Building the Strongest Undead Empire from Scratch

The next day, Alex woke up early, threw on her mage robe, and headed for the library. She wanted to gather as much intel as possible about the planet Astralon during these few days.

Once she returned to Hurricane City, she would probably no longer have such freedom. After all, she wasn't a mage there. She had to apply for everything in advance, and her actions would be restricted.

Arriving at the library, Alex found it wasn't as grand as she had imagined. The room was small, with only three rows of bookshelves. There were a few mage apprentices searching for materials. Seeing Alex walk in, they all seemed a bit surprised.

Moments later, they all left the library with their books, leaving Alex alone.

"They probably think I'm here on a mission to find something? So they all politely left."

It was better this way. If someone saw a Magus reading history books, wouldn't that be strange?

Alex browsed the shelves, trying to find some useful information.

"'Basic Concepts of Magic'? Nope. 'Coordination and Mobilization of Elemental Power'? Not this one either. 'The Encyclopedia of Lovemaking Positions'... What the heck?"

Alex flipped through the books one by one. Most of them were basic materials, useless to her.

Of course, there wouldn't be any classified information here, but the development history of the continents of Astralon, the origin of races... these couldn't be considered classified, right?

Alex almost went through the entire first shelf but couldn't find any useful information. As for those basic magic theories, Alex casually glanced at them, feeling like they were as simple as calculating one plus one equals two.

After all, she now mastered several high-level magic spells.

"Huh? What's that?"

Alex spotted some yellowed papers pressed beneath a few books on the dusty bottom shelf. It seemed like the books there hadn't been touched in ages.

As she pulled out the somewhat tattered paper and unfolded it, her face lit up with joy.

"A complete map of the Arsen continent!"

As a top power, it wasn't surprising that the Mage Guild possessed a map of the continent. It was just that the map had been hidden here for a long time. Could it be that no one had ever found it and looked at it?

Or did these mages already know about it, or simply not care?

Unfolding the map, Alex first observed the more familiar forces marked on it. Of course, only some of the larger forces, or races with fixed settlements, were labeled.

"Stone Pillar Mountain is actually located in the center of the Arsen continent?"

Alex was a bit surprised. It was consistent with the information she had received. But strictly speaking, it wasn't located in the exact center. Instead, the Southridge Republic seemed to be in the central position.

The entire Arsen continent is roughly shaped like a long, narrow isosceles triangle, featuring two distinct vertical bands on the east and west sides. The eastern border is dominated by a mountain range that spans the entire continent, known as the Aurora Highlands. In contrast, the western side consists of a vast, intermittent plateau that is not continuous and remains unnamed.

Lilith's city was located on this western plateau, adjacent to the Endless Sea. Similarly, the southwestern side was the gathering place of the elves.

The southeastern Aurora Highlands, adjacent to it, was the territory of the giants.

The territories of humans, giants, and elves combined occupied nearly 30% of the Arsen continent.

As for Dwarf City and Gemini City, the two cities were not far apart and were close to the human territory, so they were also located in the south-central part of the continent.

As for the northern part of the Arsen continent, it was all occupied by weak forces with very limited territory.

The entire continent was divided into two types of terrain. The north was mostly desert and rocky wasteland, while the south had more grasslands and forests, with a better environment.

This was also the reason why most of the powerful races on the continent were located in the south.

Alex memorized the map of the Arsen continent and then put it back in its original place.

Apart from powerful forces like the human race and the Holy Court, the current native races of the Arsen continent might not be a match for the undead.

There was a reason why the Arsen continent was called the weakest continent, but there was never a clear definition of the strongest continent.

However, most races agreed that the Nytheria continent, unified by the Angel race, was the strongest continent.

Alex continued to search for other useful books and soon found one on the second shelf.

"History of the Astralon Era"!

Although Edgar had told her about the history of the planet Astralon, it was definitely not that detailed.

Alex immediately opened the book and began to read.

"In the early days of Astralon, there was only one continent. However, the tectonic plate movement here was frequent, and it was a planet full of magma and toxic gases, unable to support any race. God bestowed his grace, dividing the continent into seven, improving the world's environment, and creating holy cities scattered across the seven continents.

From then on, races were continuously born from the holy cities, marking the beginning of the First Era."

Alex was a bit puzzled. This was completely different from what Edgar had said.

Wasn't it the first batch of Lords who descended on this void continent, and after thousands of years of fighting, the troops of the dead Lords slowly formed the races?

Holy cities? It seemed that they were referring to the castles left behind by the former Lords.

"It seems that the information here can't be completely trusted. Most of it has been distorted."

Alex continued to read, but only skimmed through it. She didn't care about the ruling races of each era, as they were all in the past.

Most era races would be wiped out by other races when a new era arrived, leaving them no chance to rise again.

Only a very small number of era races could survive by relying on their unique advantages. It was conceivable that this must involve the intervention of the Lords who descended in each era.

As for why every thousand years was called an era, which coincided with the time when the Lords descended, the book did not explain it, and there was even no record of the Lords from other worlds. This made Alex feel very strange.

As a result, there was no way to know the connection between the two.

But Alex guessed that the arrival of each batch of Lords might have the ability to change an era.

Closing the book, Alex began to search for other books. These history books were not confidential but were very helpful for her to understand the planet Astralon.

Therefore, she would not miss any history books.