Listening to Thero's words, Stephen on the side didn't seem to be touched in any way, and Rhodes couldn't realize from the change in her expression that she might have at this time.

Compared to ordinary creatures, the lich who has survived for an unknown number of years has already had an extremely terrifying mentality, and will not be shaken by anything in the outside world, even after hearing the information that Thero said, the lich's expression still did not change.

In the face of the existence of this level, Rod's peeping eye has long been useless, and at this time, all that Rhodes can rely on to analyze intelligence is his own ability.

Listening to Thero's words, as if he realized the purpose of Rod's trip, Stephen was silent for a while, and then asked Rhodes on the side, "Are you here to seek a secret method, as he said?" ”

Faced with the lich's inquiry, Rhodes nodded, as his own answer.

Although Tello had already explained Rod's origin to the lich in his words, the lich still needed to confirm this with Rhodes in person.

After receiving Rod's affirmative reply, Stephen seemed to notice something, and at this time he also became a little interested, and said:

"I've noticed that you have an unusual energy of death within you, far more than any necromancer I've ever seen. Depending on the level of spiritualism you have, you shouldn't be bothered by this kind of problem. So, why do you want to explore this secret method? ”

Through Stephen's words, Rhodes also realized that she also had a full understanding of how to solve the erosion of death energy on the body, and understood that as long as she crossed the limit of the rank and mastered the epic or above spiritualism in advance, she would not be able to be eroded by death energy.

Rod wasn't surprised by Stephen's knowledge. In Rhodes' opinion, this kind of knowledge was extremely familiar to Thero, and if the lich did not know about it, he might have surprised him even more.

Rhodes realized that the lich's purpose in asking him this was mainly to doubt his true intentions, and in the eyes of the lich, he was obviously very different from Tello, and he didn't need to worry about being bothered by this question.

In the face of Stephen's question, Rod did not explain much, but replied directly: "I seek this secret method, not for myself, but for someone around me." ”

Hearing Rod's explanation, Stephen could still feel the will contained in Rod's words in the process. For a moment, Stephen seemed to realize something, and couldn't help but be silent, until half an hour later, he continued to Rode:

"If you want to get the secret method from me, I believe you should know the price you may have to pay."

After hearing Stephen's words at this time, Rode's heart couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. Through her words, Rod realized that Stephen at this time had undoubtedly approved of the answer he gave, and what she had to discuss with herself next was how much she would pay for this secret method.

In the process of trading between mages, especially when it comes to this kind of secret method, it is necessary to pay a corresponding price before they can be obtained.

If you want to get a powerful secret spell from another mage, or a spell of a higher rank, you must pay an equal price, and if you can't get a spell of the same rank, you need to make up for it in other aspects.

This point, as early as in the game in his previous life, Rod understood very clearly, and when he heard Stephen's words, Rod understood what she meant.

As for the price to be paid in exchange for this secret method, Rhodes had expected it in his heart long before he came to this position.

Previously, when Rhodes saw the existence of Tello in the Windy City, he realized the abnormality that existed in Tello.

In Rhodes' opinion, in addition to Thero's face returning to its original state, what is more worthy of his attention is the abnormal changes in his death energy.

Rhodes noticed that the death energy possessed by Tello seemed to be integrated into something else, which greatly enhanced Tello's original strength. The anomalies that exist in the death energy of Tro are a higher level of death energy.

This higher level of death energy naturally does not come from Tello himself, but belongs to the more powerful necromancer.

According to Rhodes's understanding of death energy, after Troll's death, under the effect of this abnormal death energy, Thero will be immediately transformed into an undead creature, and at the same time, this death energy will also derive a special spiritual imprint, which will completely control the undead creature transformed into Troll.

In Rhodes's opinion, the anomaly that exists in Tello is similar to the magic transformation of the necromancer's body that he once saw in Elliott, but the difference is that the transformation that exists on Tello is obviously much more powerful, and the overall technique is also close to perfecting, which is a real undead transformation.

Previously, although Rhodes was aware of the high-quality death energy that existed in Troll's body, he didn't think about it at all in terms of undead transformation, but only regarded it as Thero's means to improve himself and high-level necromancers.

It was only at this point, after feeling the aura that existed in Stephen's body, and thinking about the price it would take to obtain such a secret method, that Rod realized this.

In Rod's perception, there is no difference between the abnormal death energy that exists in Tro's body and the death energy released by Stephen, the two are obviously a homologous existence, and even when Stephen releases the death energy, the death energy in Tro's body will be triggered by it.

The observed anomalies made it clear to Rod at this time that the abnormal death energy existing in Tello's body came from Stephen.

This also made Rhodes realize that before that, Stephen had completed the transformation of Troll, and when Thero died due to various accidents, he would be directly transformed into an undead creature controlled by Steven.

Before Troll's death, the abnormal death energy that existed in his body not only did not have any negative impact on him, but could even increase his own death energy, allowing him to feel the epic spiritualism belonging to the lich in advance.

After discovering this, Rod could only sigh for a while that Stephen's skills in carrying out undead transformation far exceeded all kinds of undead transformation in Rod's cognition.