Chapter 472: The Lich in the Floating City
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The elf made a cold face and gave up arguing with this boring guy, and a few days of getting along made her yijingzhidao, ziji was not his opponent in this regard, and the advantage of the tongue would only add to the troubles.
"I remember telling you in the morning to scout the neighborhood, those friends of yours have shime news?"
The big white eyes sent by the female elf naturally did not penetrate the psychic warlock's face, so after a pause, he spoke again.
The nénggou servants put the animals at their service, of course, as a rule, they thought it was a friend's guanxi, and it was mutually beneficial, but in any case it was very suitable for reconnaissance, so in the morning after they were out, they gave them an account and found some birds to go to the main part of the operation to reconnoitre.
"We were only certain that the forest was different from what it looked like on the outside. The female elf glanced at the hateful human and replied with a cold face: "The forests there, they don't welcome us, or rather, they refuse to communicate with any outside world, they are full of hostility and danger. ”
"More detailed?" Edward raised his eyebrows, "Aren't your friends amazing?"
"The golden eagle is very fast, but the communication is not very good, so Ruguo you need detailed information, and it is best to wait until tomorrow when the ravens we sent come back. The pretty face of the female elf was even colder, but she still answered the question: "Preliminary speculation, I think there is a magical enchantment there, at least an illusion enchantment, because this time, the golden eagles see mostly blurry, and for them, this is very abnormal." ”
"Illusions?"
"It's ridiculous, you think it's natural to be like you, like sneaky intrigues?" the elf scoffed, though. After a moment's hesitation, she added, "That illusion seems to have been around for many years, at least thirty years. ”
Edward nodded, thought for a moment, and when he raised his gaze, the group came to the door of the castle.
A mage greeted them, bowed to them, and led them into the castle.
"Are you this difang?" asked Edward as the group walked into the guest room below the castle, unfolding a map and asking the mage.
"There? That generation was the original forest, and it was the more famous difang in this neighborhood. ”
The Imperial Mage of Domination knows everything, and unexpectedly, he seems to have studied some legends a little: "The legend has a long history, and it is said that there was once a kingdom there...... The king is a powerful mage. In the age of barbarism, he nénggou drove those magical creatures. Wolves. Bear goblins, or ogres, who raid nearby countries and amass considerable wealth for him. And those who had been slain in the war were buried in some huge mausoleums dug into the mountains, and he was forever serving their souls as immortal slaves. And his city was built on these mausoleums. ”
"And then?" Edward frowned.
Think about it too. Ruguo is just other difang, this kind of difang, how can kěnéng be desolate?
But for him, this is undoubtedly very bad news. The difang of ruguo was once occupied by a mage, and the value of the name would obviously be greatly reduced.
"Then it was méiyoushimeshime, when Isgundar the Great's expeditionary force passed through here...... You zhidao, he has always left any habit of hostile forces. However, this evil mage took his own power and chose to fight against the army, so in the end his city was razed to the ground by the Emperor's fènnu and completely destroyed. Only the tombs remained...... Haoxiang Later, several tribes of humanoids under this mage once wanted to use it as a fortress, but after a few troubles, the troops left behind by the emperor completely destroyed them, and since then, this place has begun to be desolate, but not zhidao is the influence of shime magic, and the trees there began to fly, and it is said that in less than fifty years, there became the current forest. ”
The Imperial mage continued, seemingly noticing that the lore was too heavy, so he coughed dryly and turned the subject in a pragmatic direction.
"People in the neighborhood call this difang the original forest because this dense and narrow forest has an amazing resilience, and any difang that is harvested will regrow and recover in just a few years. And it is said that it was a curse left by the mage, and the forest was never covered with ice and snow again. However, the wood harvested from there is also said to be cursed with magical powers, and those who use it will die, so over time, people usually avoid this forest. Let it almost yijing become a wild area, there are many people there to witness a large number of demonic beasts, and there are some demonized beasts shime, often leave the forest to hurt people, and now yijingméiyou people are willing to go where. ”
"Demonized beasts, can you be sure?" Edward froze.
Magicians use magic nets to transform the surrounding environment at will, but these distorted magic nets are restored in a certain shijian, which is very rongyi causing the enrichment of magic power, and over time, this area will rongyi cause the birth of magic erosion. Creatures corrupted by magic possess greater powers than ordinary animals, as well as special abilities, such as manipulating natural elements to accomplish simple magical effects.
