(Yes. I've started writing the epilogue of this book. The storyline of the Succubus Queen, which was cut off for some reason, will be updated regularly on the public WeChat account. The epilogue will overlap with the main storyline, and a small part of the future plot will jump a lot, but the content will appear in the epilogue. The first epilogue will be updated this Wednesday, and the storyline of the Succubus Queen and the Fallen Witch will have a separate volume. You can see it if you follow the public WeChat account.)
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The wind howled.
The closer he got to the Death God's Ruins, the more Søren felt the chaotic energy in the air.
In the Eastern Kingdom, casting spells required a high concentration, and if one's concentration wasn't enough, there was a possibility of the spell backfiring. The part of the Reaper's ruins exposed to the surface appeared in Soran's sight. Before he got close to the entrance of the Reaper's ruins, he had already felt a chaotic magic energy emerging from the depths of the ground. According to the markings on the map, this place was already occupied by a powerful Lich. It studied chaotic magic here, and the inside of the Death God's Ruins was always shrouded in magical energy.
A Lich.
This kind of monster that stood at the top of the undead was very difficult to deal with!
Under normal circumstances, almost no adventurers would be willing to face them, because even if they killed the Lich, if they didn't destroy their phylactery, these terrible undead would resurrect within ten days. Even a powerful god wouldn't have an easy time facing a Lich, and many prophecies couldn't find the location of the phylactery. Unless it was a god with a special power, it was very difficult to directly kill a Lich.
Søren was a god with a special power.
This was because he had a very powerful domain — [Slaughter Domain]. Any god with a domain related to death could directly destroy the Lich's soul when killing them, and then turn their life-saving phylactery into a useless piece of trash. Because of this, a part of the Lich would serve a god with a domain related to death, and almost no Lich would take the initiative to provoke a god with a domain related to death.
The Lich sought the mystery of death.
Although they had a huge power that mortals couldn't imagine, in fact, there was still a big gap between a Lich and a god. There were many demigod Lich in history, but there was only one who could successfully become a god.
That was the God of Liches, Vissharon (Weak Divine Power)!
This lucky Lich God was originally a member of the ancient Red Robe Sorcerers. Later, he received guidance from the [Lord of Storms] during his research and relied on his powerful divine power to become a God.
However …
At that time, the Lord of Storms only intended to establish a divine system, and he needed a divine servant that he could manipulate. For this reason, the God of Liches was forced to seek cooperation from the [God of Mages] and form an alliance. Thus, the [God of Lich] successfully established a relationship with the Goddess of Magic and used this to escape the [Lord of Storms]'s revenge. This guy was a fence-sitter among the gods. On one hand, he was using the relationship with the [God of Mages] to get close to the Goddess of Magic. On the other hand, he was trying to please the [Lord of Storms] to get his forgiveness. Then, he was secretly trying to please the [Lady of the Night] in exchange for more life-saving chips.
Until now, he was still worried that the Lord of Storms would take back the power he had bestowed upon him.
(Note: The [God of Mages] had been assisting the Goddess of Magic for a long time. He was originally the most powerful mortal mage, and in a battle that lasted for several years, he defeated the [God of Prophecy] and imprisoned this God in his staff. Later, he served the Goddess of Magic and was promoted to a God by the second generation of the Goddess of Magic. As one of the important Gods of the Goddess of Magic.)
The relationship between the God of Lich and most of the Gods of Death was very tense. Many of the Gods of Death saw him as a potential enemy that could touch the [God of Death].
…
Buzz.
A strange vibration came from the depths of the ground, and then it gradually calmed down.
A powerful Lich stayed in the God of Death's ruins. Søren didn't need to guess to know that it was definitely related to the [Death] domain.
It had stayed here for decades. If it didn't find something, it wouldn't have stayed here for so long in the Death Desert shrouded in chaotic energy. The environment here wasn't suitable for magic experiments. If the failure rate of magic experiments in other places was 50%, then it was at least 90% here. The chaotic energy outside had affected everything. The violent radiation in the Death Desert had formed a local tidal wave.
