type undead, exchanging items like Qin Muye's Monster Handbook and needed spell books.

Moreover, it wasn't because of the undead; it was primarily due to the extreme danger of the Redwind Plains. Qin Muye had blocked them, and they couldn't autonomously set prices, so they felt displeased. They had intended to leave using teleportation magic again but ran into Qin Muye and were then bound by the rules of "Lord's Epoch."

In other words, the so-called return was just a deception. The other party would definitely not come back.

No benefits, only danger. Even if there were benefits, the Mage Alliance had already emptied them, leaving nothing for outsiders.

Qin Muye's Mage Tower was probably affected by the earlier events in this region.

However, the original owner had long since fled; otherwise, the Mage Tower wouldn't be so clean. After listening, Qin Muye's face turned green. He had been sent to an isolated place.

No wonder the original inhabitants didn't come knocking on his door. It turned out that in this place, a momentary lapse could lead to death. Who would willingly come here?

Of course, there was some good news. The only undead faction around was this one. Given the limited area, they couldn't develop much, but they were united.

Currently, the undead faction had a total of 4 heroes. Qin Muye killed 2, captured 1, and one remained.

"So, the last wave of the siege tomorrow is essentially luring the last hero of the opposing faction to come and die?" Qin Muye couldn't help but feel speechless.

He also understood now why his resources were so scarce.

The creatures like wolves during the novice period were likely spawned by "Lord's Epoch." After the novice period, all the monsters turned into undead, confirming this indirectly.

Don't be fooled by the fact that there were only 4 undead heroes. It was normal; non-lords couldn't become heroes easily.

Having 4 was considered lucky.

All these undead units were awakened using undead magic, reviving the dead beast-type people. Therefore, they didn't possess sentience.

After all, they were low-level undead like skeletons and zombies. Unless they could continue advancing in tiers, they wouldn't develop sentience.

The performance of low-level undead like skeletons and zombies advancing to heroes indicated the emergence of sentience.

From Klose's information, Qin Muye also learned about the location of the undead faction's territory—in a tomb of an undead mage.

An undead mage's tomb was equivalent to a Mage Tower. Of course, undead mages could also build Mage Towers. It depended on personal preference, and there was no compulsion.

Through continuous exploration, they had almost turned this tomb into an underground city.

"How did the projection of the Wisdom Tree come in back then?" Qin Muye was somewhat puzzled, thinking about the first native he encountered, who clearly had ulterior motives.

"It must be directed at me; after all, my situation is quite obvious."

The Redwind Plains was indeed special, a place where the death of a god or a mage was a disgrace to various races, especially elves.

The four undead heroes belonged to the elf race, forming a new clan with the surname "Mori." Why they chose this surname, Qin Muye didn't know; Evil Language asked, but they didn't say.

"I thought I could relax a bit after surviving the monster siege, but it seems that I'm not at ease at all. The impending disaster of the Redwind Plains could erupt at any time. Even if it doesn't threaten lives for now, I might have to face it sooner or later," Qin Muye thought.

Looking at the current situation, the Redwind Plains disaster wouldn't reach him. However, the expansion of magical and divine energies would eventually cover the region he was in. This was confirmed from Klose's information.

The Redwind Plains disaster was corroding the last safe area.

His territory didn't have legs; how could it escape?

He could only find a way to eliminate the Redwind Plains disaster. If it didn't endanger lives, Qin Muye could retreat, but now it was clear that he couldn't retreat.

This wave turned external threats into internal worries.

(End of this chapter)