Chapter 288: The Lich in the Way
Even if Zhao Xu didn't look in the mirror, he knew how weird the process of casting the spell just now was.
This is one of the eight major factions of the arcane, the Necromantic faction.
Zhao Xu had just finished casting the three-ring arcane "Graveyard Crown", which was an hour-level spell that could last for a full 5 hours.
During this time, every minute of his life, he could rely on this "crown" to launch a one-ring spell "command technique" against the "undead".
Originally, the one-ring spell "Command Technique" was only used on living creatures, and as long as the exemption was not passed, you could order the opponent to execute the simple instructions he asked for within one round, such as "come", "throw", "fall", "escape", and "stop".
Even Zhao Xu was able to rely on his "Dispel the Undead" priest ability to consume the number of dispels to increase the difficulty of the spell's exemption.
and the fact that he can terminate the spell at any time in exchange for an increase when he uses "Dispel the Undead".
In the past, Zhao Xu didn't use too many spells of the "Necromancy" system, but now that he is here, especially considering that he still has a "Legendary Necromantic Staff" in his hand, he will not be able to avoid the application of this aspect.
At this time, Zhao Xu already had the ability to simply "order" the resentful spirits of the outside world, as long as the other party did not have immunity and resistance.
Spell immunity and spell resistance are the same thing, even if it is the most ordinary one-ring spell, even if Zhao Xu is facing a "legendary" level existence, as long as the other party has not had "immunity" and spell resistance and has not succeeded in "resisting", then he will be manipulated by the effect of his one-ring "command technique".
This is also the reason why the mage has to fortify layer by layer in the later stage.
After completing this method, Zhao Xu, who was wearing a crown of white bones, had a gloomy temperament, but he didn't care, but walked back to the second floor directly.
Next, he had to look for "Wang Ningwei" and "Eswig".
Whether it is the "biopositioning technique" of the fourth ring or the "perceptual location" of the eighth ring, it is not something that Zhao Xu can perform now.
However, Zhao Xu once used the "item positioning technique" to find the teleportation key in the corpse square.
He doesn't have to look for someone, he can also use the "item location technique" of the second ring to search for the items carried by Wang Ningwei and Eswig that he has come into contact with.
The only drawback is that "Biolocating" can affect the entire realm, but "Item Locator" has a limited range of effect.
With Zhao Xu as the center of the circle, it has a radius of about 120 meters, and on this basis, each level expands by 12 meters.
So he was finally able to locate objects within a full 180 meters, with an area of nearly 140,000 square meters, equivalent to thousands of three-bedroom apartments, enough to cover more than ten football fields.
It's just that it's still not enough for the entire "Land of the Sleepers".
Therefore, Zhao Xu's gaze looked at the bell tower in the center of the city, where the highest position could overlook the entire city.
There, when he casts the "Dance of Tracks" spell, he can locate their direction and their specific status.
The wide field of view from the clock tower is also a requirement of this spell.
In this way, combined with the "item positioning technique", the location can basically be determined 100%.
Therefore, he used two two-ring spells, and barely achieved the effect of the four-ring spell "bio-positioning" while determining the scope of a city.
When Zhao Xu saw the "Amber Coffin" floating in the sky, he knew that he needed the assistance of Wang Ningwei and Eswig.
During this time, the other party was in this half of the plane, and the information content he experienced was all he needed to know. Even everything he saw after death was a brutal experience he needed.
Not to mention the wisdom possessed by the other party, it can be regarded as a good existence in Arthury.
For him, the extraordinary divine power of the "Lord of the Dead" combined with Lux's artifact transformation doomed him to only one chance to fight hard, so his entire plan was bound to be complete.
At this time, the fluctuations in the outside world gradually calmed down, and the undead creatures who were originally restless began to move forward slowly, no longer running for their lives as before.
"Lux, what is the number of that tower in the city?" Zhao Xu asked.
"There is no number, and in general, those that are not low-level threats are not included in the number. The city estimates that one in ten of these buildings is not numbered. Lux said.
Zhao Xu nodded, and then flipped down on the balcony on the second floor.
Originally, I thought of this city, and every building was a haven where I could escape and hide, but now that I think about it, at least more than ninety percent of it is a life talisman.
This is especially true for those "medium" and "high" houses.
Although Anta City is a patchwork of Arthur's "haunted houses", the street layout itself is quite clear.
After entering the city, Zhao Xu found that the number of skeletons and zombies on the street began to increase.
The skeletons were only fragments of rotten armor they wore when they were killed, and most of them had no mental powers, following the last orders they received, and patrolling the streets where they were stationed.
In fact, the ordinary "command technique" is a "coercion" element spell of confusion control, which itself is immune to the characteristics of the undead, just like the "hypnotism" brought by the muttering of the "resentful spirit".
But Zhao Xu's "Graveyard Crown" is based on his camp, driving divine energy to force the other party to act, so he skips the restriction of immunity.
