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Volume 1 Chapter 172 Reasonable speculation, the smell of trouble

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    All that is alive will perish, but only the dead will endure.

    "The Book of the Dead"

    Just like any other kingdom of swords and magic, the people of Akaron are no strangers to the undead creatures wandering between life and death.  Whether it is a magical ritual actively performed for some unspeakable evil purpose, or it is just inexplicably eroded by the strong negative energy that appears by chance, almost every day, in a corner of Akaron, perhaps in the deserted desert,  Maybe it's an inaccessible underground city, or maybe it's just a cemetery near a remote village. There are all kinds of undead souls who have awakened from the world after death and continue to exist half-dead in an extremely evil and blasphemous state.

    Among the hundreds of known undead creatures, the five most familiar to ordinary people are skeletons, zombies, ghosts, vampires and lichs.  Even if you have never seen it with your own eyes, any drunken gangster in a tavern can talk to you for a long time about mysterious rumors that you don't know where they heard it.

    Skeletons and zombies, as the lowest undead, except for a very small number of mutants, usually have no ability to think and can only execute the simplest commands.  Even in the eyes of other undead creatures, they are nothing more than moving tools.  Their ability is low, and they may not be as good as an adult man with a strong body shape in a real fight.  But relatively speaking, it is also the easiest to breed.  They can appear in places where a lot of deaths have occurred, especially in places like abandoned mines, grim sewers, and desolate cemeteries.  Even in no matter how busy the metropolis is, various churches will regularly arrange for people to take turns to go to these places where negative energy naturally gathers for salvation, in order to prevent unpleasant accidents from happening and disturbing the souls of the deceased.

    Ghosts usually retain a certain amount of intelligence, but at the same time are tortured by chaotic thinking.  As an incorporeal subspecies, it has no body and can enter or pass through solid materials at will. This characteristic makes it immune to all non-magical attacks and of course means it is more difficult to destroy.  In fact, academically speaking, ghost is actually a general term for many different incorporeal undead creatures, including ghosts, bound spirits, shadows, etc.  certainly.  For the average person who encounters them.  There is no difference, as both ghosts are equally deadly.  Fortunately, the natural transformation conditions of this undead creature are quite difficult, and it has a huge weakness of being extremely afraid of sunlight.

    Vampires, usually calling themselves vampires, are completely different from the previous three passively transformed undead creatures.  Through a ritual called the First Embrace, a vampire purposefully drains the blood of its victim.  And then feed it with some of its own blood as a guide. After a few days of burial, the dead humanoid creature will be transformed into a member of the vampire family.  The dead who were powerful enough during their lifetime will be resurrected as new vampires; while those ordinary people will be transformed into weaker spawns and become loyal slaves and thugs of the masters who killed them.  Precisely because the transformation of vampires requires bottom-line power, coupled with the large number of benefits brought by the transformation process, the all-round improvement of physical fitness and several mysterious supernatural abilities, almost every vampire with a normal mind has sufficient ability to control  There is an entire underground organization working for him.  Transforming into a vampire is so easy, so it's no surprise that many dying nobles even take the initiative to contact these undead creatures.  Intent in exchange for eternal life.  But how many of these people can actually get what they want is another matter.  And even if some of them succeed in achieving their wishes, it is only after paying a high price called freedom.

    And the Lich, together with the fire dragon and the devil, is one of the villains that often appears in legends. People naturally recognize that he is powerful enough and accompanied by evil.  In legend, lichs are those evil magicians who sell their souls to the devil.  Only those who have read the relevant records in ancient documents know.  Legends are just legends.  Liches are indeed transformed from powerful mages.  However, they are definitely not dedicating their souls to the devil, but tongguo is a complicated and dangerous magic ritual.  Actively extract the life force from the body and hide it properly, thus achieving the state of immortality.  No matter how many times the body is destroyed, as long as the phylactery that preserves the Lich's vitality is not destroyed, he can be resurrected intact countless times.

    Unlike other undead creatures transformed by negative energy, the power of a lich does not lie in the fact that he has acquired several supernatural abilities, but in that every lich must be a powerful magician.  Since the lich transformation ritual must be completed in person, generally speaking, if the magician does not reach the level of strength of the mentor and spends a lot of time and energy focusing on necromancy, the ritual has no chance of success.  And, not only that, once the transformation ritual fails, the magician has no choice but to die, without any possibility of survival.  Because of this danger, andWith a failure rate of 50%, there are not many mages who really have the courage to try. The number of lichs known to be still active in the kingdom can be counted on one hand.

