Skeleton King
Chapter 48 The Lich Ingersoll and the Blueprints for Building the City
After returning to Nou's villa, Ace sent Gerhard to find George.
After staying in the villa for another night, Ace bid farewell to Nou and left Bremen with Sister Angelica.
The shortest way from Bremen to the Warcraft Forest is through the Saxon Mountains.Ace rented a small building for 500 silver coins in a small town near the Saxon Mountains.
Ace said to Angelica: "I'm going to the World of Warcraft Forest, it's inconvenient to take you with me. You have taken care of me and Angela these years, and you don't have much time for yourself. Take advantage of these three months to do something you like Bar."
Angelica curtseyed, "Thank you, young master."
Ace was a little hard to say the following words, but he still had to say, "Angela, I plan to take her to the Deadland. That's two days. She may not come back for a few years. If you have What to say, hurry up and say."
Angelika and Angela are twin sisters, and they have basically never been separated since they were born.Even Angela and Angelika came to Bremen with Ace. They were separated in two places, and they did not meet less often.And Angela went to the dead world, it was very difficult to see her sister again in the past few years.
"When she was in Bad Soden, Angela longed for the world of the dead. In fact, when she became a necromancer, our future path was different. Sooner or later, this day will come." Angelica said lightly: " Even sisters, there is no feast that lasts forever."
Thinking of Angela's carefree and heartless appearance these days, Ace couldn't help being silent for a long time before saying, "How does she know what parting is?"
Although Ace's strength is getting stronger day by day, the stronger he is and the more he knows about the world, the more he feels how insignificant a person's power is.Just in case, he meant just in case, one day, his identity as a Necromancer is discovered, and he will be hunted down by other people. Angela must be safer in the Dead Realm.
I don't know what kind of private conversation Angelica and Angela had. That night, when Angela came to Ace's room, her eyes were red like a bunny.
Ace didn't comfort her either, he just said, "We're going to the Dead Realm."
There were still tears on Angela's fine eyelashes, and she smiled tearfully when she heard the words, "Yes, we are going to the Dead Realm."
Unlike most people, they fear and avoid the world of the dead. For necromancers, the world of the dead is their holy land and the source of their power.At this time, Angela was sad to be separated from her sister, and happy that she was finally going to the dead world.
Ace finally said seriously: "I used to enter the world of the dead through the astrology doll. The main body is always outside, which is an extra layer of security. But the astrology doll is hard to come by, and your soul is not strong enough to separate it. , and this time, I need you to stay in the Dead Realm for a long time, so you entered the Dead Realm directly with your body. You must be aware of the dangers of the Dead Realm."
"There will be an elemental storm near the gate of the dead world. I can take you there this time, but your body will inevitably be damaged. Only when you become a fourth-level necromancer can you pass through the dead world with your own strength." According to your current strength, there are at least four or five years left, Angela, do you understand?" Ace said: "If you regret it now, there is still time."
"I don't regret it, young master. It is the luckiest thing in my life to be able to learn undead magic and explore the mysteries of magic." Angela said: "I am no longer mediocre and ignorant, and I can find out the truth of this world. I I will go on this road until it comes to an end or my soul dissipates in the realm of death."
Ace didn't say much anymore, he lay down on the bed calmly.
A decorative doll that was originally placed on Ace's bedside suddenly floated into the air. The doll's left arm was stretched out, its five fingers spread out, and it silently chanted a spell. Angela saw a man appearing not far from them. A simple, dark door.
She felt a force push her back gently, and she fell forward and fell into the door.
dead world.
The skeletons are still turned into bones and half buried in the ground, but Ace has been in the world of the dead for a long time. He can see the soul fire hidden in the ground and invisible in the air. These are not meaningless bones. Skeleton soldiers, his skeleton soldiers.
There are two or three skeleton knights riding war horses, running in the wilderness, the white bone swords in their hands glowing blue, and now, they have at least the strength of a fourth-level undead creature.
Ace took Angela to the ground.
Angela's face was a little pale. Second-level necromancers rarely pass through the gate of the dead, so she inevitably suffered some internal injuries.Ace also didn't know when Angela's injuries would recover.Fortunately, there is General Arnold in the ground who knows the world of the dead very well, although Ace still thinks that General Arnold's brain is a bit out of order.
General Arnold knelt down on one knee when he saw Ace, "Your Highness."
Ace nodded, "General Arnold, please get up."
As soon as General Arnold stood up, he noticed Angela behind Ace. She was staring at this place with wide eyes in surprise.Angela doesn't look like a creature from the undead world. She is wearing a bright red dress with a big shawl hanging on her shoulders, which is completely different from the gray and white color of the undead world. Her appearance is glamorous and charming, which is different from that of a succubus. The charming, her beauty is fresh, people can remember the long-lost sun.
Ace introduced: "General Arnold, she is Angela."
General Arnold's expression showed no fluctuations at all. He said: "This lady is injured. There are too many magic elements of the light attribute in her body, and she cannot adapt to life in the dead world."
Ace nodded, a question he couldn't avoid either.
