The soul was vital to a lich. Their bodies didn’t matter, but if their soul was erased, they would be completely dead…


  Liches had obvious advantages and disadvantages. Until somebody found their souls, they would be immortal, and could never be completely killed.

  However, if anyone found their souls, it would not be unusual for a level-40 lich to be killed by an Archmage.

  The Bloody Lich knew that his soul was rather special. It was even partly a god’s soul. Everything that was related to gods was as sturdy as a cockroach that could hardly be killed.

  The Bloody Lich wouldn’t have cared if it had been anybody else, because they couldn’t possibly destroy his soul. However, he was facing two level-9 Heaven Rank mages and another mage who had the Book of Death.

  His soul was attached to the Chapter of Blood, which was essentially his phylactery. Of course he had to care, because it was already possible for his soul to be destroyed.

  So, the Bloody Lich had been waiting for the perfect opportunity. He couldn’t defeat them in a head-on clash, but he couldn’t run away without the Book of Death, either. So, he simply cast the Curse of Misfortune, his ultimate skill, and waited. It was possible that those people would choke on their magic power because of the curse. All he needed to do was wait…


  The Bloody Lich was aware of that, and so were Lin Yun and the others. None of them dared to fight any longer.

  Only Enderfa was still releasing torrents of spells with the Ten Thousand Spell Wheel like a crazy dog, even though it didn’t really work on the Bloody Lich.

  Lin Yun quietly approached Alonzo, who seemed angry. The tattoos on his face became even more scary. He never liked Lin Yun, because he didn’t like Agalon. However, having been rescued by Lin Yun, and because he was a senior, he couldn’t pull a long face in front of Lin Yun anymore.

  After everything they went through, Alonzo thought many things through. He realized that Agalon and his disciple were different…


  So, when Lin Yun approached him, Alonzo put on a gentle expression, even though he still looked angry. At the very least, he looked entirely different from when he talked to Agalon. Whenever he talked to Agalon, he wore a cold smile of disdain.

  “Merlin, do you have a plan?”


  When they were trapped in the Kingdom of Nightmares, none of them figured out how to leave until Lin Yun came to their rescue. Besides, Lin Yun was already a Saint Alchemist, and surely knew a lot of things they didn’t. Alonzo sounded quite peaceful. At least, he was already regarding Lin Yun as someone who was equal to him.

  Under such circumstances, level didn’t mean anything, unless someone had already ignited the God Fire. That was the only way to tear apart the Bloody Lich.

  Lin Yun glanced at Enderfa, who realized what he wanted, and then increased the torrents of spells, roaring. The Bloody Lich was almost drowned, and couldn’t hear what they were saying. As a matter of fact, he didn’t even care.

  The Curse of Misfortune that was cast with the Lord of Misfortune’s flesh could never be lifted until he died.

  When Lin Yun and Alonzo started talking, Agalon couldn’t help but join them. Seeing Agalon, Alonzo pulled a long face.

  “Agalon, you idiot. Stay away from me. I don’t want to be killed by you by accident before I kill this goddamn lich.”


  Agalon smiled and didn’t say anything, but he approached anyway. As Lin Yun’s teacher, he knew Lin Yun’s specialness better than anybody else did.

  The other people might be unable to lift the Curse of Misfortune, but Lin Yun might have a solution.

  Lin Yun glanced at Alonzo and considered. There was no grudge between Agalon and Alonzo. They had only been competitive as members of the same school. It was just their habit.

  Even though they always wanted to beat each other, and Agalon competed with nobody except Alonzo, the two of them were actually quite close.

  Neither of them really wanted to kill the other. Even though it seemed that Alonzo wanted Agalon dead, Alonzo would surely side with Agalon if the latter were caught in danger. Agalon would do the same if it were the other way around.

  Lin Yun had to respect Agalon’s junior brother as much as he respected Agalon. Besides, Lin Yun had heard a lot of stories about the Arcane College. He was almost sure that Alonzo was the one who established the mysterious college…… Many arcane magic tools in the future were actually crafted by Alonzo too.