Chapter 44: Heroic Spirits

Ian's body had long since decayed from decades of erosion by the death element, and it could be seen from the terrifying face behind the mask that his physical condition was almost indistinguishable from Bluman's appearance at the moment. Aside from retaining his consciousness, Ian was not a living person at all.

"Oh, I think I've had a long dream. As the death elemental was withdrawn, the crazy look in Ian's eyes gradually faded and became clearer. "Are you a student of Landuo, million...... Don't be corrupted by death, it'...... William, William is not dead, he is in ...... Eve...... Eve ...... "Ian's voice faded until he was barely audible, still reading Eve's name.

When the members of the "Masquerade" saw the leader fall, they completely lost their will to fight, and the "White Face", who was confronting Eve, were all looking for an opportunity to withdraw from the battle. Although Ian is usually good to his men, for these people who have been banished to Sin City, the most important thing is his own life. Now the caravan has an overwhelming advantage in high-end combat power, with Liu Li, a spellcaster who has not been hurt too much, Eve, a second-order martial artist, and even a guard captain who doesn't know whether he is dead or alive, the pressure brought by the three fighters made "White Face" almost want to flee, and in the end, he did the same. He ignored the leader who fell in front of him, and did not care about the subordinates who were about to rush up behind him, and found an opportunity to fight with Eve, and then retreated into the depths of the swamp with his strength. Seeing that their only recourse had been abandoned, the other members of the "Kamen" did not step forward, but carefully retreated, guarding against the caravan's pursuit.

Whether it was the caravan guards or the accompanying mercenaries, after seeing the "mask" retreating, they had no intention of pursuing. The "masquerade" has been haunted these days, and tonight they have been surrounded here, and after a battle, they have long been exhausted. Although I didn't want to let go of these enemies in my heart, the physical exertion was too great, and I was powerless to pursue them.

"Brother...... looked at Ian, who had fallen to the ground and had been lost, and Eve could no longer hold back the grief in her heart. No matter how many bad things he does, this is her brother, the brother who has always cared for her since she was a child. Eve, who is a second-order martial artist, naturally has no bad hearing, she heard the words that Ian left before she died, and she also knew that her lover was still alive.

"Death element...... Liu Li ignored the reactions of the others, but sank into his own thoughts. For this strange black element, he gradually had some understanding of his own, and then some new doubts arose in his heart. The five elements have their own colors in this world - red, green, white, blue, and black, and they all have their own different characteristics. When Wells taught Liu Li the basics of magic, he told him that the scorching heat of red corresponds to the cold of blue, the light of white corresponds to the darkness of black, and only the green life element has no corresponding existence.

Heng is the life priest of the elf clan, although Liu Li has not yet learned the green spell, but he is no stranger to the existence of the life element, the reason why "Shan" and "Mang" still exist is also due to the life blessing that Heng descended through the power of the ancient tree, and when Heng was in the process of casting the blessing of life, Liu Li was also involved in the whole process. What's more, Liu Li himself also has a majestic vitality comparable to the ancient tree of life, which also makes him understand this nature of the green element in more detail than others.

"If the green element of life corresponds to the black death element that should not exist in this world, then does this also prove that the other four elements besides the black element also have another property that they do not understand? The doubts in Liu Li's heart can't be told to others, and now there is no second spellcaster by his side, so he can only keep this doubt in his heart, and leave it for him to ask his teacher after returning to Erenor City.

"Liu Li, you ...... Are you alright?" looked at Liu Li, who was in thought, and asked boldly. Liu Li had just awakened a dead corpse in full view, an evil spell that terrified the caravan's guards and mercenaries, after all, no one likes to have their corpse desecrated after their death.

Of all the people present, the squirrel knew the most about necromancy, and there was no dark element in her world, only death was represented by the black element. However, after calming down, she also realized that Liu Li's ability to cast the spell of "awakening the necromancy" was just an accident. Following Liu Li in the swamp for so many days, the small black ball containing the element of death floating beside Liu Li was studied by Liu Li over and over again, and she saw the whole process, which showed that Liu Li had never seen this element before.

Another person who knows something about the death element is Eve, who has mastered the Bone of Secret Whispers for so many years, although she can't extract it, and she hasn't thought about extracting the death element contained in it, but she is no stranger to the breath of this element. But at this time, her mood is the most complicated, Bluman is the captain of her caravan escort and her personal guard. Since saving the dying big man on that trip, he has been by Eve's side for decades, loyal. But in the battle just now, this loyal guard not only died tragically under Ian's spell, but even the corpse was awakened by Liu Li...... Eve herself didn't know what kind of mood this was, the feeling of sadness, anger, and happiness was intertwined, so she didn't know what kind of attitude to use to face Liu Li.

