By the time the battle was over, and the deadline agreed upon by Rhodes and Stephen was getting closer and closer, Rhodes returned to the few remaining underground chambers to make a final wait.

While waiting, Rhodes carefully studied his existing abilities and gained something.

In the past few days, Rowling has also made her own choice and began to rebuild Ao City on the original site, although in the northwest, the area closer to Diya has a more advantageous position in terms of terrain, but Rowling still chose this place.

At the end of a meditation, after confirming the expiration date through the system log, Rhodes walked out of the underground ashram.

Normally, after the knowledge attribute increases, you must go through the process of meditation to increase the maximum amount of your mana, and the knowledge attribute provided by treasures and other things is not included.

When Rhodes held the Titan Arrow in his hand and obtained +6 for all attributes, the upper limit of mana was increased by 60 points, but there was no mana provided by itself, and the mana needed to be replenished by meditation.

Coming to the ground, Rod noticed that in addition to Rowling, who had a heart-to-heart relationship and had already expected this, North and another blonde woman also appeared here.

Seeing Rod appear here, North's originally relaxed expression suddenly froze, and he didn't care about Leah beside him, so he was about to come to Rhodes' side.

At this moment, North only felt that he was being pulled by something, and when he looked back, it was Leah who was holding him.

Grabbing North's hand, Leah's eyes were full of pleading, "Do you have to go to Diya?" ”

North looked to the side, unable to bear to see Leah's expression at this time, but the will in his heart was as firm as ever.

"Yes, Lord Rhodes is going to Diya, to meet those ...... Eternal and immortal lich. If the trip goes well, I'll be able to get the answers I want to know most from the mouths of these immortal lichs. ”

After the battle, when North handed over the potions he had refined during this time to Rhodes, he learned from Rhodes that when he returned to Diya shortly after, he would have to deal with almost all the lichs in the entire region.

When he first learned the news, North only felt extremely shocked, an inexplicable fear spread in his heart, from the almost endless transformation of corpses in the city, North also faintly saw Rod's reliance, and then, North realized that this may also be an opportunity for himself.

After talking to Rhodes before, North realized that in order to become a real necromancer, he first needed to figure out what a real necromancer was.

Like an orthodox mage, he constantly explores and researches spell knowledge, but replaces regular spell knowledge with matters related to necromancy, such a necromancer is the first thing Noth ruled out, and unfortunately, this is the most time-consuming move of Noth in addition to refining potions.

Unable to get answers on his own, North had to turn to other creatures for help.

North believes that as the top existence in the whole of Diya, the lich with immortal ability naturally has a deep understanding of necromancers, and asking these lichs can not only learn the true meaning of necromancers, but also get a way to become a real necromancer.

To North's relief, after learning his thoughts, Rhodes did not refuse the request, but promised to help himself as much as possible in the process, after all, North alone would not have the opportunity to meet those lichs, let alone let them answer his questions.

Rod's help to North was not all based on the agreement between the two, in addition to the fact that Rod himself valued him more, some characteristics of North also attracted Rode.

Rhodes admired North's courage in confronting the Lich, which is difficult for even some heroes to have the courage to do so, but North insists on doing so.

Rhodes paid attention to the will that belonged to North's heart, and from North's body, Rhodes saw the potential of awakening the hero's will, and he was very curious about what would happen if this will continued to develop, so Rod didn't mind providing some help, including letting North meet with the real lich.

Unlike Rod's emphasis on North, only Leah is really worried about North's safety.

Just from the words that North said, Leah could feel the extreme danger, and he couldn't imagine what the real situation would be like, what he had to face, but the top existence of the entire Deya, no one knew what those moody lichs would do to an ordinary necromancer.

"Although I don't know much about necromancers, I can also see that Lord Rhodes, who can compete with many lichs, is equally capable of answering your questions, so why do you have to meet those lichs?"

Hearing Leah's words, North was stunned for a moment, as if he was hesitating about something, and then shook his head one after another: "Only a real lich can give me an answer." ”

From North's firm words, Leah seemed to realize something, she knew that no matter how much she tried to persuade North, she could not change the idea he had already decided, and she could only let out a sigh, her eyes dimmed, and her heart was full of loss.

After breaking free of Leah's hand, North no longer hesitated and walked to Rhodes not far away.

Considering North's actions, Rhodes was not surprised, and his will made this decision for him.

Noticing Leah, who was originally beside North, Rhodes recalled, according to Elon, that she seemed to be the original tax collector of Ao City, but she did not have a rank in her own right, and was not worth caring about.

According to Rhodes's original prediction, if the previous battle had not taken place, when he returned from Tytaria, he would be able to start completing Elond's request and carry out the transformation of the Death Knight Vita.

Prior to this, Rhodes had already made certain preparations for the transformation of this special death knight, and placed a lot of materials needed for the ritual in the deepest part of the underground ashram.

However, the process of the awakening of the Titan Corpse Witch King completely destroyed this area, relying on the thaumaturgy of the earth, although the destroyed area can be restored, but those crushed materials are difficult to recover.

Because of this, it will take some time for the transformation of Death Knight Vita to be able to restart.

Regarding the need to postpone the transformation of Vita, Rod did not hide it from Elon, and after informing Elon of the situation, Elon did not say anything unusual.

At this time, Rod looked at Rowling on the side, and Rowling kept looking at Rode.

From the perception of blood, Rod could feel Rowling's worry about himself, but, perhaps out of trust in strength, or perhaps because he was afraid that this worry would affect Rode's judgment, Rowling did not express this, but just watched Rod go away.

After this period of recovery, Rowling's face became ruddy, no longer pale and bloodless, and the look in her eyes became more agile.

