The mage arrives

Gordon looked at this unknown creature that appeared in front of him without warning. %, Jier has already raised her sword, making the atmosphere even more tense.

"I haven't seen a living person for a long, long time, but that doesn't mean I like to see people show hostility to me." The unknown creature said in a voice that smelled of ice slag.

Gordon motioned for Jill to drop her weapon.Although they didn't relax their vigilance, at least two of them didn't show too obvious guard.

Only then did the unknown creature nod the pointed conical head in satisfaction.

Yes, this guy's head is a triangular ice pick, and the two dark blue flames burning in the ice are probably its eyes.

"Mutated frost giant?"

"No, definitely not."

Gordon quickly denied his first guess.Although this is a humanoid creature with a very tall figure and its entire body is made of pure ice, its characteristics are still very different from those of the Frost Giant.Even with a genetic mutation, it is impossible for a tiger to turn into a crocodile.

Moreover, the opponent's characteristic of being able to completely merge into the ice layer, hide his own breath, and not be discovered by others is really incredible.Gordon had never heard of any creature with this ability.He even doubted whether the other party could move freely in the ice without hindrance.Maybe the ice layer is like air to him.

Aziz said at this time: "Master Lindeman, let me introduce you. This is Mr. Andre, who is also a mage from the Arkhosian Empire."

"Mr. Andre. This is Master Lindemann."

"Uh...nice to meet you." Gordon stretched out his hand.Although he doesn't know how the other party shakes his hand with his pointed upper limbs, it's better to be friendly.After all, listen to what Aziz means.To open that troublesome metal gate and enter the heart of Aion.Finally found Ania, the help of Master Andre is indispensable.

"Very good." The two burning flames in Andre's head shook violently, "But other red tape will be avoided, I know your purpose. If you want me to help, I still have no conditions Change. You can decide for yourself."

The meaning of Andre's words was somewhat unclear, and Gordon ignored the arrogance shown by the other party, and asked Aziz in a low voice: "What kind of existence is this guy? What is his request? He Can you really open that door for us?"

"Of course." Aziz gave a firm answer.He nodded at the unknown creature, then pulled Gordon away.Only then did he tell the ins and outs of the matter.

Although Andre looks like a popsicle-like ghost now, he used to be a real dragon-born mage, and he was also a powerful mage who mastered ancient dragon-level arcane arts.

Because the current arcane system had not been established during the Akhosian Empire, there was no division from the first ring to the ninth ring, and above that was the division method of legendary spells.The Arkhosians worship dragons, and the giant dragon is the master of the dragon descendants, and the imparter of their power and knowledge, so the Akhosians named their spells according to the level of the dragon.Ancient dragon level arcane.Its energy level is about the same as that of the nine-ring spell, so according to today's standards, Andre is a very powerful nine-ring mage.

As for why the mage still stayed in the Tower of Eternity after a long time of two epochs.And it turned into the ghost it is now, which is another long and complicated story.

After Aziz first came to this hall, he met Andre.At that time, his reaction was more intense than Gordon just now, and he directly blasted a few evocation spells.

result.Don't look at Andre's strange appearance, but his strength is unexpectedly strong.Aziz was defeated in a few strokes, and both siblings were sealed in a huge ice cube.

It's just that Andre didn't seem to have the intention of killing, but released Aziz and his sister Kaya again.After clearing up the misunderstanding, Aziz learned something about Andre's past.

When the Arkhosian Empire still existed, Andre was a teacher at the Se Anzu University of Magic.He was conducting a magical experiment at a time when the entire Dragonborn empire was locked in a horrific civil war between chromatic and metallic dragons.

No matter in what era, the continuation of lifespan is one of the most interesting research topics for mages.The mages of the Arkhosian Empire were no exception, and many powerful people were conducting research in this area during the golden age of the great arcane discovery.

At that time, the method of lich transformation had been invented, but it was not liked by the people of Arkhosia.Not to mention the believers of Bahamut, even the believers of Tiamat, not many people are willing to transform themselves into ruthless undead.

