"Are you wondering about the 'eternal refutation'?"

Master Sandrei saw Wutong's doubts, and nodded Wutong with his white finger bones: "You are also a spellcaster, you should know very well that the life span of a spellcaster is very long in the profession, because the caster can use various arcane means to extend his life, but the life that can be extended is limited after all, even the necromancer who is known for playing with life and necromancy is no exception, at most he will live a little longer than the mages of other schools, and it is impossible to reach the eternal state." ”

Sycamore nodded.

"However, you have forgotten the problem that necromancers are known as the 'spokesmen of death in the world', and they have more extreme means than ordinary mages to prolong their lives, such as replacing a body, or simply giving up a body"

The master looked at the sycamore pointedly, because the sycamore has always been the appearance of a necromancer mage, who else can control so many undead creatures besides the necromancer?

Sycamore shuddered, change a body? Snatching? Give up the body? Could it be that you will become a ghost? Well, it doesn't seem impossible to think about it, who can be sure that a mage who is not so different in nature from Frankenstein can't make an artificial body for himself, or simply become a ghost?

"You should know that the mages firmly believe in the 'Soul Immortality Theory', and in their opinion, the decaying skin is just a burden that prevents them from having more time to study, and prolonging their lives through various arcane means is a matter of course for them, no matter what it becomes, it doesn't matter to them."

"As you deepen your study of the arcane, maybe one day, you will become like those madmen with such strange ideas, right?"

Wutong sweated for a moment, Lord Great Druid is putting a map cannon, it seems that he is still the remnants of the concept of the child of nature, in their concept, dead and not honestly lying in the ground, itself is a destruction of the laws of nature, but you are also an undead creature now, right?

Maybe it was because he saw the strange eyes of the sycamore, and Master Shandrui also reacted, and said with a "wry smile": "Okay, don't talk about this." Vitim, who has lived through the entire history of [the end war]. Angstrom. Master Omic, when he left the Kovarare Continent for a voyage in [Aurora Calendar-998], he was already nearly a thousand years old, and he was born at the beginning of the [Aurora Calendar], and when he returned to the Kovarai Continent in [Aurora Calendar-1571] after 573 years, he was already more than 1,500 years old, even exceeding the lifespan of the dragons! ”

"This is obviously abnormal, even if he is the only 12th-order Necromantic ** Master in modern times, and the only [Death Sage] among the thirteen [Dawning Sages] who is still alive in the world, it is not good, because this has broken through the limit of human lifespan"

Master Sandri suddenly asked Wutong: "You should know the 'end of the trail' rule set by the goddess of life in mythology, right?" ”

Wutong shook his head, he is a second-order rookie, no matter how smart he is, how can he be more erudite than these old monsters who have lived for hundreds of thousands of years at every turn? What Master Sandrey said was a secret to him.

"Well, I won't explain the 'end of the trail' to you, to put it simply, in this rule, no matter how powerful a human being, can not cross the 999-year-old lifespan limit."

Master Shanderui finally said it simply, otherwise Wutong was afraid that he would go to the myth and legend of the goddess of life again.

"So, that means that Vidim. Angstrom. When Master Omic returns, he is no longer a human being! ”

The master said with considerable certainty: "Although I don't know what encounters he has gained during his long journey of 573 years, he was able to live to be more than 1,500 years old, and it is definitely not because he broke through the 9th order [Sub-Legend] and officially entered the [Legendary] rank, after all, the other twelve [Dawning Sage] also broke through the [Legendary] rank, but none of them were able to break through the 999-year life limit." ”

Wutong's eyes lit up, and he was keenly aware of the information revealed in Master Sandru's words, 9 orders can live to 999 years old, doesn't that mean that every time the strength rises by 1 level, the life will be extended by 100 years? Now that he is about to break through the 2nd order, won't he have two or three hundred years to live?

After being excited for a while, Wutong remembered that this Nima is in the game, and it can live for two or three hundred years. In reality, can he still land in "Endless" in heaven?

Wutong was suddenly discouraged, and then he thought of his teacher, if he couldn't break through the 9th order within ten years of the 8th order, wouldn't he only have ten years left to live?

didn't have time to feel sorry for his teacher, so Master Sandru threw out a nonsense After half a day, the more important key information was: "According to reliable sources, when Master Omik returned to the Kovarray Continent, he was already the ultimate realm that only existed in legends and could be reached by spellcasters: the Lich!" ”

"Lich? An immortal lich? ”

Wutong was shocked, as a mage who has studied arcane knowledge all his life, if there was a choice that allowed you to have eternal life and endless research time before the end of your life, what would you choose?

