This Lich Needs More Money

Chapter 119 Necessary Sacrifice

Amberxiu is indeed very busy right now. The knowledge of the Magic Network is too complicated, and it takes him a lot of time just to find the parts he needs.

 There are mountains of drafts piled up in the laboratory, all of which are magical notes written by him.

More than a dozen mage hands grabbed the quills and took notes together. Even Isabel was caught to replace the ink of the quills for these mage hands.

After being busy like this for several days, Amberxiu finally sorted out the content he needed.

Amberxiu speculated that the cause of magic addiction is that the body becomes diseased due to its inability to withstand the legendary power.

 It's like putting a full set of metal armor on a child. It does greatly strengthen the defense, but the armor puts pressure on the child all the time.

Even if he lies down and moves, the pressure only decreases but does not disappear.

 It's okay that the time is short. What everyone can see is that the armor is invulnerable. The child is a little tired when moving. It seems that eating more and resting can hold him up.

 But over time, the pressure brought by this armor caused damage to the body.

 It's just that the damage is not caused by physical damage, but by problems with the magic circulation in the elf's body, creating a black hole that cannot be filled.

Theoretically, as long as the magic power can be replenished regardless of the cost, magic addiction is not a problem. It's like pouring all the magic potions of the elves into a person, it must be enough to replenish his magic power.

But this is not the case, because the symptoms of magic addiction will continue to deepen, and the black hole of magic power in the elf's body will become larger and larger. The final result is that as much as you instill in him, it will be lost, and nothing can be retained, nor can it make up for the loss of magic power. bring pain.

 So, if you want to truly treat addiction, you need to solve this problem.

The simplest way is to give back the legendary power gained while the illness is not serious. There will be no burden on the body, and the addiction to magic will not worsen.

 But the "selfless sharing" of the Elf Queen cannot be taken back, and can even be inherited by blood.

 The second method is also very simple, allowing people suffering from magic addiction to truly advance to legend, and then this power will not be a burden to them. But if half of the elves were all promoted to legend, that would be even more unreliable than asking them to commit suicide.

 So the final solution is to solve the magic black hole.

 The knowledge of the Magic Web brought Amberxiu a solution.

 In the final analysis, the magic black hole is a special manifestation of out-of-control magic power, and the magic network can completely solve this problem.

The original magic could freeze oneself into ice cubes by setting off a small flame. The level of chaos far exceeded the simple effect of losing magic power. As long as this effect of stabilizing magic power is added to the elves, the problem of magic addiction can be perfectly solved.

 The theory is already there, but practice has become a problem.

 Any kind of magic experiment requires materials. The best experimental materials are naturally the elves infected with magic addiction. However, the initial experiments must be cruel and bloody, and it may take hundreds of lives to obtain valid data.

This made Amberxiu start to have difficulties. The total number of captives in the family was less than twenty. Even if they were all put on the operating table, it would be difficult to meet the demand.

 Once all of them are dissected but complete data is not obtained, it will be difficult to gain the trust of the elves in subsequent negotiations.

“Trouble, where are the hundreds of elves who are addicted to magic who can give me experimental materials?”

 When you are in doubt, seek help from the Mourning Poets Society.

　　【Ultraman Tiga: Friends, I encountered a small problem in my experiment. I need a large number of elves as experimental materials to get the data I want and gain the trust of the elves. But before I gain their trust, it's impossible for me to get hundreds of elves as materials. Do you have any solutions? 】

　　【Don't like humans: Brother, what are you talking about? 】

　　【Ultraman Tiga: You don't understand, don't interrupt. 】

I don’t like humans: If you tell me, I’ll understand. What is the secret of the elves? I swear I won't tell the desert dwarves. 】

　　【Ultraman Tiga: Then tell the other races in the desert and let them convey it on your behalf. 】

　　【Dislike humans: How is it possible, am I that kind of person? 】

Hodge Stone’s fingers were trembling, and he was immediately seen through. This lich was really outrageous.

Amberxiu replied impatiently: [Don’t interrupt, just give up on this idea. I won’t tell you until I reach an agreement with the elves. 】

 After a while, Apoptotic Rose appeared in the chat group.

　　【Apoptotic Rose: Do you just want elves, or do you have to have elves from Silvermoon Highgarden? If it's just the elves, that's fine. I have a lot of drow slaves here, and I can have as many as I want. 】

[Diga Ultraman: It is not an ordinary elves. You know what the elves are troublesome. I need those elves that have troubled them. 】

Amber Xiu was just about to say that the drow were useless, but after thinking about it, it seemed that it was not impossible, so she said to Apoptotic Rose: "Can you send me some drow? I'll try it first." 】

  【Apoptotic Rose: Of course, no problem, I can send it to you now. Apoptotic Rose did what she said and quickly sent over a dozen drow elves.

