Necromancer: Becoming a God from a Lord

After President Andrew's caravan left, Harvey sat in the study and sighed.

Reiner also sat beside him holding a financial manual. Although the metal head made of alchemy could not show any expression, the guards guarding the door always felt that the lord and the chief steward looked sad.

"The money that was saved in the vault with great difficulty... is going to be used up again."

The commodity trade orders signed with several southern chambers of commerce before winter earned Harvey tens of thousands of gold pounds in income, not including the long-term pharmaceutical franchise agreement signed with the Dragonstone Chamber of Commerce - after all, the pharmaceutical business requires some time and publicity to ferment word of mouth. Although it is not very effective in the short term, the profit from long-term sales is endless.

However, in Harvey's territory development plan, the cost is obviously much more than the income. The construction of the Institute of Magical Science and the purchase of a series of facilities and equipment, plus the promise of an endless supply of experimental materials for spellcasters, have consumed nearly half of the annual income of the pioneer territory.

"I hope that the remaining 20,000 gold pounds in the treasury will be enough to support our rapid population expansion plan in the short term..."

...

Then, Harvey summoned Pierce and Asdalen who had returned from Grizzly Castle.

"I want to use special means to deter Duke Ralph..." He said directly, "We can't sit idly by and watch him plunder and poison the people in the surrounding fiefdoms in order to target us. This is equivalent to consuming our future manpower in disguise."

Pierce said in a deep voice: "If we don't use force to subdue them, it will be difficult to change the enemy's strategy. I think it is the safest way to wipe out the secret army sent by the other party as soon as possible."

Harvey shook his head slowly and said: "The attacking force mixed with the spellcaster must be eliminated...but it will not change the current situation much."

To dispel Duke Ralph's idea of ​​targeting himself, unless Saint Valen and the church coalition were completely defeated by the Federation, Archduke Saint Valen, as the initiator of the war, would be liquidated, and his number one supporter Duke Ralph would naturally stop.

In addition, Harvey also thought of a feasible solution...

The first is to speed up the migration and absorption of the surrounding people, so that the other party cannot plunder enough population to attack the southern border area actually controlled by Harvey.

The second is to make the other party realize that using the lives of innocent civilians to fight a protracted war of attrition will inevitably backfire. If he insists on doing it, even if he stays in the old nest of Fengyuan City, Harvey will make him unable to live a peaceful life.

"Are you planning to repeat the trick you used against the former Earl Fagan...send someone to sneak into Fengyuan City to assassinate Grand Duke Ralph?" Asdalen reacted very quickly and immediately understood Harvey's idea.

"Yes, this is a warning... but not in my name, but in the name of the people."

Harvey paused and said confidently: "Because Grand Duke Ralph took the initiative to provoke disputes between domestic fiefdom lords, leading to wars and chaos in the border areas, the people are living in poverty. A powerful blood warrior who lives in seclusion here... or a righteous local spellcaster decided to resist his brutal rule and launched a heroic action to assassinate the Grand Duke."

"Uh..." Pierce opened his mouth and was stunned for a long time without knowing what to say, "Sir, if you decide to do this, I am willing to personally Go to Fengyuan City and swear to complete the task of assassinating the Grand Duke!"

"What are you thinking? I don't intend to let you die!" Harvey said speechlessly, "Grand Duke Ralph has a high-level spellcaster under his command. No matter who I send, there is no chance to truly complete this plan."

Asdalen suddenly realized and smiled, "So... you just want to scare the Duke, make him feel afraid, and restrain some of his brutal means?"

The possibility of directly assassinating a Duke in the opponent's lair is very small, but it is not difficult to scare him by pretending to be a ghost. As long as it can have a deterrent effect, it will be considered a success.

Pierce now completely understood, turned around and ordered the guards: "Go, call Captain Wayne!"

...

Wayne, who hurried from the barracks to the castle, found that two high-level mages, the Eye of Illusion and the Astrologer, had arrived at the same time, and immediately realized that things were not simple.

