This Lich Needs More Money

Chapter 47 Predicting the future

The development of the matter was beyond Ambrose's expectation, and he could only drag the headless brother back to his castle.

Having been interrupted from drinking, the headless brother could only turn his attention to Alan Watson, the paladin, and said euphemistically: "Let's see if the new generation of paladin has become more powerful."

Amberxiu only had time to remind him: "Don't kill him." Then he started to get busy.

According to the custom of Alchemy City, after the unlucky administrator reported the news, it would take at least five hours for the members of the Alchemist Council to receive the news, and then after they had decided who would negotiate with Amber Xiu, it would probably take another It takes an hour or two.

 Ambrose still has seven hours. If he wants to get the maximum benefit from the negotiation, he needs to be prepared within this time.

A lot of magic materials were moved out by Amber Xiu, and even Harvey, the mage apprentice who was locked in the cell, was captured by him as a hard laborer.

 Harvey looked confused and helped Amberxiu to start setting up a huge magic circle.

At the beginning, he didn't know what Amber Xiu was doing, but as the magic circle slowly took shape, Harvey recognized several functions of this magic circle.

 “Sacrifice…predict the future…magic channel…manifest…”

 The more he knew, the more cold sweat broke out on Harvey's forehead.

 This is a magical ritual unique to the prophecy school, and Harvey has only read about it in books. The effect of the ritual is simple and direct. After the sacrifice is offered, the future can be predicted to a certain extent. The more precious the sacrifice, the more specific the future can be predicted.

 Harvey only felt that his hands and feet were stiff.

There is nothing more precious than sacrificing life. Obviously, he is the sacrifice that is about to be sacrificed. The lich finally lost his patience and was not ready to continue letting him eat, drink and read magic books in the castle.

Then, do you want to resist?

 Harvey began to hesitate.

Having been locked up in the castle for the past few days, Harvey has not thought about escaping. He has been reading books these days in order to improve his spellcasting ability as much as possible. Not to mention, Harvey's gains are really quite big.

The school of prophecy is a niche among niches, but there is a lot of relevant information in Amberxiu's library, which makes Harvey fascinated. Compared with when he was just captured, Harvey feels that he has been completely transformed. .

So, can you struggle a little bit?

Each magical ritual is very precise, and any mistakes may lead to the failure of the ritual and then cause severe backlash. Perhaps, this can be exploited, and with luck, the lich can even be severely damaged.

Harvey doesn't want to kill Amberxiu. The Lich will not die until the phylactery is destroyed. He just wants to destroy Amberxiu's current body and escape from the castle while he is reborn.

"Calm down, I can do it. The key node of this magic ritual is...here...if I modify it a little bit..."

 Harvey took advantage of Amber Xiu's lack of attention and quietly changed the structure of the magic circle.

Very small changes are not enough to destroy the entire magical ritual, but this is just the beginning. Harvey began to make various small moves, leaving a lot of "flaws" in the magic circle.

If Amberxiu didn't find out and really used this magic circle to perform sacrifices, he would definitely encounter a violent magical backlash. Even if he couldn't detonate his body, it would still make the magic in his body run wild. That would be the chance to escape. .

Everything is ready, and Harvey is also mentally prepared, just waiting...

"Hey, what are you doing standing at the place where the sacrifices are placed? Stand at the place where the ceremony is being held." Ambrose said.

 Harvey: “Huh?!”

Amberxiu continued: "Ah, what, I asked you to preside over the ceremony. You have read so much information about the prophecy school in the past few days. You can't even see the effect of the magic circle, right? That would be a huge disappointment to me. ”

 Harvey asked in disbelief: "Could it be... aren't you using me as a sacrifice?"

Amber Xiu said in a mocking tone: "What are you thinking about? Of course, the more precious the sacrifice, the better the effect. You are not even worth 10,000 gold coins, and the cost of my magic array is close to 200,000 gold coins. Isn’t it a waste to use you as a sacrifice? Know your own value, little one!”

 Harvey:…

Although he no longer had to die, Harvey still felt that he had been a little insulted, not much, but very unhappy.      No, now is not the time to think about this issue.

 He had just done so much to the magic circle. If he were to preside over the ceremony himself, he would be the one who would die.

 Harvey suddenly felt like a clown in a circus.

Amberxiu looked at the whining Harvey until his legs became weak with fear, then he sneered and said: "Okay, stop pretending, do you think I don't know about your little move just now? Don't worry, stand up, you Can't die."

 “Huh? You know everything?” Harvey said in surprise.

“Nonsense, your skills are far from perfect. I had already re-adjusted it when you started to do it.”

 Harvey was even more surprised and asked strangely: "Why are you doing this? Isn't it just to make me look like a clown?"

After this period of contact, Harvey felt that Amberxiu was not the kind of undead with bad taste. Every action he took was so... economical, and he would never waste anything if he could. The cost of this magic ritual is so high, he will never let him do it just to tease himself.

 Harvey felt that he had to ask, even if it might anger this weird lich.

“Of course it’s for a test. You are a magic apprentice of the prophecy school, right?”

Harvey admitted frankly: "I never wanted to hide this matter. Moreover, Master Ultraman, you are also a mage walking on the path of the prophecy school, aren't you? There are so many books related to the prophecy school in your collection. , are unique copies that cannot be found anywhere else.”

Amberxiu shook his head and said, "No, I have given up."

 “Why?” Harvey’s face was full of confusion.

Amberxiu did not answer, but asked: "Let me ask you, if the future is predicted that you will die tomorrow, what will you do?"

"This..." Harvey hesitated for a moment, and then said: "I may take advantage of the last day to record as much as possible what I have learned."

Amberxiu smiled and said: "You see, this is the difference. I can't accept my fate calmly, so I simply give up."

Harvey thought thoughtfully and then asked: "But, I am just a prisoner, what exactly do you want me to do?"

"Of course you are working for me. Your lord has clearly refused to pay the ransom. You must work for me to repay your debt. Now let you preside over this ceremony. I can give you two gold coins as wages. Deduct one day’s food expenses.”

 Harvey:…

 Two gold coins for just that bit of hard bread? It’s more exaggerated than robbing!

Amber Xiu didn't care whether the price was appropriate or not, and continued: "Okay, let's get down to business. I allowed you to play around with the magic circle before, just to see how much you know about this magic circle. Now I am very satisfied. .

“Harvey, you are no longer an apprentice, you are already an official mage of the prophecy school.”

 Harvey couldn't help but feel excited when he heard Amber Xiu's words. Regardless of his stance, being recognized by the Ultraman Master in front of him was definitely something to be proud of.

Amberson ordered: "Okay, let's work."

After saying that, Amber Xiu reluctantly poured a large amount of gold coins onto the high platform where the sacrifices were placed. There were at least 300,000 gold coins in the clatter, which made his ribs throb. The future payment paid by Apoptotic Rose was gone. Most of it.

 Harvey:…

It turns out that the gold coins were the sacrifices, which seemed unreasonable, but looking at the way Amberxiu's soul fire was trembling, there seemed to be nothing wrong with the sacrifice.

 Harvey was no longer distracted and began to conduct the ceremony seriously. At the same time, he asked: "Ultraman Master, what do you want to divination?"

Amberxiu said very seriously: "About the secret of the sewers of the Alchemy City."

 (End of this chapter)