The Low-Key Life of a Necromancer

In the cemetery outside the town, Li and Lilith each sat on a wooden stake, quietly waiting for Xiaoli to arrive.

The wooden stakes behind them were engraved with the names of those who died in the previous battle. These stakes served as tombstones. What Li and Lilith did was a blasphemy to the dead.

However, after obtaining the consent of the deceased, it was harmless for Li and Lilith to sit on the tombstone.

"These woods are great, why not use them to build a house."

Lilith knocked on the log that served as the tombstone and suggested that Li could use it for other purposes.

There are no more corpses in this cemetery, and the gravel hills do not produce tall trees, so wood is still quite precious.

"I also told Uncle Myron to take the tombstone away and build a house, but they would rather leave the things here."

"Ah? They are still superstitious about their own tombstone?"

"Who says it's not~"

Li and Lilith waited for a long time before they saw Xiaoli's figure on a small path in the distance.

Xiaoli has been feeling listless these past two days and looks listless.

It was because Li noticed that Xiaoli was in a bad mood that he made time to offer to teach Xiaoli magic.

It was Xiaoli who took the initiative to propose learning necromancy. Li felt that Xiaoli would be happier if she learned magic.

"Master, Miss Lilith."

Xiaoli walked up to Li and Lilith and greeted them in a servant's tone.

Li and Lilith had a lot of question marks in their heads. They didn't know what was going on with Xiaoli's sudden distant behavior.

"...Xiao Li, did Lilith provoke you again?"

Xiaoli shook her head and yawned to show her guilt.

"Master, I just didn't sleep well. The bed is a bit hard."

"Oh, I'll get you a spring mattress when we get back. I guarantee you'll sleep comfortably. Okay, everyone is here. Today I'll show you the special use of the parasitic puppet."

Li waved in the distance, and two sparrows received the signal and flew towards the place where the three people were gathered.

The two sparrows landed directly on Li's shoulders and wiped their mouths affectionately against Li's face.

The sparrow's beak pressed against Li's face, making him feel numb and itchy all over.

"Wow! They are so well behaved, how did they do that?!"

"As long as you plant a trace of your soul into their heads, you can communicate with them mentally. If you plant enough mental power, you can directly destroy the sparrow's consciousness. But usually there is no need to do such extremes. As long as these little things are given appropriate rewards, they are still willing to work."

Wild animals can tell the difference between losing their heads and having a full meal. They can get food by helping the mage act as spies. Why fight to the death?

After the two sparrows got a handful of wheat, they cooperated obediently with Li's explanation and allowed Lilith and Xiaoli to put their mental power on them.

After personally experiencing the spiritual connection with another species, Lilith and Xiaoli seemed to have opened the door to a new world.

Feel the mind of the sparrows, their perspective once they take to the sky, the power of air currents and vortices.

The two girls laughed like children, and Xiaoli's face was filled with more smiles.

While Xiaoli wasn't paying attention, Lilith stuck out her tongue at Li.

Lilith has wings and she often flies into the sky at night, so playing with sparrows does not bother Lilith.

The purpose of today's teaching is to make Xiaoli happy.

"Okay Xiaoli, try to share vision with the sparrow~"

The sparrow flew high into the sky, reflecting the scenery of the distant earth. However, in the sparrow's field of vision, in addition to the magnificent scenery of the wilderness, there were also many moving human figures moving towards the gravel hills.

Xiaoli discovered something unusual and quickly cut off the connection with the sparrow.

The moment her mind was disconnected, Xiaoli felt dizzy due to the change in perspective.

"Master, something happened!"

"What's wrong? Take a rest and calm yourself down!"

Li thought there was something wrong with Xiaoli's magic, but he saw Xiaoli shaking her head and pointing her finger into the distance.

At first there were just some small black dots in the distance. As time went by, Li and Lilith noticed that those black dots gradually turned into human figures.

There were intermittent figures, some of them were dragging luggage, some simply carried nothing, and at a rough glance there were more than a thousand people.

Such a large-scale population movement is rarely seen in the Gravel Hills, and Li immediately realized the seriousness of the problem.

"They are refugees. Go back quickly. We must organize manpower as soon as possible to receive these refugees!"

Such a large number of refugees has exceeded the original population of the town. The changes brought about by so many people entering the town are unpredictable.

The best case scenario is that they are all willing to follow the arrangements, but even so, arranging their food and accommodation is a big project.

If the situation gets a little worse, these refugees entering the town may very likely become bandits.

Once order gets out of control, the town is doomed.

Li and Xiaoli immediately ran to the town, and Lilith spread her wings and flew into the sky.

"Lilith, go find my parents and ask them to organize a militia to watch over these incoming refugees!"

Li shouted from below, and Lilith made an eight-shaped circle in the sky, indicating that she had received instructions.

Watching Lilith fly away after receiving the order, Li simply stopped.

"Master! Aren't we going back?"

"It's enough to have Lilith deliver the message. I must slow down the movement of these refugees."

It would take time for the town to organize its defense, and Li was now the person closest to the refugees.

"Master, what can the two of us do? If one of them has bad intentions, we will be in danger!"

"Xiao Li, if the town is overwhelmed by these refugees, that would be really dangerous!"

Li was not too worried about his own safety. Even if these refugees really attacked him, the worst that could happen to him was that he would die.

Li is even more afraid that the sudden appearance of homeless people will destroy the basic base that has been built with great difficulty.

Seeing that Li had made up his mind, Xiaoli had no choice but to follow him without saying a word.

The two men moved in the direction the refugees were moving, which naturally attracted their attention.

After the encounter, both sides stopped, and thousands of refugees advanced and retreated in an orderly manner, which made Li realize their peculiarities.

"Who is your leader? Stand up and speak!"

It is difficult for people who have lost their homes to trust others, so in order to gather a team of thousands of people and manage it in an orderly manner, a prestigious person is needed.

In keeping with the human kingdom's usual style, the clergy among the refugees would take on the responsibility of leadership, just like Theresa who arrived at Gravel Hill a few months ago.

Li thought that he would meet some elderly clergymen and even prestigious Vatican officials.

In the end, the people who came out from among the refugees were a few young people about the same age as Li.

The leader was wearing leather protective gear used by adventurers, with a short sword emitting holy light on his waist. After he stood in front, all the refugees around him stepped back respectfully.

The young man held his head high when facing Li, with a head full of spiky hair, looking very arrogant.

Li just glanced at the other person and felt a strong sense of déjà vu.

Li thought for a while and found the source of the sense of déjà vu from the messy memories of the earth.

"Oh my God, isn't this a young hero?"

There are actually such creatures as heroes in this world. Li was so surprised that his jaw dropped.

"Oh~ I didn't expect you to know this hero. I thought Gravel Hill was a closed countryside."

The young man who called himself a hero didn't take Li seriously at all, and he didn't even introduce himself.

Or it was one of the hero's companions who stood up and proclaimed the hero's name.

"The one in front of you is the brave man of Windmill Bay. The goddess recognizes his bravery and his courage to fight for the free people. The goddess has bestowed upon him the sword of hope called the Evil Slayer. The brave Saint Xingyu will lead the people in distress to build a new home!"