Skeleton King

Ace has been studying runes during this time.The most complete rune information that Jude gave him came from the villagers of Hongyan Village, and he also studied it the most. magic circle.

Ordinary magic circles are usually used by magicians to guard the secret room and prevent strangers from entering. Basically, all magic towers will depict magic circles.

The magic circles of the Pansy Palace and the Finger Palace are extremely exquisite large-scale magic circles. As long as there are a few high-ranking magicians, together with the royal guards, the magic circles of the two imperial palaces can block several knights. attack at the same time.

There are three most complete and powerful magic circles in this world, and these three magic circles do not belong to the two great empires.

The first thing Ace saw was Dragon Island, the dragon language magic array covering the entire island, which is a mystery that humans cannot comprehend. The core of the magic array is also a space node. It is also the cemetery of the Dragon Clan.

There is also an unparalleled magic circle that belongs to the magic island.The magic circle of the magic island is not only to prevent the two empires from peeping at it, but also to protect the space nodes connecting the small planes. If the astrological puppets from the small plane break through the space nodes, the magic island will become two big planes Another battlefield like a bloody meat grinder.

The mages who thought hard about setting up the magic circle on the magic island could not have thought that the reason why the magic circle was most often triggered was nothing else, but some powerful people on the magic island wanted to evade the responsibility of the guardians of the plane. Either they want to go home, or they want to go to the two great empires to receive offerings and enjoy wealth, but this magic circle is like a moat, blocking their way back.

The last magic circle connecting the two planes was arranged by Ace himself.The city of eternal night, the city that never sleeps, the twin cities in the darkness, one prospers and one prospers, one destroys all.As long as Ace is still the Skeleton King of the dead, the city that never sleeps in this world will never collapse.

Ace traced back to the origin of magic. When he understood the mystery of the magic circle and astrological puppets, his vision was far beyond that of ordinary priests in the small plane.

Ace let Little John lie on the stone chair.

Nou stood on the side, watching their movements calmly, and watching Ace walk to Little John with his usual quill pen, his eyes were only a little more curious.

Ace's quill slowly slid across the runes on Little John's body, just like the magic circle must use magic power to operate, and the runes on the astrological puppets are also the channel for them to connect to the stars. Only by constantly replenishing star power can they survive.

There were too many astrological puppets made by the two empires back then, and most of them were not real astrologers.

The magicians got the blueprints for making astrological puppets taught by the astrologers, and they just followed suit.

The inheritance of astrologers is not so simple. The astrologer who thought of using flesh and blood to make astrological puppets is definitely a real genius. A monster can only be born in a few thousand years, but if you want to build a perfect astrological puppets, you must give everyone They all design different plans, and the soul and blood of each flesh and blood life are different, but how can those noble magicians have the time to spend on mediocre lives.Of course, even if they wanted to, most of them wouldn't.

All the magicians can do is to take a few rune blueprints, simply classify their experimental products, and then they are ready to get started.

According to Ace's understanding, some of these defective products in the small plane are simply failed in production, and some are engraved with inappropriate runes.The latter is the case with Little John.

Little John laughed so hard that his whole body trembled, "Master Ace, it's a little itchy."

Although he was in severe pain now, he couldn't ignore the itching on his back, and he felt extremely uncomfortable physically.

Ace's train of thought was interrupted suddenly, he subconsciously picked up the brush again, and said, "Sorry."

"It's okay, Lord Ace." Little John said to himself: "I haven't felt anything else for a long time." He stroked the stone chair with his hand, "It is said that the stone is cold, I don't know what it feels like to be cold. Grandpa still Said, the salt on the stone is too salty, so salty and bitter. I have no sense of taste, so I can't taste these things. In fact, grandpa doesn't remember the taste..."

Ace fell silent.

For them, the most terrifying thing is not the environment of the small plane, but the loss of all five senses of themselves.They who have become astrological puppets can no longer feel anything, and all the good and bad things have become a luxury.

Little John must have been bored for too long, seeing that Ace didn't find him annoying, he babbled a lot, "In fact, there are still many people in the village who envy me, because I will be in pain for a few days every other time, and they never wake up. I haven’t even felt pain until now. They still want to exchange with me, ignorance is really bliss. Thinking that they are so jealous of me, sometimes it’s not so hard..."

"Master Ace, I can feel your paintbrush now, it's amazing. I bet, if the priest is not too close to us, there will definitely be people who are not afraid of death and often come to the Dorm Hall. Grandpa said, the star power of the priest When helping him get rid of the impurities in his body, he can feel the warmth of his body, and he doesn't know what it feels like to be warm..."

The quill brushed across his back, as if he had returned to a time that didn't exist. He was still very young, and his mother patted him gently to lull him to sleep.

Little John's eyelids drooped, "Master Ace, I'm so sleepy..."

Ace didn't respond to him.

