Travels of the Necromancer

When I stepped into the gate again, the powerful coercion in the apse had disappeared, and the words on the magic circle had also dimmed.The teacher is standing in the center of the hall.

Still wearing the familiar black magic robe, he stood quietly facing the huge statue of the God of Light. The holy fire on the Altar of Light was lit at some point, and the dancing flames made the shadow behind him sway.Lonely, I don't know why, seeing this scene, these two words emerged in my heart, and then I was sour.

"Teacher, the weather is good today." So I decided to break the silence first.My voice is not loud, but it keeps echoing in this empty hall.

"I haven't seen the statue of the God of Light for more than 100 years." The teacher obviously stayed in the swamp for a long time and didn't know how to talk about the weather.

"Teacher..." So I couldn't bear it anymore, and walked to him quickly, "How long has it been since you oiled?"

Skeletons have no muscles and make a "click" sound when they move.The original hoarse voice, coupled with the sound of jawbones colliding with each other, is really unpleasant.

"Speaking of which, since you left, it seems..." The teacher turned his head.Under the hood, his skeleton is greener than before, but the red flames in his eyes are still energetic, and he seems to be in good condition.

Well, that's always been my mission in Dark Swamp.So, the two necromancers sat majestically in the hall of the Temple of Light, nursing the bones.

I took out a black clay pot from the magic space, filled with green ointment.I think no one wants to know the ingredients of this ointment, and the smell is really not very pleasant, but liches have no sense of smell or taste, so the teacher never cares.While brushing the ointment to every joint and bone seam of the skeleton with a special brush, I reported to the teacher about my travels over the past year.

The teacher is basically satisfied with my achievements this year, especially after I handed in a few extremely rare magic cores.Then our topic shifted to the Skull City.

"Little guy, do you know the function of this magic circle?"

"This is a magic amplification array, the scale of which can be said to be unprecedented."

"Unprecedented? It's just that you rarely see it. But can you imagine the result of casting a forbidden spell in this magic circle?"

"Probably... probably comparable to the power of God." To be honest, I was shocked by this idea.Forbidden spells are almost the dream of all magicians. If one can use a forbidden spell alone, one can be called a magister.Although I have reached the level of a mage now, and seem to be very close to a mage, for most mages, there is a gap between the two, which cannot be crossed in a lifetime.The power of the forbidden spell alone is enough to destroy a city, coupled with such a large-scale magic circle... I am afraid it can really catch up with the power of the gods.

"God... But it's enough to imitate." The teacher stood up and looked up at the huge statue of light, but his tone was a little mocking, "This magic circle is indeed used to create miracles."

Since the legendary battle of the gods, the demons representing the darkness have disappeared on the mainland, but the light gods often left various miracles in the world: curing plagues, preventing wars, and even saving a country... as long as believers Pray devoutly, and the benevolent gods will shine light on the world—of course, this is the slogan of the temple, and I am not responsible for its authenticity.It can be said that it is precisely because of these miracles that continue to occur that the power of the Temple of Light can control the entire Western Continent, and it also has great influence in the Eastern Continent.The remnants who believed in darkness were either slaughtered or driven to the extreme west and the extreme north; the five temples of nature have long since disappeared, and only a few magicians claim to believe in the god of nature.

"However, there have been only three miracles performed by the God of Light over the past few thousand years. The rest were concocted by the temple alone. This is already an open secret among the high-level temple officials."

The teacher seldom talked about the Temple of Light, and today it seemed that he was a little touched by the scene.The opportunity is rare, so I naturally stood by as a good student and listened to the story quietly.

"What was originally going to be cast in this magic circle was the purification curse in the light magic - Requiem. Although the main power of the temple was used to hunt down the "contractors" and it was impossible to send a magister, the 100-person The power of the high-level priests singing together is enough to cast this forbidden curse. The purpose of the forbidden curse is to purify the resentment accumulated in the city due to the war, and to cleanse the dark elements in the bodies of the newly attached dark survivors. No matter how many times you preach the doctrine, it is not as effective as witnessing a miracle with your own eyes.”