The Death Domain.
As one of the Gods who controlled the Death Domain, Søren was almost determined to get this power!
— — "Shadow Hide!"
Søren's figure disappeared into the darkness. He was now facing the top undead creature, the Lich. So even though Søren was a God, he didn't dare to be careless.
Besides!
This Lich had been here for decades. If there was really the power left by the God of Death here, the enemy would not be a simple Lich.
Søren suspected that the other party might have evolved into a [Demigod-lich]!
— — "Disarm the trap!"
The entrance to the God of Death's ruins was under the sand dune. Before Søren got close, he found a security trap on the periphery.
As the God of Rogues and Half-Elves, such a trap was not difficult for Søren. He easily disarmed the three trigger traps on the periphery.
— — "Shadow Leap!"
The cross-plane Phase Shift helped Søren avoid the first trap inside. This kind of trap was too troublesome to touch. It was necessary to destroy the surface structure of the wall, which could easily alarm the Lich deep underground. So it was easier to travel through the shadow plane.
— — "Dimension Shift!"
After entering the God of Death's ruins, it was dark. The undead didn't need light, and the Lich didn't set up any lighting tools here.
On the contrary.
Over the past few decades, it had set up hundreds of traps outside for no reason. Almost every three steps, there would be a trap that would be triggered.
Søren glanced around and found at least five traps that were set with [Finger of Death] and [Disintegrate].
"Damn it!"
"This Lich is really ruthless!"
Søren stopped a little at the corner and murmured, "If it was a team of legendary adventurers, maybe a few of them would have died."
"All of them are instant death spells!"
"If you don't resist a little, even a legendary profession will die in an instant!"
Instant death traps.
Even legendary Rogues would be afraid of this kind of trap because Rogues didn't have enough immunity. If they failed to remove the trap, they could be killed in an instant.
After passing through the "death passage" set up by the Lich, the number of traps began to decrease significantly.
However, there were more high-level warning devices.
If it weren't for Søren being a god, he wouldn't have known when he triggered the device and alarmed the Lich below. No wonder no one wanted to crusade against it for so long. There were probably not many professions in the Eastern Kingdom who could pass the first half of the journey.
"This is?"
After Søren passed through the passage, his eyes suddenly opened up. This was a very wide hall, surrounded by broken marble pillars. Part of the hall had collapsed, and there was a lot of quicksand piled up there. There were many reliefs on the wall near the right side, carved with some hideous undead creatures. It looked like a war in the underworld, and a servant of Death with a huge scythe.
"It really is the temple of Death!"
"It looks like the Death of the Evil Alignment."
There were very few Death Gods in the Good Alignment. The current [King of the Dead] was only in the Neutral Alignment. When he was still a mortal, he was a good warrior. After taking over as a god, he was forced to change to the Neutral Alignment. Although the doctrine of the King of the Dead was a little biased towards good, he still maintained the neutral nature of the Death Realm.
"The Death of the Evil Alignment?"
"It seems that there are only a few of them, right?"
The reliefs on the wall provided clues for Søren. As for which Death God this temple belonged to, the scope suddenly narrowed a lot.
"Is it the temple of the [King of Bones]?"
Søren carefully looked around and murmured: "The scale of this temple should belong to the Giant God Temple. The gods who have the ability to build such a large temple are at least mid-level gods."
"If that's the case."
"There are very few qualified candidates. [King of Bones], [God of Murder], [God of Death] - Naruto, [God of Slaughter], [God of Tyranny] …"
"The God of Murder can be ruled out."
"After he fell into madness and was sealed, the churches basically disappeared, and the temples were almost destroyed."
"After all, his main enemy was the [King of the Dead]."
"The God of Death, Hell, is still alive. If this is his temple, it is impossible for it to be abandoned. We can basically rule it out."
"The [God of Slaughter] is out of the question."
"He has too many enemies. It's hard to leave such a large temple."
"Then the biggest possibilities are the [King of Bones] and the [God of Tyranny]."
