Chapter 703: Stephen One

At this time, when the lich appeared in front of Rod's eyes by teleporting, Rod's vision was no longer blocked by the crown on its head, and he was able to see its true appearance.

Through his own observations, Rhodes has also confirmed that, consistent with what Tello said, the lich in front of him has really found a way to solve the erosion of death energy. Its appearance is not much different from that of ordinary human creatures.

Not only that, but Rhodes also noticed that for the lich, when his physical condition was fully restored, the traces left by his original body during the transformation of the Endless Night Ritual had also completely disappeared at this time.

If it weren't for the fact that Rhodes could feel the extremely rich, pure death energy from this lich's body, which far exceeded that of all ordinary existences, as well as the various anomalies that existed, from the appearance alone, Rhodes would even recognize him as an ordinary senior necromancer.

Rhodes noticed that the lich's overall appearance, except that there were no traces left by the erosion of death energy, and even the traces left by the years were not obvious.

Whether it was the information he obtained from Troll, or through his own observation of the undead creatures in the Death Wasteland, Rhodes could clearly realize that the lich in front of him had been in the Death Waste for countless years.

In this case, the appearance of this lich is undoubtedly very different from what Rhodes originally expected.

In Rhodes's opinion, even if this lich can rely on its unique way to solve the erosion caused by death energy, it will look extremely old on the whole, and even show the appearance of an old dragon clock, which is not impossible.

According to Rhodes's original prediction, as well as his understanding of necromancers, although this lich was able to solve the erosion caused by death energy through this special way, its behavior was undoubtedly giving up the powerful effects of the lich body and allowing itself to regain some of the characteristics of the human body.

In this case, the irresistible effects of aging on the human body will also be reflected in this lich. What is manifested is a kind of aging caused by the passage of time, which no human body can resist, even legendary creatures, can only delay the arrival of this process.

However, the scene he noticed at this time made Rod deeply realize that the situation was not what he originally thought.

Due to the shortening distance between them, Rhodes was able to get past the cloak the lich was wearing and notice his original face.

Rhodes noticed that the lich's face was angular, the outline of the bones was extremely clear, and the overall appearance was roughly that of middle age, although the face did not appear a large number of obvious wrinkles, but it could also be seen that he was no longer young, and the eyes that looked here were extremely sharp, full of confidence in his own strength.

Aside from the appearance of his face, the lich's body was completely shrouded in a wide dark blue robe, and Rhodes was unable to get more information from observing. However, through the appearance of the lich, as well as some of the features of its existence, Rhodes was able to confirm that the lich was a woman.

At this point, through further observation of the lich, Rhodes also discovered some information that he had not noticed before, or had misjudged.

Before that, when the lich had just emerged from the darkness and had not yet teleported to Rhodes' location, Rhodes began to observe him. The thing that existed in this lich was the arachnid crown that Rod cared about the top of his head.

A number of spider-legged objects hung down from the top of the lich's head, and between them, there was some kind of material to connect them, and the distance and the darkness of the canopy made it impossible for Rhodes to observe the lich's specific face from a distance.

At this time, when the lich teleported and appeared not far from Rod, Rhodes was able to observe the arachnid crown worn on top of his head, in addition to the specific appearance of the lich.

In Rod's original idea, the arachnid crown that existed on the lich's head was likely to be a powerful artifact that could add a high stat bonus to it.

According to Rod's understanding, there are many types of treasures, similar to crown ornaments at the head position, which are also relatively common. This tiara has such an eye-catching appearance, but it can still be worn by the lich, and it naturally has an extremely powerful effect.

However, after his own observations, Rod suddenly realized that the situation may not be what he thought.

The arachnid crown that exists on the lich's head is not a separate treasure, but a whole with the lich itself, and this unique crown is simply made of the lich's hair.

Rhodes noticed that on the top of the lich's head, the lich's original hair had been treated in a series of ways that he did not understand, such as coiling or tying, and that there were other things that fixed the overall shape, and the final appearance was the appearance in front of him.

The black spider-shaped crown treasure that Rod had thought to exist on top of the lich's head did not exist in the first place, but Rhodes didn't realize it, and it wasn't until this point that he confirmed it.

In Rod's impression, those necromancers who have undergone the transformation of the Endless Night Ritual, under the erosion of death energy, the hair that exists in various parts of their bodies will also fall off with the flesh and blood, or even before the appearance of this process.

This is also the reason why those transformed lichs are similar in appearance to skeleton creatures.

Due to his own knowledge of the lich, and the fact that he was not aware of the anomaly that existed in the lich at first, Rhodes did not think about the strange crown it wore in his own hair, and it was not until his own observation that Rod confirmed this.

The presence of this particular hairstyle on the head, combined with the lich's angular face, gave it a strong sense of majesty, and any creature that noticed this scene would be extremely impressed by its appearance, and would not easily forget.

Rhodes realized that this may also be the reason why the Thieves' Guild was able to realize that the lich's appearance would not change in the course of gathering information over the years.