"By the way, there's something I forgot to tell you..." Lin Li held a hammer in his hand and smiled maliciously: "In addition to being a poor warrior, I am also a good blacksmith. Blacksmith, you should
You know? So I advise you to be more honest. If you really make me anxious, I will throw you into the furnace and see if the legendary Thor's hammer will be melted as well."
As Lin Li spoke a word, the strange hammer in his hand suddenly stopped struggling. After a long time, Lin Li heard a dry voice: "You...what do you want to know?"
"Your origin." After Lin Li finished speaking with a smile, he also kindly reminded: "Attention - it is your real origin, not some damn Thor's hammer. I really don't know what you are thinking.
You don’t even look in the mirror before putting on Mjolnir? Look at yourself, you’re covered in pits, and you’re even more disabled than those old prostitutes who’ve had customers for decades. How dare you call yourself a Dark Iron Dwarf?
Holy object, do you have any sense of shame?"
"..."
"Forget it, let's stop talking nonsense. Just be honest. I really don't have the patience..."
"You guessed it right, I am not a holy object..." After a long silence, Iron Hammer finally spoke: "I am just a imprisoned soul."
"Yes." Lin Li nodded, indicating for it to continue.
"There is one thing I must clarify. As for the Dawn Mark on your hand, I really just want to borrow it. There is no malice at all." Perhaps because he was really afraid of being thrown into the furnace, this time the hammer finally became more honest.
Before answering Lin Li's question, he did not forget to defend himself: "My origin is a long, long story, and it has nothing to do with this matter. If you must know, I
I can tell you last, but before that, you can call me Conneris, which was my name before I was killed by Osric."
"Okay, Conneris, tell me first, what is your purpose in wanting this Dawn Mark?"
"I need it to control the Forge of Eternity."
"It can control the Forge of Eternity?"
"Yes, you should know the origin of the Mark of Dawn. It belongs to the great lord Osric. As far as I know, this ring almost never left his body when Osric was alive, even after one thousand two hundred years.
Today, there is still a trace of Osric's spiritual power left in it. To a certain extent, it is equivalent to the inheritance of the great lord's spiritual brand. This is why you can pass through the Ashes Gate unharmed.
.”
"Is that trace of spiritual power still there?" Lin Li was a little confused. He remembered that before the duel with Cromwell, he had integrated a spiritual brand into it, and thus understood the secret of the ring. According to common sense, a
There should not be two spiritual imprints on a piece of magic equipment, otherwise, just like Hongxing cheating, something will happen.
"Are you trying to say that you also left your own spiritual imprint on it?" Conneris did not answer directly, but instead asked Lin Li a question.
"kindness……"
"This is actually not a contradiction. If I am not wrong, what you have is just an incomplete form of the Seal of the Dawn, and what you control is only a small part of its power. Osric's spiritual imprint is still there.
You are sleeping deep in the Mark of the Dawn, otherwise, your power would not be so weak. It is no exaggeration to say that fully mastering the power of the Mark of the Dawn is almost like another Osric!"
"Damn, are you so powerful?"
Conneris's words almost made Lin Li bite his tongue. When he was in the Nightmare Mountains, Lin Li knew that this was a powerful magical equipment, but he never dared to imagine that this thing could be so powerful.
At this point, what is the concept of another Osric? That is a person who can fight against seven legendary strong men with one person's power. If he really has such power, even with a wave of his hand, he can win.
Sweeping the entire Kingdom of France is by no means a myth.
"I know you don't believe it, but in fact it is so powerful. To tell you the truth, I died under the power of the Seal of the Dawn one thousand two hundred years ago."
"..."
"Forget it, let's not talk about it." Probably because he was reminded of the sad past, when Conneris said this, he seemed a little depressed. After a long silence, he continued: "Actually, this is exactly what happened.
The reason why I borrowed this Dawn Seal from you."
"what reason?"
"It can free me from this damn hammer and give me a new body at the same time."
"New body?"
"That's right." Conneris's voice sounded a little proud: "What I want to tell you now is a real secret. Apart from Osric himself, I am afraid that only I know about it.
During the decades of imprisonment, I witnessed almost everything Osric did, and he was not wary of me. Sometimes he would even tell me some of his thoughts, and this secret was that Osric
Stryker told me this himself."
Lin Li held his breath almost subconsciously. He instinctively believed that what he was about to hear would be an earth-shattering secret.
"The real eternal furnace is not for forging, but for creating life..."
"What did you say?" Lin Li almost spat out his saliva.
"How much do you know about the race of high elves?" Conneris still asked the question without answering.
"High Elf?" Lin Li was a little confused by the question. He recalled what he had read in the book for a long time before telling him one by one. He also added a few words of his own opinions from time to time. This question
The answer took almost ten minutes.
"These lunatics even think they are gods." Finally, Lin Li concluded with this sentence.
"So there is the Eternal Forge." Conneris's voice sounded unhurried.
Lin Li swallowed hard: "You don't want to tell me that Osric's purpose of establishing the Eternal Forge is to prove that he is a god, right?"
"You guessed it right."
"He's crazy……"
"He's not crazy." Conneris's voice was not loud, but he was extremely sure: "Yes, Osric did do a lot of unexpected things in his later years, killing 100,000 humans in one night, for
He conquered the Dark Iron Dwarves for a moment of interest, and built a huge tomb for himself, but I can tell you with certainty that Osric was not crazy, on the contrary - in his later years, he was more sober than ever, you know
Why did he kill those 100,000 humans?"
