The Low-Key Life of a Necromancer

In order to let Lian and others know more about these research facilities and the secrets behind them, Li told them all about the theft of Leon's soul and the actions and observations of the royal treasury not long ago.

The Grand Duke, who received more information, immediately realized that these consecutive changes might involve the secrets of the royal family.

The king who has sat on the throne for hundreds of years and has not shown up for a long time must have some abnormalities that are difficult for ordinary people to understand.

"No, I have to go see the king!"

It was a very reasonable request for a Grand Duke to meet the king, but Li inferred that the king would not meet anyone easily.

"Your Excellency, I think your best option right now is to get out of here and go home to spend some time with Lian and Katon."

From his own perspective, Li suggested that the Grand Duke cherish the time he spends with his children, but unfortunately the Grand Duke was unable to abandon the responsibilities he shouldered.

"Magician... Li, I understand what you mean, and I know the dangers that may be hidden behind such a large-scale evil, but I still can't let it go. The mother of these children has sacrificed her life for the family and this kingdom, and I have vowed to continue her efforts."

The Grand Duke believes that it is his responsibility to meet the King, to communicate with him about the darkness behind the kingdom, and also to reverse all this.

If the king really knew, then...

Before the Grand Duke could finish his subsequent heroic words, the entire earth suddenly shook violently.

Li and his group, who were in the underground space, had no time to escape.

Is it a man-made or natural disaster?

Before Li could figure out the source of the vibration, the stone slabs and soil above his head began to fall down all at once.

The space was compressed, the light disappeared, and there was only endless dullness deep in the earth.

Being buried in the ground feels really bad. Now Li kind of understands why Lei's soul holds so much resentment.

A little bud of flesh emerged from the ground, and the part that emerged from the ground gradually expanded into a flesh ball with a diameter of three meters.

With a bang, the meat ball burst, and three people covered in sticky things were spit out by the meat ball.

"Oh, this is disgusting!"

Coton was covered in sticky liquid, and kept shaking out snot-like mucus. His sister and father, who were lying beside him, were wiping their faces and breathing desperately.

The sudden collapse almost crushed them to death, and the suffocation caused by the squeezing of the soil gave them an extreme near-death experience.

"Lee, how are you?"

At the critical moment, Li twisted his body to form a meat ball and wrapped the Freyr family in his body.

Because the crisis came too quickly, Li's operation was not careful enough, resulting in him not having enough time to deal with the various tissue fluids in his body.

"I'm fine. I'm used to being a pulp. But you guys are the ones who are hurt pretty badly."

Li now looks like a piece of slime with its mouth open, greeting the Freyr family.

"Pfft~ I'm fine, but it seems like dad and sister can't move."

Cotton was the one with the least injuries among the few people. When the mud fell down, his father and sister all threw themselves on him.

The bond between family members made Li very envious. Even though Kadon was always beaten, his family really doted on him.

Seeing that everyone else was fine, Li looked around while concentrating his body.

The Artifact Recycling Company is located next to the third intersection of Knight Street. Although this is not the most prosperous area in the royal capital, it is also a concentrated area of ​​many shops and residences.

Now, after the inexplicable earthquake, several nearby buildings have collapsed to the ground, and two buildings have even sunk directly into the ground.

The collapsed building also caused a fire. With the help of the wind, the fire spread along the wooden building and soon burned into a large area.

By the time Li and his companions noticed the dire situation on the ground, the scale of the fire had already gotten out of control.

"The capital is burning..."

When the scale of a disaster reaches a certain level, it will create an irresistible sense of fear.

Lian and the Duke helped each other to get up, looking at the disaster with the flickering flames reflected in their pupils.

For some reason, there were no civilians nearby, and no one came to help.

However, Li heard someone screaming and calling for help in the flames in the distance.

"Tsk~ This disaster seems to have been deliberately created by someone!"

When Li and his men broke into the artifact recycling company, the guards inside had been withdrawn in advance, and not long after, a disaster of underground space collapse occurred.

Now this disaster failed to kill Li, but instead turned into an out-of-control fire. I don’t know if the person who arranged all this regrets it.

"Lee, do you have any way to stop the fire from spreading?"

The Frere family is clearly victims, yet they still possess noble qualities at this moment.

Li admired them very much, but unfortunately, there were things that Li could not do.

"Wait for the elemental mage to come. I can't do anything to put out the fire."

Having said that, Li still slowly crawled under the floor and used force to create a crack.

A researcher with a broken leg was lying there. When he found that the thing pressing on him had been moved away, he subconsciously said thank you.

However, when he discovered that the person who moved the floor was a twisted monster and there were intruders from the underground base not far away, he trembled in fear and tried to use the floor to protect himself.

"So you are afraid too. When you were slashing those test subjects, did you ever think about today?"

The unlucky researcher who didn't have time to run away didn't dare to look at Li's face. His weak and incompetent appearance made Li feel sick.

"You only know how to bully those who cannot resist, and you even label yourself as righteous by making necessary sacrifices. If you really have such great abilities, why don't you face the disaster yourself instead of cowering in a corner and trembling!"

The researcher, who was already frightened, was sprayed with blood and mucus in the face by Li, and he went into shock.

Li ignored the guy who had fainted from fright and crawled towards the palace.

Li had already climbed more than ten meters before Lian, who was left behind, reacted.

"Lee, where are you going?"

“…Originally I didn’t intend to care about these things, but some things are too much!”

Li wanted to go to the palace to ask the noble council there and the immortal king.

How can they have the nerve to call themselves rulers when they run the kingdom into such a mess!

Li climbed along the Kingdom Avenue towards the palace. At the very top of the palace, between the kings who had been locked up all year round, on the dark throne, a king opened his eyes.

The king's eyes flashed with a suffocatingly strong holy light, staring fixedly in one direction.

Although blocked by buildings and walls, the king could still see the crawling Li.

A monster with a broken body, but still moving forward tenaciously.

"This didn't kill you, backlit magician..."