"So what do you do?" Ace asked.
General Arnold: "Please accompany this lady with undead creatures above level four, so that she will not be corroded by the elements too quickly. When this lady goes up one level, she should be able to adapt to life in the undead world." Take Arnold The general's strength, of course, shows that Angela is a second-level necromancer.
Ace: "Angela is a junior alchemist who is good at processing armor and making magic props. Of course, undead creatures can use them."
Hearing that Angela is an alchemist, General Arnold was also slightly moved. The world of the dead does not lack powerful combat power, but delicate experiments like alchemy can only be carried out by advanced undead creatures or even liches. Scarce genius.
General Arnold: "So, Miss Angela will follow me."
Ace: "Trouble General Arnold." And motioned Angela to thank General Arnold.
Angela was stunned for a long time. Although she had guessed that Ace had some skeleton soldiers under the dead, she never thought that it was an army, and there was a skeleton in armor in front of her. His hands were black. It looks like a shadow, but it is definitely close to the entity. It is a powerful ninth-level undead, close to the existence of a lich.
Angela hurriedly saluted, "Thank you, General Arnold, for taking me in. The general can just call me Angela."
Ace let Angela stay here, the underground is safe.
Ace and General Arnold entered the stone house where Ace came to the ground for the first time.
General Arnold told Ace: "To the south of this wilderness, there is a small slope, where there is a very powerful lich, who is in charge of the land in the south of the dead world. If your highness wants to build a city here, you need his permission .”
Ace was a little confused. He always thought that the world of the dead was disorderly. General Arnold explained to him, "The world of the dead also has an order of the dead world, but it is very loose. They are guarded in the southeast, northwest and four directions, and the last one is stationed in the central city. The gate of the central city to the present world is always open, and any undead creatures who want to go to the present world must obtain the approval of that lich."
There is no need for a necromancer like Ace who can directly open the door with spells and staffs.But whether it is in the world or in the dead world, necromancers are rare, and many undead creatures are unwilling to give their lives to necromancers.
General Arnold: "Your Highness, thousands of years ago, half of the area of the dead world belonged to Skeleton King Joe. At that time, all undead creatures believed that the great Skeleton King Joe would become the first king in the history of the dead world to unify the dead world. None of the undead creatures in the realm not under Skeleton Joe's rule doubted this. Therefore, even if it didn't wait until that day, all the undead creatures crowned Skeleton King in their hearts."
Ace could hear the respect in General Arnold's words, which was no less than his memory of the Knights of the Royal Guard.It is conceivable that Skeleton King is deeply rooted in the hearts of the dead.But Ace knows that Joe has no determination to unify the world of death, and he has even entered a real long sleep.
Although Daniel didn't say it, Ace saw it in "Sword and Magic". The tomb on the coast of the Netherlands is the tomb of Skeleton King Joe. Joe's original staff is now the bone staff in Ace's hand.
"However, one day, the creatures in the dead world discovered that Skeleton King Joe hadn't appeared for a long time. Several master liches joined forces to search for the dead world and the living world, but there was no trace of Skeleton King Joe." General Arnold was silent for a long time, and continued Said: "Out of respect and fear for Skeleton King Joe, the territory of Skeleton King Joe at that time, that is, the south and west of the dead world, was not occupied by liches. Until a new lich was born in these two places."
"The lord to the south of the dead world is the lich Ingersoll, who was promoted to level 400 10 years ago. In addition to not allowing people in the dead world to move in the dead world, and not allowing too many skeleton soldiers, Ingersoll is not very Regardless of the matter in the south, he sleeps most of the time."
Ace: "People in this world are not allowed to be active in the world of the dead...but I'm not dead yet..."
General Arnold: "700 years ago, Ingersoll stayed in this wilderness for a while. He was only an eighth-level undead creature at that time. The undead lord who was hostile to him wanted to kill him, but I protected him. Ying Gesol will agree to His Highness's request, and he still has a blueprint for building the city left by Skeleton King Joe, which His Highness needs."
Ace: "Okay, I'll go find him."
Ace stayed underground for another day, settled Angela, and left the wilderness, heading further south.Ace was still holding a long branch, leaning on it, walking on the empty and silent land.
There was nothing on the ground, not even a common skeleton beast or bird.
Ace was a little obsessed with this feeling, endless magic elements washed his body, and he could feel his strength growing rapidly.He also enjoys the tranquility of not being disturbed by anyone, not having to worry about his life experience being discovered, people around him having ulterior motives, and worrying about the road ahead.
Ace is also deeply afraid, afraid of this empty silence, and also afraid of himself who enjoys the silence.
If in the future, he is always alone, walking alone, no matter how powerful he is, no matter how wanton he lives, what's the point.He vaguely understood why Skeleton King Joe didn't want to climb to the top in the dead world. The higher he stood, the deeper his loneliness.
Ace has been walking to the south. General Arnold only knows that Ingersoll lives on a small slope in the south. He doesn't know the exact location, so he can only rely on Ace to find it by himself.
