Planet Master 6 – Undead Pool

Then the human army’s expedition into the enemy territory entered a new phase. So Kudungga and Goto decided to send no as the leader of the expedition team since he was known to be able to discover things.

“Hah, looks like my service is still needed.” no who had beco a middle-aged man sighed. He did not expect that he could participate in another Star Battle. But he also knew the significance of this Star Battle so he accepted the order.

He also went to the scientist team to gather all the latest information as well as discoveries made by the human army in the last year.

“What brings you to our place, Sir no?” one of the senior scientists greeted no.

“I want to gather every single information that can be obtained here. For example, is there any chance that the Undead as we classified have so sort of a central unit? They must co from sothing to be able to ignite their Undead Fire…” no did not beat around the bush and directly stated what he needed to know.

The senior scientist gave no the necessary information as well as an additional device that served as a sample collector. It could be used to gather samples from the territory of the Undead.

After that, no gathered the n from the human army and let so of them enter the ranks of the special division.

“From heretofore, you are the one who will lead the human army as its pioneer. We will undoubtedly et sothing beyond our current knowledge but we cannot falter! The only way to beco successful in this division is forward! Rember that.”

That was the opening speech that no had said during the formation of the Pioneer Division. Their task was to be the spearhead of the human army, as well as reporting any discovery they made along the way.

After that, they went into the Undead territory with a lot of supplies as well as the protective suits and the special gas masks.

no led a thousand of his n from the established base around the rift to the depth of the Undead territory. Of course, behind them was the human’s army so they were not afraid. Every path they took, the human army followed suit.

They kept going until they arrived at a certain place.

“What is this place?” no had never seen such a spectacle. In front of him was a wide withered forest from the first impression. The entire tree had lost its vitality and stood there with the special energy floating around the tree. This also applied to the entire forest.

“From our special energy detection, the concentration of the special energy is twenty percent higher than the normal in the Undead territory.” One of the n reported to no. no looked at the energy detector and could see it for himself.

“We have to wait for our brothers behind us first.” no gave the order to halt the advance. He could not help but think about the special energy that the Undead used for their own source of energy.

In the words of the senior scientist, the special energy was like the air that humans breathe. It ant that without it, the Undead would not be able to move their body. As for their Undead Fire, it was akin to their soul, their consciousness, the center of their very being.

After seeing the human army co from behind, no continued the journey. Along the forest’s path that they opened up, there were nurous attacks from the Undead. They also had to stand their ground and wait until the army’s arrival to provide them with more safety.

Then they continued their journey only to discover a massive crater after they went through the forest. The crater was large enough that the entire human army would fit right into it.

“Check the energy detector!” no did not know since he wore a protective suit but he felt that the concentration of the special energy had increased around the crater.

So of the scientists who were on the field then checked the energy detector and discovered that the concentration of the special energy had reached fifty percent more than normal.

“Check if anyone has the symptom, now!” no ordered his n to be checked for symptoms regarding the special energy. He had to make sure that no one was hurt if he wanted to continue. He also felt that the source of the special energy of the Undead was being generated at the crater.

The check was thorough since this was related to the safety of everyone. Fortunately, the increase in concentration did not affect the protective suit they wore. But no had to be extrely careful when approaching the crater.

Every few hundred steps, he would check the condition of his n. Then the human army behind them could also move after the check was done. Not only that but no also noticed that the assault from the Undead had increased with every step he took.

“Is this really so important place?” no thought while murmuring his words.

Under the sound of the flintlocks being fired as well as the artillery, no and his division finally arrived at the center of the crater.

“This place…is this…” no saw a beautiful scene. There were many dim lights around them. From the color, it was the sa as the Undead Fire but they were much smaller. But when no got closer, he could see that the dim fire was actually the smaller version of the Undead Fire.

“Quickly check this place!” no ordered his n and several scientists beca busy. They gathered so samples from the ground as well as from the air. They also caught so of the dim fire as well. But of course, no had already ford a periter so that the scientist would not be disturbed.

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“They finally reached the Undead Pool after a year. What a fast speed.” Dian watched what was happening and could not help but feel pleased with them. Despite the hard journey, the human managed to reach that place.

