Chapter 540: Rose's Decline

Many people in hell have heard of Amber's name, and countless devils are asking about him.

They all wanted to know how a sinner who had already gone to hell could escape the punishment of the Grand Duke of Hell. He even gained the recognition of Zariel and obtained a status far higher than that of ordinary devils.

This can no longer be explained by fraud, this is simply brainwashing and hypnosis, right?

Just like what the Lord of Hell did to Zariel... Could it be that the Lord of Hell placed some kind of password in Zariel's soul, and this Mr. Lich knew this password, so he was able to completely control Zariel's mind?

Others say that Zariel is simply in love with the lich and licks his bones every day. Only love can make people blind, and so can fallen angels.

Conspiracy theories began to circulate, and in just a few days, thousands of different versions emerged. This is where all the malice converges, and rumors can be spread in countless ways.

However, these rumors could not shake Zariel's position in Hell, nor could they have any impact on the fallen angel. They were just rumors, and there were so many devils cursing Zariel every day that Zariel was tired of hearing them.

What really made Zariel unhappy was Ambershu. This lich seemed to be busy with bank matters, and all affairs were proceeding in an orderly manner, but Zariel felt more and more that he was being sidelined.

The proportion of the bank's capital contribution remained unchanged, and Zariel was still the major shareholder, but he found himself helplessly unable to intervene in the bank's affairs. It was not that he was not allowed to intervene, but Zariel would be scolded by Mammon for saying a few more words, because those so-called suggestions would greatly increase their costs.

Mammon said bluntly: "If you don't understand, just shut up. Go to the Blood River battlefield and kill a few more demons when you have time! Why don't you just lie down and collect money? Why do you have to make yourself uncomfortable?"

Zariel was so angry that he almost duelled with Mammon.

But Zariel had to admit the fact that he really didn't understand economics and didn't have such talent under his command.

Therefore, Zariel set his sights on Ambershu.

After all, these are the souls of sinners that have fallen into His hands. Under the influence of the laws of hell, Amber should be His slave, and her life and death should be controlled by Zariel.

The Grand Duke of Hell did not believe what Ambershu said, what was here and not here, what special superposition state... Most of these were nonsense made up by the lich himself. Therefore, Zariel recently abandoned the bank's affairs, turned out all the secret books of Hell that he found, and carefully studied the laws and regulations related to Hell, vowing to firmly grasp Ambershu in his hands. At that time, the bank would be truly controlled by Him.

It's not that Amber Xiu didn't know this, but he wasn't worried at all.

Because Zariel only knew about Hell, but he didn't understand alchemy at all.

The magic mirror is a very special alchemical product. It is a divine artifact created by the God of Alchemy after he was destroyed and re-established and promoted to medium-level divine power.

At the beginning, it was indeed as simple as communication, but the interesting thing about alchemy is that the concept itself is constantly evolving. The internal core of the magic mirror is also upgraded again and again, and Amberxiu and the God of Alchemy are inseparable. What Amberxiu knows, the God of Alchemy also knows.

The most valuable of these is undoubtedly all the knowledge of the Dark Web.

Amberxiu shared this knowledge with the God of Alchemy without hesitation, so the new generation of magic mirrors already have the special effects of the magic net, but it has nothing to do with casting magic, so the mysterious goddess of magic did not express any dissatisfaction.

Amberxiu can now be understood as a ghost hiding inside the "pseudo magic net", with only a strand of hair left in hell.

Zariel wanted to catch him. He first had to understand the magic network, then he had to understand alchemy, and finally the most difficult and crucial step - destroying the magic mirror in the kingdom of the God of Alchemy, and completely blocking Amber's ability to move freely in the network.

Unfortunately, the God of Alchemy is not the Kuo Tao Fish Goddess, and He is not mentally ill, so how could He leave His own kingdom of God?

So Amber was not worried about what Zariel could do to him, nor did he take the little troubles in hell seriously. He had more important things to do now.

Deep in the underdark, Withered Rose changed into her original black dress, stood in front of the magic mirror, and quietly looked at Amberxiu inside.

Her expression was very calm, as if the person in the mirror was not the person she had been thinking about day and night, but just an old friend she hadn't seen for a long time.

