Superintendent Lucier was the person in charge of the Pit Viper Cross in Bergen.
Ever since the end of the battle last year, the focus of the Viper Cross' activities had gradually shifted to his subordinates. Because of the secret support of the royal family and his hard work, the number of believers in the sect finally did not suffer a large scale decrease after the crisis. As the greatest contributor, Louville had once again obtained more authority, vaguely becoming the leader of a new force.
However, the power of the Pit Viper Cross was only useful within the Pit Viper Cross. After all, the Pit Viper Cross was not strong enough to fight against the Rose Cross. The cooperation with the royal family made Lucier very clear what kind of role he was playing now. When Count Mirno entered the guest hall, Lucier, who had been waiting for a long time, immediately stood up and bowed respectfully. "Count Mirno, I heard that you wanted to see me, so I didn't dare to waste any time."
This was pure flattery, but Mirno did not fall for it. He waved his hand with a reserved expression. "Come, come, come. I'm sorry for making you wait for so long. My subordinates gave me more than 70 sets of infantry armor. You see, I don't like fighting, so I'll round them up and give you 100 sets as compensation. Please don't blame me, Bishop Mirno."
While talking, Mirno had completed another gift of resources. Although it was a good thing for Bishop Lucier, it also meant that he was in a 'weak' position in this conversation. However, he only twitched his eyebrows and did not say anything else. He continued to sit at the side respectfully, as if he was waiting to be dealt with.
The old politician naturally knew that one should not show weakness when it was time to show weakness.
"This time, it's mainly because His Majesty has something to deal with …" Count Mirno raised his hand, and the butler immediately brought a few pieces of parchment. He took them and handed them to Mirno. He continued, "The northwest of the kingdom is a little chaotic now. Hmm … it's mainly because these two people are always jumping up and down. His Majesty wants to find a chance to … teach them a lesson."
When he said the word 'teach', Mirno's fingertip slid across his throat. The meaning was obvious.
Lucier knew that this was not an easy trip. He took a closer look at the parchment and found that his target was actually an acquaintance — the portraits and information of Roddy and Sodelor were all written on it.
This made the Superintendent, who knew a little about Roddy, dumbfounded.
"I think it shouldn't be a problem for the Viper Cross to take care of these two fellows, right?"
Count Mirno asked casually. After all, according to the report he had just read, Roddy and Sodelor should be the most inconspicuous newly promoted nobles. In the eyes of the nobles of the kingdom, they were scum who would not make a sound even if they were crushed to death.
But Lucier's reaction surprised him.
The superintendent frowned and thought for a long time before giving his answer, "I think that to deal with Baron Roddy, we need to gather at least two platoons of the Holy Army and hire some professional soldiers …"
"I think you must be joking, Lord Bishop."
Mirno interrupted him with a face full of surprise, "What His Majesty means is to get rid of them quietly, not to start a war."
Lucier immediately realized that his attitude was not appropriate. He immediately put on a smile and said, "I'm sorry, Count Mirno. Maybe I'm a little sensitive because of the previous war. Heh … I was thinking a little off topic just now. If it's just to get rid of them, according to the information you provided, a special operation team is more than enough."
Although that was what he said, he was thinking about how many elites should be added to ensure that this matter would be foolproof …
Mirno nodded in satisfaction and then asked casually, "These two people are quite close to Efta's Sally and Duke. I remember that you have suffered losses at Efta's hands?"
Of course, this was nonsense. Mirno found them because he knew that the Viper Cross had a grudge against Sally. Lucier naturally understood and immediately replied, "His Holiness the Pope is very interested in that Duke. If there's a chance to meet her … we, the Viper Cross, are more than happy to do so."
The two of them, who seemed to hit it off, immediately began to discuss the specific countermeasures. However, only they themselves knew what they were thinking behind the scenes …
*****
23rd of February.
Elsen City was now in full swing.
There was a fixed market in the central market. Recently, there were more people in the city, and there was an endless stream of caravans coming from afar. There was a faint trend of it becoming a large-scale trade center.
Logically speaking, an empty city should be a 'ruin' in people's minds. But thanks to the protection of the 'Time Enchantment', Elsen City's drainage and water system was still in perfect condition seven or eight hundred years ago. When the snow gradually melted, there was even a hidden river flowing through the city. Reasonable planning and various' semi-automatic 'facilities operated by Magic Crystal made the life of the residents far more convenient than any other city in the kingdom.
