Just like outside the fortress, Murth's words were so appropriate that Lauder couldn't find any fault. After all, he had reminded him so clearly, but someone was stupid and didn't notice it at all.
Lauder was filled with hatred. He thought that Murt was definitely doing this on purpose so that he could make a fool of himself in front of Lord Linn.
This is definitely a difficult opponent to deal with!
Thinking of this, Lauder immediately turned his head and boasted to Linn about how he had subdued William with ease just now despite being made difficult by William's substitute and surrounded by more than a dozen burly men. A carefully laid trap, but it also delayed a lot of time.
Linn patted Lauder on the shoulder and said a few words of comfort. The situation was so urgent that he didn't bother to explain too much. Of course, he wouldn't blame the other party for making him so disgraced.
Then, Lin En looked at the frightened fat man trapped in the underground palace below.
"This is William's stand-in. His real name is Doral..." Murte quickly explained.
Linn nodded. As expected, this double looked exactly like William. The only difference between the two was that one was fatter and the other thinner.
"How many people know of his existence?" Linn asked thoughtfully.
"Of all William's confidants, there are less than ten in total who know this." Murte responded.
Lin En felt relieved immediately and threw the corpse in his hand directly into the underground palace.
The body of nearly 400 kilograms hit the ground like a cannonball. Doral, who was huddled in the corner, had his pupils narrowed. Although William's body had been burned to a disgraceful appearance, there were not even a few good pieces of meat on his body. , but its huge size still made Hamm recognize it at a glance.
"I won't say anything unnecessary. It's up to you to decide whether you want to live or die!" Lin En looked down at the fat figure in the underground palace and said indifferently. "I only give you ten seconds to think about it!"
Doral completely lost the domineering attitude he used to threaten Lauder with his voice. Without even a second's hesitation, he prostrated on the ground and immediately expressed his willingness to follow the great wizard forever and extremely loyally.
After all, working for someone is not work, and he has no gratitude to William.
Although William turned him from a commoner overnight into a high-ranking stand-in who was in charge of thousands of lives and deaths, he also forcibly fed him into a huge, ugly fat man, and even used blood magic to control him. It is impossible to say that there is no hatred in my heart.
"Very good." Linn nodded with great satisfaction, and then Lauder and Murt pulled each other up.
"Thank you for saving me, Lord Wizard! Doral will swear to serve you to the death from now on..." After the short and fat Doral was pulled into the hall with difficulty by the two people, he rolled around. He curled up at Lin En's feet, nodded and bowed to please.
This was how he pleased William before, but his overweight body made his actions look a little ridiculous.
Lauder glanced at Doral with disgust, and couldn't help but murmur in his heart, why are these people more skilled in flattery than him, which made Lauder feel that his status was strongly threatened.
Lin En was well aware of the minor conflicts between the three of them, but he didn't care about it. As long as it didn't affect the normal work, it wasn't necessarily a bad thing for his subordinates to compete with each other.
"Murt, Doral, you will assist Lauder in taking over William's forces in the past few days. Those who are not sure to win over or hide it, just deal with them directly!"
"It's up to you to decide exactly what to do and who to keep! But I don't want any accidents to happen!" Linn warned.
"I promise to solve these troubles perfectly, Lord Linn." Lauder immediately patted his chest and said.
Linn nodded again, and then looked at the chubby Doral. "Give me your hand!"
Doral didn't quite understand what Linn meant, but he still stretched out his hand slightly tremblingly.
Linn grabbed the opponent's chubby right hand.
Doral soon felt a strong tingling sensation in his heart. The flesh on his face was trembling, but he did not dare to move. It was only after Linn let go of his hand that he discovered that there were many wounds on his right hand. A mark of fire.
Different from the mark printed on Lauder's hand, this thing is not just as simple as bluffing people, but an advanced method of alchemy. Lin En can activate it with a thought, bursting out a strong white phosphorus fire. , devour the opponent completely.
However, controlling life and death is not a foolproof method, so Linn rarely uses this thing as a threat to his own people, but Doral obviously does not yet have his trust.
"From today on, you are William, the real Viscount of the Empire, and the one who died is Doral!" Linn said word by word.
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In the next few days, with the help of a stand-in and Murt, it was naturally extremely easy for Lauder to take over William's forces.
In just three days, those confidants who knew the identity of William's substitute died silently under the butcher's knife of their companions.
Of course, these are all small actions in secret. On the surface, everything is business as usual, and the entire manor is still under the control of the 'Imperial Viscount'.
Lin En did not intend to give up this line easily. After all, everyone in the entire kingdom knew that William was the most loyal supporter of the eldest prince Harold. This identity was very important, and it was equivalent to being next to the two heirs of the kingdom. There is an internal response!
He can get information from both sides at any time.
During this period of time, Linn was also not idle. He studied another evil god statue that was looted from William's mansion. It was also the basis for the other party's use of those strange blood magics.
When he was dealing with the Doomsday Sect in Greenrial City before, he also got a similar-looking statue of an evil god. Unfortunately, he used [Space Vibration Wave] to cut the thing in half, and the power inside had been lost.
But this evil god statue is still complete!
Judging from William's memory, it should be a guy named Blood God, who doesn't sound like a good guy at first glance. He should also be a guy who was defeated in the battle of faith and still had some strength left.
It has to be said that William is still a little smart, or has a certain degree of self-awareness. He did not develop followers like the evil mage Merk, but only learned some superficial blood magic from him.
Then, a special drink brewed from the blood of Warcraft was used as the source of power, bypassing the statue of the evil god, and almost possessing combat power comparable to that of a second or third-ring shaping wizard... at the cost of being as fat as a ball and using his body to store energy.
It's a pity that he was unlucky and faced himself. After years of accumulation, he died on the spot before he could exert his power...
(End of chapter)
