Lord of Arcane

Chapter 2549 Soul Surgery
Seeing that several people were still talking about the old days, Saville, who had been silent since entering, could not bear it anymore. He reminded Xia Duo, "It's not too late to say anything after the curse is lifted!"

"Don't worry, it's too late."

Although he said so, Xia Duo stopped talking and acted immediately. In fact, what he said was correct. If he really followed the normal process, Epps might not be able to last his inspection time.

The reason why he is so sure is because the [Time Protection Barrier] on his body spread out slightly to cover Epps, which is roughly equivalent to the stagnant state before.

However, compared with the stasis state, external forces are almost completely unable to interfere, and Epps in the time deceleration area can be affected by normal spells.

It may be difficult for contact spells to work on him, but detection spells are mostly instant, and there is no delay in the effect of time deceleration.

As the flow of time in the time deceleration area rapidly slowed down, Epps' movements and demeanor froze almost at a speed visible to the naked eye.

But this is not really frozen, but changes at a very slow speed, which of course includes the curse of aging on Epps.

Xia Duo inspected Epps several times during this period, but because he was in a stagnant state, he could not fully penetrate it. This time it can be regarded as the first comprehensive and thorough inspection.

Consistent with the previous inspection results, Xia Duo was the first to judge in this in-depth inspection that Epps had a soul-related aging curse, which cannot be solved by changing the body.

Instead, it is necessary to cut off the source of the curse in Epps' soul. This is only the first step. After this step is completed, Epps will only maintain the current state of extreme aging. After that, he needs to repair his body to maintain his health. soul.

At that time, Epps was barely saved, but after this curse, Epps' future life extension effect will be greatly reduced. Of course, if the technology improves in the future, it may be able to make up for it.

……

When Xia Duo inspected Epps, Niya and Saville watched nervously, and the atmosphere in the stasis room almost froze. It took about four or 10 minutes for Xia Duo to let out a long sigh of relief.

Seeing this, Niya quickly asked, "How is it? Is father still in good health? Can the curse be lifted?"

"Fortunately, the curse can be lifted."

In fact, Xia Duo was secretly relieved. Although he was quite sure that the curse he obtained from the Red Heart Alliance was originally the curse in Epps, after all, he had not checked carefully, and there were still some inconsistencies. deterministic.

But just now, after more than [-] minutes of careful inspection, he checked the damage of Epps' body and soul bit by bit, especially the link between body and soul.

All symptoms are consistent with the characteristics of the Elf's Curse of Despair.

This curse is said to have been first developed by a desperate elf wretch who was abandoned. As a curse, its lethality is actually not obvious.

The reason why it has been handed down is largely because it is launched extremely fast, and it points directly at the soul, making it difficult to resist.

But also because its lethality is not obvious enough, it has not really become popular, but has become a private collection of a small group of elves.

……

After checking Epps' symptoms and the spell characteristics of the curse, Xia Duo will start the formal treatment next.

The method is actually very simple. The reason why this curse can keep people aging is that the root of the curse is driven by the vitality or positive energy of the target, and the negative energy generated by the disappearance of positive energy is directionally transformed into the cause of aging. force.

Therefore, if you want to lift the curse, it is useless to use positive energy and other methods, but it will also encourage the spread of the curse. The reason why Epps was close to the end of life within a few days after being cursed is largely due to Because he received the positive energy treatment from the priest of the temple.

Typical bad deeds with good intentions.

What Xia Duo is doing now is closer to the method of "fighting poison with fire", using negative energy to wipe out part of Epps' infected soul.

Of course, you can also choose to destroy the structure of the curse to absorb positive energy, but spellcasters generally like to make some personalized adjustments to the spells they use, which is especially common among elf mages.

If he chooses to destroy the structure of the curse, Xia Duo is worried that it will trigger some backhands that the elf caster may have. He is saving people, and he is saving Niya's father. It is impossible to use magic duels to deal with this. thing.

The first principle is not to lift the curse, but to find a way to keep Epps alive!

It seems to be the same thing, but it is actually very different, so Xia Duo chose to use negative energy to eradicate Epps' infected soul. Although it temporarily aggravated the injury, it is a good cure in the long run .

At present, only Xia Duo can perform this operation. It is not easy for normal people to perceive their own soul state, let alone perceive other people's souls. This violent soul extraction is still different.

Only by being able to perceive the soul of Epps can we perform surgery on him accurately, otherwise, one mistake will completely rot Epps' soul, and there is no need to curse him to kill him, Xia Duo will kill him first died.

Once the soul rots, it cannot live. Even undead creatures, their souls are still partially alive, but they are tending to decay completely, but if they are all decayed, they will fall into eternal sleep.

Xia Duo didn't want Epps to die, nor did he want him to be transformed into an undead, so this operation can only be performed by him.

……

Although there was already a treatment plan, Xia Duo did not do it immediately, but simulated the operation process and possible emergencies over and over again in his mind.

The most important thing to pay attention to is the perception of the state of Epps' soul, followed by the accuracy of his strikes. The latter is not a problem for Xia Duo, who can use a specific spell to complete it.

The former may be difficult before he actually develops a practical time barrier, but now, as long as the time flow in Epps is slowed down to the extreme, Epps' soul fluctuations can be minimized.

Time passed little by little during Xia Duo's simulated operation, and there was no sound in the stagnant room. Although Niya and Saville didn't say anything, the anxious look in their eyes became stronger as time went by .

"I'm going to start casting spells, please don't disturb me."

Hearing what Xia Duo said, Niya was immediately refreshed. She subconsciously covered her mouth, fixed her eyes on the magic source in front of Xia Duo, and kept praying in her heart.

On Xia Duo's side, he was not so nervous. From designing spells based on Savile's soul state to simulating surgery, he had already reached the limit of what he could do, and his mentality should be calm.

After all, Epps is Nya's father, not his.

(End of this chapter)