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Lin En did not use the electromagnetic magic that he had just mastered and was not very proficient in yet. A stream of scorching fire surged out from his palm and swallowed William in an instant.
The blood-colored barrier surrounding his body became the best fuel at this moment. The fierce white phosphorus fire was like a maggot on the tarsal bone. It quickly broke through the barrier and turned William into a torch.
However, William still ignored it and endured the pain of being burned by the flames and his flesh being torn and devoured. There was only one thought in his mind, and that was to kill the two people in front of him!
Unfortunately, this was just wishful thinking. The next moment, the beam of fire gushing out of Lin En's palm suddenly turned into an extremely cold current.
【Liquid Nitrogen - Ice Storm】
William immediately experienced what it meant to be in a world of ice and fire. The already blurred flesh and blood on his body burst into pieces, quickly disintegrating and turning into tiny pieces of ice that fell to the ground...
The short distance of four or five meters seemed like an insurmountable chasm. William finally fell down in front of Lynn, as if he had flown all the way over just to perform a grand ceremony.
Murt looked at William with pity. He could naturally see that the other party's fat body should be the side effect of some strange ritual. The power obtained was undoubtedly powerful, but in front of a real wizard, it still looked so ridiculous.
This further proves that my choice was correct.
"Good physical fitness..." Lynn commented appreciatively, then ignored William's bloody body and pressed his magic palm on the other's head.
[Soul Search]
Because it was just an incarnation, the mental power that Lin En could mobilize was limited. But William had been tortured to the point of mental disorder at this moment, so it didn't take too much effort for Lin En to successfully obtain the information he wanted.
The stimulation brought by the mental invasion also woke William up from the pain of being roasted by flames and invaded by ice, and he shouted wildly.
"Wait, you can't kill me... Every one of my trusted subordinates knows the information about the Sea of Mist. If I die, they will definitely spread the news... I don't want any share of the trade and freight, I'll give it to you, all of it!"
"Don't worry so much, William." Lynn's lips curled up into a smile. "Don't you have a good substitute? I think he will definitely live well for you."
William's pupils constricted, but before he could say anything, he was frozen into an ugly ice sculpture...
"Lord Lin, there is a secret passage leading directly to the hall. Mr. Lauder should be there." Murt said eagerly.
"Let's go, don't keep him waiting!" Lin En nodded.
Although Murt was his insider, time was too urgent. Cody visited in the morning and gave the invitation letter in the afternoon. The other party had no way to send him a message in real time.
So when Murt suddenly appeared in front of Lord and asked to take the [Ring of Mysticism] away, Lynn knew that something must have happened, which made Lord hand over the ring.
It only took him ten minutes to deal with William. If Lord was smart enough, he should be enjoying dinner with the stand-in right now.
When Lin En arrived at the hall, he found that things seemed different from what he had imagined. Wine stains and cups and plates were scattered all over the floor. The scene could only be described as chaotic.
After using a [Chain Lightning] to take out a dozen guards, Lynn and Murt pulled the dusty Lord out of the trap.
Lord stared at Murt with resentment.
"Mr. Lord, there were a lot of people outside just now. Please forgive me for my previous offense." Murt said embarrassedly, and then stuffed the [Ring of Mysticism] into the other party's hand. "I said before that I would protect it with my life!"
Chapter 247 Lin En: I'll only give you ten seconds to think about it
Just like outside the fortress, Murt's words were very appropriate and Loud could not find any fault with them. After all, he had reminded him so obviously, but someone was just stupid enough not to notice it at all.
Loud was so angry that his teeth were itching. He thought Murt did it on purpose to make him look bad in front of Lord Linn.
This is definitely a tough opponent!
Thinking of this, Lord immediately turned around and boasted to Lynn about how he had easily subdued William's stand-in and the siege of a dozen burly men. Although he fell into the trap carefully set by the opponent, he also tried hard to delay a lot of time.
Lynn patted Lord on the shoulder and said a few words to comfort him. The situation was urgent and he had no time to explain too much. Of course, he would not blame the other party for making him so embarrassed.
Then, Lin En turned his gaze to the trembling fat man trapped in the underground palace below.
