"Damn it, could it be that I'm dreaming?" Lin Li shook his head helplessly. Just as he was about to give up on the origin of the statue and take Gloomy Dark, Ujfalusi suddenly exclaimed.
"M-Master, that's the Immortal King!"
"What?" Ujfalusi's exclamation gave Lin Li a shock. "You're saying that the statue is carved according to the Immortal King's appearance?"
"Y-yes." Even Ujfalusi could not suppress the respect in his heart at the mention of this legendary figure who had created the entire High Elves Dynasty. When he looked up at the statue, this former Lich even swallowed hard like a human …
"…" Lin Li stared blankly at the bust at the top of the minaret for a few minutes before snapping out of his daze. "F * ck, why is it this bastard again …" he cursed through gritted teeth.
It was no wonder that Lin Li cursed …
Ever since the finals of the trial in the Aurora Square, the name of the Immortal King seemed to have become a curse that haunted him. From the Aurora Square to the Demon Fall Valley, from Doland to the Scar of Death, it seemed like every place was shrouded in the shadow of the Immortal King.
Even Ujfalusi, who had signed a Soul Contract with him, seemed to have a close relationship with the Immortal King …
Although Ujfalusi had never mentioned this, it did not mean that Lin Li knew nothing about it. Ujfalusi had signed a Soul Contract with Lin Li without any reservations. At the moment of signing the Soul Contract, some of Ujfalusi's memory fragments would flow into Lin Li's mind. Although these memory fragments were extremely messy, and he could not read any useful information, Lin Li could still see a trace of the Immortal King's shadow amidst these messy memory fragments …
However, Lin Li had never asked about it before, because he felt that everyone had the right to keep secrets, and Necromancers were no exception. As long as these secrets did not threaten him, there was no need for him to dig them out. Ujfalusi had signed a Soul Contract with him, and he was probably more nervous about secrets that could threaten him than Lin Li.
This time, Lin Li still did not ask about it.
"That's right, this is the altar!" There was an irrepressible joy in Adelo's voice. However, after saying that, Adelo looked at Lin Li hesitantly. "Mage Felic, can we talk?"
"Of course you can …" Lin Li glanced at Adelo. Lin Li knew very well what this Archmage from the Malfa Family wanted to say. Adelo's talk about destroying the altar was just a lie to a kid. He had gone through so much trouble to barge into the Scar of Death, and then spent so much effort to find this altar in the depths of the cave. Was it just to destroy it? Whoever believed him was an idiot …
However, Adelo wanting to talk was exactly what Lin Li wanted.
Adelo had gone through so much trouble to find this altar, so how could he not know anything about it? His mentor, Cheyenne, had come here personally back then, and even fought with the Lich. If anyone said that Adelo knew nothing about this altar, Lin Li would definitely be the first to not believe it.
Actually, before Adelo spoke, Lin Li had already planned it out. Anyway, what he wanted from the start was only Gloomy Dark. If he could hear some more secrets from Adelo, he would not mind discussing with him how to split the benefits that he was about to obtain …
Of course, if Adelo also wanted Gloomy Dark, then it would be another matter …
"I think Mage Felic must have seen that my purpose in entering the Scar of Death this time is not really to destroy this altar …" Adelo admitted the fact that he had lied the moment he opened his mouth.
"Hehe …" Lin Li did not say anything after laughing. However, he was secretly surprised in his heart. How did this Archmage who was good at disguising himself become so straightforward all of a sudden?