The Iolum longevity technique invented by the Netherdulans during the third era did not appear at this time, so the most popular life extension method adopted by the wizards of Arkhosia at that time was cloning. The mutual combination of the two kinds of magic and soul transfer.

In fact, cloning was invented by the Arkhosians.

Mages created soulless clones of their own bodies and stockpiled them.When one's body is very old, or has suffered a fatal trauma, one can use the method of transferring the soul to a new body to prolong life.

Even today, it is the most common life-extending method adopted by many mages who are unwilling to transform into liches but find it difficult to advance to legend.

The requirements of this method are not too high - cloning is only an eight-ring spell, while soul transfer is a nine-ring arcane spell.There are even some special professions—such as the previous soul master Olafone, who can use soul transfer before touching the ninth layer of the magic net.

The requirements are not high, and it doesn't have great side effects like transforming a lich.It sounds like this method is the perfect way to prolong the life of a mage.But in practice, there are still many problems.That's why many spellcasters today would rather give up their flesh and humanity and become a lich with the fatal flaw of a phylactery, rather than rely on the combination of soul transfer and cloning to prolong their lifespan.

The mages of the Arkhosia Empire, of course, also know the flaws in this method of life extension.So when no better solution was found, they have been working on improving this set of methods.

Andre is one of these Akhosian mages.

The life extension method of cloning and soul transfer has too many flaws. If the mages of the Dragonborn Empire want to improve it, it is impossible to do everything based on one person's ability.At that time, Se Anzu University of Magic, as a well-known magic research institution in the entire empire, organized a large number of high-level mages to conduct research in this area.The field that Andre is engaged in is how to preserve the clones better.

The production of clones is difficult, but the preservation of clones is even more difficult.

A slight change in the external environment—such as temperature, moderation, light, etc., may have adverse effects on the clone. The final result is that during the soul transformation, the new body cannot be coordinated with the soul of its owner. Conversion failed.

A soul that has lost its physical body can only be slowly infected by dissociated energy—especially negative energy, and eventually become an undead.

In addition to ordinary environmental changes, there are also changes in the concentration of source energy that ordinary people cannot feel, the sudden impact of arcane fluctuations, etc., which will make the clones created by the mages with their painstaking efforts become a bunch of useless human flesh.

So, if a flawless and safe way to preserve clones could be found, the risk of life extension would be much lower.

Andre himself is an Ice Dragonborn.The Ice Crystal Dragon is one of the many rare subspecies of giant dragons. It is neutral and does not favor either the five-color dragon or the metal dragon.The ice crystal dragon has the ability to control the cold far beyond the white dragon among the five-color dragons, and can be said to be a natural master of frost spells.

Andre himself is also very good at a range of ice magic.So the first solution he thought of was to use the freezing method to preserve the clones that the mages used for replacement.

And the freezing he was referring to was not ordinary freezing.It must be an extremely cold state, and it must be able to match the strongest ability of the goddess of ice Aurul, and even completely freeze the energy flowing in the environment.

After listening to Aziz's narration, Gordon immediately thought of the concept of "absolute zero" in science.The lowest temperature in the universe that can stop atoms from moving is quite similar to Andre's idea.

Of course, Gordon doesn't know whether there is absolute zero on Earth in a magical world like Telos.

Apart from being a master of ice magic, there is another most important reason for Andre's ambition.Because of a chance, he got a treasure called the mysterious gem.That gem contains ice power that is unimaginable to ordinary people.Andre estimated that if the power of this gem was fully activated, the entire Akhosian Empire might become a country of ice and snow.

"Hearing what you said, I think Se Anzu's current situation is related to that mysterious gem?"

Aziz nodded, confirming Gordon's conjecture: "You guessed it right. Se Anzu was located in the southern part of Arkhosia, a city that was like spring all the year round. The vision of the ice and snow is actually Ender When Lie was conducting the experiment, the power of the mysterious gem went berserk as a result."

"However," Aziz changed the subject, "The reason why Andre's experiment failed was not because of him. It was because a white dragon appeared at that time and interfered with him." (To be continued ..)