Chapter 455: 455

A lich could rob someone else of their body . All they needed to do was drive away the original soul, or tear it apart .

However, the bodies possessed by a lich would usually die in two years .

After all, dark magic power was lethal for regular creatures .

A lich could also exist as a soul, but they were very vulnerable in the soul state . Without the protection of a shell, the damage from mental spells would increase significantly .

Therefore, most liches would change their shells frequently .

The shells were expendable for them, but there were exceptions . If they ran into excellent shells that were vigorous and talented, they would try to seize the shells and maintain them well, so that the shells could be used longer .

Roland’s body was very vigorous, and he was also a Mage .

The players had higher stats growth than regular NPCs did in the first place . Their Constitution growth was five by nature even if they didn’t add any points to Constitution .

Also, Roland’s maximal health was improved for his achievement of first completion of an epic quest . It was further improved by the Goddess of Magic’s favor . Now, Roland had as much health as that of an agile Warrior of his level .

His vitality and his capacity for magic power were both very high .

Roland’s body was a rare container for the lich, one it had never seen . His magnificent vitality was almost overflowing, not to mention his terrifying magic power .

If the lich could steal the body, it would be perfect as a container .

This lich would do anything it could to maintain the vigorousness of such a body .

A good body was to a lich what an epic weapon was to a Warrior .

Roland sensed the maliciousness in the lich’s eyes, which gave him goosebumps .

He instantly snapped his fingers, and the swamp rose into a rock wall and protected the caravan .

Hardly had he done that when the lich’s nasty voice, which sounded like rubbing iron plates, came through the fierce wind . “You’re very strong, but you can’t escape . Nobody can break through a lich’s army of the undead unless they can fly . However, even a wind-class Mage can’t fly far in such a strong wind . Let’s make a deal . I can spare this caravan as long as you leave…”

Roland snapped his finger and suddenly vanished .

The lich was stunned at first . Then, it was greatly shocked .

While jumping aside, it quickly established a magic shield .

But it was too late . A miaodao of pure fire had cut through the lich’s head .

Several seconds later, the lich’s head fell to the ground . At the same time, all the skeletons crumbled into pure bone, and the remaining ghosts screamed and ran away into the deep night .

Staring at Roland with his head that had already fallen on the ground, the lich struggled to say, “You’re good at spatial spells?”

Roland waved and sheathed his miaodao . He came to the head and observed it for a moment, only to see no waves that suggested the escape of the soul . He didn’t really know what was going on, so he said, “Yes, so what?”

“No wonder you didn’t escape . ” The lich heaved a sigh, and its voice weakened . “Then why don’t we make peace with each other?”

This lich’s reaction was understandable . A Mage capable of spatial spells could barely be killed!

Many people knew that Dimensional Anchor could stop spatial magic from being activated .

But the problem was that Dimensional Anchor was itself a type of spatial magic . So, one could only use spatial magic to cope with spatial magic .

Spatial magic was so hard that it was only slightly less difficult than causal magic .

While Roland had posted the teleportation spells to the forum, only O’Neal had picked up Teleportation, and he was working on Long-Distance Teleportation .

Even the players found spatial magic hard, not to mention local Mages who weren’t as smart as players on average .

“Why should we make peace?” Roland lit up a fire on his finger .

“You can protect the caravan for now, but you can’t protect them forever . ” The lich’s head spoke in a lower and lower voice . “If we make peace, I won’t do anything to them anymore, and we can talk about things that are more important . ”

Uninterested, Roland simply burned the lich’s head to ashes with the magic flames .

Then, he flashed back to the rooftop of the rock building and looked down at the caravan below .

A bunch of people were standing below . Most of them didn’t have the courage to raise their heads .

Wallace was the only person who looked up to Roland . Holding back his fear, he bowed respectfully and said, “Esteemed Mage, thank you for your rescue . We’ll never forget it . May I ask if we can stay here? If we go out, we will all be killed by the blizzard . ”

“Yes!” Roland nodded .

The rock wall had almost blocked all the cold wind, so the caravan didn’t have to hide behind the rocky building anymore .

The low temperature wasn’t dreadful . It could be weathered through with thick clothes . What was dreadful was low temperature plus crazy wind .

Receiving Roland’s permission, they were all greatly relieved and delighted, but none dared to say anything .

Gazing at them for a moment, Roland asked, “How on earth did you get lost in this place?”

