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The Lich is a bit regretful. It is a pity that the death of a young but powerful intruder who finally came here was killed by the instant death spell of the Banshee's Howl. Even the soul will be torn apart in the scream of death. The ground is torn apart.

Especially in this kind of cave terrain, and when the releaser is a lich with a very high level of magic, the power of this spell increases exponentially.

Broken souls are not qualified to be connected to the Kingdom of God. The gods can accept souls to the Kingdom of God by virtue of the connection of the thread of faith, but they cannot accept incomplete souls.

Even if the lich who used this place as his residence had put down some facilities in the ruins to absorb the souls who died here, the value of the incomplete souls would have depreciated a lot.

'I don't know which one of the guys above is a believer... It's a pity, it's a pity, it can't be used by me! '

The Lich sighed, then froze, as if sensing something, after a while, he spoke again.

'The seal was released, and the door that was sealed outside was destroyed? '

It thought for a while, and hesitated a little in its actions, and became a little hesitant.

It didn't take it seriously to get rid of an intruder, but in its induction, the gate of the Labrinthian ruins was severely damaged at this moment, and it could almost be said to be completely open.

This makes this Lich feel a little troublesome.

At the beginning, the person who sealed this place was none other than itself.

In order to avoid trouble, especially those believers under the command of the gods, as well as other powerful spellcasters, peeped at the staff in his hand, and it set up its lair in this ruins.

Then the entrance and exit were blocked, and the mechanism was used instead of the magic seal.

After the gate of the ruins was closed, it used the staff to drain the magic energy in a large area centered on the ruins, and artificially created a dead magic area.

After all, this staff that can extract magic energy will undoubtedly be peeped by others, and after a large amount of magic energy is extracted, the dead magic area created is basically provoking the authority of the goddess of magic.

Therefore, if it hadn't been lingering in the ruins, unable to survive, and used the dead magic area as a natural barrier, otherwise, a long time ago, many adventurers, paladins, and priests formed groups to attack it.

After staying in the dark for many years, all emotions are gradually worn out. In order to ensure its own safety, it is not even possible to use the teleportation spell to go out. Otherwise, based on its understanding, its arms can extract magic energy to create The caster of a powerful staff that can be called a divine weapon outside the area of ​​​​death magic will definitely be targeted by others.

There will not be any mage who would rather have this kind of staff exist, or not in his own hands.

And the goddess of magic will not allow such an artifact that can shake her foundation to exist in the world.

'O Rod of Magnus! '

The Lich looked at the staff he was holding in his left hand in a somewhat complicated manner.

"If the Eye of Magnus is there, even if the incarnation of the Goddess of Magic comes, it will not be able to help me. Unfortunately, I have been unable to find the Eye of Creation for a long time. '

The lich who stayed for an unknown amount of time didn't feel emotional for too long. In fact, its feelings had almost returned to zero. If it hadn't been for a long time, it had been obsessed with keeping the staff in its hand, otherwise even if it was a witch The demon and the soul will also completely perish under the scouring of the years.

A lich like it, which was formed through an acquired transformation ceremony, would not be able to resist the embrace of death if it had no obsession and persistence, and its obsession is the staff in its hand and the eye of Magnus that never forgets.

But it didn't dare to go out, for fear that it would cause the prying eyes of powerful beings because of the staff in its hand.

Whether it is a legendary mage, or a variety of gods and demons, it will not let it walk through the city with the staff of Magnus.

It doesn't matter if you call it a coward or a dog, this is how this lich lived, and it has lived to this day since it lived.

'It's time to mend the gate. ' thought the lich. 'However, an intruder just came, is it exposed...Forget it, after repairing the gate, come back and search for the remaining souls. '

After making a decision, the Lich held the staff and chopped the void. With the flow of magic energy, a light gate opened in the air in front of it. In the middle of the light gate, a snowstorm appeared. buildings, and a broken door.

This is the entrance and exit of the ruins of Labrinthian, the temple that was originally blocked but the gate was smashed by Charlotte's sword.

'Sure enough, it was destroyed. Strange, how did the bug destroy the gate of the temple just now? '

The lich is a bit strange, obviously because of it, this place has been in the area of ​​dead magic, and it shouldn't be able to gather enough magic energy to use the evocation spell to blast the gate.

But why, through the portal, the gate of the temple was blown to pieces?

After hesitating for a while, the Lich didn't immediately step into the portal, but cautiously used a few prophecy spells to investigate.

After confirming that there is no danger outside the portal, Shi Shi ran over, passed through the light gate, and came to the top of the ruins, in front of the Labrinthian Temple.

However, just as it stepped out of the light gate and arrived at the broken gate of the temple, a rich and deep voice suddenly came out from the portal.