    And right now, there is one.

    A large number of data streams that were entered into the database by the spiritual crystals flashed through Sebastian's mind like movie scenes. It did not take too long. After careful comparison, the young magician believed that this person named  Philby's old magician is probably not any known lich recorded in the Master's Tower.

    This knowledge did not surprise Sebastian too much.  After all, not every magician will choose to join the Magician Tower.  Apart from those lone magicians who are withdrawn and unwilling to be bound by organizational rules, the family mage groups privately cultivated by royal families and even great nobles usually do not go to the magic tower to register.

    "Compared with the benefits that can be obtained by joining the Master Tower, magicians who join the great noble families in exchange for freedom can naturally obtain more resources for daily arcane research.  In addition to comfortable living conditions, the opening of a family library and a well-equipped laboratory, according to established practices, magicians can usually receive a monthly salary of hundreds or thousands of gold coins according to their ability level, as well as research funding several times that amount.  In order to maintain the operation of the laboratory, purchase special materials and spell-casting materials, copy magic books, engage in mysterious research and manufacturing of strange objects, etc.

    The status of a magician comes from the magical power of magic, so even if they just hire a novice magic apprentice, the nobles need to be mentally prepared to spend at least thousands of gold coins every year.  With the same cost, a private army of hundreds of people can be established and maintained.  For the vast majority of barons and even viscounts with average financial status, although being able to recruit a magician is a very honorable thing, the relatively low cost-effectiveness still makes them choose to face reality.  Only when they need magical power, they will choose to temporarily seek help from spellcasters.  It is conceivable that they are usually happy to have a good relationship with any magician.

    Only those old noble families with a long history comparable to the kingdom itself, and who have accumulated a large amount of wealth through various means over thousands of years, will not hesitate to maintain a private group of magicians to fight against the magic of their opponents and enemies.  Spy and assassinate to protect themselves and their territory.  Such a team of magicians not only symbolizes an absolutely intimidating trump card, but can also serve as a think tank to provide advice to the family owner in other professional aspects.

    In Solons, it is basically a semi-open secret that the Earl has the allegiance of many magicians in addition to the Narcissus Knights he is proud of.  There are even rumors that the powerful Antonio magician is actually the mysterious chief in charge of the Kaliman family mage group.  Of course, like other rumors about magicians, this news has never been publicly confirmed.

    Back to the original topic, although the Master Tower is known as the most authoritative magician organization in the kingdom, in fact, if its recorded member list can account for seven or eight of the actual number of magicians, it would be quite proud.

    If this Philby magician is really a lich and loyal to a certain family, as Sebastian judged, then it seems that the young man's original speculation about the current body's family situation may be unreliable.  It really needs to be corrected.

    "I seem to smell a smell of trouble." Countless coats of arms, flags and family crests flashed back in the young magician's mind, trying to deduce the foggy target from only a few clues.  Afterwards, he complained angrily, "Damn it, for Wu Yue's sake, can't you give me a few years of peace and quiet? Five years As long as you give me five years, I  I have the confidence to return to my original strength. The gods seem to have given up on this world, but there should be other divine creatures on the continent. Yes, I still have a chance, as long as I can find them As long as I can  Find them" The complaints gradually turned into low murmurs, and Sebastian suddenly smiled wryly at himself, "It's just that I am still too weak now. So weak that I need to compromise, so weak that I need to hide  Haha, I will appreciate this humiliation."

    The silver mist diffused in the sea of ??consciousness suddenly started to stir as it felt the owner's strong psychological changes.

    The huge crystal hanging high in the center reflected dazzling light, and Sebastian's expression appeared on every facet, some were happy, some were painful, some were frustrated, some were proud, and so on.  And the same.

    The silver mist began to gradually change, becoming thicker and thicker. Sometimes it turned into a stormy ocean that submerged the crystal, and sometimes it turned into an overwhelming sea of ????fire that burned the crystal.

    As time goes by, the crystal is ravaged by this never-ending double storm.Now, it seems to become even brighter.  (To be continued)
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