Elora accepted the Nine Netherworld Queen's allegiance.
Furthermore, Elora did not reclaim the permission granted to Jiuyou.
In the early stages of gaining initial control of the undead empire, Elora needed someone very familiar with it to assist her.
The Nine Netherworld Queen, the "chief steward" once appointed by the ancient king, was the best helper.
As for betrayal or underhanded tactics?
It does not exist.
The armored robe, in its remnant soul state, was unable to fully control all the ancient king's authority, nor did it have sufficient control over the eight fallen rulers.
This change is reflected in the fact that, over the past few centuries, the ancient kings have weakened their ability to suppress the fallen rulers of the eight directions.
This is also one of the reasons why the Nine Netherworlds were able to discover the anomalies in the Ancient King.
However, Elora has now completely taken control of the Ancient King's authority, and her strength is now almost on par with that of the true Ancient King.
In her current state, Elora has absolute control over the life and death of all undead in the Undead Empire.
Not only are they afraid to betray, but Elora will also know about any thought of rebellion that even slightly arises.
Elora is not their original queen; all her actions are centered on Su Lan's interests.
Any unstable factors that hinder the execution of Father God's plan are her targets for elimination.
Elora thought this way, and she did it this way.
The undead empire left behind by the ancient king will now be managed by Elora.
Before Su Lan and Serafina left, Serafina teleported over a legion of alien girls, the weakest of whom were all at the commander level.
Elora is not an undead, and as a sub-emperor, she cannot do everything herself.
There are no living beings in the Undead Empire; all creatures are undead, exuding a strong aura of death.
Even after the Nine Netherworlds, there are still some things that are not very convenient to handle.
Therefore, the alien girl legion belonging to Elora is quite necessary.
Su Lan believed that when the time was right, Elora would definitely try to seize the power of Hades among the dead.
As for Khufu, the sub-emperor who currently holds the power of Hades, we can simply defeat him when the time comes.
.....
It's a new day.
The number of undead outside the ancient capital is increasing, and the undead encountered are becoming more and more frenzied. The Bell Tower Magic Association has raised the alert level of the ancient capital to a semi-combat readiness state.
The impact of raising the alert level to semi-combat readiness is that all flights to and from the ancient capital will be suspended today.
The city gates that would normally be wide open during the day are now only open at the east gate under the state of semi-war preparedness.
The remaining city gates were completely closed.
Even the East Gate, which was still open, was now heavily guarded.
The leader was no longer a high-ranking mage, but a super-ranking guard mage belonging to the Clock Tower Magic Association, and a team of ten high-ranking guard mages.
The other group consisted of the super-ranked mages of the Guardian Department stationed in the ancient capital, and a special forces team composed of ten high-ranking Guardian Mages.
The mage who was checking entry and exit has been transferred from a novice mage to a mid-level mage.
The scrutiny of all people entering the city has increased exponentially.
The reason for such strictness is not only due to the increasingly severe situation of undead invasion outside the ancient capital.
Furthermore, Han Ji, the president of the Clock Tower Magic Association, received intelligence from both his superiors and subordinates.
Cardinal Jiuying, suspected to be from the Black Vatican, is about to launch a catastrophic attack on the ancient capital!
Upon learning this news, Han Ji felt as if the sky was falling.
When he learned of Sha Yuan's birth, he felt utterly overwhelmed.
Now, with the Black Church cardinals plotting against the ancient capital, he is even more exhausted.
He had no doubt about the authenticity of the two intelligence reports.
If it were just information sent by an undercover agent he had secretly cultivated, someone only he knew about, he might have hesitated a bit.
But after learning that the information was the same as what his superiors had sent him, he no longer harbored any illusions.
It should be noted that, due to the special nature of the ancient capital, his direct superior was Grand Speaker Shao Zheng!
"Damn the Black Church, damn the Abyss of Evil!"
This was the phrase Han Ji had been cursing the most over the past few days.
Upon receiving the news, he immediately activated the emergency plan and declared the ancient capital to be in a state of semi-combat readiness.
When the ancient capital faced the crisis of destruction, Han Ji had the greatest control over it, and he could directly issue the highest level of emergency combat readiness orders.
But he didn't.
He needs everyone in the ancient capital, and those who are always watching the ancient capital, to have a moment to catch their breath.
However, now almost all the rules in the ancient capital are implemented according to the highest rules.
As a city that is constantly plagued by spirits of the dead and frequently activates various levels of alerts and warnings, the ancient capital has a level of execution far exceeding that of other cities.
The massive official apparatus quickly uncovered traces of many members of the Black Church.
At this point, they no longer cared about alerting the enemy.
With Sha Yuan watching with predatory eyes, Han Ji uprooted all the confirmed Black Church strongholds.
When this news reached the ears of Bai Xu, the Southern Commander, who was preparing to set off for the ancient capital, he was furious.
Because Han Ji knew how ruthless the Black Vatican was, he did not intend to leave any of its members alive this time.
All members of the Black Vatican were killed on the spot.
This time, with the [Alien] Hunters secretly providing information on Jiuying's subordinates, Jiuying has already lost three blue-robed stewards.
Even the chief of extraditions, whose authority was higher than that of the Blue Deacons and second only to Cardinal Nine-Headed Serpent, was found to have a trail.
He is currently being hunted down by Zhu Meng.
That's right, he really is a reckless fool.
After being used as a pawn in Xihangbei, Zhu Meng was stripped of his position and transferred to Gudu to atone for his sins.
Zhu Meng is not a bad person in the traditional sense, just a brainless brute who has his own sense of justice and is willing to sacrifice himself for the survival of humanity.
Therefore, after arriving in the ancient capital, the brute Zhu Meng actually gained a lot of military merits, even though all he had to do was fight.
To date, Zhu Meng has killed three sub-monarch level and one minor monarch level undead monarch.
There are countless undead of the commander level.
Now they are even hunting down the Black Church's super-ranked leader of extradition, acting as if they are even more reckless than the leader himself.
In fact, with flights to the ancient capital about to be completely suspended and the city gates closed, many prominent families in the ancient capital have fled to escape.
They only wanted the continuation of their family line, not to perish with the ancient capital.
Zhu Meng felt extreme disgust for these people.
If it weren't for his duty, he might have wiped out these families who deserted in the face of battle first.
Zhu Meng was not originally from the ancient capital; he was merely a super-level mage who had been temporarily assigned here.
If he wanted to, with the power behind him, even Han Ji couldn't force him to stay.
But Zhu Meng did not leave because of the impending war; instead, he stayed firmly, prepared to live and die with the ancient capital.
This stands in stark contrast to those ancient capital families that fled abroad.
Therefore, Han Ji granted Zhu Meng a great deal of authority, allowing him to focus solely on fighting without needing to use his brain.
After Su Lan learned about this, she smiled and shook her head.
This can be considered making the best use of resources.
Taking advantage of the current time, Su Lan needs to resolve some matters.
That was Mu He, the Tiger-Town Grand Steward under Ye Chang, whom she hadn't yet dealt with.
Since Mu Ningxue was already his woman, he needed Mu He to disappear from this world ahead of time.