The Low-Key Life of a Necromancer

There were sounds of beating and wailing in the Li family's main house. People who often passed by the Li family knew that Rose was beating her son again.

Many people looked at him with envy, because they also wanted to raise a son like Li who was so resistant to beatings and did not blame his parents after being beaten.

Unfortunately, most of the children in the village have become smart through their daily life.

When they see their parents are angry, these naughty kids run away, but appear out of nowhere during dinner time.

They are all a bunch of annoying people who only care about eating and not being punished.

After beating her son and making herself feel better, Mother Li sat down and started talking to her son.

"Son, why didn't you discuss with mom before accepting those refugees? We don't have enough food to feed them, and they will burden us to death!"

"I know, but I am sure I can get enough food within a month. Mom, you should remember the promise of the Freyr family."

Li used the bounty for treating Cotton to exchange for a batch of food. As long as the food arrived, there would be no problem for the later refugees to spend the winter together.

Rose was naturally aware of Li's plan. Li used favors in exchange for food in order to expand the population of the town.

"But son, what should we do if the Freyr family is unreliable or they can't get so much food?"

Important lifelines cannot be entrusted to others. This is the pain that Rose has experienced personally.

Although they are from the same family, Rose was exiled to a remote place by her master. The relationship between the Freyr family and the town was already poor, so the cost for them to break their promise was even lower.

"Mom, I know what you're worried about. If the Freyr family fulfills their promise, everyone will be happy. If they fail to deliver the food in time, it's actually not a big problem."

Li did not take his mother's worries so seriously because he already had other plans in mind.

Li never puts all his bets on one person. It is a smart thing to have multiple routes and multiple investments.

"Do you have any other plans? What plans? Li, you should tell your mother. Mom will help you."

Mother Rose strongly supports Li Zili's actions. After all, there are many similar situations in the history of the kingdom.

Some bandits who occupy the mountains and become kings, after building up a powerful force, will be rewarded with titles by the king and become nobles.

Li Ma knew that if she wanted to live freely and have the power to fight against the master family and those high-ranking nobles, it was necessary to establish a city-state.

On this point, Rose has a deeper understanding than her husband.

Being born into an aristocratic family, one can better understand the filthiness of the aristocracy.

Seeing his mother's attitude, Li thought that he finally had someone reliable around him.

"Mom, there is still a brave man here. Let him stand in front and block the bullets for us, and we can develop secretly~"

Rose only rolled her eyes to realize how cunning her son's plan was.

The brave man has already made a name for himself, and the refugees gathered around him are real. If a corps is formed in the name of the brave man to develop the surrounding areas, the attention of those nobles will only be focused on the brave man.

"Let the brave men return to Windmill Bay and occupy that rich land, and Gravel Hills will never be short of food."

The idea was radical and clearly very recent.

Rose felt that her son might be a little impulsive and wanted to persuade him to be more cautious.

"How can we ask the heroes to seize Windmill Bay? There is a corps of nobles protecting it. We can't take it away at all!"

"Seizing Windmill Bay is something the heroes need to consider. Mom, why are you so excited~"

"Son, listen to what you said. How could this have nothing to do with us? It's ok to use the name of a hero, but are you really planning to let the hero go..."

Rose paused mid-sentence, her eyes widening as she began to question her own sanity.

"The hero has a grudge against us now, how could he possibly listen to us?"

"It's my job to make him obedient. Why are you so excited, mom~"

"You little brat, you dare to tease even your mother, are you planning to use necromancy?"

Lee nodded, acknowledging his thoughts frankly.

"Isn't this a bad idea? Necromancer is a secret. If someone knows about it, you might be in danger."

"You can't avoid risks by hiding, you can only do so by becoming stronger."

Li had indeed planned to slowly farm and develop the basic base bit by bit.

But the appearance of the brave man sounded the alarm for Li.

The brave man and the short sword which was most likely a divine weapon, the appearance of these two things directly destroyed the original balance.

If it weren't for Li's possession of necromancy, the hero could easily destroy the town and bury all of Li's plans in the cracks of the rocks on the gravel hills.

Li believes that similar things will emerge one after another and directly destroy the homes that have been built with great difficulty.

There was no time to plan slowly. Li felt the crisis of turmoil in the kingdom from the wind blowing from the south.

"Mom, the only way to do this now is to develop as quickly as possible, and the fastest way to develop is to rob!"

Steal people, steal food, and steal territory!

Rose saw that her son had already made his decision and knew that it was useless to persuade him any further.

But this way, there is no turning back for Li.

Li can only follow this path, not failing, not slacking off, until the day he becomes king, or is crushed into the dust of history.

"King? I didn't say I wanted to be a king."

Being a king is so tiring. Li doesn't want to sit on the throne and constantly deal with the conflicts that keep accumulating in the kingdom. That would be torture.

Rose was a little angry when she heard that Li didn't want to be king. It was because Rose's parents didn't want to be the head of the family that other members took advantage of the opportunity and drove Rose's family out of the family.

Rose must explain this impact to her son.

"You are not going to be the king. This is an irresponsible act towards all the people who believed in you. Li, what do you want me and your father to do? And Xiaoli and the others, who supported you to the end, are you going to give up the throne to someone else?"

Li saw his mother's serious face and just found it a little funny.

Now that you haven't even started to think about the throne, aren't you thinking too much?

"Mom, I won't be the king, but I want to be the man behind the king."

Li, the man behind the king, wants to lead the emperor to command the princes.

This practice has occurred many times in Earth's history, but it usually does not last long.

It is quite difficult to manipulate a country's ruler behind the scenes, and if you don't do it well, you may easily be backfired.

But Li is not afraid. This world with extraordinary power makes up for the shortcomings of this method. Li has the necromancy and can refine the king into his own puppet and control him forever.

The reason why Li is so confident is that he refers to the relationship between gods and humans in this world.

After all, the king is the king of the kingdom, and Li can become the god of the kingdom!

"The man behind the king... son, you don't like men, do you?"

"My Goddess, Mom, do you want to listen to what you are saying?"