(…)

(￢￢.)

"Is that so?"

"I should have gone to investigate the Serres' conspiracy and the Dragon Worship Cult."

Nodding, Edkin, who was slowly calming down, pinched his unshaven chin, which had not been shaved for several days, and analyzed it.

"only……"

"I don't know if the Dragon Worship Church will fall apart after the destruction of Sammaster and Dogothos?"

"What a pity. It would be great if there were more sources of intelligence!"

For the first time, Edkin regretted withdrawing from the Harper alliance, because if he was still a member of the Harpers, maybe now he could ask and ask the Harpers to help pay attention?

Of course, it’s too late to regret!

After all, his daughter Kira is now more than ten years old, and he himself has been separated from the 'Harper' for more than ten years. Although the other party has no intention of expelling him, it would be shameless for him to take the initiative to go back.

It's unlikely after all.

"You still want the Dragon Worship Cult to fall apart?"

"That's impossible!"

Fortunately, although the warlock Simon was not very capable, his knowledge reserve seemed to be very qualified. Therefore, under the gaze of everyone, he quickly sat up straight and told what he knew at the dinner table:

"It is said..."

"The organizational structure of the Dragon Worship Cult is very special. It is a different independent structure. The organizational leaders in each place are different, just like the different kingdoms and territories in Faerûn?"

"So, I can assure you that the death of those two people will definitely not affect the Dragon Worship Cult."

"and……"

"I think those two of them are not dead yet!"

As he spoke, Simon suddenly expressed a certain judgment of his with a solemn face and a solemn tone, which made Edkin, who had just been talking about the destruction of the dracolich Dogothos and Sammaster,

, Holgai and Doric were all shocked.

"??"

"not dead?"

Hearing this, Edkin and Holgai's faces froze, and then they looked at each other subconsciously.

"impossible?"

"You're talking nonsense!"

"that is!"

"Both of them were burned to ashes, how could they still be alive?"

Then of course Edkin and Holgai looked unbelieving, and loudly refuted Simon's speculation that they thought was simply impossible.

"I didn't say anything nonsense!"

"Liches are hard to kill!"

"unless……"

"You can find and destroy his phylactery!"

"But in fact, with just us people, even if their life boxes are thrown in front of us, we won't be able to destroy them!"

"So, I am sure that they will be resurrected in a short time in the future?"

First pointing at himself, and then at Ergan, Horgai and Doric who were listening attentively, Simon once again taught the three of them basic common sense that most official mages in Faerûn knew.

"certainly!"

"Although he is not dead, he is definitely not resurrected!"

"As for the specific time of their resurrection, I don't know. Maybe it will be a few years, maybe decades, or hundreds of years later?"

With his shoulders slumped, Simon first smiled and signaled the three of them to relax under the astonished and disbelieving looks on their faces, and then patiently and simply told him what he knew about the lich and the phylactery.

Liches are pure immortal creatures that do not need to eat, drink, or sleep. They are generally transformed into the form of lichs by mages after undergoing evil rituals, and possess all the memories and personalities of their lives.

The body of a lich usually does not carry the soul and consciousness of the lich, so it is no big deal even if it is burned to ashes.

Because the lich's true soul and consciousness will remain in an existence called a 'phylactery'. As long as there is no problem with the 'phylactery', the lich's skeleton or mummy's body can be replaced at will, that is,

Said - the lich can be resurrected at any time!

Of course, resurrection requires certain conditions, and some of the original things after resurrection, such as certain equipment and magic props, will definitely not be recycled. And the strength of the body is said to also affect the strength of the lich?

Simon didn't know exactly how. After all, he was still a young warlock, far from the level where he needed to study necromancy and wanted to transform himself into a lich to continue his 'existence'.

Anyway, he only knew that for safety reasons, almost all lichs would hide their 'phylactery' in a safe place known only to themselves.

And the lich's 'phylactery' can be any object, it can be a box, it can be a brick, it can even be a living creature or even an artifact?

What's even more exaggerated is that Simon has read in some documents that some lichs will even make it out of an inconspicuous stone in order to ensure that their only weakness, the phylactery, will not be found or destroyed.

Phylactery' and then throw it into the astral world?

Then there is the origin of the famous saying, "I don't even know where my 'life box' is, let alone my enemies."

"It took hundreds of years for him to be resurrected?"

"Aha!"

"Maybe I'll be dead by then!"

"Maybe you could dig up my grave, bring me back to life, tell me the news, and ask me five questions?"

After listening to Simon's words, Holgai, who knew that it would not be easy for the Lich to be resurrected, relaxed again and moved to look at Edkin teasingly.

"rest assured!"

"I will definitely be dead by then."

"However, when that time comes, I don't want Simon to resurrect me at all!"

"Don't dig my grave!"

With slumped shoulders, while rejecting Horgai’s ‘good intention’, Edkin also stated with certainty that people like them would definitely not live as long as mages!

"No matter what!"

"The legend of Sammaster's life is incomplete and mysterious. Most of the records about him were destroyed. He was a sinful guy!"

"I only know some fragments, and if it weren't for my grandfather, I'm afraid I would be just like you, not knowing some of his origins at all..."

"Actually, I'm as surprised as you are!"

"He actually still exists, and he still has a problem with the dragon lich Dogothos?"

Simon continued to tell some things he knew and sighed with Edkin, Doric and Holgai.

"Then what?"

"Annie!"

"What happened next?"

"yes!"

"any left?"

"Tell me quickly?"

After sighing with emotion, the four of them continued to eagerly ask Anne, who was slowly eating dinner, expressing that they wanted to know more.

"Then?"

(**;)

"Um……"

(O ^~^ O)

Anne was startled for a moment, then she blinked and tried to remember.

"Then……"

(~)

"Then I had a conversation with the Lord of the Dawn..."

(_)

"And then……"

(ー`ー)

"Are you sure you really want to hear it?"

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To be continued...