Link drew down his sword, using the etiquette of a knight showing respect to his opponent in battle, and said: "Hello, challenger Link, I am honored to be your opponent!"
With Anta's momentum, he didn't even need to ask what the content of the test was. There was only one battle waiting for him.
Legendary magicians are not good at close combat, but Link's keen intuition clearly told him that the skinny Anta who looked about the same age as himself was like a bird ready to choose at any time. The ferocious beast that eats people may pounce on you at any moment and launch the most violent attack on you.
Anta looked at the young man in front of him. Even when he was saluting, he paid attention to maintaining alertness and reaction in every smallest part of his body. His thin face moved again, revealing his expression that was scarier than crying. Smile: "Flawless actions are the only way to fight against death. It seems that you are indeed very talented!"
Link read this sentence in the book of the ancestor who built the Mage Tower. It is said that this is the biggest secret that most members of the Mage Tower can break through the boundary between life and death. It is said that there is a kind of Potential life force, and when you arrange your actions and life in a flawless way, this potential life force will continue to rise, making death flinch, but Link does not pay much attention to this thing. Above, the great Knight Link is still in his prime. He has to wait until he is seventy or eighty to talk about being afraid of old age and death.
"You seem to be not much older than me." Link thought of this, tilted his head, looked at Anta's face opposite him, which was obviously not much older than him, and asked with great interest: "You are so young, you don't have to spend the whole day Just thinking about dying?!"
"From the moment a person is born," Anta replied calmly, "he is running towards death non-stop. Death is the ultimate power between heaven and earth. Nothing can stop the occurrence of death, even if It is the so-called secret of life and death taught in the mage tower, and they are just using their flawless actions to temporarily repel the attack of the God of Death. When they reveal any slight flaw, the God of Death will strike with a sure blow. , will put them into an irreversible situation!"
Another one who got stupid by studying magic!
Although Link didn't quite understand the meaning of Anta's words, he still directly came to such a conclusion for the Anta in front of him.
In his opinion, being young and thinking about how to die all day long cannot be described as a pervert. It can only be said that this guy has a mental problem because he wants to die.
"You seem to be disapproving?!" Anta was keenly aware of Link's thoughts, and his face moved again: "Then can you tell me, in your opinion, the distance between you now and your death? How far can it go?!"
"Haha", Link smiled, the big sword in his hand pointed straight at Anta not far in front of him, his fighting spirit became more intense: "Do you want to tell me, what is the relationship between me and death now?" The distance is the distance between me and you, you will immediately let me see the true arrival of death?!"
"You are very enlightened." Anta nodded. Without any movement, his whole cross-legged body suddenly slowly floated up. Then, suspended in mid-air, he slowly stretched out his legs and stepped on On the floor: "Actually, I want to tell you that the distance between life and death is only between one breath and one breath. In the next moment, maybe you will understand the true meaning of this sentence."
Link didn't speak. He had never had much room to communicate with such a guy with extreme ideas, but the increasingly strong aura of death on Anta's body told him clearly that even if the person standing in front of him was indeed a
Madman, that is also a very powerful madman.
"When I was twelve years old, I was already a famous and feared Immortal Dharma God on the mainland. The reason why I used this name was because no one who had seen me wanted to believe that a young man could bring such a strong power to others.
The fear of death, so in legends they all say that I am an immortal monster, an old guy who has lived for who knows how many years." Anta seemed to be in a good mood today. As he spoke more and more, it turned out to be jerky.
His sentences gradually became smoother: "However, none of them know that the immortal Dharma god who is regarded by everyone on this continent as the incarnation of death is actually a guy who is most afraid of death. What he thinks about every day is
How to get rid of the final outcome of having to face death, because he has seen too many terrible deaths!"
In Link's heart, he couldn't help but feel a little sympathy for the young man in front of him who he originally thought was a little crazy.
A child who was only twelve years old at the time would be living alone on the mainland. He would be afraid of death day and night. He would say that he had seen too many terrible deaths. He must have experienced some kind of tragedy.
It was because he had encountered some kind of disaster that destroyed his family and destroyed his family.
In this case, it is not unreasonable for him to become what he is now.
"After meeting Master Lei Ze and getting the opportunity to study in the Mage Tower, I saw so many people who seemed to have broken through the boundaries of death. I was ecstatic and thought I had finally found the answer," Anta continued.
: "However, I soon understood the magic system in the Mage Tower, but I realized that I was wrong again. The magic here is indeed beyond that on the mainland, but I still can't find it in it.
My answer! No!"
Anta didn't know why he was used to not saying a word for many years. Why did he recall the past today? Perhaps it was because this boy who was fearless had what he wanted most.