Liu Li also didn't know what to do, the spell of "Awakening the Necromancy" was not cast by him at all, and he didn't even know the name of this spell until now. Perhaps it is due to the lack of familiarity with this element that the death element contained in the Bone of Secret Whispers has been dispersed in the process, and these scattered elements are guided by the obsession in Bluman's heart before his death, and under this kind of coincidence, the effect of "evoking the dead" is produced.

It was at this moment that Bruman, who had been given the ability to move by "Evoking Necromancy", seemed to have reached his limit. Perhaps it was the only little consciousness left in the soul that made this undead realize that the person he wanted to protect was safe, and the death element attracted by his obsession gradually broke away from this lifeless body and flocked towards Liu Li. At the same time that all the elements of death were withdrawn from Bluman's body, the loyal guard fell again, and even the flesh, which had been aged by magic, was reduced to powder and scattered with the wind.

At the same time as Bluman's body dissipated, everyone present witnessed an incredible scene. A pale blue phantus, emerging from the air, was vague at first, but it didn't take long for it to settle down. It was Bluman, the loyal captain of the Guard.

"Miss, I've done my job. "In everyone's minds, a familiar voice sounded, this is Bruman's voice, after being together for so long, no one present will mistake this voice. And Eve, after hearing this, could no longer hold back her tears. She tried to touch the phantom in front of her, but her fingers could only sink into it, except for a slight chill, there was no sense of contact with the entity.

"Heroic Spirit?" the squirrel on the side couldn't help but exclaim when he saw this scene. Heroic spirits are a type of natural undead, and as the name suggests, natural undead are born from the obsession in the heart of the deceased under the influence of the element of death. This type of undead is different from the necromancers who awaken with spells, they all have their own minds, and even most natural undead can retrieve their memories at the same time as they are formed. The natural spirits of the dead are usually at two extremes, and those who are dominated by negative emotions such as hatred, despair, and sadness are also called evil spirits. Evil spirits are governed by obsessions, and even if they retrieve their memories from before their deaths, their behavior often becomes unreasonable under the influence of obsessions, while Heroic Spirits are the opposite, not so much obsessions, but rather the formation of Heroic Spirits by firm beliefs, and most importantly, Heroic Spirits who retrieve their memories are usually reasonable, and their thoughts are clear enough that they will not be dominated by the obsessions in their hearts.

Even in the world of squirrels, natural undead are extremely rare, and not everyone can form a natural undead after death. The formation of natural undead usually requires two conditions, one is a sufficiently rich death element, and the other is a powerful obsession that is far beyond ordinary people before death.

Hearing the squirrel's explanation, the sadness in Eve's heart became even more difficult to suppress. Over the years, in order to properly preserve the Secret Bone and find a way to destroy this unfortunate bone, how much pain she has experienced alone is unknown to outsiders, and it is this captain of the guard who has always been by her side and supported her. Eve had never inquired about his past, and she could even remember vividly that when she found this man in the wilderness, he was already determined to die. But after he woke up, he gave her support and encouragement as if he had transferred a kind of sustenance to himself.

"Liu Li. The squirrel hesitated for a moment, but finally continued: "Although the natural undead are formed by obsession, they cannot survive for long...... He needed a lodging place where the element of death was strong enough. "While Squirrels don't have any affection for necromantic creatures, Heroic Spirits are clearly an exception.

"Liu Li, help me. Eve also heard the squirrel's words, and she knew that the only one who could help her at this time was Liu Li, who was the spellcaster.

Of course, Liu Li didn't want this respectable escort captain to dissipate like this, not to mention that he had saved himself just now. If Brumman's Heroic Spirit needed a place to stay, what could be better than the Whispering Bone in his hand right now?

Sinking his consciousness into the meditation space, looking at the pitch-black runes above the blue sky, Liu Li felt something in his heart. An obscure incantation came out of his mouth, and gray talismans appeared in the air, twisting and imprinting towards the bones of the code in his hand. With the imprint of the runes, an intricate circle gradually became complete on the bones of the Secret Words. At the moment when the magic circle was formed, Bluman's heroic spirit turned his head and smiled gratefully at Liu Li, and disappeared into it.