Liang Lidong soon discovered that there was another person in the room besides Katerina. It was the girl Tina. She sat next to Katerina with a sweet smile on her face. The two of them seemed very close, like sisters, but also like mother and daughter.
"Is Miss Tina going to participate in our operation too?" asked Liang Lidong.
Gavin put on a bitter smile on his round face. "She's not young anymore. In order to become a qualified family leader, she should try to participate in the family's affairs."
Liang Lidong asked curiously, "Isn't she afraid of danger?"
"Nobles are dangerous in and of themselves. As the next family leader, she has to get used to it," said Gavin casually. "The Guelph family is not scared of danger. I've been dealing with the family affairs with my father since I was nine, and I've run into more dangers. Tina is sixteen now. It's already rather late for her to get involved in the family affairs. "
Gavin had no sons, and his wife had passed away many years ago. If he didn't plan to marry another wife, Tina would be the next family leader. It was indeed a good way to raise the next family leader. Liang Lidong couldn't find any excuses, but he had other opinions. "It's dangerous to hunt a Necromancer. It seems that we have the upper hand, but the Necromancers have always fought in a weird way. We can't guarantee Miss Tina's safety."
At this moment, Tina looked at him and said in the clingy voice of a young girl, "Mr. Beta is so awesome. You'll protect me, won't you?"
Liang Lidong looked at her calmly and said, "I'm not obliged to protect you."
Tina was stunned for a moment before an awkward expression appeared on her face. She was very beautiful. She was always one of the most dazzling stars in the banquets in Winterwind. Among her peers, Barbara was the only one who could outshine her. After all, Barbara's identity as a Mage was too eye-catching, and she had a pair of magnificent snow mountains. Tina's snow mountain was shorter.
Even so, Tina was still very popular among the young men in Winterwind. As long as she acted coquettishly, many young men would be willing to do outrageous things for her. Over time, she had become accustomed to using this method to achieve her small requests. But she didn't expect that not only did the red priest Beta reject her, but he also rejected her directly.
Katerina snorted. Tina was so embarrassed that she used all her strength to scratch Katerina's ribs. The two beauties practically rolled into a ball.
Gavin coughed heavily. After the two women calmed down and sat down, he said, "Tina's safety will naturally be protected by our clan's guardians. Let's come up with a plan. As we all know, we can't rely on numbers to deal with Necromancers. We must focus on quality. That's why we don't have many people this time. Including the four of us, there are only twelve people. "
Liang Lidong and Katerina both nodded. It was indeed the right approach.
Necromancers had the ability to turn corpses into skeleton soldiers. Sending ordinary soldiers to fight would be sending units to the Necromancers. As a result, the Necromancers would have more and more soldiers, and it would be impossible for them to fight the Necromancers at all.
A Master Necromancer could easily destroy a heavily defended large city, and a Legendary Necromancer could even destroy a medium-sized country.
Liang Lidong asked, "Are there any Paladins in your clan's guardians?"
The Paladins had a pious aura that could increase their allies' resistance to dark spells and mental spells. Necromancers were very good at those two kinds of spells. In addition, the Paladins had special class specialties such as Exorcism and Transcendence, which could deal with the Necromancers' ocean of skeletons. If there was a Paladin in the team, the odds of success would be much higher when they surrounded a Necromancer.
Gavin shook his head.
"Are there any Priests? Priests of the Good Alignment? "Liang Lidong asked again.
Gavin shook his head again and said, "There are no Priests of the Good Alignment in Winterwind except the Priests of the Temple of Life."
"Then forget it." Liang Lidong waved his hand. Letting Rose's Cleric join the party was no different from adding an enemy. "I can temporarily be a Cleric, but my Willpower isn't that high, so don't expect too much from me with light-type magic."
Katerina smiled. "It's better than nothing."
"Here's my plan." Gavin took out the map of his manor and put it on the table. Then he continued, "This is the Necromancers' resting place. There are two entrances on the left and the right. Katerina and Mr. Beta will attack the enemy from the left entrance, and the clan's guardians and I will guard the other entrance …"
It had to be said that Fatty Gavin did have some skills. His plan of action was pretty good. Whether it was attack, defense, or even retreat, they were all well prepared. At least Liang Lidong could not find any mistakes.
At this moment, Tina raised her hand. "Father, is there anything I can do?"
"Just watch. You don't need to do anything." Gavin patted his daughter's head. "You don't have much combat ability right now, but you can watch me and learn how to command the clan's guardians. It will be of great help to you when you lead the family in the future. Also, observing a battle from a close distance will build up your courage and determination, which are necessary factors for a qualified family leader. "
Tina nodded quickly.
They made up their plan again. About half an hour later, they walked out of the room and went to the back of the manor.
The old woman who was suspected to be a Necromancer was a gardener who had worked in the Guelp Family for more than 30 years. Logically speaking, she couldn't be a Necromancer, but Liang Lidong knew very well that Necromancers could not only manipulate corpses, but also host their souls in other living or non-living creatures.
Therefore, they guessed that this old woman's soul must have been taken away by the Necromancer, who then injected his own soul into her body and replaced her.
About fifty meters behind the manor, there was a small wooden house. That was the old woman's residence. There was a wall between the manor and the wooden house, and there was only one entrance. Usually, there would be two private guards standing guard there, but they had been transferred away today. They weren't strong enough to participate in the battle against the Necromancers.
Liang Lidong and Katerina walked side by side on the path of the manor. The moonlight illuminated the entire manor. Night insects chirped softly in the surroundings, making the already quiet manor seem even more serene in the night.
