"Is this your phylactery?"
Looking at the dagger inlaid with a huge blue gem in his hand, Zuo Si showed an extremely surprised expression.
Because as far as he knew, starting from the founder of the Shane Empire, the old Akaba Shane, all the successors in the past generations were without exception mages specializing in the necromancy system.
It doesn't look like he would be interested in a weapon like a dagger, which is only used by thieves and assassins.
In addition, the lich's phylactery is usually something with special meaning, which can greatly increase the success rate of transformation.
For example, the phylactery of the undead Ovo is the skull of the most powerful enemy he defeated.
Most other lichs will also use their favorite gems, music boxes, previously used magic rings, etc. as carriers.
But it is very, very rare to use weapons like swords and daggers as phylacteries.
After all, the carrier needed to make a phylactery usually needs to be of extremely high value, otherwise it will not be able to withstand the huge impact of magical energy.
This also means that if you use swords and daggers to achieve a very high enchantment level, even if they are not artifacts or legendary magic items, they must at least be high-level magic items with an enchantment level of 3 or above.
And once it becomes a phylactery, any sane lich will never use it as a weapon again. That would be a joke with his own life.
From a practical point of view, this is definitely a waste, and it is far less cost-effective than directly using gems and magic metals to recreate one.
Xia En VII smiled and replied: "Yes! This is my life box. It's very special, isn't it?
Its name is the Soul Binding Blade, and it is an evil weapon with powerful curse power that can tear apart and devour the target's mind and soul.
When I reached adulthood at the age of eighteen, my father gave it to me as a gift, and then forced me to use it to kill my first lover.
Because as the heir to the Xia En Empire and the future emperor, I must maintain absolute rationality and ruthlessness.
And love is the easiest thing to make people lose their ability to control themselves.
So my father asked me to kill it completely.
Since then, I have killed one of my closest concubines every six months to prove this to him.
This situation lasted for many years, until one day I stabbed a dagger into the chest of my father who was planning to transform himself into a lich.
Before he died, he showed a happy smile and recognized my qualification to succeed the emperor of the Xia En Empire.
Therefore, this weapon has extraordinary significance to me, and it is the best carrier for making a phylactery."
Xia En VII did not try to hide anything, and openly stated the reason why he used the soul-binding blade to build the phylactery.
Maybe it's because you've been an undead for too long, or maybe your soul has been eroded by the cold negative energy.
In short, when he mentioned killing his lover with his own hands, his emotions did not fluctuate at all, as if he was talking about something that had nothing to do with him.
There is no doubt that in a world filled with all kinds of extreme thoughts and oppositional opinions, such twisted and pathological education methods are not a special case, but a very common phenomenon.
Especially in countries where slavery is practiced, such as Ser where red-robed wizards rule, children from large families often have to kill a slave who has grown up with them during their coming-of-age ceremony in order to complete the transformation from child to adult.
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If they cannot bear it or are unable to cross that hurdle, it will be difficult for them to survive in the cruel environment of intrigue.
The coming-of-age ceremony in dark elf society is even more famous for its bloody cruelty.
Drizzt was forced by his mother to kill a goblin slave who turned into a dark elf through magic to prove that he had become a "qualified" warrior.
The "qualified" here does not refer to how superb one's martial arts are, but whether one is ferocious, cruel and cold enough when killing.
Compared with the former, the latter is the quality that mistresses value most.
In this regard, Amn's upper ruling class is not far behind.
Just look at the special hunts that are often organized on their own estates and you will know how much effort these top wealthy businessmen and nobles have put in teaching their children to be cruel.
The objects it hunts are not wild beasts at all, but goblins, orcs, orcs, gnolls and other humanoid creatures.
Ever since Zuo Si started raising werewolves and goblins on a large scale, these guys have gradually replaced the monsters in the wild and become tools used to teach young people how to fight and be ruthless and cruel. There are a constant loss of hundreds of them almost every month.
The reason why Faerun has such a trend is inseparable from its dangerous and barbaric nature.
