The Witcher: Elemental Lords

In the darkness, Dorre looked at Lily with some surprise. Did she have this trick up her sleeve? If she could really do it, it would be worth planning.

Wizards in the apprentice stage, except for advanced wizard apprentices, basically have no means of fighting enemies. They rely only on wisdom and various magic potions. Even alchemy can only be done after becoming an advanced apprentice. Dorre couldn't imagine what Lily had that could affect livestock. He guessed she was probably using some kind of magic potion.

Whether it's ordinary livestock, carriage horses, or other high-endurance, high-stamina beasts of burden, their structure and physiology are different from humans. Their sense of smell, taste, and hearing are easily affected. Lily would probably start from these aspects.

As a wizard, thinking comes first, so Dorre had many guesses.

"If this can be used as a means, then it's worth planning. When the time comes, whether it's causing large-scale chaos or small-scale disturbances, we can carry out close-range assassinations. I'll find a way to get a crossbow and some poison, and this might work."

Dorre quickly formed a concept of assassination in his mind.

Lily was a little surprised to hear this. "You can get a crossbow?"

Dorre nodded and said, "Yes, but crossbows are not easy to carry. We can only act at night."

Lily sighed and said, "If I had known you could get a crossbow, we could have killed him a few days ago, that human scum. Okay, now that we have a crossbow, we can do this, this..."

As a nobleman, Bundy's travel plans were generally not fixed, but nobles had many activities, and they had many opportunities. Intermediate apprentices didn't have any long-range attack methods, which was the key reason why Lily's mission had been delayed. Ordinary assassins were unwilling to take such a big risk to assassinate a nobleman, while higher-level assassins didn't want to take the risk and looked down on the money.

Only the two of them, intermediate wizard apprentices who were relatively short of money, were willing to do this.

Crossbows were mandatory controlled items, and control was very strict. Even nobles couldn't own them. Only the military department was qualified to own such things, not even the police department. Dorre could get a crossbow because he was a blacksmith and had repaired countless crossbows. He could even assemble one himself with the discarded parts, so getting a crossbow was not difficult. What he was most concerned about was the intelligence issue.

Lily didn't have long-range means. After the two discussed it, as long as they had a crossbow, this matter would not be difficult to complete, after all, Bundy had many opportunities to travel, and there were more opportunities to kill him.

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Time passed slowly. A few days later, Dorre got a crossbow and quietly took it from the blacksmith. He found a few open and deserted places to practice a few times at night. After confirming his accuracy, he notified Lily to prepare for action. As an intermediate warrior apprentice, Dorre's strength was enough to control the crossbow.

Bundy was a relatively obese middle-aged man with his eyes narrowed into slits, giving people a sinister feeling when he smiled.

He was a recognized Baron of the Empire, although only the lowest level, but he was still a nobleman, with a fixed salary every month and the right to recruit five private soldiers.

Even the lowest-level Baron had a small territory, a small town on the road to Kris County. Every month, he could collect more than 50% of the taxes from the town. Of this 50%, 40% needed to be handed over to the city lord, and only 10% was for himself. Therefore, Bundy raised the tax to 70%.

However, he rarely went to the town, only taking the money every month. As for whether the territory was good or bad, it had nothing to do with him.

Eating, drinking, and being able to mingle with other nobles, and playing with women, this was the life of an ordinary petty nobleman.

July 20th was the birthday of a Viscount of the Lake family, and he was invited to attend. Although his reputation was terrible, he liked to play with servants and even offended many people, but after all, he was a nobleman, and he would still receive invitations.

The Lake family was the third family in Domon City, second only to the city lord Link family and the deputy city lord Orne family. They had strong financial resources and powerful forces, and controlled many resources. Their business in mines, furs, medicinal materials, etc. occupied a considerable share.

Therefore, he still had to go to the Lake family's invitation. If he could latch onto this thigh, his life would change greatly.

In addition to the Lake family's relatively large power, there was another important factor, which was that he could see many beautiful noblewomen at the banquet. It would be great if he could hook up with a few.

This was the key reason why Bundy wanted to go. No matter who it was, whose daughter he could stay with for a few nights, that would be the most wonderful thing in life.

The banquet started at 6 pm and ended at 10 pm. After a few hours, Bundy didn't get his wish, but he gained the favor of a few noblewomen, which was slightly satisfying. After the banquet ended, everyone slowly left.

Bundy didn't leave late. There were even other carriages behind him, with strange smiles on their faces, showing that they had a good time. After greeting the other nobles, Bundy got into the carriage and soon entered the avenue.

Comfortably lying in the carriage, he took his hand out and put it next to his nose, taking a deep breath.

It was the scent of purple jasmine, belonging to a Viscount's wife, so fragrant...

The coachman knew Bundy's temper, so the carriage was not fast, but very slow. Another word for slow is steady.

The carriage slowly entered the avenue and drove slowly. When it reached the main avenue, it soon arrived in the Northwest District and entered a side road after passing a few avenues.

The coachman was familiar with the road, and the horses didn't even need to be directed, automatically walking into the alley in front of his house.

The carriage slowly entered the alley.

At this moment, the leading horse suddenly startled, reared up, and then ran forward frantically like a wild horse. On the other two sides of the carriage, the other three horses were affected by the first horse and followed forward frantically.

The coachman tried hard to pull the reins, but it was useless. The four horses rushed wildly along the avenue.

Bundy was awakened from his sleep by the sudden vibration. He was slightly drunk, and a trace of sweat appeared on his head. At this time, the carriage accelerated frantically, and he fell backward violently, his head hitting the wood behind him.

"Damn it, what kind of driving is this? Stop, stop."

Bundy immediately shouted.

The coachman was also panicked at this time, "Sir, no, the horses are frightened, I can't control them, you should jump down quickly."

Bundy immediately understood what was going on when he heard this.

The horses were frightened. Where would frightened horses know to run? He was also an intermediate warrior. Although he didn't exercise often, he was still in good shape. He tried to control his body and poked his head out of the carriage.

He saw that the four horses that he usually fed well were now crazy and completely out of control. He cursed inwardly, tried to control his body, came to the side of the carriage shaft, aimed at a flat ground, and immediately jumped down.

After rolling a few times on the ground, Bundy controlled his body.

At this time, the surrounding patrol also discovered the situation and ran towards the carriage. An out-of-control carriage was shaking wildly on the street and could cause an accident at any time.

One of them came to Bundy and asked carefully, "Lord Bundy, are you okay?"

Bundy ignored himself and immediately shouted loudly, "I'm fine, chase the carriage."

The carriage was a considerable investment. If it was broken, he would have to ride another broken carriage, which he couldn't bear.