Lucien, who was a bit numb from the electric shock, looked at the wall on the left in confusion. It took him a few seconds to realize what was going on. Then he walked to the wall and asked in a low voice, "Who is it?"
"Adam, who lives next door to you. Buddy, didn't we just meet? " As the deep and magnetic voice sounded, the stone brick in that position suddenly moved and caved in the opposite direction.
With a rustling sound, the stone brick was magically removed, revealing a hollow hole and a pair of dark blue eyes.
"No magic circle?" Lucien raised his left eyebrow like Natasha and asked in surprise.
In the magic tower of a senior-rank sorcerer, the walls were not reinforced or soundproof with magic circles. Also, this was a prison cell, and there was not even the most basic protection against damage!
A smile appeared on Adam's well-defined face, "Because this is the place where demons are imprisoned! Although there are a lot of mineral veins and horrible magic creatures nearby, they are still very dangerous. The fact that the old witch was able to build a magic tower is already a sign of her great power and wealth. Therefore, except for a few permanent magic circles on the exterior and the core of this magic tower, the rest of the buildings are just ordinary buildings. Hey, buddy, after talking so much, I still don't know what to call you. "
It seemed that he had a lot of things to say because he had not talked to a normal person for a long time. He was not as tough as he looked.
"Mr. Adam, you can call me Lucien. By the way, how did you dig out this stone brick? "Lucien habitually kept his politeness.
Adam looked at Lucien's eyes through the hole and blinked, "What a polite guy. Hey, buddy, are you a sorcerer or a Knight? Lower rank or middle rank? "
"Sorcerer, middle rank."
Hearing Lucien's simple answer, Adam smiled and said, "Buddy, we are all experiment subjects. Why are you so formal? Just call me Adam, Great Knight Adam of the Dark Bloodline. "
Then he reached out his right hand, and his nails that had not been trimmed for a long time were shining with cold light, "I used my nails to slowly dig out the stone brick. The Restraining Bracelet can suppress my bloodline power, but it can't turn my changed body back to its original state. "
Lucien lowered his head to look at his neatly trimmed fingernails and humorously said, "If the old witch wasn't here and there were only ordinary guards, then we could have successfully escaped from prison with our fingernails. Adam, do you know anything about the neighborhood? Also, do you know what kind of experiment the old witch is doing? After I fainted in the Dark Mountain Range, I woke up in a cell. I don't know anything. "
Adam's excitement of not communicating with someone for a long time slowly subsided, and his tone became serious, "Buddy, it's useless even if you know the situation. There are two cities and many villages within the defensive range of the magic tower. The people inside should be the descendants of the humans who have been trapped in the Land of Demons for many years. Legend has it that there was once a village on the edge of the Gloom Mountain Range that was swallowed whole. "
"Further away, surrounding this area is a gigantic forest similar to the Dark Mountain Range. It is very dangerous. There are Scarlet Demonic Trees, Murderous Vines, Three-Armed Monsters, Feather Snakes, Petrifying Lizards, and other powerful dark creatures. When I first fell into the Land of Demons, I was there and almost didn't make it out of the forest. I don't know what is further away from the forest, but according to the law, the closer you go to the outside world, the stronger the monsters are. I'm afraid that there will be Chimeras, Soul Catchers, Sphinxes, Giant Dragons, and other top creatures. "
Lucien inferred the types of monsters according to the monsters that had appeared in the Dark Mountain Range.
After introducing the surroundings, Adam's voice became lower and lower, "There is an ancient relic under this magic tower, which seems to be related to the secret of the Restraining Bracelet. The old witch has been trying to crack it to find a way to get out of here, but she is limited to the seventh or eighth circle, so she can't succeed. Most of her experiments are on how to use limited resources to improve her magic power. "
"By the way, her soul and body were contaminated in a magic experiment accident, and she can no longer transform into her youthful appearance. Her life is quickly fading away, so she is still looking for a solution to this problem."
Lucien felt that the more Adam talked, the more scared he became. He asked in confusion and worry, "Has the old witch found a way to solve this problem? And we are the test subjects for this experiment? "
Adam said with deep fear, "The old witch's soul was contaminated. After changing into a few girls' bodies, she couldn't stop herself from aging rapidly. So she thinks that the core of the problem is her soul. She wants to try to divide her soul and cut off the uncontaminated part completely from the original soul, in case the contamination can't be eradicated. Then she can cultivate and strengthen it to become another version of herself."
Lucien swallowed hard, "Then who will listen to who after the separation? Who will be the old witch? "
As far as Lucien knew, there was no real successful experiment of soul separation so far. Even the part of the soul that was separated from the phylactery by Lich Transformation and the finger that was cut off by Life Hiding were not completely separated from the original soul and body. They were still connected in a certain way.
