Arcane Linguist

Chapter 363 From operations to decision-making, looking for the lich phylactery

That night, Roland and others saw Renn Hulengar brought back by the "Arcane Military Police".

He no longer looks like a human being, but has transformed into a hollow corpse monster that is as skinny as a skeleton but still has some dry flesh and blood. The whole body is shrouded in the aura of death and evil.

In the eye sockets, a faint red light flashed, and the flame of the soul burned quietly in the cavity.

"This is the lich..."

The young mages saw this evil undead existence for the first time outside of textbooks, and they sighed sincerely.

Lich is a spellcaster who uses special means to extend life and seek immortality. The transformation process is highly dependent on an existence called a "phylactery".

That's why some people say that if you can't find the opponent's life box, there is no point in catching or killing it.

Perhaps the committee's only way to deal with him is to impose a seal and let the power of time deal with him.

"Transforming the Lich is the effect of a forbidden spell. The origin of life is sealed in a magical box, allowing it to live forever.

It is said that this is a special thing made to imitate the godhead. Just like the gods are immortal, the only way to eliminate the lich is to destroy his phylactery.

Otherwise, even if his body is destroyed many times, he will still find a chance to be reborn..."

"This is indeed a headache. Every lich knows where this life gate is, so he will not expose any information about it easily.

Moreover, before the Lich transformed, he was a spell caster of level six or above. It was not easy to read soul information through spells. "

""Detect Thoughts" can only act on the brain..."

"It would be nice if there was some way to locate it directly."

"To find people and objects, you still need to use the finding-object spell, but this spell is also very easy to be interfered with..."

……

"Ren, you have been arrested now, what do you have to say?"

While everyone was discussing, Antonia interrogated him personally in the prison cell in the mage's tower.

"Your Excellency, this is the end of the matter. I have nothing to say."

Lich Ren, who was wearing a classical robe, raised his head, with a faint red light in his eyes, and answered calmly.

"Well, anyway, even if you don't recruit, we still have a way to know the real culprit behind the 'quagmire plan'."

Antonia sighed and gave up on continuing the interrogation.

For a spellcaster like Ren, ordinary torture and the like are not decent, and have no practical effect.

"Take it down and take good care of it..."

"Speaking of which, I'm a little curious. When did the prophecy skills in the arcane world become so powerful that they can find me directly?

If you are willing to tell me about this matter, I will be very happy to reveal some useful clues.

Just think of it as the unwillingness and curiosity of a loser. "

Before being taken away, Ren suddenly asked.

"Ren, you are the best among the young mages of the previous generation, but this generation is no worse than you, and is even better.

If you continue to pay attention to the arcane world, you should have heard of his name. "

Antonia thought for a moment and said to him.

"Could it be that it was him..."

Ren was indeed moved.

"The youngest winner of the Arcane Star Award in history, the founder of the Seris School, and the high-level mage Roland Seris!

"Yes, it's him!"

"But, this doesn't make sense..."

"Don't say you can't figure it out, even I can't figure it out.

But looking at this situation, Siris language should have some special effect and can be used in astrology and divination. "

Ren was silent for a while, then suddenly moved his lips and told Antonia what he had mastered through "message technique".

Antonia was lost in thought, and she didn't come back to her senses until the military police took Renn away for a long time.

"Someone, call Roland and Anna to my office."

He gave the order and then left the interrogation room and went to the office at the top of the tower.

……

"Your Excellency Antonia, are you looking for us?"

Not long after, in the office at the top of the tower.

Roland and Anna came to Antonia and asked with some curiosity.

"I'm very sorry for wasting your time, but there is one more thing that I may need your help with."

"Your Excellency, please speak."

Antonia nodded and said: "Ren has handed over some information, and I need you to continue to use your knowledge to deduce more relevant things.

Of course, it's not just you.

I will try my best to find those people at Pidos Wizard Tower, as well as other people who are good at astrology, divination, and all magic related to prophecy and destiny, and entrust them to me.

The important clue known so far is that this matter is related to the world of Sinvila, which is being invaded by the Abyss Legion. "

Anna was surprised: "Xinweila World? I am already desperate, and you still play this trick. I don't know how to live or die!"

Roland said: "Perhaps it's because we are so imminent that we can't let it go easily?

The Arcane Empire, which is also a magical civilization, has always wanted to drag Atrein down. "

"Roland is right, Sinvera's motive is to weaken us and recruit and train a group of usable external forces.

In addition, the Abyss Legion may also see Atrein's flaws and divide their forces.

That way, the pressure they will have to bear will be less.

This is a binding strategy. If you are unlucky, you will drag others into trouble. If you were to get along with Atline in a different place, it is very likely that you will have to stir up trouble everywhere, and everyone will share the joys and sorrows. "

Antonia shook her head helplessly, and then gave Roland and Anna a top-secret mission.

"The fact that Ren became a lich is related to the grudges of the previous generation.

If nothing unexpected happens, we will completely seal him and imprison him.

But that would be a pity for the genius.

In fact, some people on the committee and I hope that Ren can change his ways and be used by the empire.

But the premise is to find his life box and completely control him.

If this person can be controlled by us, if he is released in another world, he can also perform some tasks that are inconvenient for the empire to do personally...

So, I would like to ask you to do your best...

Find his phylactery first! "

Roland and Anna looked at each other, thinking that politics was really dirty.

But think about it carefully, since ancient times, doctors have not been punished.

No matter what Ren has done, he is a high-level spellcaster and a valuable high-end talent.

If you can't use it for yourself, you have to kill it. If you can use it for yourself...

Most mistakes can be forgiven.

Even a legendary mage like Lord Antonia is not immune to this.

"This kind of thing is not easy to do. The lich's phylactery is the lifeblood."