Amber Xiu said with emotion: "Your feelings are gradually fading. Do you also feel that you have begun to lose the ability to think in the past few days, and the time you spend in a daze is getting longer and longer, and you can't feel the change of time?"

Withered Rose nodded and said calmly, "It's about the same, but it feels good."

Amber was silent. The soul of the withered rose was closing itself off, just like the state when he first became a ghost. Because he had lost all desires, he was gradually giving up even the ability to think.

This is also the reason why Amber tried to hide the truth of his resurrection from Melina, but unfortunately, Melina obviously couldn't hide the truth, and was discovered by the Withered Rose within a few days.

After confirming that Amberxiu had been successfully resurrected, the surprise lasted less than half a day before the Withered Rose began to enter the "dying" state. It was only slightly better than the situation of Amberxiu, the spirit of the instrument. The Withered Rose might be able to hold on for ten days or half a month, and then it would fall into complete silence and become a motionless corpse, or a zombie with no thinking ability at all.

Withered Rose said to Amber Xiu: "This is the fate of the undead. They can never be satisfied, so they are always tortured. Once their desires are satisfied, they will completely die. No matter what, I am glad that my last desire came from you. Now that I see that you have been resurrected, I have no regrets."

The Withered Rose once only wanted to destroy Ryan, but she was powerless in countless years and could only fail again and again. It was Amber who helped her fulfill this wish. At that time, Amber was deeply bound to the wish of destroying Ryan.

When the Ryan royal family was completely destroyed and the Ryan Empire was on the verge of crumbling, Withered Rose found that she had unknowingly placed Amberxiu in an equally important position.

Next, her wish became to resurrect Amber.

Withered Rose didn't know whether this kind of wish conversion was special or whether all liches could do this, but she was satisfied now. An unprecedented sense of satisfaction filled her soul. The exhaustion from holding on until now suddenly surged up, making Withered Rose want to just have a good sleep and think about nothing.

Amber looked at the smiling withered Rose and said firmly: "But this is not true satisfaction. This is just avoiding other possibilities, placing the soul on a fragile support, removing the support and breaking it into pieces, and then calling it the end of art. Ms. Rose, we are all legends, and our lives should not end like this."

Withered Rose replied calmly: "Although I feel good now, I am willing to trust your judgment. You are always right... But what are you going to do? You want to stop an undead from reaching its end. Do you know what this means?"

Amber smiled and said, "It means I have created a miracle again."

Amberxiu stretched out his hand, took off the clown mask on his face, and walked out of the magic mirror.

"Put on this mask, Ms. Rose. It will give you a few days' delay, long enough for me to think of a solution to the problem!"

Why do so many people know that the undead are immortal, but in the end they still choose the youth potion that costs hundreds of thousands of gold coins a bottle, and would rather drink it until they are bankrupt, or drink it until their drug resistance is full, than turn into the undead? It's not just because the undead are ugly, but because the reason why the living want to extend their lives is not just to extend life, but also to extend the feelings of life.

The undead, however, are very lacking in feelings.

The undead do not feel pain, do not get tired, and in most cases do not feel angry, happy, or sad. They act coldly according to their instincts like machines.

In the eyes of many people, this is not called survival at all. It is just a notebook with all the memories intact. When the wind blows through it, a few pages are turned over and it looks like it moves by itself.

Liches are relatively advanced and can choose their own obsessions, leaving only a little bit of emotion. Other low-level undead only have two instincts left, eating and sleeping, and almost no thinking ability.

The members of the Mourning Poets Society are not ordinary undead. Each of them has extraordinary characteristics, so they seem much more vivid. Just ask a necromancer in the wilderness, and you will find that the sound of bones rubbing against each other in the castle is the busiest time for the undead.

But no matter how special it is, when a wish is fulfilled, it is equivalent to removing the only pillar supporting the soul.

Unless, a new pillar can be replaced for the withering rose.

So, Amber took off his clown mask and handed it to the Withered Rose.

The undead queen, who had no more desires, took the clown mask and was silent for a moment. She said to Amber Xiu: "Give me this thing, what will you do?"

