With the strength of his side, even if it is four to one, there is no guarantee of victory. Instead of launching some useless attacks now, it is better to try other methods.
Like - talk to this guy.
Chapter 100 bluff
"Are you ready to give up resistance?"
When the Lich saw that Luka took the initiative to stop Erin from continuing to attack, he thought that Luka had given up resistance after seeing the difference in strength between the two sides, so he stopped and floated in front of everyone.
"I just think that instead of having a meaningless fight, we should talk calmly."
Looking at the lich that was already quite close to him, Luka felt a lot of pressure in his heart. At this distance, it would not be difficult for it to seriously injure or even kill him in an instant. He didn't have many trump cards left, and his flash was still in the Cooling down, there is no way out.
But only I know this. The lich in front of me doesn't know. It may not be impossible to talk to it by bluffing.
"Talk about it?"
After hearing these words, the Lich seemed to be deep in thought.
"Okay, let me hear what you want to talk about."
"You let us leave, and we promise not to leak your existence."
Luka slowly uttered these words, his eyes always fixed on the lich in front of him, observing every subtle reaction of the other party.
Negotiating with the undead is a thankless task, because you can't read any expression on a skull's face.
"Let you go?"
When the Lich heard this, he let out a breathless laugh.
"You destroyed my transformation ritual, killed my guards, and now you want to leave directly. What kind of sweet dream are you having?"
"Will I let you leave so that you can bring someone to confront me?"
But Luka didn't seem to hear the other party's mocking laughter, and just shook his head lightly.
"We are just here to defeat the Goblin King. Meeting you was a complete accident. We had no reason to be hostile in the first place, so why would we end up losing both sides?"
The Lich was stunned when he heard this, and then burst into laughter, as if he had heard the funniest joke in the world.
"Both sides will suffer? Just you? Are you worthy?"
Looking at the lich's expression, Luka suddenly frowned.
Sure enough, this guy didn't take his side seriously at all.
However, he could understand it. After all, the loss of this thorn was not small for this lich. Not only was the ceremony interrupted, but his body was also damaged. There was no reason to let go of a few enemies who were not as powerful as him.
"If you insist so much..."
Suddenly, Luka's eyes became determined, and then he suddenly raised his arms and shouted loudly.
"Then let's make a bet!"
"Bet, what bet?" The Lich looked at Luka, feeling something bad in his heart for some reason.
"You should recognize this, right?" Luka took out a medal from his body and threw it directly to the lich in mid-air.
"?"
The Lich stretched out his claws to grab the medal in confusion, and then looked at it.
I saw a majestic golden lion engraved on the beautifully crafted medal, which was the emblem representing the royal family of the kingdom.
"Are you a member of the royal family?" The Lich looked at Luka again.
"That's right." Luka breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that the Lich recognized the medal.
According to the records he had read before, the lich's transformation ceremony generally lasted from several decades to a hundred years, which was far less than the time when the kingdom was established. Then this lich must have known about the existence of the kingdom during his lifetime, and might even be the member of the kingdom. A certain archmage.
"It is true that we are not your opponent, but if we try our best and add my spatial movement ability, we may not be able to send someone away. How will you respond to the pursuit of the kingdom by then?" Luka looked at Wu Demon, threatened in a very firm tone.
"I know of nearly ten master-level experts in the kingdom alone."
"...Are you threatening me?"
The Lich breathed out a big mouthful of cold air. As its voice fell, the temperature in the entire cave suddenly dropped, making Luka's body uncontrollably tremble.
However, his eyes remained determined.
"I'm not threatening you, but I'm reminding you that if you insist on dealing with us, I'm afraid you will suffer crazy revenge from the kingdom. Are you really willing to see such a result?"
"Even if we all die here, what good will it do to you? The kingdom will still investigate this place after discovering our disappearance." Luka said confidently.
He was gambling, but it couldn't really be called a gamble, because the lich in front of him had exposed its biggest weakness from the very beginning - it was afraid of death.
If it wasn't afraid of death, why would it give up its identity as a human, spend decades or hundreds of years, and take huge risks to bet that it could become a lich?