In such an environment. It was a pity that Liang Lidong and Katerina didn't communicate with each other at all. Otherwise, it would be a suitable place for a rendezvous. After walking for a while, they could already see the exit of the manor's wall. At this moment, Katerina suddenly said something.
"Mr. Beta, you are a noble. Do you think a male noble can have true love?"
Liang Lidong turned his head to look at Katerina. He didn't understand why this woman suddenly asked such a question. And now that the battle was imminent, she actually asked such a question. She focused her attention on her feelings instead of thinking about how to fight later. Was she outrageously bold, or was she just brainless?
To be honest, Liang Lidong didn't know much about women. Although he had been friends with Blondie and Whitey for a long time and the three of them had stuck together for eight years, he could feel that Blondie and Whitey were different. They didn't have the arrogance of ordinary beautiful women. He wouldn't throw a tantrum or do anything inexplicable.
In the game, he had teamed up with a lot of women in the guild. He had seen those girls being coquettish, unreasonable, and hysterical. Although there were good girls, compared to Blondie and Whitey, they were still far behind. The more he spent time with the two of them, the less interested he was in real women.
He had thought that he would have to spend the rest of his life with two untouchable female ghosts. He had actually been reborn into this world, and Blondie and Whitey had left him a letter. This meant that one day, they would be reunited, and then he would really hold them in his arms.
In this world. He was only interested in Blondie and Whitey. He didn't want to pay too much attention to the other women. As for what they were thinking, he didn't want to guess. So when Katerina asked this question, Liang Lidong originally didn't want to respond, but considering that the two of them were now temporary comrades, he didn't want to. So he said, "The love of nobles? It was nothing more than beauty and benefits. Maybe nobles also have true love, but I've never seen it. "
Liang Lidong wasn't talking nonsense. This was the conclusion he had come to after years of observation in the game.
Katerina, however, said with a yearning expression, "But Gavin is different. His wife has been dead for so long, but he still loves her and is unwilling to marry a new wife. This should be a good man with true feelings, which is rare among the nobles."
"So you want to marry him?"
Katerina openly admitted, "Yes, that's right. I've been chasing after him for three years, but he doesn't seem to be interested in me at all. Mr. Beta, you are also a noble. Do you know how to capture the heart of a male noble? "
Liang Lidong was sure that there was something wrong with this woman's brain circuit. At such an important moment, she was still considering her own feelings. He sighed deeply in his heart, suddenly losing confidence in this encirclement. But he still restrained himself and said politely, "There is a lot of contradiction in your words. You think that Gavin is unwilling to marry a new wife, so he seems to be very affectionate and a good man, so you want to marry him. But the problem is that if he marries you, his prerequisites as a good man will be gone, and the man you marry won't be a good man anymore. "
Katerina froze and said angrily, "It's one thing for Gavin to be affectionate, and it's another thing if he's willing to marry me. There's no conflict at all. They're two completely different things."
"Okay, you have a point." At this moment, the two of them had reached the exit of the wall. Liang Lidong said, "We're about to enter the range of the Necromancer. Keep your spirits up and stop thinking about irrelevant things."
"Mr. Beta, you definitely don't have any women to love," Katerina scolded Liang Lidong angrily. Then she took a deep breath, and her expression immediately changed.
After all, as the branch leader of the assassin guild, Katerina's combat skills were quite good. Seeing this, Liang Lidong regained much of his lost confidence.
The two of them exited the manor from the exit, and with the help of the silver moonlight, they saw the old wooden house 50 meters ahead.
The roof of the wooden house was covered in moss, and many parts of the house were rotten. Liang Lidong even saw a few small mushrooms growing on the outer wall of the wooden house.
It was already midnight, and there wasn't much nightlife in this world. Most people should be asleep by now. But this wooden house was still lit by candlelight. In front of Liang Lidong was the window of the wooden house. There was an old brown linen curtain at the window, blocking the prying eyes from the outside. But because of the candlelight, there was a shadow in the shape of a human on the curtain. It seemed to be doing something, and as the candlelight swayed, the shadow on the curtain also swayed strangely, as if it was the shadow of a twisted devil.
"The target should be in the house," said Katerina in a low voice.
Liang Lidong looked to the right, and after a while, he saw a few figures on the right side of the wooden house. Although they were far away, Liang Lidong had True Sight, so he could see them clearly. The fatty and his daughter, followed by eight black-uniformed guards, had arrived at the predetermined target location.
Very soon, Katerina noticed them too, and she waved at them rather happily.
"Everyone is here. We can move out now."
Liang Lidong made a gesture to Gavin to start the battle, then shook his wrist, took out a scroll that glowed with a pale yellow magic luster from his Backpack, and threw it at the wooden house without hesitation. When the scroll was three meters away from his hand, it immediately turned into an orange fireball the size of a barrel. With a loud burning sound, it smashed at the wooden house at an extremely fast speed.
In the blink of an eye, the fireball hit the wooden house. The violent explosion was even more deafening in the quiet night. The burning remains of the wooden house flew in all directions like raindrops, leaving trails of black smoke.
"Did we succeed just like that?"
Katerina watched the wooden house explode into pieces. There was even a sea of fire within a radius of more than ten meters from the center of the explosion, dispersing the darkness around. Even though they were far away, they could still feel the astonishing heat that the flames emitted. There was absolutely no way that a regular professional could survive such an attack.
Liang Lidong shook his head. "Then there's nothing!"
As he spoke, he took out another scroll from his Space Backpack.
At the center of the sea of fire, a black sea appeared and was slowly walking out. It walked very slowly, and with every step it took, a part of the fire around it would disappear. After it walked out of the center of the sea of fire, there was a fire-free path behind it, directly connecting to the center of the explosion.