Become a lich!

It's just that even if the vast majority of mages want to become lichs, it's not that easy, although for mages, compared to being able to have eternal life, the camp gods are just floating clouds, and it's not a big deal to become undead, if you can choose before you die, I'm afraid that eleven out of ten mages will choose to become lichs and continue to live.

However, the ritual of becoming a lich has been lost as early as the time of the ancient Nether, depriving mages of the opportunity to become lichs from the root, and now I suddenly hear that Master Omik actually became a lich, doesn't that mean that Master Omik found a way to become a lich in the process of the great voyage?

"Are you saying that the 'legacy' that Master Omik left to his disciple turned out to be a ritual to become a lich?"

Wutong's eyes widened, if this matter is true, I'm afraid that the entire mage organization in the Kovarare Continent will go crazy.

"No, what Master Omik left for his disciple is nothing more than a clue to find the eternal secret of life! And the source of that clue is located in the [Endless Island] in the ruins of the [Matraktri] continent, which is the island where we stand! ”

Master Sandri shook his head: "But no one knows what is in the inheritance that Master Omik left to his disciple Elarione, but what can be known is that after Master Omik mysteriously disappeared again, his only disciple, Elarion, went to the ruins of the [Matraktri] continent in the Endless Sea to find the [Endless Island] mentioned in the inheritance message left by his teacher." ”

"He found it?"

Wutong blurted out involuntarily, but as soon as he finished speaking, he knew that he was stupid, of course he found it, otherwise, where did the [Endless Island] where they are now come from? And who built this [Ala Leone Fortress] that they are now on?

"Yes, I found it, Ella Leon was already an 8th-order ** master back then, and he was just a few steps away from stepping into the [legendary] rank, but he was already more than eight hundred years old, and he would definitely not give up this opportunity left by his teacher."

Master Sandrei nodded, and paused with the deadwood staff in his hand: "Ela Leon, who has spent decades searching between the islands, finally found this Endless Island when he was [Aurora Calendar-1613], even with the information and clues left by his teacher, it took him forty-two years to find the main island in this Endless Islands, and it took him decades to build this [Ela Leon Fortress] on the island, and then he studied the 'inheritance' he found in isolation. ”

Sycamore shrugged his shoulders, he didn't know if Ellarion, a disciple of Master Omic, was in order to have more time to study the knowledge of the arcane, but he must have been more than eight hundred years old Ellaleon must have lived for a few years at that time, just like his teacher, the old man Zemur, finding the secret of the inheritance left by his teacher, and becoming a lich through the ritual is his last chance, as long as he is not stupid, he should know how to choose.

"And then? Did Ella Leone succeed? I mean, he's become a lich too? ”

Although his life is coming to an end, and there is still a long period of time, it can be said that before the collapse of "Endless", it is estimated that he will not need to become a lich, but after all, this is the secret of the mage profession, and it is difficult for Sycamore not to be attracted.

Therefore, Wutong, who has been immersed in the story of Master Sandre, looked around and found that the progress of his companions was good, although he occasionally encountered some sporadic powerful monsters along the way, but among the players, he also belonged to the monster-level super players, and basically did not need his help.

With the addition of Paladin, the natural enemy of the undead [Silver Flame Exorcist], and with the help of the witch assistant of Mayan Melody, they basically didn't need to appear as the main control mage themselves, and there was a group of undead druids around to suppress the formation, so Sycamore settled down to listen to the story.

"Success?"

Master Shandrui shook his head regretfully: "What do you say? That's half the battle, right? ”

Sycamore wondered: "What does it mean to be half the battle?" He's become half a lich? Half-Lich? ”

"Half-lich? Well, that's a very figurative title. ”

Master Sandri first agreed with Sycamore's casual nonsense, and then asked, "As a mage, how much do you know about lichs?" ”

Sycamore scratched his cheek with his fingers, blinked, and said, "Well, I've seen literature about lichs in the library of [Venarn Academy], but there are no detailed descriptions of lichs in those documents, so I only know a little bit about them, and I just know that lichs are more powerful legal undead creatures that retain all [intelligence] and living memories, knowledge, and abilities. ”

"Yes, this is the impression that most people in the world have of a lich, but you should know that a complete lich is an undead creature that has self-awareness, maintains complete intelligence, memory, knowledge, ability, and is able to control itself, although the undead are inherently classified into the [evil] camp, but a complete lich is not full of hatred and desire to kill living creatures like ordinary undead creatures. Hope. ”

