Chapter 344 Instant Kill of the Lich
Opening the door of the room, Brian and Brenas came to the third area of the underground mausoleum without any danger, which is where the lich Arokar lives.
Just as the Fear Armor explained, the door is a huge rift valley, and in the center of the rift valley shrouded in deep dark fog, there is also a large platform suspended.
From here, the ceiling is about 20 meters high, and the bottom of the rift is so deep that it looks like a terrifying bottomless abyss.
Torches burning with green light hang in two places, respectively illuminating the passage to the south and a passage on the other side of the rift.
The only passages through the rift are two narrow stone bridges, which connect the stone platforms from the north and south sides respectively.
This narrow stone bridge winds its way up the side of the rift valley.
The rocks in the sky are constantly colliding and rubbing, the crushed dust is filled in the air, the gravel is constantly falling from the sky, the sound of impact echoes in the rift valley, reflecting back and forth, forming a thrilling Loud noise.
Normally speaking, if Brian and Brenas want to continue walking forward, they must cross this stone bridge to reach it.
However, what is surprising is that in the dim rift valley and in the mid-air, there are countless huge rocks flying. Wrapped in the faint magical light, they are like meteorites in the starry sky and the universe, constantly colliding. Pushing against each other, they made a loud noise.
Brian also noticed that due to the constant impact and crushing of flying stones, a thick layer of rock powder fell on the stone bridge and platform.
These thick powders have perfectly preserved several humanoid footprints.
This means that under normal circumstances, Arokar's guests or subordinates can pass normally without being disturbed by flying stones.
Thinking of this, Brian looked at the Prince of Shadows who looked thoughtful beside him.
As if sensing his gaze, Brenas came back to his senses, spread his hands, and said with a helpless smile: "There is nothing I can do this time. These magic circles made of stones look like Like a product of ancient and powerful earth magic."
He looked thoughtfully at the dark abyss of the Rift Valley, pondering and speculated: "The bottom should be the leyline node of Shadow Valley, which contains rich leyline energy, so it can always maintain the operation of the magic circle. If we want to pass , we can only risk exposure... and choose to break in."
Brian did not answer, but carefully observed the changes in the stones.
"Actually, the progress of exploring the Lich's lair this time has completely exceeded my expectations." Seeing Brian who was silently looking at the abyss, Brenas continued: "The two of us started from entering. The lair has not been noticed by the Lich until now. Even if Arokar himself saw it, he would probably be shocked."
Brian nodded in agreement, and the two of them explored along the way. , basically it was Brenas who evaded guards and cracked traps and illusions, which was very smooth.
At this time, the other party suddenly claimed that they had no way to deal with the stone formations in the Rift Valley, which meant that there was really no other way. If they wanted to pass, they could only risk their way through and risk exposure.
"Let me try it." After thinking for a moment, Brian looked at the countless flying, floating, constantly colliding and rubbing stones in his sight, and began to prepare his superpower.
Hearing this, Brenas made way for him and observed with interest.
In the darkness, along with Brian's deep eyes, an uncontrollable light mist gradually filled the air. All the stones in the narrow stone bridge area were completely destroyed almost at the moment Brian's eyes locked on them. He was frozen in mid-air, motionless as if the pause button had been pressed.
"We only have five seconds, let's get there as soon as possible." Seeing that the method he came up with was really effective, Brian immediately confessed and rushed towards the opposite side of the rift valley.
The Prince of Shadows came back to his senses, turned into a cloud of smoke, and floated over.
"What's going on?" Brenas, who turned into a human, looked at Brian with confusion on his face, "What kind of power did you use to immobilize these stones?"
"Time stopped." Brian answered simply.
"So that's it."
Brenas showed a look of surprise, "Combined with the ability of the nine-ring spell to stop time, it can indeed temporarily control them for a few seconds. What did I do at that time? Didn't expect it?"
"Because you are not a psychic, so you will not consider this situation." Brian smiled slightly and motioned for Brenas to lead the way.
In the silent underground world, there was only the faint fluorescence brought by the luminous fungi, which made Brian realize that they had probably arrived in the Underdark.
Just as he thought, the two of them noticed something strange in a huge and fairly vast cave as soon as they walked out of the twists and turns of the rock tunnel.
Torches emitting green light are stuck on the wall of the cave. Two oversized underground lizards are tied to stalactite pillars. They carry heavy packages on both sides of their saddles and crawl on the ground. rest.
"It's the drow." Brenas said nonsense.
Three drow merchants were resting near the underground lizards. They were short, slender and elegant, with jet-like skin and silver-white hair. They wore well-made chain mail and carried small crosses. Bow and dagger.
Brian and Brenas looked at each other, and after confirming that there was nothing unusual around them, they suddenly appeared and used psychic powers and magic without any sound, killing the three drow merchants on the spot.
While cleaning the loot, Brian accidentally found a leather map box from the merchant.
Drawed inside is a map of the underground passages in Shadow Valley.
