blogombal Chapter 146 Lich Wiz
Chapter 146 Lich Wiz
Chapter 146 Lich Wiz
"What happened?"
When Darkness and Broly heard the commotion and rushed over, they saw a voluptuous woman, panting slightly, slumped in front of Aqua, while Aqua looked like a villain who had done something strange and excessive to someone else.
"Hmph, I didn't expect you to survive my attack. You seem to have some skill. But you won't be so lucky next time, because I'll use an even more powerful purification technique to ensure you're completely purified from this world!"
As Aqua spoke, she began casting a new purification spell, while Wiz on the ground struggled to raise his hand: "Please, let me say a few words."
"Enough with the nonsense. You are the culprit behind the haunting of the cemetery in Axel City. I, Aqua, will purify you in the name of justice..."
Aqua had to stop before she could finish speaking because Broly was blocking her way.
"Broly, that guy is a lich, an evil undead, get out of the way!"
She said to her disciples.
Broly scratched his head, pointed to Wiz who was slumped behind him, and said, "Master Aqua, but she's the wife I'm looking for too."
"Ha, what nonsense are you talking about? That's an undead race! Even if she's pretty, she's still a dead person!"
"But she is indeed the wife I'm looking for."
Broly was also somewhat helpless; his wife was approved by Crystal Palace, not someone he had randomly chosen.
"Even if you are my disciple, if you intend to protect the undead..."
Aqua withdrew her purification spell, demonstrating through her actions that she was still capable of forgiving.
Who told her to be such a soft-hearted master!
"Hey, you on the ground, for the sake of my adorable disciple, I, Aqua-sama, will allow you to make a few excuses for yourself. But if your words don't satisfy me, and I have to purify you, I will still purify you, understand?"
Aqua has a fierce look on her face.
"Understand!"
Wiz nodded quickly in response, feeling somewhat relieved; she had thought she was really doomed.
"My name is Wiz, and I am a lich, but I have never harmed anyone..."
This lich lady, who claimed to retain her humanity, began to introduce herself.
"Do you think I'd believe that a creature that can transform into a lich could still retain its humanity?"
Lich transformation is not something commonplace; it's considered a forbidden spell in this world.
"That's true, and I didn't become a lich willingly."
Wiz was getting a little anxious.
"Then tell me, what is the reason you transformed into a lich?"
Aqua made a gesture of listening attentively.
"I did that for my comrades..."
Wiz was once the captain of an adventurer's party. During a dungeon adventure, he encountered Duke Barnier of Hell.
Later, they fought against Beldia, the headless knight of the Demon King's army, but the entire team was cursed with an inescapable death curse.
To break the death curse, someone had to defeat the headless horseman Beldia. It was at that time that Wiz made a deal with Banir and obtained the forbidden spell to transform into a lich, thus freeing himself from the death curse.
Afterwards, for the sake of his companions, he single-handedly stormed into the Demon King's castle. Despite being blocked by a group of Demon King's military officers, he found Beldia, who had fought with his squad before and was still recuperating in the Demon King's castle. He severely injured Beldia again and threatened her with her life to lift the death curse.
"This is my story."
"I must say, your storytelling is excellent, but it's riddled with flaws. For example, when you were human, you couldn't defeat a single demon king's army officer, but after becoming a lich, you were able to single-handedly take down the entire demon king's castle. Do you really think I'd believe that?"
Aqua obviously didn't believe it; after all, this was something even she, a goddess, couldn't do.
"It is indeed hard to believe, but it is true. The reason is probably that when I was human, I had many human weaknesses, such as some death curses being effective against me. However, after I became a lich, my magic power not only increased significantly compared to when I was human, but my resistance to some negative curse magic also greatly improved."
Wiz's remarks suddenly brought the meme "human beings have limits" to Broly's mind.
"So when you became a lich, did you wear a stone mask, stab people with a dagger, and shout that you were no longer human?"
Broly asked out of curiosity.
"Ah, what's that?"
Wiz looked completely bewildered.
"That's about it..."
Broly danced around, recreating the famous scene from JOJO's Bizarre Adventure where he suddenly became inhuman, leaving everyone around him completely bewildered.
"There's no such thing as shouting about surpassing humanity. It's just standing on a magic circle you drew yourself and using magic to transform your own flesh and blood. The process is so painful that you can't even speak."
"Oh, is that so?"
Wiz's denial disappointed Broly, and the information that had surfaced in his mind quickly faded away.
"And then, did you save your companions?"
Darkness urged them on, seemingly engrossed in listening to the story.
"Yes, I saved them. My companions are all married with children now, and they come back to visit me from time to time with their kids."
Wiz nodded. Although she did not become a lich voluntarily, she did not regret becoming a lich for the sake of her companions.
"Wait, after you rescued your comrades, didn't you also take care of the Demon King's army?"
Aqua frowned and asked.
"I don't have the ability to defeat the Demon King's army. I already did my best to save my comrades."
Moreover, I was only able to easily enter the Demon King's castle because Mr. Banir, who was also one of the Demon King's officers, did not stop me.
At that time, I was actually only dealing with three of the weaker officers of the Demon King's army in the Demon King's castle.
"Honestly, if you had dealt with the Demon King and his army back then, I wouldn't have needed to come here!"
Aqua started complaining.
Wiz: "..."
Judging from the fact that the other party's purification technique had such a good effect on her, and considering the enormous divine power that suddenly appeared above Axel, could this person really be an incarnation of a god? After all, she even calls herself Aqua.
Although the Axis religion is universally hated in this world, their water goddess is actually quite famous.
"Getting back to the point, how come a lich like you, who almost soloed the Demon King's Castle, is in Axel Cemetery?"
"What was that magic circle all about? Did you secretly build an undead legion here, preparing to lead it back to the Demon King's castle to get revenge?"
"what?"
"What are you 'huh' for? I'm asking you a question!"
Aqua complained.
"No, I am not building an undead army. What I just saw was not a magic circle to summon the undead, but a soul-soothing circle."
After an explanation, Aqua and the others learned that after Wiz transformed into a lich and lifted the death curse on his teammates, he chose to return to the human camp and live in seclusion with Axel.
"I own the magic item shop in the innermost alley, two streets away from the cemetery. I was once taken care of by the priest who guards this cemetery, and after he passed away, I took over the matter of pacifying the souls in this cemetery."
The magical elements in this world are very active, and undead can easily emerge from the burial grounds of the dead. Therefore, there must be professionals who can perform purification spells to soothe the souls of the dead in such places.
However, Axel is a beginner city with few adventurers, let alone professionals who know purification magic, and even if there are, very few would be willing to take on the job of guarding the cemetery.
In other words, without Wiz's constant efforts to soothe the souls in the graveyard, the adventurers' guild on Axel's side would probably be constantly posting a quest to subdue the undead in the graveyard.
(End of this chapter)