Becoming a winner in life starts with becoming a shadow.

Chapter 40: The tricky operation got me into trouble.
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For Li De, the Parkenya grassland was an opportunity for Weidelin to take action, and he must seize it.

You can also use it for negotiations to obtain noble status and titles, so that you can sell the remains of Earl Ishuberk's laboratory to the kingdom and use the money to buy some restricted items. You can also collect materials by hunting monsters, which can be used in the production of magic potions and magic items.

However, Li De doesn't like to settle the reward method after making a move. He prefers to negotiate it first. After all, this is just a transaction for him, not a gift of mercy from His Majesty the Kingdom.

"As long as Lord Li De proves your strength, I will be happy to pass on your message." Ogas thought for a moment before giving his answer.

"Then let's go. I really don't know what the nobles in the royal capital are thinking about all day. They always want to cause some trouble. They won't be satisfied until they get too excited, kill themselves, and ruin their entire family." Li De nodded before getting on the carriage.

"Mr. Li De, please be careful with your words." Ogas said meaningfully.

"Hahahaha, they dare to do it and don't let others talk about it behind their backs. But your reminder is right. Now I am just a civilian and have no qualifications to talk about it, right?" Li De couldn't help but laugh.

"It seems that Lord Li De is very confident in his own strength." Ogas did not respond, but said casually.

"Of course! And you will be able to see it in a while!" Li De said with a smile.

"Then I'll wait and see." Ogis really hoped that Reed could do what he said.

After all, the houses that the church staff cannot purify will remain in their hands and cannot be converted into cash, which is also a waste of property.

Because not every house is like Alfred's house, which is cast with the magic of constant state.

A house that does not have this magic cast on it will become increasingly dilapidated as time goes by, and its value will continue to drop, so much so that it may end up having no choice but to sell the land.

From the time he left home in the morning to the time he returned at night, Li De solved all the problematic houses in the royal capital.

After proving his strength, Reed only needed to wait for news from Ogas.

However, what surprised Li De was that there was no news for three consecutive days, which made Li De a little puzzled.

After all, according to the plot, the king is very eager to develop the Parkenya grassland.

Don’t you believe in yourself?
In fact, things were not as Li De imagined. The kingdom was indeed very eager to develop the Parkenya grassland.

After receiving the news from the suspicious real estate agency, some senior executives also took it to heart.

After all, no one can ignore the strength of a man who can purify the entire "haunted house" in the royal capital by himself in one day.

You have to know that the "haunted houses" that Li De cleaned up were those that the church could not clean up and could only seal.

In other words, at least in terms of holy magic, the strength demonstrated by Li De has been recognized by the top leaders of the church.

The reason why no one came to contact Li De was that after Li De purified more than ten haunted houses with serious problems in one day, the nobles in the royal capital received the news sooner or later.

However, along with this news came Li De's request. Then, without Li De's knowledge, the royal family and the major nobles had already clashed openly or secretly several times over Li De's power within three days.

As for Li De's request to become a fifth-class baron, King Helmut XXXVII was willing to use this title to win him over as long as Li De could clear the Parkenya steppe.

As long as it does not involve the division of territory, a higher title can actually be negotiated. But the king is willing, but his noble ministers are not willing. After all, Li De first demonstrated his superb holy magic. Even the bishops of the church may not have such attainments.

Therefore, it is impossible for them to sit idly by and watch the king offer conditions to win over Li De. You have to know that competition between the royal family and the nobles has always existed.

In addition, Li De's outrageous move was indeed inconsistent with the nobles' way of operating, so it was natural that the nobles would catch the flaw and then jointly boycott this kind of exchange of titles at a fixed price. After all, this was very un-noble.

No matter how King Helmut XXXVII operated, the great nobles all said the same thing: this precedent cannot be set.

Of course, the king did not achieve his goal, and other nobles had no time to try to win him over. The king and the nobles joined forces to restrain the church that was ready to make moves.

The result was that no one could win over Li De alone.

So even though the top leaders knew that there was a powerful magician in the wild, waiting to be recruited, no one could take action. They could only pretend not to know, and then privately sent people to keep an eye on each other, waiting for Li De's next move.

During this period, the nobles were still inquiring about Li De's personal information.

After all, even if it is an honorary noble, you can't let someone whose background is unknown to take the position.

Three days were enough for them to collect information about Li De.

A commoner genius of unknown origin, who seemed to be a late bloomer, first appeared in the Baumeister Knight Territory in the southernmost part of the kingdom, and had some friendship with the former great magician Alfred Rayford, who died but had not yet turned into a lich.

With the endorsement of the famous but young deceased magician, Li De's background could barely be considered acceptable.

All that remains is to see what cool moves this great magician's friends will make next.

In fact, if Li De had been a little smarter and had directly swept the Parkenya grassland, he would probably have become the king's guest of honor by now.

Although Ogas, who delivered information to Li De, was just a businessman, he had been in contact with various nobles for many years, and the church stood behind him. He could be said to be very familiar with the operations of the nobles.

Originally, he wanted to secretly tell the church about Li De's situation, but in order to show his strength, Li De made a lot of noise when purifying those problematic "haunted houses".

Especially the improved sacred magic combined with powerful magic power, one move basically creates a magic circle covering the entire manor.

With such a big commotion happening during the day, and the houses in question being all in the noble district, it was impossible not to attract the attention of other nobles.

So Ogas' plan was instantly ruined. He had no choice but to convey Li De's request. Otherwise, after this time, he would never be able to ask Li De for help again.

After all, he is still a businessman, and making money is the most important thing.

Of course, Ogas could also remind Reed that his operation was very problematic, but he never asked for a favor from beginning to end.

At first it was out of selfishness, but later he couldn't even speak up, and even people from many parties came to warn him not to take the initiative to contact Li De.

(End of this chapter)