Chapter 36 Combat Test

Amber Xiu has always been a pure undead.

Be it taking in refugees, rescuing druids, making enemies with paladins, or going to war with nearby lords.

The ultimate goal is simply to make money.

It is the same now. As a legendary lich who possesses the technology to create souls, his demand for human souls is very low. This war is almost a pure loss for him. After all, the castle's magic defense system burns gold coins every second it runs.

Killing just this few people is not cost-effective at all.

So Ambersu has to charge some interest.

The three people in front of him could serve as free experimental subjects for him to test the combat effectiveness of this newborn zombie.

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Harvey felt that it was time for him to give up on the path of a mage. What the hell was the prophecy school? It was all a trap. He clearly felt that following the charge was the right thing to do, but ended up falling into a trap.

He had seen pits before, but who would dig a pit dozens of meters deep in front of his own home? That would require a huge amount of engineering work, and what was the point of a pit dozens of meters deep? If you put some spears at the bottom, you could kill the enemy in a few meters. What was the point of having such a high pit?

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

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

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

Harvey didn't have time to wail for his butt, because standing outside the cage was the terrifying lich - Ultraman Tiga.

Harvey looked at those eyes burning with the fire of the soul and could only say with a smile: "Master Ultraman... I said I was forced to do this, do you believe me?"

Amber Xiu chuckled and said to Harvey, "Does it matter to me whether you were forced to do it or not?"

Harvey remained silent. This lich spoke too bluntly, leaving no room for maneuver.

However, Harvey is also a wizard with full intelligence, and he quickly thought of something: "Since I didn't fall directly into the sharp blade trap and be pierced through, it means that I still have value to live. Master Ultraman, why don't you tell me why you want me to live, maybe I can help you achieve your goal."

Amber Xiu did not hide anything and said very frankly: "It's very simple, just let you live and get the ransom."

Harvey's mouth opened in surprise. He never expected this to be the reason. Thinking about how he had used human refugees as bargaining chips to ask for money from the lords like the Porcupine Knight, Harvey suddenly had a strange feeling. Why did this lich seem to be short of money?

"Then... Master Ultraman, how much do you want?"

"It should be at least 10,000 gold coins, after all he's a wizard," said Amber Xiu.

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

"It's not possible, an army of thousands of people can't afford 10,000 gold coins?"

Amber Xiu was a little skeptical. They might not be able to take out cash, but they must have something worth ten thousand gold coins. After all, he was a lord.

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

"So serious?"

Amber Xiu wanted to ask a few more questions, but with another clang, the priest of light fell into another cage. Amber Xiu threw a freeze spell over, and then a bunch of skeletons rushed over and stripped the priest of light naked.

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

"Okay, we'll talk about your business later."

Amber left these words to Harvey, then floated out of the cell.

Looking at the alien skeletons moving outside the cage, Harvey retracted the small wire in his sleeve. Even if he could open the cage, he, a wizard apprentice, could not defeat so many skeletons. Escape now would be courting death.

"well."

Harvey sighed heavily. The people of the Ryan Empire were only good at bragging. The holy knights who could restrain the undead were simply being manipulated by this lich.

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Amberxiu came to another sealed cell. The holy warrior had landed here successfully and was now banging all over the room trying to find a way to escape.

But it was futile, as the secret room was surrounded by thick rock and soil, with only the slide entrance above the head and a heavy iron door.

Perhaps because of the psychological trauma caused by the trap at the castle gate, the holy knight did not dare to use the Holy Slash on the iron door.

Amber Xiu brought the living mercury to the cell, and without even opening the door, he gave the order: "There is a holy warrior inside. Give him a profound lesson."

After saying that, Amber placed the living mercury in front of the iron gate.

The newborn baby understood Amber's order, squirmed its body, and quickly penetrated through the gap in the iron gate.

The paladin in the cell had very keen senses and he noticed the mercury as soon as it seeped into the living body.

But he had never seen living mercury, and he thought that Amber was using some vicious method to deal with him again.

There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!

He held the sword tightly in his hand and looked at the iron gate vigilantly.

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

The ball of mercury was wriggling as if it had life and was crawling towards him.

"Slime? No, what is this?!"

The paladin was an experienced adventurer, but he had never seen such a strange creature as living mercury.

Could it be another special undead creature created by that weird lich? But it’s not a big problem. No matter what kind of undead it is, one Holy Slash can solve it. If one doesn’t work, just try another.

Holy light condensed on the holy warrior's sword, and the sword containing the power of light slashed towards the squirming mercury.

Wherever the sword light went, even the air was cut into layers of ripples.

Amber Xiu saw this scene through the monitoring crystal and felt that his bones were trembling. If this sword fell on him, most of his bones would be cut off.

The Holy Knight's Holy Slash is so domineering, and the Ryan Empire has several legions of Holy Knights like this.

The Holy Slash was about to fall on the Living Mercury, but at this moment, the Living Mercury, which had been moving slowly and clumsily, began to swell as if boiling.

Clang, the sound of metal colliding was heard.

The Holy Knight's Holy Slash did not hit the living Mercury, but hit another long sword.

This description may not be quite accurate, because it is just a piece of silver-white sword blade that grows out of the body of living mercury, firmly blocking the terrible blow of the paladin.

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

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

The paladin was also an knowledgeable person, and he understood the power of living mercury with just one sword.

Before he could calm down, the silver sword continued to extend. From the blade to the hilt, and then to the arm holding the hilt... a heavy-armored warrior made entirely of mercury appeared in front of the holy warrior. Upon closer inspection, the two of them were somewhat similar.

The living mercury used Transfiguration to transform into the appearance of a holy knight, imitating the opponent's previous posture, and swung a sword at the holy knight. Silver light poured down, which was even more violent than the previous Holy Slash.

(End of this chapter)