Even the meticulous Lin Li did not expect that Adelo's decisiveness this time was all because of one word: "fear" …
That's right, Adelo was really afraid …
The advance party fought their way from the Scar of Death to the front of the altar, and the battles they experienced were more and more dangerous than the previous. Adelo's fear of this young mage was also deeply rooted in these battles. The abilities that this young mage had displayed were too terrifying. He had single-handedly subdued dozens of Death Knights, used the power of a Legendary-mage to fight against a Lich, and even sealed a Humerus Wyrm in the end. Who would dare to lie to such a person? It was more likely that he did not want to live anymore …
"Actually, what I said just now was not completely a lie. I just missed out some details. Back then, when I followed my mentor into the cave, I had indeed fainted, but when I woke up, my mentor told me everything he said in the cave …" After Adelo defended himself, he continued, "Back then, my mentor had indeed fought with a Lich. However, according to my mentor, there was no Humerus Wyrm other than the Lich in this cave. Hence, with my mentor's abilities, I actually had the upper hand. At the end of the battle, my mentor paid the price of losing a level in order to severely injure the Lich …"
"Oh?" Lin Li could not help but be shocked when he heard this. He knew the Lich's abilities better than anyone else. It was no exaggeration to say that this Lich who had received the most orthodox education in magic was almost flawless in terms of battle techniques. He was a peak powerhouse who had no weaknesses at all. Furthermore, he had hidden his phylactery in the altar, which allowed him to absorb Gloomy Dark's energy without having to worry about mana depletion. In any battle, he would be an extremely difficult opponent to deal with …
Lin Li was very clear that even if he drank the All-Knowing Potion and temporarily possessed the power of the Legendary-realm, it would not be enough to defeat this terrifying Lich. The reason he managed to win was purely because of the dark red crystal. It was because of the devouring ability of the crystal that he was able to create a mana vacuum zone when the Lich was careless, causing it to fall from the sky.
Otherwise, the one whose corpse had been torn into pieces would have been him instead …
However, the mentor that Adelo spoke of had the upper hand in the battle with the Lich, and could even severely injure the Lich at the cost of a level.
He was much stronger than Lin Li who had drunk the All-Knowing Potion …
It seemed that there was a difference in strength between Legendary-mages. This difference could only be understood after one entered the Legendary-realm and grasped the power of the Legendary-realm.
"For the past decade or so, my mentor has been saying that he made a huge mistake in that battle. That is, after severely injuring the Lich, he did not completely destroy its body, but only used a spell to bind it …"
"This is indeed a huge mistake …" Lin Li knew that he was in trouble when he heard this …
"Because at this time, the mentor discovered the altar in the depths of the cave …" At this point, Adelo's expression became a little complicated. "This mistake made the mentor regret it for more than ten years. If not for a moment of carelessness at that time, this would not have happened. If not for that, the mentor would have broken through to level-21 at least ten years earlier …"
At this point, Adelo sighed again. "However, it's no wonder that my mentor was anxious. I think anyone would have made the same choice as my mentor once they knew that there was such a huge secret hidden in this altar."
"Looks like what Mage Adelo wants to tell me is the secret hidden in the altar …" Leylin muttered to himself.
"Yes." Adelo nodded. "My mentor had indeed entered a High Elves' relic. However, in that relic, apart from knowing that there was such an altar in the Scar of Death, he also knew that there was a huge secret buried in this altar. This secret is related to the Immortal King …"
"The Immortal King?"
"I think Mage Felic must have read many of the documents left behind by the High Elves, right? I don't know if you have noticed that in these documents, the name of the Immortal King is often not mentioned in detail. Even if it is mentioned occasionally, it seems like they are trying their best to avoid it. Only when it is unavoidable would they occasionally mention it. Furthermore, even if it is mentioned occasionally, there are too many legends and rumors. Even today, after 1300 years, the entire Anril's understanding of the Immortal King is limited to this powerful and mysterious Immortal King, who could very well be the founder of the High Elves Dynasty … "
"Mage Adelo, do you mean that you have a deeper understanding of this Immortal King?" "Not really.
After all, everything I know was told to me by my mentor. I think in the entire Anril, there are not many people who know the Immortal King better than my mentor. This is because my mentor found the diary of a High Elven noble in that relic. In the last few pages of the diary, this noble mentioned that his grandfather was actually one of the Immortal King's servants. Actually, with the establishment of the High Elves Dynasty, most of the servants of the Immortal King also became prominent nobles. Many of the truths of that time were gradually lost in the river of time. Even this noble only discovered this secret when he was sorting out his grandfather's belongings. Apart from this secret, this noble's grandfather also left him two belongings. One was a crossbow with a strange power, and the other was a map that was said to lead to endless treasures … "
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