, but his character has never been able to do it, maybe because he is too lonely.
He glanced at Link who was listening quietly, and then said: "Whether it is my most respected Great Master Lei Ze who is proficient in the rules of death, or the ancestor who built the Mage Tower, they may be able to limit the time of death.
Extended, but the God of Death is still watching from the side at any time, just waiting for them to reveal their flaws, and then he will wait for the opportunity to strike the final blow."
"So after thinking about it for an unknown amount of time, I finally came up with an answer that can solve this problem!" Anta said, and suddenly, Link seemed to feel that Anta had changed a bit.
His face used to look a little thin, but now his entire face, hands, and all his exposed muscles that are visible to the naked eye have gradually shrunk at a clearly visible speed. That face
His face, which was originally lifeless, became even paler, as pale as if he had really turned into death itself.
"Since we can't resist death, we should simply give up ourselves, dissolve ourselves into death, and become a part of death." Anta raised his head. There was no trace of eyeballs in his eyes now, and the whole thing had become a A dead-white color, full of weird flavor: "When you become death itself, you will no longer be afraid of death!"
"Undead magic?!" Link looked at Anta's changes, recalled the scriptures left by the ancestor who built the mage tower, and suddenly remembered that he had seen similar records.
Since the ancestor who built the Mage Tower left behind the mysteries of life and death, he naturally also left records about this undead magic system that has long become a taboo magic recognized by magicians on the mainland. .
The legendary necromancers can obtain the power of death. They can summon the souls of hell and use the bodies left behind by the dead to create immortal warriors. The strength of these warriors themselves is only as strong as the magicians who cast necromancy. Although there is a relationship between high and low, what really plays a decisive role is the strength of the body targeted by the undead magic.
So it is said that on the mainland, there was a time when necromancers went everywhere to collect the bodies of the dead strong men, and even used methods such as secretly digging graves, making many once glorious strong men , there is no peace after death, which finally aroused the public indignation of all the powerful people on the continent. After all, people can't escape death. No one wants to live in peace after death, and even the body has to be made to fight for others. Tool, all the strong men on the continent at that time, regardless of profession, united together to encircle and suppress the magicians who were learning undead magic. Regardless of whether they had done this kind of thing, anyway, as long as they were learning undead magic. , they did not let go, and after an unknown amount of time and an unknown number of fierce battles, they finally cleared out all the necromancers on the continent.
Link thought of this story and couldn't help but glance at Anta, who had completely changed before him. He thought to himself that Anta's experience could have something to do with this story, right?!
But this doesn’t seem quite right. According to legend, necromancers would create immortal warriors and then summon them for use. Why does Anta look like he has become an immortal warrior himself?!
This kind of undead warrior is said to be a fighting machine without a will. Could it be...
"Are you surprised?!" Anta was still able to speak, which obviously broke Link's inference. Anta raised his arm that had turned pale and faced Link, with the top of that arm , if there was not an almost invisible layer of flesh attached to it, it would be simply a white bone: "I made myself my own undead warrior, but I completely preserved my own will. This kind of me has been around forever. I have escaped the threat of death. Of course, this has also brought me consequences that I don’t know whether it’s good or bad!”
"What consequences?!" After understanding what happened to Anta, Link was now full of sympathy for this young man whose life was full of misfortunes. Now, in these words, he was quite worried.
Link has always been someone who doesn't like to follow the rules. Even when he was learning magic, he always created his own style and followed his own path. But because of this, he also knew that people who do this often have to pay.
There is a certain price. If Link himself is not in the mage tower and has a whole set of magic systems beyond the mainland as a reference, then when he experiences the magic elements between heaven and earth, he does not know that there are already
How many times have those magical elements been backlashed or dissolved, but even if he seems to have had a smooth journey to where he is now, it is not without any sequelae.
At least Link's current process of practicing magic has been completely disrupted. On the one hand, he can even use the power of rules to a small extent, but on the other hand, his magic power is actually relatively weak, and technical magic cannot defeat him.
, however, Link has never been able to use some high-level magic that requires deep enough magical power to be used.
And since his path of cultivation was completely explored by himself, even the few great teachers now cannot provide any kind of guidance for his current situation, and those of them may already be regarded as the top
The practice method of accumulating magic power will not work for Link. Although Link quickly learned magic at a very miraculous speed to the point that others may not know how long it will take to achieve it, but if there are no accidents
, it is very likely that Link’s magical achievements will always be what they are now.
Regarding this situation, Old Skuva, Qiweila and other great mentors lamented for a long time that day. With Link's talent, if he followed them to learn magic seriously, it should be entirely possible for him to grow into the mage tower's third master.
