Equipment Printing School Mage
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Emiya sighed. "Thank you for your hard work, everyone. Our main purpose here is to investigate the activity of the burrowing worms. We are worried that the burrowing worms here are also related to the devil, so we want to investigate - how do the burrowing worms here affect this lich?"
"It's more humorous."
Metatron pointed to the east of the room and said, "While digging their nests, the burrowing worms here accidentally collapsed the ceiling of the crypt. Unfortunately, underneath this ceiling is the lich's laboratory. When I arrived, I could only see countless reagents and containers inside, smashed to pieces by the dirt and burrowing worms."
"And then, of course, the lich flew into a rage," Bolias continued. "He stormed into the burrower's nest and blew the poor burrower to ash. If you went to a burrower's nest now, you'd probably still smell the lingering smell of barbecued meat and the sight of giant burrow carcasses."
As he spoke, Bolias pointed to the center of the room and said, "Of course, I also highly recommend that you see the magic network anchor point here. This is also the first time I've seen the existence of a magic network anchor point."
The anchor points of the magic net are difficult to observe directly with the naked eye. Generally speaking, the existence of anchor points can only be discovered when using detection magic.
It is like a node on a spider web, and the magic webs that exist everywhere will converge here.
——But unfortunately, the anchor point of the magic net does not actually provide any particularly obvious improvement to the surrounding environment.
In this case, why anyone would choose to monitor the magic network anchor point is itself a very strange thing.
Metatron was silent for a moment, then stood between Silver and Polias and asked, "Your Excellency, Keeper of Balance, although our banquet has been interrupted, we still have to make a final decision on one issue - should we leave here?"
"I'm afraid we have no choice but to leave," said Bolias, somewhat unwillingly. "I've waited here for ten days, only to find it was all in vain... The lich's phylactery isn't here, which is fine. And he's not coming back! Judging from the relief, the lich here must have responsibilities. How can he not return to his post after being resurrected?"
Metatron replied, "We have countered all the prophecy spells in recent days. Perhaps these methods have alerted the lich."
"But countermeasures are absolutely necessary." Bolias sighed, "Otherwise, our actions will be seen clearly, and we will be unable to escape at all - are we ambushing the lich, or are we ambushing the lich?"
At this point, it's too late to regret. Bolias waved his hand. "Anyway, we'll return to Trier Town first. After picking up all the supplies, we'll head to Trier Town's port. How long will you be here? We'll meet up in Trier Town tomorrow at noon. You'd better be careful. If you discover the lich's prophecy spell, evacuate immediately. Otherwise, there shouldn't be even a living ant here."
Metatron nodded, then shook his head: "Then I'll stay with you. I'll meet up with you tomorrow."
"That's fine... huh?"
Only then did Polias notice that although Emilia was dressed as a wizard, she had a sword hanging around her waist.
He immediately looked at Metatron's waist.
——There was also a sword there.
"...Ha!" Bolias waved his hand. "I was wondering why a powerful female mage like you would suddenly come to Eltoril... Well, I won't bother you anymore. See you tomorrow."
Halfway through the walk, he turned and said, "If you want to conceal your identities, you two should dress differently. A human mage using a sword as a staff is too conspicuous."
Apparently, the old priest recognized the connection between Emya and Metatron.
"Thank you for your consideration. See you tomorrow." Emilia sighed, bowed slightly, and replied.
At this time, Yin had already run to the anchor point of the magic net, closed his eyes and breathed lightly for a while.
Emiya has also released the detection magic at this moment, but he actually cannot underestimate what changes have taken place in Yin's body.
If you insist, the interaction between silver and the magic network anchor is definitely not absorption, let alone swallowing.
It was more like resonance or synchronization. The intensity of the interaction was so low that it was almost unnoticeable. If Emiya hadn't known what Yin was going to do in advance, she wouldn't even have noticed Yin's movements.
At this moment, Metatron walked up to them and whispered, "Be mindful of the occasion. Some things should not be said publicly. The world has memory."
Emiya nodded vigilantly and pulled Yin, who had just opened his eyes, to the side.
Silver curled his lips, made a face at Metatron, and then said in a telepathic connection: "Unfortunately, I don't remember much. Only some not-so-good memories came to mind."
[Uh.] Emilia hesitated, [If you don't want to say it...]
"No, it's not that bad." Yin said dejectedly, "In short, I found it too troublesome to do everything myself and didn't want to deal with trivial matters, so I made myself a housekeeper."
Everything was fine so far. Emiya nodded. "What's wrong with that? What's wrong with this kind of memory?"
"It's actually my own fault." A rare expression of pain crossed Yin's face. "In short, a butler's personality is usually similar to their creator. But I had a sudden impulse and tried to create a butler whose alignment was quite different from mine, but who was also loyal to his duties. And I succeeded without much effort."
If a chaotic neutral like Yin, who acts recklessly, creates a loyal butler with a very different alignment...
...The answer is certain, a lawful good steward.