“We must’ve been lured here with magic by the Tundra Reaper . ” McKenzie volunteered to stand up and said, “It’s said that he shows up every two months and disappears after reaping the lives of a couple of caravans . ”

“Then you’d better be careful . If possible, don’t travel for business in the next year . He must be resentful of you . Liches usually won’t show up in cities . You’d better look after your life first before you attempt to make money . ”

Most large cities were supervised by Mages, and the necromancers and liches had too-distinctive dark magic power . Besides, they were only strong when they gathered enough undead creatures . They were also good at turning human beings killed by undead creatures into new undead creatures . So, they were almost invincible with a storm of undead creatures .

But they weren’t really invincible .

The gathering of undead creatures couldn’t escape the attention of the Mages in the city .

Therefore, necromancers and liches were usually active in the wilderness .

They would kill lone human beings or butcher caravans to increase the population of the undead creatures they controlled .

The more undead creatures they controlled, the more powerful liches and necromancers would be .

With their special class skill, Dark Servant Link, they could establish a legion of the undead, and their necromantic energy would be significantly increased in the legion, which would boost the power of their dark spells .

Hearing Roland’s reminder, Wallace nodded and said, “We understand, Mr . Mage . ”

Seeing that it was over, Roland flashed into the house and continued his rest .

The people in the caravan relaxed and took a rest too .

But few of them could go to sleep that night .

For Roland, what happened that night was a minor incident .

Though he had never seen a lich before, he wasn’t really surprised to see one .

He had seen angels and goddesses, and the lich was nothing compared to them .

However, what happened tonight was a huge event for Wallis, the lich .

His soul was pulled back into its spiritual coffin, before he was teleported to another body that he had prepared earlier .

He walked out of the hidden cave in the rotten body whose flesh was dropping as he moved . Staying inside such a shell was very uncomfortable .

But the lich could only hold it back . After all, his other shells weren’t any better .

He summoned a skeleton horse . Fast and tireless, such horses were one of the liches’ icons .

After half a night, Wallis made it to a graveyard before dawn, and a dozen black body puppets suddenly appeared . Wallis didn’t panic but waited quietly .

Those body puppets didn’t attack Wallis . Soon, a tombstone moved before him and revealed a dark tunnel .

Soon, a beautiful girl in a black robe who had extremely pale skin walked out of the tunnel .

Wallis’ face was too rotten for anyone to see his expression, but judging from his voice, he despised this woman very much . “Karna, you’re using a woman’s body again . Do you not find it repulsive?”

“It’s just a shell . Gender doesn’t matter as long as it works fine . ” The beautiful girl put a smile on her pale face . “Wallis, why have you come to my place?”

“I saw an excellent shell . I had never seen a shell as extraordinary as that one!”

Karna, the girl in black robe, chuckled . “How much better was it than mine?”

“A hundred of this can’t compare to that shell . ”

Karna grew interested . “You’re not exaggerating?”

“No!”

“Does the shell have a divine bloodline?” Karna winked .

“I’m not clear, but it’s really vigorous . ”

“Vigorousness means strength . Since you’ve changed your shell, that man was definitely very tough, wasn’t he?”

“He’s capable of spatial magic and teleportation . ”

Karna instantly lost interest . “Then why am I wasting my time here? You think we can catch someone who’s capable of spatial magic?”

Karna was about to return to the tunnel after saying that .

Wallis hurriedly shouted, “I can’t catch him on my own, but we certainly can if we work together . You’re good at Inferior Prophecy, and I have countless undead creatures . I’ll buy a few Dimensional Anchor scrolls later . As long as we know where he is with Inferior Prophecy, it will be easy to catch him!”

“Dimensional Anchor scrolls? You wish!” Karna sneered . “There are only four such scrolls in total in the world of the undead . Why do you think you can buy them?”

“Do you not want a better shell?”

“He’s only one person . How do we split him even if we catch him? We might have to fight first . Don’t tell me that you want the shell to mate with a woman and have a child…” Karna shook her head and was about to return to the tunnel, but she suddenly stopped and said, “However, for old time’s sake, I can tell you a piece of important news . ”

“What is it?”

“My puppets in the human world informed me that a new race named Golden Sons appeared in Hollevin . Those people can be resurrected after death, so some of them are willing to sell their dead bodies . ”

“Are they vigorous?”

“They’re said to be so, but I’m told that they’re very expensive,” Karna said . “The bodies close to the level of Elite are one gold coin apiece, and those above the Elite level are three gold coins apiece . ”

Wallis gasped . “That’s indeed expensive . I can barely afford a hundred bodies… Those people are bold enough to make money from liches?”