Fortunately, Ace's strength is not when he first entered the world of the dead. Although he still walks on two legs, his feet are surrounded by dark wind elements, and his speed is not slower than that of a skeleton horse. .
Out of General Arnold's territory, there were a little more dead trees in Devil May Cry, and Ace deftly avoided the wandering skeletons. It was unknown whether these skeletons belonged to Ingersoll's subordinates.
The color of the sky changed, from gray and white back to gray and black.
Ace finally saw a big mountain on the flat ground...
Is this the little soil slope he was looking for?
The mountains are majestic, no stone steps can be seen anywhere, the mountain is pure black, and one side is like a screen, perpendicular to the ground, it is completely impossible for people to climb up.
Only one side of the mountain is covered with exquisite formations, which makes Ace feel that all of this may not be the ingenious workmanship of the dead world itself, but may come from a powerful existence, the Skeleton King or the Lich.
Ace stroked the formation on the mountain with his hand, but found nothing after searching for so long. Could it be that this mountain is the residence of the Lich Ingersoll?
Ace put his hand flat on the mountain, he input the magic power into the formation, the scene in front of him changed, he saw an ordinary skeleton drop a handful of soil here, he was dropped by the gray sky, waiting for the gray In the dark day, a small hillside grows here.
Until a thousand years later, this small hillside grew into a high mountain again.
Could this be the origin of this mountain?
Ace didn't know why, so he saw the formation on the mountain disappear, and a dark hole appeared in front of him. Only the bottom of the hole had a faint green light, and this green light also flickered, left and right, erratic of.
There are many strange stones in the cave, gray and white, and they are neatly arranged, but occasionally a stone suddenly protrudes a little, which makes Ace particularly uncomfortable, and an indescribable gloom and discomfort permeates his heart.
Ace took a few steps into the cave, and even the wind that had been with him disappeared.
Except for the sound of his footsteps, and the sound of ticking, ticking, and water coming from nowhere, everything else disappeared.Ace kept walking until he came to a mountain wall, and there were many forks on the left and right sides. Ace didn't go either way, he just prayed in his heart, shit, he didn't know who he was praying to.
In the end, Ace decided to pray to his titular teacher, Skeleton King Joe, that he should still be useful in the dead world.
Ace took a brass-colored key from his neck, fumbled around a few holes in the wall, and inserted the key.
One, no.
Two, no.
Three, or not.
Four, this is the last one, Ace inserted the key in and gave it a hard turn.
The sound of ticking water disappeared, and Ace felt a little sweat on his head. No, the body of the astrology doll does not have sweat. Could it be the water falling from the mountain wall?
Ace felt something staring at him behind him, but he didn't turn his head. He pulled out the key and held it up to his eyes for a look.
grass!The key is broken!
Ace knew that he shouldn't look back, because it is conceivable how powerful the undead creatures that he couldn't find at all, but when he turned his head, his sight could only make the undead creatures, who were originally not clear-headed, discover that there are such undead creatures here. A great supplement.But Ace had to turn back because there was no way ahead of him.
Just when Ace was in a dilemma, there was a "ding dong", and the half of the key that Ace inserted fell out. Ace hesitated, bent down and picked it up.
While Ace was still squatting, the mountain in front of him suddenly disappeared.
Ace walked forward quickly, regardless of what was ahead.
Anyway, the front and the back are just as bad, there's not much to choose from.
There is a huge lake in the mountain. There are some small stones on the lake. People or skeletons can step on these small stones to the center of the lake. There is a small piece of land with a huge wooden coffin on it.
There was no coffin lid on the coffin, and Ace walked over the stone to the coffin, and there was a person lying inside.
It is not accurate to say that there is a person, because this person is surrounded by a lot of magic elements of the dark attribute, theoretically speaking, there are more magic elements of the dark attribute than the undead mage.
Ace took one look and didn't dare to look again.
This person can only be a lich!
Lich Ingersoll!
Ace didn't find the wrong place, and his heart that had been hanging was slowly let go.
Ace believed that General Arnold would not go to such lengths to let him die, and that Lich Ingersoll would not kill him.
Ace thought of what General Arnold said, "If Ingersoll is sleeping, Your Highness doesn't need to wake him up. The key I gave His Highness can open the door of Ingersoll's house. The blueprint of the city should be next to Ingersoll's bed , His Highness just look for it directly, Ingersoll's subconscious is always there, as long as His Highness does not do anything against his will, he will not wake up."
Although the small slope has become a mountain, the door has become a wall, and the bed has become a coffin, but Ace still decided to trust General Arnold once.Sometimes, people have no other choice.
Fortunately, Ace soon found the blueprints for building the city in a wooden box.
There are a lot of Skeleton King's magic notes in Ace's space wristband. As soon as he saw the blueprint for building the city, he confirmed that it was the Skeleton King's notes.He put the other boxes back where they were, and took the box containing the blueprints for building the city and wanted to go back.
As soon as Ace stood up straight and looked at the way he came from, he felt a seductive gaze behind him.
The captivating gaze that made his back burn!
Don't look back, don't look back, don't look back!