"Tiid-Klo-Ul"

In an instant, Lich's senses were stunned, and he felt as if he had fallen into a sluggish world, but nothing seemed to happen.

Just at this moment, a spell was triggered on it at the same time.

【Nine Rings Spell-Time Stop】

Chapter 171

The air became viscous, like congealed amber.

The wind stopped, the snow stopped, everything around was frozen, and there was a silence like death.

Except for Charlotte who jumped out from the portal.

There were some bloodstains on the corner of his mouth, blue veins on his face, and thick dust on his clothes. He looked very embarrassed, but those golden pupils seemed to be burning, emitting a dazzling light.

Obviously, the Lich thought that Charlotte, who died under the Banshee's Howl, did not fall into the dust as it wished.On the contrary, although it looks a bit miserable, Charlotte did not die under the fatal instant death spell.

And after the Lich went out through the portal, he followed closely behind, jumped up from his hiding position, and rushed out along the portal.

"Ahem." As soon as he came out, in the delayed time, Charlotte's face suddenly turned pale, and then he coughed violently.

Depending on the situation, even if he forcibly resisted an instant death spell, the negative energy carried by the Banshee's Howl still left him with considerable injuries.

Of course, the current situation is much better than the fatal injury caused by the demon in Novigrad. At least after coughing for a while, the pale look on his face has faded.

at the same time.

Just as Charlotte came out of the portal, the Lich, who was frozen in time like a mosquito in amber, suddenly started to move again after a faint light lit up on her body.

'Time stops. '

The lich's hoarse voice sounded, it first retreated hastily, and with the help of a completely anti-gravity levitation, it flew back and flew away, looking vigilantly at Charlotte, who was unexpected one after another.

'How can you use spells? '

"Are you surprised?" Hearing the Lich's questioning voice, Charlotte smiled dumbly, and instead of catching up, looked around.

Time stops, this is the spell that was cast on him by the demon when he was in Novigrad, and now he can use it, which is really unexpected for Charlotte.

No, strictly speaking, this is not a time stop at all, let alone a spell.

After spitting out the words and knowledge obtained from the special stone wall in the Labrinthian ruins, the supernatural language used did not bring about a real stop of time.

Only by using it once, Charlotte can clearly realize that he can't stop time at all. Regardless of the spells released by the demon or the supernatural power he obtained, what essentially interferes is not time, but space.

Putting oneself in a dimension of infinitely slow flow, this is the truth of time stopping.

In a way, this is proof that time = space.

But if you don't come to this different space dimension in person, you can't understand the mystery of it at all.It's no wonder that at the beginning of the fight with the devil, when I encountered this move, I didn't even have room to resist, so I was severely injured by one blow. The second time, I had to use the power of a demigod to temporarily obtain a different time. Feeling, thus getting rid of the shackles of time stop.

If he fought that demon again, even if he didn't borrow the power of the demigod, he wouldn't be restricted by this move now.

Here, while Charlotte was feeling deep in his heart, the lich on the other side had already opened a distance of more than ten meters, looking at Charlotte warily.

If the time stops, neither side will have any advantage. If there is no trigger on the body, when the time stops here, it also triggers the time stop, then it may be under the control of others.

This frightened the Lich. It never thought that it was just a little mouse that broke in, and could release the spell of time stop.

No, it's not a spell.

Here, no spells will work, no matter whether it is casting spells or spell-like abilities, nothing will take effect.

But why is this mortal in front of him able to violate this common sense?

Is he a believer or a voter of the goddess of magic?

While thinking about this, the Lich reactivated the prophecy spell, fearing that this was a trap to lure it out from under the ruins, but this time the prophecy spell was the same as before, and did not find any hidden dangers nearby factor.

It's just that the Lich didn't relax. After all, prophecy spells are limited and can be interfered with.

At least it can only detect that there is no ambush in the ruins of Labrinthian, in this ruined fortress.

But if the ambush person is not in this space, but in a different dimension, the prophecy spells may not be able to be found.

For the sake of caution, the lich did not choose to prepare for the attack while the time was also stopped. Instead, he began to bless himself with defensive spells one by one, and at the same time activated the magic items he carried.

The left-hand ring X3 comes with spells: [Sixth Ring Spell - Breath Avoidance Halo], [Sixth Ring Spell - Anti-Humanoid Force Field], [Sixth Ring Spell - Starlight Cloak]

The right hand ring X3 comes with spells: [Sixth Ring Spell - Shadow Sky], [Sixth Ring Spell - True Sense], [Sixth Ring Spell - Rainbow Eye]

Release the spell by yourself: [Seven ring spell - immune to positive energy damage]

Seven magical auras continuously lit up on the Lich's body.

