Chapter 2955 Invitation to Join
Joan doesn't need to identify Joan to know that the core enchanting process of this belt is six kinds of magic that enhance body attributes, including "Legendary Bull Power".
After thinking for a while, Joan took off his belt, removed the diamond belt buckle with various magics and put it on the "Legendary Gorgeous Belt" and wrapped it around his waist.
As for the "high-end and gorgeous belt" that was replaced, Joan put it in a storage bag, planning to keep it as a spare, or give it to relatives and friends.
Putting away the pile of bottles and jars on the desk, Qiao An looked at the dawning sky outside the window, lost in thought.
The image of Benedict Laval emerged from his mind, a desperate man who ended up making a decision similar to that of Professor Moriarty.
Compared with surviving as a "traitor", Laval chose to drink the "wine of eternal life" and transform into a death knight. This ending is indeed not satisfactory, at least it can free him from the suffering of being born as a human.
Joan had a brief conversation with Laval on the battlefield. From the few words the other party said, it is not difficult to know that Laval embarked on this path of embracing death, which was obviously influenced by Professor Moriarty. Even the cup " The wine of immortality" was also brewed by Professor Moriarty with the "Holy Grail of Death".
In the memory of the magic eye Arcanist Mitra, there are also recipes and techniques for brewing the "Wine of Immortality". The function of the "Holy Grail of Death" is to greatly simplify the brewing process.
The same glass of "Wine of Eternal Life" will have different effects on different drinkers, and one of the key variables is the extraordinary occupation type and level of the drinker.
Ordinary people who don't have extraordinary professions, or their profession level is too low, taking the "Wine of Eternal Life" is tantamount to committing suicide, and they will die of poison immediately.
Professional spellcasters such as mages, warlocks, priests, and druids, including psions, have a professional level that reaches the quasi-legendary level, and prepare a phylactery in advance, and drink the "wine of eternal life" to transform into a lich.
As for high-level fighters, paladins, and psychic warriors, they have the opportunity to transform into death knights after taking the "Wine of Eternal Life". ” and other supernatural abilities.
Joan could understand that Laval drank this glass of poisoned wine, but he couldn't figure out why Professor Moriarty gave Laval this glass of poisoned wine?
It was Professor Moriarty who was hired by the "Wood Destroyer" to rescue Laval, and he was also the one who was entrusted to escort Laval to the Hanged Forest to be recruited by the "Wood Destroyer". He secretly persuaded Laval to fight passively and lead the conquest of the Church It was he who was on the road of self-destruction.
The professor's way of jumping left and right reminded Qiao An of his relationship with the "Brotherhood of Our Lady" at the beginning, and he also joined the group first and then jumped back. The familiar formula and the familiar taste.
What exactly is Professor Moriarty trying to do by doing this? Is he an enemy or a friend?
If a person's position is always vacillating, is it purely profit-seeking without loyalty, and he will fall to the side with the highest bid, or is there another deep meaning?
Joan doesn't believe that his mentor is the kind of "unfamiliar white-eyed wolf", who has milk and is a mother, so he would rather think that the reason why Professor Moriarty repeatedly jumped between the various camps was because of the next game. chess.
With such complicated emotions, Joan took out the communication crystal, sent a letter to Professor Moriarty, and asked the instructor frankly: how to view the various forces in the New World, including the opposing Continental Army and the Feizhen Army , Colonists and Aboriginals.
"Who do you support and who do you oppose? Can you give me an accurate statement?"
Not long after, Joan received a reply from her tutor.
Professor Moriarty admitted in the letter that he neither supports nor opposes the various forces listed by Joan. In fact, he is more willing to maintain the balance of the major forces, and to benefit from both sides.
Conversely, if one faction completely overwhelms the other, then Professor Moriarty and his like-minded partners have no room to fish in troubled waters.
In his reply letter, Professor Moriarty carefully packaged the above ideas and summarized them into two high-sounding guidelines—rational neutrality and opposition to extremes.
It is based on this belief that Professor Moriarty participated in the creation of an organization called "The Balance".
According to the position stated in the letter by Mr. Professor, the purpose of the "Balance Society" is to maintain the balance in the world of Vares and "always stand on the opposite side of extreme forces".
Whether it is a mad cult group, or those extreme fundamentalist conservative forces who insist that "the law of the ancestors is immutable" under the banner of "maintaining tradition", or the idealism that carries the banner of "revolution" and kills innocent people indiscriminately Fanatics, in the eyes of the "Balance Society", are enemies that destroy the balance of the world.
In order to ensure that their own positions are not affected by interests, the "Balance Society" requires members to transform into undead creatures or obtain other forms of "immortality", so as to get rid of the burden of life and family and devote themselves to the cause of maintaining the balance of the world.
Professor Moriarty also revealed to his students in the letter that Samael, the founder of the "Balance Society", was a mind flayer lich who rebelled against the spiritual city of Odis.
Professor Moriarty himself was also influenced by this old friend before he made up his mind to transform into a lich, and formally joined the "Scale Society" a year ago.
In addition to Samael and Moriarty, there was originally a veteran named Cain of the Balance Society, who was also a mind flayer, and later transformed into a vampire and became Samael's right-hand man.
It's a pity that this Cain brother was unlucky. It is said that not long ago, the mind flayers of Odis came to seek revenge, and unfortunately he was killed and died.
The Balance Club, which originally had only three members, became increasingly weak after losing Cain. Both Samuel and Moriarty felt that it was necessary to add new members.
In fact, Benedict Laval was one of the "newcomers" in Moriarty's eyes, and he persuaded Laval to transform into a death knight as he wished, and officially joined the "Scale Club" after the battle of Stone Pillar Town.
At the end of this reply letter, Professor Moriarty also attached an "Invitation to Join the Association". As long as Joan is willing, he can join the "Scale Club" at any time.
Professor Moriarty knew very well that his students were unlikely to follow the same path as himself, and did not try to persuade Joan to transform into a lich too.
"Members of the Scale Society must have an undead body, but they don't necessarily have to be undead creatures. I want to make this clear in advance."
"My dear student, when you receive this letter, you must have successfully killed the evil god Teresis, promoted to a ninth-level mythical creature, and even entered the ranks of legendary spellcasters like me."