Chapter 114 The truth is on the sword, and civilization is in the magic!
A tall lich wearing a gorgeous black robe suddenly appeared in front of Deya.

When the 'Lord of the Black Tower' appeared, the last trace of "fear" that affected Deya's thoughts and actions finally disappeared.

Deya's confused mind calmed down completely.

As a necromancer, this was the first time that Deya felt the negative emotion of "fear", especially the "fear" brought by an 8th-ring strong man.

In that state, people's thinking is out of their own control. Even if they know that such chaotic thinking is wrong, they can still find a trace of rationality in the chaos, but they just can't control it.

The confusion caused by thinking will also affect the body's actions. It was really dangerous just now.

At this time, Deya felt that what the teacher said was quite right. There was actually nothing wrong with becoming a lich. At least he would not be disturbed by this kind of negative state.

"teacher!"

He greeted respectfully.

Standing behind the Undead Mage, Deya felt a great sense of security, as if even if the sky fell, the Lich would hold it up again for him.

Irving just nodded slightly to indicate that he heard Deya's greeting.

Andrew of the Dragon Feast Cult's legs were trembling. He looked at the tall skeleton in front of him with fear and cursed in his heart:
Why didn't you tell me earlier that you had this trump card? If I knew that your teacher was the 'Lord of the Black Tower', I would have spoken for you just now!
When he first met Edwin, he thought he might not survive, so he wanted to try to form an alliance with Deya, the man who attacked him.

This kid has a strange bone dragon, and maybe they can give it a try if the two sides join forces.

But who would have thought that Edwin was not going to kill him, and Andrew secretly hated Deya's previous sneak attack, so he immediately distanced himself from the matter.

From Andrew's point of view, there was nothing wrong with his choice, but he was unlucky enough to stand on the wrong side and choose the wrong person!

"Edwin, long time no see. I remember that the last time I saw you, you were still the bishop of the Silent Church. I didn't expect that you have become the archbishop now. I should congratulate you."

An unpleasant, hoarse sound came from Master Irving's skull.

He spoke slowly, as if he was chatting with an old friend, and was very gentlemanly.

But that aura controls everything around, causing people to feel an uncontrollable amount of pressure.

"'Lord of the Black Tower', Irving Aldridge..."

Edwin murmured the name, and his previous demeanor and pride disappeared completely. He changed from an unreasonable attitude to a civilized person in an instant.

Damn, after the younger one is beaten, the older one comes?

The wind of death that was blowing around dissipated, and the hand holding the sickle unconsciously dropped. Edwin said reasonably: "Is that Dark Moon Son your disciple?"

"Yes, he is my only disciple and a member of the Nine Rings Tower."

Master Irwin spoke slowly, as if he was chatting about family matters. He did not say any fierce words, nor did he have any terrifying aura, but it made Edwin feel more oppressive.

Edwin was silent for a moment, then he said, “Lord of the Black Tower, since he is your disciple, there may be some misunderstanding between us.

It's just that the thing he holds in his hand is the holy relic of the Silence Church. As long as he returns it to the Silence Church, the Silence Church can pretend that nothing happened."

Edwin felt that his attitude was quite good.

"Edwin, you are not honest. You are deceiving me."

Master Irwin shook his head: "...I have personally witnessed it in the previous World Recollection. The ring belongs to the Dark Moon Church. My disciple has a relationship with the Dark Moon Church, so this thing should belong to him."

Edwin suppressed his annoyance and explained, "That is the holy relic of my Church of Silence. It was stolen by the Dark Moon Church nine hundred years ago!"

"I don't care who it originally belonged to. I only know who it finally belonged to. Edwin, the land where the Cathedral of the Church of Silence is located did not originally belong to the Church of Silence.

Does this mean that the Silent Church does not belong to the Silent Church?"

Master Irving was still as calm and composed as ever, like a steady old man, talking to the younger generation.

If you are strong, you have been doing this since ancient times; if you are weak, you should put aside the disputes.

Now that the Church of Silence is in a weak position, they can no longer "have been around since ancient times".

"Lord of the Black Tower, you are just making up stories!"

"You should be thankful that I am being reasonable with you. If I hadn't been reasonable with you, you wouldn't even have a chance to speak here, Edwin. It seems that you don't like being reasonable, so there's nothing I can do about it."

Irving's gentle tone gradually turned cold.

The will of death spread out from him.