Ace said it to himself a hundred times in his mind, but he turned around and looked at Ingersoll, the lich, with his eyes open.
Lich Ingersoll has a pair of dark pupils, he just looked at Ace calmly, without any ferocity, but Ace felt that his whole body was tightly grasped, and he couldn't even swallow his saliva .
Ace could only stare straight at the Lich Ingersoll. Although the sight of humans can quickly wake up the brains of undead creatures, there is nothing Ace can do.Besides, it was aimed at ordinary undead creatures, so the impact on liches was already negligible.
The Lich Ingersoll has long, smooth black hair that stretches all the way to his ankles. He sat up slowly. Although he is a man, his face is extremely enchanting, stronger than most women in the world. Beautiful, no, his appearance is even perfect, impossible to exist in this world.
His ears are a little bit sharper than ordinary people, making people think of mermaids in the deep sea and elves in the deep forest.
That is a masterpiece of the heavens, maybe the heavens created him and were jealous of him, so he can only hide in the world of death.
The lich Ingersoll is wearing loose silk clothes, which looks like the handicraft of the Finger Empire, a bit like pajamas, his hands are the same as ordinary people, but whiter and more transparent, the existence of the lich is gone In this world, wizards may not be able to tell the difference between them and ordinary people.
There was a flash of red in Lich Ingersoll's eyes, and he looked at the broken key on Ace's neck and the bone staff in his hand.
Ace: "Dear Lich Ingersoll, I am Ace Neumann from Bad Soden. I have obtained the inheritance of Skeleton King and inherited the will of General Arnold. I have come here to get your permission to build I am in the city of the dead, and I took the blueprints for building the city. I am very sorry, while you are still sleeping..."
"Ace Neumann, I know you. I know you will come here one day." Before Ace finished speaking, the Lich Ingersoll interrupted him, "Arnold once saved me , you can build a city anywhere under my jurisdiction, but you can’t take that wooden box away, it’s my mother’s relic, even when I go to the dead world, I’ll keep it with me.”
Ace carefully put the wooden box back on the ground, "Sorry, I don't know."
Lich Ingersoll: "You can take away the drawings inside, only the wooden box is my mother's relic."
Ace: ...
It may be that the Lich Ingersoll put too much pressure on Ace, and Ace took out the blueprint a little clumsily.
Lich Ingersoll has been watching Ace carefully, like a flower on his face.
Lich Ingersoll said lightly: "You can leave now."
"Thank you, Lord Ingersoll." Ace bowed to the Lich Ingersoll, and wanted to turn around and leave the cemetery.
However, before Ace took a few steps forward, he heard the voice of Lich Ingersoll, "Ace Neumann, I look forward to seeing you next time."
This time, Ace didn't look back, he walked directly out of the mountain where the Lich Ingersoll lived.
Ace returned to General Arnold's territory in only half the time he came.
Ace saw Angela, asked her briefly if she was used to living here, and entered the stone house with General Arnold.
Ace handed over the city blueprints to General Arnold, "When I went to get the city blueprints, Lich Ingersoll just woke up."
General Arnold was silent for a while, and said: "I went to see Ingersoll a few times, and he fell asleep. Ingersoll does wake up occasionally, but after a short period of sobriety, he will fall into a long deep sleep again. Your Highness Maybe we won't see him in a hundred years."
Ace: "You... did you mention me to him?"
General Arnold was a little surprised, "Return to Your Highness, no. I haven't left here since His Highness came. It's been almost 700 years since I last met Ingersoll."
Ace wanted to ask, then why does he know me?
But Ace felt that even if he asked General Arnold, General Arnold couldn't answer why, so he gave up again.
General Arnold: "Your Highness, Devil May Cry Wood has already been prepared, and now there are blueprints for building the city. When does Your Highness plan to start building the city?"
It is best to build the main city of the undead lord by yourself, and then someone close to you...
Since Ace has learned the formation, he should come by himself, and now they have the most suitable city building blueprint for the dead world.
Ace thought for a while, and said: "It's not suitable now. It's been more than half a month since I came to the dead world this time, and I have to go back. After that, I will stay in the World of Warcraft Forest, and it is not convenient to separate my soul. Wait. After two months, I will start building the city again."
General Arnold naturally did not refuse.
After Ace told General Arnold to take care of Angela, he opened the door to the present world and left the world of the dead.
Further south in the wilderness where General Arnold was, in the center of a huge lake in a cave, Ingersoll, the pointy-eared lich, did not go back to sleep as General Arnold thought.
The Lich Ingersoll remembered the prophecy he heard from the last soothsayer when he was still alive, "In the small village in the southernmost part of the continent, a thousand years after the establishment of the empire, there will be a black-haired boy who will awaken the pansy." blood.
He will inherit the Skeleton King's staff, get the allegiance of the Skull Knights, and with the help of the Lich, establish the Twin Cities of the Dead.
He will inherit the relics of the astrologer..."
Lich Ingersoll couldn't remember what else happened next, how could he know that he would become the lich in the prophecy?