"Wayne, um... I remember that you did a great job in the assassination mission at Grizzly Castle!" Harvey waved at him with a smile and praised him casually.

Wayne immediately puffed up his chest proudly and said resolutely: "Lord, I will not fail in this mission to assassinate the Duke no matter what. If I fail, I will..."

Pierce frowned, stepped forward to block his nonsense mouth, and scolded: "Shut up, don't yell here."

Harvey pointed to the Eye of Illusion and the Astrologer on the side and explained: "Wayne will complete this mission with my two spellcasting consultants."

Then the guard came forward with a long wooden weapon box, and Harvey opened it directly in front of everyone.

This is a split magic gun divided into three parts. It is larger and has a longer barrel than the one Wayne used to assassinate Master Burco Conrad, and is also equipped with a new set of sights.

Wayne obtained Harvey's permission and could not wait to pick up the gun and assembled it skillfully. The slender gun body, which was nearly 1.6 meters long, made it impossible for him to complete the stable aiming action while standing or squatting. He could only awkwardly place the gun on the desk.

Harvey took out a metal bracket from the bottom of the weapon box and smiled, "In order to ensure shooting stability, a special gun body bracket must be used."

The Eye of Illusion was a little confused and asked, "Lord, since we are going together, why use the magic gun... Isn't it enough to find an opportunity to sneak into the Duke's mansion in Fengyuan City and directly attack with the high ring magic? ”

"It's too dangerous..." Harvey shook his head, "Enter the city and attack, whether successful or not, it's hard for you to escape. The number of high-level spellcasters and blood warriors under the Duke will not be small, and it's no different from the siege under the siege Go to the door to die.”

He pointed to the magic spear that Wayne had in his hand, "This special long-range sniper rifle can fire magic ammunition from two thousand meters away. As long as you find the right time, you don't even need to enter Fengyuan City. , you can hide in a hidden place outside the city to complete the sniper mission."

There is no mistake, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one 619, one book, one, one, one, one, one, one, a book!

What?

Two thousand meters away? Intersection Intersection

Everyone present opened their mouths in surprise and stood there in disbelief.

"The shooting distance is as far as...the magic gun..." Pierce stuttered.

Wayne also held the spear at a loss and said to himself in a daze: "I have a...a magic power cannon in my hand?"

"Good guy! If I could really shoot so far, wouldn't I be able to kill the high-level mage guarding next to the duke silently?" The Eye of Phantom felt a layer of cold sweat appearing on his back, and suddenly felt inexplicable about the weapon in front of me." The fear seemed to be locked by secretly aiming.

The astrologer lady was much calmer and asked: "Lord, since that's the case, why do you still need me to cooperate with me... If... if an ordinary soldier can also control this artifact and easily kill a high person For the rank caster, it seems that it is not difficult to assassinate the Duke, right?”

Harvey waved his hand to calm everyone down and explained slowly: "It's not as terrifying and exaggerated as you imagined. The ultra-long shooting range also brings the attenuation of power, let alone the high-level caster...even the average low The level defensive magic weapon is also difficult to break."

As soon as he finished speaking, the two high-level mages breathed a sigh of relief.

"Similarly, to hit the target, you also need to aim accurately. A customized set of alchemy sights and sharpshooters who are good at shooting from a long distance are indispensable."

Asdarren added in time: "And every time you complete a shooting, a high-level spellcaster needs to inject all his magic into the special bullets. Ordinary magic bullets cannot match this sniper rifle."

Eye of Illusion and the Astrologist were stunned for a moment, and finally understood why Harvey asked them to cooperate with Wayne to complete the mission.

It turns out that they are regarded as movable powerful magic bullets...

Harvey patted Wayne who was trembling and encouraged, "Do you understand? These two high-level mages are your two special bullets, which means you only have two chances to take action... Give you three Days, familiarize yourself with and practice how to master this super sniper rifle in advance.”