And the most effective way to deal with a guy who is afraid of death is to risk his life with him!
"..."
After the lich hesitated for a moment, he slowly stopped releasing the cold air.
Although it wanted to kill these bastards for disturbing it with its own hands, the problem Luka mentioned did make it hesitate.
As an undead spirit, it itself is a taboo existence that is hostile. If the kingdom really discovers itself, with the current ritual not being completely successful and the body being damaged, it really cannot withstand the attack of multiple master-level experts. siege.
The most important thing for him right now is indeed not revenge, but to immediately leave this hiding place that is no longer safe, and then repair his body.
"Then how can you guarantee that my existence will not be leaked?" The Lich said after thinking for a long time.
"Why should I trust you to keep your promise?"
"We can make an oath to the Holy Spirit and promise not to reveal your existence." Luka said immediately when he saw that the Lich's attitude had relaxed.
"Are you trying to make me laugh?" After hearing this, the lich once again released a huge amount of cold energy.
"Don't you know that swearing to the Holy Spirit to protect undead creatures is ineffective?"
"Huh?" Luka, who was touched by his knowledge blind spot, was stunned when he heard this, and then turned to look at Wei Yin, who was a church member next to him.
"My dear, it's true. Such an oath will indeed be ineffective." Wei Yin shrugged helplessly.
Because there was no way to gain the trust of the lich, the negotiations that had some hope fell into a deadlock again.
Seeing that there was no way to reach an agreement, Luka became a little anxious. After all, the opponent's patience was limited, and the fight might inevitably continue in the end.
But at this moment, there was a sudden explosion from the direction of the cave entrance, which instantly attracted the attention of Luka's group and the Lich.
Chapter 101
"Is there anyone else? How dare you delay and tease me?"
When the Lich heard this, he thought that Luka and others were deliberately delaying time to wait for reinforcements, and he became furious.
It raised its bone palm again, and in an instant, the temperature in the entire cave dropped sharply again. Countless ice crystals formed into ice cones and rose up, then shot towards the four Lukas.
Damn it, why are you so unlucky!
Luka didn't even need to guess. Ye Lisi and Vilia must have brought people here. The explosion just now should have been caused by their battle with the remaining goblins in the mouth of the cave. As a result, they caused great harm to their side. .
But there is no point in complaining now. There is no point in even explaining to the lich, the only option is to start a war.
"careful!"
Seeing the Lich attacking again, Betty immediately rushed forward. After transforming, she was two meters tall and easily blocked Luka's entire body behind her.
The ice cones created by the Lich poured down like a torrential rain, and Betty could only barely resist by waving her fists.
Compared with the previous ice blade, the ice cone condensed by the Lich was much more powerful at this moment. Soon, Betty had many more wounds on her body, and blood flowed from them.
If her physical strength as a bear-man wasn't much stronger than that of ordinary high-level warriors, she might have collapsed long ago.
Faced with this situation, Luka and Wei Yin could only unleash a few bolts of lightning at the Lich in an attempt to interrupt its spellcasting. However, as soon as these attacks got close to it, they were blocked by an invisible magic barrier.
"Stupid guy, die!" The Lich further strengthened its offensive, causing Betty's wounds to increase rapidly at a speed visible to the naked eye.
Seeing this, Luka continuously released several magics to strengthen the defense on Betty, but the effect was of no avail.
Seeing that the situation was about to collapse, at the critical moment a figure suddenly broke through the blockade of the Lich's Ice Cone Storm and rushed under it.
"Ok?"
The Lich noticed something strange and looked down, but was surprised to see Yilin constantly moving within his ice cone storm.
Facing the ice picks that kept coming, she was always able to find the smallest and smallest gap to move, ensuring that there were only a few small ice picks in front of her, and then she easily cut them off with the sword in her hand, and then continued to move forward. Like a butterfly flying on the tip of a knife, it can avoid the fatal attack just right every time.
"Eye of True Enlightenment?!" After noticing something strange about Yilin, the Lich suddenly became a little anxious.
As a former Archmage, he had heard about this unique skill of the Wrightswold family before his death, but this was the first time he had seen it with his own eyes.
