Reincarnated as incubus: I didn't mean to seduce you!

"I see you’ve been staying in the Royal Capital recently instead of returning to Lancaster, and you plan to continue developing your career here in the Royal Capital, right?"

Kael was well aware that for Elanna, intelligence work was absolutely her most valued domain, and like intelligence work, those who enter first often occupy the more significant positions.

He thought for a moment and said to Elanna:

"I have some matters to attend to during the day today, but later on, you can contact Grandpa White, and we can find a place to discuss some matters."

Elanna nodded, though she did not understand why.

"Elanna, you are one of the Undead who has had quite a pleasant cooperation with our family. You can also get to know her better, and perhaps she can help you in the future."

Elanna nodded in agreement.

...

After Elanna had left, Elanna turned to Kael and asked, "Kael, have you now begun to consider using the Undead as staff for expanding your influence?"

Kael shook his head and said, "I still adhere to our original strategy; we can try to trust the Undead, but we must not depend on them excessively.

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Even if we want to establish our own agency, we must ensure that, should the Undead disappear, the original inhabitants we arrange can still maintain normal operations of the entire agency, even under overload conditions." n/ô/vel/b//jn dot c//om

"Then why..."

"But there is one agency that is naturally more advantageous for these Undead."

"Are you talking about... an intelligence agency?"

"Yes, recently she (Elanna) has collected a large amount of intelligence here in the Royal Capital, part of which she released for free, and she started trading the other part.

The Undead are different from us; they have their own exclusive methods of communication, and even if they are killed, they can still transmit the relevant information to other colleagues.

In other words, as long as they naturally form a complete system of intelligence exchange and spread it around the world with the number of Undead, they can easily obtain intelligence that we previously had to pay a great cost to acquire."

Elanna frowned slightly and said to Kael:

"Kael, are you so certain that there will be enough Undead in the future to form a vast intelligence network?"

Kael paused for a moment, realizing he might have accidentally revealed too much, but he quickly changed the topic, saying with a smile:

"Isn’t that normal? Just communicate more with the Undead to find out."

Elanna was skeptical, feeling that Kael might be hiding something, but since he was reluctant to share, she would not insist.

She believed that if Kael chose to hide something, there was a necessity to do so.

...

That night.

All was quiet, and the faint sound of cicadas could be heard. In Kael’s residence, Elanna met once again with this beautiful young man, considered the most favored in the hearts of the players.

"Lord Kael, about that matter you mentioned during the day..."

Kael poured a cup of tea for Elanna and said with a light chuckle:

"With your capabilities, you must have already heard that I have become a candidate successor of the Duchy of Lanceland, right?"

Elanna nodded in acknowledgment, having indeed heard this news from some rather discreet channels, though it would still take some time to fully spread throughout the Royal Capital.

"As for the matter of succeeding the duchy, I can also share some detailed events with you..."

Kael briefly explained the recent events to Elanna, then added:

"In short, I now hope to have an agency under me that can provide the necessary intelligence; this agency doesn’t need to be too secretive, but it must have fast message relay.

I think your Undead have great potential in this regard."

Upon hearing what Kael had said, Elanna paused, as she had originally planned to establish a player-led communication agency throughout the Royal Capital and even across the entire duchy.

However, considering the initial investment costs, it might require a considerable expense to get the agency up and running.

She had intended to use the Royal Capital as a base, starting by securing a large amount of real-world funding from various clubs, then reinvesting it in the game to recruit a batch of new players, using the capitalists’ method of dangling carrots to attract lazy players to set the stage.

Now it seemed she might receive help from the NPC side.

With this thought, an excited smile appeared on her face, and she unhesitatingly chose to accept on the spot, considering this an obviously beneficial decision.

"Lord Kael, I am truly honored to have your support, but I have a small suggestion regarding this agency...

If possible, could you arrange for us to have a set of appropriate uniforms as well as special masks and headgear?"

"Hmm? Sure, if you have the need, Lancaster can immediately craft a sufficient amount of standard equipment for you."

Hearing how easily Kael agreed to her request made her feel discontented without opposition.

"Getting things too easily sometimes makes it feel less solid."

"No, a suitable and good-looking set of equipment is a form of morale support in itself, both for your Undead and for us natives."