The [King of Bones] was Mirko.
The second generation of the God of Death. After he fell, Klemvaux took over the Death Godhood. The [God of Tyranny] was the predecessor of the Dread Lord. After he was replaced by the Dread Lord, he disappeared in history.
This temple had the most to do with the two of them.
…
Søren went through the passage on the first floor.
Following the short flight of stairs, little lights began to appear in front of him.
Some strange puppets appeared in Søren's sight. They wore black metal armor and stood still in the corner.
"Skeletal Guards?"
Søren glanced and saw the skeletons under the armor. These were Skeletal Guards with a challenge rating of 12. They were life forms made by high-grade undead. Most of them were powerful warriors when they were alive.
"Looks like the [King of Bones]'s temple."
Søren went around from the side. After entering the second floor of the God of Death's ruins, some undead guards began to appear in front of him. At the same time, there was a strange cauldron at a certain distance.
The cauldron was full of dark green liquid. From time to time, translucent wraiths would emerge from it.
"The Death Cauldron?"
"Is someone extracting the essence of souls here?"
Søren had seen this strange cauldron before in the [God of Death] Naruto's temple. It could be used to extract the essence of souls in a simple way. It was similar to the method of raising poisonous insects. A bunch of low-quality souls would be placed in the cauldron to cook. In the end, one could obtain a high-quality soul or a soul fragment that could be purified.
Refining souls could only be done in the God of Death's temple.
There were a total of thirteen cauldrons.
There were undead guards nearby. The passage on the side was filled with bones. Some souls would enter the pile of bones. After a while, a skeleton warrior would crawl out.
"Damn!"
"This place has become a production line for the undead!"
Søren saw a portal through the mist in front of him. A strong death energy was emitted from it. This place was connected to a certain place in the underworld. This temple had already established a passage to the underworld.
"So many souls?"
"Could it be that there is a [Soul Furnace] below?"
At this moment, Søren seemed to think of something. His face changed slightly. He murmured, "Could this be the place where the adventurers found the [Thousand Souls Head] after the end of the Avatar Crisis?"
In an instant!
A little memory that had been sealed for a long time flashed through Søren's mind.
It was about three months after the end of the Avatar Crisis. A team of legendary adventurers explored the Desert of Death in the Eastern Kingdom.
They swept through three underground ruins in the Desert of Death in a row.
The most difficult battle was in the second death ruin. In this death ruin, they encountered the [Demigod-lich] and the [Thousand Souls Head].
In the end, they found the [Soul Furnace] left by a fallen god of death.
Of course.
The real discovery was probably more than that. However, what they released was definitely the most basic information. As for how much benefit they had obtained, they basically wouldn't tell others everything.
"If it's really here!"
"I'm afraid I have to be careful next! It seems that I need to do some preparation work! "
Søren stopped.
In his memory, the average profession level of this team of adventurers was about level 22. They were the top veterans who had experienced high-intensity battles during the Avatar Crisis. When they swept through this place, three of them died. In the end, they killed the Demigod-lich and the [Thousand Souls Head]. Although Søren now had the combat strength of a deity, he did not have much advantage over a team of legendary adventurers.
If they didn't treat it seriously, they might really fail miserably in the gutter.
"Demigod-lich."
"The challenge level is level 21. He has mastered the legendary spell [Time Stop]. This can deal with other legendary professions, but it has no effect on me."
"In addition, there are legendary spells such as [Wishing], [Gate Between Worlds], and [Wail of the Banshee]."
"It seems that I need to summon my demon incarnation to help in the battle."
"The [Thousand Souls Head]."
"The challenge level is level 20. He has mastered Aura of Fear, Necromancy, Domination, and so on. He is a half-spirit creature composed of a large number of distorted souls. He is a monster that is very difficult to kill."
"This is a bit troublesome! … "
Søren frowned. His figure stopped in a corner and fell into deep thought.
Two legendary monsters with the challenge level.
Even from the point of view of a deity, they are very troublesome enemies!
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(PS: Two in One Chapter.)
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