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Now, of course, it's no longer a regular chest, nor is it a treasure in the standard sense of the word, it's a powerful lich's lifebox that houses a soul.

Theoretically, it should be fragile, it only has some inherent defense provided by the material itself, and it can't be attached with a lot of protection spells like ordinary objects, or because it contains a soul.

It just lay there quietly.

Ye Guyun and Weisi passed through the broken wall and came to it.

"Old bastard, now, ha! it's your turn to be unlucky!" Facing the lich, Ye Guyun's tone was always flirtatious and playful.

With a snort, the lich muffled back, "Today was an unfortunate day, but now it's only getting worse." ”

"Oh, that's true. As soon as he raised his eyebrows, Ye Guyun increased the firepower of mockery, "Yo! Listen to this tone! Tut! I really didn't expect you! You will have a time when your momentum will decline and lose your soul! I heard from your words that you are lacking confidence, strong self-composure, and heavy uneasiness! Even when you were still begging for mercy outside, you didn't let me have such a real feeling! Ha! Did you already foresee your own end?"

Weiss rolled her eyes, why did this guy like to stare at this lich?

The lich simply roared in response: "Hmph, don't be complacent, do you know what position I am in? Do you know what this position represents? Do you know how much power has accumulated in it? You don't know! You don't know anything about real power! Hahahaha! Your stupidity certainly makes me extremely happy, but I am not afraid to tell you the truth, because you will not be able to crack it!"

"Huh! I think it's just some kind of formation core or something......" Ye Guyun interjected coldly.

The lich seemed to be choked, and paused for a few seconds before he roared even more angrily: "Congratulations! You're right! But what? That's right! My lifebox is the core of a magic circle, but this circle is not a mediocre circle arranged by a mediocre mage! It is powerful! Wonderful! Perfect! With the entire Fort as the base, the massive amount of negative energy that has been accumulated for decades and is as thick as the realm is the flesh and blood, and my lifebox is the core! Every ignorant person who dares to rush into the core of the magic circle will be strongly resisted and devoured by a large amount of negative energy! If someone intends to use brute force to forcibly destroy it, heh, the magic circle that has lost its core will lead all the negative energy to explode in an instant! At that time, not only the advance fort, but also the so-called Crescent Moon City, which will never fall, the entire archduke dominion will be affected by the terrible impact of the apocalypse! Not only is there enough solid defense, but it can also tie up the lives of a large number of people, which is the best way to ensure the safety of my life box...... How is it possible?No!You can't do this!Don't!Stop!Don't~~!"

Weiss wanted to laugh very much, but she endured it, but she still couldn't hold it back, and she didn't care about any ladylike manners, she leaned against the wall, held her belly, and hammered her a few times. She clearly saw that while the lich was still bragging about how powerful and perfect his magic circle was and mocking Ye Guyun, the latter suddenly stretched out his hand and picked up the box that was lying quietly from the stone platform in front of her.

Yes, it was just picked up! It was so easy and casual, like picking up a fruit from the table, or taking a book from the shelf, and doing what you wanted, without scruples, without delays, without hindrance, without feeling any strong resistance or backlash from the mouth of the lich.

Then, Ye Guyun began to play with the box in his hand over and over again-hey! This box is bejeweled, normal people will inevitably see that Hunting Xinxi has an urge to play, as for the actions with a large amplitude such as flying up and down, turning left and right, it is just a reasonable play, don't think of bad behaviors such as intentional teasing~!

In short, the lich began to cry out, so frightened, so sad and pitiful, and the contrast between the before and the back was so great that Vess couldn't help laughing. However, Vess does not think that what the Lich says about the circle is all empty words, fiction, and boasting, on the contrary, she is willing to believe that at least eighty or ninety percent of the content is true, for the simple reason that you cannot underestimate the creativity of a profound spellcaster, let alone the determination of a lich to protect his lifebox. And the reason why there is such an ending full of black humor is that Ye Guyun, a visitor from the other world, once again used his ability from the other world, and this magical ability that does not belong to the current world just greatly restrains the various arrangements of the lich. On this point, Weiss saw it very clearly.

"This kind of ability is really enviable!"

Thinking of this, she looked at the life box again, and Weiss suddenly felt that this lich was pitiful and pathetic, and she didn't know if it was the effect of emotions or the influence of Ye Guyun, and suddenly, she had an urge to mock:

"Hmph! It's ridiculous! You still haven't figured out what kind of person your opponent is, and what kind of means he has......"