Yin's face was filled with a look of dismay. "And then the bad times began! She was diligent and conscientious at her job, but as soon as she had some free time, the bad times began! She would diligently offer me advice, but I didn't want to hear any of it! But no matter how angry I got, she would just keep nagging me!"
[The result is that she and I are disgusted with each other and quarrel every day!] Yin covered his head in frustration and punched Emiya's chest. [Aaaaaaa! Just thinking about it makes me feel like my head is going to explode!]
[That's her problem, don't hit me!] Although Yin couldn't have really used much strength, Emiya still put her hands in front of her chest and retorted in annoyance.
Metatron naturally couldn't hear Silver's whispers. After glancing at Silver covertly, he went to exchange a few words with the Archdruid Fenwe.
At this moment, Yin, who was lying in Emiya's arms, suddenly paused and pointed to the east wall: "There is a spatial fluctuation in that room..."
"Someone is planning to teleport here!"
Forty-one Traces of the Dead (Part 2)
Emiya never doubted Yin's sensitivity to magic.
He himself was no ordinary mage—a twenty-two-year-old six-ring mage, while far from unprecedented, was certainly not common either.
Even so, when Yin raised objections regarding magic, he never even attempted to refute.
It was a wonderful intuition - and judging by the results, Yin was always right.
So, who would have the willingness and ability to accurately teleport into this underground palace at this point in time?
The existence of this underground palace is a secret, and Tyr's team just left not long ago. Even if they remembered something, there is no need to use teleportation spells over a distance of several hundred meters.
There is only one answer - the real master here, the lich, has arrived.
Ideally, the lich had no idea what had happened here and simply assumed the enemies lurking there had left, so he returned.
However, in this situation, the lich was ill-prepared. If they wanted to defeat such a lich, their fighting power would be more than enough.
What was truly frightening was that the lich had already discovered their presence. The lich's arrival was a carefully planned revenge.
Without Silver's advance warning, the Lich would have taken the initiative.
——Let's put it this way, if the lich had taken the initiative, then Emiya's teacher and Fenwe might have survived. But the rest of the people, even Yin, might not have survived.
But no matter what, he must prepare for the worst case scenario!
Without any hesitation, Emiya threw the dimensional hole to the ground.
Before the dimensional hole fully opened, he had already reached out and taken the compound bow and the remaining magic arrows out of the hole.
When facing the Gond Church and demons, the effectiveness of the demon-breaking arrows is limited - the accelerated projectiles are not affected by the anti-magic field. And the demons' close combat power is far greater than that of mortals.
When facing a lich, the Demon-Breaking Arrow can once again exert its powerful power.
Metatron pondered for a moment, then took off his bow and quiver and tossed them to Emiya. "Go on. The lich and I might have to come into close combat soon. I can treat other items as secondary, but I'm a little reluctant to give up this bow and quiver."
Then, Metatron didn't wait for Emiya's answer, but simply waved his hand in the direction of Emiya and Yin: "-Don't follow me!"
Just as Yin had said before, since the lich's life box was not here, even if he died here, he would only have to wait for a dozen days to be resurrected.
Therefore, unlike mortal mages, an angry lich will completely disregard its own life when launching an attack.
The Lich is most likely to have two tendencies: to defeat Metatron at all costs to avenge his previous defeat; and to cause casualties on their side at all costs.
If the lich adopted the latter strategy, then Emil and his companions would really be on the brink of death - any spell of the lich could instantly take the lives of Emil and others.
Fenwei's expression immediately grew serious. After a moment's hesitation, she immediately pulled out a branch of mistletoe from her waist and gently pointed it in the room: "...Original Guardian."
The power of the elements transcended the barrier of bricks and tiles, covering Fenwei's body, and revealing a hint of rainbow light on her side.
This sixth-level spell can grant her resistance and immunity to elements, and various elemental spells are also the lich's forte.
Metatron's figure disappeared silently from the spot.
At the same moment, Yin, who was always relaxed and nonchalant, finally turned serious.
It can even be described as murderous.
She cried out in her mind: [He's here!]
Almost at the same moment, Emiya trembled subconsciously.
The temperature of the air seemed to drop, and his body began to tremble involuntarily.
He took a deep breath, but no white breath came out of his mouth and nose.
Absolute zero can make most living things lose the ability to move.
In the world of life, the lower limit of positive energy concentration is not an absolute and impenetrable bottom.
Across from that bottom is the negative energy used by the undead.
And now, this bottom had been destroyed by some undead creature. It was as if a skinny, dark hand had passed through the bottom and opened its claws towards Emilia.
That will be a one-way channel. As long as this channel comes into direct contact with a living organism, the energy in the living organism will rush towards the land of endless negative energy like a flood after a dam breaks.
At almost the same moment, the lich's hoarse voice echoed from the next room: "...I'm surprised. I knew a large number of people had left the underground palace, and I suspected that some might choose to stay. But I certainly didn't expect that a wild mage like you would choose to stay. Why are you still trying to repeat the fruitless efforts of the past ten days?"