How would he know that he would be able to "live" through the millennium of the empire and be lucky enough to witness history?
After staying in the villa for another night, Ace bid farewell to Nou and left Bremen with Sister Angelica.
The shortest way from Bremen to the Warcraft Forest is through the Saxon Mountains.Ace rented a small building for 500 silver coins in a small town near the Saxon Mountains.
Ace said to Angelica: "I'm going to the World of Warcraft Forest, it's inconvenient to take you with me. You have taken care of me and Angela these years, and you don't have much time for yourself. Take advantage of these three months to do something you like Bar."
Angelica curtseyed, "Thank you, young master."
Ace was a little hard to say the following words, but he still had to say, "Angela, I plan to take her to the Deadland. That's two days. She may not come back for a few years. If you have What to say, hurry up and say."
Angelika and Angela are twin sisters, and they have basically never been separated since they were born.Even Angela and Angelika came to Bremen with Ace. They were separated in two places, and they did not meet less often.And Angela went to the dead world, it was very difficult to see her sister again in the past few years.
"When she was in Bad Soden, Angela longed for the world of the dead. In fact, when she became a necromancer, our future path was different. Sooner or later, this day will come." Angelica said lightly: " Even sisters, there is no feast that lasts forever."
Thinking of Angela's carefree and heartless appearance these days, Ace couldn't help being silent for a long time before saying, "How does she know what parting is?"
Although Ace's strength is getting stronger day by day, the stronger he is and the more he knows about the world, the more he feels how insignificant a person's power is.Just in case, he meant just in case, one day, his identity as a Necromancer is discovered, and he will be hunted down by other people. Angela must be safer in the Dead Realm.
I don't know what kind of private conversation Angelica and Angela had. That night, when Angela came to Ace's room, her eyes were red like a bunny.
Ace didn't comfort her either, he just said, "We're going to the Dead Realm."
There were still tears on Angela's fine eyelashes, and she smiled tearfully when she heard the words, "Yes, we are going to the Dead Realm."
Unlike most people, they fear and avoid the world of the dead. For necromancers, the world of the dead is their holy land and the source of their power.At this time, Angela was sad to be separated from her sister, and happy that she was finally going to the dead world.
Ace finally said seriously: "I used to enter the world of the dead through the astrology doll. The main body is always outside, which is an extra layer of security. But the astrology doll is hard to come by, and your soul is not strong enough to separate it. , and this time, I need you to stay in the Dead Realm for a long time, so you entered the Dead Realm directly with your body. You must be aware of the dangers of the Dead Realm."
"There will be an elemental storm near the gate of the dead world. I can take you there this time, but your body will inevitably be damaged. Only when you become a fourth-level necromancer can you pass through the dead world with your own strength." According to your current strength, there are at least four or five years left, Angela, do you understand?" Ace said: "If you regret it now, there is still time."
"I don't regret it, young master. It is the luckiest thing in my life to be able to learn undead magic and explore the mysteries of magic." Angela said: "I am no longer mediocre and ignorant, and I can find out the truth of this world. I I will go on this road until it comes to an end or my soul dissipates in the realm of death."
Ace didn't say much anymore, he lay down on the bed calmly.
A decorative doll that was originally placed on Ace's bedside suddenly floated into the air. The doll's left arm was stretched out, its five fingers spread out, and it silently chanted a spell. Angela saw a man appearing not far from them. A simple, dark door.
She felt a force push her back gently, and she fell forward and fell into the door.
dead world.
The skeletons are still turned into bones and half buried in the ground, but Ace has been in the world of the dead for a long time. He can see the soul fire hidden in the ground and invisible in the air. These are not meaningless bones. Skeleton soldiers, his skeleton soldiers.
There are two or three skeleton knights riding war horses, running in the wilderness, the white bone swords in their hands glowing blue, and now, they have at least the strength of a fourth-level undead creature.
Ace took Angela to the ground.
Angela's face was a little pale. Second-level necromancers rarely pass through the gate of the dead, so she inevitably suffered some internal injuries.Ace also didn't know when Angela's injuries would recover.Fortunately, there is General Arnold in the ground who knows the world of the dead very well, although Ace still thinks that General Arnold's brain is a bit out of order.
General Arnold knelt down on one knee when he saw Ace, "Your Highness."
Ace nodded, "General Arnold, please get up."
As soon as General Arnold stood up, he noticed Angela behind Ace. She was staring at this place with wide eyes in surprise.Angela doesn't look like a creature from the undead world. She is wearing a bright red dress with a big shawl hanging on her shoulders, which is completely different from the gray and white color of the undead world. Her appearance is glamorous and charming, which is different from that of a succubus. The charming, her beauty is fresh, people can remember the long-lost sun.
Ace introduced: "General Arnold, she is Angela."
General Arnold's expression showed no fluctuations at all. He said: "This lady is injured. There are too many magic elements of the light attribute in her body, and she cannot adapt to life in the dead world."
Ace nodded, a question he couldn't avoid either.
"So what do you do?" Ace asked.
