Travels of the Necromancer

Almost at the same time, a doubt about this longing flashed through my mind, but when my fingers touched the book, this doubt was immediately replaced by a huge excitement.

"It's mine now." This realization made me unable to suppress the joy in my heart, and my body almost trembled with excitement.

My fingers stroke the brown cover.From a distance, it seems to be just ordinary sheepskin, but the touch is unprecedentedly delicate, even I can't tell what material it is.

In the lower right corner of the cover was written a name in an ancient language, and I recognized it as "Koya," the name Naus thought of when he saw the book.

Perhaps, Naus knows the origin of this book, so I should ask him.Or, I should give this book to the teacher, at his level, it is safe to use and study this book.Even if I want to do my own research, I should do it cautiously in a safer environment and restore myself to my best condition.In any case, I shouldn't continue to touch it now, using the "corrosion" curse has almost dried up my magic power, and continuing to touch the artifact is very dangerous.

But a voice in my heart said to me: "Open it!"

Flip it, flip it, flip it... the voice fills my head, grows louder, almost physical, buzzing in my ears.

Finally, the voice overshadowed everything, and I couldn't continue thinking, and I turned to the first page.

The world seemed to stop for a moment, and when the world turned again, everything was different.

My body didn't experience the legendary phenomenon that my vitality was sucked dry and I turned into a mummy. On the contrary, a lot of power poured into my body.It was an indescribable feeling, as if I could sense and control everything around me.I stretch out my hand, and the world is in my hands. With a wave of this hand, any existence that goes against my will will be annihilated.This realization gave me a level of security and satisfaction that I had never experienced before.

Standing here, I am a god.

However, another voice disturbed me.The voice was so small at first that I almost ignored it, but then it was so persistent that it bothered me and felt strangely familiar.This familiar feeling allowed me to temporarily tolerate the noise without casting the magic.

So, the voice gradually approached, and I heard the content of the voice clearly: "Chris!"

Are you calling me?For a while, I was a little dazed because of the anxiety in the voice, and the owner of the voice didn't seem to be threatening, so I continued to let him approach.

"Chris..." The voice became clearer and softer, with caution.This made me even more confused. I tried to look in the direction of the sound, but found that my eyes were blurred and I couldn't see anything clearly.

How is this going?Even though everything around me is under my control, I have two divine weapons... Oh, divine weapons!I must stop immediately, I can no longer use the artifact... No no!Why can't I use it, the Book of Truth is mine now, and only I am worthy of having it...

Two diametrically opposed viewpoints tore and torn in my mind, making my head ache like it was about to split open, and the pain ended with a sudden heavy blow to the back of my neck.

Be the master of that voice!It was too late when I realized who attacked me, and the book of truth in my hand fell to the ground because of the loss of force.

"No!" I opened my mouth, but found that I didn't even have the strength to make a sound, and my body fell limply.The power frantically disappeared from my body, making me seem to fall from the clouds suddenly.The higher you fly, the harder you fall. At this moment, I remembered this sentence inexplicably.

I didn't fall hard though, someone actually caught me, and the warmth felt familiar.

"Ray?" I murmured, the last impression I had before my consciousness faded was Ley's blue eyes.

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"Ha, so, if the boss hadn't knocked you out in time, you would have been controlled by that book forever?"

"It's a book of truth! And what's with your schadenfreude tone?" I glared at Nick with displeasure, "In fact, I didn't completely control it, otherwise Ley wouldn't have had a chance to get close to me." Not to mention There would be a chance to knock me out and make me let go of the Book of Truth.

In fact, thinking about it now, I'm still a little scared. With my state at the time, if Lai's actions were slightly wrong, I might be...

The magic I put on the door before the battle was not to prevent Dial from destroying the teleportation. The entire castle is under Dial's control. Dial can easily prevent the teleportation magic, but obviously, he is not at all Don't mind letting a few "bugs" escape.My magic is actually to prevent Lai from participating in the battle. Lai said that he will never abandon any companions, so Lan is naturally regarded as a companion by him.As for me, judging from my memory before coma, it seems that I was also included in the scope of companions?

