Work Prophet
Chapter 376 - 134 Servant

The two candidates he favored had refused to reincarnate into another plane for various reasons, leaving only Niu Xiangui willing to sign a contract with him.

Following the principle that something is better than nothing, Li Yu still signed Niu Xiangui in the end.

After all, the Double Rest Sect was also just starting this new business, and everything was still in the exploratory phase, requiring the accumulation of experience at the early stage.

Having someone to practice on wasn’t bad, at the very least to go through the process once and promptly discover any issues.

Moreover, no matter how you looked at it, Niu Xiangui was still a modern talent who had completed higher education, and a university graduate at that; even if he couldn’t code in another world, he wouldn’t be completely useless.

Afterward, Li Yu arranged for Zhang Yanlin to conduct a background investigation on Niu Xiangui to understand him as thoroughly as possible, especially his character.

As for Li Yu himself, he hurried back to Green Field after a quick lunch to start looking for a body for Niu Xiangui.

Niu Xiangui himself had no special requirements for the new body; he could even accept becoming a woman.

However, Li Yu couldn’t just use whatever he found; at the very least, the body had to meet the basic qualities of being young and healthy.

Also, according to the description of the use of the "Rebirth Bell," the corpse used for reincarnation must be fresh, preferably dead no more than two days.

Gathering such bodies proved to be somewhat difficult.

Li Yu would not create corpses just to satisfy the conditions for using the "Rebirth Bell," not even the bodies of slaves; doing so would just be too devoid of moral boundaries.

So, he still turned to the Lady.

"What, how many death row prisoners are in the dungeon? You’d have to ask Yago." Miss Rabbit was somewhat surprised by Li Yu’s sudden interest in the number of death row inmates on the estate but still called for the castle’s steward.

"There are seven people currently imprisoned," Yago replied.

"What crimes have they committed?" Li Yu asked.

"Most are murder, rape... According to the current law of the Red Lion Empire, civilians who commit either of these two offenses are sentenced to death, but most of them are guilty of not just one crime, there’s also theft, arson, and the like."

Yago paused, "Actually, we executed a batch of death row prisoners two months ago."

"Right, as the Lord, I personally announced their crimes and watched the execution," Ireya said, "I remember there should have been nine people, right?"

"Green Field has that many death row prisoners?" Li Yu was somewhat surprised.

"Usually not," the Lady said, "But lately there have been many more people on the estate. The farmers are okay, but many of those mercenaries and vagabonds are quite troublesome, and they underestimated the strength of the Arias family guard."

"Heh, some of them thought they could run after committing crimes, even left Green Field, but were still caught and brought back by Juan and his men."

"Can I see those death row prisoners?" Li Yu asked again.

"Of course," Ireya agreed readily, adding at the end, "If you take a liking to anyone, let me know. I’m the Lord and have the power of clemency, but those guys are not good people, you best be careful when you use them."

Having the precedent of the lizard people and Jude, the Lady thought Li Yu wanted to rehabilitate those death row prisoners.

Unexpectedly, Li Yu said, "No need, just proceed with the normal procedures."

"They are death row prisoners... if we proceed with the normal procedures, I’ll have their heads chopped off," the Lady reminded him.

"Is there a way to change the method of execution?"

"For instance?"

"Hanging."

"That does not conform to the family’s traditions over the years." Yago objected.

"I don’t really care, as long as it can deliver the punishment those scum deserve," Miss Rabbit was a pragmatist.

"I would like to borrow their bodies afterwards," Li Yu added.

"???"

Miss Rabbit was taken aback, "You want their corpses?"

"Hmm."

"It’s possible, those guys aren’t locals, and no family will come to claim their bodies, but what do you need those corpses for?" The Lady did not understand.

"To welcome the Servants."

"Servants?"

"Hmm, Saturday grants me permission to summon some Servants from the Divine Country to the Bratis Continent to assist with construction, but since the Servants themselves are in the form of Heroic Spirits, I need to prepare bodies for them in advance."

Miss Rabbit had never played FGO, otherwise, she would have found it much simpler to understand, but she roughly grasped Li Yu’s meaning and couldn’t help but gasp, "You can summon Heroic Spirits?!"

Without blushing or skipping a beat, Li Yu responded, "I am the Prophet, summoning Heroic Spirits is naturally not a problem."

"Incredible, incredible! It’s truly unbelievable!!!" Miss Rabbit repeated ’incredible’ three times in a row, her gaze filled with awe when she looked at Li Yu.

The two had known each other for nearly a year, yet the Lady still found the man before her unfathomable.

A few days ago, she heard from Greta that the Life Church had an Awakening Potion, which could help the followers of the Life Goddess activate the special abilities hidden in their bloodlines, and she found it astonishing.

This was something the Double Rest Sect couldn’t do, yet Li Yu had just presented her with an even bigger feat—

—Summoning Heroic Spirits, what level of miracle was that?!

Even though Miss Rabbit had always observed Li Yu performing miracles up close, this time she was deeply shocked.

Ireya then pursued further, "When do you plan to summon the Servants? Is that Servant as powerful as you are? What legends and achievements did they have in life, and how did they die in the end? Did they perish together with the enemy’s commander, or did they enter the enemy’s ranks alone, fighting a hundred by themselves and died of exhaustion?"

"I need to make some preparations in advance, it might take a few more days, and you can execute the sentence then," said Li Yu, who wasn’t sure how much longer Niu Xiangui would live, so he could only say that for now.

"As for the Servants, they’re definitely not as powerful as me. In fact, when they first arrive, they’ll need to learn and adapt to the new environment here before they can be of use. You might need to help them out with that, but they don’t need any special privileges.

"Just treat them as ordinary guests from a Foreign Country. If they break the law, arrest them. As for legends and achievements, you can ask them yourself when the time comes.

"The Divine Country is actually in a relatively peaceful state right now, so very few people die in battle. When I select Servants, I primarily look at their specialties, not their fame."

Li Yu had barely finished answering the barrage of questions from Miss Rabbit.

Ireya, however, still seemed to have an unsated curiosity about the Servants. She had many more questions to ask, but it seemed Li Yu was not inclined to elaborate.

So the Lady had to temporarily suppress her curiosity and let Yago take Li Yu to the dungeon to pick out some people.