The temperature of the air was dropping rapidly. In this humid and hot rainforest, it seemed to have turned into a freezing winter in the blink of an eye.

Countless undead souls were howling, the thick clouds in the sky were rolling again, and the desolate and dead wind was making a madman's humming sound, as if this whole world had fallen into the desperate situation of death.

Edwin's pressure suddenly increased, a cold light flashed in his eyes, the horrifying breath of death swirled around his body, and everything fell into absolute silence.

This is a confrontation between death and death!

"Lord of the Black Tower, I will ask you one last time, do you really want to be an enemy of the Church of Silence?"

Master Irwin said calmly, "I am not an ally of the Silent Church. Do you want to threaten me? Perhaps you can ask your pope to come to see me if he dares.

It would be even better if your gods were willing to give up their will. I have always been interested in gods, but unfortunately, your gods cannot do it. "

Irving's words made Edwin furious: "You are blaspheming and disrespecting God! Damn Lord of the Black Tower, the Silent Church will not let this go!"

Archbishop Edwin of the Church of Silence suddenly burst out with a strong breath of death. His entire body turned into the form of a ghost, and his surging murderous intent took shape.

then,

He turned around suddenly.

Behind him, the door of bones had not yet closed.

When he appears, he is arrogant, domineering, and dominates the world.

And now, Edwin didn't even dare to take action. He uttered harsh words and ran directly towards the skeleton door at the fastest speed in his life.

Because behind him——

[Irwin uses the nine-ring spell 'Banshee's Wail']

Sharp sound waves roared from Irving's mouth.

That was not an ordinary sound wave, but a sound that went straight into the soul, deep into death, and chanted the end of this world.

Under Deya's gaze, the space within a 180-degree range in front of Teacher Irvin began to vibrate.

The tough space turned into waves at this moment, spreading into ripples.

The whole world seemed to be plunged into monotonous black and white, welcoming the final end of all living things in the dead silence.

Deya couldn't hear any sound at all. If it weren't for the panel prompt, he wouldn't even know that Teacher Irvin used the Nine Rings Spell.

As far as Deya knew, this nine-ring spell should be centered on the caster and attack indiscriminately in 360 degrees.

But Teacher Irwin can limit the spell to a range of 180 degrees in front of him, and the person behind him, even an ordinary person, will not be affected.

His mastery of this nine-ring spell has reached its peak. According to the panel, this means he has reached Lv.max!

The soundless waves spread, and the banshees sent the evening bells to the funeral. The waves swept past.

The dense rain forest lost all signs of life, the green branches and leaves withered, and the tall trees began to rot.

Even the rock fragments carved by humans seemed to have experienced vicissitudes of life and began to weather.

Andrew, a senior cadre of the Dragon Feast Cult, and his surviving subordinates, their souls were silently torn apart, like babies hearing a lullaby, and they lay peacefully on the ground.

The banshee's funeral knell swept across Edwin's body. His beautiful full body armor began to rust bit by bit from the back. The rust quickly expanded, and the bright armor also turned withered and yellow.

Edwin groaned, as if he was in great pain, but he still gritted his teeth, and before the skeleton door was completely decayed and shattered, he finally crawled into the magic door.

Bones shattered and the sound waves dissipated.

Deya looked forward.

Right in front of him, in front of Teacher Irwin, within an area that was hundreds of meters long and wide, all life had disappeared.

The ruins in front of me are gone, the rainforest is gone, and the man-carved stone carvings are gone.

There was only rolling yellow sand before my eyes. In this rainforest, there was actually a small lifeless desert.

The dividing line between the desert and the rainforest was neatly drawn right under Teacher Irwin's feet.

"Edwin's soul was seriously wounded, but I didn't kill him. I let him run back."

Teacher Irwin suddenly said, his voice was unpleasant, but his tone was still so kind, just like when Deya was taught by the teacher in his villa.

Deya bowed slightly: "Teacher must have a plan."

Teacher Irwin smiled and said, "It is not easy for the Silent Church to train an archbishop. If I kill him, the Silent Church will be furious.

They can do nothing to me, but they will bear a grudge against you and will certainly look for an opportunity to kill you, even if I will retaliate against them later, they cannot just sit back and watch the death of an archbishop."

Deya's thoughts raced.

Large organizations like the Church of Silence all have to maintain their reputation.

If an archbishop or an eight-ring strongman in their organization died without them saying anything, then the organization would not be able to continue.

