The Psychic Warlock walked through the sewers of the Imprint City, which was dark and smelly, and there were unknown creatures bouncing around beneath his feet, making it feel slippery. The walls of the pipe appear to be made of rock, but it is also possible that it is some kind of metal, and there is too much moss and rust on the surface to be sure. This place is almost as old as the multiverse itself, as it is one with the city of sigils itself. I really don't know what made this place in the first place.

The four men who had fallen out of favor followed behind Muhadi, "um" and the other two devils saying no words, but the heat and sulfur smell from their bodies made it impossible to ignore. The Devil of Barthez walked like an alert feline, his head outstretched and his eyes full of suspicion and vigilance. Compared to humans, they are tall, broad-shouldered, and have an indestructible epidermis, which is closer to the exoskeleton of a crab than human skin. Wearing a short shirt with exposed chest hair, a cross bow on his back, and a dagger at his waist, the dwarven thief Ogren said as he walked, "You know, not all dwarves like to burrow. ”

"I thought you were the kind of dwarf who likes to burrow. Muhadi slowed down and raised an eyebrow, mocking him. "I'm talking about that kind of hole. ”

"Ha, that's right!" said the dwarf Ogren, foaming at the mouth, as if it were a boast to him. "But it stinks so much that I wonder how our beautiful Lady Aisha endures it. ”

"I cut off my sense of smell. Muhadi's Psychic Warlock Senior Sister said lightly. She wore knee-high leather boots and a trench coat-like robe, which matched her soft and pleasant complexion. The female psychic is very beautiful, not as beautiful as a peerless beauty like Fall from Grace or Satilly, but she has her own characteristics.

Seeing Ogren, a dwarf who likes **, Muhati suddenly realized that Aisha didn't have his own suitor, which was incredible, could there be a reason for it?

"Cut off your sense of smell, and the ability, why wouldn't I?" said the dwarven thief in an enthusiastic tone.

"You're not a psychic mancer. "Keep an eye on it, we just need to catch a skull rat." ”

"It's not as simple as you might think, the skull rats move in groups. You either can't see one, or you see tens of thousands at a time. Oglen took a sip of wine from his water bag. "And the skull rat swarm is magical. ”

"Hmm. The taciturn devil mage said.

"If it's easy, then what use do I want you. The Psychic Warlock said.

"Maybe we can lure the skull rats out?" Aisha said, "with some bait or something." ”

"It's almost the same as catching hamsters, but you can't fool the head rats. Oglen laughed. "As long as a head rat has fallen into a trap, then they will never suffer the same loss again, and the head rat is immortal. ”

The word immortality piqued Muhadi's interest. "Cranial rats are undead, are they invulnerable?"

"Depending on how you define the word death, a single skull rat can be killed, but the cranial rat is not a unit, is it? One of the skull rats in the group will die of old age, but these ghosts are multiplying quickly, and there will always be new additions. They share brain capacity and thinking, so knowledge and memory will not be lost, which is equivalent to immortality. O'Glen said, picking his nose. "Every skull rat colony has thousands of years of experience and knowledge, and it is very cunning. ”

"So there's never been a lone skull rat?" Aisha asked curiously, pausing in her tracks.

"Well, there are. It's rare, though. The main material plane scalggy definitely doesn't understand. O'Glen wiped his body with his nose-clasped hand and continued. "Sometimes two groups of cranial rats want to communicate, what should I do? Let one of the cranial rats leave their companion and join the other group of cranial rats. Think about it, this cranial rat left the group, its brain capacity was greatly reduced, and it suddenly became stupid, and then walked into another group, and suddenly opened its mind. Then the ideas and knowledge of the former group were transmitted to the second group of cranial rats. ”

"Can't they just form two groups and then separate them?" asked Muhadi.

"It's easy to get schizophrenia, or depression or something weird. There isn't much fighting between the skull rats, otherwise they won't be able to figure out whether they are friends or foes. ”

"And have you ever heard of a swarm called the Skull Rats of All Beings?" asked the Psychic again.

"I've heard of it, and it's said to be the largest group of cranial rats in the city, but no one has ever seen it in person. The dwarf shrugged. "Once upon a time, there was a Master of the Matter Plane who claimed to have found evidence of the unity of all beings. The next day he died, with a hundred tiny wounds on his body. ”

"Hmm. The mage said, "Hmm."

"Sounds pretty powerful. Aisha said with one hand on her chest.

"Don't worry, ma'am, I won't let any rat get near you. "The dwarven thieves took the opportunity to be courteous. "And all of them are just the kings of the sewers, and there are many strong people in the Seal City, so it's not their turn to be arrogant. ”

A group of six people continued to search the sewers, the pipes twisting and turning like a maze. Who built these facilities is as unknown as who built Seal City.

