Skeleton King

Is there consciousness after death?Many people have asked this question.

Bill, too, had his moments of ignorance, and he asked his companions that question as well.

At that time, Bill was only nine years old, and his companions were also thirteen or fourteen years old.Time has passed for a long time, many memories are blurred, and Bill also forgot what the answer he got at that time was.It's like he forgot what it means to survive so hard.

Later, Bill went to the magic island, and the withdrawn magician he followed told him, "Death? The limit of magic is immortality! Exploring the mysteries of death is something necromancers do! Shut down your stupid thoughts." Bar!"

The eccentric magician has always had a simple way of punishing children.

Abuse is rare on Magic Island, but Bill was locked in the medicine room and asked to memorize 700 kinds of medicine every day. If he couldn't remember, he would have nothing to eat.To this extent, it cannot be called abuse at all.

Then what awaits Bill is endless hunger.

The magic pharmacist, who was isolated from the world and had a distorted personality, looked at Bill, who was panting at his feet, and laughed loudly: "Are you hungry? Then go make magic potions, and make magic potions that can be used to fill your stomach." Don't kneel at my feet and beg me like a dog. No one in this world will really pity you."

He likes watching people hovering on the verge of life and death, becoming desperate and crazy.

The best magic pharmacist on the magic island naturally has no shortage of magic apprentices.But only Bill survived in his hands.He comes from a humble background, but he has a vigorous vitality like a weed.

Later, Bill escaped from the magic island.He is still like a rat in the trench, hiding everywhere.Until he met Jonah Flynn, the illegitimate son of the old Duke Green, who kidnapped Noel Green and his little friend Ace Neumann after a deal with him.

He wanted to keep the two of them as an experiment, but when he cut the beautiful face of the black-haired boy in front of him with a knife, he saw the fearlessness in those green eyes, and the unyielding soul deep in the eyes.

It was only then that Bill realized that after he had followed his teacher for decades, and after he had grown from a thin boy to a resolute adult, he had already been influenced by the teacher unconsciously and became the same person as him. The kind of person I hated the most.

"Come back. Come back." Probably thinking of His Highness, Bill seemed to hear His Highness's voice again, calling him, "Come back."

Bill heard a voice from the depths of his soul, "No, I don't want to go. Your Highness, let death be my end. I should have died as early as in the canyon of the monster forest. Alive, too tired; Alone alive, too tired."

Bill knew that this was his last chance. He had pushed the people around him into the abyss countless times in order to survive and live better.But this time, he obviously only needs to walk back a few steps, and he can survive.

He wanted to give up.

"Because I have no meaning to live."

……

When Nou left the cellar of the Duke Green's mansion, he "accidentally" left behind the magic scroll that he had arranged the star map at that time. With this, it became much easier for Ace to deduce the star map.

It took only half a day for Ace to break through the star map.He also left a secret door to make sure Jacob wouldn't find out.

Later, Angela came to Ace and reported the latest news about the Twin Cities to Ace.

It became a matter of course for Ace to follow her back to Eternal Night City.

Angela looked at the long star chains floating behind Ace, even if they left the cellar of the Duke Green's mansion, these two star chains were still handcuffed to Ace.

The end of the chain of stars was directly inserted into the gray sky of the undead, and it was still connected to the cellar of the Duke Green's mansion.

Angela's pretty face couldn't hide her shock, "Your Highness, this is?" Angela originally thought that Ace had gotten rid of the control of the star chains, but seeing the star chains getting longer and longer, she couldn't help but find out in despair that her previous innocence .

Ace said helplessly: "I can only stretch it with fighting spirit. There is no way to break it open yet. It seems that I can only get the key." However, after the star map was cracked, the cellar of the Duke of Green's mansion could no longer trap him. .

Ace stopped paying attention to the chain of stars, and turned to General Arnold to ask about the situation in Evernight City, "How is the situation now?"

If it wasn't for the crisis in the Twin Cities, Ace wouldn't have risked being discovered by Jacob to come to Evernight City.

General Arnold took Ace directly to the war room.In the middle of the war room is a huge sand table, on which are marked the main cities of the dead world, the residences of several liches, and the current locations of hundreds of knights from the two empires.General Arnold pointed to the location of Eternal Night City and told Ace, "Now we are surrounded in the innermost part, and the knights of the Pansy Empire and the Finger Empire have completely surrounded us. Fortunately, undead creatures have very high material needs. Low, as long as the teleportation array is not completely destroyed, we can persist for a long time."

The location of the city that never sleeps is black, and there are hundreds of small white flags outside. Each small flag represents a knight order from the Pansy Empire and the Finger Empire.General Arnold drew the densely packed black flags outside the white flags again, and said, "The Skeleton Knights of the entire dead world are now converging towards us. It won't be long before they will meet with Pansy Empire, Finger The Knights of the Empire form another encirclement."

In other words, if this battle becomes a protracted one, the undead will definitely win in the end.

Ace quickly discovered the problem, and he said: "There is a time gap. Before the Skeleton Knights of the Dead completely encircle the Knights of the two empires, the two empires will step up their attacks and take it at any cost. Evernight City."

General Arnold agreed with Ace's keen fighting instincts, "Yes, Your Highness."

Ace asked, "How much longer can we last?"