The achievements of the five great teachers are not just what they are now.
Of course, after Link learned about this situation, he never regretted it. Originally, Knight Link was destined to become a great knight rather than a great magician. Being able to practice magic and martial arts is already good.
And to such an extent, even if he is not as good as the Dharma Gods with solid foundations when he returns to the mainland, it is still enough to scare them, which is already very good.
But now Anta's approach is obviously more outrageous than his own, and I'm afraid the consequences are more than that simple. Link has now begun to appreciate this man who, like himself, does not believe in all idols and dares to go his own way.
He is a teenager now, so I am a little worried about him.
"It's not a big deal, it's just that the undead warrior itself exists as a fighting machine." Anta obviously felt Link's concern, but the aura of death in the surrounding air became stronger, and he said coldly
: "Although I have retained my own will, there will always be moments when I will be dominated by the instinct of the undead warrior, which will bring life to everything in front of me..."
"die!"
Almost as soon as the word "death" rang in his ears, Link noticed that Anta was moving.
His movements were so fast that there was still an afterimage of Anta standing there quietly in Link's eyes, but the sword in his hand was already moving towards a violent force according to his intuition.
The direction of the incoming danger was chosen.
There was a soft "ding" sound, and Link's sword hit Anta's attacking hand, making a sound like the collision of metal.
Link was knocked back a few steps by the shock from the sword. He shook his numb right hand and raised the sword with great effort.
What a fast speed!
What a lot of strength!
Anta, who transformed into an undead warrior, is many times scarier than the monster boss Link encountered three years ago.
Fortunately, under the threat of that strong aura of death, even when he felt sympathy and concern for Anta in front of him, Link never relaxed his vigilance at all. Otherwise, I am afraid he would no longer be able to
I can stand here now.
"Not bad." Anta's figure appeared where Link was standing just now. He still held up the right hand that had almost turned into a bone. His posture seemed to have never changed: "Come!"
At almost the same moment as the sound came out, Anta disappeared from that place again.
Link only saw what seemed to be countless Antas at the same time, rushing towards him from every possible angle.
Link simply closed his eyes!
It's not magic, it's Anta's speed.
His speed is enough to cause illusions and errors in anyone's vision!
Link could only rely on his keen intuition and his sense of the fluctuations of magic elements in the surrounding world to constantly draw his sword to resist Antana's almost all-pervasive attack.
The undead warrior created by the top undead god is already scary enough, but what is even more terrifying is that the body used by this undead warrior is actually the body of the top undead god.
This kind of undead warrior is probably the only one in the thousands of years since undead magic has appeared on the continent.
"Ding, ding, ding, ding", the increasingly intensive collisions filled the space on this floor.
It was also accompanied by the sound of Link's retreating footsteps and his gradually heavier breathing.
Anta seemed to launch the most violent attacks tirelessly and endlessly. Perhaps the undead warriors did not know how to get tired, and even hit the back. Anta may have really aroused the instinct of the undead warriors, and kept saying
The ground made some strange calls, and the attacks became more and more fierce.
Link now gradually felt that the big sword in his hand had become heavier from the beginning, and his sore and numb arms even made his reaction slow down. Several times, he relied on that sensitive instinct to save his life.
He narrowly dodged it.
With a sound of "tearing", Link and Anta passed each other. The sword was lifted a little too slowly, and Anta drew a long bloody mark on his arm.
"Young man", to Link's surprise, Anta did not continue to pursue him, but stood there quietly, with his bone-white right hand still pointing at Link: "Do you want to start now?
Feel that the distance of death can be so close to your young life!"
"Is it close?!" Link took the opportunity to shake his arms and relax his sore muscles: "I don't think so!"
It was rare that Anta was still interested in talking. Of course, Link had to argue with him more. It would be best to induce him to debate with him, so as to take the opportunity to regain the energy he had spent just now.
"Isn't it close?" Anta was not fooled at all. He just had a slight twitch on his face: "You will know soon!"
Anta spoke, raised his right hand, and slowly walked towards Link.
This time his speed was very slow, so slow that Link could clearly see every step he made.
But Link found that all the power in his body seemed to have completely disappeared at that moment. He watched Anta holding up the right hand that represented death, slowly approaching him, but he wanted to raise his hand hard.
He was holding the knight's great sword, but found that he could no longer move an inch.
Link gradually felt as if the muscles all over his body had become as stiff as stones. Now, let alone picking up the sword to fight, he even wanted to close his eyes and not look at Anta, who was constantly approaching.
Even my right hand couldn't do it.
Closer, closer!
Anta's right hand, which seemed to be attached to the devil's power, was gradually reaching Link's eyes.