It can be known from the map that they have now arrived in the Underdark. The passages that meet at the bottom of the Valley of Shadows extend in all directions. There are roads leading to the ruins of the drow city Meremidra, and there are roads leading to the Tower of Distortion. There are passages to the bottom fortress and even roads leading to other areas around the valley.
As can be seen from the map, there is a hidden fortress on the opposite side of the rift valley.
There is no doubt that this fortress is definitely the real lair of the lich Arokar, and the underground tomb that the two entered before is similar to an outpost.
After confirming the destination of their trip, the two followed the instructions on the map and headed up a manually dug cave, heading towards the fortress deep in the mountain.
The cave finally ended at a stone door, which described the three-spiral mark that Brian had seen several times.
Obviously, this is the mark of the witch demon Arokar, which means that they are not looking in the wrong place.
Thinking that they were getting closer to the lich Arokar, they used magic more cautiously to pass through the stone door blocking the road.
In the cold hall that shimmered with dark luster, Brian noticed that there were ten life-size statues surrounding them, displayed in different postures in this room.
All the statues depict human men or women wearing noble clothing, some with peaceful expressions, others with sad or sad expressions.
"This is a human from the Netherese period." Brainas was like an archaeologist, carefully examining each statue and telling Brian what he had concluded.
“Obviously, this witch demon has started to go crazy. She is often immersed in the glorious memories of the empire. If she cannot resist, she will be destroyed. No wonder she will choose to be loyal to the Lost Lady. It turns out that There is such a reason."
Brian nodded silently. Although transforming into a lich allowed them to escape the shadow of death and have almost eternal life, there is still one flaw that most of them have. Lich can hardly avoid it.
That is the nature that is gradually lost under the erosion of negative energy.
As the years go by, if they cannot resist the erosion of their souls like the Netherese elders like Iolum, Larroch and Ovo, they will slowly forget who they once were. The past of living beings.
This means that the immortal form of existence expected by the Lich itself has come to an end, because the long years are like the wind turning rocks into sand, after wiping away their reason and memory , often causing them to decide to live in seclusion in their ancient tombs and forget about ingesting souls.
This terrible sequelae will cause the lich to gradually forget even the spells he has learned, and will no longer drive arcane energy like a lich, and will degenerate into only one The demi-lich with the head.
Although there is only one head left, the demilich is still a deadly and powerful existence, but this is just a small fragment of the vicious life force of the lich, so small that once it is disturbed in any way, it will be destroyed along with it. The entire remains floated in the air, transforming into a spirit-like form until they perished.
Brian continued to look at the room. He saw that there was a stone door on each side of the wall. The door on the west side was a large double-leaf stone door. The walls were painted with colorful ancient lime, blue, black, dark Red...
Obviously, this should be the door leading to the Lich's room.
After carefully pushing the stone door open, Brian discovered that this room looked absolutely gorgeous and luxurious a long time ago, with red carpets, colorful tapestries and ancient furniture placed in the room.
But at this moment, everything is old and corrupt. There was a candlestick next to the door, which was the only light source in the room and weakly illuminated the room. People could vaguely see that the room was densely covered with creepy skeletons.
After Brian and Brenas carefully checked all the rooms here, they continued walking deeper into the hall.
For about half an hour, after the two of them avoided countless mind-numbing traps and patrols, they finally found the witch Arokar in a messy room.
The room was littered with long work tables, old bookshelves, heavy boxes, and a throne-like chair in front of a crystal ball.
It seems that this place was once gorgeously decorated with brilliant carpets and tapestries. However, these former wealth are in tatters and are covered with thick mold.
In the niches on the wall are two rows of motionless and terrifying stone statues.
The witch Arokar sat calmly at the desk. She was wearing a rotten red robe. The robe looked very expensive and was the kind that seemed to be often seen on those powerful mages.
She sat calmly on the chair, her empty eyes burning with terrifying crimson flames, as if she had anticipated the two people's intrusion in advance.
As an expected result, she has made sufficient preparations in advance.
The Lich himself is guarded by two gargoyles, who hide expressionlessly behind two niches, doing their best to disguise themselves as two real statues, like those beside them.
There are several pillars standing in the room, each surrounded by a statue of a coiled snake. However, between Brian and the opposite door, there is a terrifying creature hovering:
A large spherical creature with many protruding eyestalks on its body and a huge mouth full of fangs.
However, it is obvious that its flesh and blood have long since dried and fallen off.
The creature slowly turned its body and pointed the giant eye in the center of its body at them, but Brian could notice that this eye no longer existed, replaced by a huge black hole.
The Dead Eye Tyrant, he recognized the true identity of this beholder variant at a glance.
"You arrived here faster than I thought." The Lich spoke first, "Just as I expected, the ghost princes are of no great use."
"Is that so, Mr. Brenas, the crybaby prince?" She looked at Brenas with a mocking tone.