"The Skeleton Knights of the Dead Realm are moving too slowly. It will take more than ten days before they can confirm the knights of the Finger Empire and the Pansy Empire. Evernight City, if the Magic Island has no other backup, we It can last for a few days." General Arnold said: "It's hard to say whether it will be 3 days or 5 days."

Ace took a long breath and said, "Where is the city that never sleeps?"

General Arnold said: "The power of the city that never sleeps has been handed over to Ingersoll and Bill. They have no news, but the prediction is not too good." It's almost hopeless.

After learning about the situation in Evernight City, Ace went to Evernight City again.

As a result, as soon as Ace arrived in the city that never sleeps, he felt the abnormal fluctuation of the magic element of the dark attribute.

"Bill," Ace murmured.

In the next second, Ace disappeared from the sky above the city that never sleeps, and reappeared. He was already on the hill near the city that never sleeps, which is the place chosen by Magic Island to place 10 trebuchets.

"who are you?"

"It's such a strong dark magic element...it's a lich from the dead world..."

"No! He's still alive, the Skeleton King!"

All the holy ranks of Magic Island know that not long ago, on the outskirts of the Pansy Empire's imperial capital, a necromancer was born.At the same time, he is also the new Skeleton King.The noisy scene on the top of the hill is not much better than the market in the city.Also because of their extraordinarily strong mental power, those voices are like bombing Ace in two dimensions.

Ace sneered, is this the holy steps of the magic island?

Extraordinary?

But so.

The Bone Staff appeared in Ace's right hand. Like a concert conductor, he gently raised the Bone Staff, and the forbidden magic domain continued to expand outwards centered on the city that never sleeps.

In an instant, the mountain where the holy ranks of the magic island were located was also within the range of the forbidden magic domain.Several sword masters immediately appeared in front of the mages, losing control of the magic elements, and these mages immediately became inferior to ordinary people.

The corner of Ace's lips twitched into a chuckle, and the bone staff was raised again.Under the horrified eyes of the holy ranks of the magic island, Ace turned into a wisp of smoke and disappeared.After a long time, a sword master said suspiciously: "Skeleton King, have you escaped?"

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city ​​that never sleeps.

Ingersoll saw Ace appearing, and immediately greeted him, "Your Highness, why are you here?" He also noticed that Ace was still cuffed with star chains on both wrists, and the crystal ball on his right hand, There are many tiny spots of light in the crystal ball.

Ingersoll recognized it at once. It was the light of the soul, the fire of the soul when it was just broken and still alive.

Ace's face was a little pale, but he didn't seem to notice, "If I don't come, this place will become ruins."

Ingersoll looked at the crystal ball in Ace's hand again.Ace took the initiative to explain: "Bill's soul fire, I'll try to call him back." He glanced at the sky, the sun was about to set.The Holy Order of the Magic Island saw the Skeleton King appearing near the city that never sleeps. It is very likely that they will not attack the city again today, but it is hard to say. Maybe they will gather all their strength to kill him here?

Ace didn't say much, just said: "You don't have to wait too long. I will let little Daniel cooperate with you to guard the city that never sleeps."

Ace thought for a while, and then handed a token to Ingersoll, "This is used to manipulate the magic circle inside and outside the city that never sleeps."

After Ace explained the matter, he directly entered the Santo's Mansion.The formation of the city that never sleeps is controlled by Ingersoll, and Ace no longer has to worry about new casualties in the city that never sleeps.

In the City Lord's Mansion.Ace randomly found a clean room, walked in, and put the crystal ball on the table.At the same time, the chain of stars on his wrist was still tinkling because of the collision.

Falling into the same pit twice, Ace also learned some lessons, and he also gained some experience in dealing with the star chains.

Although he is still imprisoned by the chain of stars, he can also use some magic under the influence of the chain of stars.

The magic power that Ace can use now is only equivalent to that of a fourth-level magician, so Ace was really bluffing when facing the holy rank of Magic Island just now.Fortunately, the holy ranks of the magic island also had no idea, so the two sides had a tacit understanding and did not make a move.

Manipulating the forbidden magic circle and collecting Bill's soul fire does not require much magic power, and Ace can do it when he has not yet advanced to the mage.

Ace put his palm on the crystal ball, his eyes closed tightly, and he chanted an ancient spell.The magic elements of the light attribute and the magic elements of the dark attribute appear on the crystal ball like a Tai Chi diagram. This is the secret of life and death mastered by Ace when he established the Necromancer Knights. strength.

Bill's soul light is all collected, and the crystal ball can keep these soul lights immortal for several days. Ace can help Bill recast the soul fire as long as he uses the mysteries of life and death.

When the complete picture of Tai Chi appeared on the crystal ball, Ace began to call Bill, "Bill, come back... come back... come back..."

"Do not……"

Unlike Ace's previous use of life and death secrets, Ace felt resistance from Bill's soul light, probably because the skeleton soldiers who were "resurrected" by Ace were too weak to make Ace feel their power. Will; or maybe because Bill, like old Skeletor, really just wants a long, peaceful sleep.

"Your Highness, I have lived long enough... I know that you will definitely return to the city that never sleeps. The reason why I persisted until now is to wait for you to come. I think someone can know my story, complete and complete, from the beginning At the end...Your Highness, will you live forever? That way, my existence will not be completely annihilated."