In the darkness, Dole looked at Lily in surprise. She had a trick like that? If she could really pull it off, then they could make a plan.
At the apprentice stage, aside from advanced wizard apprentices, wizards basically had no means of fighting enemies. They could only rely on their wits and various potions. Even alchemical crafting was only possible after reaching advanced apprentice level. Dole could not think of anything Lily possessed that could affect livestock; she was probably using some kind of potion as well.
Whether ordinary livestock, carriage horses, or other hardy, powerful beasts of burden, their physical structure differed from that of humans. Their sense of smell, taste, and hearing were all easily affected. Lily would probably start from those angles.
As a wizard, thinking came first, so Dole made many more guesses.
"If we can use that as a method, then we can make a plan. Whether it causes large-scale chaos or a small disturbance, we can carry out a close-range assassination. I'll find a way to get a crossbow, then get some poison. This might just work."
A rough assassination plan quickly took shape in Dole's mind.
Lily was somewhat startled to hear that. "You can get a crossbow?"
Dole nodded. "Yes, but crossbows aren't convenient to carry. We can only act at night."
Lily sighed. "If I'd known you could get a crossbow, we could have killed him days ago. That scum of the human race. Since we have a crossbow, then we can do this, this..."
As a noble, Bondi's travel plans were generally not fixed, but nobles had many social engagements, so they had plenty of opportunities. Intermediate apprentices had no long-range means of attack, and that was the key reason Lily's mission had been delayed for so long. Ordinary