They weren't the only visitors, as some of the poor had set up shacks at sewer intervals to sell all sorts of stolen goods. Strange creatures from an unknown dimension have also nested here, and when the psychic sorcerers approach, they bang on the tube to scare them.

But there are no traces of skull rats everywhere.

The devil mage "um" seemed to think of something, and turned his head to talk to the other two devils who looked a little stupid. However, the way they talk is sign language, and they don't make a sound.

After a while, the three Barthez devils seemed to have reached a consensus. "Hmm" looked at Muhadi, clearing his throat as his devil organ made a sound like a cracked organ.

"What do you have to say?" asked the Psychic Warlock.

"Hmm. Mage Barthez nodded, paused for a moment, and then spoke. "There are rumors on the streets that someone is hunting these skull rats. ”

Hearing him say this, Muhathir remembered that when he had met as one, the other party brought up the details of an enemy of himself, and it seemed that he expected to help him deal with that enemy. "Who is hunting the skull?"

"Hmm. "This devil mage is starting to write like gold again. However, one of the two Barthez warriors explained that the two guys looked about the same and spoke in similar voices, and the psychic warlock decided to name them number one and two in the future. "Dead people. ”

"What dead man?"

"Zombies, skeletons, lichs, ghouls......" Two took over from One. "That's about it. ”

"I thought that in the city of imprints, the dead went to the great morgue of the Society of the Dead. The Psychic asked again.

"Most of them went to the great morgue, the resting half. Number One said. "The halfs, who have no rest, gather at the bottom of the city's sewers and claim that it is their territory, led by a powerful necromancer called the Silent King. ”

"The Silent King?" Aisha asked, choosing as she could choose a clean place to war. A psionic shield drained the water that flowed here, and while it was a bit of a waste of energy, she didn't seem to care. Muhati thought about it, and then focused on it, and shared some of the cost of this ability for her. "So could the skulls have been caught on his turf?"

"Hmm. ”

"It's a wonder for a dead man to catch a mouse, and I can't wait to see it. Ogren said as he stroked his beard, his eyes pointing in the direction of the devil mage. "Of course, the spectacle I want to see the most is the appearance of your Barthez devils cleaning their heads, do you really rub your horns on the trees like deer on the main material plane?"

The devil mage ignored him with a "hmm". Number One and Number Two smiled contemptuously, though the laughter was more like the sound of a millstone. "Mortal. They speak the word in the same tone as the average person mentions bed bugs.

"This mortal is holding your precious purse. O'Glen pulled out two purses, and the expressions of Number One and Number Two looked like they were going to tear him apart immediately, and a large amount of heat was dissipated from their bodies, causing the temperature around them to rise.

The devil mage snapped his fingers, and the two money bags disappeared from the hands of the dwarven thieves and reappeared in the hands of number one and two. "It is indeed possible that all are in the territory of the Silent King, either captured there or to fight the dead. ”

"Then we'll go there and search. The Psychic Wizard decided.

Aisha nodded, expressing her support for Muhadi's decision.

"Go to the Silent King's territory? God, you're really *** explosive. He glanced at Aisha again, and laughed obscenely. I don't want to sound like that kind of sexist person. ”

"If you're so afraid of this Silent King, then hide yourself. The Psychic Warlock said. "Falling out of favor may favor people like you who know how to protect yourself. ”

"Our devil friends don't have the concept of being afraid of death, and you two really don't know anything about him, do you?" said the dwarven thief with his back to the wall and his hands on his chest. "It is said that he is unfathomable and his strength is amazing, and he is more terrifying than the Grim Reaper of any main material plane. ”

"My generation of psychic magicians doesn't know what fear is. Muhadi made his tone sound impatient. "Rumors aside, do you have any definite information about the Silent King?"

"The dead don't accumulate material wealth, so what should I do in their territory?"

"That said, you're not sure if the Silent King is as terrible as the legend suggests?" asked Aisha.

Ogren spread his hands. "Psychic maniacs are crazy, and that's true. ”

After careful consideration, Muhadi decided to try his luck at the Silent King's territory. The dwarf protested unsurprisingly, but when others acted, he didn't fall behind.

The path in the sewers is complicated, but they know that their destination is below, so just choose the forks in the road that go down. Of course, the imprint city is actually like a large suspended tire, and the "down" side is actually the direction of the outer edge of the tire.

The further down they go, the more strange signs they notice. There were many deep claw marks on the walls of the pipe, and white bones and decomposing corpses were scattered in the sewage.

"The Silent King's men. Barthez Devil One and Two said in unison.

"Kill these guys in one group?" the telemancer speculated.

"No, how can the dead be killed again?they're just temporarily out of motion, and the Silent King has a way to activate them again, an infinite number of times. O'Glen said in a tone that I knew you didn't understand.

