Hearing the old lich's words, Aleister immediately felt a strong sense of relief.
Previously, Matthias's fear aura could even penetrate the Night Demon's protection...but Matthias himself was only a fifth-level transcendent.
Even if the Lich profession is the same "hidden profession" as the Sin Scholar in the current version, it is impossible to cross two energy levels and break through the toughness saving throw of the Night Demon of the sixth level upper phantom.
This means that the blessing of this powerful power comes either from the gain of rare path characteristics, or from equipment that can increase priority. It is hard to say whether the former is possible, but the latter... Aleister is sure that he must have it.
To put it more clearly, it is the ziggurat itself.
As the true tower owner of the Ziggurat, Matthias will definitely be able to obtain part of the power of the Ziggurat. And as the core of the Ziggurat, it is the spine of Lingbo Tiansi.
The mages of the Narcissus Principality can often exert power that is one level higher than themselves in their own mage towers. The power contained in the ziggurat that has been passed down for thousands of years is definitely much stronger than that of that kind of mage tower.
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That was a power that could also pose a threat to the descending Tiansi, so that's why the Fallen Tiansi did not come to attack the first generation of Black Prime Minister.
Star Antimony's first-generation red phase and first-generation black phase were both killed after Aiwass, as an NPC, obtained the 5.0 version of "Lord of the Beasts". "Thousand-year Oath Spirit Tower" belonged to the first-generation black phase.
Mainline copy.
In other words, in version 3.0 when the Fallen Sky Si arrived, both of them were safe and sound - at peace with the Fallen Sky Si.
When the old lich clearly wanted to protect Aleister, even the Red Prime Minister Peng Ponacci did not dare to make any mistakes here.
So Aleister felt relieved and followed the old lich Mathias with Lily and Selene.
Although this is Mathias' office, it doesn't have much of a laboratory feel.
It looks particularly dark and gloomy, like a black-hearted factory——
Under the dim green light, the sound of gears rotating can be heard.
A complex machine that seemed to be about three or four meters high. Not counting the various winding pipes, the main body alone was more than ten meters wide. It was running stably. One after another, tall jars were turned upside down on the machine and operated inside.
They are all filled with some bubbling transparent liquid, with various biological tissues floating in them.
It looks like a "folk biochemical weirdo is cultivating clones" feeling, eerie, terrifying and has the informality of an underground handicraft workshop.
However, neither the gears nor the machines are made of solid metal... but of bone.
Aleister reached out and gently touched the pipe next to him.
The pipe suddenly twisted its body, trying to avoid Aleister's hand, like a cat that had been scratched.
The nearby exhaust port made a violent coughing sound, and the entire machine was trembling violently. The tubes that looked like trachea were constantly twisting.
Aleister suddenly had an extremely strange feeling in his heart - it felt like the machine was cursing people, and the curses were quite dirty.
"If she wants to touch it, just let her touch it."
Matthias's cold and hollow voice sounded: "Will you survive if I touch you?"
The low echo from the skeleton frame immediately silenced the machine.
"...The machine soul has been appeased."
Aleister murmured.
Only then did she realize one thing clearly -
Matthias's office on this floor was not originally like this underground factory.
But when Matthias was "preparing for the ceremony", a special machine was processed using necromancy on the spot!
——Everything in this room is undead!
Whether it's the pipes, the jars, the gears and machines... and those green lights that are on, indicating "running", they are all undead one after another!
Aleister was riding a Helchin Pegasus, and the round trip took less than two hours.
——In just these two hours, Matthias used necromancy to construct a complete set of machines directly out of thin air for completing the ritual!
"Is this...the ritual used to solve that problem?"
Lily murmured.
She subconsciously did not dare to say the word "Hui Tiansi".
Ever since she realized where her abnormal talent and murderous impulse came from, she has been worried about her future.
It's not that she's worried that one day she will no longer be herself... For a girl like her who came from a commoner background and became a personal maid since she was a child, she doesn't have a clear "self-awareness".
It can even be said that Lily hates her strong "abnormality" because it brings her a sense of instability. It's like animals in nature covered in orange-red fur.
——This is also the source of her strong resistance to Selene.
Just like when a person grows up, he looks at the dark history left behind when he was young...
"I have been studying the ritual of sealing Tiansi for a long time."
Mathias did not get angry because he was questioned, but patiently explained: "Cyril also knows about this, that's why he recommended you to come to me."
"...Seal, Tiansi?"
Aleister murmured softly.
Even she didn't know that Mathias had such a past.
Cyril can know about this, which means...this happened before Matthias walked on the road to dusk.
Before he became a necromancer, was he already thinking about sealing Tiansi?
"...I thought that only the transcendent could possess this kind of ambition."
"That's why Cyril became friends with me."
The old lich said in a calm voice: "We are the same kind of people."
"Can I ask?"
Aleister looked at the old lich: "Since your initial target was Tiansi...that is to say, do you have a clear target?"
"certainly."
