Necrotic highland, home cave.

This is already the westernmost edge of the highland. Further west are rolling mountains. The black fog no longer spreads when it reaches the foot of the mountain.

These continuous mountains already belong to the dwarves' border, but because the mountains are too steep and barren, and there is no valuable mineral produced in the mountains, dwarves are rarely found, let alone other races of creatures.

Such a place where people and animals rarely arrive, a hidden cave at the foot of the mountain is the last refuge of the Zenaya family, so it has a warm name like "Home".

Except for a few magicians, old men and children who wander other parts of the mainland, from magic apprentices to advanced magicians, all 282 members of the Zenaya family who survived gathered here today.

In the Dark Magician family, only more than 200 family members are considered large families. However, the Zenaya family gathered here today is less than half of the family's heyday. This undead explosion caused heavy losses to the family.

The family's Presbyterian Church gathered all members together today to select a new patriarch.

According to Arnold's previous thoughts, after he reported that Patriarch Dunlop had died in the prison mountain, the subsequent events had nothing to do with him, but the subsequent development completely exceeded his expectations.

There was no doubt about the death of the Dunlop patriarch. After all, several high-level dark magicians in the family saw the patriarch sealing him in the stone hall with their own eyes. The result must be a lot of danger, and now it is just a final confirmation.

But when the Elders elected a new patriarch, they encountered trouble. Today, the strongest ones gathered here are only high-level magicians. Another great magician in the family, Ursula, who is the same level as Dunlop, travels abroad all year round. No one knows his exact whereabouts, nor when he will come back. Therefore, the Elders can only select a new patriarch from the family's high-level black magicians.

Where there are people, there are closeness and small groups, not to mention a big family like Zenaya. When the Dunlop patriarch was there, the existence of these small groups would not affect the unity of the family. When a new patriarch was selected from the family, three high-level magicians immediately jumped out to fight, and each person had some support.

When we arrived at the elders, we did not form a unified opinion. Everyone had the support of elders. The seven-member elders in the family, and the most one person received only the support of three elders.

None of the three took the initiative to give in. The result of continuing the stalemate was the family division. In fact, this is the real reason why the Zenaya family was unable to elect a new patriarch. The elders have always deliberately avoided this contradiction on the grounds that Dunlop's life and death were unknown. When Arnold brought back the news of the patriarch's death, this contradiction could no longer be avoided.

When the elders discuss and cannot reach an agreement, there is only the last solution left, a martial arts showdown. The strongest one becomes the new patriarch, so that no one else can have any objections.

The three of them draw lots to decide the order of the competition, and finally defeated the new patriarch in both battles.

The three of them are all the strength of a level nine dark magician, and they master the same family magic and fighting methods. Therefore, the battle process is long and boring, and it almost becomes a competition of magic consumption. Often, the winner can be decided until the end.

Because I had to wait for the magic to recover, I played one game every day, and it took me three days to finish the competition. But then a dramatic scene appeared, and the three of them had a record of one win and one loss, and the patriarch was once again dying!

When the division of Zenaya's family seemed inevitable, a tall and thin man in the crowd of people watching suddenly spoke, "Since it is the decision of the patriarch through martial arts competition, can the strongest magician in the family become the patriarch?"

The elders quickly discussed and gave a positive answer, "If someone can defeat the three of them, he can become the new patriarch."

"Then I recommend Arnold to become the new patriarch of the family." The person who opened his mouth was Sean, the family he invited Arnold to join, and he usually had the best relationship with Arnold.

Arnold in the crowd was frightened by the proposal and quickly waved his hand to refuse, "I can't be the patriarch, and I don't have the ability to lead everyone."

The elders did not look at Arnold, but continued to ask Sean, "Arnold is indeed one of the most talented young magicians in the family, but he joined the family for a short time. Why did you recommend Arnold to become the new patriarch?"

"Because Arnold joined the country for a short time, he did not belong to any group. He became the patriarch and treated all family members equally to prevent the family from falling into division. In addition, Arnold also has selflessness, bravery, and kindness, which are the most important qualities of becoming the patriarch. Arnold discovered the secrets in the Stone Hall of Prisoners but did not enjoy them alone, but reported them to the family. When the undead broke out, he stood up again. If it weren't for Arnold and Dunlop, the senior dark magicians in the family would have died in the Stone Hall of Prisoners. Is there a chance to fight for the patriarch here?"

Sean paused, "The most important thing is that he is also the strongest among all of us. He can definitely lead the family to become stronger."

The elders turned to Arnold at this time, "Anolar, would you be the patriarch and lead all members of the Zenaya family to survive and continue to grow and grow in this difficult world?"

"No, I can't take the responsibility of the patriarch yet. There must be other people in the family who are more suitable as patriarch than me."

Arnold was by no means a false refusal. Compared to Arthur, he was always the least noticeable existence in the crowd. Apart from commanding a group of undead, he had never led anyone, let alone let him lead such a large dark family. For Arnold, the patriarch's responsibility was heavier than the mountain, and he had never prepared for it. To be precise, he had never thought about it.

"Even if Arnold is the most suitable candidate, I am not willing to be the patriarch." The elders said to Sean this time.

"Then Arnold is just lying. The patriarch Dunlop is not dead at all, so he dare not be the patriarch!" Sean suddenly and unexpectedly accused Arnold loudly.

"I didn't lie. I saw the corpse of the patriarch in the stone hall!"

"We don't believe that there are so many powerful undead spirits on the high ground now, how could you enter the Prisoning Mountain again?"

Arnold did not reveal the secret of being with Arthur and the others, but summoned Ayi again, "It was Ayi who accompanied me in."

Ayi's eyes, who was summoned, slowly swept across the people in the cave. This simple action was simply incredible to the undead. It was obvious that Ayi became stronger and more powerful and wise.

"I admit that your necromancers are stronger than those on the high ground, but it is impossible for you two to break into the Prisoner Mountain!" Sean continued to force.

Arnold was forced to do something. He minded the most about others telling him that he was lying, so one after another, a total of 100 silver-body battle spirits with weapons appeared in the cave. The scene was shocking!

"Ano, are these war spirits controlled by you?" the elders asked in a trembling voice.

Arnold nodded.

"Are you three going to fight Arnold?"

This sentence was asked by Sean to the three high-level magicians.

The three of them waved their hands and stepped back, joking, and they were fighting with Arnold. The battle spirits rushed up and drowned them directly.

"Our elders announced that Arnoral officially became the forty-seventh patriarch of our Zenaya family!" Without Arnor's consent, the elders directly announced the results.

Arnold is completely stupid.
Chapter completed!