When the teacher said this, he paused for a while before continuing: "But this magic circle has been reversed."

Although the teacher's voice was calm, I was excited again: "It was reversed?!"

The so-called reversal magic is to transform the magic of a certain attribute into the magic of the opposite attribute, such as changing water magic into fire magic.Reversing magic requires extremely high magic control, and a slight error will trigger a magic explosion.Moreover, unlike natural magic, the opposition between light and undead magic is more acute and almost irreconcilable. To reverse light magic into undead magic, a huge price must be paid.However, returns and risks have always been directly proportional.Legendary demons like to lure the most holy souls to fall, because such souls can get more soul energy after falling.And the reversed magic can often burst out with a powerful force several times its own.

"As for the price of reverse magic, you have already seen it, and it has been standing there."

Hearing the teacher's words, I immediately understood what he was referring to, the residents of the city who were built into the city wall!With one hundred thousand living beings as sacrifices, reverse magic was launched, turning the city into a city of the dead. The instigator of all this was at least a magister-level necromancer.But the massacre of the residents was a decision made by the Western Expeditionary Army of the temple for revenge. In other words, the temple has been trapped from the very beginning?

"What I can tell you now is only the inference of the temple after the event, which may not be the truth at that time." Although the teacher said so, I think he seems to know more, but since he doesn't want to mention it, I will naturally not be stupid enough to ask.

"That's why the temple blocked the Skeleton City." The reason for the public announcement was to prevent undead creatures from hurting people, but in fact it was to cover up the truth of the "Night of the Dead" and prevent the world from knowing that the so-called "miracles" were forged by the temple Yes, thinking of this, I have some doubts: "Then why did the temple suddenly lift the blockade?"

"If I'm not wrong." The teacher said slowly, word by word, "The Western Expedition will start again."

For a while, the hall fell silent, only the sound of the holy fire burning.The resumption of the Western Expedition, which has been stagnant for 300 years, means countless wars and killings under the pretext of faith.I glanced at the teacher, he stood quietly and didn't intend to speak again.Then I realized that the teacher was waiting for me to speak, so I replied, "Oh."

The teacher suddenly turned his head and stared at me, the red light in his eyes flickered, which made me take a small step back.The teacher never cared about anything other than drama and research. If I didn't know this deeply, I would almost think he was angry because he didn't get the expected response.Well, the resurgence of the Western Expedition is indeed a major event affecting the entire continent, but what does it have to do with me?Compared with this, there are more reasons to be amazed by the magic circle, forbidden curse and reversal magic.

"Forget it..." The teacher whispered something again, I didn't hear clearly, but the next sentence was clearly heard, "Little guy, your journey should come to an end, follow me back to the Dark Night Swamp."

Go back... To be honest, the magic circle in front of me and the legendary reversal magic have completely aroused my thirst for knowledge as a magician. Now I really want to go back to the Dark Night Swamp to continue my research, but ...I have only practiced half of the food in the gourmet guide!

"I hope to continue traveling for a while." So I replied.

The teacher stared at me again for a while, and then said: "Alright, let's fully experience the joy of being a human being before reincarnating."

Uh, the teacher hasn't given up on the idea of ​​turning me into a lich yet, that would be troublesome.While I was worrying about this, the teacher suddenly approached.He pinched my jaw with his fingers, to be more precise, with his phalanges and turned it around, observing carefully: "The new body is really good, at least this face is much more attractive than the original one."

Should I be happy, being praised by a lich for his aesthetics.But the teacher never mentioned it. I thought he didn't realize that I had changed my body. After all, ordinary people use appearance and voice to distinguish the same kind, but the necromancer first looks at the fluctuation of the soul.

And it wasn't until I got out of the temple that I realized that according to General Continental, just now, it seemed that I might...be molested?