Gordon looked in amazement at the unidentified creature that appeared in front of him without warning. Ji Er had already raised her sword, making the atmosphere even more tense.

"It's been a long, long time since I've seen anyone alive, but that doesn't mean I like to see people show hostility toward me." The unidentified creature said in a voice that smelled of ice slag.

Gordon motioned for Ji'er to drop her weapon. Although they did not let their guard down, at least the two of them did not show too obvious vigilance.

The unknown creature nodded the conical head in satisfaction.

Yes, this guy's head is a triangular ice pick, and the two dark blue flames burning in the ice cube are about its eyes.

"Mutated Frost Giant?"

"No, definitely not."

Gordon quickly dismissed his first suspicion. Although this is a humanoid creature, and his body is very tall, and his entire body is made of pure ice cubes, his characteristics are still too different from those of the Frost Giant. Even with genetic mutations, a tiger cannot become a crocodile.

And the other party's ability to completely blend into the ice and hide their breath without being discovered by others is really incredible. Gordon had never heard of any creature possessing such abilities. He even wondered if the other party would be able to move freely in the ice without hindrance. Maybe the ice is like air to him.

Aziz spoke at this time: "Master Lindeman, let me introduce you, this is Mr. Andre, who is also a mage, from the Akkhosia Empire. ”

"Mr. Andrey. This is Master Lindemann. ”

"Uh...... Nice to meet you. Gordon held out his hand. Although he didn't know how to shake his hand with his cone-like upper limbs, it was best to show a friendly attitude. After all, listen to Aziz. To open that troublesome metal door and enter the heart of the Tower of Eternity. Finally find Ainia, the help of this Andre mage, indispensable.

"Good." The two burning flames in Andre's head shook violently, "But the other red tape will be avoided, I know your purpose." If you want me to help, my conditions still haven't changed. You can decide for yourselves. ”

The meaning of Andre's words was somewhat unclear, and Gordon ignored the arrogance shown by the other party, and asked in a low voice to Aziz, "What kind of existence is this guy?" And what is his request? Can he really help us open that door? ”

"Of course." Aziz gave a firm answer. He nodded at the unidentified creature, then pulled Gordon off the distance. only then did he tell the ins and outs of the matter.

Although Andre is now such a popsicle-like ghost, he used to be a real dragonborn mage, and he is also a powerful mage with ancient dragon-level arcane arts.

Because the Arcane system of today's Akhorhya Empire had not yet been established, there was no one ring to nine rings, and above it was the division of legendary spells. The Akhorsians worship dragons, and the dragons are the masters of the dragonborns, and they are the transmitters of the power and knowledge of the dragonborns, so the Akkhosians named their spells after the rank of the dragon. Ancient dragon arcane. Its energy level is about the same as that of the Nine Rings spell, so by today's standards, Andre is a very powerful Nine Ring Mage.

As for why this mage remained in the Tower of Eternity after two long eras. And it has become the ghost it is now, which is another long and complicated story.

Aziz first came to the hall and met Andre. At that time, his reaction was even more fierce than Gordon's just now, and he directly blasted over with a few plastic energy spells.

Outcome. Don't look at Andrei's strange appearance, but his strength is unexpectedly strong. In a few strokes, Aziz was defeated, and the brother and sister were sealed in a huge block of ice.

It's just that Andre doesn't seem to have the intention of killing, but re-releases Aziz and his sister Kaya. After clearing the misunderstanding, Aziz learned something about Andrei's past.

When the Akhorhia Empire was still in existence, André was a teacher at the University of Magic and Magic. As the entire Dragonborn Empire is mired in a terrible civil war between the five-colored dragons and the metal dragons, he is engaged in a magical realization.

Regardless of the era, the continuation of lifespan is one of the most interesting research topics for mages. The mages of the Akhorhia Empire are no exception, and there are many powerful people who are engaged in this research during the golden age of arcane discovery.

At that time, the method of lich transformation had already been invented, but it was not liked by the Akkhosia. Not to mention the believers of Bahamut, even the followers of Tiamat, not many people are willing to transform themselves into ruthless and desireless undead.

