Hizon had spent most of his challenge earnings before the final account finished calculating.
The seven day defense had paid his sub dungeon for every enemy his goblin, hobgoblin, and giant bullet ants killed in the Orc Highlands. His forces had killed invaders, destroyed supplies, occupied hostile attention, and returned each midnight to do it again. They had also died often enough to produce a record Hizon declined to display in the public part of the Undercity.
The expense mattered less now that the dead returned.
Rows of names filled the control chamber wall. Each belonged to a subordinate converted into an eternal soul. Hobgoblin commanders had been completed first. Merchants, engineers, healers, insect handlers, and the officers responsible for later defense waves followed. Regular goblins filled most of the list.
Only one name remained outside it.
