Chapter 2859 Snowy Homeland
Latest website: Among the apocalyptic kings who listened to Farese's speech, the one who felt the deepest impression was probably Asri.
As the first-generation necromancer and one of the founders of the Endless Night Ritual, Asri has already had a deep bond with undead creatures.
In the ancient times, the people gathered in Diya were just a group of pagans who were exiled by the Erathians, and they did not know any necromancy at all. It was Asri who brought the system of the Brakada School of Magic to the cursed Diya, established the original School of Necromancy, and taught the apprentices step by step spiritualism, giving the Necromancer a foothold in this world. The endless night rituals she passed down helped to cultivate the lichs that Diya would become in the future.
If it weren't for Asri's teachings, perhaps hundreds of years later, necromancy would not have been developed in Diya, let alone promoted by subsequent necromancers. What existed in Diya was just a group of unequal aliens. Believers.
Throughout the history of Diya, many powerful beings who are famous all over the world have received guidance from Asri. The spider lady Stephen, the soul-gathering man Shante, and the skeleton prince Katherine, those dark heroes who have left a strong mark on Dia's history, have all more or less accepted her teachings.
If there is anyone who hopes to see the undead creatures truly rise and stand in this world without having to look at their strength, then that person must be Asri.
Asri has witnessed hundreds of years of development and changes in Diya. She has seen famous heroes rise from Diya one after another, either fighting all the way and finally dying in the war, or disappearing from everyone after undergoing the ritual of the endless night. Becoming one of the many undead lichs, losing the spirit of daring to fight, and the soul gradually decayed under the long lifespan.
No one has ever been able to take on the responsibility of the entire Diya, leading the undead creatures to ask for the rights that the undead creatures deserve from those angels who live high in the clouds, or from those arrogant mages, and to fight for the undead creatures. Expand territory and compete for the space where the undead live.
Even Asri, after personally experiencing the terror of those enemies, his anger gradually turned into helplessness. This idea was finally dropped. For no other reason than that, those enemies were too terrifying, no matter whether they were in the clouds or not. The Holy Spirit, or the once glorious mage, can use their strength to crush undead creatures. Undead creatures that win with numbers are simply no match for those enemies. This world will never belong to the undead.
But Asri never gave up. She kept waiting, waiting for the hero who could lead all the undead to appear.
Rhodes, later known as the Lord of the Undead, also came into Asri's attention when he was weak. At that time, Rhodes was just a little-known necromancer. The impression that people across the continent had on him was that he owned a ghost dragon and was extremely ruthless in his actions. It wasn't until he showed the power of two artifacts that his name really became known to everyone.
From Rhodes, Asri saw a small hope, which is why she will participate in the Lich Gathering originally initiated by Rhodes as a seventh-level legend, and join the Shadow of Death battle that she will regret in the future. .
In that battle, Diya's power suffered heavy losses, and countless lichs died. Since then, Diya has been in a state of decline, and it has not recovered yet. So much so that when the end came, Diya's lichs had to run around. , while making allies, he also tried to find ways to survive the apocalypse.
Sometimes, Asri would blame Rhodes for the defeat in the Shadow of Death battle. Now that he thought about it, it was not all Rhodes' fault. If the lichs hadn't listened to Rhodes' words and were tempted by the power of the artifact and its almost exaggerated transformation ability, but had always kept their heads clear, they would never have fallen into the final fate.
The Ghost King's Cloak was one of Rhode's artifacts, and it was also the cause of the Shadow of Death battle. Under the influence of that artifact, the basic transformation rules of undead creatures were completely broken. Any necromancer can use the Corpse Witch King derived from the Ghost King's cloak transformed by Rhodes himself to create for himself a creature that surpasses the original owner of the corpse. A powerful corpse witch with limited rank.
At the beginning of the battle, all the necromancers who joined the battle had a belief in victory. Everyone believed that a new era was about to begin. It was an era of the undead with the power of artifacts as its source. People saw that When we look at the prospect of good things to come, we ignore the dangers we face right now.
