The Low-Key Life of a Necromancer

Windmill River Bay is one of the largest grain-producing areas in the north.

The Rip River, which means a beautiful ribbon in classical language, originates from the snow water flowing down from the frozen tundra. The wide river nourishes the land along its way.

At the Windmill River Bend, the Ripple River turns into a huge arc, and the silt accumulated on the riverbed over the years has formed a wide alluvial plain near the river bend.

The development of Windmill Bay started fifty years earlier than that of Gravel Hills, and as the kingdom had invested huge amounts of money here from the beginning, the prosperity of this grain-producing area was simply incomparable to that of Gravel Hills.

Li brought the girls to the top of a raised hill and looked at the vast city in the distance. For the first time, Li realized that the kingdom of this world was not completely useless.

The urban area covers an astonishing area, with many multi-story buildings standing inside. Two circular walls inside and outside perfectly protect the urban area.

Outside the city are vast farmlands. At this season, all the seedlings in the fields have emerged from the ground, forming a pleasing green carpet.

Land that is irrigated by rivers will not experience drought. There is rarely large-scale rainfall in the north, so naturally there will be no floods.

As long as these crops grow normally, they can feed more than 100,000 people.

This food is the future and hope.

However, the large number of refugees gathered at the edge of the outer city wall destroyed the prosperous scene.

"Li, I want to go and comfort the disaster victims!"

After seeing the refugees, Theresa kept praying silently. Wearing a hood, Theresa looked like an angel walking on the earth, grieving for the suffering of the people.

"I'll go with you, but we don't have much to give to the refugees."

"…I know."

The small team took action and approached Windmill River Bay.

The huge windmill standing in the fields is the landmark of Windmill Bay.

The grain produced each year is hulled and crushed inside the windmill to form coarse flour, which is then transported to surrounding areas.

After passing the outermost windmill, the group stepped onto the stone-paved road. Before reaching the next windmill, Li asked about the doubts in his heart.

"Teresa, why did you come out with us? Isn't the refugee camp quite busy?"

Li wanted to ask Theresa to do things with him several times. The couple in the dream world still have a lot of tacit understanding between them.

However, Theresa has been busy taking care of refugees and said that as a nun, it is her duty to help suffering people.

After all, Theresa in front of him was different from the one in the dream world. Li did not force her anymore, but Theresa took the initiative to come out with Li.

"My father and uncles haven't replied to my letters for a long time. I'm a little worried about him."

Theresa's father and uncles were all priests of the church. After the refugee camp was stabilized, they were busy communicating with Windmill River Bay in exchange for the support of the local nobles.

"Didn't the uncles form a caravan?"

"Yes, but the caravan hasn't returned to Gravel Hill for a month. Haven't you noticed?"

When Theresa answered, she raised her eyes and looked at Li, and this face overlapped with the fragment in Li's memory.

Li was complaining in his heart, how much is the correlation between the dream world and reality?

"Maybe they were delayed somewhere. Clergymen can travel freely in the kingdom, so no one should be able to harm them."

Lee and Theresa came together to the refugees and watched them collapse against the wall.

The refugees had no roof over their heads and some didn't even have clothes on their backs.

“May the goddess bless you… Li, you said these refugees are gathering outside the city, why is no one giving them alms?”

Theresa healed the wounds of a refugee with festering wounds, but the refugee's eyes were numb and he didn't even say thank you.

Theresa didn't care about the other party's attitude. She was very clear about the mental state of the refugees.

"According to the Disaster Response Act, churches will set up relief offices at the gates of major cities, and clergy will distribute the most basic living supplies, but I didn't see any such people."

When Theresa said these words, there was confusion and anger in her words.

Li looked around and found that these refugees were indeed abandoned and no one cared about their lives or deaths.

Perhaps, the church has stopped its hypocritical cover-up and no longer regards refugees as human beings.

Just as Theresa and Li were discussing the current situation, a team of clergy finally appeared at the city gate.

The leader was a Vatican knight, wearing a crown adorned with gold and silver, which reflected his lofty status and made people feel sincere awe of him.

Everyone bowed their heads in obeisance, and the refugees even stood up and put their heads to the ground to avoid offending the noble paladins.

The people's awe made the Paladin raise his head with pride. He was very satisfied with these people's attitude towards him.

"Pass on my order. Check all refugees. If you find any dead bodies, drag them together and burn them. With so many people dying every day, it's easy for plague and evil to spread. It's the duty of every one of us priests to ensure cleanliness inside and outside the city!"

The attendant knights listened silently to the priest's lecture, and after the lecture was over, they tapped their breastplates to give slightly chaotic compliments.

"Your Highness' order, Your Excellency the Paladin!"

After that, the knights dispersed outside the city. Some of them just checked the condition of the refugees with their eyes, while others directly picked up wooden sticks and hit the hands and feet of each one.

You know that the one who is dodging is a living person, but the one who is hit hard but doesn't make any noise is a dead body.

Seeing their behavior of not treating people as human beings, Theresa couldn't help it. She rushed over to argue with those people.

"The clergy should take saving people as their responsibility. How could you!"

Li pulled Theresa back and covered her mouth with his hand.

Li saw some problems from these people's behavior. Windmill River Bay's practice of ignoring the lives of refugees has definitely not been going on for a day or two.

Since their disregard for life has been going on for some time, Teresa's condemnation alone will certainly not change anything.

Instead it will cause trouble.

Lee stopped Theresa quickly enough, but still attracted the attention of the Paladin.

The Paladin walked up to Li and Theresa, and faced with Theresa's hostile look, he laughed heartily.

"I was worried that I couldn't find you heretics, but I didn't expect you to show up on your own initiative. Come on, arrest them and throw them all into the dungeon!"

The scattered soldiers regrouped, armed with swords and spears, and surrounded Li and his group.

Li was very puzzled. He didn't do anything here, so why was he thrown into the dungeon?

"My dear Paladin, may I ask what mistakes we made to deserve being pointed at by so many people with swords?"

"Why are you asking? You are heretics and criminals. If you don't behave yourself, I will punish you!"

Li didn't get an answer, only an angry reply from the other party.

Li knew that it was meaningless to resist at the moment, so he decided to compromise for the time being and then find a way to deal with it.

Theresa was held down by Li and stopped arguing with the paladin, but Theresa did not stop praying. She kept defending her faith in a low voice.

Repeating the contents of the scriptures can bring peace of mind to the clergy.

"The goddess creates light, which illuminates the earth and dispels darkness. People believe in light and are as upright, kind, and selfless as light..."