Amber Xiu smiled and said, "I'm just lending it to you for a try. It's okay. My good memories are enough to last me a few days. I will find a way to save you during this time."

Withered Rose stroked the delicate mask and asked again: "If this is my fate, will you still save me?"

This question made Amber Xiu stunned for a moment.

Memories rippled. One night many years ago, there was also a girl crying under the starry sky. She asked Amber Xiu: "You said you didn't save him because fate had already been determined. What if you saw my death instead of the death of others?"

How did you answer at that time?

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

There seemed to be no answer.

At that time, Amber watched his teammates die without rescuing them because he knew there was nothing he could do.

Because of this incident, the druid girl eventually left the team and never appeared in Amber's life again. It was not until many years later that her name was heard again in the Emerald Dream Forest, but by then her great-grandchildren were already very old.

After many years, Amber lived his life from birth to death again.

This time, he could finally answer seriously.

"Fuck fate! I'm going to save you, and I can save you just like I saved myself!"

Amber answered decisively.

As expected, every prophecy wizard is a scumbag. No matter how many years pass, he will eventually abandon the goddess of fate.

This time, Amber Xiu just refused to agree. Even if he saw the prophecy about the future, he would use all his strength to save the Withered Rose, just like his younger self.

Withered Rose looked at Amber's excited expression and tried to put the clown mask on her face.

"How do you feel?" Amber asked quickly.

Withered Rose hesitated for a moment, then said, "I don't feel anything."

"How could this be?" Amberxiu was very surprised. This was Oghma's artifact, which allowed him, as a spirit of the artifact, to truly feel all kinds of emotions.

Withered Rose took off the mask and handed it back to Amber, then said, "It seems that Oghma did not allow you to lend the mask to others casually."

Amber put the mask back on unhappily, and then said: "Sharing knowledge with others will increase knowledge, and the same goes for feelings. Oghma is really stingy."

Only Amberxiu could say such blasphemous words casually, but the clown mask did not show any reaction. When it was put on Amberxiu's face again, it faithfully did its job and restored Amberxiu's sense of life.

"Don't worry, I have another way."

Amberxiu quickly got some gray powder, which was the dream-entering powder he had just obtained from Leila. It allowed him to enter a synesthesia dream anytime and anywhere.

And in dreams, even the dead have the feelings of being alive.

Amberxiu wants to revive the withered rose first, and then consider how to solve this problem completely.

"I need to check your soul while you are dreaming, do you mind?" Amber asked.

Withered Rose said nothing, but showed her attitude with her actions. The Queen of the Undead grabbed the dream powder and sucked it into her mouth, quickly entering the dream.

Amberxiu carried the Withered Rose to the bed, then separated a thin silk thread from the magic mirror and connected it to the center of the Withered Rose's eyebrows.

This is the perception line that Amberxiu extracted from his soul. It looks scary, but to Amberxiu now, it is just something like hair. He no longer needs to chop his soul into pieces and then extract the threads.

After all, when he was reborn, the two Dukes of Hell gave him millions of soul coins. The strength of Amberxiu's soul now cannot be estimated in a normal way, and it is not difficult for him to separate a silk thread with his mind.

Withered Rose also trusted Amberxiu very much. Her soul was completely defenseless, allowing Amberxiu to spy on all her memories without leaving any secrets.

If the death of the undead is due to the loss of wishes, and Amberxiu cannot restore the senses of the human being to the withered rose forever, then can the wishes be forcibly implanted into it by modifying the soul of the withered rose? Amberxiu soon found the answer.

Indeed, you can.

The soul of the Withered Rose still retains a lot of memories related to Ryan. As long as she makes some random modifications and transforms her hatred for the Ryan royal family into hatred for all Ryan people, the Withered Rose can be restored to its original appearance.

Or, modify the wish she just fulfilled.

The Withered Rose only wanted to resurrect Amberhu, and now that Amberhu is alive, her wish has been fulfilled.

But what if the wish is not just resurrection, but something else? For example...

Amber thought for a moment, and the thread of the soul began to modify the soul of the Dead Rose.

Weave souls, weave dreams, and bring her back to life! (End of this chapter)