The city was divided into various areas. The residents could enjoy the sunshine all day long in the 'residential area'. On the other side, the 'Munitions Factory' under the shadow of the city wall had been operating in full swing for more than half a month.
The lumber transported from the sawmill outside the city was pushed into the furnace in large quantities. The blacksmiths recruited from the residents were trying their best to adapt to the "assembly line" forging method that subverted the "blacksmith shop" industry. Most of them were sweating profusely as they busied themselves with their work. Among them, the few with the highest level were discussing in low voices around a few drawings, just like scientific researchers.
Similarly, the dragon skin, dragon bones and other materials brought back from Erza Village were further processed under the leadership of Cobbler Suren. In the 'barracks', the two veterans, Carter and Ruger, had become the instructors of the new recruits. They spent all day drilling the newly recruited 70 to 80 new recruits.
In contrast, the 'Mage Area' was unusually quiet.
After all, compared to the High Elf civilization more than seven hundred years ago, the number of 'magic professionals' in the human world today was pitifully small. But although there were not many living people here, the shadows of the 'dead' were not uncommon.
Back when Sodelor and the others dealt with the army of the undead Baron Belom, Akasha had used a scroll to summon an army of 1500 undead. After the battle, they had been assigned to protect the safety of the city. But as the population grew, most of these undead who could not see the light of day had moved into the dark. Most of them were placed in the forest outside the city as hidden sentries. The rest … were hidden in the Mage Area for Akasha to slowly study.
After returning from the Glacial Plains, Akasha's strength had made great progress, especially after learning the two skill books that Benjamin had given her. She had gained a lot of insight into them. If it were someone else, they would probably be more proficient in the "healing" divine arts that they were best at. But Akasha was not a "fanatic" after all. After reading a top-notch book like "The Essence of Energy", her vision had changed dramatically.
Akasha no longer focused on a certain school of spells or divine spells. Instead, she became more interested in the things behind these spells.
For example, now, she was studying the 'undead soldiers' in front of her.
Of course, Akasha did not dare to do such a thing secretly. She specifically asked Roddy if it was inappropriate, but she did not expect Roddy's answer to be very straightforward. "It is always people who kill, not knives. As long as you are not thinking about becoming a Lich, I will not stop you from researching whatever you like."
With such a promise, Akasha dared to openly study the undead she had summoned, and indeed made a lot of new discoveries.
The undead soldiers in front of her were very different from the ordinary products of the 'Summoning of the Dead'. Usually, the undead soldiers summoned from the tombs or battlefields were often mostly rotten or incomplete, and their combat power was reduced. But these soldiers were completely different. Because their original bodies were complete shells after their souls were taken by Turing in the 'Time Barrier'.
In other words, the bodies of these undead soldiers were almost no different from the living — the only difference was that they no longer had a heartbeat and breathing.
The most important thing about 'Summoning of the Dead' was the completeness of the materials. From any point of view, these undead soldiers should be regarded as' perfect '. The elasticity of their muscles, the explosive power and the flexibility of their limbs were far superior to those of the crudely made zombies and skeletons. Their combat level was the basic level of 17. In terms of attributes, they were already stronger than the elite troops of the kingdom's army.
But their shortcomings were also very obvious. Akasha could not give complex instructions, otherwise these soldiers with no logical ability would not be able to complete them at all. Even if she ordered to 'attack', their fighting style was mostly based on instinct, without any skill to speak of.
And the 'topic' of Akasha's research was: Could these soldiers become smarter?
Necromancers never considered this problem because they were more inclined to use higher-level 'summoning spells' and 'summoning materials'. Make the skeletons smarter? Sorry, skeletons were skeletons after all. There was no difference between a smart skeleton or a zombie.
Of course, Akasha didn't expect to be able to solve this kind of bottleneck problem in a short time. But as the first "Half Necromancer" who was also a "Holy Priest", her thoughts were unimaginable to any Necromancer …
If she buffed the undead soldiers with divine spells, would it be useful?
Of course, the idea was beautiful, but the reality was cruel. During this period of time, she had directly 'purified' five undead soldiers with divine spells …
"Still not quite right."
After the light of the divine spell burned the undead soldiers in front of her again, Akasha frowned and stopped trying. She felt that she seemed to have walked into a dead end, so she simply stopped the experiment. She wanted to pay attention to other things and relieve her boredom.
Looking at the hundreds of silent undead soldiers standing outside the laboratory, Akasha felt that the atmosphere here was really a bit frightening. She got up and was ready to bask in the sun, but she did not go far when her footsteps suddenly stopped.
"This is …"
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