I ascend to the throne of God with arcane magic.

Chapter 566: Special Undead

Standing outside the Golden Coconut Hotel, Li Si looked solemnly at the building in front of him shrouded in the night.

There is a legendary being who has been watching over this hotel.
Do not!
It should be said that he was paying attention to the girl Juo in the hotel!

Just now, it was probably because I wanted to take action against Zhuo that I was targeted by the hidden legend.

Li Si's mind was working rapidly. He had previously thought about whether testing this obviously extraordinary girl in this way would cause any bad reaction.

But he didn't expect that a legend would always be paying attention to Zhuo, and might even be hiding near Zhuo.

The legend who is paying attention to the girl Zhuo is most likely the controller of this illusion, the legendary wizard Ihalus!

After all, in this small town in the sand sea, the appearance of a legendary wizard is quite rare.

Unless the two legendary masters that appeared were opposed to each other, the possibility of there being two legendary masters in this illusion was still too low.

If Ihalus had been keeping an eye on Zhuo, then why didn't he attack Li Si, an outsider, when he came into contact with Zhuo before?

Li Si didn't notice anything wrong.

Could it be that Ihalus actually didn't mind if someone unexpectedly came into contact with Juou, but he would not allow Juou to be hurt by others?

Li Si always felt that something was wrong, especially with Ihales's behavior pattern.

From the mission introduction, it can be seen that Ihalus must be obsessed with winning back his beloved, so he paid such a price and let the whole town fall into an illusion.

The time here has stopped, and all the residents living here have become undead creatures.

But how could a crazy and persistent person be so indifferent when faced with the possibility that his loved one might be hurt?
It was just a warning to Li Si, but he didn't even appear in front of Li Si?
This is somewhat inconsistent.
You have to know that with Li Si's current strength, even if Zhuo might be an undead creature, he is no different from an ant in front of him.

Li Si was only planning to test Zhuo and had no intention of hurting her.

But others don’t know?

At least in Li Si's opinion, if someone tried to harm Taiya, who was powerless, he would not just give a warning and leave it at that.

Li Si did not escape far, just outside the Golden Coconut Hotel.

This kind of distance is simply a matter of sight for a legendary strongman.

Therefore, Li Si was somewhat surprised that he did not see the expected pursuit from the legendary strong man.

Could it be that the legendary wizard Ihalus has some problem or inconvenience himself that caused this situation?
Li Si wasn't quite sure, but he didn't plan to continue attacking Zhu Ou in the short term.

Due to insufficient intelligence, even if the legendary wizard Ihalus really appeared, Li Si would not be able to obtain more useful information.

The appearance of the legend made Li Si want to take Taya away from the hotel and go to another place.

Although Taiya has become much stronger after experiencing the baptism of the city of Amandu, it is difficult for him to resist in front of a legendary wizard who is hiding his traces.

But in the end, Li Si did not do so. Since this Ihales had not appeared in front of him before, he would basically not take action against Taya.

It would be better to let Taya stay in the Golden Coconut Hotel so that if anything unexpected happens, Li Si can be notified in time.

After thinking about it, Li Si dived into the shadows again and left the hotel.

The alley in the night,

Li Si stood in the middle of the alley, and a resident of Ihales fainted in front of him.

Judging from the clothes of this middle-aged man, he seems to be an ordinary vendor in this small town.

Because of the coming of Eid al-Adha, he had to close his stall and go home very late. On the way, he ran into Li Si who was looking for the next experimenter.

Without noticing anything, Li Si knocked him out and made him lie in front of him.

The man's body lay quietly on the cold ground, like a dead branch broken by the wind, without the vitality of the past. His face was pale, his eyes were closed, as if he had fallen into an endless sleep, his breathing was so weak that it was almost unnoticeable, as if he was hovering on the edge of life and death.

Li Si first placed his right hand on the man's chest, and then felt his warm body temperature, which was similar to that of an ordinary person, and his steadily beating heart.

No different from ordinary people.

Li Si turned his palm into a blade and gently slashed the man's right arm.

Without any sound, the man's right arm was broken in half, and the unconscious man did not react at all.
really!

Li Si looked at the man's wound and nodded slightly.

The resident's broken arm was twisted unnaturally and separated from the body, but strangely not a drop of blood seeped out.

The wound was not bright red and moist as expected, but an abnormally dead gray, like a dead tree that had lost its vitality in winter, revealing an ominous atmosphere. In this gray, you can vaguely see the muscle fibers trembling slightly, as if searching for something.

The resident in front of him was not a living person, but had turned into a ghost-like being.

However, there are still big differences between them and normal undead creatures.

Li Si carefully observed the wound on the broken arm and reached out to touch and feel this lifeless body.

After a moment, Li Si stood up, holding the resident's severed arm in his right hand.

Use a cloaking spell to hide the unconscious inhabitant from anyone passing by.

Li Si's figure flashed and he left the alley.

Outside the small sand sea town of Ihales, on the sand dunes,

Li Si stepped on the soft sand dunes and felt relieved.

As expected, just like before, the spatial ability is not restricted, so we can be more bold in exploring this secret place.
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Ding!
[Tip: You have left the restricted area of ​​the quest [Ihalus's Perseverance]! Please return as soon as possible, otherwise the quest will be deemed a failure and you will not be able to accept it again!]
[Countdown to failure: 605958]——
Li Si looked at the small town shrouded in the night in the distance, and a system prompt sounded in his mind.

hurry up!

Li Si left the small town this time not just to ensure his retreat.

Raising his hand, Li Si looked carefully at the broken arm that was supposed to be in his hand.

But the lifeless broken arm had now turned into a pile of grayish-white dust, scattered on the sand dunes.