No matter how far away they were, the soul in the phylactery would only come back to life when the original soul died. There would be no philosophical or cognitive conflict. If the original soul encountered an attack that could interfere with this connection, the resurrected soul would also suffer the same injury.
Adam blinked his eyes and smiled bitterly, "Who knows? Anyway, all the workers whose souls were separated by the old witch died on the spot, without exception. "
He pointed at the wall behind Lucien, "The worker in that cell is going to be tested tonight. If he doesn't come back, it means that the experiment has failed again. If the experiment succeeds, maybe we can be set free. "
"If the experiment succeeds …" Lucien repeated, but he did not finish his words. He thought to himself that with the cloning technology, it might mean that there was a path to immortality.
According to the current magic achievements, even if a person was perfectly transformed into a lich or extended his life in other ways, as time went by, the soul would inevitably show signs of weakening. If the part of the soul that had not started to age was separated, it would still be affected by the original soul. Therefore, according to the records of the Congress of Magic, the longest-living legendary sorcerer was 6,449 years old. The rest of the legendary sorcerers either died before this age or went missing.
Adam lowered his voice again, "Buddy, I have to remind you that you need to be prepared."
"What?" Lucien raised his head and looked at the wall that was missing a brick. Adam's dark blue eyes were staring at him.
"The old witch thinks that the experiment failed because the soul she used for the experiment was not strong enough. Therefore, you, as a rare middle-rank sorcerer, will definitely be the main material for the experiment. But before that, she will try her best to improve the strength of your soul. For you, it's both a danger and an opportunity. "Adam's magnetic voice brought Lucien some bad news.
Lucien took a deep breath and slightly nodded, "I'll look for an opportunity. Adam, can you tell me what you know about the internal structure of the magic tower? For example, where is the energy room? "
"No problem. If you need any help, just come to me." Adam answered straightforwardly and slightly squinted his eyes.
After talking for a while, Adam put the brick away, fearing that it might be discovered by the servants.
In silence, Lucien walked back to the bed and sat down. He didn't care about Adam's idea of hiding behind him to take advantage of the situation. No matter what, he would try his best to get some information from Adam.
After dinner, Lucien took the time to sleep and recover his strength. Next, he had to figure out a way to remove the bracelet.
…
In the middle of the night, the iron gate was suddenly opened. The red-faced young servant said to Lucien coldly, "Master asked me to take you to the moonlight. It'll help your body and soul recover."
Although Lucien instantly thought of the phrase "taking a walk" in his previous life, there was no way that he would turn down an opportunity to walk outside. Soon, he followed the young servant to the protruding balcony on this floor of the magic tower.
The Silver Moon was hanging high in the sky, and its cold light was no different from that of the outside world. When the light shone on the balcony, it reflected a rippling silver light.
All the cells in Lucien's body were thirsty for the moonlight, so that he could quickly recover from his injuries.
"Hey, buddy, you're out too?" Adam's enthusiastic voice came from behind Lucien.
Lucien turned around and smiled, "Hey, Adam, you're here to take a bath in the darkness?"
"Yeah, I also participated in the experiment this afternoon. Of course, I participated as an experiment subject." Adam grinned, and his bright smile softened his tough face. Hiding in the corner where the moonlight was blocked, Adam seemed to have merged with the darkness.
Then he lowered his voice and said, "That guy didn't come back."
"That's unfortunate." Lucien replied "sadly".
The balcony was not very high from the ground, but the old witch was not worried that the two guys could escape from the magic tower. And Lucien and Adam did not have any other ideas at the moment. They just casually chatted about the dark forest.
Suddenly, a bright light burst out from the small hill in front of them, making the place as bright as daytime.
Leaning against the balcony, Lucien saw two men and two women running out of the small hill. They were running towards the magic tower agilely, as if they had just stepped on some kind of magic trap.
"Wow, not bad. There are two level-two Knights, one second-circle sorcerer, and one official Knight in the team." Adam left the darkness and looked at the two men and two women who were breaking the traps and killing the skeleton servants excitedly.
Lucien turned around and looked at him in confusion. "What?"
"The old witch is very lazy except for studying and experimenting with magic. In order not to let the experiment subjects go extinct, she left a lot of training methods and magic books in the nearby villages and cities. Then she hid the magic tower and let them develop on their own, so that the experiment subjects would not die out."
"At the same time, she sent people to secretly spread the news that there was a magic tower here that hid countless treasures and infinite power. As long as one could find the magic tower, break the seal, and defeat the evil witch, he or she would be able to get everything. Therefore, the experimental materials often came to the door by themselves, and there was no need to look for them." Adam watched the "fierce" battle below with great interest.
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