The teacher did not kill Edwin, but only seriously injured him. This was actually a disguised way of protecting himself and saving face for the other party.

Because the teacher can't always save him.

If the opponent came with another eighth-ring warrior who attacked directly by surprise, Deya would definitely not survive.

Deya understood the teacher's good intentions and said gratefully: "Teacher, about this forbidden item..."

He showed the ring on his finger.

Since [Beyond Death] originally belonged to the Church of Silence and is a so-called holy relic, there is no way they would not come to snatch it.

"Don't worry. I will go to the Church of Silence in person and make an agreement with their pope."

Teacher Irwin seemed to have known everything by heart: "...I will make a pact with them. For fifty years, they are not allowed to attack you or snatch this thing.

If you die, I will keep this item. In order to prevent it from falling into my hands, they may have to protect you and not let you die."

Deya quickly thought about the meaning of the teacher's words.

In this world where extraordinary power belongs to oneself, truth lies on the edge of the sword and civilization lies in your magic.

Don't ask for forgiveness from the strong, but work hard to become a strong person yourself.

The teacher actually used his own strength to force the Church of Silence to abide by this agreement.

The teacher also gave the Silent Church the possibility of winning, so that the other side would not be frustrated and suffer a loss.

The real gamble of this agreement is whether Deya will be strong enough within fifty years.

If Deya can reach the strength of 8th or even 9th ring in fifty years.

Then, as a strong man and a member of the Nine Rings Tower, the Church of Silence can only give up, and this forbidden object will completely belong to Deya. They can only wait until Deya dies, and then find a way to get it back.

If Deya had not reached such strength, then he would not be able to say anything even if his things were stolen.

There is no such thing as the weaker one being right in this world.

"Deya, do you have confidence?"

What Irving asked was whether he had the confidence to become a truly strong man and control his own destiny within these fifty years.

Deya smiled and said, "I am full of confidence now, teacher."

Even with all the cheats, if he still couldn't do this, then he felt that he really should find a rope and commit suicide.

Irwin was very satisfied with Deya's confident attitude. He smiled and asked again, "How does it feel to face death?"

Deya said helplessly: "Not so good. Under the negative emotion of [fear], I couldn't make the right judgment at all. Even the thought of asking you to save me wasted some time and almost caused problems."

Irwin laughed unpleasantly, "He is, after all, an eighth-ring priest of the Death Realm. If you don't even feel fear when facing him, then who would want to upgrade?

When you reach the sixth ring and master the power of myth, you will be able to resist the eighth ring's [Fear] with great strength."

After a pause, Irwin continued: “…facing death and escaping death, this is what everyone who achieves great things must go through.

Throughout history, many well-known strong men escaped death when they were weak because of luck or other reasons. This is what makes them extraordinary.

Only the lives of mediocre people are peaceful and unknown. The lives of all those who have achieved something should be magnificent.

Everything you are experiencing now proves that you are on the road to becoming a strong person.

I have said so much, do you understand what I mean? Deya. "

Deya performed a noble salute and said, "Teacher is actually telling me that working hard to improve my own strength is the fundamental thing, and everything else is just details."

Irwin laughed again, sounding like metallic friction: "I can't protect you forever. People can only rely on themselves. Only when you become strong can you be fearless of wind and rain!
When you are strong enough, you can go and cause trouble for the Church of Silence yourself, but if you are still weak, then work hard to become stronger and survive."

The Undead Mage looked at Deya for a while and sighed, "It has only been a year since you started learning magic, and you have already been promoted to the third ring? And it is a perfect promotion.

Now you are qualified to enter the Nine Rings Tower."

Irving was indeed amazed.

Normally, if a mage who has studied for a year can be perfectly promoted to a first-ring mage, that is a remarkable achievement and is regarded as an absolute genius in people's eyes. However, the promotion of a mage is so difficult.

But Deya reached the third ring in just one year, and it was a perfect promotion, which was simply unheard of.

Irving knew that this was accomplished by Deya during his recollection of the day when the stars changed, and he also witnessed that recollection with his own eyes.

However, the way Deya completed the world recollection at that time was beyond Irving's expectations.

Fortunately, I discovered this disciple first, otherwise, with his talent, if he was discovered by other mages first, he would probably have become a member of another school.

For example, it could become a prophecy school or something like that. That old man has been thinking about it...

(End of this chapter)