The powerful transformation ability of the Ghost King's Cloak breaks the cognition of all necromancers. No necromancer can withstand the temptation of transforming a group of first- and second-level ordinary creatures into fifth-level corpse witches.
Even those lichs who have survived for hundreds of years, when they see the necromancers who are far inferior to them, only need to go through a few not difficult battles to gain the power that they need to spend tens or hundreds of years to slowly accumulate. After the undead army, it is inevitable not to be moved by this power. When it comes to the ability to destroy flesh and blood creatures, how can an ordinary necromancer compare to a real lich?
In the wave of undead caused by the artifact, everyone in Diya lost their cool. No one wanted to be left behind during the transformation process. There are only so many flesh-and-blood creatures in an area. If you don't take action, there will be necromancers gearing up and lichs waiting eagerly to take action. In the end, you can only watch the opportunity fleeting and regret it.
At that time, Rhodes was not as responsive as he is now. The Lord of the Undead, who bowed to all kings, had no power to force the entire Diya to obey his orders, but he did it. He did not rely on military oppression, but on The insights and calculations of the human heart.
Liches have an almost infinite lifespan, and the necromancers who become lichs will gradually become indifferent to the world. Whether it is the research of necromancy or the cultivation of the undead army, it can be gradually carried out over a long period of time. There is no need to take this risk and join the battle of the shadow of death, but they did it anyway. The reason is the weakness of the human heart.
The lichs have spent nearly a hundred years establishing a school of necromancy, always maintaining peace in the territory, and collecting the corpses of the dead in the territory. In the end, they will probably not be able to create more than a few hundred corpse witches, and this is even more than the number of corpse witches. Not as good as an ordinary necromancer, how could the harvest from a small-scale battle in the Death Shadow Battle not make the lichs jealous?
He is clearly the lich who stands at the top of the entire Diya, but his current harvest of undead is easily surpassed by ordinary necromancers. How can people accept this? This is why the Liches are willing to take the risk of falling and join the Death Shadow Battle.
Rhodes saw through it and took advantage of the weakness in the Lich's heart. With the full support of the entire Diya, the wave of corpse witches caused by the artifact gradually evolved into a trend that swept the entire world. In that battle, the world felt the terror of the undead artifact for the first time.
Faced with something so easily available, one battle is worth hundreds of years of accumulated gains. Only a handful of lichs can remain calm. Most lichs are dazzled by the unimaginable harvest of undead. Even Ai Sri Rui will inevitably be moved by this. Rhodes spent a lot of effort in convincing this first-generation necromancer to join the battlefield.
In the end, the lichs also paid the price for their actions. With the failure of the Shadow of Death battle, the lichs also became the victims of the failure of the battle. Even a powerful being like Asri can only live in seclusion. In the deepest part of Diya, she no longer cares about the affairs on the mainland.
Rhodes never forced the Liches to join this battle. What he did was only provide the power of the artifact, and show the undead trend caused by that power in the eyes of all the Liches, which truly motivated the Liches. What made them make that decision was their own greed. It was none other than the lichs themselves who led to the failure of the Death Shadow campaign.
Of course, not all lichs were motivated by greed and joined that battle for profit. There are also some lichs like Stephen who are full of unforgettable hatred for Erathia. They want to completely destroy Erathia rather than harvest more corpse witches, and the fate of those lichs is not easy either.
Recalling the wave of undead caused by the Ghost King's cloak, and those ambitious lichs, Asri also lamented this. Anyone who sees a hundred years of accumulation destroyed in one day will feel sad.
However, when Asri saw Farese on the podium in the distance and the majestic undead army, her eyes lit up again.
The efforts of the lichs have not been in vain. Maybe the Shadow of Death battle will eventually fail. Maybe the undead will be driven back to the grave completely, or their bones will be scattered to ashes, and no bones will be left. But it is precisely because of those scenes. Fighting, on top of the corpses of all things, the most terrifying existence was born. The Lord of the Undead, who rules all the dead, has found his power.