Matthias replied: "It's Lingbo Tiansi."
"...Lingpo Tiansi?"
This made Aleister stunned for a moment.
——Isn’t that your own boss?
Before the Winter Maiden took over necromancy and the undead, both the undead and the necromancers belonged to the realm of Lingbo Tiansi.
At the time when Cardinal Cyril met Matthias, even the Kingdom of Star Antimony had not yet been born... People at that time had no way of knowing that the future Snake Father would trigger a wave of "great promotion".
If he planned to seal Lingbo Tiansi, how could he embark on the path of necromancy?
He even transformed himself into an undead... If Lingpo Tiansi loses his position, his own power will also be lost!
"I first met Cyril because I was studying the art of Ningpa..."
Matthias mentioned it briefly and did not continue.
Having said this, the old lich changed the subject: "My original research allowed me to obtain part of the power of 'Ningpa'.
"When Tiansi and apostles come to the mortal world, they themselves will become extremely fragile, but they still have divinity in their souls. But if you kill them at this time, they will often be put back into the world.
Dream world... Therefore, if you want to keep the descended gods in the material world, sealing is the best choice.
"It's incredible to say, but the principle is very simple - far simpler than the 'Tiansi-level ritual' you imagine. You can imagine that this is a glass of water mixed with wine. If you want to purify the wine, you must
Heated to volatilize...the sacred soul is also 'lighter' than the mortal soul. Because there are fewer impurities mixed in it, it is easier to leave the body..."
The old lich said, letting Lily and Selene sit in the open jars on both sides of the instrument.
This huge machine looks like a giant bull's head.
The two of them were at the bottom of two horns that were spiraling upward.
The place where the King of the Wild Hunt wants to stay is inside the cow's mouth.
Lily sat down from the chair with some uneasiness.
When the door closed, she was surprised to find that she was not locked in a dark room.
Although she was sitting on a chair, she felt like she was sitting in the center of a frozen lake.
The lake broke into a thousand pieces, each piece having exactly the same shape as any other piece. They were like a mirror broken into a thousand pieces, reflecting their own image over and over again.
Lily looked at the thousands of people looking at her at the same time, and she felt a strong sense of dizziness and sleepiness. A strong suction came from those thousands of mirrors.
She felt as if she had passed out and was in a dream. Her consciousness was half in reality and half in a dream.
At this time, outside, the old lich's voice was still ringing:
"...People believe that luminous mirrors can take away people's souls. This cannot be said to be wrong, but normal mirrors do not have such ability. People believe this because extraordinary people on the path of beauty often
Able to travel freely through mirrors, or seal other people's souls..."
The machine is roaring continuously.
In those transparent jars, the colorful liquids shook violently, mixing the contents together.
The strong emerald green atmosphere is everywhere.
"This is...the power of the path of beauty?"
Aleister felt that her consciousness was a little blurry. He felt a sense of weightlessness, accompanied by colorful and bright hallucinations - which made her feel as if she had returned to the kingdom of fairies again: "Fairy spell?!"
The use of fairy spells requires that the caster must still have a childlike innocence!
Once children fully grow into adults and no longer believe in fairies, fairy tales and miracles, they will forever lose the right to use fairy magic.
——Because if all the children in the world lose their innocence, the race of "goblins" will cease to exist.
"You are indeed well-informed."
The old lich did not object, but agreed.
"The profession that is best at sealing souls is the 'Mysterious Painter' who is promoted while working part-time on the Dusk Path on the Path of Beauty. They can often take away the soul by drawing portraits, making statues for each other, and even taking photos of each other with cameras.
"And if you use this ability skillfully and use fairy magic to filter the soul... you can suck away the 'lighter soul'. I made a thousand mirrors like this, and when either of the two ladies
When the total number of souls is heavier than that of another person, the excess souls from her body will be sucked away, and the cycle will continue... The power of balance will protect their souls. Then through a cycle ritual, the heavier souls will be picked out, and then the souls will be recycled.
I supplemented it again from my dream...
"For those 'lighter souls', it is necessary to use the art of condensation to solidify and deposit them. But even if they are sealed and fall into deep sleep, only the undead that are powerful enough can contain these remnant souls - because they
They are undead, so they will not be controlled by these sacred wills, and the will of dusk can continue to freeze them without awakening them due to strong impulses on the road.
"I once sealed an apostle with a fifth-level undead. At that time, I judged that if I wanted to seal Tiansi, I would need a sixth-level undead.
"If the undead are made into an amber container, it can become the energy source of one's own power. This is exactly in line with the concept of 'Amber' - the twilight thing that wraps life..."
Following the words of the old lich, the King of the Wild Hunt, who was standing quietly in the center of the ceremony, saw wisps of gray smoke spreading towards him.
Aleister was speechless——
Although the old lich sounds simple and easy to understand, in actual practice, this involves complex operations including rituals, elf spells, soul-stirring, necromancy, soul repair, amber craftsmanship, and alchemy!
