It was hard to imagine that North, a necromancer apprentice who only knew how to refine potions, and whose overall strength was not strong, and could not even reach the fourth-order strength corresponding to those of a formal professional, would have a close relationship with the tax collectors in Ao City.

Maybe it was because of the chance encounter between the two in the freelance chamber of commerce when North was buying refining materials, which left a deep impression on each other, or maybe it was in this Ao city, which is full of official necromancers and undead creatures, both of them held important positions in the city with their humble strength, so they found a common topic, and when North came to his senses, it happened.

During this time, Leah was also one of the few people around North to talk to.

In the process of exploring the method of refining potions alone in the quiet room, North felt extremely lonely for a long time, recalling his life in Bracada, when North, although he had to escape from the orthodox magic academy because of his mastery of spiritualism, he still had his companions from the Spirit Society by his side, so he was not completely alone.

Before Leah appeared, North tried to communicate with the vampire outside the door and invite him into the ashram, but the vampire would not bother him and ignored him.

The experience of being in Bracada made North always want to become a true necromancer, and in his opinion, experiencing and enduring loneliness is something that a true necromancer must learn.

From some texts, North had learned such information.

Legend has it that in the deepest part of Dia, the gathering place of necromancers, there are immortal lichs that may have survived for hundreds or thousands of years, and records of their existence can even be traced back to the golden age of Bracada, the most glorious period of the mage gods.

What can be the company of the lich who have survived for so long? Whether it is a legendary undead creature or a death knight, they do not have the ability to be truly immortal without going through the final Endless Night Ritual, and their soul fire will still dissipate with the corruption and weathering of their flesh.

Nothing but the existence of the Lich can always be by the Lich's side, and this ability alone is enough to consume the vast majority of its enemies, and in a sense, it is a truly invincible force.

In North's view, as lichs that exist beyond all necromancers, their near-immortal lives must be accompanied by loneliness.

The necromancer is alone, unable to trust any of his so-called companions, fearing that he will be transformed into an undead creature after death, and is accompanied only by undead creatures.

Such a life is lonely enough, and for the lich, it is just the most normal life of their immortal life. They live like this forever, and even the undead creatures that accompany the lich die out of decay, leaving only the lich itself and new undead creatures.

Life in the ashram for just a few months was a little unbearable for North, and he didn't know how those lichs had survived their almost immortal lives.

Obviously he was just an apprentice-level necromancer, but he was worried about the lich, and sometimes when he thought of this, North would laugh at himself.

There is no doubt that Leah's appearance has, to a great extent, relieved the loneliness in North's heart.

Compared with the beginning, at this time, in the process of refining potions every day, what he looked forward to most was not the completion of the refining potions, but the scene of the next meeting with Leah.

North thought that his will was enough to bear the loneliness of being a necromancer alone, but whenever he thought of meeting Leah, this sense of excitement made North feel extremely lost.

His previous life in Bracada did not bring him this kind of experience, and without knowing how to deal with it, North could only let his emotions develop.

Perhaps sensing the instability of North's mind, Leah had come to the ashram significantly more frequently during this time, but in North's impression, there had never been a time when her expression had been so anxious.

Thinking of the black-robed man who had come to the ashram to assassinate him, North realized that something unusual seemed to have happened.

"The city of Ao is under attack by mages, and the city is no longer safe, so flee with me."

During the conversation, Leah noticed the corpse of the black-robed man in the quiet room. Looking at the unruly corpse that had been corroded by acid, she was even more worried about North's situation.

Leah knew that North had used his acid ring. It was with Leah's help that North was able to buy this special spatial ring.

North was stunned at hearing Leah's hurried words, and before he could understand what was happening, Leah took his outstretched hand and began to run towards the open door of the ashram.

Following the hunch in his heart, North did not doubt Leah's words, if other necromancers were here, I am afraid that they would not be willing to leave the ashram until the true situation was clarified.

Walking along the upward stairs, a strong red light fell overhead, accompanied by a wave of heat, accustomed to the shroud of the dark sky, suddenly seeing this kind of scene, North was extremely uncomfortable for a while, and couldn't help but move his gaze to other directions.

It wasn't until he was completely on the ground, accustomed to the surrounding light, and looked at the surrounding scenes, that North felt a sense of shock.

The dark canopy that covered the entire earth had long since dissipated, and in its place was a crimson canopy, the color of the entire sky, red with flames.

Sweat dripped from North's face, he looked around, and found that the entire Ao City was shrouded in a sea of fire, most of the surrounding buildings had already collapsed, and black smoke continued to rise, only the passage he was in, and the passage of the ashram guarded by a large number of corpse witches not far away was still safe.

As if remembering something, North was shocked, recalling that Rhodes had used to transform dead creatures into the Witch King without resorting to anything, and North immediately pulled Leah and prepared to take refuge in the underground passage where the Witch was stationed.

However, Leah grabbed Noth and prepared to flee in the other direction with him, and at the same time took out several magic scrolls and prepared to use them.

In the sky, another explosion was heard, and violent waves of flames spread in all directions in the city. Leah tore open a magic scroll, and the familiarity of the spell blessing came from North, who knew he was under the influence of fire thaumaturgy.

Before he had time to argue with Leah, North looked in the direction of the explosion in the sky, where the two mages were standing out of thin air, engaged in a duel that would affect the entire city of Saw.