Today, the name of the Lord of the Undead is known to everyone on the continent. Rhodes led countless undead in a bloody battle and regained the birthplace of undead magic. Brakada, ruled by mages, fulfilled the long-cherished wish that had haunted the first generation of undead mages for thousands of years. Even Asri was filled with emotion.
Just as Rhodes promised at the beginning of the battle, when his undead spread all over the world and when the world can no longer stop him, he will take back the homeland of the necromancer.
At that time, neither Asri nor the other lichs took his promise to heart. Everyone knew that those legendary mages were amazingly powerful and could not be defeated by undead creatures. Unexpectedly, he actually Did it.
Looking back at the beginning, when Asri set foot in this familiar yet unfamiliar snowy land, she couldn't help but sigh sincerely. Unexpectedly, the necromancer who was once insignificant in front of her has now become a person that even she must look up to. The presence. The title of the most powerful necromancer in the contemporary era belongs to him now. Before Asriy inadvertently, he has become the object of worship and admiration of all undead creatures. Looking at Diya, there is no lich who can. to achieve what we have achieved today.
"Lord of the Dead..."
Looking at Farese who was shouting loudly on the podium, and the undead army that conquered the entire snowy area, Asri couldn't help but be inspired by Farese's words, and recognized in his heart that he would lead the undead creatures to fight. Recapture Rhodes, his distant hometown, for the Necromancer.
The memory of learning magic in Brakada still exists in Asri's mind. Even though hundreds of years have passed since then, Asri has never forgotten it at all. She remembers the time in the snowy land. For every landscape, remember the scene when the hillside is covered with silver.
As a legendary lich, Asri has not set foot in this snowy land for an unknown period of time. It is an unknown distance away from Diya. Even space magic will attract the tracking of the legendary mage, which may lead to In the fierce conflict, Asri could only seal the impression of this snowy land in the deepest part of his mind, unwilling to think about it again.
Now, the Snowy Land of Brakada has completely fallen into the hands of the Lord of the Undead, and the mages have also been completely driven out of the snow-capped mountains. After hundreds of years of displacement, the undead creatures are now able to return to Brakada. This Everything is possible thanks to the Lord of the Dead.
In the shadow of death battle in the past, hundreds of thousands of corpse witches were not enough to shake the world, and they could only end in failure. Now the Lord of the Undead has taken wings, and those millions of undead hybrids are the fusion of the corpse witch king and the vampire king. , enough to change the whole world.
"Great Lord of the Undead, the dead who awaken from the darkness will eventually understand that the undead no longer need to huddle in the boundless darkness, no longer need to look at the faces of those who claim to be righteous, and do not need to rot and fester in the cold winter, but We can walk freely in our former hometown and enjoy the same land as the living people, not because the enemy accepted us with mercy, but because you led us to fight."
On the podium, Farese's speech continued, but Asri was no longer listening carefully. She let her eyes go and focused on more important things.
When the end of the world is coming, Diya, who currently lacks strength, needs such a hero to fight for all undead creatures if she wants to survive the disaster sweeping the world.
Even putting aside those grudges in the past, Rhodes has achieved his current achievements at an age less than a fraction of a lich and has become the Lord of the Undead praised by kings. This is enough to gain the admiration of Asri, who is also from the cemetery department, not to mention. It is said that Rhodes still has the power of the Dark Holy Word, and there is only one opportunity left before the entire Diya surrenders to him.
Isri made up his mind in his heart that when the wedding ceremony was over, he would lead a group of subordinates, and at the same time represent all the remaining lichs in Diya, to formally surrender to the Lord of the Undead, and from then on submit to the Kingdom of the Undead, and maybe return to the Kingdom of the Undead. It allows other subordinates to gain powers similar to those of members of the Undead Legion.