Chapter 14: The Realm of the Dead (4)
The lich was not alarmed by the sudden appearance of his opponent, the purple soul fire in his eyes suddenly flashed, a magic shield formed around his body, and then several orbs of glowing blue 'color' appeared silently in the air, rushing towards Rhaegar from different directions.
Nether Fireball, a spell that specializes in souls, is usually only cast by undead who are equivalent to a ninth-order mage or above, and is a deadly attack for any geist.
Rhaeggar's figure disappeared in place again, and the Nether Fireball with the auto-lock function lost its target in an instant, and eight blue 'colored' fireballs swept through the air, creating a large bottomless 'hole' in the opposite 'hole' wall.
The lich's face, which was only a little flesh and blood, began to show a cautious look, and at this moment, he could no longer perceive Rhaeggar's presence, and the invisible 'wave' spread rapidly around him, and at the same time, hundreds of dark blue 'colored' fireballs appeared around him.
The detection 'wave' that can detect and destroy all invisible spells swept through the entire 'hole' and 'hole' in an instant, but there was no gain, and the lich finally felt a little nervous, as a mage who had been transformed into an undead for less than a hundred years, his strength had not yet returned to its peak state, and it was undoubtedly a big mistake to use this state to face a terrible opponent who did not know the depth of strength. At this point, he couldn't help but regret that he had come here with his men out of curiosity after catching and interrogating the wise geist, for the sake of a momentary greed.
Devourer and his companions stood in a daze, all that happened just now was that the moment they failed to attack, and then turned around, these relatively low-level undead had no idea what was happening, and due to the strict hierarchical restrictions, they did not dare to take the initiative to ask the lich, and could only wait for the latter to give orders.
The opponent's mood changes could not escape Rhaeggar's observation, and he was waiting for this opportunity to assimilate himself into his surroundings, taking advantage of the 'spirit' and 'hole' that briefly appeared in the lich, and the reappeared Rhaegar was lit up with a raging black 'color' flame, and swooped down on the lich surrounded by nether fireballs like lightning.
The rain of Nether Fireballs struck Rhaeggar's body, but it made the Judgment Divine Fire even more intense - after breaking through the restrictions of the forbidden magician, the power of the Judgment Divine Fire, which was finally able to use some of the rule power, increased more than tenfold, and any magic below the forbidden spell could only be its supplement.
However, the lich didn't seem to understand this, and his body quickly retreated, and one after another powerful magic 'shots' at Rhaegar were fired, but their only effect was to make the black flames burn brighter and stronger, and when Rhaegar finally broke through the lich's magic shield and approached him, the battle seemed to be almost over.
A mocking smile appeared in the lich's eyes, and the next moment, Rhaegar's body burning black fire passed through where he was, and the lich's body turned into nothingness in an instant.
A strong sense of crisis came to Rhaegar without warning, this geist who had just solved the most powerful opponent had no time to make any other moves, and could only let the fire of judgment on his body burn to the maximum to resist the power of the rules that were surging from all directions, and at this moment, Rhaegar knew that he had stepped into a dangerous trap.
The Lich's figure appeared dozens of meters away, and beside him, except for the Eater shrouded in gray mist, the other two men had disappeared without a trace - under the effect of the contract, the two poor fellows switched places with the Lich at the critical moment, becoming the scapegoats under the fire of Rhaegar Judgment, and this became the decisive factor in the latter's advantage.
The cage formed by the power of the rules gradually compressed the divine fire around Rhaeggar's body, and in the case of losing the initiative, Rhaegar lost the opportunity to counterattack, and the opponent's power completely cut off his contact with the outside world, except for the divine fire sent out by his own power, he could no longer use the power of the rules.
The purple flames in the lich's eyes were much dimmer compared to when they first appeared, and it was clear that the confrontation with Rhaegar would not be an easy task for him, but it was all worth it compared to the harvest to be gained—two geisms with wisdom due to their mutations, one of them was a forbidden mage, and a bead that caused them to mutate, even if the cost was ten times greater than it was now, was enough to satisfy him.
"Don't try to struggle," said the lich, ready to try a less laborious way to resolve the fight, "you have no chance of getting back, you and I both know that, tasteless stubbornness is not something a highly intelligent creature like you should do." We can work together, believe me, a forbidden mage who has lived in the mortal world for many years and traveled to countless dimensions can definitely make you go one step further in your research on that bead, as long as we join forces, the entire undead world will tremble under our feet......"
