North County, under a place covered in snow and ice all year round.

In a hidden tomb, arm-thick butter candles bring light to the entire tomb, illuminating the half-lich whose whole body is shriveled and his eyes and gums are all exposed.

Anyone who sees this half-lich will be horrified.

It's not just the instinctive horror of the creatures, but the curiosity of the creatures that comes from the depths of the soul.

Because—

It's getting a tattoo on itself.

With the burning 'soul fire' as the root, it burns the bones and skin of the whole body, and when the bones of the whole body begin to melt and the skin begins to burn, the half-lich begins to control the 'soul power' with his mind, tattooing the skin that burns the most.

The mystical and complex lines are composed of 19,640,000 points.

Every time you stab, it brings a pain to the soul.

But for William, as long as he can return to the young master, this little pain is nothing at all.

It's living for the young master.

Without the young master's life, it might as well be dead.

Now that the young master is waiting for it, what else does it hesitate about?

After 19,640,000 'needles' were pricked on the skin, the burning of the 'soul fire' continued, and the burning of the skin continued, but under the burning, the skin that was about to dry up became clean and translucent, and when this skin was once again attached to the position of the 'face', the melting skull began to reshape, and a middle-aged man's face that was slightly emaciated, but looked extremely capable, appeared.

This is not William's original face, but a modified one.

William knew very well that he was returning to the young master, not bringing trouble to the young master.

Therefore, a change in appearance becomes a must.

Feeling that it was still slightly stiff, William was not in a hurry, it took a deep breath, and a sharper 'soul power' began to carve on the skull.

It's different from the 'dot' in the previous tattoo.

This time, it was as if it was 'scratching' with a knife.

Stroke again and again.

The dark and shriveled bones gradually became as white as jade, and there was a strange sense of vitality, and the 'skin' that fit the skin also became vibrant and vivid.

When the final stab fell, William stopped.

It's not that the pain is unbearable, it's that the 'soul power' consumes too much.

Even if it is a near-undead half-lich, it cannot be done in a single attempt when it comes to transforming the remaining body into a half-corpse in a 'pure way'.

It needs to be done in stages, little by little.

But it doesn't feel hard.

Because, when resting, it can miss the young master.

Such thoughts will become its endless motivation.

As before, William's soul beat slowly, and began to recover in a way unique to the lich, but the next moment, the slow soul turned into a joy.

Because—

'William, are you there?' ’

In the resonance of the soul contract, the young master's voice clearly entered the depths of the soul of the half-lich.

'Always at your service, young master. ’

The half-lich, who had been lying in the bronze coffin, stood up straight, bowed in the direction of Nanlos, and saluted.

'How's it going?' ’

A gentle, sincere greeting brought tears to the half-lich's eyes, though it had no tears.

'As your light shines, I'm fine, and the transformation of the half-corpse demon is extremely smooth, and it won't be long before I can return to you. ’

The half-lich replied truthfully.

'That's good! ’

Full of joyful anticipation, the half-lich was full of energy, and it wanted to start the transformation of the half-corpse again immediately, but it held back.

This is the first formal conversation with the young master thousands of miles away.

It must be cherished.

'William, what do you think about putting other souls into a corpse to act as an energy source for the 'Evil Slash'? ’

Faced with the young master's questioning, the lich was even more pleased.

It's really good that it can solve problems for the young master thousands of miles away.

"Young Master, you need to use the 'Soul Extraction Technique', 'Soul Control Technique', 'Soul Draining Technique', and some simple 'Corpse Alchemy Technique'......

The half-lich began to gush on and on.

All of them are advanced arcane techniques based on the 'Power of Death'.

For others, each of these advanced secret techniques would take countless hours and careful attempts, but for Arthur, who possessed a talent like [Breath of Death], which was not a human talent, it would be enough to listen to it once.

[Soul Extraction: When the corpse dies for no more than 1 hour, the soul does not completely dissipate, you can extract the soul of the other party]

[Soul Control: When faced with extracted souls or undead souls who are ignorant enough to break into your territory, you can whip them with 'Death Breath' to make them feel the pain of life worse than death, when the pain reaches the extreme and the opponent's will dissipates, you can control them and make them obey your orders, but you can't stop them from dissipating after 6 hours]

[Soul Draining Technique: The soul that is about to dissipate will exude unique energy, nourishing the space where you are located, you can effectively use this part of the energy to nourish the things you fancie, but you can't bring the dead back to life, and the creatures that are nourished by the soul power will be affected by the soul]

[Corpse Alchemy: With 'Death Breath' as one of the advanced core secret techniques, you can choose to splice the corpse that has been dead for no more than 6 hours, or repair the original corpse, and when you infuse it with the energy brought by the 'Soul Draining Technique', it can be 'lived' for a short time, showing the posture of a living creature, but it will not change the essence of the deceased]

……

Arthur looked at the advanced techniques that belonged to the 'Death Breath' that appeared under the [Death Technique], according to William's account, except for the [Corpse Alchemy], which he collected by accident, the rest of the [Soul Extraction], [Soul Control Technique], and [Soul Draining Technique] belonged to the "Sanke Family".

'The Sankes?

Tsk, the Hunter Family?

This is darker and purer than the Dark Wizard Family! ’

Arthur looked at the three secret techniques and roughly guessed what the 'Sanke family' wanted to do.

It is nothing more than coveting the "Book of Death" in the hands of old Sanker.

The 'Sanke family' already had the idea of directly drawing souls and torturing old Sanke after killing them again, but they behaved too directly and were discovered by Old Sanke.

Old Sanker came very simply, and a fish died in the net.

In fact, if the 'Sanke family' were a little patient, they wouldn't need these at all, as long as they waited, maybe old Sanke would hand everything over to them.

Pity......

'Greed! ’

The young 'psychic' uttered such an exclamation.

Then, a certain thought became clearer in my mind.

However, he was not in a hurry.

Instead, he whispered goodbye to William—

'William, I look forward to your return. ’

'Okay, young master. ’

The half-lich said solemnly.

At this moment, the originally sluggish 'soul power' rose again, and it was quickly filled, not to mention, it exceeded a lot.

Aberrers are terrible.

Zealots are terrible.

And the aberrant fanatics, no one can understand how far they or they can go.

Arthur didn't understand either.

But he would wait patiently and give William the right encouragement.

After all, William believed in him!

After sensing through the soul contract that William had begun to 'imprint himself' again, Arthur couldn't help but stretch and get up from his chair.

The subordinates have worked so hard.

Of course he had to do something.

(End of chapter)