On the thirty-third floor of the Allyn magic tower, Lucien followed his teacher, the Lord of Storm, to his library.
In the spacious corridor, Fernando observed Lucien, deep in thought. "What kind of intestines did you cut? They are not affected at all?"
Although he was quite good at Necromancy, this school still had the strong influence of the ancient Magic Empire, and its development was completely different from that on Earth. For the inflamed and diseased internal organs, only medical skills and magic potions were needed to cure them. Surgery was not needed at all.
When it came to dissecting human bodies, necromancers focused on studying the relationship between different organs and various diseases in order to develop new curses, poisons, and disease-related spells, or to reduce the requirements of similar spells in the past. Therefore, necromancers categorized internal organs in a rather general way. Appendices, caecilians, and other organs were all treated as intestines.
"I named it the appendix. Recently, when I dissected and studied Grunwell's body, I accidentally discovered that there were no negative effects even after the intestines were cut out and his recovery abilities were suppressed with magic. It meant that it barely had any effect. " Lucien gave the excuse that he had come up with a long time ago. After all, his teacher was very clear that he had recently acquired a level-nine dark Knight as an experiment subject.
As for the effect on immunity, it was barely noticeable for the Knight.
Fernando chuckled. "It is not entirely useless. At the very least, it can be used as the main material for the modified Life Hiding."
He was not surprised by Lucien's dissection of Grunwell at all. Instead, he said affirmatively, "It's time for you to deepen the studies on bloodlines. It is a beneficial supplement for the studies on souls. Many life-prolonging rituals in the future require knowledge in that regard as the foundation. You are not thinking about turning into a lich in the future, are you? Or are you willing to watch Natasha die many years earlier than you? "
"Knights cannot be transformed into liches, and even if they become Death Knights, they will be corrupted by negative energy and almost become a different person. Therefore, there are few legendary rituals that can prolong her life. As far as I know, no more than five of them can prolong her life for more than a thousand years. Without the excellent foundation of the school of necromancy, you can't host it even if you are at the peak of legendary. By then, you can't ask Vicente for help, can you?"
"Don't we still have you, Teacher? You were also the one who presided over the Life Concealment Ceremony just now, "Lucien said as he made a mental note to compliment his teacher.
Fernando said angrily, "This little girl has the potential to advance into epic. By the time she needs to prolong her life, chances are that I will have perished during the exploration of the truth of the world. Also, the five legendary magic rituals require extremely precious materials. For example, the 'Blessing of Dragons' that I'm using to prolong my life requires the blood and bones of a primordial dragon as the main materials of the ritual. Back then, Hathaway and I joined hands and asked for Douglas' help to kill a primordial red dragon. You might not have a chance to get it."
"A primordial dragon in the legendary level …" Lucien realized that it was extremely difficult to obtain such materials. Every dragon had a terrifying body, and as they grew older, their magic power would also increase. The legendary primordial dragons were as good as the legendary sorcerers in the ancient Magic Empire in terms of magic.
More importantly, there were no more than seven primordial dragons alive right now, and they were all influential elders in the Dark Congress. It would be very difficult to kill them. They were not the inferior products like the Dark Dragon God.
Fernando ignored Lucien's shocked expression and went on, "Therefore, if we cannot find suitable materials, we will have to come up with new magic rituals, which requires profound necromancy. Do you think Hathaway doesn't want to prolong Patrick's life? It's just that his body and soul are extremely weak, and the existing ritual can't be used. It can only be improved slightly, and Hathaway isn't good at necromancy, so she can't create a new ritual according to the specific situation … Even I'm not good at this. "
He did not mention the Lord of the Undead. It was obvious that Vicente would not help Hathaway.
"Got it." Lucien nodded his head solemnly, but he was not in a hurry. Both he and Natasha were still young. They should focus on improving their magic level first and work hard for the advancement into legendary. They could consider it later.
As they talked, Lucien asked curiously, "Master, how many years can your 'Blessing of Giant Dragons' extend one's life?"
Fernando said proudly, "Depending on the quality of the materials, the host's understanding of the soul and the body, and some unknown reasons, the ritual can last between two thousand and five thousand years. Also, other life rituals can be superimposed. At that time, Hathaway and I each extended it for 4,700 years."
It was close to the best level. No wonder his teacher was so proud. Lucien thought in silence and then asked again, "What about the other legendary sorcerers? The ones who did not turn into liches. "
"I don't know much about the others. It's kind of a personal secret. I only know that Douglas performed the ritual of 'Nature's Gift' with the fruit of the elvish tree that could only grow after ten thousand years. Brook, on the other hand, hasn't extended his life with any legendary magic ritual yet." Fernando opened the door of his library.
Brook was no more than two hundred years old. As a legendary and with the help of regular magic rituals, his life could be extended to a thousand years. Therefore, he was not in a hurry to pursue more. Fernando, on the other hand, was different. Both he and Douglas were sorcerers who grew up in the ancient Magic Empire and were more than a thousand years old. Hathaway, on the other hand, shared the ritual materials by the way because they were partners.