First, a halo spread out around it, and then a translucent circular halo force field emerged, and then the lich was covered with a cloak of starlight.

Then a large piece of darkness shrouded it, covering the entire temple, covering all figures.In the darkness, the Lich retreated quickly, and under the effect of True Seeing, it began to constantly look around to prevent ambushes hidden in the etheric plane or subspace from attacking it.

At the same time, a sphere shining with colorful lights appeared beside it, and it was hovering closely behind, ready to counterattack the enemy at all times. It was also preset with spells that could resist the positive energy that could damage it to the greatest extent.

A mage who is prepared will look down on anyone.

The lich, who firmly believed in this idea, prepared all the defenses at the moment when time stopped. With the force field type defensive spell on it, it had enough confidence to block anyone's surprise attack.

But make it weird that the imagined raid didn't come.

There are neither priests who summon divine spells and prepare to summon angels, nor paladins who shout "this evil is worth fighting", nor are there fighters, rangers, or rogues who are blocked as cannon fodder.

'Could it be still hidden? '

Horrified, the Lich raised the Magnus staff in his hand, guarding against enemies that might still be hidden, but he didn't stop his movements.

The surrounding darkness couldn't hinder the Lich, he accurately found Charlotte's position, raised his hand, shot a dark red ray, and rushed straight away.

It has to kill one first to break the possible siege.

Chapter 172

As a lich who has been around for an unknown number of years, this lich who calls himself Moloch undoubtedly has a deep understanding of what countermeasures a spellcaster should have in case of unexpected situations.

So it has developed a style, a standard, and a sky.

When the old era ended, all the above died out, and the legends of the world were almost crushed by the power of industrialization. Human beings expelled aliens, suppressed religions, and established federal rule. Today, so many major events have not affected it. Sure enough, it was a miraculous lich.

But now, in order to ensure that he would not be attacked by others and become one of the many spellcasters who died carelessly, the Lich resolutely activated a series of defensive spells before the time stop effect ended.

Almost all of the six rings attached to them were life-saving spells. The only spell that could be regarded as an attack type was the rainbow light magic eye.

However, the iridescent magic eye, which can emit seven colors of light, four of which can be regarded as defensive attack methods.

I'm afraid it's just a legendary mage, and don't even think about taking down this lich who has gone out of style and level in a short period of time.Not to mention, with the staff of Magnus, even a legendary mage may not have a chance of winning against this lich.

A lich doesn't care if the enemy has a spellcaster.

Clerics and paladins, professions that use divine magic to cast spells, are not in its eyes, and only other mages can threaten it.

And it is also guarding against mages, for fear that a legendary mage will appear, and a cracking spell will be directed at it, forcibly breaking through its defenses. The rod of Magnus in his hand is ready to go, once a mage breaks through the space If you want to, immediately use the power of the staff to suck up the opponent's magic power and suck it up.

Of course, this does not prevent it from being sent to others first.

As an intruder, Charlotte, in its eyes, because the previous time stopped, the danger level increased greatly.

This kind of individual who does not know what method to use and uses the nine-ring spell must be eliminated immediately to avoid accidents.

Considering that Charlotte almost forcibly resisted two instant death spells, forcibly pardoned the finger of death, forcibly survived the banshee's howl, and purely relied on her body to resist the two washes of negative energy, this kind of barbarian can be called the barbarian among barbarians. style, let the Lich make up his mind to kill him first.

Having passed the instant-death spell twice in a row, it doesn't believe that this young man's physique can withstand the third time, unless he is the chosen one or the Son of God at all.

【Seven Rings Spell-Exorcise Blood】

After the hit takes effect, it will forcibly cut off half of the target's HP. Although it is not as powerful as Banshee's Howl and Finger of Death in terms of power, it is the best spell for such a physically strong guy.

The Lich didn't think that Charlotte could still forcefully resist like the previous two times.

As it expected, this time Charlotte did not rely on her physical fitness to resist the spell, but she was not hit by the Lich's spell. Instead, she flashed to the right in front of the dark red ray, hide away.

Missed.

The lich watched this scene seriously, and to be honest, this was beyond its expectations.

After holding the instant death spell twice in a row, the opponent still had the strength to dodge. Judging from that sensitive movement, it seemed that he was not affected by negative energy at all.

How strong is the opponent's physique?After holding the instant death spell twice in a row, he can still have such flexible movements. In terms of physique, he is probably stronger than an adult red dragon.

At least the Lich doesn't think that an ordinary adult red dragon can still survive the instant death spell it released twice.

This is not counteracted by any magic item, at least in the sight with True Sight, the Lich did not see any magic items on Charlotte except the two guns in his hand.

This shows that the clothes on Charlotte are just a simple dress.