"Then I will regret to tell you, Ms. Arokar, soon you will be killed by a crybaby." Brenas was unmoved and said with a smile. : "Just thinking about it makes people unconsciously feel that they have been shamed into their own lair."
Brian did not answer, but used his legendary blessings of true vision and detection magic to cautiously Detect the specific information of the lich in front of you.
Although he could clearly feel the strong aura of negative energy emanating from the other party and was unable to conceal the arcane fluctuations, what surprised him was that he did not notice any trace of the other party's energy. The divine power of the Lost Lady Shar.
For him, this is undoubtedly an opportunity to target the opponent.
Thinking of this, he calmly prepared his attack method.
"Just the two of you?" The witch Arokar's long and withered finger bones gently tapped the magic circle that she had engraved on the table in advance, and said disdainfully: "This land The magic network has been contaminated. Any spell used here will poison your soul. If you are not careful, you may become the slaves of the Lost Lady."
"Really?" Brenas replied. He took a step back and deliberately showed a frightened expression, "I'm so scared. Do I still want to thank you for your kind reminder?"
Although Brian didn't believe the lich's words, for the sake of safety During this period, he still carefully checked the surrounding situation.
He did sense a chaotic magic network energy, but it was not enough to become the slave of the Lost Lady as Arokar said.
In response to Brenas's teasing, vicious crimson flames flashed out of the witch's hollow eyes, and along with her cold smile, which was like a whisper, the light of the teleportation circle illuminated the spacious room.
In an instant, the rich and suffocating negative energy spread, and skeleton warriors whose bodies were burning with flames appeared from the magic circle.
At the same time, the gargoyles guarding both sides of the lich had a faint blue light leaping out of their godless eyes, followed by a piercing scream, beating the powerful blood-red bats. Wing, jumped up and hovered in mid-air.
"It seems that this lich is quite well prepared." Brainers looked solemnly and said to Brian: "You help me delay the lich for a while, and I will clean up the undead around it. Creature."
"Go ahead." Brian said calmly.
As soon as he finished speaking, he suddenly took out the artifact Archmage's Staff and activated the only legendary spell "Advanced Time Stop" in it without any warning.
As the top of the Archmage's staff emitted a faint divine light, the witch who was about to release a spell to attack Brian and the two was suddenly frozen in place.
——"Dispel magic!"
——"Advanced dispel magic!"
——"Chain dispel magic!"
Seeing the lich successfully controlled, Brian did not hesitate to use the ability of the Archmage's Staff to instantly cast low-level spells, unstoppably destroying all the defensive fields around the lich.
——"Arcane Sequence!"
Then, in a flash of thought, he activated the spell targeting the lich: Ma Youfu Micro Meteor.
Countless fist-sized bolide, with the blessing of the passive skill "Higher Dispel Magic" of the Archmage's Staff, dispelled all the triggering spells activated by the Lich, solidly bombarding her for several seconds. It took thousands of years to refine an indestructible skeletal body.
A ball of brilliant magical flames exploded on the lich's body. The terrifying pyrolysis and penetrating properties of the bolide blasted the witch into pieces without even releasing a single spell in the blink of an eye. Piles of debris.
At this time, Brenas, the ghost prince on the side, had just released his dispelling magic.
Seeing the Lich being killed in an instant, even Brianus, who had always been calm, was stunned. After all, his original plan was to let Brian hold the Lich for a while, waiting for him to deal with it. Get rid of these undead creatures that are in the way, and then turn to deal with the lich.
Who would have thought that by just turning around, Brian would have already solved this lich that gave him a headache.
And the other party's relaxed look was as simple as killing the weakest skeleton. This simply refreshed the three views of the Prince of Shadows.
After neatly disposing of the witch demon, Brian did not waste time to check the stunned expression of the Prince of Shadows. Instead, he immediately put away the Archmage's Staff, which had a slight crack on it, and used the Mantra of Chaos to Cooperating with Brenas's dispelling magic, all the Lich's summons and constructs were cleaned up.
This encounter ended more smoothly than imagined.
After cleaning the battlefield, Brenas suppressed the shock in his heart, squatted on the ground, looked at the remaining ashes of the Lich, and speculated: "I can't predict the location of her life box."
He shook his head in disappointment, stood up, and said in an uncertain tone, "This feels more like she put the phylactery..."
"Putting the phylactery with The Shadow Demon Network is integrated, right?" Brian expressed his point of view.
Theoretically, as long as the Shadow Web does not explode, Arokar can be resurrected indefinitely, but the control of the resurrection is not in her hands, but in the hands of the Lost Lady.
"That's right." Brenas nodded slightly.
"Then don't waste time." Brian felt the magical energy in the air, which had become obviously more chaotic than before the battle, and said:
"Since she has already Her phylactery was fused with the Shadow Demon Network, which means that the moment she died, she was noticed by the priestess Esweil. Let’s rush over as soon as possible.”
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(End of this chapter)