But what it is more concerned about at this moment is that since the human swordsman in the opponent's team can do this trick, it means that their identity is indeed extraordinary. At least this girl must be a member of the Letswold family.
If he kills himself, he may really incur revenge in the end.
Just when the Lich was distracted, Yilin, who had visually judged that the distance was close enough, jumped up suddenly, scratched her body with several ice picks, and then rushed towards the Lich in mid-air.
All this happened so fast that the Lich couldn't react to avoid it. In desperation, he could only grab it with his right hand, and instantly formed an ice pick and stabbed it towards Yilin, hoping to force her back.
"when!"
"Pfft-"
As the Lich stared blankly, a sharp long sword slashed hard into its spine, almost decapitating it.
The girl in front of me would rather have her abdomen pierced by her own ice pick to take this blow!
However, this was not over yet. Yilin's eyes flashed, and the sword in her hand instantly ignited with a white flame, burning the Lich's bones to a crackling sound, and a burst of black smoke came out.
"Ahhh-!"
A moment later, the severely injured lich let out a shrill scream, and then a huge force instantly erupted from its chest, knocking Erin away.
The blonde girl drew an arc in the air and fell to the ground like a kite with a broken string. A large amount of blood sprayed in the air from the wound on her abdomen.
Fortunately, Wei Yin successfully flew up and caught Erin before landing.
But even if she didn't hit the ground and suffered secondary damage, the blond girl's condition was extremely pessimistic at this time. The penetrating wound on her abdomen was big enough to put a fist in. The ground could be directly seen through it, and her face was already pale due to excessive blood loss. Became extremely pale.
With such an injury, let alone continue fighting, he would definitely die if he was not treated quickly.
Upon seeing this, Luka took out all the recovery potions he had without hesitation, and then poured them all on Erin's wounds.
However, even so, Erin's breath was still gradually weakening. Such severe internal organ damage could not be cured by recovery medicine. At most, it could only delay her death.
"Why are you doing this?" Luka looked at the blond girl lying in front of him, always feeling that she was a little strange, and the strangeness made him feel upset.
In Luka's impression, Irene was not someone who would sacrifice herself to fight like this. She should be that arrogant and annoying noble swordsman.
"There is no other way. If someone has to sacrifice... then let me do it... Anyway, no one will feel sorry for me if I die..." Irene said weakly, and the sword she had been holding fell to the ground due to her weakness. on the ground.
"My father kicked me out...I am no longer a member of the team...I have done so many wrong things in the past, and I always have to atone."
"..." Luka looked at the dying girl in front of him who was still talking like this, and for a moment he didn't know what to say.
He has also noticed some of Yilin's changes these days. In essence, she is not a particularly bad girl. After she shed her aristocratic status and grew up again, she has indeed changed.
"Don't worry, we can all survive, trust me." Luka stroked the girl's soft blond hair and comforted her silently.
At this time, he had done everything he could do, and the only thing he could give Yilin was the faith to live.
……
"Death Swordsman, you can really show off your strength!"
Due to being hit hard by Erin, the Lich's ice cone storm had stopped at this moment, and Betty finally got a chance to breathe.
However, she did not stop to rest for even a second, but rushed towards the lich who was still howling in pain from the holy flame.
This was a tactic that Betty and Irene had discussed on the road. Betty, who had stronger physical defense, resisted the Lich's attack head-on, while Irene relied on her agility and the ability of the Eye of True Awareness to wait for an opportunity to launch an attack. Once she succeeded, Betty can also take advantage of the opportunity to approach the Lich and start a close combat.
Chapter 102 Ending the Lich
But she didn't expect that Yilin would choose to use such a desperate strategy, exchanging injuries for injuries and forcibly severely injuring the lich.
This move also aroused Betty's blood. When she rushed to the Lich's side, she jumped up suddenly, raised her fist and hit the opponent's head.
"Peng—"
Although the Lich is an undead creature, its head is still its weak point, especially its body.Betty's heavy punch directly dented the Lich's head, and the two blue soul flames in his eyes were swaying.
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