It is actually the same as those traditional monsters, but it is faster and more ferocious, Ruguo uses an Edwardian comparison method, that is, the creation of monsters is natural, and the demonized creatures are mostly due to genetic mutations.
Of course, this description is not accurate, in fact, the ancestors of those ordinary monsters in kěnéng may also be those demonized creatures, but demonized creatures are generally more dangerous, because the power of nature invades its body at the same time, and the mutations caused by it will also make the habits of monsters greater.
"Yes, a lot of people try to go there and find out...... Most recently, ten years ago, adventurers tried to build a passage into the interior of the forest, but they didn't seem to succeed in getting out alive. Since then, only reptiles and rodents have been using this channel." The Empire's Mage Dao.
"It's not as good as qiguai, these so-called ancient ruins, most of them are the remnants of the ancient magic kingdom that humans say, and they have a great impact on the magic net, and maybe. It's still the remains of a floating castle. The female elf pursed her lips, "You see, judging from the descriptions of the golden eagles, within a radius of more than ten miles of this difang, the trees are luxuriant, roughly in a circle, very similar to those floating cities in the legend." ”
Edward smiled, noncommittal. Just nodded Zhouéi's èizhi and motioned for the druids to sit down, and Ziji also found a comfortable rocking chair with a backrest. Lean on it relaxedly.
The intensity of the battle in this small half of the night is indeed not small, not only to fight against a big knight-level guy, but also to kill dozens of various slacking knights with good abilities, and Isgandar's power is dispersed after the individual. Although it is not enough to inflict a ēixié on him, Bijing is also a real force
Plus the ...... that cost those set-ups earlier shihou A deep fatigue. began to hold his consciousness. So as soon as you sit down, your eyelids start fighting constantly.
Only the smug voice of the female elf continued in my ears.
"You mages are really greedy, my little shihou, from some stories I heard from the elders of the clan, a treasure in a floating city. It's a hundred times better than in the Dragon's Cave, but normally no one wants to touch it, because the Arcanists are terrible creatures. ”
"The Arcanist is Shime?" asked this time. It's Famini. Or to gain some trust early on, he's been trying to fit into every topic of the druids lately.
"Legend has it that there were many such floating cities back then, and in the ancient magic kingdom, the highest-ranking mages were called grand arcanists and enjoyed a high status, and since the floating city was revealed, they basically everyone had a building. Each Grand Arcanist is the equivalent of the lord of a city, and he lives in it. Floating City is like their home, Yiyang. The female elf said: "So, these floating cities are very dangerous, hey, humans, you shouldn't want to go to this difang where the kěnéng is the ruins of the floating city, right?
"Scared?" Edward leaned back in his chair, not opening his eyes.
"Do you think that there are only magic and magical beasts there?" The female elf sneered: "Every remnant of the floating city, there is a very good kěnéng that their original city lord is guarding, your strength or in the difang where humans gather, those ** masters don't care about shihou is okay, but in front of those old monsters who have lived thousands of years old, there is no chance at all!"
"Don't make a fuss, Miss Leia," Famini shook his head and said with a smile: "The city lord of the Floating City, those great arcanists are all characters from thousands of years ago, the ancient magic kingdom has been ruined for thousands of years, and even the elves don't have a long lifespan to stay here, right?"
"You little guy zhidaoshime?"
Miss Elf sneered, "Although the Grand Arcanists are all humans, do you think the guys who once challenged the gods will be mortals?"
Edward opened his eyes.
This is indeed a terrible speculation, but it is not unreliable.
The prosperity of the ancient magic kingdom was thousands of years ago, but this does not mean that there is no kěnéng who survived the great arcanist According to those legends, the power of the great arcanists is almost comparable to that of the gods, and naturally there is a way to live forever, so it is not a matter of shimeqiguai that there are a few great arcanists who have survived.
Everything in the world has a moment of end, and generally speaking, the simpler the structure, the simpler the power it relies on, and the longer it will survive. The more delicate it is, the more difficult it is to resist the erosion of shijian, just like Edward's heirloom antiquities, bronze tripods, incense burners and other crude benzene things, which can easily carry thousands of years, but silk and other refined products, it is a miracle that nénggou has been preserved for hundreds of years.
And even with the power of the magic net, the circle is an extremely delicate creation, which does not last for thousands of years. Not to mention anything else, those precious magic materials are consumables, if they are replenished by Méiyou personnel. Adjustment, a continuous type of magic circle can last for tens or hundreds of years, and yijing is the best of the best.
