The Low-Key Life of a Necromancer

Chapter 513 Touching Left and Right

"Mr. Simon, you seem to like meat soup very much."

“Yes, the food you cook is really delicious~”

In the castle cafeteria, Xiaoli served Simon a bowl of broth.

There are currently quite a few people gathered in this castle, including magicians who surrendered from the Eye of Truth, magic apprentices trained in Amber and the North, and the business team led by Jacob and Norton.

New buildings are being built on the streets outside the castle, and the area is planned to be developed into a larger industrial area.

In addition to accommodation, factory and other facilities, a large workshop is also under construction.

This huge workshop is more than 300 meters long, more than 60 meters wide, and more than 10 meters high.

In order to build such a large workshop, Amber mobilized many magicians who were good at arithmetic, and only then could they barely ensure that the workshop would not collapse due to its own weight while using fewer supporting columns.

Simon drank his soup while looking out the window at the construction site. There was no change on his face, but his heart was filled with emotion.

"As expected of a northerner, they immediately invested in such a large project as soon as they were told to build it."

The last time there was such a large-scale construction work on the land of the Northern Continent was when humans were defeated and the new capital was built.

The new capital was built by gathering the kingdom's national strength and took decades to build.

And Li, relying only on his identity as a necromancer and the wealth accumulated from the business in the North, dared to undertake such a large project.

A comparison shows that the magicians of the Eye of Truth have basically achieved nothing over the years!

"Simon, we plan to meet the timber merchant in Wind Chime Town this afternoon. What are your plans?"

"Me? I'm not crazy about merchants, so I'd better stay here."

After reconciling relations with Norton, everything seemed to be back to normal.

Simon and Norton communicated casually, and it seemed very natural.

But they all knew very well that the peace at this moment was just the eve of the storm!

After getting rid of the people who were paying attention to him, Simon returned to his room and took out a piece of white paper to write and draw.

The image that quickly emerged from Simon's pen was the design of a battleship. However, Simon only drew a small part before he frowned and was forced to stop.

"Damn, there are so many magical devices here that I don't recognize."

Not only the magic devices, but also some special structures and tools are beyond Simon's understanding.

A few days ago, Simon sneaked into the Amber Room and stole part of the design drawings. In the past two days, while in meetings, Simon forced himself to record the contents of the design drawings.

However, the more important the part, the more complicated the details and content on the drawings, so complicated that Simon couldn't remember them at all.

Originally, Simon had some doubts about flying warships, but now, Simon felt that Li might really be able to create something that is difficult for ordinary people to understand.

Simon developed a desire for the battleship. He wanted to obtain it and hoped to use the power of the battleship to become a person who controls an era.

The black snake slipped out of Simon's trouser leg and crawled along the unnoticed corner of the courtyard.

Coming to the corresponding window of the amber room, Black Snake looked around to make sure no one noticed his presence.

The black snake raised its body and climbed onto the windowsill, penetrating through the gap in the window like a puff of smoke.

It should have done that a few days ago, letting Simon run into the amber room himself, which was really stupid.

The black snake mocked its previous stupid behavior in its heart. It easily broke the rock seal and quickly got into the safe.

In the lightless safe, the black snake had a pair of strange eyes. Its head swept back and forth across the battleship design, trying to remember as many gestures on the drawing as possible.

Sneaking in, breaking the magic defense, and stealing the contents on the blueprint, these three steps are not difficult at all for Black Snake.

But Black Snake's memory is a serious problem. Like Simon, it cannot understand the complicated notes and lines on the drawings and can only memorize them by rote.

Black Snake was afraid that if he remembered too much at once, he would get confused, so every time he sneaked into the safe, Black Snake could only remember a small part.

"Damn it! Why are there traces of smearing on it?"

There are naturally some unreasonable parts in the design drawings, and it is very common to smudge and modify them.

But this added extra workload to Black Snake, so much so that he neglected to monitor the outside of the safe.

The black snake was busy confirming whether the place where it was applied would affect the part it recorded a few days ago when it heard a sudden noise from the door.

Clack.

The magic shell outside the safe shattered, and under Black Snake's shocked gaze, the door quickly opened, and sunlight shone in from outside.

The black snake was almost scared to death, and its little heart was beating fast under its scales.

"Lord Amber, there are documents at the Ministry of Magic that need your signature!"

"Okay, I'll be right there~"

Amber, who made the sound, was standing in front of the black snake. Fortunately, Amber was standing high, so from her angle she couldn't see the situation inside the safe at the first time.

The black snake immediately retreated and hid in the shadow of the safe, but Amber suddenly squatted down and almost exposed it.

The black snake propped itself up, used its flexible body to support the safe, and placed itself on top.

Amber's hand reached in from outside, picked up a seal and left.

Black Snake was about to breathe a sigh of relief when he saw Amber's hand reaching in again.

Amber rummaged around in the safe for a while before picking up a few gold coins and leaving.

The black snake didn't even dare to breathe, and just held on to its body and waited for a long time.

With a click, the safe closed and a layer of magic enveloped it.

Black Snake finally confirmed that Amber would not take anything anymore.

The exhausted black snake fell to the bottom of the safe like a pile of noodles.

Being in danger, the black snake had no time to rest. It squeezed out its magic power to break through the magic defense and left through the window in shame.

Simon had been waiting for Black Snake in the room, waiting for Black Snake to bring back more parts of the drawings.

After a long time, the black snake crawled back from the window. Simon grabbed it and lifted it directly onto the desk.

There were many blank spaces on the spread-out drawing on the desk. Simon couldn't wait to pick up his pen to draw, but the Black Snake didn't respond.

The black snake looked like it was dead, lying on the table with its eyes rolled up. Simon frowned fiercely and slapped the black snake.

"what's wrong with you!"

“…Don’t touch me, I don’t remember anything.”

Originally, Black Snake had recorded some things, but when Amber suddenly saw it, he forgot the part he had remembered.

Simon didn't expect that the black snake in front of him would be so useless.

"Didn't you say that you are a high-level wizard of the Eye of Truth? Didn't you say that you also know Li Hui's necromancy? You can't even copy a blueprint, and you still have the nerve to say that you are awesome! I must be blind to be fooled by your lies!"

Simon grabbed the black snake and swung it against the wall like a whip.

This time, the black snake's gallbladder was almost thrown out.

"Simon! You are just a rubbish noble. How dare you attack the noble Lord Venomous Snake? I..."

The two were in the middle of an argument when they noticed that the atmosphere in the castle had changed.

So many people were running towards the castle gate that Simon and Black Snake didn't care about each other and they all crowded to the window to look out.

Then I saw Li, whom I hadn't seen for a long time, returning to the castle in a carriage.

Li waved to the girls who were waiting to greet him at the castle gate, and when he looked up he saw Simon at the window.

Li was slightly startled and waved to Simon.