Li Si still held some ash from the broken arm in his hand, but he did not sense any special aura from it.

After taking a look at the dust in his hands, Li Si did not delay and quickly returned to the alley.

He didn't want to fail the mission because of being away for a long time. When Li Si returned and looked at the unconscious resident, his arm was clearly cut off by Li Si just now, but now it was intact, as if nothing had happened.

it is as expected!
Li Si nodded, then lifted the concealment spell and left.

The residents in the town are not really undead, but their bodies are different from those common undead creatures.

The undead refers to the spirit or consciousness left behind after a living being dies. They are evil creatures that appear due to their own resentment or other factors.

The most common undead are evil creatures such as skeletons and corpses. The souls of the dead reside in their bones.

These newly born undead are very weak and have no intelligence, they only act on instinct.

Ordinary people can defeat these undead creatures, but the biggest characteristic of undead creatures is that they are not afraid of death.

Only if these undead are given enough numbers, time and space, they will, like raising Gu, constantly devour the soul fire of other undead and strengthen their own power.

When they reach a certain level, the undead will develop new wisdom and become completely different people from when they were alive. The memories of their previous lives will have little impact on them.

For this reason, almost every human town has a cemetery guarded by the Church of the Gods to bury dead residents and minimize the appearance of the undead.

It is almost impossible for this kind of undead to survive without the support of soul fire.

But at the same time, there is another possibility for the undead to exist, which is to transform into a ghost without a body.

The so-called ghost is the soul of the dead that has been strengthened and can exist independently. Basically, they reappear in the world in the same appearance as before their death. Usually, they have no fixed form and ordinary people cannot see ghosts with the naked eye.

The situation of the residents of Ihalus is actually very similar to that of ghosts.

Although they have physical bodies, they are not completely dependent on the body like the skeleton soldiers.

In Li Si's opinion, these forms of existence are more like using necromancy spells to bind their souls to the small town called Ihales.

In other words, the survival of these residents depends on the city, not their bodies.

So when Li Si took the residents' broken arms away from the town, the broken arms lost their connection with the souls and turned into ashes.

The residents in the small town have returned to normal.

From this we can also see that these residents should rely on this city for their existence, and their souls are almost unaffected.

So, all the people in the city have been turned into undead by Ihalus, so it is called "The Town Stuck in Time"?

After all, a city of the dead cannot have any new changes and will only continue its previous life day after day.

Although this makes sense, Li Si feels that it is not that simple.

If that were all, then this legendary mission would be too easy.

There must be something I haven't noticed.
Li Si thought about all he had seen and heard since entering this small town, but he did not gain any new insights.

Can we just wait until the day after tomorrow, the Eid al-Adha?
There was nothing special about life in this small town, except that the existence of the Gul Festival made Li Si feel something was wrong.

The god Gul?

Could it be that there is some special connection with the legendary necromancer Ihalus?

Otherwise, it would be impossible to explain why the city lord would appear specifically at the Gul Festival ceremony.

And it seems that this is something that everyone in the city will participate in. Li Si doesn't think that a legendary being would show up every year specifically for this event.

Unless this matter is closely related to him.

God
Could it be that this Ihalus wanted to embark on the path to godhood and become a god?

And the god Gur is his incarnation, and he collects faith in this way?
Li Si was not sure. This guess seemed very likely to be true, but it also had many loopholes.

First of all, the people in this city are basically undead. Although they all have souls, the power of faith they generate is extremely rare and extremely complex.

Otherwise, wouldn't those legendary liches who controlled the Scourge of the Undead be able to easily obtain massive amounts of power of faith?

Even if there are outsiders coming to this city, Ihalus does not welcome the entry of outsiders. It seems to be isolated and closed, which is totally unlike the behavior of a legend who is on the road to becoming a god and wants to collect faith.

But, Old Milo also said that every time there was an Eid al-Fitr celebration in Ihalus, many outsiders would come here just to participate in the celebration of this small town.

Although Li Si had never heard of the Gol Festival before, if what old Milo said was true, it is very likely that Ihalus had had such an idea before.

So why is it terminated now?

Is it because of Juou's departure?

Li Si's thoughts began to diverge, but no matter how he thought about it, the information he knew now always felt fragmented.

It’s as if many parts of the history of this small town don’t match up, giving people a weird and uncomfortable feeling.

What happened to cause this result?
Perhaps this is the reason why the legendary wizard Ihalus created this illusory city of the undead.

Under the cover of deep night, a lonely three-story building stands in the heart of the town, like a giant forgotten by time, quietly guarding an unknown secret.

The building was built entirely of huge grey rocks, with the stones fitting together perfectly, exuding an inviolable solidity and age. The thin moonlight barely outlined its sharp edges, adding a bit of coldness and mystery.

The small building was dead silent, without any lights coming out, and even the slightest light seemed to be swallowed up by the thick stone walls. The windows were tightly closed, like a pair of silent eyes, rejecting the curiosity and prying eyes of the outside world.

Such silence makes people involuntarily think that perhaps this place has been uninhabited for a long time and has become an abandoned ghost house.

The surrounding streets were empty and lonely, with only an occasional night breeze blowing, rolling up a few fallen leaves, making a rustling sound on the stone road, adding an uneasy melody to the quiet night.

Li Si hid in the shadow of a house not far away and observed the building.

According to Old Milo, this is where the city lord lives, and it is also the territory of the legendary wizard Ihalus.

It does look a bit like a necromancer, dark and without any luxurious decorations.

Li Si pondered in his mind, and after a while he split his body into two and moved towards the building.

Let's explore the inside of this building first and see what's going on.

If it doesn't work, there's still time to run away!

(End of this chapter)