"It's the first time I've heard of such a stupid lich......"

"I have to wonder if you got lucky enough to survive your lich transformation ritual......"

"As the sister of a genius mage, I'm even ashamed that he has such a fool company as you!"

There was silence.

Although Weiss still only knows how to be straight and positive sarcasm, and has not yet learned the advanced knowledge of cynicism, side knocking, turning corners and even swearing without swearing, but at this moment, a girl rushed out such a string of spicy words without warning, or ...... It's amazing.

After being stunned, Ye Guyun refocused his attention on the life box in his hand: "Did you hear it, stupid!

“...... Uh, well, I'm stupid, anyway, please ......"

"Don't talk nonsense!" Ye Guyun shook the life box in his hand violently, rudely interrupting another string of fancy pleas of the lich, his expression turned cold, with a hint of impatience that was easy to see, "Answer me a few questions honestly!"

"Listen to your orders. "The Lich is very docile, and of course it can't be so meek now.

Ye Guyun began to question, "What is your position in the Shadow Dagger, tell me everything you know about the Shadow Dagger!"

However, the first question was frustrated and did not get the desired answer. The lich looked dazed, and replied, "Shadow dagger, what shadow dagger?"

"Are you fooling me?" Ye Guyun raised the life box high, making a gesture to fall.

The lich was anxious: "No! I really don't know!"

“......”

After pondering for a while, Ye Guyun continued to ask.

"Tell me where you came from and what you've been doing these days. ”

"Okay, okay......" After a moment's hesitation, the lich finally agreed, and he began to narrate, "I don't remember the exact time, forty years, right? Well, it must have been forty years! Forty years ago, I was a weak necromancer, and of course, there aren't many necromancers who aren't weak......"

"Long story short!" Ye Guyun said dissatisfiedly.

"Ahem, okay...... In short, I foresaw the end of my life, but I was not reconciled, I wanted to live, I wanted to continue my research, so, I plotted to transform myself into a lich, I was ready for everything, but I lacked a suitable place. I was desperately looking for ......."

"So you're eyeing the Advance Fort?" Ye Guyun asked rhetorically.

"I don't think there's a better place for a necromancer than an ancient battlefield littered with corpses but left unattended. After a pause, the lich continued, "I just happened to be passing through here...... After all, my time is short, and it is rare to come across a relatively suitable place, so I will not be too picky. Soon, I completed the transformation ritual here, and I settled here as a matter of course. However, I know very well that the special state of 'unattended' in this place will not last long, after all, it only started with war and politics, and when the chaos is settled, people's eyes will turn back to this place. Moreover, the Advance Fort is always too close to Crescent City, and there will always be strong people in the middle of the day, although I may not be afraid, but it is also annoying to be disturbed all the time. ”

"And then you've single-handedly created a situation where no one is close to the dead and the living?" was Vess who asked this time, and there was obvious resentment in her tone.

"Yes. The lich admits very simply, "I have laid out a circle, a great circle, that slowly and continuously seduces the negative energy between heaven and earth, and after a while, a huge amount of negative energy has accumulated here, and the effect is so good that even I did not expect it." Simply, I let this thick negative energy of the realm firmly cover this area, not only as an umbrella, but also by the way to transform this place into a land of chicken ribs, where the weak can't gnaw and can't move, the strong can't look down on it, and the lord is reluctant to spend a huge price in exchange for thin gains. Because of the proper operation, everyone thought that the mutation in Fort Advance was a special natural phenomenon and not caused by the mastermind behind it, so that for a long time, almost no one was aware of my existence, haha!"

"Shameless!" Vess yelled angrily.

The lich didn't answer, and waited quietly, of course, this was not disdain, not Nada, but apprehension, melancholy, not afraid of the scolding Weiss, but afraid of Ye Guyun, who was holding its life box, for fear that his careless boasting would annoy this person who decided its life and death.

Ye Guyun continued to ask, "What's the matter with those two vampires?"

