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It was a much smaller room than the control room, almost half the size of the control room, and the walls of the room were carved with many mural patterns, as if by magic, so that it was still as clear as new after thousands of years.

Of course, the most eye-catching thing is also the one that cannot be ignored, from the stone throne in the innermost part of the room, near the wall, on which sits a skeleton.

Waolek ......

He was neither a lich nor a living dash, but indeed dead, leaving only a skeleton.

Even when he died, he still kept his lap upright, and the robe on his body was meticulously neat, which shows that he was a person who paid attention to his appearance before his death.

The trio slowly approached, fearing some trap.

However, their worries were unfounded, there were no traps, no traps, not even magical auras in the room.

"Eternal Life Is the Worst ...... Punishment"

Ann picked up a piece of paper that was sitting next to the skeleton, and on it was written the following sentence.

"Master, it is estimated that this skeleton will only be dead for about 50 years"

"There seem to be some runes on the ground, is it some kind of magic array?"

John noticed that there was a circle of faint runes carved around the throne, as if it could form some kind of magic circle, but it was inactive, otherwise An Yizhi would not dare to rush in.

"It looks like it's supposed to be an annihilation technique, it seems to have been optimized and improved to a great extent, and the effect is stronger."

Annihilation?

"Hela, what is the effect of Annihilation?"

"There is no special effect, the annihilation technique is mainly used to remove the effect that is difficult to be lifted on the body, such as a curse or something, but it is a B-level spell, and it should have an A after strengthening."

Undo a magic effect that's hard to remove?

A flash of inspiration flashed, and An Yizhi finally connected all the clues.

"I see, that's what happened......"

He muttered, turning the piece of paper upside down, and there was a text on the back:

'Latecomers, whether you're looking for riches or adventures, there's nothing here'

No, no, no, you're too modest, Mithril and Adamantite alone are enough to be a tyrant.

'I am Vaolek, one of the eight glorious masters of the past, and if you read history carefully, you should know me and what the greatest achievement of my companions and I have in this life'

Defeat the Great Lich and seal the Book of the Dead.

'You, or you, if you can find my dungeon, then you must be looking for the Book of the Dead, for whatever purpose, I only hope that the Book of the Dead will not add more pain to this world, it has been placed by me in the Doomsday Volcano, hoping to destroy it'

It seems that the rumors are true, and Vaolek did put the Book of the Dead in Doom Volcano.

'I'm leaving this note just to leave a clue to the truth, Grand Lich...... No, my friend...... (too sloppy system to translate) he was ...... Confused'

This is the end of the note, followed by a few meaningless lines and scrambled notes, which the system translates to indicate that nothing can be done.

It seems that the Great Lich and Vaolek were once friends, but what other secrets are there that no one knows? The so-called notorious natural disasters of the undead may have some truths buried by history.

"What's going on? Did you find any clues? ”

Elph asked.

According to the background, this undead disaster has swept countless planes, and even turned many planes into a paradise for the undead, and now many undead creatures summoned by undead spells are the products of that time.

"I understand everything about this island"

An Yi pointed and said, he thought about where to start, and then said:

"Let's start with the fact that Vaolek returned here after he went to Mount Doom to seal the pages of the Book of the Dead, and at that time he began to expand the dungeon and set up a mystery lock on the island in order to continue life."

"Extending life? Why? ”

John was a little puzzled, there are many ways for mages to continue their lives, through potions and spells, they can become lichs if they don't work, and no one has ever used a magic lock.

"Don't you wonder why a lost lock should have the function of bringing the dead back to life?"

Seeing that the two were lost in thought, An Yizhi explained:

"The Lost Lock is not for other people, so if others die on the island, they will be reborn outside the island, and the rebirth is not perfect, it will be very weak. But the Lost Owner Vaolek is not, he has been going through the cycle of death, rebirth, and death for the next 1,300 years, and as long as he does not leave this island, he can live forever."

"Isn't that perfect eternal life? Why didn't he opt for the more convenient Lich Transformation? ”

Elph's problem goes straight to the core, the amount of material and difficulty involved in arranging the Locks and the Lich Transformation Ritual is not proportional to the former, and the latter is as far apart as building a model ship and a real aircraft carrier.