As for what the humans would do to that place, of course they would conduct several experints as well as bringing back so samples to the laboratory which was located on their ho planet.

Dian could also see that the Planet Master who was also his opponent was in anguish. It was because his Undead could not prevent the human from invading their territory. Furthermore, they were defeated quite miserably.

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“We are going to make this area exclusive to the scientific team. All we have to do is to safeguard them.” no said to the rest of his division.

“Understood.” His subordinates replied and spread out to give their orders. no also went to the scientific team to get the latest information regarding the dim fire he had seen before.

Upon arriving at the designated location, he found so dim fires trapped inside a glass bottle. He also noticed that the bottle itself was a bit more transparent compared to the usual bottle that was used to store liquid.

“Have you found out what is this dim fire?” no asked the senior scientist.

“From our observation, they look like the embryonic form of the Undead Fire. The way they flared up and flickered is similar. But we are not certain yet so our conclusion is that this dim fire is sothing similar to the Undead Fire but different.” The senior scientist replied.

“Is that so? What else do you discover?”

“Well, this place is more concentrated with the special energy from the Undead. There must be a reason for that. Furthermore, the crater's center is the one we need to pay attention to.”

“Why is that?”

The senior scientist saw that no was interested in the progress of the discovery on the field so he replied quickly, “It is because the army confird that the Undead has been risen in the area. We eliminate any undead that appears but still, this is new to us!”

“Yeah, I can see that the scientists around are excited. So this ans that this place is where the Undead are born or sothing to that effect?”

“More or less. But we have sothing to tell you as the leader of the Pioneer Division as well as a fellow human being…”

no who had heard it then wore a serious face and listened to what the senior scientist said. What the senior scientist said next surprised no so much that he almost could not believe it.

“One of the soldiers in the human army’s rank can withstand the effect of the special energy produced in this place.”

So far, no human could withstand the symptoms from interacting with the special energy. But now the senior scientist claid that soone finally could.

“Where is he?” no asked, curiosity filled his heart.

“He is actually in this place, being dragged here for the purpose of further observation.”

Then no got the location of the observation subject and walked there. When he arrived, he saw one person without any protective suit and a special gas mask standing in the middle of a clearing.

no could see that the air around the person was gathering around him. With him as the center, the special energy was absorbed into his body. He looked fine but his skin was white and his eyes were dark blue in color.

The sa color as the Undead Fire.

The man who saw no then moved closer and greeted no with a military salute, “Sir, what can I do for you?”

“Are you fine?” no asked. He was initially concerned but suppressed that feeling.

“As you can see, I feel like I can run for another hundreds of kiloters. I am not kidding.”

“Is that so?” no did not know the details but one thing was for sure. There was so sort of condition for humans to be able to adapt to the special energy emitted by the place they currently were. He did not know what that was but with the scientific team there, it was only a matter of ti.

no visited the man often and saw what he was capable of. It was as if the man had inexhaustible energy inside him. The scientists who had checked on him were astonished by that fact and conducted so tests. They also collected his body sample like his skin and hair.

For the result of the sample, they could only wait. anwhile, the man himself felt that the current place was suitable for him. It felt like he could utilize the special energy that many people feared.

But at the sa ti, he also started to lose the sensation of his sense of touch. Every ti he touched things, he barely perceived the touch sensation. It felt like his skin was numb but the man thought that this was probably the effect of absorbing the special energy to his body.

He reported this to the senior scientist. He also reported that he could sustain himself with the special energy, aning he could do without food or drink.

Of course, the senior scientist did not believe him blindly but conducted another test. This ti, it was the test of endurance where the subject would not be given any food or drink. The result was that the man indeed could survive without food or drink.

The man was not surprised at this result. The man was happy that he could contribute to the human race regarding the progress of developnt of the special energy.

anwhile, no was tasked to eliminate the Undead that appeared in the far east of the crater. So far, the human army had exterminated every undead they had encountered. He complied and did as was ordered.

As ti passed, more progress regarding the Undead Pool ca out. Even Dian inford so of the scientists of the na of the place through the Library of Consciousness. It was a far more effective thod to convey information.

