Chapter 2155 Fate Box
In the "Guillotine Pass" battle, Joan's spoils include the remains of the frost bug after it blew itself up, and a finger bone of Amanda, the lich mother-in-law.
Joan first analyzed the remains of the frost worm, and found four sets of magical imprints on this giant worm. The corresponding supernatural abilities are "deep cold body", "extremely cold breath", "shocking vibrato", and "burning body". burst".
Frostworm blood vessels contain a high concentration of cold magic power, and the skin is extremely cold. When attacking the enemy, it will cause an additional 4 energy levels of freezing damage, and those who hit frostworms with melee weapons or fists will also suffer 1 energy level. The frostbite of the weapon can even be frozen and cracked.
The "extremely cold breath" of the frost bug is more powerful than the mutated snow monster, white dragon and even the Solem hound. It radiates in a 60-foot cone shape, causing 15-level freezing damage, which is equivalent to the 5th-level spell "Cone of Cold".
The supernatural trill in the frost bug's throat has two main functions.
Normally, it can assist the severely degenerated eyes to detect the surrounding movement, similar to the echolocation of bats. In battle, the frost bug can also change the frequency of the trembling sound, enhance the output of magic power, and launch a sonic spiritual attack on hostile creatures within 100 feet. .
If the creature who hears the trill is not strong-willed or unlucky, it will be stunned and temporarily lose consciousness.
Frostworm's "shocking vibrato" is a bit like the third-order psionic "mind blast", but the attack range is much larger than "mind blast", plus the "blind-sight" function of echolocation, comprehensively calculated, it is quite For a 7th level spell.
Frostworm's most powerful move is not "Shocking Trill", let alone "Frozen Body" or "Extremely Cold Spit", but a suicide attack that will only be launched when it is near death-"Burning Body Explosion"!
When Frostworm was about to die, the extremely cold magic power surging in his veins lost control, and his flesh and blood instantly froze into solid ice, losing elasticity, unable to restrain the sharply rising pressure in his body, and finally exploded by himself, turning his body into countless splashing ice cubes, damaging the surrounding area. Creatures within 100 feet deal an average of 12 levels of cold damage, plus 8 levels of piercing damage!
If only the damage range and destructive power are counted, the magic power level of "Burst" is comparable to a 9th-level spell, and even considering the huge price of death, it is at least equivalent to a 7th-level spell.
The frost worm's size, natural armor, and physical attributes are outstanding among the "magic beast" category.
In fact, Joan really wanted to inject the "awakening potion" prepared by the blood of frost bugs, and cooperate with the transformation spell to use "frost bug form" as one of his tactical options.
However, when he thought of "burning himself and exploding" beyond his control, he couldn't help but "retreat".
It's better not to imitate this kind of monster that "explodes itself" at every turn.
Joan first transcribed the four sets of magical imprints of Frostworm, and then analyzed Granny Amanda's finger bones.
The supernatural abilities of this lich mother-in-law can be divided into two categories: the supernatural abilities unique to liches, and the supernatural abilities derived from the witch profession.
The former has three items, "Fear Aura", "Touch of Paralysis", and "Fate Box Rebirth"; the latter includes "Witchcraft" common to all witch professions, and "Styx Witch" unique Embrace".
Joan has collected a lot of "fear aura" configurations from different monsters. Lich's ability of the same name is similar. The aura radiates a radius of 60 feet, but it occupies a higher level of magic power and the fear effect is more difficult to resist.
The withered body of a lich is rich in negative energy. When touching a living prey, the negative energy can be injected into the prey through the fingertips. If the opponent is not strong enough to resist the erosion of negative energy, it will be permanently paralyzed until the internal organs fail. die.
The reason why the lich is recognized as one of the most terrifying undead creatures in the world is mainly because the lich has a magical "fate box", also known as a "horcrux", which is used to store its own soul.
It's just destroying the Lich's body, it can't really kill it, as long as the phylactery is well preserved, the Lich can be brought back to life after a period of time.
In order to destroy the lich once and for all, it is necessary to find and destroy its phylactery.
Of course, the Liches are well aware of their fatal weakness, so they always hide the phylactery in a very secret place. They also specially invented some spells to cover the phylactery, or divide the phylactery into several parts and hide them in different places. Only by finding out all the parts one by one and reassembling them into a complete phylactery can it be destroyed.
Joan had no way of knowing where Granny Amanda hid her phylactery, but by analyzing this phalanx, he initially learned what conditions needed to be met to make a qualified phylactery, and what rituals to prepare next , in order to transform oneself from a living person into a lich, and the soul is stored in the phylactery.
These evil and dark knowledge prompted Joan to have a terrible idea.
I have been searching for the meaning of life for these years, but unfortunately I have not been able to get a satisfactory answer so far.
Then it's better to change the way of thinking, transform yourself into a lich, obtain a certain degree of "immortal body", actively embrace death while also getting rid of the threat of death, after that, as an immortal person, there is still Need to find the meaning of life?
If it is really feasible to do so, why do human beings refuse to transform into a lich, why do they still cling to their fragile bodies and short lives?
When a creature eliminates "death" in the physical sense, at the same time, "what is the meaning of life"-the problem setting of this problem is also eliminated.
If we can't answer a question, kill the question itself-is this approach a perfect answer to the question?
For example, one day in the future, mankind will eradicate all smallpox viruses in the world through superb technological means, and no one will suffer from this disease again. Then the contemporary problem of "how to prevent smallpox" will be perfectly solved?
Another example is that one day in the future, when human beings realize world harmony, everyone can meet the basic needs of food and clothing, and children living in that happy era in the future can't even understand what "hunger" is. Then the concept of "hunger" still exists. Is there any value?
Logically speaking, there seems to be nothing wrong, but Joan vaguely feels that something is wrong.
Although it is not yet possible to clearly point out the crux of this line of thinking, but one thing Joan is sure of is that becoming a lich has various benefits, but at the same time, he has to pay a very high price.
For example, they will lose their fresh flesh and the ability to have children, and they will also be rejected by human society and forced to live in isolation.