Although Zhao Xu has the characteristics of an undead creature, if he dares to trespass into some guarded positions, he will still be counterattacked by those skeletons.
That's when he needed to use the "Graveyard Crown" to drive the "Command Technique" to drag away the undead.
And on the street, Zhao Xu also began to see all kinds of skeletons.
In addition to the human skeletons, he even saw the skeletons of the Cloud Giant, crouched in front of a house, the red light in his skull staring deadly ahead, and a giant axe in his hand.
However, the cloud giant was still at least a level 11 challenge level monster in front of him, and after death, it was transformed into a skeleton, and the challenge level fell to level 7.
The challenge level of a skeleton is determined by its life dice, and the life dice brought by the profession will be lost accordingly, so even if the legendary warrior becomes a skeleton, it is still a 1HD skeleton.
The cloud giant skeleton that Zhao Xu passed by can only challenge level 7 because it has 17HD life dice, and the skeleton with a cap of 20HD can only challenge level 8.
Beyond 20HD, it cannot be converted to skeletons. Therefore, among the skeleton dragons, the highest is only the existence of a 19HD youth skeleton red dragon, and the higher adult red dragon has 22HD life dice, so it cannot be converted into a skeleton.
However, Zhao Xu improved his "religious knowledge" at this time, and also retrieved another species he had seen, "Bone Dragon".
As a template similar to "Skeleton", the "Bone Dragon" template itself can only be applied to the Dragons, even if the Ancient Dragon dies, it can be transformed into a "Bone Dragon", and the Bone Dragon challenge level is only half of what it was when it was alive.
Therefore, a young red dragon challenges level 10, and the skeleton template has 8 levels according to the life dice, but he of the bone dragon template only has 5 levels left.
At this time, Zhao Xu was walking on the street, constantly identifying various skeleton creatures, such as Chimera, two-headed giants, and troll versions of skeletons.
Although they vary in shape and size, they are basically skeletons, and only retain some of the characteristics of the original race.
At this time, Zhao Xu was also thinking about his undead army.
Zhao Xu, who has a necromancer staff, can make a cameo appearance as a qualified "necromancer" himself.
Even by the time he was level 6 and possessed the "Manipulating Dead Corpses" spell that was also a three-ring arcane art, he would be able to transform corpses into skeletons.
However, the amount of HD produced cannot exceed 2 times his cast level.
With Zhao Xu's power, if he really picks up the corpse of a 10HD two-headed giant, he can use the "manipulation of the dead corpse" to transform it into a "two-headed giant skeleton", and the other party will also obey him.
However, no matter how strong the necromancer is, the total number of HD of the undead controlled by spells cannot exceed 4 times the caster's level.
Therefore, Zhao Xu can only manipulate a single 10HD, with a total of 20HD skeleton soldiers, that is, a maximum of 20 1HD skeleton warriors.
Originally, the part controlled by the priest's "reprimand and order the undead" ability was not counted as a limit of 4 times the cast level, but Zhao Xu was a good god priest, and he could only destroy the unorderable.
Even because he is a good priest, he himself cannot cast a spell with evil elements such as "manipulating the dead". It was also by relying on the "dossier scholars" that they had no taboos to skip this restriction.
However, Zhao Xu really wanted to be a good necromancer, and in the end he had to rely on his "Legendary Necromancer Staff".
The staff that could make the nine-ring mage look like a treasure has something special after all.
The six-ring "Death Circle" and "Evoke High Necromancy" attached to it are both spells that can create undead creatures, and when casting spells, they are regarded as level 27 spellcasters, which can completely allow Zhao Xu to manipulate the entire 108HD undead legion.
Even if it was a young skeleton red dragon, he could bring a full 5 of them.
Just as Zhao Xu was thinking about the plan of the Necromantic Legion in the future, he was heading towards the bell tower in front of him.
Suddenly, an undead creature with thin muscles completely clinging to the bones floated in front of Zhao Xu.
It had only empty eye sockets, the eyeballs had long since decayed and disappeared, and in their place were crimson pinpoint-like glow from within, and the dark purple robes it wore had become tattered and clung to its body like broken steps.
[Adventurer Midsummer, because of the characteristics of undead creatures, you are immune to "Fear Aura". 】
However, Zhao Xu didn't feel any sense of joy when he saw this dynamic, he still maintained a normal pace, and at the same time, he kept thinking about the coping strategy in his mind.
Because what he encountered in front of him was a "lich"!
The first prerequisite for becoming a Lich is to be a level 11 mage or priest or above.
That is, he met a spellcaster who could cast a six-ring spell, and if the other party prepared a "spell invalidity enchantment", then his three-ring spells would be useless.
Zhao Xu didn't expect that he would be able to encounter the most dangerous undead creatures in this town on the outer edge of this town.
But he remained calm, pretending to be nothing, and when the lich had drifted away from him, he continued on his way.
"Wait, what kind of undead are you? Why can't I see it? ”
Suddenly, the lich stopped Zhao Xu, and its hoarse and cold voice sounded in Zhao Xu's ears.