Broad World

A mummy is a corpse that has been embalmed, and it has to undergo a series of enchanting and negative energy corrosion, and finally imprison one's soul in it forever. As a result of inhuman torment, these bandaged undead possess a myriad of supernatural powers, fear auras being just one of them. In addition, there are deadly viruses in their bodies. Anyone who comes into direct contact may be infected with "rot corpse disease", and all physical attacks can only cause half damage.

Normally, it is impossible for a mummy to have intelligence and thinking ability. But there are always exceptions. Thousands of years ago, a powerful necromancer invented a special method to ensure the integrity of the soul during the production process, so that the memory, intelligence, and occupational level of the deceased can be retained.

There are very few spellcasters who have mastered this method. In modern times, except for those old monsters who have lived for thousands of years, basically no one knows it. These dangerous undead creatures have a special name called ancient mummies. Although this form is nothing compared to a lich, it is much stronger than a vampire, at least they are not afraid of being exposed to the sun.

What Henry has to deal with now is such a difficult opponent. He has cast four or five magic and divine spells in a row, but they were all blocked by protective magic. Obviously, the ancient mummy in front of him was a mage who specialized in the protection system, and his combat experience was in a mess, especially his spell recognition ability was frighteningly high. He could almost judge the magic being cast when he chanted the first three syllables.

Its casting speed is also quite fast, and it can always bless the corresponding magic protection one to two seconds in advance. It can be said that this is one of the most difficult types of mages to deal with. They always carefully put themselves in an absolutely safe position, and then slowly search for the opponent's weakness, and will not deliver a fatal blow until they are absolutely sure.

If it weren't for the fact that the once-a-day time still is gone, Henry would definitely use it now without hesitation. However, there is no medicine for regret in the world. On the premise of not wasting scrolls, he can only follow the tactics taught by Tyrantyr before, step by step to crack the opponent's defense step by step. This is a set that has been summed up by countless spellcasters. Almost no flaws in the fighting method, the fight is who has more spell slots and is more prepared.

The ancient mummy's spellcasting level obviously did not exceed sixteen, and the bandages all over her body didn't look like they would carry magic items and scrolls. Ten minutes later. It finally ran out of the last protective magic and began to fight hand-to-hand. However, due to the slow moving speed of the mummy, it did not pose any threat at all.

Relying on his agility, Henry dodged extremely simple attacks very easily, and occasionally stumbled and knocked his opponent to the ground. After a few rounds, he said to the ancient mummy that fell on the ground: "Listen, I know that you are different from those puppets, you must have retained the intelligence of your life. Now let's make a deal, the rules are very simple, I spare your life, you serve me. How about it?"

"I...I can't...break the contract...Kasa...curse...I must...must kill...the tomb robber...unless...someone replaces...otherwise...Nervagia will never...never leave."

The ancient mummy spoke intermittently. There are many places mixed with some ancient grammar, but Henry still understands the meaning. The poor mage was bound here by contract and curse to guard the tomb, and he could never leave unless he was killed or someone voluntarily replaced him.

"First of all, we are not the ones who stole and damaged Kasa's body. It is some other tomb robbers. Secondly, I can find a voluntary replacement. Now I only need a word from you, obey! Or destroy!"

When Henry said this, he inadvertently mobilized a little bit of his own strength. Terrifying energy quickly flowed in the tomb, and even the ancient mummy, who was an undead creature, felt the fear from the bottom of his heart. It crawled respectfully on the ground and replied without raising its head: "I...obey...the new master...but I must kill...the tomb robber...this is...a piece of bandage...as long as someone is willing...willing to accept...immediately be teleported...to here...to take my place..."

"You made the right choice, and I will finish the rest. Now let those skeleton warriors retreat, we must hurry up and hunt down the real tomb robber." After speaking, Henry grabbed the bandage and walked outside.

He is now extremely satisfied with the rewards of this adventure. Especially the last ancient mummy named Navagia, it was a surprise, and it was a super surprise. He must have mastered a special spell recognition method, as long as he learns it by himself, he will be invincible in the magic duel.

You must know that it is a very scary thing to make a prediction immediately when the opponent has just started casting magic. This is like two fighters fighting a duel, one of them will always know the opponent's attack direction, pace, dodge, etc. in the next second, while the other will not know anything. As long as the difference in strength is not too great. Victory is almost a certainty.