An Yizhi shook his head and said with some emotion:

"There is no perfection, if it is really a perfect immortal, at this time Vaolek should still be alive, I guess, in these 1300 years of loneliness, he first studied spells to pass the time, and then studied spells to pass the time, and the endless loneliness consumed his will, so he chose to commit suicide"

An Yi pointed to the Annihilation Magic Array on the ground and said:

"Because of the effect of the Mystery Lock, he can't leave this island, so if he wants to commit suicide, he must remove the effect of the Mystery Lock, perhaps out of reluctance to destroy his most proud masterpiece, he chose to interrupt the Mystery Lock effect, the spell turbulence we encountered in the magic laboratory is probably the result of his experiment with Annihilation, and in the end he succeeded, the Mystery Lock remained, and the Annihilation Technique lifted his connection with the Mystery Lock"

"As for why he didn't choose to become a lich......"

An Yizhi said, and covertly touched the robe on the skeleton of Vaolek, the attribute of the item was just an ornament, which made him regretful.

Do you dare to wear the robe that was pulled off the bone rack? The answer is, don't dare, but he can take it out and buy it......

So the players who want to die for money......

"Vaolek hates the undead, and the scroll in your hand is what he prepared to deal with the undead, and by the way, I think that the dagger was not sent out because he got the news of the death of the Treant Hero Mi Dro."

With one more sentence, An pointed back to the topic:

"The relationship between the Great Lich and Vaolek is a bit different from what we know, you look at the handwriting of Vaolek on this paper, there seems to be some hidden secret, but it is certain that he does not like the undead, so he would rather choose to be a troublesome and resource-intensive lock than choose to become a lich."

In fact, if he had become a lich, he would probably still be alive and well, unlike humans, in time the lich will gradually lose human emotions and only have reason in their heads, so they will not be driven crazy by endless time.

Eternal life is the harshest punishment.

Vaolek was right, but he understood it too late.

Mortals are short-lived, normal human lifespans are only a hundred years at most, even the elves and dwarves who live so long are only 500 years, compared with dragons, demons and other creatures, mortals are indeed short-lived.

A short-lived species suddenly gains an endless lifespan, and after experiencing the initial excitement and the joy of not having to worry about his own death, all that remains in time is endless loneliness and exhaustion of will.

The consciousness of short-lived species is as fragile as their lives, and they are not worth mentioning in the face of time.

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Finding Vaolek's bones was a minor episode, and the supreme console Hela needed was on the back of the throne, and now she was fiddling with something, and it seemed that the password here was much more difficult than outside.

Ellef and John sat together, no one chatting, Ellef was perhaps reminiscing about the truth he had just discovered, and John ...... An Yizhi estimated that she was just simply tired, and this thing didn't think about any philosophical questions like 'life is short and bright'.

And our main character, Ann Yizhi, is studying the murals painted around the room.

In the order of looking from left to right, one by one from the beginning to the end.

These murals chronicle the life of Vaulek, from his birth, to his babbling, to his contact with magic, adventures, delving, meeting other heroes, defeating the Great Lich, sealing the Book of the Dead, and finally returning to the island to set up the Lock.

There are a total of 22 murals, and only 22 murals record the life of such a legendary hero.

This made An Yizhi feel emotional, after his death, how many records can he leave in his life?

I'm afraid that there is only one number and one name to represent that he once appeared.

shook his head vigorously, such a sad proposition is not suitable for An Yizhi, he lives heartlessly...... I mean, in the future, I will go chic, and the guys who are entangled in this kind of problem generally don't live long.

You see, most of the philosophers in reality are either crazy or suicidal, and there are almost no good deaths, which are all tangled in these problems all day long......

Hela's side wasn't finished yet, and Ann couldn't find anything to do, so he had to take a cursory look at the murals and then began to study them one by one.

Slowly, he discovered something that wasn't near Vaolek's bones, and wasn't mentioned in his note.

In the 11th picture, the young Vaolek and a companion face the attacking gnolls, at this time he is unarmed and uses only his hands to cast spells, and from the 12th picture to the 21st page where he seals the Book of the Dead, he has an identical staff in his hand throughout.

The staff was about shoulder-length, and the head of the staff was set with a large gem shaped like a semicircle of the moon, enclosing the gem.

Where did his staff go?

Ann pointed to the last picture, which was Vaolek setting up the lock, and he didn't have a staff in his hand......