Amberxiu looked at this group of gray-skinned drows and was very grateful to this lady for her generosity. Doing business with her was a pleasure.

The drow have all been branded as slaves, completely losing their sense of self and following orders like puppets.

 Amber Xiu was not polite to them and first put them into a private space to freeze them.

 Then, he found the elves Cicero and extracted a large amount of blood from them, but it was not fatal.

 The disease of addiction can be inherited through blood, and it is very likely that it can also be transmitted through blood.

Drow and high elves were originally the same family. It was only because the traitor Queen Lolthula appeared among the elven gods and brought the alienated elves into the Underdark that the drow race emerged.

The two are similar in physiological structure, but the drow have become sinister, vicious and cruel due to the influence of the Rose Spider Queen. Their biggest enemies are the elves on the ground. Using drow for experiments, it is estimated that None of Silvermoon High Court would have any objections.

However, the premise is that this addictive disease can be transmitted through blood.

Amberxiu carefully checked the blood components, and then injected them into the drow elves respectively. Fortunately, the elves did not have conflicting blood types, so casual blood transfusions would not cause problems.

 Next, it’s time.

 Amber Xiu placed these selfless drow elves in a private space, provided them with enough nutrients, and then adjusted the flow of time to the fastest speed.

 One day on the outside, one year on the inside.

 One day passed, Amberxiu opened his private space again and inspected these drow elves.

 What makes Amberxiu happy is that some drow elves have shown obvious changes in strength. They were stronger and faster, and the food prepared by Ambrose was consumed faster than expected.

Although they appear to be no different on the surface, these mutated drow elves have obviously obtained the effect of "selfless sharing". In theory, they have all been infected with the disease of magic addiction.

 It's just that the disease takes many years to show obvious side effects, and these drow are only infected in the early stages.

Even if you use a private space to accelerate, it may take a year and a half for them to get sick.

Amberxiu doesn’t have so much time to wait. They are all experimental materials anyway, so he can use a little more cruel methods.

Amberxiu finally showed some cruelty as a lich when he summoned the Golden Throne and used the aging spell on one of the drows infected with magic addiction.

 The original effect of the aging spell is only to make the target enter an old state, not to allow the target to actually spend such a long time.

  However, after being strengthened by the Golden Throne, this aging technique also has an additional effect, which strengthens the effects of diseases in the body.

 In an instant, the drow turned into an old man and began to wail in pain. Amberxiu could feel his life force passing quickly, as if something was awakening in his body and was constantly devouring his life essence.

 “Succeeded!”

The drow gradually lost his mind while wallowing in pain. He roared crazily and began to rush towards the drow beside him uncontrollably.

 Sure enough, as predicted, the elf will lose his mind as a result of the addiction.

Just imagine if all the elves enter this crazy state, how many people in the elves will die?

No wonder they would rather launch foreign wars and let them die on the battlefield. It is better to become martyrs than become madmen.

Ambathio controlled the crazy drow and started his first experiment.

In order to save time, he also entered his private space and started research using the effect of time acceleration.

The crazy Zhuo Elf was unloaded by Anbai, from flesh to bone marrow, from flesh to soul, and thoroughly inspected it. It preliminarily confirmed Amber Xiu's conjecture that the core lesion of magic addiction is the magic black hole, but this magic black hole is a bit special. It not only affects the body, but also affects the soul.

Amberxiu originally thought that this drow elf was driven mad by the pain of being drained of magic power, but after checking, he found that the black hole of magic power not only sucked away his life force, but even his soul was missing.

Amberxiu couldn't help but sigh: "Double damage from body to soul, using power that does not belong to you, the price is really high."

It’s no wonder that the gods are unwilling to help. The elves played too big this time and were too greedy. In the face of power, they all lost their minds.

 Although the idea has been verified, there is still a long way to go before a cure can be found.

Amberxiu turned to look at the other numb and dull drow elves, and said very sincerely: "Thank you for your contribution to academics. I promise that I will not let you suffer unnecessary pain, nor will any of your time be wasted. A part that includes the soul.”

 The next round of experiments will start again.

Today’s third update is 9,000 words. I’m working hard to get back into shape, but I don’t know why. This flu has made me very weak and I haven’t fully recovered yet. I’m really not lazy. I really tried my best to write 6,000 or 7,000 words a day when I had a cold. .

 (End of this chapter)