"No doubt this is some unfounded legend. Muhati said skeptically. "The undead or any other creature, nothing can come back to life over and over again. "Except for the Monkey King Hanuman, the Psychic Sorcerer said to himself in his heart.

"Be careful, you shouldn't be wrong. "Aisha used psionic powers to interrogate Muhadi.

"How far is it?" the psychic warlock asked the Barthez Devils after talking back to Aisha with psionic energy.

"Not too far. Number One or Number Two replied, unable to tell by voice alone.

He's right.

About half an hourglass later, the group encountered a large group of undead creatures.

This labyrinthine part of the sewers has been transformed into a fortress-like structure, where vampires, bone guards, binders, and other undead creatures gather, and the negative energy they emit makes anyone who sets foot here feel uncomfortable.

Traces of the battle can be seen everywhere here, and powerful magic has twisted and shattered many parts of the fortress. Some of the magical flames were still burning, and the signs of corrosion left by the strong acid had not yet faded.

The Psychic Warlock concentrates and prepares himself for battle. But the undead didn't attack, they just cleaned the battlefield in silence, ignoring the appearance of the group.

"Look at the corpses!" Aisha reminded Muhadi with her psionic powers, who looked closely to see the corpses of many dead rodents on the battlefield where the dead bodies were being cleaned. It looks exactly what a skull rat looks like.

"There is no doubt that the skull rats fought with the dead people, and lost. The Psychic said to his companions. "It's just that we can't be sure if the dead skull rats are all one. ”

"No one can tell the difference between a litter of dead rats and another litter of dead rats. "Ogren seems to be uncomfortable setting foot in the realm of the undead. "Gather your biospecimens, and let's go!"

The Psychic Warlock stepped forward and picked up the corpse of a skull rat on the ground, the little thing's brain was exposed, and it looked terrifying, dead less than an hourglass. Everyone else was nervously on guard, but while Muhadi examined the corpse, the undead didn't do anything, just watched strangely.

"It was indeed the corpse of a skull rat. Muhadi confirmed, concentrating on a powerful ability that he had only recently realized, teleporting the creature's corpse to the Grand Druid Camilla of Mistara. The Starch Spencer sent druids to quickly analyze the creature's properties to determine if it was related to a highly evolved being.

The dwarven thief Ogren walked up to a zombie, "Look, this guy has a ring...... Let me see, well, this thing is a few years old, and I guess it's worth a lot of money!"

"Don't take their things, they might attack!" Aisha sternly warned the dwarf. The latter laughed and deftly removed the ring from the zombie's finger, but the undead still went their own way and did not attack.

"This atmosphere is very weird. Number One or Number Two said.

"It will take some time for Camila to figure out if these skull rats are the creations of high-evolvers, and during this time, I can use my abilities to read what is happening in this place. Mohathir said.

The Psychic Warlock focused, showing off the ability to read the past, and then he saw the battle before an hourglass.

Countless skull rats poured into the fortress like a black carpet, and the few undead who were on guard on the periphery were hit by the sudden magic and then overwhelmed by the skull rats. "I know you're hiding here!" the skulls said with their magic, "Silent King, I know you've always wanted to kill me, that's why you've sent those minions of yours to hunt me down!

"These skull rats do belong to the crowd, and it sounds as if the Silent King sent his men to hunt it down before it decided to fight back. "Aisha used her psionic powers to communicate with Muhadi, and it was clear that she was also using her abilities to read the events of her past life here.

"I wonder if this One was killed here, or if a small part of it escaped, and why did the Silent King hunt down and kill All One?" Muhadi raised his suspicions to the female psychomancer.

"Maybe they're vying for spheres of influence?" Aisha said.

"I don't know why, I don't think they should fight for the sake of grabbing land. Muhati responded. "But let's keep watching. ”

In the following scenes, the Psychic Warlock sees countless scenes of cranial rats fighting undead creatures without fear. The battle was brutal, but unlike any Muhadi had seen before. Cranial rats share brain capacity and thinking, and are closer to a large whole than a group. They tear and gnaw with their mouths, bombard with magic, and fight to the depths of the fortress.

The undead fought back silently, and from time to time a powerful lich or vampire was defeated, but for every powerful undead who fell, the skull rats had to pay thousands of times the price.

Finally, the surging tide of attacks came to a halt. With the death of a large number of skull rats, the intelligence and thinking ability of all people have also declined, and many high-level magic spells cannot be cast, and the undead have regained their disadvantages little by little.

"I sense your coming. Stranger. A voice rang in the ears of the group, interrupting the psychic sorcerer's abilities.

A half-lich hovered in front of them, eyes glowing like pins. "I'm guessing you're not in the same group, are you?"

"These skull rats have nothing to do with us, we just need some skull rat corpses for use in the materials of the magic research. The dwarven thief Ogren seemed to be afraid of the Silent King's men, and hurriedly explained.

