This lich needs more money

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

The headless brother, who was interrupted from drinking, 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.

Amberxiu 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 brought out by Amber Xiu, and even the mage apprentice Harvey who was locked in the cell was captured by him as a hard labor.

With a confused look on his face, Harvey helped Amberxiu and began to set 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's hands and feet felt stiff.

What is 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.

So, do you want to resist?

Harvey began to hesitate.

Being locked up in the castle these days, it's not like Harvey hasn't thought about escaping. He has been reading books these days just 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?

Every magic ritual is very precise, and any mistakes may lead to 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 didn't want to kill Amber Xiu. The Lich would not die until the phylactery was destroyed. He just wanted to destroy Amber Xiu's current body and escape from the castle while he was 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.

A very small change is not enough to destroy the entire magic ritual, but it 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 was ready, and Harvey was mentally prepared, just waiting...

Hey, what are you doing standing at the place where the sacrifices are placed? Stand at the place presiding over the ceremony. Amberxiu 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...are you not 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? Recognize your own value, little one!”

Harvey:…

Although he didn't have 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, he would be the one who died.

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.”

Ah? You know everything? Harvey said in surprise.

Nonsense, you're still far from good at that. I've already readjusted it when you were doing it.

Harvey was even more surprised and asked strangely: Why are you doing this? It's not just to make me look like a clown, right?

After this period of contact, Harvey felt that Amberxiu was not the kind of undead with bad taste. Every action he took was so... frugal, 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 he had to ask, even if it might anger the weird lich.

Of course it's for testing. 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 all 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 it is divined that you will die tomorrow, what will you do?

This... Harvey hesitated for a moment, and then said, I might 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.

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

Amberxiu 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 Amber Xiu's soul fire was trembling, there seemed to be nothing wrong with this 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?

Amber Xiu said very seriously: About the secret of the sewers of the Alchemy City.