Chapter 1000 Diya
When North passed through the gate of time and space and came to this area, he was immediately shocked by the sight in front of him.
In the pitch-black environment, the death energy was extremely concentrated, and the dark green flames flickering all around illuminated the stacked bones under his feet.
"Is this the area where the lich lives?"
Looking at the special environment in front of him, North felt a lot of emotion in his heart. Behind him, the broken teleportation monument tilted to one side, looking like it might collapse at any time, and Rhodes had already seen it.
Appearing thereafter, the strong death energy actively moved closer to Rhodes' position, and the existence of god-level spiritualism allowed Rhodes to dominate this special magic element.
After coming to the Dead Tomb, feeling the constant call of death energy, plus the bones that can be easily transformed everywhere around, a sense of peace of mind arose in Rhodes' heart.
North on the side seemed to be unable to bear the gathered death energy, and his body trembled slightly. Seeing this, Rhode had no choice but to actively dispel the death energy around him.
"Save your surprise for those liches."
North's reaction made Rhodes couldn't help frowning, and after a brief reminder, Rhodes took the first step towards the depths of the dead hill.
The hints from perception made Rhodes notice that many unique and powerful auras were not far away, as if waiting for something, even Rhodes could send auras from a distance Among them, I felt a strong threat.
Reminiscent of the previous agreement with Stephen, Rhodes knew that there were already many liches waiting here. Rhodes didn't choose to ride the ghost dragon, but just walked like this, also because of this.
In the process of moving forward, North seemed to have noticed something, looked up, and through the faintly flashing flames, he found that there were countless ghosts floating in the sky, watching everything below.
The scene in front of him immediately surprised North. He wanted to tell Rhodes about the abnormality here, but Rhodes ignored his thoughts.
While North was observing the ghosts, the ghosts also noticed his gaze, and they all looked back at the empty eye sockets that were shining with the fire of the soul. North only felt that his own existence was exposed under the gaze of all the ghosts.
The appearance of this abnormality made North quickly lower his head, not daring to look over his head again.
As the distance deepens,
Through the spiritual imprint, Rhodes also contacted the Lich King he transformed last time. During this period of time, Stephen did not deal with these Lich Kings, but left them in the Tomb of Death.
In addition, many undead creatures belonging to Stephen also appeared in Rhodes' sight.
These different types of undead creatures, after sensing Rhodes' gaze, raised their hands one after another, and in a nondescript posture, pointed to a direction deep in the deserted mausoleum of death, which was the direction Rhodes was heading.
This move of the undead creature also made Rhodes understand that Stephen had already noticed his arrival.
Moving on, it didn't take long before a brighter white light appeared in front of the two of them.
Perhaps because of adapting to the dark environment, even though he had reached the position where the light came from, North still couldn't look directly at the environment in front of him, only feeling that the surrounding light was extremely dazzling.
After a while, North finally got used to it, barely observing the surrounding scene.
North noticed that the white light came from the candles all around, apparently blessed by spells, and the things used to hold these candles were nothing but the dead bones he had trampled on the ground.
A large number of hand bones are propped upside down from the ground, with the palms facing upwards, and these candles are placed on top of them. There are such candlesticks at intervals. North even saw a skeleton with a candle on it. I don't know how it has been treated by the Lich to show this appearance.
At the same time, North discovered that a special figure had appeared in front of himself and Rhodes at some point, and it seemed that he had been waiting for a long time.
"Welcome to the Tomb of Death, Rhodes. Counting myself, I summoned the entire Diane for you, plus thirteen Liches including a newly promoted Lich. ,very interested."
The low-pitched female voice reached North's ears, but just being swept by her gaze, Northon felt that all his secrets had been seen through by her, and he had no way to hide from him.
Perhaps it was because of his low strength, the eyes of this extremely powerful existence did not stay on North, but just swept across him. Even so, North was still panicked.
Reminiscent of the content of the words, North has realized that the woman who appeared in front of the two at this time and seemed to come to greet her was actually a real lich.
Looking closely at the woman's appearance, North found it difficult to connect her with the lich he thought. From her body, North could not see any traces of death energy erosion, nor could he feel any death energy. exist.
North knew that this was mostly caused by the difference in strength, not only the woman in front of him, but also the existence of the other dozen or so liches she mentioned. The only one who could deal with them was Rhodes in front of him. .
From this lich, North saw the possibility of solving his own confusion, and the fear in his heart began to dissipate, so he stood obediently behind Rhodes, knowing that in this case, he might be the weakest The presence.
In Rhodes' line of sight, Stephen, who appeared in front of him, was still dressed as before, with an exaggerated spider-shaped crown on his head, and an elegant black long skirt with a high skirt, which was not affected by the dry bones on the ground at all.
"It is worth noting that after hearing that a large number of liches will gather in the Tomb of Death, Diya's royal family also sent an envoy. Several liches walked very close to this envoy."
As if to remind Rhodes, Stephen took the initiative to supplement this information.
Sensing Stephen's kindness, Rhodes nodded to her, but he still had some doubts in his heart, so he asked:
"Is there still a royal family in Diane? Isn't the immortal lich enough to rule this land?"
In Rhodes' impression, the lich is the real ruler of Diya. In this land where necromancers live, there should be no conventional royal family. There was also no sign of a royal presence.
Seeing that Rhodes didn't understand this, Stephen's expression remained unchanged, and he replied: "The royal family has existed since the establishment of Diya. After the heroic necromancer or other creatures have received the approval of many liches, Will be elected as the king of Diya."