"They approached me two days ago with the news that they were going to be attacking an unprecedented team. They said that there were their enemies in the team, so they wanted to cooperate with me, join forces, set a trap, and destroy the team in one fell swoop to achieve what they wanted. I agreed, you know, in my position at the time, it was a good idea. ”

After a pause, as if remembering something again, the lich added, "It doesn't contradict what I said. Just because 'almost no one is aware of my existence' doesn't mean that no one really knows. Even the most homely researchers are inevitably able to communicate to a certain extent, informational, and material...... I've revealed my location to some like-minded guys, and maybe those two vampires learned about it from those guys. ”

Ye Guyun nodded, this speculation is very consistent with the attributes of the rumored Shadow Dagger organization, thinking that this should be the general context of the matter, no longer entangled, he continued to ask: "What is the big bang?"

"As a veteran spellcaster, I consider myself to have a good level of attainment, at least in the Northlands. It wasn't a boast, but after a little thought, I could see through the details of the circle that the priest had arranged, what kind of principle it was based on, and what kind of purpose it wanted to achieve...... Wait a minute. Well, it's easy to do, this is my territory, and it's very easy to get your hands dirty. So, whenever you left happily after arranging a node, I quietly arrived, changed the arrangement, and silently changed the circle to the state I wanted. In the end, bomb~!a big bang!perfectly designed!perfect trap! perfect trap! is just greatly discounted by your endless high skills...... Oh, by the way, a few of the little guys in the three towers on the outskirts of Fort Advance are probably dead by now! they control several important parts of the circle as the foundation, and I naturally won't allow them to exist if I need to change the circle. I let the two vampires take care of them, but I don't know what the vampires will do. ”

"You are abominable!!" Viss blurted out again, trembling with hatred at the thought of the terrible situation that might befall the three low-ranking priests.

The lich was silent again, allowing Viss to greet it with the most vicious words.

Ye Guyun didn't speak, he was sorting out his thoughts and reviewing the information he got. He felt that the beginning and end of the matter were generally clear, and there were no obvious doubts, so it was enough, and he had nothing more to ask.

Maybe there's a lot of valuable information lurking in the lich that is worth digging into, but he's really not interested.

When Weiss was tired of scolding (in fact, it didn't take long, isn't the eldest lady scolding just two or three axes?), Ye Guyun turned his head to look at her and asked calmly, "What else do you want to ask?"

"Huh?" Vess was dazed.

"Or, what else do you want to say to it?" Ye Guyun raised the life box in his hand.

"Let it die soon!" Vess immediately winked.

Ye Guyun immediately turned back to the life box and said, "Did you hear that?" she told you to die quickly!"

Weiss was stunned, and so was the lich, and to be honest, this nonsensical way of speaking really confused them. Whether it was a joke or not, the lich knew that it had to beg for mercy at this time: "No! Don't! I surrender!

Ye Guyun pursed his lips and was speechless.

"Okay, okay! I know I'm already a captive! I'm conscious of being a captive! I'm willing to redeem myself at the right price according to the rules!Ah! I know what it means! All the wealth I've accumulated, gold, jewelry, materials, magic tools, rare equipment, low-value, high-value, movable, immovable, all for you! It's just a particularly precious part of it stored in a secret place that only I know, let me go, I'll take you to get it... Oh no, I'll take you and get it, and then you let me go......"

Ye Guyun pulled the corners of his mouth and showed a silent smile.

"Ahh......h I can be your servant! Now that you have control of my life box, you can decide my life and death at any time, and you don't have to worry about my loyalty...... As you can see, I will be an excellent servant, I am knowledgeable enough to serve as an advisor in certain areas, and I am a qualified thug, and I will be your most formidable minions!

“...... If you're still not at ease, we can sign a soul contract, the harshest kind of ......"

Hearing this, even Weis, who was still angry, couldn't help but show a look of surprise, this lich, in order to survive, even the last dignity was discarded, what bottom line, leeway, really left no room at all! The harshest soul contract? What is the difference between that and a slave?

Even Ye Guyun nodded.

The lich continues: "...... In fact, you don't have to have too many moral constraints at all. I'm not a vicious bastard! Think about it, I've been here for decades, I've been doing my experiments silently, and I've never done anything evil! The only killings are made by adventurers who break into the door, and it's the purest act of self-preservation! People don't offend me, I don't offend people, and I have always practiced this principle very well......"

Bang!

The life box slammed heavily on the angular edge of the stone table in front of it, and with a crisp sound, it fell apart.

The words that followed, naturally, were no more.