General Arnold: "Please accompany this lady with undead creatures above level four, so that she will not be corroded by the elements too quickly. When this lady goes up one level, she should be able to adapt to life in the undead world." Take Arnold The general's strength, of course, shows that Angela is a second-level necromancer.
Ace: "Angela is a junior alchemist who is good at processing armor and making magic props. Of course, undead creatures can use them."
Hearing that Angela is an alchemist, General Arnold was also slightly moved. The world of the dead does not lack powerful combat power, but delicate experiments like alchemy can only be carried out by advanced undead creatures or even liches. Scarce genius.
General Arnold: "So, Miss Angela will follow me."
Ace: "Trouble General Arnold." And motioned Angela to thank General Arnold.
Angela was stunned for a long time. Although she had guessed that Ace had some skeleton soldiers under the dead, she never thought that it was an army, and there was a skeleton in armor in front of her. His hands were black. It looks like a shadow, but it is definitely close to the entity. It is a powerful ninth-level undead, close to the existence of a lich.
Angela hurriedly saluted, "Thank you, General Arnold, for taking me in. The general can just call me Angela."
Ace let Angela stay here, the underground is safe.
Ace and General Arnold entered the stone house where Ace came to the ground for the first time.
General Arnold told Ace: "To the south of this wilderness, there is a small slope, where there is a very powerful lich, who is in charge of the land in the south of the dead world. If your highness wants to build a city here, you need his permission .”
Ace was a little confused. He always thought that the world of the dead was disorderly. General Arnold explained to him, "The world of the dead also has an order of the dead world, but it is very loose. They are guarded in the southeast, northwest and four directions, and the last one is stationed in the central city. The gate of the central city to the present world is always open, and any undead creatures who want to go to the present world must obtain the approval of that lich."
There is no need for a necromancer like Ace who can directly open the door with spells and staffs.But whether it is in the world or in the dead world, necromancers are rare, and many undead creatures are unwilling to give their lives to necromancers.
General Arnold: "Your Highness, thousands of years ago, half of the area of the dead world belonged to Skeleton King Joe. At that time, all undead creatures believed that the great Skeleton King Joe would become the first king in the history of the dead world to unify the dead world. None of the undead creatures in the realm not under Skeleton Joe's rule doubted this. Therefore, even if it didn't wait until that day, all the undead creatures crowned Skeleton King in their hearts."
Ace could hear the respect in General Arnold's words, which was no less than his memory of the Knights of the Royal Guard.It is conceivable that Skeleton King is deeply rooted in the hearts of the dead.But Ace knows that Joe has no determination to unify the world of death, and he has even entered a real long sleep.
Although Daniel didn't say it, Ace saw it in "Sword and Magic". The tomb on the coast of the Netherlands is the tomb of Skeleton King Joe. Joe's original staff is now the bone staff in Ace's hand.
"However, one day, the creatures in the dead world discovered that Skeleton King Joe hadn't appeared for a long time. Several master liches joined forces to search for the dead world and the living world, but there was no trace of Skeleton King Joe." General Arnold was silent for a long time, and continued Said: "Out of respect and fear for Skeleton King Joe, the territory of Skeleton King Joe at that time, that is, the south and west of the dead world, was not occupied by liches. Until a new lich was born in these two places."
"The lord to the south of the dead world is the lich Ingersoll, who was promoted to level 400 10 years ago. In addition to not allowing people in the dead world to move in the dead world, and not allowing too many skeleton soldiers, Ingersoll is not very Regardless of the matter in the south, he sleeps most of the time."
Ace: "People in this world are not allowed to be active in the world of the dead...but I'm not dead yet..."
General Arnold: "700 years ago, Ingersoll stayed in this wilderness for a while. He was only an eighth-level undead creature at that time. The undead lord who was hostile to him wanted to kill him, but I protected him. Ying Gesol will agree to His Highness's request, and he still has a blueprint for building the city left by Skeleton King Joe, which His Highness needs."
Ace: "Okay, I'll go find him."
Ace stayed underground for another day, settled Angela, and left the wilderness, heading further south.Ace was still holding a long branch, leaning on it, walking on the empty and silent land.
There was nothing on the ground, not even a common skeleton beast or bird.
Ace was a little obsessed with this feeling, endless magic elements washed his body, and he could feel his strength growing rapidly.He also enjoys the tranquility of not being disturbed by anyone, not having to worry about his life experience being discovered, people around him having ulterior motives, and worrying about the road ahead.
Ace is also deeply afraid, afraid of this empty silence, and also afraid of himself who enjoys the silence.
If in the future, he is always alone, walking alone, no matter how powerful he is, no matter how wanton he lives, what's the point.He vaguely understood why Skeleton King Joe didn't want to climb to the top in the dead world. The higher he stood, the deeper his loneliness.
Ace has been walking to the south. General Arnold only knows that Ingersoll lives on a small slope in the south. He doesn't know the exact location, so he can only rely on Ace to find it by himself.
Fortunately, Ace's strength is not when he first entered the world of the dead. Although he still walks on two legs, his feet are surrounded by dark wind elements, and his speed is not slower than that of a skeleton horse. .