Hearing Stephen's words, Rhodes couldn't help but fell into memory, hoping to find information about the Diya royal family through the game memory of his previous life.
"The influence of the royal family is very weak. No lich will obey the command of the royal family. On the contrary, the royal family may need to meet our requirements. Once something important happens, and the lich is not easy to show up, the royal family will be needed. Members come forward."
After listening to Stephen's words, Rhodes immediately realized that Diya's royal family is actually only serving the puppet regime of these liches, and it is not the current king of Diya who can influence the orders issued by the royal family, but these immortal liches .
Due to the huge influence of the lich, and the fact that the necromancer academies in various places have dominated certain political trends, the royal family that should have ruled Diya has become inconspicuous.
If Stephen hadn't mentioned the Diya royal family, Rhodes would not have known that Diya still had a royal family. In his mind, those immortal liches ruled Diya.
"Who is the current king of Diya?" Rhodes asked. Since there is a royal family, there must be an apparent king. Rhodes is very curious about the identity of the king.
Hearing the questions raised by Rhodes, Stephen's patience remained undiminished. After countless years of survival, the Lich has already developed a disposition far superior to other creatures, so he replied:
"The current king of Diya is a hero who failed to hold the endless night ceremony and failed to become a lich. He can only exist in the form of a half-dead creature. His name is Catherine."
"The envoy he sent was an extremely ambitious young undead lord named Phoenix Wilma. Apart from the newly promoted Lich Mordo, who is also passionate about royal affairs, he is united with Phoenix. Aisha, and Nags, the natural hero among the liches, seem to be planning 'something'."
Hearing Stephen's abruptly accentuated tone at the end, and after being reminded by the Lich, Rhodes also understood the seriousness of the problem.
Rhodes believes that Stephen told himself these things, it must not be aimless, or just to share this information with himself, what she said is almost expressing to Rhodes, which liches are hostile to him, and want to seize Artifact idea.
The only thing that makes Rhodes a little suspicious is that these information are just the words of Stephen alone. Rhodes knows too little information about these liches that exist here. If Stephen tells lies, it may put himself in danger in a disadvantaged position.
For Stephen's words, Rhodes can't believe all or not all. This is the only way for Rhodes to obtain information before meeting with the Lich.
Before that, Rhodes also tried to learn about the Liches in Diya from the Thieves Guild staff, but the results he got did not satisfy Rhodes.
In the Thieves Guild, there are a lot of ambiguous statements about liches, which makes this extremely special existence even more confusing. Rhodes can't even figure out how many witches there are in Diya based on the information in the Thieves Guild alone. demon.
As one of these liches, most of the information provided by Stephen is extremely credible in Rhodes' view. Rhodes at least learned that there are thirteen liches in total, and that there are people who are related to them. Modo has a certain relationship with himself.
The total number of liches in Diya is far less than Rhodes imagined. Rhodes thought that this land where necromancers existed, after countless years of accumulation, there would be dozens of liches.
According to Rhode's understanding of the necromancer system, any necromancer who has reached the peak of the fifth level can use the endless night ritual to transform himself into a lich.
The Lich who has just been promoted is only equivalent to an ordinary sixth-order creature. Not only are there not many undead creatures under him, but also in terms of spellcasting ability, they are also inferior to orthodox high-level mages. Due to the impact of death energy on their own mana, most of them The damage spell, the effect is even worse than before the promotion to Lich.
Only after a very long period of accumulation and control of countless undead creatures can the true power of a lich be displayed.
Different from these sixth-level liches in Diya, there are many high-level mages in almost any magic academy in Bracada, and there are several legendary magicians in the magic academy with a deep foundation. Mage is not uncommon, not to mention there is a magic guild, an organization that attracts all mages to join.
Compared with Bracada, Diya has a very obvious gap in the level of high-level creatures. Although there are still high-level undead creatures, compared to the strength of high-level mages and legendary mages, the general The high-level undead creatures are obviously not enough to see.
The Endless Long Night Ritual can help the necromancer get rid of the limitations of the body and become a lich with a higher life form, but in this process, there are also failures.
Rhodes noticed that the Catherine mentioned by Stephen was such an example. He failed to use the endless night ritual to transform himself into a lich, but instead became another form of undead creature.
Such an existence that failed in the transformation of the endless night ritual can be elected as the king of Diya. Rhodes believes that there must be something extraordinary about him that can satisfy these liches, perhaps similar to the hero he possesses It may also be related to specialties.
In addition, what made Rhodes a little concerned was that he heard the name Modo again from Stephen. In Rhodes' memory, the last time he heard this name was from Bracada's spiritual meeting.
Stephen's name for Modo caught Rhode's attention. In the original conversation, when Stephen mentioned Modo several times, he always called him a new Lich.
This point is very consistent with the information Rhodes received in the spiritual meeting. Rhodes recalled that Modo's promotion to Lich seemed to be inseparable from the attack on the Freelance Chamber of Commerce when he rescued Rowling.
By capturing the mother of the dead in the business group and blaming Rhodes, Modo obtained the core material of the Endless Long Night Ceremony. Rhodes did not expect that the two would meet here.
Rhodes recalled that after so many things happened, it has been a long time since Modo captured the Mother of Souls and was promoted to a Lich, but for the Immortal Lich, this is just a short moment in their long life , as if it happened yesterday, no wonder Stephen always called Modo a new Lich.