When he rushed back to deal with the legendary mage, Rhodes had already discovered this, and under the effect of the energy regeneration secret method, the traces left on Rowling's body due to the erosion of death energy seemed to have completely disappeared, and she had returned to her original appearance.

While feeling the magic of this ability researched by the lich, Rhodes also conducted a series of tests on his unique skills, the secret method of energy retention.

When he first obtained this ability, Rod vaguely felt the uniqueness of this ability, but he did not make a specific attempt, and the few days of waiting in the ashram undoubtedly gave Rod such an opportunity.

According to the hints given in the system log, the Energy Capture Secret Method can be used to quickly replenish existing health, and due to the existence of the Origin Life Force, the effect of the Energy Capture Secret Method can even be compared to the Vampire King's blood ingestion when cast on living creatures.

In addition to replenishing health, the greatest effect of the Energy Capture Secret Method is the maximum health used to repair damage.

According to Rod's understanding, when the player's body is severely injured and falls into symptoms such as disability, it will permanently reduce their maximum health, and even if the legendary mage uses healing magic to repair the body, it will not be able to restore the lost maximum health.

Some of the dark wounds on the body will also cause a permanent drop in maximum health, and only with the help of the highest-quality spirit fountain can it be recovered.

However, the Secret Method of Energy Reception can directly do this, restoring the maximum health of the damage, but not beyond the original limit.

In Rhodes' opinion, the only flaw of the Psychic Method of Charging is that the effect of this skill can only be used for numerical recovery, and cannot have any effect on the existing wounds on the body, even if it is only a minor injury, it cannot heal the wound like healing magic.

For necromancers like Rowling, whose bodies have been eroded by death energy due to the increase in the level of spiritualism, the emergence of the secret method of energy has undoubtedly solved the problem that plagued them.

After replenishing the Origin Life Force through the Secret Method of Reception, Rowling also cultivated for a period of time, which allowed her to return to her best state.

What made Rhodes care was that the Energy Capture Secret Method could not only act on living creatures, but even undead creatures could become the object of the Energy Capture Secret Method.

After many attempts by himself, Rhodes discovered that the secret method of energy receptivity directly acts on the soul fire of undead creatures, and once it completes the ingestion of its original life force, it will cause great damage to undead creatures, and can instantly kill any undead creature that is inferior to the caster.

It's just that in the process of casting the energy collection secret method, it will be strongly resisted by the undead creatures themselves, and it will easily destroy the progress of the secret method, unless other means have been used before this to limit the undead creatures in place, or to cast them on the undead creatures under their control, and rashly cast them on ordinary undead creatures, it is difficult to achieve any results.

In addition to the undead creatures, ordinary creatures that have been extracted by the secret method of energy capture will not end much better, and if they survive by luck, they will also become the kind of creature form that Rhodes once saw in Valen.

What made Rhodes feel concerned was that although he had obtained this special secret method from Stephen, he could not find any way to improve the level of the secret method from the system.

Rhodes realized that the secret method of energy reception he obtained may only be the most basic part of this secret method, although it can be used to solve Rowling's problems, but its more powerful effect cannot be truly displayed.

Rhodes believed that Stephen, who had existed in the Death Desolation for countless years, would inevitably make a series of improvements to the existence of the Secret Method of Regency.

For countless years, the flaws that existed in the secret method of energy regeneration may have been repaired by Stephen long ago, and even if Stephen showed the ability to seize the soul fire of undead creatures at will, Rhodes didn't think it was strange.

What really made Rhodes care was whether the ability of the Secret Method of Reception could work on the Corpse Witch King transformed from the Cloak of the Ghost King.

If the artifact in his hand was only the existence of the Ghost King Cloak, Rhodes might feel a certain amount of worry about the outcome of this trip, the last time Stephen didn't use this ability, maybe because there were some scruples in his heart, but it didn't mean that this time he wouldn't.

It's just that at this time, Rhodes is not too worried about this, the completion of the collection of the Titan Arrow has given Rhodes enough confidence, and the strength to defeat the legendary mage head-on is the basis for Rhodes to return to Diya on this trip.

No matter how many undead creatures there are under the lich's command, or even multiple lichs who are plotting artifacts to unite, they will be inferior in the face of the Titan Arrow, which can cast spells infinitely.

Aside from the Forbidden Orb, a unique artifact, there is hardly anything that can limit the casting of the Titan's Arrow.

In the process of returning to Diya this time, the only thing that Rod had to worry about was the possibility of losing the artifact, and losing any combination artifact in his hand would be tantamount to a devastating blow to Rode's strength.

Unlike Sandru, even if Sandru loses a combination artifact, he can still rely on his own spell-casting ability, and there are few opponents in the entire Dia, and the current Rhodes must rely on two combination artifacts in his hands to play at the same time to have the strength to be on par with the legendary mage.

At this time, seeing that North had come to his side, his expression was slightly nervous, but there was no fear on his face, and Rhodes realized that he was ready to go to Diya.

Seeing this, Rhodes looked at Rowling on the side, and didn't say much, just a hint of goodbye flashed in his eyes, and then raised his hand to cast a spell.

A dark green portal appeared in front of Rod. Since the overall distance is not too far, the gate of time and space exhibited by Rodesch is directly connected to the Death Tomb in the territory of Dia.

The ghost dragon descended from the sky and entered the portal, followed by Rhodes, his form flashing and disappearing into the dark green twisted ripples.

Looking at this space-time portal that led to nowhere, the corners of North's mouth twitched, and his expression was a little nervous.

One last glance at Leah, who was not far away, North strengthened his mind and entered the portal before it closed.

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