Out of General Arnold's territory, there were a little more dead trees in Devil May Cry, and Ace deftly avoided the wandering skeletons. It was unknown whether these skeletons belonged to Ingersoll's subordinates.
The color of the sky changed, from gray and white back to gray and black.
Ace finally saw a big mountain on the flat ground...
Is this the little soil slope he was looking for?
The mountains are majestic, no stone steps can be seen anywhere, the mountain is pure black, and one side is like a screen, perpendicular to the ground, it is completely impossible for people to climb up.
Only one side of the mountain is covered with exquisite formations, which makes Ace feel that all of this may not be the ingenious workmanship of the dead world itself, but may come from a powerful existence, the Skeleton King or the Lich.
Ace stroked the formation on the mountain with his hand, but found nothing after searching for so long. Could it be that this mountain is the residence of the Lich Ingersoll?
Ace put his hand flat on the mountain, he input the magic power into the formation, the scene in front of him changed, he saw an ordinary skeleton drop a handful of soil here, he was dropped by the gray sky, waiting for the gray In the dark day, a small hillside grows here.
Until a thousand years later, this small hillside grew into a high mountain again.
Could this be the origin of this mountain?
Ace didn't know why, so he saw the formation on the mountain disappear, and a dark hole appeared in front of him. Only the bottom of the hole had a faint green light, and this green light also flickered, left and right, erratic of.
There are many strange stones in the cave, gray and white, and they are neatly arranged, but occasionally a stone suddenly protrudes a little, which makes Ace particularly uncomfortable, and an indescribable gloom and discomfort permeates his heart.
Ace took a few steps into the cave, and even the wind that had been with him disappeared.
Except for the sound of his footsteps, and the sound of ticking, ticking, and water coming from nowhere, everything else disappeared.Ace kept walking until he came to a mountain wall, and there were many forks on the left and right sides. Ace didn't go either way, he just prayed in his heart, shit, he didn't know who he was praying to.
In the end, Ace decided to pray to his titular teacher, Skeleton King Joe, that he should still be useful in the dead world.
Ace took a brass-colored key from his neck, fumbled around a few holes in the wall, and inserted the key.
One, no.
Two, no.
Three, or not.
Four, this is the last one, Ace inserted the key in and gave it a hard turn.
The sound of ticking water disappeared, and Ace felt a little sweat on his head. No, the body of the astrology doll does not have sweat. Could it be the water falling from the mountain wall?
Ace felt something staring at him behind him, but he didn't turn his head. He pulled out the key and held it up to his eyes for a look.
grass!The key is broken!
Ace knew that he shouldn't look back, because it is conceivable how powerful the undead creatures that he couldn't find at all, but when he turned his head, his sight could only make the undead creatures, who were originally not clear-headed, discover that there are such undead creatures here. A great supplement.But Ace had to turn back because there was no way ahead of him.
Just when Ace was in a dilemma, there was a "ding dong", and the half of the key that Ace inserted fell out. Ace hesitated, bent down and picked it up.
While Ace was still squatting, the mountain in front of him suddenly disappeared.
Ace walked forward quickly, regardless of what was ahead.
Anyway, the front and the back are just as bad, there's not much to choose from.
There is a huge lake in the mountain. There are some small stones on the lake. People or skeletons can step on these small stones to the center of the lake. There is a small piece of land with a huge wooden coffin on it.
There was no coffin lid on the coffin, and Ace walked over the stone to the coffin, and there was a person lying inside.
It is not accurate to say that there is a person, because this person is surrounded by a lot of magic elements of the dark attribute, theoretically speaking, there are more magic elements of the dark attribute than the undead mage.
Ace took one look and didn't dare to look again.
This person can only be a lich!
Lich Ingersoll!
Ace didn't find the wrong place, and his heart that had been hanging was slowly let go.
Ace believed that General Arnold would not go to such lengths to let him die, and that Lich Ingersoll would not kill him.
Ace thought of what General Arnold said, "If Ingersoll is sleeping, Your Highness doesn't need to wake him up. The key I gave His Highness can open the door of Ingersoll's house. The blueprint of the city should be next to Ingersoll's bed , His Highness just look for it directly, Ingersoll's subconscious is always there, as long as His Highness does not do anything against his will, he will not wake up."
Although the small slope has become a mountain, the door has become a wall, and the bed has become a coffin, but Ace still decided to trust General Arnold once.Sometimes, people have no other choice.
Fortunately, Ace soon found the blueprints for building the city in a wooden box.
There are a lot of Skeleton King's magic notes in Ace's space wristband. As soon as he saw the blueprint for building the city, he confirmed that it was the Skeleton King's notes.He put the other boxes back where they were, and took the box containing the blueprints for building the city and wanted to go back.
As soon as Ace stood up straight and looked at the way he came from, he felt a seductive gaze behind him.
The captivating gaze that made his back burn!
Don't look back, don't look back, don't look back!
Ace said it to himself a hundred times in his mind, but he turned around and looked at Ingersoll, the lich, with his eyes open.
