This move made by Rhodes at this time naturally attracted the attention of the lich in the field, and even made them feel some doubts.

The lichs didn't understand why Rhodes had to kill Phoenix as soon as he made his choice.

If it is to transform Phoenix into an undead creature similar to a vampire, if it does not have a heroic will, the new consciousness in the soul fire will replace its original consciousness, although it can still retain some of the habits of his life, but his wisdom will be greatly reduced, and the rest of the necromancers will be able to intuitively distinguish the identity of his undead creature.

The rest of the lichs are not necessarily in favor of a controlled undead creature becoming a puppet.

Rod's move, if it was just to show the power of the artifact, in this case, it didn't have to be so, many lichs in the field had already recognized Rod's identity, and showing his power to an ordinary necromancer didn't prove anything.

Perhaps only Rod himself knew the true meaning of his move.

After perceiving the possible landing point of Phoenix's teleportation through the peeping eye, Rhodes easily solved it with just two swings of the blade in his hand, without even consuming any mana.

At this time, looking at the lich in the field, Rod's words slowly came out:

"Then, since all the lichs have no opinions, the target on the surface will be the necromancer."

With that, Rhodes turned around and looked to the side, where there was the only necromancer left in the entire field.

North's figure appeared in Rod's sight.

Noticing Rod's gaze towards him, North was stunned for a moment, then realized the situation, his mouth opened slightly, as if he wanted to say something, but his throat seemed to be choked, and he couldn't say any complete words.

The conversation that took place in the field, whether it was the words of the lich or the response of Rod, was listened to by North, and he naturally understood what Rod's action meant.

With Rod's signal, the rest of the lichs in the field also turned their eyes to North.

"He's just an apprentice-level necromancer, wouldn't it make any difference if he was chosen as a puppet?"

The voice of the unknown lich, who had previously answered Phoenix's words, appeared in the room again, asking Rhodes such a question.

Relying on their own perception, all the lichs in the field could easily judge that the necromancer that Rhodes meant could only be counted as a necromancer apprentice, far inferior to the previous Phoenix in terms of rank.

Whether it is the level of spiritualism or his own temperament, among the lichs, this necromancer is inconspicuous, and if it weren't for Rhodes' actions at this time, the lich in the field would even ignore it completely.

In the end, it was the Mother Earth Mother Ace who spoke, and it calmed the other lich's doubts about North.

"If it's just a puppet in name, we don't need this necromancer to intervene, we just need him as a symbol in the territory of Dial. The strength of the necromancer's apprentice is also convenient for us to control. ”

With Acery's words, the other lichs no longer questioned Rod's choice, and the field fell silent again.

In the process, apart from Rhodes taking a few glances at North, no lich asked for North's opinion at all, and it seemed that the necromancer could only accept all the decisions they made.

Rod's choice of North also gave the lich in the field a rough idea of why he would kill Phoenix.

In Phoenix's presence, he is undoubtedly the best candidate to become a puppet, both in terms of diplomacy and leadership, as well as the ability to control the situation, which is enough to reassure the lich in the field, compared to which there are almost no lichs who will choose North, who is a lot inferior to him.

Even Rhodes had to admit that Phoenix's ability, if he was made a puppet, would be able to play a role in real confusion, until the middle of the campaign, the entire battle would advance according to the established plan, and there would not be much deviation.

What Rhodes is worried about is that Phoenix is too strong in these aspects, and the expansion process in his previous life has proved to Rhodes that even the Lich will be bewitched by Phoenix's words, and Rhodes has to worry that Phoenix's presence will affect the later stages of the entire campaign.

At this time, Rod did not have the strength of Sandru in the same period of the expansion, and he could not suppress everything by his strength. As the campaign progresses, when Phoenix becomes the first person under the Lich and gradually gains his voice, he will inevitably provoke conflicts between the Lich and the Artifact Master.

If Rhodes had the strength of Sandru, and even the legendary lich could kill him, he would naturally not care about Phoenix's existence, and he would not have to worry about any of his schemes, but at this time, Rod could not do this.

As the battle progresses, the number of corpse witches will increase dramatically, and the strength of all the liches who join this battle will change qualitatively, and at that time, it is difficult to say whether they will still be like now.

Through the Cloak of the Ghost King, Rhodes was able to control all undead creatures associated with it, including all corpse witches transformed by the Lich.

However, when this ability has not yet been revealed, no lich knows about it. When Rhodes gave the transformed Corpse Witch King to the Lichs, they would only think that whoever cast a spirit mark on the Corpse Witch King would control the Corpse Witch King, just like a regular undead creature.

Once the lich knows the truth, they naturally don't want to be restrained by the artifact, so that all the corpse witches they have worked so hard to transform in the battle will become Rod's men, and at that time, if they are provoked by Phoenix, it is likely that something unexpected will happen.

What Rhodes has to worry about is not only the loss of the artifact, but also the object of Rhodes' worries, Rowling, who is in Werning.

Relying on the efficacy of the two artifacts, it is difficult for the lich to help Rod if he does not pay a great price, but it is limited to Rhodes himself, and he cannot take into account Rowling's existence.

In order to prevent Phoenix from destroying the entire campaign and posing even greater threats, Rhodes had no choice but to get rid of it in advance.

According to Rod's understanding of Phoenix, even if he doesn't kill Phoenix and leaves him with a life to serve in the next battle, Phoenix will definitely try his best to replace North's position with his own means, and when the battle really starts, Rhodes may never find any trace of North's existence.

In terms of ability, North may not be as good as Phoenix, but Rhodes doesn't care. Thinking of this, Rod couldn't help but look at North on the side again.