Chapter 51: The Ancient Man
In the boundless multiverse, protagonist templates are a widespread thing.
Generally speaking, there are some protagonists in any major event, and their fortune is indeed a lot higher than others. But the so-called protagonist is also relatively speaking, maybe an adventurer in a dragon-slaying event line has good luck if he has divine help, but in the event of another evil god, he is just a more advanced cannon fodder, and he may burp and hang up at any time. Basically all the top adventurers who have become famous have enjoyed the luck of the protagonist for a while, but it is difficult to say whether this luck can be maintained forever, and whether it will still be so lucky in other big events.
A truly strong person will never rely on luck to act.
That's why Stephen will sacrifice his 'heroic luck', as a person outside of fate, his luck will always be constant in the case of neither high nor low, that is to say, Stephen's luck will not be too good but not too bad, if he is lucky, there will be a time when he is unlucky, but when he is unlucky, there will be times when he will run.
In a word, Stephen somehow broke free from the river of fate, merging all the possibilities together to gain the ability to 'survive even in desperate situations'.
As for whether he can grasp it, it depends on his own strength.
Of course.
This is not a very hanging ability, just an understanding of the law, if you can hug the lap of Lady Luck, Stephen will definitely not mind being shrouded in a lucky halo. But it's a pity that he hasn't met Lady Luck, so he can only use this method to forcibly balance his fortune. There are many people in history who are lucky enough to explode at certain times, but then they are extremely unlucky, and there are even people in them who have become powerful gods, but then all kinds of bad luck die and fall quickly. Stephen's ability to die is not bad, so naturally he has to prepare in advance in this regard.
He has had ups and downs all the way to the present, good and bad, but generally he has moved forward step by step. Luck can only add value to turn things around, but it doesn't necessarily change things completely.
The little fairies are lucky enough, right?
Nature's favored spirit.
But they are still endangered because of the hunting of ancient wizards, and if Stephen does not appear, I am afraid that the little fairies of Queen Betty of the Botanical Garden may not be able to survive the invasion of the Death Omen. If you use the dice to describe it, the biggest role of luck is to add an extra lucky bonus to the result, which is also part of the strength, but it may not be able to change the outcome of the event.
Aiden, for example, is clearly a person with a template for the main character.
If he follows the original trajectory, he may be one of the rising figures in this world. But it's a pity that he met Stephen, even if he had a lucky bonus, the final result didn't change anything, he still became Stephen's captive.
His luck was of no use to Stephen's absolute strength at all, and his life and death were completely in Stephen's thoughts.
Waves depend on strength to wave.
People who usually think about relying on luck to go to the waves end up dying miserably!
On the float boat.
The Void Master stood next to Stephen and said in a deep voice, "Your Excellency Stephen. What do we do next?"
Stephen's gaze withdrew from the golden leg bone in his hand, and said slowly: "The most important thing for us at the moment is to find the Death Scroll, and everything else is secondary now. ”
"I'll take care of the demigod lich thing, so you don't have to worry too much. ”
Since the outbreak of the Death Omen, many seals on the entire Motera have begun to loosen, he is not the first dangerous target to break free from the seal, there is also a dream chrysalis in front of the demigod lich, if you add the blood snake god of the Garo continent, then this demigod lich may only be able to rank third.
Seeing that he needed the help of outsiders to find his body, Stephen could judge that the strength of the target was probably not one in ten.
There is still a god on the Misty Continent who doesn't know where he is sealed!
Stephen is now a bit of a debt-indebted, and things can only be dealt with one by one, and the appearance of this demigod lich is not necessarily a bad thing for him, because he now holds the trump card of Aiden in his hand, and maybe he can find a way to set up a game for this demigod lich.
You know, killing a demigod lich is a big deal!
"That's right. Insight Akasha said softly, "What does Lord Stephen think of those [ancient people] in Aiden's mouth?"
"Are we going to try to reach out to them?"
The most important piece of information that came out of Aiden's mouth was, of course, the demigod lich, but they also learned some other information from the dark wizard's mouth.
For example, the [Ancient People] who still live on the Misty Continent.
They are a very special group of human beings.
The skin of these ancient people is a special blue-gray, tall and burly, but the character is savage and fierce, extremely aggressive, their number is not very large, scattered around the Misty Continent. Ancient people had an innate ability to cast spells, but they only mastered a few spells, which were completely brought by talent, which was obviously a standard 'warlock' template, and could only cast certain spells that they were born to awaken and master.
They are the survivors of the Misty Continent.
A human race that has lost its civilization inheritance and reverted to the wilderness, the ancient people have mutated in the harsh environment, because of radiation pollution and other reasons, the intelligence of the ancient people is not high, and they live a life similar to primitive people. Aiden had encountered a tribe of ancient people when he came here, and they had almost captured and eaten them.
The impact of the living environment on civilization is great.
It is as if there were three subspecies of human beings in the previous life, the white race, the yellow race and the black race, and the development speed of Africa is 108,000 miles behind that of other continents due to environmental reasons, and there are still many primitive tribes even with the arrival of the new century. The ancient people of the Misty Continent were the product of the regression of civilization, and now their civilization form is very close to that of primitive people, if it weren't for their tenacious vitality, they would have been extinct long ago.
"Let's get back in touch when we have time. ”
"But it doesn't seem like these ancient people are worth our much effort. Stephen said lightly.
Both human degradation and evolution are common.
Ancient humans were supposed to be a branch of mutants, a subspecies of humans who mutated in order to adapt to the harsh environment.