Living in this world, both the common people at the bottom and the rulers at the top are full of a strong sense of uneasiness.
No one knows what will happen tomorrow.
Will there be a sudden invasion by an army of monsters, or a giant dragon descending from the sky and spewing flames that destroy everything, or a demon from an alien plane? The devil will be summoned to destroy everything that has been built with great effort.
Therefore, in order to ensure the continuation of oneself and even the family, ruthlessness and cruelty are almost one of the necessary qualities for upper-class rulers.
Otherwise, in many cases, just a little bit of soft-heartedness will lead to disastrous consequences.
The most obvious example is during the plague incident in Neverwinter, Lord Nasir chose to give in and compromise when faced with a mob that was irrational under the influence of anger. As a result, the law was unfairly executed and people who should not be executed were executed.
And this person happens to be Aribes’ fiancé, a Tire priest who was deceived and deceived.
His death caused the paladin Erebes to gradually lose his belief in justice, and eventually degenerated into the Dark Guard, bringing even more terrible destruction to Neverwinter.
Of course, the above things have not happened yet at this point in time, and there is a question mark as to whether they will happen in the future.
But one thing is certain, that is, in this world, regimes with weak rulers are usually difficult to maintain.
Zuo Si did not show any shock or incomprehension about the twisted and morbid education method of the Xian Empire royal family. Instead, he commented with great interest: "In this way, this dagger means two people in your life."
The most important stage.
One is the transformation from child to adult;
The other one evolved from a prince to an emperor.
No matter from any angle, it has extraordinary significance and is indeed very suitable for making a phylactery."
Xia En VII nodded slightly: "That's right. It's thanks to this dagger that I was able to barely complete the Lich Transformation Ceremony with my seriously injured body, and successfully hid from everyone's eyes. By the way,
What to do next?”
"It's very simple.
There are usually two ways to get a spark from someone who has no spark.
One is that the original owner voluntarily transfers the spark to another person.
The advantage is that there is no risk. Regardless of whether the other party has the qualifications to become a planeswalker, he can perfectly inherit the full power of this spark.
In most cases, the transfer of sparks is done voluntarily.
Otherwise, even if the spark is captured, it can only be used as a powerful one-time weapon at best.
In contrast, the second type is slightly more complicated.
It is necessary to use a method called resonance to force a spark that originally belonged to another planeswalker into the soul of another person.
This is a technology I developed after repeated research and attempts.
And you are the first beneficiary."
With that said, Zuo Si raised his hand and slowly lifted up a planeswalker spark that had not been improved in any way, and at the same time used his own spark to resonate with it.
In the blink of an eye, the originally weak light turned into a dazzling green little sun.
Since this spark originally belonged to Grisha in Mirrodin time and space, it appears to be affected by green mana.
In just a few seconds, the flowers and plants in the surrounding courtyards began to grow rapidly, covering a large area at an extremely fast speed.
The walls and roof are densely covered with green vines, which feels like it has been for decades.
"What an incredible power! It's so breathtakingly beautiful!"
Xia En VII reached out his hand and gently touched the surface of the spark, feeling the natural power emanating from it and the ether energy generated by the connection with the dark void. His face was full of joy and obsession.
"Are you ready now?"
Zuo Si raised his head and asked for the last time.
Because once you start the next steps, you can never stop.
"Of course! Let's start quickly! I can't wait to feel its uniqueness." Shane VII urged in an excited tone.
The next second...
Zuo Si directly inserted the dagger made into a phylactery into the opponent's heart, tore a hole the size of a fist, and then slowly inserted the sparks like a ball of light into the heart.
During this process, Shane VII obviously felt a huge pain that could not be described in words.
But he held it back and did not make even a single sound.
As the sparks were fully integrated, a large number of flashing black and purple patterns appeared on this body created with legendary magic.
If you observe carefully, you will find that all these patterns are the tracks left by the necromancy magic when it shapes the body.
To be continued...