And just as I expected, Ley didn't go back to the Magic Guild with the wounded. After he sent the wounded away with the magic scroll, he wanted to return to the hall to participate in the battle immediately.But it's a pity that his attempt was stopped by my magic, and he couldn't return to the hall again until Dial was completely defeated by me and the entire castle gradually disappeared—to be exact, the original hall location.

When I woke up from a brief coma, what I saw was the scene of Ley and Naus confronting each other, while Lan and the Book of Truth were gone.

For Naus, protecting my safety is the first priority. Although he already felt that my state was not right, he still confronted Lai who knocked me unconscious. Lan took this opportunity to take away the Book of Truth , currently missing.The dark elves are indeed a race that takes betrayal as a habit. I should have doubted Lan's active participation in the rescue operation in the first place.

Only now do I feel how unbearable it is to gain and lose again. I once held the Book of Truth in my hands, but now I have lost it.

"Actually, Lan can't be called betrayal. The spoils of war are distributed according to credit. Although you have a lot of credit, Chris, but that bastard was solved by Lan after all." Nick's speech made me feel depressed again, because I had to hide it. I cannot refute the existence of Naus and bread.

"Lan did not betray us. The condition I asked him to participate in the rescue before was not to compete with him for the Book of Truth." Lai, who had been looking out the window leisurely, said calmly at this moment.

"What?! Why didn't I know!" I looked at him, my eyes widened in surprise.

"Why, didn't I tell you?" Lai's expression was extremely innocent, "That's probably because you didn't ask."

As he spoke, his left hand waved in front of my eyes intentionally or unintentionally. The ring on his middle finger seemed familiar, er, it seemed to be my binding ring.Because there are too many things, I have never helped him take off this ring.This is revenge, this is revenge for my previous two Hongguoguos!After confirming this, I decided not to recycle this ring in a short time!

In this adventure, I really lost a lot. Even I, who has always been indifferent to income and expenditure, can't help but feel heartbroken.I spent a lightning protection necklace, a high-quality water-type magic crystal, and two high-level teleportation scrolls on this mission, but the harvest was zero... Well, I remembered a certain crystal bottle I threw into the magic space. It cannot be said that nothing was achieved.

"By the way, Chris, what is that book called... The Book of Truth, it is said that people can understand what they want most. What do you know when you pick up that book?"

"What do you want the most?" I repeated in a low voice.

"Let me guess, a giant grilled chicken, or a steak?" Nick seemed very interested in this topic.

"Actually..." I raised my head and replied seriously, "I met the God of Food."

Except for guys like Nick who were jumping around after lying down for two days, most of the wounded were still receiving treatment, many of them were seriously cursed and the situation was not optimistic.However, because the mercenary guild had already reported the situation of the necromancer to the temple, although the temple priests who rushed over could not catch up with the battle, at least they could effectively treat the wounded.

I also couldn't move around at will because of the existence of the priest, so I had to hide in the room and meditate all day long under the pretext of excessive mana consumption.

But after Ley and Nick left, I still couldn't help leaving the room and quietly walked into Noah's ward.

Noah on the hospital bed is wrapped in layers of bandages, much like a kind of undead creature called a mummy, which is really kind.

Noah's situation is relatively serious, and I wouldn't be surprised if Dial would be angered by his character.I checked his current condition. The priest of the temple is really good at healing. The curse on his body has almost been removed, and the rest are just some trauma.He was still asleep though, so I stood by his bed for a while before deciding to leave.

"...Chris?" But at this moment, Noah slowly opened his eyes.

"How are you feeling?" I helped Noah push the pillows behind his back so he could sit up.

"It's better than having you half baked last time." He smiled.

I laughed too.Next, we chatted for a while.

"What would you do if, I mean if, you were accidentally addicted to power?" As if casually, I asked.

"Getting rid of any kind of addiction is a long process that requires perseverance, but a firm belief can help me."

unbreakable faith?Uh, I don't seem to have such a thing.

Coming out of Noah's room, I happened to bump into Ley.

"The pursuit of strength is a very common thing for mercenaries." When passing by me, he also said this sentence to me as if casually.

"I know." I felt a little more relaxed, "However, I really want to meet the God of Food."