Roland pondered for a while, unable to finish his words.

“If it were simple, I wouldn’t have to look for you.

And I believe that your new school of new arcana...can create miracles.

Isn't it? "

Hearing Antonia's words, Anna said with some surprise: "Your Excellency, do you plan to support us?"

"I have always supported you." Antonia smiled.

"But you also need to give me a reason to fully support it."

support……

Full support……

reason……

really.

This Excellency has veto power and final arbitration power in the committee's group decision-making.

If you insist on doing something regardless of offending other archmages, you will most likely be able to do it.

But it is a loss of political resources and one's own prestige.

You really need to have a good reason to use your strength.

And this time, finding Renn's Lich Phylactery is the best opportunity.

……

"Find Ren's phylactery!"

"Yes, preventing the undead natural disaster is a great achievement, but finding Ren's phylactery and truly controlling this lich is undoubtedly a further step.

The people on the committee will also recognize our strength and be biased. "

On the other side, Pidos Mage Tower also took over the task.

Although Antonia is a legendary mage, there are also disciples or blood relatives of the legendary mage among the archmages of the other sect.

In fact, he himself is a potential candidate for promotion.

They also hope to find the phylactery and control lichs like Wren.

Now that Antonia has found Anna and Roland, they have to focus on the Pidos Mage Tower faction and try to achieve their goals through their influence on the committee.

Omicdit did not lie.

He does have many old friends on the committee, and there are also some former disciples and former officials among the alternate members.

The combined power of these people is not small, and together with the bargaining chip to control Rennes, it is enough to reverse the situation.

"This is not an easy thing to do.

But it seems that we can only do our best. "

Omifor groaned secretly, but he had no other choice.

……

After returning, Roland checked some information at the last minute and learned that the phylactery is usually a small metal box that is sealed.

It contains parchment engraved with magical words, used to store the life source of the lich.

There are also other forms of phylacteries, such as rings, amulets, or various magical objects.

But generally speaking, these things are made to be very strong and as small and inconspicuous as possible.

Whenever the Lich's body is destroyed, or is killed like a normal creature, some kind of regular power will be triggered and it will be reborn near the phylactery.

Based on this characteristic of pseudo-immortality, many high-level spellcasters will make some moves after confirming that they have no hope of being promoted to legend.

Therefore, related experiments and knowledge have been spread repeatedly.

"Prophecy spells and "object-finding spells" for finding people and objects are generally realized through the principle of mana resonance.

If the earth's veins do not record information about this kind of thing, and the mana between heaven and earth does not sense it, there will be no results.

Generally speaking, this is impossible. After all, as long as it 'exists', it will have an impact on other objects and thus become deducible.

The only problem is that the possibility is so high that actually finding it is like looking for a needle in a haystack.

If the existing arcane theory and computing power algorithm are used, the cost will be astronomical every time.

In contrast, those methods of playing tricks under the lights or arranging various movement changes are easy to conceal. "

Anna did not leave immediately, but followed Roland back to his home at No. 10 Chancher to discuss it.

The first thing the two of them made clear was that this method of locating objects was theoretically equivalent to using an infinitely exhaustive brute force method to crack a password.

It is theoretically possible.

But in fact, the time and energy overhead cannot be ignored.

That is not an ordinary cost, calculated over months or years, nor is it tens of billions of years, trillions of years, which may seem huge at first glance, but are actually just ten to the power of ten, using simple scientific notation. Small numbers that can be expressed.

Rather, it is an astronomical number represented by an exponential tower.

Indescribable, inconceivable, and inconceivable.

Coupled with the factors of time and motion changes, that is the Gurley number, TREE(3)...

In fact, this road has been blocked for eternity.

Therefore, arcanists generally use other methods.

For example...

Blind!

That's right, being blind is also a solution!

Using "Searching Object" and "Alien Detection" or "Prayer" as the basis, we create a set of iterative feedback mechanisms that can keep guessing in the blind.

Then fitting during the correction process...

Generally speaking, all it takes is an answer like "too big" or "too small" to make a quick correction.

In the end, it is not necessary to come up with an exact answer. If it is roughly fitted, sending people to conduct on-site investigations can make a more precise positioning.

Of course, such a method also requires certain expenses, such as constant sacrifices, repeated spell casting, field verification...

But in any case, it can be regarded as a significant reduction in cost.

"Let me try it first. Use the "Prayer Technique" in the Seris language. You can pray once and use it multiple times...

I have almost mastered this spell completely, and Your Excellency Antonia has also specially approved the corresponding permission to cast the spell..."

Roland set up the magic circle, chanted a spell and cast a spell, and then expressed his wish: "I hope to know whether Ren's phylactery is in Atrein..."

"possible……"

replied the mysterious voiceover.

The veins on Roland's forehead swelled.

Anna also clenched her fists.

But they couldn't do anything.

This is the "wishing technique".

When you are reliable, you can do anything.

It's almost useless when it's unreliable.

“As expected, don’t count on it.

Since even the improved "Prayer" in Seris language is like this, the performance of "Limited Prayer" or the lower-level "Alien Detection" will only be worse..."

"so what should I do now?"

Even Anna, the talented astrologer, is out of ideas.

Finding people and things is not what astrology is good at.

"Don't panic. The principle is correct, but there is a problem with the specific implementation process."

Roland pondered for a long time and said to her.

"Didn't I mention to you before that the "Operations Research Skills" should be improved and upgraded into "Decision-Making Skills"?

It is also a kind of magic based on logical judgment. As mentioned in my work in "The Romance of Seris", Hetuluo Shu performs Bagua...

First improve the model of this spell, optimize the algorithm, and then use the power of gods or "wishes" to judge!

This road must be feasible, it just needs small improvements like the work done by Master Watson! "

(End of this chapter)