An arrow of energy flew silently, striking the lich's back and exploding there. Almost at the same time, a bright light burst out of the devouring body of the new master, who had betrayed the original master for the sake of the beads, and under the power of the servant contract, the only intelligent undead in the universe except for Rhaegar suddenly turned into nothingness. But the glare did not disappear with the destruction of the Oath Breaker, and under Rhaegar's '' control, it turned into a monstrous python that wrapped itself tightly around the lich's body in an instant.
No one who knew anything about the servile contract would betray him after accepting it, and the oath to bind the subordinates, second only to the brand of loyalty, was binding even to the gods. At this point, the lich made a fatal mistake: he never expected that he had been with the beads since he became conscious, and only because of Rhaeggar's arrival that he was forced to leave the 'cave' and the 'cave' was ignorant of the slave contract, and even when he was in the midst of the contract, he dared to betray it, so he was completely defenseless against the sudden outbreak of the contract.
The power of the contract formed by the embodiment of the rules of the universe firmly bound the lich's actions, and although he was not hurt by the sneak attack of devouring, the energy arrow managed to attract his mind, which prevented him from reacting to the surprise attack of the force of the contract in time, and now, like Rhaegar, this lich is also in trouble.
The stalemate, after Rhaegar used the power of the pact that was closely connected to his soul and could be triggered by only his mind to pull back a game, and fight for a gap in the originally sealed cage to connect with the rules of the outside world, the two sides reached a stalemate: on the one hand, they launched an offensive that suppressed the other and seemed to be completely destroyed with a single effort, and on the other hand, both were threatened by their opponents and could collapse at any moment under a terrible attack. Unless one of them falls or gives up the fight, no one can break the stalemate, and all that awaits them is defeat for both sides.
"Your situation doesn't seem to be good," Thork's voice rang in Rhaeggar's head, "If you don't separate right away, the only result will be destruction together." ”
A soft consciousness quietly descended in the 'hole' and 'hole', and countless points of light flashing with various 'colors' appeared in the air, and they flew like a group of living little 'spirits', forming symbols around the bodies of Rhaegar and the lich, and the two 'spirits' that were originally closely integrated with the rules were suddenly shielded by an incomparably powerful force, and the power of the rules that had lost control gradually dissipated, and they got rid of each other's attacks at the same time.
The purple light flashed in the lich's eyes, and the next moment, with a clearly visible spatial 'wave', his body disappeared into the 'hole' and 'hole' - for the lich, all treasures are not as important as survival, that geist is enough to threaten him, and the mysterious existence that has descended at this time can destroy itself like pinching a small bug to death, and staying here is undoubtedly a foolish act of self-defeat.
"Looks like the hand I learned from Sock is 'quite good'," Sock's voice said in Rhaegar elatedly, "Alright, now that we've dealt with those annoying guys, can we get out of here now?" I've been in this place for almost five thousand years since the last person who found me brought me here. ”
"We'll get out of here soon," Rhaegar agreed casually, his mind racing as he thought about what he had just seen, "but before then, I'll have to stay here a little longer." "His 'spirit' spirit was then immersed in the sea of souls, cut off from all contact with the outside world.
The ability to cast by Sock was no stranger to him, in fact, those symbols were nothing more than the lowest level of magic, which could be cast by a fifth-order trainee mage, but in Sock's hands, these spells easily dissolved the rule power of two forbidden mages, something that even the gods could hardly do.
"It's the Primal Energy. Rhaegar thought that when Sock used spells, what impressed him the most was not the magic, but the unprecedentedly active Primal Energy Particles, and at that moment, the activity of the Primordial Energy could only be described as fiery, and it was in this kind of activity that he and the lich's sense and control of the rules were greatly affected.
This fact once again aroused his emphasis on the Primal Energy itself. When he was still an ordinary mage, the Primal Energy was his companions, they were close to him, and it was with their help that he was able to defeat those opponents who were quite powerful for him at the time, but after becoming a forbidden mage, after mastering the rules, he gradually ignored them.
This situation is somewhat like some emperors in the mortal world, when they come from a reckless background and have to struggle for their livelihood and future, they will sincerely face each other with their partners and the people under their rule, and share the joys and sorrows, once they reach high positions and hold great power, they will consciously or unconsciously forget everything in the past, and value power above everything. For forbidden mages, mastery of the rules is the essential difference between them and ordinary mages, whether they directly use the power of rules or use the power of rules to drive the original energy to form spells, they are like those emperors who use their power to mobilize their subjects without scruples, unscrupulously dominating the original energy particles, but forgetting the most important point: without the support of those seemingly small people, their power will be worthless.