Metatron replied, "I'm surprised too. We're waiting for a lich who's just been resurrected and hasn't even had time to memorize his spells. Your phylactery isn't here, and you haven't gathered any allies, yet you've returned here. Why?" The lich didn't intend to give any further answers, but simply snorted coldly: "...Meteor Explosion!"
The next second, a deafening roar pierced through the rock barrier.
The tight structure of the underground palace perfectly absorbed the shock wave caused by the meteor explosion. As a result, the solid tomb walls were easily lifted up like thatch.
The thick layer of soil was thrown into the sky in an instant. Just as the long-lost sunlight tried to fall into the underground palace, the raging flames burst out of the ground first.
The originally large underground palace was almost reduced to nothing in an instant. The destructive impact force rushed through the underground palace without any resistance. The supporting pillars that may have supported this place for hundreds or thousands of years collapsed one by one with the sound of the meteor explosion.
Emiya saw with her own eyes that the rock turned red like steel in an instant and turned into burning magma in mid-air.
Even though the magma had not yet reached him, he could feel the scorching heat coming towards him.
He pursed his lips and sprinkled the magic of his hair on the ground: "...Force field wall!"
The invisible force field wall turned the people present upside down like a bowl, firmly blocking the boiling lava outside.
The hot lava was captured by gravity and slowly flowed down from the force field wall, forming another wall on the force field wall.
But before the meteor exploded, Fenwe charged forward like a cheetah. The elemental protection formed a crimson coating on her body, allowing the surging flames and magma to brush past her skin without leaving her unscathed.
At this moment, Lulu's scream finally came: "Is that lich crazy?! Setting off a meteor blast in such a cramped place?! Isn't this going to blow himself up too?"
The area of this underground palace is not small, but it is far from being so large that even a single room cannot be covered by a meteor burst.
However, this was only the first wave of the lich's offensive.
Emiya didn't hesitate, but said directly: "Yin, I'm going to teleport out to join the battlefield. Lulu, Xige, do you want to come with me?"
Liches are not good people. A creature like this, simmering with rage, will unleash its killing intent on everyone present without hesitation.
But Emilia is already a sixth-ring mage, so she is not unqualified to join the battlefield.
The punitive team brought by the Tyr Church previously wasn't necessarily stronger than Emiya! If they dared to join the battlefield, then Emiya had no reason to retreat!
Lulu roared without hesitation, "Fighting the lich? How can I be left out?! Back then, even if the Devil Archduke... I mean, even if the entire Devil Army stood before me, I would still charge! How can the followers of Lathander be so timid when facing the undead?"
And Sig took the initiative to put his hand on Emilia: "If Miss Fenwei and Miss Forsaken were not here, then I would really have to reconsider. What's there to be afraid of now if it's just a helping hand?"
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The countless debris kicked up by the meteor explosion was still hanging in the sky and had not yet fallen, but Metatron had already opened his hands towards the lich.
She did not resist the damage caused by the meteor explosion, so her originally beautiful face was now horrifying - her skin was full of blunt injuries left by the shock wave, broken rock fragments had been embedded in her body, her mage robe could burst into flames at any time, and blood was oozing out from the wounds all over her body.
She did not choose to use element absorption to reduce the lethality of the meteor explosion, but chose to directly use her body to withstand it!
Seeing her posture and gestures, the soul fire in the lich's eyes almost boiled. "—Disintegration again! Who are you?! This is the second time! I understand that the lunatics in the Church of Tyr don't care about money, but where did you come from, this lunatic?!"
Using Disintegration first should never be the norm for any mage.
Even if the battle between mages is a matter of life and death, it does not mean that there are no considerations of interests behind it.
The power of mages allows them to easily amass wealth. Liches, creatures that often live for hundreds or even thousands of years, possess wealth that is almost ridiculously rich. Even a dragon's hoard might not rival that of a lich.
In particular, the owner of this place is obviously a lich who has been active in the mortal world for a long time, and his wealth is immeasurable.
Even if a lich only crafts magical items in his spare time, he will almost certainly become wealthy enough to rival a country over a long period of time.
Activating Disintegration right off the bat would mean giving up nearly all the spoils from the lich—a sum that would make even the nobles weep bitterly. Perhaps millions of gold coins and centuries of labor would vanish into thin air because of this spell.
However, since he had already suffered a loss once, the Lich was prepared.
Regardless, being unilaterally bombarded by Disintegration was absolutely unacceptable, even if the Lich had intended to trade his life for another's.
The lich had been unilaterally suppressed before, barely able to mount a single attack before being shattered by the Church of Tyr. This was due to the sheer number of enemies present. A Nine-Ring Mage focused intently on suppressing the lich's spellcasting, while the Church of Tyr's divine arts bombarded the lich with unbridled abandon, resulting in his utterly disastrous defeat.
Now that the Tyr Church has temporarily left the underground palace, how could he allow himself to be unilaterally suppressed?
The Lich naturally came here fully prepared.
The lich pursed his lips and snapped his fingers at Metatron, "Counter Spell!"
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