In the middle of the night, the middle-aged villager finally found what Ace asked for. He returned to the Dormition Hall and saw Ace sitting on the ground with his chin propped on one hand, and Little John lying on the stone chair, breathless.

The middle-aged villagers were shocked, "This is? Little John?"

do you died?

"Hibernate." Ace said calmly, "I think he will feel better this way."

The middle-aged villagers nodded quickly. Although he felt that Little John’s dormancy was very different from the Sabbath held by the villagers, since Mr. Ace is also a priest, what he said must be right. The middle-aged villagers have no feelings for Ace at all. question.

Ace inspected the medicinal juice brought by the middle-aged villagers. Although there are professional tools in the village, these medicinal materials are still processed normally, but they are better than Ace and Nou's pouring in the cave before, and the medicinal materials are also fresh.

Ace took a deep breath, and he entered a mysterious state, just like when he was arranging the magic circle of Evernight City.

Astrologers used astrological needles to make astrological puppets—there was also an astronomical needle on the magic island, and it was also the first of the 11 existing legendary treasures.

Ace has no astrology needle, and he has no star power. He has an extremely bold idea. He can erase the power in Little John's body that does not belong to him, and then leave the core formation, so that he can rely on acquired practice to perfect himself .In this way, even if Ace doesn't have a thorough understanding of the astrologer's inheritance, he can still make a perfect astrological puppet.

Ace is still a necromancer in essence. What he is best at is erasing the acquired things of the living beings. He can even help Little John get rid of his identity as an astrological puppet and turn him back into an ordinary person.

However, after all, Little John has been asleep for more than 800 years, and his physical body has already reached its limit. After leaving the rune, he will rapidly age and even die.

The stuff of astrologers is indeed a point of no return.

Strong, but impossible to come back.

Ace's quill had already been stained with concoction, and he re-drawn along the runes on Little John's body. Where his quill passed, the color of some runes gradually faded, while some interrupted lines disappeared. It was reconnected, as if these runes were born on Little John's body, and they looked like one.

It went round and round like this, and two full days and two nights passed.

……

"Priest, what's the matter?" The village head, Johannes, watched Jude leave Hongyan Village and come back here again. Jude presided over the sacrifices these years, and he helped.If it weren't for their good relationship, Jude would not have spent a huge price to wake up Little John for him.

But the village head Johannes was keenly aware that Jude was often restless this time, especially in the last two days.

Looking at the flags fluttering on the side of the altar, it was clear that this year's sacrifice was as smooth as in previous years, but Jude felt that this Sabbath had passed extraordinarily long.

Jude left the villagers to clean up the altar, and called some soldiers to go back to the village with him.

Jude looked up at the dark night sky. Except for the Dormition Hall, other places in this land are not blessed by the stars. He murmured: "I always feel that something big is about to happen."

He couldn't get a glimpse of the stars, but he could vaguely have a premonition.

The village head, Johannes, did not speak. Hongyan Village has indeed not been peaceful recently, and the number of space cracks has appeared more than in the same period in previous years. There are also Lord Nuoou and Lord Ace who temporarily live in the Dorm Hall. Whether the arrival is good or bad for Hongyan Village, and thinking of Little John who is still in the village, the village head Johannes can't help but quicken his pace.

"This is..." Jude opened his eyes wide as soon as he returned to the area of ​​Hongyan Village. The geographical location of Hongyan Village itself is the best among the nearby villages. It can be felt in the Hall of Rest in Hongyan Village. The star power is also the strongest, but as usual...

Jude raised his head suddenly, and looked at the night sky again. Stars were twinkling in the night sky, and a faint starlight enveloped the resting hall in Hongyan Village.

Some villagers went out to meet the priest and the village chief. Noticing Jude's actions, the villagers sighed, "The stars are so bright tonight." It turns out that the stars shine here once in a long time, and they have never been as bright as tonight .

Jude didn't speak. He walked quickly towards the Dormition Hall. He walked faster and faster, and almost ran behind.

After all, the village head, Johannes, is the longest-lived person in the village, and he used to be very strong. He was second only to Jude in discovering the vision of heaven and earth, and he rushed to the resting hall soon.

The village chief Johannes walked to the door of the Dormition Hall a little later than Jude.

Seeing Jude standing there motionless, he wanted to ask, "Priest?" Then he turned his head away and also froze in place.

Jude stood blankly at the door of the Dormition Hall, and he saw a scene he would never forget.

Countless starlight is like the most beautiful yarn sprinkled on the Dormition Hall, and the creatures on the Doric-like columns outside the hall seem to be alive, and these starlights gather from all directions, and finally enter the outer hall of the Dormition Hall, entering the Inside the body of Little John floating in mid-air in the temple.

All the runes on Little John's body exude a faint starlight. These runes are completely different from what Jude has seen before. They are simple and simple, but they contain powerful power.

Ace didn't notice their arrival at all. In the process of constantly perfecting the runes on Little John, he seemed to have grasped the essence of the astrologer, the ineffable thing.