Lich Ingersoll has a pair of dark pupils, he just looked at Ace calmly, without any ferocity, but Ace felt that his whole body was tightly grasped, and he couldn't even swallow his saliva .
Ace could only stare straight at the Lich Ingersoll. Although the sight of humans can quickly wake up the brains of undead creatures, there is nothing Ace can do.Besides, it was aimed at ordinary undead creatures, so the impact on liches was already negligible.
The Lich Ingersoll has long, smooth black hair that stretches all the way to his ankles. He sat up slowly. Although he is a man, his face is extremely enchanting, stronger than most women in the world. Beautiful, no, his appearance is even perfect, impossible to exist in this world.
His ears are a little bit sharper than ordinary people, making people think of mermaids in the deep sea and elves in the deep forest.
That is a masterpiece of the heavens, maybe the heavens created him and were jealous of him, so he can only hide in the world of death.
The lich Ingersoll is wearing loose silk clothes, which looks like the handicraft of the Finger Empire, a bit like pajamas, his hands are the same as ordinary people, but whiter and more transparent, the existence of the lich is gone In this world, wizards may not be able to tell the difference between them and ordinary people.
There was a flash of red in Lich Ingersoll's eyes, and he looked at the broken key on Ace's neck and the bone staff in his hand.
Ace: "Dear Lich Ingersoll, I am Ace Neumann from Bad Soden. I have obtained the inheritance of Skeleton King and inherited the will of General Arnold. I have come here to get your permission to build I am in the city of the dead, and I took the blueprints for building the city. I am very sorry, while you are still sleeping..."
"Ace Neumann, I know you. I know you will come here one day." Before Ace finished speaking, the Lich Ingersoll interrupted him, "Arnold once saved me , you can build a city anywhere under my jurisdiction, but you can’t take that wooden box away, it’s my mother’s relic, even when I go to the dead world, I’ll keep it with me.”
Ace carefully put the wooden box back on the ground, "Sorry, I don't know."
Lich Ingersoll: "You can take away the drawings inside, only the wooden box is my mother's relic."
Ace: ...
It may be that the Lich Ingersoll put too much pressure on Ace, and Ace took out the blueprint a little clumsily.
Lich Ingersoll has been watching Ace carefully, like a flower on his face.
Lich Ingersoll said lightly: "You can leave now."
"Thank you, Lord Ingersoll." Ace bowed to the Lich Ingersoll, and wanted to turn around and leave the cemetery.
However, before Ace took a few steps forward, he heard the voice of Lich Ingersoll, "Ace Neumann, I look forward to seeing you next time."
This time, Ace didn't look back, he walked directly out of the mountain where the Lich Ingersoll lived.
Ace returned to General Arnold's territory in only half the time he came.
Ace saw Angela, asked her briefly if she was used to living here, and entered the stone house with General Arnold.
Ace handed over the city blueprints to General Arnold, "When I went to get the city blueprints, Lich Ingersoll just woke up."
General Arnold was silent for a while, and said: "I went to see Ingersoll a few times, and he fell asleep. Ingersoll does wake up occasionally, but after a short period of sobriety, he will fall into a long deep sleep again. Your Highness Maybe we won't see him in a hundred years."
Ace: "You... did you mention me to him?"
General Arnold was a little surprised, "Return to Your Highness, no. I haven't left here since His Highness came. It's been almost 700 years since I last met Ingersoll."
Ace wanted to ask, then why does he know me?
But Ace felt that even if he asked General Arnold, General Arnold couldn't answer why, so he gave up again.
General Arnold: "Your Highness, Devil May Cry Wood has already been prepared, and now there are blueprints for building the city. When does Your Highness plan to start building the city?"
It is best to build the main city of the undead lord by yourself, and then someone close to you...
Since Ace has learned the formation, he should come by himself, and now they have the most suitable city building blueprint for the dead world.
Ace thought for a while, and said: "It's not suitable now. It's been more than half a month since I came to the dead world this time, and I have to go back. After that, I will stay in the World of Warcraft Forest, and it is not convenient to separate my soul. Wait. After two months, I will start building the city again."
General Arnold naturally did not refuse.
After Ace told General Arnold to take care of Angela, he opened the door to the present world and left the world of the dead.
Further south in the wilderness where General Arnold was, in the center of a huge lake in a cave, Ingersoll, the pointy-eared lich, did not go back to sleep as General Arnold thought.
The Lich Ingersoll remembered the prophecy he heard from the last soothsayer when he was still alive, "In the small village in the southernmost part of the continent, a thousand years after the establishment of the empire, there will be a black-haired boy who will awaken the pansy." blood.
He will inherit the Skeleton King's staff, get the allegiance of the Skull Knights, and with the help of the Lich, establish the Twin Cities of the Dead.
He will inherit the relics of the astrologer..."
Lich Ingersoll couldn't remember what else happened next, how could he know that he would become the lich in the prophecy?
How would he know that he would be able to "live" through the millennium of the empire and be lucky enough to witness history?
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