"This is William's stand-in, his real name is Dolar..." Murt quickly explained.
Lynn nodded. This stand-in really looked exactly like William. If you had to say the difference between the two, it was just that one was fatter and the other was thinner.
"How many people know of his existence?" Lin En asked thoughtfully.
"Among all of William's trusted subordinates, there are less than ten who know this," Murt responded.
Lin En was immediately relieved and threw the corpse in his hand directly into the underground palace.
The nearly 400-pound corpse fell heavily to the ground like a cannonball. Dolar, who was curled up in the corner, narrowed his pupils slightly. Although William's body had been burned beyond recognition and there were few pieces of good meat on his body, the huge size still allowed Ham to recognize it at a glance.
"I won't say anything more. It's up to you to decide whether to live or die!" Lin En looked down at the fat figure in the underground palace and said indifferently. "I'll only give you ten seconds to think about it!"
Dolar completely lost the arrogance he had when he threatened Lord with such a stern voice before. Without even a second's hesitation, he prostrated himself on the ground and immediately expressed his willingness to follow the great wizard forever and with utmost loyalty.
After all, working for someone is not a job, and he has no gratitude towards William.
Although William turned him from a commoner into a high and mighty stand-in who controlled the lives and deaths of thousands of people overnight, he also fed him into a huge, ugly fat man, and even used blood magic to control his life. It was impossible to say that he had no hatred in his heart.
"Very good." Lynn nodded with great satisfaction, and then let Lord and Murt pull the other party up.
"Thank you for saving me, Master Wizard! From now on, Dolar will serve you until his death..." After being pulled into the hall by two people with great difficulty, the short and fat Dolar rolled and crawled at Lin En's feet, nodding and bowing to please him.
This was how he had tried to please William before, but his overweight body made his movements seem a little ridiculous.
Lord looked at Doral with disgust, and couldn't help but murmur in his heart, how come these people were more skilled at flattering than himself? This made Lord feel that his position was strongly threatened.
Lin En was well aware of the little conflicts among the three people, but he didn't care. As long as it didn't affect the normal work, competition among his subordinates might not be a bad thing.
"Murter, Dolar, you will assist Lord in taking over the forces under William in the next few days. For those who you are not sure of winning over or hiding from others, just deal with them directly!"
"It's up to you to decide what to do and who to keep! But I don't want any accidents to happen!" Lynn warned.
"I promise to solve these troubles perfectly, Lord Linn." Lord immediately said, patting his chest.
Lin En nodded again, and then looked at the chubby Dolar. "Give me your hand!"
Dolar didn't quite understand what Lin En meant, but he still reached out his hand with a slight tremor.
Lynn grabbed the other's chubby right hand.
Dolar soon felt a strong stinging pain in his heart, and the flesh on his face trembled, but he dared not move. After Lin En let go of his hand, he found a flame mark on his right hand.
Unlike the mark on Lord's hand, this thing is not just a bluff, but a high-level use of alchemy. As long as Lin En thinks about it, it can be activated, and it will burst out with strong white phosphorus fire, devouring the opponent.
However, controlling life and death is not a foolproof method, so Lin En rarely uses this thing to threaten his own people, but Doral obviously does not have his trust yet.
"From today on, you are William, the real Viscount of the Empire, and the dead one is Dolar!" Lynn said word by word.
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In the next few days, with the help of a substitute and Murt, it was naturally easy for Lord to take over William's forces.
In just three days, those confidants who knew William's identity as a substitute were killed silently by their companions.
Of course, these are all small actions done in secret. On the surface, everything is normal, and the entire manor is still managed by the "Imperial Viscount".
Lynn did not intend to give up this line easily. After all, everyone in the kingdom knew that William was the most loyal supporter of the eldest prince Harold. This identity was very important. It was equivalent to having an insider around the two heirs of the kingdom!
He can obtain information from both sides at any time.
During this period of time, Lynn was also busy studying another statue of the evil god looted from William's mansion, which was also the basis for the other party to use those strange blood magics.
When he was dealing with the Doomsday Cult in Greenriel City before, he also got a similar statue of the evil god. Unfortunately, he cut it in half with the [Space Vibration Wave] and the power inside it was lost.
