Necromancer: Becoming a God from a Lord

Chapter 488 The Kofman Family

Harvey half-tentatively and half-verifiedly sought intelligence information about the Border Duke Barkley from the "Earth-loving" in the forum. He thought he would receive a tactful refusal or a relatively perfunctory answer from the other party, but he didn't expect the answer to surprise him for a while.

[Earth-loving: Mr. Kel'Thuzad, the relevant issues about the Border Duke... Actually, you don't need to tell me. I believe you have various ways to find out... Carlo Kofman, the Border Duke canonized by the Baroque Royal Family, has the same surname as me. If you want to trace it back, he should even call me great-uncle. ]

Harvey raised his eyebrows in surprise. The Border Duke who is over 50 years old actually needs to call Mr. "Earth-loving" great-uncle?

This high-level spellcaster who has always been gentle and low-key in the forum is probably not young in real life... Could it be that he is also a senior mage over 100 years old like Mr. Scorching Overlord?

But the other party obviously has no signs of being promoted to the legendary level. If we calculate it based on the lifespan of ordinary high-level spellcasters, wouldn't he be on the verge of old age? Why has he never sought ways to prolong his life in the forum?

The spellcasters of the Kofman family have a secret method to delay aging and increase lifespan!

The doubt just popped up in my mind, and the other party immediately gave the answer frankly.

[Earth-loving: Haha, are you thinking... As Carlo Kofman's grandfather, my real age must be over a hundred years old, why didn't I lose my level directly due to excessive aging and exhaustion of magic power? ]

[Kel'Thuzad: If this is a secret of your family, out of courtesy and rules... I shouldn't ask about it. This is a bit too offensive. ]

[Earthbane: It doesn't matter. These things may be a big secret in the eyes of the royal nobles, but they are nothing special among spellcasters. Some people even know it... The Kofman family inherited part of the blood of the ancient high elves. Although the blood has gradually become thinner after hundreds of years of inheritance, the advantage of longevity has been barely preserved. ]

Harvey suddenly realized that it was no wonder that Mr. Earthbane chose to become a spellcaster despite being born in the royal family. With longevity as a natural advantage, he does have more time than ordinary spellcasters to seek a leap in life level. Even if he still cannot reach the legendary level in the end, he can still maintain stronger strength than ordinary wizards in old age, without worrying about the significant decline in strength caused by the exhaustion of magic power.

[Kel'Thuzad: Everyone in the Kofman family has the longevity gene? What about Duke Carlo himself? ]

[Earthbane: If I am not mistaken, you are planning to attack the Barkley border nobles led by Carlo, right? To get back the blood debt of their unprovoked invasion of the border of Saint Valen for several months? 】

As one of the founding members of the forum, he has been playing both sides of the various forces in the spellcaster forum for so long, and he can see through Harvey's intentions and ideas at a glance.

Harvey naturally has no fear or hesitation, and admits it directly.

[Kel'Thuzad: Yes, this is the price that Duke Carlo must pay. Because of the chaos they rashly set off in our country, countless civilians have been killed and injured, and a large number of farmlands and towns have been completely destroyed. The entire southern part of the principality has even seen a large number of famine refugees in the early autumn when the harvest is about to come! 】

The crystal screen of the magic brain instrument has not received a reply from the other party for a long time. It seems that Mr. Earth-loving has some signs of being at a loss for words. Harvey is not in a hurry. After all, it is just a simple move to convey his attitude to the other party, and there is no need to be so unreasonable.

[Earth-loving: Although Carlo has royal blood, he belongs to a side branch... I don't have much relationship with him. When the forum voted to expel and curb the power of the church, I also used my influence to cooperate in the capital, but after the royal order arrived at his border fiefdom, it did not receive the due response and respect. He always stood firmly on the side of the church. ]

The meaning is very clear... If you want to fight, fight. Anyway, it has nothing to do with me. It is a good thing for an outsider to beat up the Grand Duke who doesn't even take the royal family of his country seriously.

Harvey was naturally satisfied with this response. The other party obviously gave him enough respect and face because of his identity as the "agent" of the forum. Otherwise, with the strength of the Principality of Barclay, it is not without the capital to fight Saint Valen.

Of course, the premise is that the other party does not know the power of the magic weapons he has. After all, the war in Saint Valen, after the news was passed to other neighboring countries, most of them only disclosed the results, and the specific details of the battle were not known.

Then the Earthbender told Harvey in detail about the rise of Border Duke Carlo Kofman, the situation of the vassal nobles in the territory, and the number of troops of the most praised Baroque Border Knights. He told Harvey everything in detail.

Harvey, who got a satisfactory answer, was going to say a few pleasantries and end this pleasant online communication, but the other party suddenly asked a question.

[Earthbender: Mr. Kel'Thuzad, I'm sorry to ask... Now that you have completely controlled the Principality of Saint Valen, do you plan to officially ascend the throne and become the new Grand Duke of Saint Valen? ]

It seemed that he couldn't hold it in any longer, so he asked at the end - in the nearly thousand years of history of the southern countries, there were indeed few people who ascended the secular throne as a spellcaster. If you really want to trace it back... there was only the founder of the Federation, the mysterious existence of the first chief of the Federation, who was rumored to have been the first heir to the Orland royal family. At that time, Orland was not the leader of the current seven wizard countries, but a powerful secular country that controlled the western part of the continent.

And the origin and past background of the mysterious chief who gave up the right to inherit the throne seemed to have been deliberately erased from the long history. No matter how the later generations tried to dig and explore, they could never know his true identity. A lot of true and false rumors have been enduring.

In any case, organizations like the Federation and the High Wizard Council, as well as noble spellcasters like the Earthbearer, are still very concerned about Harvey's next move. Once he chooses to replace the former Grand Duke family canonized by the church and ascends the throne of Saint Valen, the political situation in the southern continent will inevitably be violently shaken. Not only will the church react violently... the royal families of other secular kingdoms will also be on pins and needles.

With the precedent set by Harvey, who knows if there will be other spellcasters with huge power who will follow his example and directly seize the secular kingship?

No mistakes, one post, one content, one 6, one 9, one book, one bar, take a look!

You must know that when the Federation and the church formed an alliance to fight against the demons, the covenant clearly stipulated that spellcasters should not arbitrarily interfere with the replacement of the kingship of secular countries. Every king of secular countries who ascended the throne... was canonized by the then pope himself, which was equivalent to paying a letter of surrender to seek asylum before he could sit on the throne.

However, Harvey's response was unexpected, leaving the Earth-loving One somewhat confused.

[Kel'Thuzad: I don't really care about these false reputations... but if the situation becomes tense and requires the unification of all forces that can be united, I will choose to stand up without hesitation, so... please wait and see! ]

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