Industrial Revolution of the Mage Lords

Chapter 95 Plot to assassinate
After working odd jobs in the Frontier Territory for nearly a month, Yurio finally found a relatively formal job.

This is all thanks to Father Colen, a teacher at a public school. He accidentally learned from his fellow teachers that the territory's storage area is in urgent need of a warehouse manager responsible for counting goods due to the autumn harvest and increased factory production.

Since this job was not a long-term contract and only required three months of work, the salary was not generous, and it was a tough night shift, the municipal officials in charge of the warehouse area were too lazy to even post it publicly, resulting in no one being interested.

This is how Yurio inexplicably got a chance to take advantage of the situation.

Fortunately, the officials in charge of warehouse management did not mind that he had a broken hand. As long as he could read and complete the basic signing and stamping procedures, he could patrol and inspect on time at night according to the specified time.

The warehouse he was in charge of guarding and managing was specifically used to store scrapped metal parts and materials. Every time the metal camels brought in goods, they were accompanied by two soldiers in neat uniforms carrying weapons.

Although the wooden boxes containing the goods were sealed and no one was allowed to open them at will, Yurio knew very well that the things in those boxes might be scrapped weapons discarded by the army.

There were many people in the territory who had witnessed the soldiers' shooting competition with their own eyes. They swore that the weapons used by those soldiers were powerful magical weapons designed and made by the lord himself.

It can release terrifying lightning and thunder to penetrate and shatter the bodies of evil orcs.

Yurio didn't have the chance to see it with his own eyes, but that didn't stop him from feeling a yearning and envy in his heart.

If he had been able to wield such a powerful magic weapon, he would not have been captured in the battle with the evil orcs, and he would not have had an arm cut off, becoming the disabled state he is today.

"I really want to see how powerful this legendary magic gun is. It would be even better if I could hold it in my hands and experience it myself..."

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All night shift warehouse managers need to stay in the warehouse they are responsible for in the storage area. There is a small compartment specially separated for temporary rest, with a simple wooden bed inside.

It was not yet time for the night patrol, so Yurio could only toss and turn on his hard wooden bed while thinking about random things.

Suddenly, there was a sound of footsteps outside, and then the door of the compartment was pushed open, and someone walked in quietly.

"Yurio, are you asleep?" the man asked in a low voice.

Yurio recognized the other person's voice. It was his colleague who was in charge of managing this warehouse with him. His name was Wolf.

It’s just that the other party is responsible for the management work during the day, and there is no overlap between our working hours. We only have the opportunity to meet and chat for a few minutes when we change shifts in the morning and evening.

"Wolf? Why are you here? Is there a problem with the in and out registration during the day?" Yurio turned over and asked anxiously before he had time to light the candle.

Just as he finished speaking, he realized that there was another person following Wolf, but his appearance was not clear in the dark.

Wolff led the people behind him into the room, closed the door gently, and raised his hand to hold down Yurio's hand as he took out the flint to light the candle.

"Keep your voice down and listen to me." He leaned over and whispered in Yurio's ear as he sat on the bed. "I have a good job. Do you want to do it with me? If you succeed, you'll have a chance to be knighted!" "Ah? What... knighted?" Yurio was so stunned that he couldn't close his mouth.

"Yes, you're from the South, too. I heard you were once an apprentice knight, right?" Wolfe lowered his voice. "Like you, I'm from the South, too. I'm nothing like those pariahs from the Northern Wastes in the territory."

He turned and pointed at the silent stranger standing behind him, adding, "My companion is also from the South. You should have heard of Grizzly Castle, right?"

Yurio's heart skipped a beat, and he stammered, "So... what kind of job is it?"

"Lord Harvey offended a prominent figure in Grizzly Castle, so that person wanted to teach him a lesson and let him know who the real boss is in Grizzly Castle."

"You...you're planning to attack the lord?" Yurio was so shocked that he could hardly speak. "The lord is a spellcaster. How dare you!"

Wolf scoffed, "How is that possible? We can't handle a wizard alone. Besides, his castle is guarded by those metal monsters. We can't get close at all."

"So we just need to sneak into his lab and secretly add some ingredients..."

Damn it, this must be a long-planned plan. They actually turned their elbows outward and cooperated with outsiders to harm their own lord!

Yurio's heart sank, and he had to change the subject. At the same time, he was desperately trying to think of a way to escape and report the incident. "But the laboratory is built underground in the lord's castle, and there are also metal guards guarding it day and night. How can we get in?"

"That's why I want you to join me in making my fortune." Wolfe said with a smug smile, "Didn't you do odd jobs cleaning ventilation ducts before? You should know that duct leads to the underground laboratory, right?"

He paused and continued, "After this is accomplished, we will immediately leave the Frontier Territory and head for Grizzly Castle. That lord will definitely not treat us unfairly, and you will be directly knighted. This is much more noble than the status of an apprentice knight, and it will be personally conferred by a great noble."

Yurio gritted his teeth and remained silent. In his mind, the way of chivalry was to bravely fight against evil and protect the weak without fear of hardship, not to betray his lord for personal grudges among nobles and become a shameful traitor!

Even though he had lost one hand, he would never be able to put on armor again and ride on a warhorse to fight against the evil and barbaric foreigners in this life, and he would never have the chance to be promoted from an apprentice knight to a formal knight.

But the words of Father Colen, who had saved him many times, suddenly echoed in his ears.

"So what if one hand is broken? As long as you stick to your inner justice, don't be useless, and don't do evil, why can't you be called a knight?"

Yes! Glory does not come from nobility, but from inner perseverance!

Yurio raised his head with a determined look, ready to refuse, but at the same time, he caught a glimpse of the short knife next to his pillow. It was a skinning knife he often used when he went out hunting small animals.

The man who had been standing behind Wolf without saying a word suddenly stepped forward, and a long sword with a cold glow emerged from under his black cloak, pointing it directly at Yurio's chest.

"You seem a little hesitant. Why don't I make this decision for you? Have you forgotten that you only have one hand? Crippled fellow..."

(End of this chapter)