In this case, Tanan knew that the existence of a forbidden orb alone would not be able to achieve his intended goal. In order to overthrow the vast Bracada mage empire and destroy all the mages, it is necessary for all savage creatures to have the ability to ban the orb.

In Rhodes' opinion, this is the reason why Tanan did this to the forbidden ball in his own memory.

At that time, Rhodes was more concerned about the effect of the Forbidden Ball fragment and the ability to be used by it, thus ignoring the original purpose of Tanan's processing. It wasn't until now, when he realized the peculiarities of the stand-alone artifact, that Rhodes became aware of these problems.

Perhaps at the beginning, Tanan's original intention was not to create fragments similar to the forbidden magic ball in Rod's hand, but to split the originally independent set of forbidden magic balls into a large number of artifact parts that still retain their original effects, but the final result was to get this forbidden magic ball fragment that could be used a limited number of times.

Without the alchemist master, for the exquisite skills of treasure handling, although Tanan very much hoped to split the forbidden magic ball in his hand into artifact parts that were not restricted from use, but due to the limitation of knowledge, the final result naturally did not go as Tanan wanted.

In Rhodes' opinion, it is even more natural that those fragments of the forbidden orb that were forcibly split from the forbidden orb by Tanan lose all their effects.

Rhodes had never heard of such a rough handling of any treasure, let alone an artifact that was more precious than a treasure. The fragment of the forbidden orb in his hand should have no effect.

However, when Rhodes obtained this special red crystal, a hint from the system told Rhodes that even the fragments that fell off from the forbidden orb still had the original effect and could be used by it, and what happened afterwards proved this to Rhodes.

Through the information given by the system, Rhodes learned that the Forbidden Ball fragments can still achieve the original effect, and the root cause of this is because of the heroic will of Tanan attached to it.

Previously, Rod felt some anomalies from this point. What made Rhodes care was that the existence of the hero's will could have such a huge impact on the artifact parts.

At this time, after recalling these circumstances, Rhodes suddenly realized that perhaps the existence of the hero's will could also play a great role in the process of splitting the independent artifact.

In Rhodes's opinion, if Tanan had learned a lot about the treasure before dealing with the forbidden orb, and had mastered the same processing techniques as an alchemist, perhaps the final result would really be able to obtain a relatively complete artifact part that is not limited to the number of uses as Tanan wanted.

It's just that Rhodes knows that this is obviously impossible to happen, Tanan's handling of the forbidden magic ball has already been completed, and Tanan, as the leader of the barbarians, is obviously impossible to master this knowledge.

According to Rod's prediction, Tanan is likely to suffer a great setback now, and it may not be long before the end of the entire first expansion, and in this case, Rod also feels the urgency of time.

Compared with Tanan, Rhodes cared more about the two artifacts in Sandru's hands.

In Rod's opinion, the effect of the Forbidden Ball Fragment and the Forbidden Barrier released through this special artifact fragment can suppress Sandru's spell-casting ability to a certain extent and force him to fight in close quarters with him, but there is no way to affect the artifact he possesses.

According to Rod's idea, even if there is a fragment of the forbidden magic ball, once Sandru sacrifices the two artifacts, relying on Rod's own combat ability, there may be a certain risk.

Once the battle drags on for a long time, when the powerful undead creatures controlled by Sandru arrive, the final outcome may not be necessarily who wins or loses.

Even so, in Rhodes' opinion, it was naturally worth taking this risk for the sake of the powerful combination artifact on Sandru's body. Rhodes placed his hopes of victory more on his own melee advantage.

According to Rod's understanding of artifact holders, under normal circumstances, they rarely equip artifact parts on their bodies, and more often, those artifact parts collected by them are included in the spatial ring just like Rhodes himself.

It is only in the face of a battle, or on some extremely important occasions, that the holder of the combined artifact will equip it all.

Perhaps for some creatures who value artifacts so much that they want to have all the powers of an artifact, they must carry them with them no matter what they do. Once the artifact is removed, it is as if all power has been lost in the heart.

However, Rod did not believe that Sandru would make such a move. As a Sandru who has studied in Bracada for a long time and has long integrated the various habits of mages into himself, he naturally has his own understanding of the existence of artifacts.

After a little thought, Rhodes was able to realize that in his ordinary life, Sandru would never have equipped such a heavy and cumbersome combination artifact called "Cursed Armor" on his body, but the "Ghost King Cloak" was more likely.

In this case, with the advantage of the surprise attack, Rhodes was confident that Sandru would be killed directly by himself before he had time to equip the artifact. This is also where Rhodes has the most confidence in the process of this trip.

What's more, according to the information that Rhodes currently has, Sandru does not seem to have released the news that he has two necromancer artifacts.

Once this news comes out, there will be great waves in the entire territory of Diya. The overall situation in the City of Death will not be as calm as Rhodes feels.

Rhodes believed that at that time, not only Stephen, the de facto ruler of the City of the Dead, would be interested in Sandru's existence, but all the lichs in the entire territory of Dya would act because of it.

There aren't many things that can affect the lich, but the existence of artifacts can easily do this.

Just as Rhodes was thinking, Thero in front of him suddenly stopped.

Under the influence of Thero, Rod's thoughts were forced to be interrupted, and at this time, Rod's ears also heard Thero's words.

"Here we are, and this is the residence of the city lord Tamik."