"How would I know..." Lin Li rolled his eyes, thinking how could a normal person like me understand Osric's perverted thoughts?
"Because creating life requires a large number of soul samples."
"abnormal……"
"Yes, this guy is really a pervert." Conneris cursed excitedly, and then sighed helplessly: "But you have to admit that Osric is not an ordinary pervert, that
At that time, even I thought that creating life was impossible, but no one thought that it only took ten years for Osric to almost succeed..."
Lin Li frowned: "Why is it almost?"
"Because strictly speaking, what he created cannot be called life..."
"What did he create?"
"I don't know what it is..." Conneris's answer was a bit baffling: "I only know that after this failure, Osric became a little nervous and often became manic for no reason. Many magic legion members
Important members were killed by him during that period. After calming down, Osric would regretfully kneel in front of the corpse of the deceased and repent. When repenting, the most common thing he said was -
I'm sorry, I don't want to be like this, but, he will be back soon..."
"What is the origin of the person Osric was talking about?"
"I don't know, Osric never said that. I only remember that after the failure to create life, Osric seemed to have changed. He crazily plundered the wealth of other races and used this wealth to build huge buildings.
The mausoleum, you must have heard of that mausoleum, right? At least hundreds of thousands of humans died when this mausoleum was built. It is impossible that there is no record in your human books..."
"Well, I've heard of some."
"How about it, are you interested in that tomb?" Conneris is indeed a monster who has been with Osric for hundreds of years. At this time, he has not forgotten the temptations: "If you are interested, I can
What do you think of giving you some clues in exchange for the Mark of Dawn?"
"Not so good!" Lin Li replied angrily. He was really annoyed and funny by this guy. It had been so long, but he still hadn't forgotten to seduce him.
It's a pity that he chose the wrong person to lure him. Lin Li knew very well how much he had. How could anyone just enter the great lord's tomb? He didn't have the strength of the Magic Guild or the Adventurer Guild, so he didn't even think about it.
I thought, there might be various mechanisms, various traps, and countless curses waiting for me...
Besides, what can just some clues do? If I really wanted clues, I would have gone to Medellin, why would I need to exchange them with you?
"What a pity..." Conneris was not discouraged even if the inducement failed. He just continued to talk to himself: "On the day when the mausoleum was built, Osric came to the eternal furnace for the last time. That time I saw it with my own eyes.
, he used the essence of the earth element, plus a pile of steel, and extremely complex magic patterns to create something close to life."
"what?"
"This thing..." Conneris hesitated: "I don't know how to describe it. In short, it is a very strange thing. It has no consciousness of its own, let alone its own soul. It is purely the most primitive instinct.
Even when its creator Osric attacked it, it dared to resist!"
"Oh..." Lin Li nodded and did not continue to ask further.
He had already understood that the essence of earth elements, extremely hard steel, and complex and mysterious magic patterns were the necessary conditions for making puppets? Lin Li remembered clearly that one of the branches of alchemy specializes in making puppets.
It is said that after reaching the level of a divine craftsman, the puppets created can even rival the ancient Titans.
But this has nothing to do with Lin Li. He has never chosen any branch. To a certain extent, he is a very traditional alchemist who follows the royal path of the alchemy circle. The reason for this choice is entirely for
Combined with the inscriptions, the master-level composite inscriptions, and the master-level alchemy circle, it can be described as almost omnipotent.
Most of the knowledge he knows about puppets comes from his colleagues. He can coax laymen, but when it comes to high-end fields such as life creation, he is not much better than Sheen...
"The biggest shortcoming of these creations is that they do not have souls of their own, but for me, this has become the biggest advantage, because I have been committed to the study of souls while I was alive."
"Dedicated to research on the soul?" Lin Li frowned and asked with some confusion: "Were you a necromancer during your lifetime?"
"No, no, no... How can a low-level profession like the Necromancer be worthy of my noble status? To tell you the truth, I am engaged in the soul business. As long as the price is right, you can talk to me about any kind of soul.
, whether it is lowly, noble, dirty, pure... are you interested?"
"Holy shit, devil?"
"Wrong, you should call me Mr. Conneris, the great soul merchant and great philanthropist."
"Bah, the devil is a devil, why should he be a great philanthropist and a great soul merchant? If you do this kind of unethical business, you deserve to be killed by Osric..."
"You are so unsympathetic..."
"Sympathy for a devil? Are you kidding..."
"Looking at me now, can you still call me a devil?"
"You mean, you want to create a puppet to transfer your soul?"
"Yes, yes! What do you think? Can you help me? I've been waiting for this day for a long time. This damn hammer is so deadly. I can't even dream of walking on my legs..."
"What benefit can you give me?"
After hesitating for a long time, Conneris seemed to have finally made up his mind: "As long as you can help me, I will tell you how to control the eternal furnace!"
"No, you tell me how to control the eternal furnace first, and then I help you create a new body. You must not make a mistake in this order."
"..." Although he was a little reluctant, in the face of the only opportunity, the great soul merchant had to lower his noble head: "Deal, I hope you keep your word!"
"Don't worry, sincerity is the basis. Although I am not a damn soul merchant, I still understand this principle."
"Okay, I believe you!"
"You can only believe me..." Lin Li curled his lips, not giving Connors any face. It was obvious that the Mark of the Dawn was its only hope. If it missed this opportunity, it didn't know that it would have to wait for thousands more years.
With such a big handle in his hands, how could Lin Li be polite to him? Anyway, this guy is a devil, so Lin Li didn't have any psychological burden at all when it came to blackmailing him.
One person walked through the corridor and soon arrived at a closed door.