Generally speaking, as long as they reproduce in the astral void for more than three generations, it is possible for ordinary humans to give birth to a part of the astral humans. The signature abilities of this human race are [Psionic Awakening] and [Adaptation to the Environment], the former initially awakens the mind to communicate, because there is no air in the astral realm, and the voice cannot be transmitted, and the latter is human adaptability, the whole person's internal organs, skin and bones are constantly changing, and the upper and lower limits of environmental tolerance will be greatly increased.
If Stephen's Floating City roams the Astral Plane with ordinary people, it will probably be three generations after reproduction, and Astral Humans will begin to appear.
But on the whole, they are still human.
It's just that the characteristics of innate abilities have changed, and the abilities that come with astral humans are also relatively low-level, and any psionic or warrior can be trained to surpass their abilities. For Stephen, the only truly useful transformation is the Energized Body, which is a fundamental change that moves out of the confines of carbon-based life. These were among the subjects he had studied, and in his dissection experiments Stephen found that the bones of astral orcs were 1.5 times stronger than ordinary orcs, and their muscle density was 1.8 times that of ordinary orcs.
In the environment of the Astral Void, the natural law of survival of the fittest has greatly improved the physical fitness of the species that have been reproduced.
Stephen had little interest in the ancients.
A subspecies of humanity that has lost its civilization, no matter how strong its physical fitness is, is of little use. However, it seems that other wizards are very interested in the ancient people, they are very curious about everything left by the ancient wizards, and some of the astrological wizards are even considering whether to catch some ancient people and go back to study.
The challenge level of the Mist Continent is 10+, and the ancient people can survive here, so the challenge level is also 10+, and Stephen wonders if to remind them.
lest these guys be accidentally captured and eaten by the ancients.
"Desert!"
"We've reached the desert!" a voice came from the lookout.
Stephen looked up, and through the faint morning mist, a barren desert appeared in front of him.
"Where's the map?"
"Take out the map and take a look. A high-ranking wizard from the astrological platform exclaimed.
The scroll found by the Void Master comes with a map, but no one knows where it is depicted, and the only thing that can be used as a sign is a special obelisk. So if they want to find the location where the Death Scroll is buried, they must first find that special obelisk in this desert.
According to the scale of the map, the obelisk is at most 30 meters high.
Because it was so long ago, Stephen didn't know if the obelisk was still there, and if it was accidentally destroyed or buried, finding it would be quite a big undertaking.
"Let's find a place to land first, starting nearby. Stephen frowned as he looked at the yellow sand.
It's really kind of like looking for a needle in a haystack.
However, the Void Master next to him is full of fighting spirit, and he seems to be full of confidence in finding the Scroll of Death!
That's right.
If one protagonist template is not enough, how about two protagonist templates?
Stephen had a thoughtful expression, and then said to the Void Master next to him, "Next, you take Aiden with you and send someone to keep an eye on him, he may be able to help." ”
Master Void is a person of great luck.
Aiden is also a guy of great luck.
It's really hard to find "Death Scroll" in this desert, and Stephen thinks that if one protagonist template can't work, two protagonist templates should have a much better chance, right?
On the float boat.
Aiden, who had just been brought out of the confinement chamber, looked confused, and he couldn't figure out why the men from the Five Rings had suddenly asked him to help them find an obelisk. You must know that he doesn't even know what the obelisk is, but for the freedom promised by those people, now that people are swords and I am fish and meat, Aiden can only follow behind the Void Master and his party.
In this case, the task entrusted by the demigod lich is definitely impossible.
I'm afraid he won't be able to go anywhere until he finds the obelisk, and now Aiden can only hope that Lady Luck will take care of them and let them find the obelisk quickly so that they can set themselves free.
On the float boat.
Stephen smiled and watched Aiden, who looked confused, follow Master Void and his party away.
Why did the demigod lich choose Aiden?
There's no way he'd ever see someone and ask him to help him retrieve those sealed bodies, right?, so why the demigod lich chose Aiden to help was why Stephen let him act with the Void Master!
The Death Scroll is very important.
One person's luck can't always be that good!
Since Aiden is so lucky at this moment, don't waste your luck looking for the body of some bullshit demigod lich, how good it would be to help him find the legendary "Death Scroll"!
This is the right thing to do to save the world.
"Is Lord Stephen ready to go back?" Akasha the Insightful said softly.
Stephen nodded and said, "Hmm." Go back tomorrow. ”
"I'll leave it to you for now. Keep me informed if anything happens. ”
The next thing was a time-consuming and laborious physical work, and Stephen couldn't waste a lot of time here, and the Void Master was definitely better at finding a needle in a haystack than him, and Stephen had to go back and continue to complete the first phase of the Floating City.
If Master Void couldn't find the Scroll of Death, Stephen would be even more impossible, and there was no point in staying here.
"Hmm. I understand. Eyer-Akasha nodded.
Stephen stayed there until the next day, leaving a lot of goodies for the others, including some emergency potions and items, before heading back to Arantir.
The bizarre golden leg bone was also taken away by Stephen.
It's harmful to keep it in someone else's hands, and Stephen plans to bring it back to 'revamp' it a little, maybe a big surprise for some demigod lich in the future!
The next success or failure depends on the virtual master.
Stephen can only hope that Lady Luck will be a little more favored by the Void Master now!
The greatest value of "Death Scroll" is that it can give a person a deeper understanding of soul science, and if it can be found, Stephen may be able to research a way to kill the ancient evil things completely. It's not that Stephen doesn't have the ability to defeat the Ancient Evil, but that he defeats the Ancient Evil and it is difficult to kill it completely.
The Death Omen Star is a massive ensemble, and every time Stephen kills an Ancient Evil Thing, its power is weakened by a point.
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