The Low-Key Life of a Necromancer

The deputy leader of the Knights of Judgment was an apprentice blacksmith in a small workshop in the royal capital before joining the Knights of Judgment.

He clearly remembered that on a quiet afternoon, a team of Judgment Knights came to the workshop where he worked and wanted to take away his blacksmith.

The reason the Knights arrested people was that the front line needed skilled workers.

The deputy commander's master was a cunning old blacksmith who immediately said that he was in poor health and his eyesight was blurry, and he had no ability to run a blacksmith workshop.

The old blacksmith also said that the work in the workshop is now done by his apprentices.

Just like that, the deputy commander was taken away by the Knights.

When he arrived at the front line to fight against the devil, someone tested his blacksmithing ability and found out that the deputy captain could only make basic farm tools such as hoes and sickles, and could not forge magic materials at all.

The deputy commander was thrown into a corner of the military camp and no one paid any attention to him anymore.

No one knew who this young man who was left behind in the front-line military camp was. Even the deputy regiment commander gradually forgot his own name.

Everyone called him "Hey", and the older soldiers called him "brat".

Everyone is familiar with the story of the deputy captain fighting a hellhound. In fact, it was the deputy captain's second encounter with a hellhound.

The first time the deputy captain encountered a hellhound was at a camp on the border that was breached by demons.

"Number 17, White Dove Street... No, I passed it, it's number 16!"

The deputy head of the group walked past, checked the house number, and then went back to the door of the apartment.

He stood in front of the door with his hands on his hips, drinking the northwest wind without any hesitation.

The deputy captain waited and waited until dusk, and finally met the person he wanted to see.

"Weiser Lee!"

Li and Xiaoli each carried the purchased vegetables and meat, and walked home talking and laughing.

At the door of the apartment stood a strange man wearing knight armor.

The man looks like a knight, but his behavior and aura make him look like a street thug.

Li was stunned for a moment, thinking that the man was waiting for someone, but the other party called out his name.

"do we know each other?"

Li asked doubtfully, but saw the deputy captain draw the sword from his waist and point it directly at Li's face.

Xiaoli felt the deputy captain's strong hostility, so she dropped the items in her hand and pulled out a dagger to protect Li.

Li didn't care. He picked up the ingredients that Xiaoli dropped on the ground, put them into the bag and held it in his arms again.

"My dear guest, it seems that you have something to talk to me about. Would you like to come in and have a cup of tea?"

"Master!"

Xiaoli was very anxious. She could clearly feel that the knight in front of her was very powerful.

The opponent is like the butcher at the village entrance, and the sword in his hand has definitely killed countless enemies.

Seeing that Li remained calm, the deputy head of the group immediately showed an interested expression.

He didn't expect that the person who caused the archbishop's death would be such a calm young man.

"Ha, if there's hot tea, I'd really like to go in and sit down."

Li waved his hand and signaled Xiaoli to open the door.

Li invited the deputy head of the group to the living room, lit the firewood, and let the flames dispel the coldness in the room.

"Even though it's spring now, it's still very cold at this time."

Li fiddled with the fireplace leisurely, while the deputy head of the group crossed his legs and leisurely looked at the layout of the apartment.

The apartment where Li lives is a very typical middle-class building.

A lot of similar houses have been rebuilt in the royal capital over the years, with the purpose of renting them to migrant workers who want to live in the royal capital but do not have fixed properties.

“Nice house~”

"Thank you for the compliment. It's all thanks to my maid."

Xiaoli, wearing a thick maid outfit, dared not take her eyes off the deputy leader.

Xiaoli brought the hot tea to the table with trepidation, and then saw the deputy head of the group take the cup and put it in front of his eyes to take a look.

The deputy captain did not drink it, he just held the teacup in his hand to feel the temperature.

“Tea is good too~”

"…Now, please tell me why you are here, Vice-Captain of the Knights of Judgment."

Li originally wanted to fool around, but seeing that the deputy captain had no intention of letting up, Li had no choice but to stop playing dumb.

Seeing that Li faced it calmly, the deputy head of the group did not waste time and immediately told him the purpose of his visit.

"Weiser Li, I heard that it was you who used necromancy to create a series of events in the cathedral, which ultimately led to the death of the archbishop."

The deputy head used an affirmative sentence, and Li knew there was no need for him to defend himself.

"You are guilty. I will take you back to the cathedral for trial!"

Clang~

The teacup fell to the ground with a crisp shattering sound. Xiaoli was horrified and wanted to cover Li's escape.

But the deputy captain held the sword horizontally, and several sword lights directly split the table into a three-dimensional puzzle.

"Weize Li, I don't quite understand. You obviously live here, and everyone knows that you are the one who did it, but no one comes to arrest you. But this doesn't stop me from coming to arrest you and make you confess!"

"…Deputy Captain, you are a hero on the front line, why do you care about things in the rear?"

The Knights of Judgment are a very pure combat group whose sole mission is to fight against demons.

Li also couldn't understand why the Knights of Judgment cared about the Archbishop's affairs.

The deputy head of the group saw that Li was confused and did not hide it.

"When I first went to the front, I was still a timid young man. A three-headed hellhound broke into the camp where I was and killed people madly."

Li rarely heard about the front line, and he didn't even know where the battlefield between humans and demons was.

The deputy head of the group talked about his past experiences, and Li sat in his seat and listened quietly.

"I hid in a box in the utility room. There was a young bishop in a red robe hiding with me. He came to the front line to get gilded. Unexpectedly, he happened to encounter the demons rushing into the camp."

The deputy leader hid in a box, holding his breath so as not to be discovered by the devil.

The clergyman who was hiding with the deputy leader also did not hide his cowardice.

"When the demon was far away, I quietly asked the priest next to me, 'You are a priest, why don't you go out and kill the demon? Li, guess what he answered?"

Li shook his head. He was not at the scene, so how could he guess?

"That person said to me self-deprecatingly that he was not good at fighting. He was a stupid clergyman who could only pray. He usually just stamped documents or something."

Two equally timid people hid in one place.

The deputy commander was a civilian with no resistance at the time, so it was natural for him to hide.

But it is shameful for the clergy to hide themselves, and this is not in accordance with doctrine.

"I looked down on him at the time, but I ended up hearing him say something very interesting."

The deputy head turned his gaze to Li and repeated word for word what the archbishop had told him.

"Everyone has things they are good at and things they are not good at. He is not good at fighting, but he is good at giving people names. So, he became my godfather and gave me a name, Edward!"

Edward, which means the guard of honor, is a name with noble meaning.

"I don't see what's so noble about hiding in a box."

Lee didn't understand why the clergyman named Edward Edward.

"That's what I said, but he told me that when the demon approached, we held our breath together. I protected two people's lives, and life is the most precious thing in the world!"

Li was stunned by the priest's magical train of thought. He could describe weakness in such a high-sounding way. This priest was truly a talent!

"He also told me that there are many timid and cowardly people in this world, and they also have the right to find a way to survive!"

Li could no longer ignore this statement and laugh it off. The priest was right. Weak people also have the right to live, and no one can deprive them of this right.

Edward, the deputy commander of the Knights of Judgment, clearly stated his purpose.

Edward came to arrest Lee not for any noble reasons.

Edward came here today just to avenge his godfather.

"Your godfather is the deceased archbishop? This is really... a very good reason!"