Lucien's curiosity was satisfied. He smiled and said, "Master, I'll go back to the magic tower first and put the 'Life Amulet' in the core protected area."
Although the life amulet that hid the appendix was not as fatal as the phylactery of a lich, and it would not lead to death when it was destroyed, it cost Lucien half of his wealth. He could not be careless.
Fernando became solemn and hinted at Lucien to come in first.
After Lucien walked in with confusion, he closed the door and activated the magic circle. He said, "The Highest Council has passed the resolution to cooperate with Sardes. They also met in secret yesterday and signed a magic contract."
"Every Excellency signed it? What did he ask for? What was his promise? "Lucien had mentioned Sardes' mysteriousness to his teacher before. Therefore, he became solemn.
Fernando asked Lucien to come in because he wanted to hear his opinion. He said frankly, "Every member of the Highest Council signed it. According to Sardes' request, we sorcerers asked for the justice of Maltimus, the Lord of Hell, while he swore and signed the contract to the God of Truth with the heart of faith."
Generally speaking, regular magic contracts were useless for legendary sorcerers. After all, the devils and other mysterious creatures who supervised the execution of the magic contracts were not captured by the legendary sorcerers as experiment subjects. They were not capable of supervising and enforcing the punishment for breach of the contract. Therefore, the magic contracts of such a level were often supervised by the Grand Duke of Hell or sworn to the Origin of Magic with one's cognitive world.
Because the Origin of Magic was unpredictable, it remained to be seen whether or not it existed. The specific binding force of the latter kind of oath had always been criticized. Some people were killed because of the collapse of their cognitive world because of the violation of the oath, but some were perfectly fine. Although it was often explained that the oath was a loophole, Sardes was obviously unwilling to take the risk. Therefore, he asked the Lord of Hell, a demigod, to "supervise" it. His own "oath of faith", on the other hand, was not a problem for the clerics at all.
"The Lord of Hell … Will he be involved in this matter, too?" Hearing the terrifying big shot, Lucien couldn't help but twitch his lips. Fernando smiled.
"If it were before, he probably would've intervened in secret. Schemes are his favorite things, but he has just been set up by the Silver Moon Alterna. He lost an important projection to your 'Eternal Blaze' and was hurt himself. He might not be willing to take the risk again. The Silver Moon, on the other hand, has mostly recovered and is' watching from the sky '. Also, her projection might not be able to defeat Douglas."
"The great prophet and the Angel King were probably played by Sardes himself to manipulate the radical clerics and the night watchers, but he never admitted it."
'Watching from the sky' was a common metaphor in the magic world to express Alterna's attention.
"Then, what was the oath that you swore? What did Sardes promise? "Lucien asked the key question again.
Fernando nodded his head. "According to the contract, we cannot attack Sardes until he violates his promise or attacks any sorcerer of the Congress of Magic non-defensively. Similarly, we cannot suppress the development of his new church until they do something that endangers the Congress. Also, he has the priority to preach in every alternate dimension that we claim."
It was a reasonable and appropriate way to express Sardes' desire. It seemed to indicate his sincerity in our cooperation … Lucien thought to himself.
"What he promised was that he would leave the Radiance Church one year from today, and the Congress would send someone to take over the massive transmission magic circles and the divine power defense core inside. It was one step further than him shutting down the transmission magic circles himself. In the meantime, he would ask the Grand Cardinals in the other four parishes that he has roped in to do the same, and those who are not roped in will cooperate with us to ambush them." Fernando looked at Lucien and said, "With your understanding of Sardes, is there any problem?"
Lucien shook his head. "I only know that he has been hiding my relationship with Natasha from the pope, which seems to fit his purpose right now. I don't see any loopholes. However, none of us know what he has gained in the World of Souls. We have to be prepared for other changes."
Fernando did not say anything else. He simply instructed Lucien, "Tell Natasha about it and ask her not to say anything about it in front of Sardes. She can acquiesce and cooperate in secret, but she cannot leave any evidence in words or voices, in order to keep hope for another aspect in the future."
"Master, what do you mean?" Lucien was somewhat surprised.
Fernando nodded solemnly. "Before we calculate our victory, we have to be prepared for a total failure."
The South Church was very powerful. It had twenty-four legends and one demigod on its own. Among the countries that were attached to it, even excluding the Kingdom of Holm on the other side of the Storm Strait, there were thirteen legendary Knights. It was the well-deserved greatest force. Although the Congress of Magic was thriving, there was still a huge gap between them and the South Church. The confrontation with them would undoubtedly be dangerous.
"I'm a bit nervous now, master." Lucien heaved a sigh. "Then, should we postpone the paper on the special theory of relativity for a year? We can't do anything else at such a critical moment. "
Fernando shook his head. "We did not foresee that Sardes would ask for cooperation so soon. Oliver's transformation equations have already been proposed. Even without our guidance, some arcanists will be able to infer them on their own in half a year at most with the heated discussions and the arcana foundations. So, it is unnecessary. We only need to be more cautious."
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