Otherworldly Apprentice Lich and Foot Knight

"By the way, what's the name of that old mage?"

"..."

"You do not know?"

"Forgot to ask." Zhou Lingke lowered his head a little frustrated. The name of the old mage or anyone else does not seem to be included in the transmitted knowledge. Maybe this is also to save the space for the knowledge transmitted?

"The social situation here, such as the country or something..."

Zhou Lingke thought for a while and continued to shake his head: "I don't have any in my head, and... I forgot to ask."

Zhou Lingke's head lowered, but this time it was not depression, but guilt, guilt about his concealment and lying.

He remembered the old mage saying "elope nobles and slaves?" He was obviously not surprised by Xia En's situation, he knew or even seen someone like Xia En, or someone in a similar situation to Xia En.And apparently, those like it weren't doing so well.

Although he knew that he couldn't hide it for a long time, Zhou Lingke decided not to talk much when he knew a little bit of clues. No matter what, good or bad, he will wait until he tells the cheap teacher (or find him cheap) Teacher?) Let’s talk after we have asked clearly.

There is one more thing that the two of them didn't mention in their conversation, but they both knew it in their hearts.

——The old mage, should, maybe, probably, maybe... a legendary necromancer, right?Generally speaking, necromancers are the targets of everyone's shouting and beating, right?But he just brought a large group of undead... In other words, people in this world have different views on necromancers, or...

Zhou Lingke's free question time came sooner than he thought. When he and Xia En were looking around a group of skeleton racks, after drying the clothes that the old mage had accumulated for countless lifetimes, two skeleton racks appeared .They pointed to Zhou Lingke, then waved their arms at him, posing in a gesture that should be inviting.

Zhou Lingke walked along with Xia En, but a tin can next to him crossed a broad sword as thick as Zhou Lingke's thigh, which meant clearly that only Zhou Lingke passed by.

"He won't go, I won't go." Zhou Lingke thinks that he and Xia En are courageous enough. After experiencing so many incredible things, he is still not insane, and he can even talk to these dead things. condition.

The two skeletons paused for two or three seconds, and then the red lights in their eyes suddenly lit up, and another knight came over holding a lance that was about the length of the flagpole. , It is very clear that this matter is not negotiable.

"Go, I'm fine." Xia En shook his head at Zhou Lingke. He knew that sometimes he would get stubborn and would not turn back when he bumped into the south wall, but now they are all fish and meat, so they can only be obedient.

Zhou Lingke clenched his teeth, panted heavily, and finally had no choice but to follow the two skeletons to leave.

There are too many undead in a mess here, and the undead emitting a foul smell are all gone now, probably going to the periphery, otherwise Zhou Lingke's nose will suffer again.He thought it would not take long to go to the place, but he followed the skeletons for more than an hour. They took him from the front of a mountain to the back of the mountain. To be honest, he really wanted to run back.

The worry about Xia En and the uneasiness of being trapped in an unfamiliar place made him even fall twice on the ground, but he couldn't, since he followed him, he could only go to the place designated by the other party. Running away would only cause trouble for himself and Xia En. trouble.

Suddenly Xia En shivered, and he realized at this time that the surrounding temperature had become lower and lower before he knew it, and even the air exhaled from the tip of his nose was already a white mist.Just now, he was still shirtless and didn't feel cold. Now it's at least the beginning of winter. I don't know when the temperature difference appeared, but it calmed Xia En's restless mind a lot, but it was so cold that his nose was about to flow out. ...

Zhou Lingke sniffed, and finally the two skeletons led him around the mountain. Zhou Lingke was stunned again by the sight in front of him.

— Bones, bones everywhere!

Several mountains surrounded a valley, where there are no more flowers and trees, only a piece of pale bones, human bones.Zhou Lingke ignored those transparent things at the beginning. If he is right, those are ghosts.They still looked like they were before they were alive, there were men, women and children, even Zhou Lingke saw the mother holding the baby.They scurried around among the piles of bones, opening their mouths wide and wailing silently from time to time.

Modern technology can produce many things, including things that look similar to those undead.So when Zhou Lingke and Xia En saw the undead again, they didn't show much fear, and it was also because they saw too much in modern times.Although they knew it was true, the many fake ones they had seen and the unfortunate incident of time travel made it not so difficult for them to accept.

