Chapter 344: The Book of Souls
Since Rorschach got this artifact book, the more he analyzed it, the more he found that something was wrong.
The Book of Ten Thousand Laws is not very famous, but according to legend, it is an artifact used by the queen of the Northern Elven Empire, and considering that all the sources of magic are more or less related to elves, this thing suitable for a national artifact sounds very high.
"A magical book that records countless ancient magics, all of them are called the Book of Ten Thousand Laws? Then it must have a lot of magical mysteries of ancient and previous archmages. ”
And not long after coming to Ash, he learned the true source of this artifact, and it was seized by the elves, Rorschach was very popular at the time, and then the act of launching the god front battle was also very impulsive.
But anyone who really knows the history of elves will know that all this is complete nonsense.
Before the Dawn War, the elves had no kingdom, or each branch of the elves had their own small kingdoms and tribes, and the four high-ranking elves each had one side, let alone form an empire, basically an endless infighting mode of blood feud and rivals.
The elven empire formed before and after the Battle of Dawn is only six hundred years old, and it can be said that it has a long history in other races, and in the elves' view, a generation has not yet completed the replacement....... and that empire is not so much the imperial inheritance of honor, but a group of dead leftovers who have been disabled by the holy war to keep warm, to avoid the complete loss of their own inheritance and skills.
As the protector and master of the elven god system died in the holy war and civil war, the new generation of elf god system is also incomparable to the previous one, the hastily formed elf empire at that time, can only be said to be a part of the northern Lan League......., of course, now in the administrative establishment and geographical location is still a member of the Lan League, but due to the decline of the original monarchy, the elves' independent movements, the tide of thought one after another, completely out of control is probably only a matter of time.
Therefore, many Lan League people are more and more dislike elves, and they were beaten not far from exterminating the clan, and they traveled thousands of miles north to seek the protection of the Northlanders, and now they have recovered a little bit of vitality, and they are thinking about those messy things.
The empire back then could only be said to be a good-sounding name, and under such historical conditions, the so-called elven queen was more of a middleman acceptable to all parties, and her best governance program was to do nothing.
After all, there are not many races below that can be trusted, and most of the high-ranking elves who are domestic nobles have ghosts in their hearts, just to support the lower-level elves....... these decades are not enough to cultivate a generation, and those who have followed the high-ranking elves for an unknown number of years have too mixed psychological thoughts.
In fact, that's what she did, and after decades of suffering in that boring position, she disappeared without a trace.
Of course, it's not like she hasn't really done anything, with Lan Meng behind her back, although it is still difficult for her to do something, it is easy to destroy it.
The elves' countless ancient traditions and class concepts were denied by her, and the so-called system of domestic slaves, feudal feuds, and generations of retainers was even forbidden by her orders.
Now the atmosphere of relative equality among the elven branches in the elf world was created by her, and because various "ancestral laws" were uniformly abolished, the name of the upper elf tossed by her did not live up to the truth.
The upper elves here mainly refer to the moon elves, silver elves, and some of the gray/black elves who chose to go to the surface in the end, and the other group of wood elves is too close to the natural camp, and they have not lost their hometown in the holy war (because there is no at all), so the wood elves are not considered elves in the eyes of many people.
In the Elven Empire at that time, the most headaches were still the Moon Elves and the Silver Elves, who used to be the dominant race in this world, but they were reduced to a ruined household and were trampled under the feet of the "Elf Queen".
With arrogance and arrogance but collapsed status, psychological imbalance, and the bad habit of losing temper with other races, it was originally an excellent individual combat power and military strength, but it was nothing in front of the other countries of the Lan Alliance.
During that time, the glory and natural nobility of the upper elves had been swept into the pile of history, and the upper elves, who had canceled all racial taxes, lost most of their belongings in the great migration, and without the dedication of the lower elves, these so-called nobles had to work hard to support their families, and how noble they were.
The second important change is that she explicitly forbade discrimination against wild elves, of course, this is not a simple act, and she does it in an unusually ingenious way.
"You all say that you are a high-ranking elf with noble blood, or a noble family that has been passed down for thousands of years, and you lose your identity by working in person, and the hybrid hybrid of the wild elves is a completely different race, ....... I treat you differently from them and expel them from the country, okay?"
Then, she really "banished" the wild elves.
Through communication with other countries in the Lan League, she gave those wild elves and lower elves dual nationality treatment, allowing them to freely enter and leave the country, work, get paid, and live freely in other countries........ while other high-ranking elves must stay in the country honestly.
You know, at that time, the Elven Empire had fled thousands of miles away, and it was good to have a piece of land, so could you expect to be rich?
A group of refugees live together, most of them feel that they are naturally noble and do not want to work, and their main source of food depends on the assistance of other countries, this life is not ordinary hardship, it can be said that in the northland of that year, the elven empire was the worst.
And those wild elves, but they can enjoy national treatment in other big countries, and they have no shelf to work to make money, relying on the elves' combat power and knowledge level far beyond the average level to get rich rewards.
