Gratitude is owed to benefactors.
It is a must!
Chen Yu was a grateful person. The Necromancer provided resources and even a city, making Chen Yu feel a bit embarrassed.
They were strangers, yet they took such good care of him.
What a philanthropist!
In this world, who could be as generous as the Necromancer? To put it bluntly, even some parents might not be able to achieve this level of care.
If he didn't express his gratitude, Chen Yu would feel unworthy of this city.
It's just that—
"Stop."
Just as Hei Dou was about to leap from the eaves, Chen Yu suddenly raised his hand to stop him.
Confused by the sudden halt, Hei Dou's face was filled with bewilderment.
What was happening?
Chen Yu had just agreed to meet their benefactor. Hei Dou had even prepared to be arrogant and overbearing in front of the Necromancer, using his sarcastic demeanor to infuriate him, if not kill him.
He was already eager to act.
His move was suddenly interrupted.
Hei Dou was worried about whether he could maintain his peak condition when they met again later.
He glanced at Chen Yu.
Immediately, Hei Dou noticed a hint of playfulness in Chen Yu's eyes.
"I knew it~"
Chen Yu muttered to himself.
Hearing this low murmur, Hei Dou narrowed his eyes slightly.
"Is something going on?"
"Take a good look below." Chen Yu, now seated back on the eaves, nudged his head. Hei Dou followed his gaze and deliberately looked around the surroundings.
"Where are you looking?"
Seeing that Hei Dou's gaze was off, Chen Yu frowned.
"I told you to look below."
"Huh?" Hei Dou, perched on the eaves, was utterly confused. He tilted his head and looked down for a long time, but still couldn't grasp the deeper meaning of Chen Yu's words.
"What's wrong?"
After a long period of contemplation, Hei Dou looked at him in confusion.
"Isn't it just that the Necromancer's magic is depleted, and his subordinates are making a fuss? This is a good opportunity for us to attack. If we delay too long, the Necromancer will recover his mana, which would be disadvantageous for us."
"He doesn't have a mana potion on him, so his mana regeneration can't be that fast."
Chen Yu glanced at Hei Dou and whispered, "Take a closer look. Here's a hint: look at the supervisors behind the Necromancer and the ones squatting on either side of him."
Since entering the dungeon, Hei Dou had become Chen Yu's closest partner.
No matter how unreliable he seemed normally.
Having signed a contract, they possessed absolute trust in each other. Hei Dou was actually very intelligent; Chen Yu could feel that.
It's just that his personality might be too erratic, making it difficult for him to notice the details of many issues.
Chen Yu never expected Hei Dou to be an old hand from the start.
Therefore—
He had been teaching him.
Whenever there was a suitable opportunity, he would subtly guide Hei Dou to discover problems himself, rather than telling him everything.
This was why teachers asked questions in school.
Was it to embarrass the students?
It couldn't be absolutely denied that such teachers with poor professional ethics existed, using difficult questions to stump students and deliberately embarrass them. More often, teachers asked questions to encourage students to think independently. When a student was asked, other students would also subconsciously consider the answer to that question.
This was the intended effect of asking questions.
No matter how well or thoroughly the teacher explained, students were merely observers of the problems presented by the teacher.
Only when students were placed within the context of the problem.
Could they truly grasp the knowledge points the teacher intended to convey.
Hei Dou's eyes narrowed slightly.
He knew Chen Yu was guiding him, and he certainly wouldn't disappoint Chen Yu. He focused his gaze on the Necromancer below the eaves and the surrounding supervisors.
"City Lord~"
The supervisors gathered around the Necromancer.
From the expressions of these supervisors, Hei Dou didn't notice anything special. They all seemed concerned about the Necromancer's safety, which was not unusual.
The Necromancer was their leader, and loyalty was...
Just as Hei Dou subconsciously assumed the attitude and expressions of these supervisors were reasonable, he suddenly gasped slightly.
"How is it? Do you feel it?" Chen Yu chuckled.
"They..."
Hei Dou slightly moved his lips but didn't speak, his eyes fixed on the supervisors Chen Yu had pointed out earlier.
Were the supervisors' attitudes reasonable?
Yes, they were!
In a sense, as subordinates of the Necromancer, it was natural for the supervisors to feel concerned when the Necromancer's mana was depleted.
Just like him, Kuka, or anyone else in the camp.
If they saw Chen Yu injured, they would also worry about his condition.
However—
It was precisely this reasonableness that made everything unreasonable.
They cared about Chen Yu because Chen Yu treated them with genuine sincerity; they could all feel it. Chen Yu treated them like family. Even though he might have been cold-hearted, exploitative, and oppressive on the surface, he loved them in his heart.
This affection came from the heart, and Hei Dou and the others could feel it clearly.
But the Necromancer was not Chen Yu!
Hei Dou carefully observed the supervisors Chen Yu had indicated. He noticed that although these supervisors spoke with concern, they were discreetly exchanging glances.
"They want to kill the Necromancer!"
Having discerned the truth, Hei Dou whispered in shock.
Upon hearing this, even the little demon floating in the air raised her eyebrows belatedly. In fact, as Chen Yu was guiding Hei Dou, she had also been intentionally observing those supervisors.
Unfortunately, she couldn't see anything strange at all.
It wasn't until Hei Dou pointed it out that she, upon re-examining with that context in mind, noticed that it was indeed as Hei Dou had said.
The gazes of those supervisors were not right.
After a brief moment of surprise, the little demon subconsciously looked at Chen Yu. She had once been a great devil king in the dungeon, feared by countless kingdoms and races.
She had seen more darkness than most.
Even so, she only noticed these things after Hei Dou mentioned it, while Chen Yu, who had guided Hei Dou, had seen it several minutes earlier.
Who exactly was he!
Chen Yu's eyesight, or rather his meticulous observation and ability to fathom others' thoughts, truly amazed her.
"Not bad~"
Chen Yu smiled, glancing at Hei Dou, and patted him on the head.
"It was worth my painstaking efforts to cultivate you."
"Whoa, is that really true?!" Hei Dou's eyes widened in surprise, then he lowered his voice, "Boss, do they really dare?"
"It's good to be suspicious!"
Chen Yu lightly tapped Hei Dou's little head with his finger, full of praise.
"I'm very pleased that you could think of this," Chen Yu whispered. "Of course, killing him isn't absolute. The Necromancer has been the City Lord for so long for those supervisors; his deterrent power is still considerable. Even if he is as weak as he is now, it would take immense resolve to kill him. However, there are always devious thoughts."
"They want to usurp him?"
"Power, who wouldn't be tempted by it?" Chen Yu sighed. "When they lacked the qualifications to covet it, perhaps they were well-behaved. But the current situation is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for them."
"Even if they know the consequences could be dire if they act."
"They might fail."
"Even if they succeed, they might face retaliation in the future."
"But when desire begins to burn, reason is trampled underfoot by that desire."
Chen Yu murmured softly.
In fact, at the very beginning, he hadn't suspected this, but he quickly thought of a problem. How could the Necromancer have such loyal subordinates? It seemed unreasonable from any perspective.
Did he deserve it?
He did not!