Chapter 492: The Eternal Man
"Are you kidding, there really is immortality in this world!" Lu Li's eyes shone in disbelief. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
If the monster known as the Evil Elemental Dragon was merely confusing him, immortality was an outright shock.
You must know that whether it is the human beings of the earth or the intelligent races of other worlds, they are tirelessly exploring the mystery of transcending death.
But now someone suddenly told him that an ancient human civilization had done this thousands of years ago, and it was quite calm and restrained not to lose his temper on the spot.
Pericles Sage sighed slightly and explained in a low voice, "As much as I hate to admit that cruel method can lead to eternal life, the facts are the truths.
Lexia, a genius alchemist in the kingdom of Erinius, and Keane, a master of enchanters, have teamed up to invent a way to gain immortality by devouring souls.
To put it simply, when a body is about to die, find a new body to replace, and the ideal object is the unborn fetus, and it is a baby with a very close blood relationship.
Because this method was so cruel, they later created four more puppets that were not much different from real people.
Because the puppet does not need to eat or drink, let alone age, and even has extremely powerful combat power, even if it is destroyed, it can slowly repair itself, or abandon it and find a new body, so it was later called the eternal man.
In a way, they are indeed eternal, and even gods have nothing to do unless there is a means to imprison or kill souls.
However, this power is not without a price, especially when it is first necessary to devour hundreds of living souls as nourishment, so the mind of every eternal person is mixed with a large number of memories and experiences of the devoured and the strong negative emotions generated by the moment of death.
This is also why the three sisters, Alektu, Megila and Thesiphone, are extremely impulsive and irritable, and have a tendency to kill and vent their anger when they are not satisfied.
I don't know if it's eternal life or eternal torment......"
The old man's final epilogue exclaimed, and he didn't know whether it was sarcasm or pity.
Lu Li nodded approvingly: "That's right! If the price of eternal life is the loss of oneself, then this kind of eternal life should not be done." By the way, you mentioned the dragon earlier, can you tell me more about it?"
After figuring out the nature of the so-called eternal life, he immediately lost interest in it.
In his view, the eternal man is no longer a person, but a tool, a collection of consciousness, a storage medium for the civilization of Erinius, used to record those forbidden technologies and knowledge.
He would rather live happily and happily for decades on his own terms and then die than live like this.
Pericles felt Lu Li's disgust, and a smile of relief appeared on his face: "Very well! Since you can resist the temptation of eternal life, then I don't mind telling you the secret of the ultimate weapon.
In fact, no one has ever seen the four-headed dragon in its true form, except its creator and the last king of Erinius.
We also deduced from the few surviving notes that it broke the barrier of power bestowed on mortals by the gods, allowing the Dominator to possess the power of the four elements of earth, water, fire, and wind.
As we all know, when ordinary people become adventurers, they will obtain one pure attribute or two different attributes according to the nature of each person, and these attributes constitute the source of the adventurer's power, and are an extension of the cycle of mutual growth and restraint of all things in the world, and anyone who breaks it will have to pay a price.
As I mentioned earlier, the powers of the evil elemental dragons are the flame of ambition, the flood of desire, the earth of war, and the air of death.
That is, the Dominator must feed this terrible beast with ambition, desire, war, and death, or risk losing the source of great power.
According to the information I have, the four-headed dragon is divided into five parts, with the body sealed somewhere in the ruins of the royal city of Erinius, and the four heads sealed into the bodies of the four eternal people.
Alektu controls the flood of desire, while Megila and Thesitherine are the land of war and the air of death, respectively.
As for the flame of the last kind of ambition, no one knows where it is.
Okay, now tell me, where did you find this pattern?"
Looking at the other party's eyes full of wisdom, Lu Li hesitated for a few seconds, and quickly asked, "If, I mean, if I see a very similar magic pattern on a person's chest, what do you think it means?"
"Are you sure it's on a person's body, isn't it a mural, a craft, or something like that?" said Pericles' tone, which suddenly became wary.
"Yes, I'm pretty sure! One of the heads even erupted with scorching flames!" Lu Li cautiously recounted what had happened to him.
He was now more and more suspicious that the enchanter Serra, whom Will had introduced him, might have another hidden identity, and that was the last Eternal......
Pericles sage touched his chin and walked around in place, and it took a full two or three minutes before he took a deep breath and said, "There is only one explanation, the missing Eternal Man released the seal and chose the Dominator for him. Fortunately, the other three Eternal Men have long since disappeared into the depths of the dungeon, and a mere fire of ambition is not worth taking too seriously. ”
"You mean, it won't be too harmful?" Lu Li questioned with some uncertainty.
"Hehe, young man, you have to understand that anyone who lives will have ambition, it is not a flood of beasts, nor killing and destruction, but a process of realizing self-worth. As long as you have the corresponding ability, I personally think that being ambitious is not a bad thing, but a good thing. Pericles smiled and expressed his thoughts.
As the spokesman of the god of knowledge, he is not like many adventurers in Kempera, who advocates simple and crude black and white theories, and has his own unique views on things.
Take ambition as an example, countless people who have been defined by history as great have ambitions to match, otherwise it would be impossible to stand out and achieve achievements that will be admired by the world.
It is precisely because of the continuous efforts of a large group of careerists that human society can gradually get rid of ignorance and develop to the current state.
After thinking about this, Lu Li secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and nodded with a wry smile: "Okay, it seems that I was overly worried, thank you for your explanation, I think I know what to do." ”
"You're welcome! the function of knowledge is to exchange knowledge! I satisfied your thirst for knowledge, and now it is your turn to satisfy my thirst......" said him, a hint of excitement and anticipation appeared on the wrinkled old face of the sage of Pericles.