Master Sandree's jaw: "They have a higher intelligence than before they were born, because they have eternal life, they cherish time more, as long as you don't provoke them, generally speaking, the vast majority of mages who have transformed themselves into lichs in order to study arcane knowledge, after becoming lichs, most of them are shrinking into their own territory to carry out all kinds of things, originally they didn't have time to do, extremely time-consuming large-scale, esoteric experiments, only when some experimental materials are needed, will come out of their own territory. ”

Glancing at Wutong, who was particularly interested in the "lich", Master Sandri said, half-explaining, half-warning: "But the lich transformation ritual that Ellarion inherited from his teacher Master Omik is only a research direction, and the content of the ritual is not complete. He gave the unfinished Lich 'Inheritance' to his disciples, also in order to allow him to continue his research and complete the inheritance. ”

Master Sandri slowly followed the procession, "If Elarion had more time, perhaps he would succeed and become the second lich after his teacher. It's a pity that he, who has already spent a lot of time in the experiment, has no more time to research, so he has to take the risk of forcibly performing the lich transformation ritual like his teacher! ”

"Failed?" Sycamore was greatly disappointed.

"It's not a complete failure, he's 'halfway there.'"

Sandrey's mage sighed and said, "As one of the nobles of the Canas Kingdom, Elarion has extremely convenient supply channels in terms of wealth and material needs, so at that time, he would occasionally leave this fortress and go to the gathering area to receive various experimental materials that had been transported. So occasionally I heard him talk to the people stationed on the Endless Isle about the content of the experiment, and from his words, everyone could understand his anxious emotions, and in the end, Elarione, who had no time left, still chose his teacher's old path, but unfortunately, he failed and became what you call a 'half-lich'. ”

Sycamore sweated for a moment, and it was hard to imagine what it would be like to be a creature that was half human and half undead.

"This failed ritual not only undone Ellaria's research, but also made him lose his mind, bringing a catastrophe to the people stationed on the Endless Island."

Wutong licked his lips involuntarily, and finally got to the point.

"The Lich is the natural ruler of the undead, not to mention that Elarione, who was taught by the [Death Sage], is also an undead ** master, and all kinds of undead monsters created during his experiments poured out of this [Ellaleon Fortress], which coincided with the chief students of the arcane law schools on the Kovare continent, and was conducting the chief trial on the Endless Island."

It's sad, it turns out that the members of the last Chief Battle of the Endless Isle, who collectively hit the streets, were unlucky enough to encounter Master Elarion who had transformed into a lich and lost control, which is really hard to blame. It's over.

"But what does this have to do with the collective murder of you and the high-ranking professionals stationed on the Endless Island?"

Sycamore was puzzled, according to what the master said before, they were only sent to the Endless Island to act as guards after the incident, so it wasn't Ella who killed them.

"Yes, the sudden outbreak of the undead natural disaster has turned the entire Endless Island into an immortal land, and the countries have quickly dispatched a large number of high-level professionals to clear the undead monsters on the Endless Island, and then there will be guards composed of our coalition forces stationed on the Endless Island as guards."

Master Sandrei said in a heavy tone: "Your so-called 'half-lich' was also called a 'failed lich' by the scholars and mages who came to the Endless Isle to conduct related research after the incident, this is because Elarion, who tried to transform himself into a lich but failed, fell on the 'lich life box', which is the most important part of the lich transformation ritual. ”

When Elarion's body was filled with necromantic power in order to transform him into an undead creature, Elarion's life force, his soul, was not successfully injected and bound to the prepared life box, and without the life box, Elarion's life source power dissipated without a trace, leaving only a ghostly undead monster that existed through his original body.

Although in appearance, the 'half-lich' of Ellarion is closer to a human than the theoretical lich, and from this strange 'failure', even the real lich does not have an advantage.

The negative energy that was supposed to connect Elarion to his lifebox was entirely applied to his shell, leaving Elarion with more flesh than normal lichs, and often becoming stronger and stronger than he had been in his lifetime!

As a result, his body decays much more slowly than a normal lich, unless it is damaged in battle, and Ellarion gains a shell that can exist almost permanently, but unfortunately, he is left with only a sporadic sense of self, and becomes more akin to an undead creature with no intelligence or living memories, and full of resentment and killing** of living beings, rather than a lich with self-control.

He had lost the memories he once had, and while he could occasionally vaguely recall something he knew when he was alive, most of them he was berserk and insane. ”

(To be continued)