As far as Henry knew, neither Kelben, Lyra, Alustriel, nor Elminster, who lived the longest, had mastered this technique. They can at least make a prediction when the spell is halfway through, obviously it's too late to react at this time. It can be said that this is a kind of magic skill that has been lost or has not been spread at all. Its importance is no less than that of the instant spell series invented by Simbu (spell matrix, spell sequence, spell activation and other series of magics are all invented by Simbu in order to release more spells quickly. The red-robed mage suffered a big loss back then. It is said that several chiefs were directly killed).

After seeing all the skeleton warriors retreat back to the secret passage, Korgan spat fiercely on the ground:

"Bah! I swear, I must piss three times on their graves! Dare to steal what belongs to us! How impatient to live! It took me a long time to find out where the damn book is, and those parasites dare to steal it! Go! This grave looks like it was only opened for a day! If we rush to Pinrico's house before those idiots, we may have a chance to get my things back! Shagberg owes me a huge debt!"

"My dear dwarf, don't get so excited, none of these guys can run away. But it's too cheap to kill them with an axe? I have a better suggestion here, such as imprisoning one of them in a tomb to slowly starve to death, and then being transformed into an undead creature."

Henry just needed an unlucky guy to replace Navagia, and these grave robbers were just right. Anyway, they are not good people, and there is no pressure to deceive them.

Korgan stroked his beard and considered for a few seconds, then nodded slightly. "Okay! Although I think it would be more enjoyable to tear him apart and pull out his intestines. But this time, according to you, Shagberg has gone too far, and we must use a more durable punishment method."

"I promise, you will be satisfied with this plan after seeing it. Lead the way, I think you should know where to find these people." Henry made a gesture of please.

"Of course! Of course I know where these offal will go, the home of Ping Like in the administrative area, he is the collector who issued the consignment. Come on, don't be dazed, and follow."

Korgan waved at everyone, then headed back the long way. When passing by the corpse of the skeleton warrior, he picked up four or five giant swords. These weapons have been strengthened by magic, and they can be sold for hundreds of gold coins in the market. Being greedy for money, he obviously doesn't want to lose a large sum of money for no reason, so he would rather add more burden.

However, although the dwarf warrior accurately estimated the weight, he forgot the length of the giant sword. These big guys over two meters cannot be handled by a height of about 1.4 meters. He tried several times before tying it with a rope, and then turned it across and carried it on his shoulders.

For this kind of guy who wants money and life, Henry smiled helplessly, picked it up and put it in the dimension bag. He didn't want to waste time because of the thousand-odd gold coins, especially now that it was night. If he couldn't end this adventure as soon as possible, his plans for tomorrow might be affected.

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An hour later, everyone came to an earth-red building in the temple area. As soon as Korgan approached the door, he cursed loudly: "Damn it! This place has been turned over! It's all stolen!"

"How did you find out? The gate is intact, and there is no strange sound coming from inside." Fei De asked with a puzzled face. After staying in the Shadow Thieves Guild for so many years, it was the first time she saw someone who could tell at a glance whether the house had been ransacked without even entering the gate.

The dwarf pointed to his nose and replied: "See my sensitive nose? Little girl! As long as someone dies within one kilometer, it can smell it immediately. I bet there must be a lot of corpses inside, and Pinrico's corpse is probably covered with maggots."

"Let's go, just go in and have a look." Henry said and pushed open the door. I saw several corpses lying on the floor in the living room, one of them was dressed in gorgeous clothes, and he seemed to be the owner of the house.

Korgan glanced at him with a sneer and said, "Aha! It seems that my former partner seems to have spread Pinrico's internal organs like a painting. We'd better hang out on the roof of the Copper Crown Inn. I strongly suspect that those bastards haven't left the city yet, and they should be having fun now."

"Then what are you waiting for, let's go. I'm a little tired now, let's settle everything and find a place to sleep." After speaking, Henry turned and walked towards the door. He didn't want to be blocked by patrolling guards, even if he had ten mouths, he wouldn't be able to explain it clearly.

Korgan patted his stomach and muttered: "I think I should have something to eat before going to bed, because I can't sleep well when I'm hungry."