The Immortal Technique of Iolem, invented by the Nesedurans during the Third Age, did not appear at this time, so the most popular method of life extension used by the mages of Akhorhia at that time was the combination of cloning and soul transfer.

In fact, cloning was invented by the Akkhosia.

Using their own bodies as a model, mages create soulless clones and store them. When your body is aging or fatally wounded, you can prolong your life by transferring your soul to a new body.

Even today, it is the most common method of prolonging the life of many mages who are unwilling to transform into lichs but find it difficult to become legends.

This method is not too demanding - cloning is only an eight-ring spell, and soul transfer is a nine-ring arcane. There are even some special classes, such as the previous Revenant Master Olafone, who can use Soul Transfer before touching the ninth-level net.

It's not very demanding, and it doesn't have a lot of side effects like transforming the Lich. It sounds like the perfect way for a mage to prolong his life. But in fact, there are still a lot of problems when it comes to using it. Therefore, many casters today would rather give up their physical and human nature and become lichs with the fatal flaw of life boxes, rather than rely on the combination of soul transfer and cloning to prolong their lives.

The mages of the Akkhosia Empire, of course, also knew the flaws in this method of life extension. So when they didn't find a better solution, they worked on improving the method.

Andrei was one of these Akkhosia mages.

The longevity extension method of cloning and soul transfer is too flawed, and if the mages of the Dragonborn Empire want to improve it, it is impossible for them to take it all by relying on the ability of one person alone. At that time, the University of Witchcraft and Wizardry, as a very famous magical research institution in the entire empire, organized a large number of high-level mages to conduct research in this area. André's field of work is how to make clones more intact.

The manufacture of clones is difficult, but the preservation of clones is even more difficult.

The slightest change in the external environment, such as temperature, moderation, light, etc., may have a negative effect on the clone, and the final result is that the new body cannot be reconciled with the soul of its owner during the soul transformation, and the transformation will eventually fail.

Souls that have lost their physical bodies can only be slowly infected by free source energy - especially negative energy, and eventually turn into undead spirits.

In addition to ordinary environmental changes, there are also changes in the concentration of source energy that ordinary people can't feel, and the sudden impact of arcane fluctuations, etc., which will make the clones created by mages with great effort turn into a pile of useless human flesh.

So, if you can find a flawless way to safely preserve your clones, the risk of prolonging your life will be much lower.

Andre himself is an Ice Dragonborn. The Cryosaurus is one of the many rare subspecies of the Dragons that is neutral and does not favor either the Pentacosaurus or the Metal Dragon. The Ice Crystal Dragon has the ability to control the cold far beyond the white dragon in the five-colored dragon, and can be said to be a natural master of frost spells.

Andrei himself is also very good at a series of ice magic. So the first solution he thought of was to use the method of freezing to preserve the clones that the mages used to replace.

And the freezing he refers to is not ordinary freezing. It had to be a state of extreme cold, comparable to the strongest power of the goddess of ice, Aulul, and could even completely freeze all the energy flowing in the environment.

Gordon listened to Aziz and immediately thought of the concept of "absolute zero" in science. The lowest temperature in the universe, which can stop the atoms from moving, is quite similar to Andrei's idea.

Of course, in the magical world of Telos, whether there is absolute zero on the earth, Gordon does not know.

Andre is so ambitious, in addition to the fact that he is a master of ice magic in the first place, there is another most important reason. By chance, he got a treasure called the Mystery Gem. That gem contained the power of ice that ordinary people would never have imagined. Andrei estimates that if the power of this gem is fully activated, I am afraid that the entire Akkhosia Empire will become a country of ice and snow.

"Hearing you say that, I think Sè Anzu's current situation has something to do with that mysterious gem?"

Aziz nodded, confirming Gordon's speculation: "You guessed right. Seanzu was a city located in the south of Akkhosia, with all year rounds. This vision of the ice and snow is actually the result of Andre's rampant power of the arcane gem when he was carrying out the realization. ”

"However," Aziz said, "it wasn't his fault that Andrey's reality failed. It was because a white dragon appeared at that time and interfered with him. (To be continued......)