"Not sure, but not like it was recently arranged.
"The Great Arcanists of the Ancient Magic Kingdom have survived, but their original means of immortality may not be able to be used for a long time. The elf explained, "So, most of them have survived for too long, and the remaining ones who have survived have chosen to transform Ziji into a lich. ”
"Lich, ......" Edward shook his head.
The so-called danger of the female elf seems to refer to this.
"You mean. This legendary magician is the original lord of this floating city?"
The transformation of mortals into lichs requires certain magical rituals from Jinhang. The ritual of transferring the soul tongguo to a pre-prepared "container" has since become a state between death and life. Semi-permanent in the world, and this vessel for storing the lich's soul. It's called a life box. For the Lich. The life box is the key to life and death. If the life box is destroyed, the lich will be completely finished, and even if the body is blown into powder, Shijian will still be restored after a while.
So if this mage in the Shime Forest, Ruguo is really a lich, even if the army of Isgandar bulldozes his kingdom. As long as his life box is destroyed in that shihouméiyou, there is a kěnéng that still exists, occupies the underground fortress, and has survived.
From this mage is good at enslaving magical creatures. Judging from other descriptions, even if he is not a great arcanist, he must be a spellcaster with extraordinary abilities, and if Ruguo is still alive, Ziji's actions this time are tantamount to robbery, which is quite difficult.
To zhidao Isgandar's intention to unify shijiè, it was also more than two thousand years ago, even if this lich was not the great arcanist of the ancient magic kingdom, after so many years, his strength was too different from those people
After becoming an undead, the lich's mentality will naturally be born, and it will no longer be with the living. Since he chose to become a lich, chose this path of immortality and immortality, and forcibly forced the law of destruction of all things, he also suffered the deepest curse and lost the emotions and happiness of human beings.
The idea of the dead has never been different from that of the living, and Edward can't say no, because the lich he once saw, that is, Katzejek, this guy is not a human being, but Edward's, probably will become indifferent, whether it is material enjoyment or the perception of life, they will leave them, so they will become pure, and will not pursue those things that ordinary people need, but for their goals, no matter how ridiculous, they will also try to achieve them, that is, for the means to achieve the goal, it will also become direct。
It is said that this is the influence of the negative energy that turns them into undead spirits, and under that erosion, even the most good people in life will fall into evil after becoming undead.
But this conjecture is not qiguai, originally the magician this kind of existence, is the outlier of this era, and the accumulation of knowledge, it seems to have some similar addictive characteristics, just like the story of Faust of Edward Zhidao, the more zhidao, the more ignorant Ziji appears, so the more diligently pursued, the legend says that many powerful mages will never leave the mage tower for the rest of their lives, even if they get great achievements, they will not leave.
The undead don't die anymore, shijian is no longer a luxury, and lichs can spend hundreds of years studying a certain magic without worrying about the call of the god of death.
He is not friends or foes, and he can't think about them too much, and reminds them to pay attention, just so that they don't get rid of their nests in the middle of the expedition, which is more troublesome, and as for whether they can defend the city, he can help them think about it.
Or rather, in fact, these guys have suffered heavy losses, but they are better.
Now the number of troops in the city, a conventional defense is actually not a problem, the bijing magic circle is opened, and the reinforcements are equal to a steady stream, but ruguo is that the Scarlet Knights are mixed in the attack, and the name thing is a bit difficult to say, although there are many mages in Tumines, most of them are the green heads of Jingyan on the battlefield, and they can't be compared with the ability of the Scarlet Knights, and the Ruguo Scarlet Knights are really concentrated in eight hundred, no, or as long as there are more than five hundred Scarlet Knights, it will be difficult to hold this city。
For that shime withered white phoenix...... Edward didn't care, he ran away, and although it was a pity, it wasn't a big deal.
Bijing Tumenes is an enemy of the Empire, but Edward does not intend to stir up the troubled waters of this trip, whether Tumenes wins or loses, it doesn't matter to him, when he will be involved, he will naturally not let Tumenis lose, but for the rest, he is not in the mood to meddle in things.
The things on shijiè are always people who are not as good as heaven, and no matter how perfect they are, there are things that can't be calculated, so it's enough to have shihou as long as he has the strength to deal with the enemy. To be continued ......)