Volume 1 Chapter 71 Forcing You to Surrender!
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One thing, and Kent is right, is that Durand is not very good at soul means. The only thing that a battle mage can do in terms of soul is soul defense, and soul attack is mediocre, as for some of the more esoteric and esoteric work, such as memory stripping, enslavement manipulation, spirit golem spell marks and other abilities, these are not the specialty of battle mages at all, and Durand will not be able to do any of them.
Even the soul ghost fire that brought down the scorpion just now was released by simulating the means of a necromancer, and the reason why he was able to hit the other party hard with one blow was not because of how strong Durand was in the manipulation of soul power, but because of the huge gap in the absolute strength of the two sides.
If Durand had the ability to directly enslave others at the soul level, he wouldn't have talked nonsense with Kent and directly enslaved things. The problem is that he won't, but he can't afford to kill Kent like this, which is excellent research material, and a living Kent is far more valuable than a dead Kent.
If Durand broke through to the demigod realm before, he may have killed people in a rage, but he is now at the demigod level, and if he wants to continue to go further on this path, he needs more high-quality "materials" for rule analysis. And a peculiar existence like Kent is almost impossible to replicate, so Durand is actually reluctant to kill him unless it is absolutely necessary. Although Durand does what he wants, he doesn't take things lightly, and he knows what is most important to him.
So Duland's original plan was to kill the trio and then subdue Kent with absolute power. Of course, in this way, Kent's loyalty is still not guaranteed, so Durand has already thought about it, if it really doesn't work, he will directly tie up the old lich back and lock him up, and pull it out for research when he needs to study it. Although this is not quite in line with his usual style.
At this time, the old lich was still shouting words like "You can't enslave me", like madness.
Durand looked at the other party expressionlessly, thought seriously for a while, and then said slowly: "What do you mean...... I don't have the power to enslave you...... Moreover, you still have a way to go, and you can give up this lich body and let your Sage soul escape? ”
"Not bad!" The old lich straightened up immediately.
Durand was silent for a moment, then deliberately sighed and said, "Okay...... In that case, I won't talk nonsense with you, I'll just kill it. ”
As he spoke, he put the Lich Heart in his left hand into his right hand, and then held two Lich Hearts in one hand, and held one in the other, which instantly condensed into a strangely shaped flame long knife in his palm. With a slight turn of his wrist, the blade was aimed at Kent, and the tip of the knife swayed up and down slightly in a strange rhythm, hovering between Kent's eyebrows and heart. This hand orange flame ghost slash is what Durand is really good at, and in terms of lethality, this move definitely belongs to the top category of combat spells.
Kent was stunned for a moment, and then a hint of panic flashed across his face.
He saw that Durand was reluctant to kill himself, so he said what he just said, but he didn't expect Durand to buy it at all! Seeing the flame long knife in Duland's hand approaching inch by inch, Kent struggled violently for a moment on his face, and then shouted: "Slow! Wait a minute! ”
The long knife really stopped, and the tip of the knife had already lightly touched Kent's skin, and an indescribable burning pain instantly diffused throughout his body with that point as the center, and the pain made Kent shiver all over his body.
He looked up and saw Duland's smiling face and indifferent eyes full of mockery.
Although the two sides have only contacted a few times, Durand has a very accurate grasp of Kent's psychology, and he knows that Kent is by no means as he said, "living too long has looked down on life and death", on the contrary, in Duland's opinion, Kent is actually afraid of death. For an old guy who is obsessed with strength and longevity, and does not hesitate to transform himself into a lich who is neither human nor ghostly, do you still expect him to be a person who can die generously?
At the end of the day, Kent was just an old guy with no discipline.
The previous actions were just a means of survival. It's just that this guy is very greedy and doesn't want to be killed, but he is not willing to live in humiliation, after all, he used to be a sage. But if he really gave up this lich body so that the soul could escape, he probably couldn't make up his mind.
Durand didn't speak, just stared at Kent without saying a word.
The right hand holding the knife was so steady that it didn't even tremble at all, and the tip of the knife was always at the mouth of Kent's heart, neither deep nor backward.
Under Duland's gaze, Kent actually felt his face burn a little, although this was an unlikely thing for the lich. His lips moved, and Kent struggled for a moment before he spoke with difficulty, sighing, "Well, I admit it, I don't want to die." Duland, if you grant me a request to release the three of Little Fix, I am willing to surrender to you from now on. ”
Durand didn't think about it, so he flatly refused: "Impossible, the three of them will die." ”
"What if I convince the three of them to surrender to you as well?"
"No, they're too weak and worthless." Durand said lightly: "Moreover, I don't trust you either, you have already had a precedent of backsliding, and now you regret it, it's too late." ”
Kent was momentarily speechless.
So, the flame knife began to advance little by little, slowly breaking through Kent's skin, and then slicing through the muscles, all the way deep into the ribcage. This is not the same as the heart-digging before, once the blade stabs the last Lich Heart, Kent has no doubt that his Lich Heart will be burned in no time. Although the Lich Body has strong defense, it is more aimed at physical attacks, and as for elemental damage, it is not too strong. What's more, the place where Durand stabbed is the most vulnerable lich heart.
Durand is forcing Kent to make a decision.
Finally, as the flame blade was about to stab the lich's heart, Kent let out a dejected sigh, and a faint gray flame floated from his brow.
Raising his eyebrows, the corners of Duland's mouth curled slightly, and he heard Kent say weakly: "This is a wisp of my origin soul fire, mastering it is equivalent to mastering my life and death, are you satisfied now?" ”
After a pause, Kent glanced at the trio lying on the ground with a complicated face, and said in a low voice: "I still ask for that, I hope you can let the three of them go, as long as you promise me, you will have my soul and loyalty." ”
This time it was Duland's turn to be a little surprised: "What is your relationship with those three guys?" ”
Kent was silent for a moment before he said slowly, "The little scorpion is my direct descendant, but I don't know how many generations it is...... Little Fix and Arnold are friends of Scorpion, and I grew up watching them. I can't tell what my relationship with the three of them is, maybe it's like a father and son, or a grandson...... Didn't you see that they knew that there was a huge difference in strength between them and you, and as soon as I told them that they were going to deal with you, they rushed over without saying a word? ”
There is one thing Kent didn't say, that is, although he is greedy for life and afraid of death, after all, he is a former sage necromancer, and although the dignity and bearing of a peerless powerhouse are not much, there is still a little bit after all. If given a choice, he would not be willing to give his soul to others in exchange for a chance to survive. But if he was loyal to the trio, the nature of the matter would be a little different.
It is humiliating to take the initiative to sacrifice the fire of the soul simply to live.
To lay down the fire of his soul for the sake of three people whom he regarded as sons or grandsons...... It's called fatherly love!
Although Kent couldn't tell how much weight the trio had in his heart, such a psychological hint would still make him feel a little better.
Looking at the gray flame floating and sinking in the air, Durand didn't say anything, but narrowed his eyes slightly, and seven colors of light began to fly in his pupils.
ps: After carefully reading the opinions in the book review area, this chapter deliberately added some ink to the psychology and thoughts of Durand and Kent~ I don't know if it's clear, hehe~