This Lich Needs More Money

Chapter 36 Practical Test

 Amberson has always been a very pure undead.

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 The ultimate goal is simply to make money.

The same is true now. As a legendary lich with the technology to create souls, his demand for human souls is very low. This war is almost a complete loss for him. After all, the magic defense system of the castle is running every second. It's burning gold coins.

 Just killing so many people is not cost-effective at all.

 So Amberxiu has to charge some interest anyway.

These three people in front of him can be used as free experiments for him to test the combat effectiveness of this new zombie.

  —

 Harvey felt that it was time to give up the path of mage. What the **** prophecy school was, it was all a **** trap. He obviously felt that it was right to follow the charge, but he fell into a trap.

He has seen pits before, but who would dig a pit tens of meters deep in front of his house? How much work is required, and what's the point of a pit being tens of meters deep? If you add some spears at the bottom, you can kill the enemy within a few meters. Okay, what's the use of being so high?

This question was quickly answered, because during the fall, the pit continued to narrow like a funnel, and finally turned into a slide.

 The three of them slid into it front and back, feeling like some kind of excrement being washed away. And just when Harvey thought he was about to fall into some unexplainable place, he suddenly felt something hooked on his back, and then slipped into another passage.

When his buttocks were all worn out, Harvey found himself in a metal cage, which locked automatically with a clang.

Harvey didn't have time to moan about his butt, because standing outside the cage was the terrifying lich—Ultraman Tiga.

Harvey looked at the eyes that were burning with soul fire and could only say with a smile: "Ultraman Master... I said I was forced, do you believe it?"

Amberxiu chuckled and said to Harvey: "Does it matter to me whether you were forced?"

Harvey was silent. The lich spoke too straightforwardly, leaving no room for discussion.

However, Harvey is also a mage with full intelligence, and he quickly thought of something: "Since I didn't fall directly into the sharp blade trap and was pierced to the core, it means that I still have value in living. Master Ultraman, how about Tell me why you want me to live, and maybe I can help you achieve your goal."

Amberxiu didn't hide anything, and said very frankly: "It's very simple, just let you live to collect the ransom."

 Harvey was so surprised that his mouth opened wide. He never expected this to be the reason. Thinking of how he used human refugees as bargaining chips to ask for money from lords like Porcupine Rider, Harvey suddenly had a strange feeling. Why did this lich seem to be short of money?

"Then...Ultraman Master, how much are you prepared to ask for?"

“You should get 10,000 gold coins anyway. You are a mage after all.” Amberxiu said.

Harvey smiled bitterly and said, "I'm afraid I'll disappoint you. My employer can't afford that much money."

"Isn't that true? An army of thousands of people cannot afford ten thousand gold coins?"

Amberxiu didn't believe it. They might not be able to get the cash, but there must be something worth ten thousand gold coins. After all, he was a lord.

Harvey explained to Amber Xiu helplessly: "Ultraman Master, don't you know the current situation in Alchemy City? If they were not desperate, they would not unite to attack your castle."

"so serious?"

Amberxiu originally wanted to ask a few more questions, but there was another clang, and the Reverend Guangming fell into another cage. Amber Xiu directly threw a body-holding spell at him, and then a bunch of skeletons swarmed up and stripped the light priest naked.

By the time the immobilization spell was lifted, the light priest had been given several bottles of sleeping potions and lost consciousness.

 “Okay, let’s talk about your matters later.”

Amberxiu left Harvey these words, and then floated out of the cell.

Looking at the alien skeletons moving around outside the cage, Harvey put back the small wire in his sleeves. Even if he could open the cage, a mage apprentice like him couldn't defeat so many skeletons, and escaping now would be courting death.

“Alas.” Harvey sighed heavily. People in the Lane Empire could only brag. The paladin’s ability to restrain the undead was simply being manipulated by this lich.

  —

Amberxiu came to another sealed cell. The paladin had successfully landed here and was now knocking all over the room to find a way to escape.

 But this is in vain. This secret room is surrounded by thick rock and soil, with only the entrance of the slide above the head and a heavy iron door.

Probably because of the psychological shadow caused by the trap at the castle gate, this paladin did not dare to use Holy Slash on this iron gate.

Amberxiu brought the living mercury to the cell. Without even opening the door, he directly ordered: "There is a paladin inside. Give him a profound lesson."

 After saying that, Amberxiu placed the living mercury in front of the iron door.

This newborn little guy understood Amber Xiu's order, his body squirmed, and he quickly penetrated through the gap in the iron door.

The paladin in the cell had a very keen sense, and he was discovered as soon as the living mercury seeped into it.

 It’s just that he has never seen living mercury, and he thought that Amberxiu was using some vicious method to deal with him.

He clenched the sword in his hand and looked at the iron gate warily.

 But what happened next was far beyond the paladin's expectation.

　　That ball of mercury was actually squirming like life and crawling towards him.

 “Slime? No, what is this?!”

 Paladin is also a well-informed adventurer, but he has never seen a strange creature like living mercury.

 Is it another special undead creation created by that weird lich?

But the problem is not big. No matter what kind of undead it is, it can be solved with one shot of Holy Slash. If it doesn't work, just try again.

Holy light condensed on the paladin's long sword, and the long sword containing the power of brilliance slashed towards the wriggling mercury.

 Wherever the sword light touched, even the air was cut into ripples.

Amberxiu saw this scene through the monitoring crystal and felt that the bones in his body were shaking. If this sword fell on him, most of his bones would probably be severed.

The holy warrior's Holy Slash is so domineering, and for such a holy warrior, the Lion Empire has several legions.

The Holy Slash was about to fall on the living Mercury, but at this moment, the living Mercury, which was originally cute and slow, expanded as if boiling.

Choke, the sound of metal clashing sounded.

The Holy Warrior's Holy Slash did not strike the living Mercury, but struck another long sword.

This description may be a little inaccurate, because this is just a silver-white sword blade, growing out of the body of the living Mercury, which can steadily hold up the terrible blow of the paladin.

Although the silver long sword transformed from living mercury was cut with a deep gap, the holy light contained in the Holy Slash also dissipated and did not cause much damage.

"How is it possible? Not only is this monster not undead, but it is also resistant to magic?!"

 Paladins are also knowledgeable people, and they understand the power of living mercury with just one sword strike.

Without waiting for him to calm down, the silver sword continued to extend. From the blade to the hilt, to the arm holding the hilt...a heavily armored warrior made entirely of mercury appeared in front of the paladin. A closer look revealed that the two were somewhat similar.

Living Mercury used the transformation technique to transform into the appearance of a paladin. He followed the opponent's previous posture and swung a sword towards the paladin. The silver light poured down, even more violent than the Holy Slash just now.

 (End of this chapter)