Of course, Dian passed the information to the consciousness inside not directly.

Year Thirty-Two of the Father God.

One more year had passed and the humans had planned to take the entire Undead Pool to their planet side. Of course, this caused serious problems not only for the opposite Planet Master but also Dian.

Dian also thought about it and planned to placed the Undead Pool on a separate space that was accessible to the human race in the case of planet assimilation. Due to the assimilation last ti, the diater of the planet had increased once again.

[Planet Size: 4150km in diater]

Dian looked at his front and saw the opposite Planet Master glared at him. Dian felt this way because the Undead Fire on the socket of his eyes flickered and his gesture pointed to that fact.

“Hmm, why don’t you just surrender? Prolonging this battle is just a waste of ti.” Dian said as a matter of fact.

“I won’t surrender damnit! How can your race be fine after all of the undead that was send their way!?” the opposite Planet Master seed like he could not accept the result.

“They are better equipped and prepared. Furthermore, they are inquisitive. While it is true that such inquisitiveness can lead to death, it also leads to improvent.” Dian replied.

The proof was that so people died due to interacting with the special energy from the Undead Pool. But so of them could live their life better due to the sa special energy. Dian started to understand the condition for not getting the symptoms of the special energy.

It was affinity. So humans had such affinity with special energy and this was innate.

“Well, the victory condition is the sa anyway. Look!” Dian said while the notification windows popped out one after another. It announced the result of the Star Battle.

[The Star Battle of the first rank has concluded]

[Congratulations to the Planet Master, winning the Star Battle]

[Settlent is in progress…]

[Settlent complete! The loser will be at the rcy and discretion of the winner]

[You have obtained 10000 energy points]

[Warning! The loser’s planet is being assimilated with the winner’s planet. Please utilize your control as a Planet Master so that your planet will not fall into chaos!]

As usual, Dian controlled the rate of assimilation. As such, the Cerulean Planet experienced another great disaster. Ocean moved and the earth shook slightly. Of course, Dian kept the ruckus to the minimum while he checked the item he had obtained.

It was actually the Undead Pool that the other Planet Master had.

Of course, Dian had inford the human army’s leaders, Kudungga and Goto regarding their victory and advised them to leave the planet of the opponents.

The human civilization was quite shocked by such movents of the earth and the sea. But they cald down since the effect was so buildings were shaken and nothing more. But this also served as a lesson to human civilization regarding building an anti-disaster structure.

“Please, you have already lost. There is no sha losing to Master.” At one mont, Leif appeared and said this to the ex-Planet Master who stood still.

“What do you an?”

“I believe that the new race that Master created will reach the highest place within the Universe Council. Furthermore, Master is quite rciful as he did not straight up kill you when you lost.” Leif explained.

Dian was silent. Of course, he knew that such things existed. But he would rather use the forr Planet Master for his own purpose. Besides, they could be killed with just a thought from him. That was the thing that deterred them from betraying him after all.

“…”

It looked like so ti was needed for this ex-Planet Master to adapt to his new role. Dian did not mind giving him so ti so Dian left him in the Planet Master’s space.

Besides, he had acquired the Undead Pool which could generate the undead race. From the looks of it, the Undead Pool was an F-rank item. Dian knew that the Undead Pool produced what humans called special energy but as a Planet Master, he knew exactly what that was.

“Undead Elent is incompatible with the living beings of my planet.”

Dian thought for a mont before he settled for a place to create the special space to place the Undead Pool.

“I can place this within the palace, can I?” when he thought about that, Dian felt that was the most suitable choice.

He then appeared with the usual manifestation. A large cloud was gathering as lightning struck countless tis before the cloud ford a humanoid figure above the palace.

“From now on, the Undead Pool will be in another space in the palace. There will be a portal hole that connects the place to the special space where I will place the Undead Pool. Use it wisely.”

A loud voice reverberated through the entire heaven and earth. Goto who had seen it knew what must be done. He bowed to the humanoid figure.

“I accept the grace from Father God.”

From that mont, the Undead Pool beca the property of the kingdom.