The Low-Key Life of a Necromancer

Chapter 448 The Nobles’ Means

The discussion with Sir Norton ended unpleasantly, and Li slowly left the castle with the brave warrior and his followers.

Li walked away very slowly, looking as if he wanted to find another opportunity to communicate.

Taking advantage of the moment when the castle guards were distracted, a gray-haired mouse fell out of Li's trouser leg.

The mouse rolled on the ground, quickly crawled into the corner of the wall, and disappeared from sight in a short while.

Lee's arrangement was complete.

“…Li, there is a question I have wanted to ask you for a long time.”

When they arrived outside the castle, the brave man took out a piece of candy, put it in his mouth, and also handed one to Li.

Li didn't answer because the hero hadn't washed his hands today.

"You ask."

"I've always been curious. You have special necromancy and the power to revive life. Why do you have to be so cautious in doing things?"

In the brave man's opinion, what Li is doing now is too cautious, which is not commensurate with the strength that Li possesses.

In this world, the greater the power, the greater the territory you can control. This is a natural thing.

If the hero had as many strange magics as Lee, he would have started a war and occupied the continent long ago.

Lee sighed.

"You are right. With great power, I can do whatever I want. But what will I get after doing that?"

The hero was a little confused. After conquering the continent, of course he would get the entire continent. Isn’t that enough?

"Using force to conquer others will only result in a scorched earth. Even if you become the king, everyone in your land will oppose your rule in their hearts. You have no relatives or friends, and everyone will want to find an opportunity to give you a hard beating. There is no fun in being the king of such a land. What's the point of living?"

Li himself has traveled through time and space and been reborn, so his understanding of life is different from that of many people.

In Li's opinion, what good is it even if he holds a high position if he does not have like-minded friends and a wife who shares the same ideals as him?

Living a lonely and cruel life all your life is no different from being a stone.

Li's words made the hero fall into silence, and the hero began to think about how to live his future life.

"Shh~ There's movement."

The communication ended, and Lee's mind connected to the deployed rat scout.

Through the eyes and ears of the mouse, Lee returned to the castle behind him.

After meeting Lee, Sir Norton left the comfortable attic and returned to the narrow and old castle corridor.

Norton walked deeper into the castle, with only an old servant whom he trusted following him.

Lee's mouse had been keeping an eye on Norton and saw him stop in front of a room that looked like a wine cellar.

The mouse tilted its head, wondering what Sir Norton was doing in a place like this.

Even if a noble wanted to get something, he could just ask the servant to do it. There was no need for him to come to such a musty room.

The next moment, the door opened, and Li quickly understood why Norton came here quietly.

In the open wine cellar, the sound of heavy chains shaking could be heard, and a woman who was tied up tightly was struggling desperately.

The woman's condition was obviously not right. Her blood-red eyes lacked human rationality. When she saw Norton, she just wanted to pounce on him and bite him.

Li had seen this kind of situation before in the North. If nothing unexpected happened, the woman in the wine cellar must have taken a dangerous vampire potion.

"Madam, is she still like this..."

"I'm sorry sir, we haven't been able to find a cure for her."

Norton walked up to his lady and cut his finger with a knife.

A drop of blood condensed on Norton's fingertips, swaying with his movements.

Norton's wife let out a flattering roar, then opened her mouth with a look of desire.

"Madam, how did you become like this..."

Seeing this, the mouse in the corner began to think, could it be that Norton's wife was just like Fox's wife, who used potions because of illness and eventually went crazy and was imprisoned?

Norton's subsequent soliloquy quickly dispelled Li's speculation.

"What a foolish woman! I was trying to figure out how to gain control of the territory, but you just listened to rumors from other noble ladies and believed that the damn potion could improve your beauty. You are crazy!"

Norton laughed wildly and put his finger directly in front of his wife.

The vampire greedily licked the wound on Norton's finger, praying for more blood.

The mouse in the corner shook his head helplessly. He thought he would hear some emotional drama, but in the end it was just a man who married into the family and seized his wife's property.

This lady is so brave. She dared to swallow such a strange medicine without even a production date. She deserved the result.

The bored mouse was just about to lie down and take a rest when he heard Norton and the servants behind him plotting.

"I want to get the machinery from the North, but I don't want to pay for it. Can you do it?"

"Master, as long as you give those thugs enough money, they will be willing to fight for their lives."

"Then let the bumpkins from the North see the methods of the nobles!"

Norton laughed happily, pulled out the knife, cut two more fingers, and then stuffed them directly into his wife's mouth.

Norton felt extremely satisfied as he watched his wife coughing and greedily sucking blood.

Li decisively cut off the connection with the mouse. He didn't want to continue watching the perverted performance, so as not to leave a psychological shadow on himself.

Seeing that Li's spirit had returned, the hero no longer thought about what happened before.

"Lee, judging from your expressions, does that Norton intend to do something to us?"

"Ah, he intends to give us a taste of the nobles' methods."

"That's really interesting~"

A few days later, all the nearby nobles received news that the Northlanders wanted to trade new machinery.

An auction is to be held near Sir Norton's territory.

Some nobles led their personal guards to the scene, and the transport team organized by the North was also heading towards the expected location.

This time, the Northland transported large equipment without using advanced transport vehicles.

Li had the equipment split into several parts and loaded them into carriages, and he also dispatched a team of Freyr knights, as well as Dalai Lucy and her group of magicians to escort them.

Lucy hadn't seen Li for a long time. She was sincerely happy to be chosen by Li to carry out the mission this time.

"Li! You never come to my house to visit me, do you know how much I miss you?"

Li couldn't stand Lucy's enthusiasm. Ever since she was resurrected by Li, the girl had been fond of him.

She gave up her family castle to the Windmill River Bay City Hall, and followed Li's instructions to quietly train a secret team.

When he saw Lucy again, she was no longer as childish as she was at the beginning. She had become a qualified leader, but she still showed Li the sunshine unique to women.

Li felt that choosing her to participate in this mission might be a mistake.