But this statue of the evil god is still intact!
Judging from William's memory, it should be a guy called Blood God. The name doesn't sound like a good guy. He should be a guy who was defeated in a battle of faith but still has some power left.
It has to be said that William is still quite clever, or has a certain degree of self-awareness. He did not develop believers like the evil wizard Merck, but only learned some superficial blood magic from them.
Then, he used a special drink brewed from the blood of Warcraft as the source of his strength, bypassed the statue of the evil god, and possessed a combat power almost comparable to that of a second or third-ring shaping wizard... The price he paid was that he became as fat as a ball and used his body to store energy.
It was a pity that he was unlucky and died on the spot before he could fully exert his power after years of accumulation...
Chapter 248: The kingdom does not need nobles, let alone a king!
This world is undoubtedly cruel, and the ways to gain power are very limited. No matter how complicated the method is, it cannot avoid magic and divine arts, or it can be directly classified as magic.
For those who do not have magical talent, it becomes extremely difficult to gain power.
Generally speaking, one has to diligently hone one's skills, pass the church's assessment to get the opportunity to drink the divine potion and become a clergyman, or rely on the inheritance of family blood to become a blood knight, in order to gain power beyond normal people.
Lin En even speculated that these so-called families that inherited powerful strength should be descendants of some extremely powerful shaping wizards.
The church did not kill them all, or perhaps Ella thought that these people did not pose any threat at all.
It is precisely because there are not many ways to obtain power, so even William, who possesses a lot of wealth and noble status, needs to rely on means such as the evil god statue.
According to the information that Lord and others have learned these days, worshiping evil gods is not a rare thing among some nobles, and it is even very popular in the Sekas Empire.
This is indeed a shortcut to becoming stronger quickly, but unfortunately it is also a trap...
Lin En looked at the statue of the Blood God in his hand over and over again. He had always been very curious about what divine magic was that could allow a person to display all kinds of wonderful supernatural powers without understanding the principles of magic.
Obviously, this was not the exclusive domain of the church. He had sensed something was wrong when dealing with the Doomsday Church believers before. Shadow magic was very difficult to practice, and most of it was recorded. However, when raiding the Doomsday Church headquarters, a large number of wizards who could use shadow magic emerged.
It is very likely that it was bestowed through some kind of divine magic!
Lin En pondered for a long time. In fact, his behavior of connecting with wizards through the magic network and accessing computing power was somewhat similar to the faith-based deification method used by psychic wizards. Both used external forces to increase the upper limit of their own power.
The difference is that his methods are relatively mild, and he used the intelligent brain as a carrier. Perhaps it is precisely because of this reason that Lin En did not sense the mental pollution that Harov and others mentioned...
Since some knowledge can be directly transmitted to other people's minds through intelligent brains, if the other party's mental frequency is completely cracked, will it be possible to bestow magic on others like divine power?
Maybe I can find an opportunity to try it.
As he was thinking, a faint light appeared on the index finger of his right hand, and Lynn immediately realized that Anthony had entered the magic realm again.
In the small universe of magical simulation, Anthony stepped into the void, gazing at the starry sky that was constantly moving under his feet.
Different from the simple shock in the past, after systematically studying the knowledge of Olympiad mathematics, he was able to calculate the relative position and movement rules of each star.
The contact during these days made Anthony realize that the breadth of Lynn's knowledge far exceeded his expectations. He knew everything from the formation of thunder and lightning to the laws governing the operation of the universe and the stars.
However, in Lynn's words, this knowledge is just the basics of the basics, the most superficial laws of the world, while the internal causes are another more profound subject.
That is most likely a world that can only be felt in the legendary realm!
"It seems you have something to talk to me about? Anthony?" Lynn's figure appeared in the magic field and asked in confusion. Now is not the time for teaching.
"That's right." Anthony nodded, and then spoke again. "Recently, the old king's health has been deteriorating, and the dispute between the two princes has intensified. Now the second prince Hattar is trying to win over or clip some of the other prince's wings."
"I heard that William was sent by you to serve Harold?" Anthony asked cautiously.
"You can say that." Lin En responded easily.