THE NECROMANCERS EVOLUTION

A few days after buying the necromancer a house outside the town, near the cemetery, Alex stood inside. The necromancer, Harold, was preparing the ritual to turn into a Lich.

"Boss it will begin soon. All the silencing wards are in place." Harold said. Alex simply nodded and beckoned the man to begin.

Soon the ritual began, the man was chanting in a language Alex couldn't comprehend. Nothing seemed to change, however soon the young pale man was on the ground screaming as if he is experiencing the worst pain possible. At this point Alex decided to step outside a watch from a window. Within a few minutes the change had begun. The hair began falling from his head, his skin seemed to sink in on its self until it merged with the bone, small ridges appeared on his head. Harold is no longer screaming or thrashing around on the ground, he now stands as a fully transformed Lich, his robes have holes in them where bones poked through. His eyes now have dark red flames coming from them.

Walking into the house Alex asked. "So it's completed. How do you feel."

"Powerful."

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It has been a few days since Harold became a Lich, currently he is sitting in the middle of the graveyard. Surrounded by a dozen skeletons who await his commands, each of them have dark red flames coming from their eyes and the same flames burn in the core of their body. He knows the local church priest definitely knows of his presence, he can only hope the mafia protects him. He has only been able to resurrect a dozen skeletons in 3 days, he needs more time to make a formidable force, however his necromantic skills are growing by the day. The coffins have Magic to prevent decomposing, but the dead don't need their skin to serve so they shed it when being reborn. There are over 10,000 graves in this town's cemetery, he would be here for awhile, luckily he doesn't need to eat or sleep. He only needs to rest to regenerate his mana, the boss has refused to allow him to use mana potion. So he sits and rests while his mana regenerates.

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Alex is currently sitting in his office, reading reports from the soldiers tasked to watch Harold the Lich. Nearby also laid reports on the churches activities, it seems the priest has asked for aid in dealing with an "undead" problem. Soon Everwinter will have squad of templars arriving. Although Alex expected such a thing, he was hoping for more time. Over the last few days his dealers had been spreading word of the mayors actions, and also leaving a small threat that sales may stop if this continues. He also recruited 4 more dealers to help with the increasing numbers of buyers, they now have 800 regular buyers. Luckily the plants in the 6 new greenhouses finished growing the day Harold became a Lich, Alex now has 12 greenhouses, 4 for each of the 3 types of plants he's currently growing. Currently they are producing 240 mana, 93 health and 336 speed potions daily, Alex has to help his alchemist pick the petals and make the potions to keep up the daily supply. Around 100 potions don't get sold every day, so they go into the stockpile in the basement.

His buyers are furious with the mayor, and of course they've spread the word of his attacks on a "law-abiding guild" this has led to thousands of the citizens marching into the town center and screaming for the mayor to remove himself from the position. Alex already has an idea of who he wants in the position of mayor. Ailas has continued buying from him, and if he's mayor then the Eld can make it completely legal for them to sell the potions in Everwinter. Allowing them to set up shops, the news would eventually spread and others would travel to the town to see if it is real. Of course this would get the churches attention too, however Alex already has his soldiers training with guns, and his mages working on enchanting the guns and bullets to have the most effect. The church will eventually figure his weapons out, so he would need to find more aces to put up his sleeve.

Alex plans to have Harold's minions help the alchemist, but the Lich needs to grow and learn his power first.

"Don, the mayor has agreed to open the elections and when they are complete he will step down." Nyana said as she entered his office.

"Good. Make sure Ailas begins campaigning immediately. Tell him we will give him half off his purchases. Now what news on the church?"

"Currently the templars are still a month away at least. This should give us enough time to recruit and train more soldiers. However the priest is continuing to talk out against us. We can remove her to send a message but it will turn much of the town against us." The Elf told him.

"Hmm no we don't need to send a message. For now kill her and give the body to Harold, I suspect he will enjoy having a fresh corpse. The election will only take a week, we need to prepare wether Ailas will win or not. Start looking for more recruits, also look for another alchemist or two. Now what of the merchants?"

"The merchants we sold to have begun traveling to other towns and cities. Like you suspected, they plan to sell our potions at ridiculous prices. While this will potentially bring in others to buy from us, it will only be the rich. However a couple of the merchants plan to sell to the masses, they believe they will make more profit this way."

"Good. We will deal with them after the templars. I'm fine with them spreading the potions for us, but for them to make a profit and not us will not be tolerated for to long. I want to increase the number of buyers to at least half the population of Everwinter by the time the Templars arrive. We need to recruit more soldier, dealers and alchemists. I will increase the size of the farm again. In a few days we will double our production to 480 mana, 186 health and 672 speed potions. You need to focus on recruiting, have the other capos deal with our other tasks." Alex told the woman. She nodded before leaving his office.

Alex knows that the increase in potions isn't necessary, however he is planning for the future. He wants a large stockpile of potions for when he travels to other towns and cities. For now though he has work to do and plans to complete.

/CURRENT INVENTORY/

PLATINUM: 57

GOLD: 280

SILVER: 50

BUYER COINS: 1000

MANA POTS: 100

HEALTH POTS: 100

SPEED POTS: 100

STORE CREDITS: 3225

POTION VIALS: 10000

/CURRENT MAFIA/

The Don/The Boss: Alexander Power (MC)

Underboss: N/A

Dealer Capos/Captains: Nyana, Jason

Soldier Capos/Captains: Harvir

# of Soldiers: 80

# of Dealers: 8

Growers/Alchemists: 1

Lich: 1

/CURRENT DAILY PRODUCTION/

Mana Pots: 240

Health Pots: 92

Speed Pots: 336

Authors Note: It looks like we will hit the 50 power stone goal today. So tomorrow 3 chapters will be released. Also the idea for a Necromancer/Lich came from TheLibraryOfLife, thanks for the suggestion! Anyways things are starting to pick up. Soon Alex will be able to leave his starting area (Everwinter). What do you think about the story so far? How was this chapter? Also join the discord and share the story if you're enjoying!

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