Then, the wild elves who came back for the festival by chance took large bags and small bags, big carts and small carts, visited the neighboring townships to distribute local products (show off), and watched the superior elves gnaw relief food by the way...... The middle and lower poor people eat and drink well, and the upper nobles have to line up to receive relief materials to curry favor with mankind, and the so-called "upper rank" has naturally become a joke.
In the subsequent Dawn War, although full of dangers, it was also an era of great development of magic technology, not only were the ancient skills of the elves eliminated in the wave of the era of advancing or retreating, but more importantly, those high-ranking elves either refused the opportunity to change, or adhered to the so-called tradition, while the wild elves and lower elves did not have these concerns.
In that great era, there were many very famous engineers and technicians among the wild elves and lower elves, and the balance of power between the two sides was completely unbalanced.
After all, it is said that it is a high-ranking elf, in addition to some advantages in bloodline talent, but more importantly, it is the advantage of magical knowledge, learning, and historical inheritance.
Wild elves, who were slaves and domestic animals in the eyes of the previous high-ranking elves, are now at least the commoner class, and in most parts of the continent, they are far more popular than the high-ranking elves.
Now, if you deliberately call a certain elf a superior elf outside of the elven empire, it is not a statement but a kind of irony.
Therefore, although the reign is not long (elf vision), the evaluation of the former elf queen in the clan is quite polarized, the object of disgust of the "upper elves", and the idol of the lower elves and wild elves.
In a sense, the short-lived Elven Queen is a passerby, or a "black history" of latecomers trying to erase traces of her existence.
Considering his insoluble grievances with that country, Rorschach had studied the history of that time, but he felt more and more that the artifact in his hand was too strange.
"The treasure book that carries the history of elven magic?the oldest elven race?isn't she just a waste mother who has bad craftsmanship and a bad temper and loves to be spoiled in bed, and cooking is not as delicious as her father........."
And if this is just a guess, a fact proves Rorschach's guess - this book has never appeared in Ash's history, and there is not even a similar artifact-level magic book in Ash's history.
Finally, at Luo Li's prompting, Rorschach discovered the true use of this artifact book.
"This is a book of magic and artifacts, obviously the demon lord of the bottomless abyss would not make such an evil and dangerous instrument....... this is a book of necromancy, an evil book that devours souls. ”
There are few descriptions of the queen in the history books, but there are still traces of it, and after repeated testing, the identity of the necromantic master who plays with souls is finalized.
Then, the material and principle of the book can also be deduced.
"This is a truly evil book, he is supposed to be the product of an inability to gather souls, and the magical knowledge he provides is only the memory of the souls of those spellcasters who are imprisoned in it. Moreover, she will be picky about the user's heart and attributes, and if she does not satisfy its appetite, I am afraid that the user will sooner or later become a slave of the artifact, and then be driven by it, and the mouth will become a member of the book. ”
The gift of honesty is especially useful here, and after making sure that the artifact is self-aware, through communication with the Book of Souls, Rorschach also knows the conditions under which it chooses its master.
And this condition is really a bit cruel....... when she learned about this condition, Rorschach's first reaction was to think of Luo Li, perhaps because she did not meet this condition, she could not get the help of the artifact in a desperate situation, and finally fell.
The conditions are actually very simple, with countless spells, it does not even require the user's ability to cast spells, its only requirement is "enough indifference".
Yes, indifference, indifference to life, indifference to the soul, indifference to morality, indifference to the constraints of law in the face of the pursuit of truth to satisfy endless curiosity.
If you don't have enough "indifference" to be able to isolate the interference of those meaningless emotions, emotions, knowledge, and memories, see through the difference between illusion and reality, and keep yourself, sooner or later you will be overwhelmed by the torrent of memories and eventually become a member of this book of souls.
[Mother actually wanted to leave this book for you, and I took it .......]
At that time, Rorschach smiled, but the smile was really bitter.
It seems that not only was he completely seen through, but even his own responsibility was taken by his sister on his own initiative.
The artifact is not easy to use, the more powerful the artifact, the more dangerous and troublesome, but the high risk also represents the high return, and Rorschach back then actually had no choice.
When New Tonya City was first built, in the face of the threat of the Thunder Elemental Legion and internal spies, Rorschach activated the true power of this Book of Souls for the first time, summoning a great flood that flooded the land under waterless conditions....... but the price paid was the sacrifice of nearly a hundred souls.
After that, Rorschach only used this book in the most desperate situations, not only because it was morality to burn divine power than to burn souls, but also because harvesting souls also took time to accumulate.
Moreover, if the owner who uses the artifact is not strong enough, he can't afford to fight back, and even if a child holds a saber, he can't threaten adults, and it's easy to hurt himself.
Now, in this small boat, Rorschach has picked up the book again.
His eyes are as flat as ever, his heart beats slowly but powerfully, and his mind and emotions are like a casual routine.
Zhizi is like a mother, probably, from the very beginning, this artifact was tailor-made for him, and now, this book of souls has turned the page again.
That page was the same as it was at the beginning, but the magic fluctuations and soul wails had increased at least tenfold.
"Leviathan, devour everything in sight. "To find this site, please search for "6 Mao" or enter the URL:.