What class could replace the nobility in governing the farmers? Emperor Lancelot quickly had an answer to that question.
"Helt, you are proficient in the Soul Summoning Art, correct?" He summoned one of his trusted subordinates.
The man had died in battle for him nine times. For a strategist to go that far, his loyalty was beyond question.
"Yes, Your Majesty. I can use ordinary corpses to summon skeletons. But my mana is limited. At most, I can perform the summoning five times a day and summon fifty skeletons, and the skeletons also require my mana to remain active. Compared to other skills, they are not cost-effective," Helt explained truthfully.
The Emperor was disappointed.
He should have known that already. If he could summon vast numbers of skeletons, then with so many Rat corpses on the battlefield, why had he not summoned hundreds of thousands of them?
They would have broken through long ago.
Helt only summoned a few at critical moments, using them to scout ahead or lure enemies. They were never used as main combatants.
Naturally, the Emperor did not know that this was because his world was not Heroes of Might and Magic, and lacked the corresponding magical power.
For skeletons to exist, they had to rely on a class-holder's skills and mana.
Soul Summoning Art would not work. His plan to use skeletons in place of the old nobles to govern the farmers had fallen apart.
If it truly worked, skeletons would be even more economical than rats, since they did not eat food.
As long as the farmers worked, all the food could go to the farmers themselves. No, some still had to be levied—for road construction, waterworks, military pay...
But it could reduce the intermediate costs by seventy percent!
That was right. With the