While the two were discussing, there was movement over there again.
"Your Majesty, the time is almost right. Please lie down on the stone bed in the middle," said Demian.
The king said to the two remaining guards around him: "Remember what you should do if I die here by accident."
"Yes, Your Majesty." The two looked at Demian coldly.
"Please rest assured, I won't joke with my life." Demian led the king to the magic circle and handed a crystal bottle to the king. "Please drink this potion, and then you will temporarily lose consciousness. Otherwise, the whole process will be very painful, and the resulting tremors or loss of control of the body will increase the probability of unnecessary failure."
The king sneered, threw the bottle back into Demian's hands, and lay down on the stone platform, saying, "Stop talking nonsense and get started."
A barely perceptible smile flashed across Demian's face under his hood. He summoned a black book with gold edges from his storage ring. He raised his hand slightly, and the book floated in front of him, slowly unfolding itself, and then emitting purple light like the magic circle.
Demian manipulated the magic circle, and soon light flowed from the magic circle and connected with the book to form a whole.
Xiao Chen and Luo Ling had already found a position with their backs to everyone in the room, ready to attack, and waiting for the opportunity. For a mage, the moment he manipulates the magic circle is naturally the weakest time.
But the appearance of this book took them all by surprise.
"Wait, that book! It feels very familiar to me." Luo Ling said.
"Spirit Gathering Book?" Xiao Chen recognized the four words on the book. "No matter the name or the shape, it looks like a holy book."
"Isn't your Tashia an expert on the history of the Seven Towers? Go ask her!"
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Meditation world, Tasia's room. When Xiao Chen appeared here again, Tasia's position had hardly moved. She was afraid that he would not be able to find her, so she kept waiting there.
Seeing Xiao Chen, she showed a hint of joy on her face: "How is it?"
"It's a long story..." After Xiao Chen told Tashia about their discovery, she was not particularly surprised.
"In our circle, there have always been rumors that Dean II is suffering from physical exhaustion. It is said that this is because he used a lot of potions to forcefully improve his realm when he was young. Although there is no big problem from the external symptoms, it is said that he will not last for a few more years. So it is not surprising that he would try to prolong his life.
I have also heard of this Demian. He should be the most talented mage of the younger generation of the Healer's Tower. He reached a high level at the age of 25. However, I heard that his mentor, Master Almeida, did not like his daily research, so he later moved out of the Healer's Tower and lived alone. The expenses of various research were sponsored by the royal family. If the king seeks help from the Healer's Tower to no avail, it is very likely that he will find him and go astray. "
"No wonder the king and he look so familiar."
"But the fact that this Demian you mentioned actually took out the 'Spirit Gathering Book' is a big problem."
“Is this a holy book?”
"That's right!" Tasia looked a little anxious. "The Soul Gathering Book is one of the two sacred books of the Spirit Tower. Together with the other book, the Soul Creation Album, it constitutes the Soul Tower's twin books of life and death. However, the Soul Creation Album is a book of life, while the Soul Gathering Book is the true book of death."
"Does it sound dangerous?"
"The function of the Soul Gathering Book is to collect fresh souls of the dead and place them in the pages of the holy book. When needed, these souls can be released into the bodies of the dead and transformed into various forms of undead warriors. Even without a body, they can fight as ghost warriors and ghost mages.
Unlike the undead summoned by ordinary necromancers at one time, the souls in the holy book will continue to grow, becoming stronger and stronger as they constantly change bodies to fight. It is said that those powerful souls can evolve an ordinary skeleton into a high-level skeleton warrior or wizard in the instant of controlling it. "
Xiao Chen had not expected that the "Soul Gathering Book" was such a weird book. "In other words, it requires a large number of dead souls?!"
"Yes, according to records, the more powerful the soul is, the more powerful it will become after being collected. Ordinary souls can be used for collection, and can also be devoured by those powerful souls and become nutrients for powerful souls."
"Then do you know what these two magic arrays are?" Xiao Chen became a little nervous.
"What kind of magic circle?"
Xiao Chen grabbed a handful of sand and quickly made a model of a magic circle and showed it to the other party.
"I'm not sure about the exact functions of these two arrays, but according to records, there is indeed a set of arrays that are compatible with the Soul Gathering Book, called the Soul Stripping Array. In this array, the souls of weak and dying people can be easily extracted, and then stabilized by magic, so that they can be collected by the Soul Gathering Book in a more intact manner. In other words, with the help of this array, the quality of the souls obtained will be higher. But the records never said that the array was double-layered." Tashia recalled, "According to what you said, this Demian may have combined other arrays. But no matter what, what he wanted to do was most likely to select the souls with better growth potential from the newly dead souls and cultivate them, or to use the souls of ordinary people to nourish the strong souls already in his Soul Gathering Book."
"Asshole, I have to go. I have to stop him." Xiao Chen's figure quickly disappeared.
"Remember, mental magic is the most useful spell to restrain the undead." Tasia shouted the moment he disappeared.
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Xiao Chen conveyed Tasia's opinion as quickly as possible.
"We have to take action. Let's get started." Luo Ling prepared to start casting magic.
But at this moment, something strange happened. The purple energy on the ground suddenly condensed into several ropes, wrapping up the king's body and the stone platform underneath him.
"What's going on?" The king found his body tied up. He struggled a few times, but the energy ropes did not move at all.
A guard shouted, "Demian, what are you doing?"
"Your Majesty, don't panic. This is part of the magic. The energy of these ropes will slowly seep into your body and replenish your energy. Please relax and don't struggle," Demian said.
"Demian, I don't like this method, let me go first!" said the king in a deep voice.
"Did you hear me? Let His Majesty go." The two guards drew their swords and were about to approach.
"Okay, we can start over." Demian pretended to untie the ropes for the king, but neither the king nor the guards noticed, and two purple ropes appeared again from the magic circle on the ground, went around the back and suddenly attacked the two guards, tying them up neatly.