"It's good, I don't want to have a dispute with someone who has fallen out of favor. If you are not all in one group, then you can leave safely. The half-lich said politely.

"I'm not one to fall out of favor. Muhathir felt the need to clarify.

"Maybe you're not one of the men who have fallen out of favor, but you're undoubtedly her person, don't think that I never cared about what happened to me. The half-lich said. "Now, let's leave. You've got the corpse of the skull-rat. ”

"Wait!" Aisha suddenly interjected. "Why are these skull rats attacking you?"

"The One of All is a timid, suspicious, delusional being, who thinks that the King of Silence is going to destroy it. After hiding for a few months, it felt that it couldn't hide anymore, so it wanted to strike first. "The half-lich seems to feel the need to hide it.

"Then why did it think the Silent King was going to destroy it in the first place?" Aisha was still a little curious.

"That's not your concern, now, leave. The half-lich said.

"Let's go, Aisha, we've got what we want. Muhadi said to his Psychic Sister, waving for everyone to leave with him.

"Wait, maybe you can help, you're not all in one, and you seem to be capable. The half-lich stopped Muhadi when he turned to leave. "It's a debt of love, but we need help. ”

"Promise him, Lord, that the King of Silence will repay us in the future. The dwarven thief Ogren said excitedly when he heard the half-lich's words.

"I don't see where you need help, you're all gone, are you?" Muhadi was a little skeptical of the other's motives, but it was hard to read a mind to an undead creature.

"The problem is not in the unity, it is nothing but a failed creation, not worth mentioning at all, the problem is with the King of Silence. Remember why the lady mentioned earlier why the One thought the Silent King was going to destroy it in the first place, because we sent some lich to spy on it. The half-lich said.

"Why are you trying to spy on it?" asked Aisha.

"It's a long story. The half-lich said, "We talk as we go. ”

It led the group to the inside of the fortress, and the undead silently made way for it. It was only inside the fortress that Muhati realized the power of the undead, the skeletons and zombies were too numerous to count, and the lich and half-lich were silently busy.

"There are so many lichs!" said the dwarven thief Ogren with emotion when he saw dozens of lichs collectively casting a powerful spell.

"The undead are hard to kill, but they can't be resurrected with ordinary resurrection spells. Generally speaking, if an undead creature is destroyed, it will become like those who are really dead, falling into eternal silence. The half-lich leading the way said. "However, our supreme Lord, the Silent King, has the power to make us undead truly immortal. ”

"This is where the Silent King resurrects the other undead. Passing by a heavily guarded hall, the half-lich introduced. The low-level undead will be transported here by their fallen companions and neatly placed on the ground. "Except for the Silent King, all the wise men in the multiverse thought that these soul-annihilated beings were really destroyed. But the Silent Kings, in fact, the imprint left by their souls still exists in their bodies, and they can be activated again as long as they master the right methods. ”

"Sounds like a great thing. Muhati said that he realized that this guy called the Silent King was better than the Witch King Draegos, at least Dragos couldn't bring the ruined undead back to life. "But what does that have to do with asking us for help?"

"Up front is the throne room. The half-lich leading the way said, lowering his voice. "The Silent King was able to awaken the dead again, but not long ago, we suddenly appeared...... The King of Silence himself fell silent!"

"He used to be very unpleasant to talk, but one day he suddenly stopped responding to the outside world at all. The half-lich led the group into the throne room. It's a grand hall where lichs and ancient vampires guard the entrances as if they were facing an enemy. Gothic statues and suspended ceilings adorn the hall, giving it an eerie twisted artistic vibe. The three devils ignored the pomp, Aisha moved closer to Muhadi, and the dwarf played with his dagger nervously. "We've tried all sorts of ways to save him, but no matter what we do, we can't get him back to life!"

"Perhaps, he needs a more powerful combination of psionic energy and magic to wake up. Can you do us a favor?" the half-lich asked in as sincere a tone as possible.

"I've completed the examination of the corpses of the cranial rats, and I can confirm that they have traces of halfling technology modification. "The Great Druid, who was far away in Mistara, had finally completed the detection of the skull rat and was summoned. "And the time for transformation is very close! Where did you show these amazing creatures? The High Evolver may not be far away!"

"It's not that the High Evolutionary is not far off. Muhadi responded to the Starh Spencer with psionic powers. "He's sitting in front of me right now. ”

The Mistara called him the Scourge and the Atas called him the High Evolutionary, the last member of the glorious ancient halfling civilization and the highest source of the Starch Spencer Druid biotechnology. He looked exactly like the statue Muhadi had seen long ago in the dead city on the edge of the Salt Sea of Athas. At this moment, he sat peacefully on the throne, bowing his head and silent, surrounded by the stars and moons of the undead guards.

And these undead creatures call him the King of Silence.

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