But the pile of bones in front of him is different from ghosts. Looking at these, people will feel an instinctive fear of death. Zhou Lingke felt a chill from the soles of his feet to the back of his head, and the hairs all over his body stood on end.He took two steps back, wanting to vomit and run away.

"It's spectacular, isn't it?" The old mage suddenly appeared from behind Zhou Lingke.

Zhou Lingke was so frightened that he jumped up. It was a jump in the real sense. After landing, he originally wanted to take a step back, but his legs became weak, and he took three or four steps in a row before finally stopping.

The old mage looked at Zhou Lingke, touched his beard on the left, squinted his eyes and smiled: "Don't be afraid, you are my apprentice, right?"

In fact, Zhou Lingke really wanted to go back to be a savage. He and Xia En had a good life, but of course he dared not say that now, so he could only nod to the old mage.

"Do you know how many people are here?" The old mage passed Zhou Lingke, followed by a skeleton in clothes, and they walked towards the pile of bones one after the other.

Zhou Lingke shook his head, he always felt that the old mage was going to say something terrible, but he didn't have the right to refuse.

The thought of resisting and holding the old mage also flashed in his mind, because the skeleton who followed him had obviously been around for a long time.The clothes covered the skeleton's body, but the exposed skull was no longer ordinary white, but a dull gray color, and cracks could still be seen on the back of the head.It is definitely the most appropriate to describe it as "in disrepair".

But in the end Zhou Lingke clenched his sweaty palms and chose to remain calm.He didn't think the old mage was ready to resist, and a servant who was a handyman was not irreplaceable.He and Xia An had nothing but two lives in this world, but the old mage could easily take away their only life.

"About 150 million." The old mage casually pulled out a thigh bone from the pile of bones, "80 was spent to transform warriors and summon high-level undead, and another 60 to 300 was lost on the way here. Two countries, about [-] million lives."

Fuck!Zhou Lingke's knees were completely uncontrollable and began to tremble.This is a real fucking maniac!

Suddenly, something flashed into his mind, something he had never known before.

"Lich Conversion Altar!"

The magic in this world does not attract wind, rain, and thunder by shouting a spell, or shouting that such-and-such a god gives me strength.The most basic rule followed by magic is: the law of energy conservation, but it has nothing to do with the transformation of thermal energy, kinetic energy, and mechanical energy on the earth. Here is the generation of magic, which requires equal exchange.

For the lowest level of magic, what needs to be exchanged is the spiritual power of the caster.For intermediate spells, mental power is also consumed but at the same time different items must be sacrificed.At a high level, spiritual power is just a means of communication and a channel for connection, and the "items" to be sacrificed are also much more advanced.The highest level is to sacrifice human life and even soul.

But never has any magic required more death than the altar of lich conversion.

There are also gods in this world, but the so-called gods are the concretization of laws. They have form but no character. They represent a kind of law and truth—at least that's what the old mage passed on to Zhou Lingke.

In other words, man can never become God.This is not like other magical worlds, where mortals can confer gods. Even if mortals have a much longer life and much stronger power because of their outstanding achievements in a certain aspect, they will always be immortal. are all people.

"Demigod" is just a compliment to those powerful people.But there is only one legendary existence that is infinitely close to a god, and that is the Lich.It is almost out of the control of death, and it is even said that it can master the power of a law.

But the reason why it is said to be a legend is because it is only a theoretical thing, and very few people dared to try it. Those who had records before the old mage who tried it were all killed before they could succeed.

"Yes, yes." The old mage nodded with a smile, "It's very interesting, isn't it?"

Although he knew that it would be better to follow the old mage's words, but in the face of so many lives, Zhou Lingke really couldn't stop nodding: "No."

"Alas..." the old mage sighed, and stopped laughing, "But what if I don't do this? I'm already 230 years old, and I have almost everything a man should have, except being a lich. There's almost nothing I can't do, or get. So, why don't I try? See if I can do it?"

He took so many lives just to try.

"Are you crazy?" Zhou Lingke admitted that this sentence was out of his head, but he really couldn't keep calm at this moment.

"No, I'm not crazy. I'm just doing something wrong, a very, very wrong thing, but who's going to punish me for my mistakes?"