End of the Magic Era

The creatures that had been cursed by the Lord of Misfortune would be lucky if they didn’t die in the most miserable way…

That was the only explanation for everything that had happened. They were just too unlucky…

Their bad luck could’ve only been caused by the Curse of Misfortune that was cast with the Lord of Misfortune’s flesh as the material. It was indeed possible to do that with the Bloody Lich’s power and the Lord of Misfortune’s flesh as the material.

Agalon looked at Alonzo solemnly and suspiciously.

Alonzo put on a grim expression, and pretended that he didn’t see it.

“There’s no way to lift the curse except to tear him apart…”

Everybody fell silent after hearing that. It was absolutely impossible to kill the Bloody Lich under such circumstances, but it was impossible to lift the curse without tearing him apart.

So, they were caught in a dilemma. Seeing how at ease the Bloody Lich was, Lin Yun knew that the guy was fearless and confident of taking them down, so he was not anxious at all.

Lin Yun had learned so much about the Lord of Misfortune exactly because of the Curse of Misfortune. It was known as one of the top 10 most annoying spells.

All curses were creepy and evil. The Curse of Misfortune was not exactly an advanced curse, but more like a prank. Those who were cursed would be unlucky. The stronger they were, the less effective the curse would be. For the Heaven Rank mages, even the Curse of Misfortune cast by their peers wouldn’t work at all.

But there were exceptions. If the Lord of Misfortune’s soul or flesh pieces were used as the material to cast the spell, then it would be at least a level-10 spell. If one was lucky enough to find the combinations of the Lord of Misfortune’s remaining blood and soul, which could’ve even resurrected a part of him, the Curse of Misfortune one cast would be a level-11 spell!

It was known as the most powerful curse ever!

In battles, it was possible to resist spells that were less powerful. Elemental mages were the most typical examples. However, when hit by the Curse of Misfortune, it would be impossible even for the God Fire mages to control their bad luck.

There was once a mage who was at the peak of the Heaven Rank. During an exploration, he found an Extraordinary Magic Tool, and greedily killed his companions to claim it. However, one of the lucky guys survived thanks to an arcane magic tool. He preserved his soul, and transformed into a lich.

Hundreds of years later, the lich went through all the trouble and reached level 47, but he could hardly endure any longer because of the crazy mages.

After all, during the crazy years that were dominated by mages, even liches, who had been considered as synonyms of horror, were materials in their labs.

Then, the lich initiated the plan of revenge. He found a drop of heart blood that the Lord of Misfortune left. It also contained the aura of some of the remains of the Lord of Misfortune’s soul.

Still, the lich sacrificed his body and his hundreds of years of efforts to launch a Curse of Misfortune. Then, the greedy level-9 Heaven Rank mage suffered from bad luck.

The lich disappeared after activating the Curse of Misfortune. His phylactery was hidden in the Heaven Rank mage’s tower. He found a regular zombie’s body, and hid himself in the Plane of the Undead. Nobody could find him.

The Heaven Rank mage, after acquiring the Extraordinary Magic Tool that fitted him perfectly, had been staying in his tower, and trying to ignite the Great Mage, but he didn’t do lots of things, and nothing serious happened.

The ignition of God Fire went surprisingly well, but an accident happened after the God Fire was ignited. The Magic Tool Incarnation inside the Extraordinary Magic Tool woke up at this moment…

In the unbelievable accident, the Heaven Rank mage was burnt in the very God Fire that he ignited…

Then, a few more accidents caused by the Curses of Misfortune happened. All of them were weird. For a while, a lot of people were busy looking for the remains of the Lord of Misfortune.

Such inexplicable things were perfect subjects in the eyes of mages, who tried to find the answer behind everything. It was an irresistible temptation for the mages who had already turned no different from crazy scientists.

Although they didn’t quite figure out the answer in the end, they did come to some conclusions. They realized that some of the ancient arcane magic tools had similar effects…

The Bloody Lich floated in midair, not caring what Lin Yun and the others were doing or thinking at all. He had all the time in the world anyway. More importantly, he wanted the Book of Death…

He wasn’t sure whether Lin Yun had obtained the Chapter of Blood and his soul.

The soul was vital to a lich. Their bodies didn’t matter, but if their soul was erased, they would be completely dead…

Liches had obvious advantages and disadvantages. Until somebody found their souls, they would be immortal, and could never be completely killed.

However, if anyone found their souls, it would not be unusual for a level-40 lich to be killed by an Archmage.

The Bloody Lich knew that his soul was rather special. It was even partly a god’s soul. Everything that was related to gods was as sturdy as a cockroach that could hardly be killed.

The Bloody Lich wouldn’t have cared if it had been anybody else, because they couldn’t possibly destroy his soul. However, he was facing two level-9 Heaven Rank mages and another mage who had the Book of Death.

His soul was attached to the Chapter of Blood, which was essentially his phylactery. Of course he had to care, because it was already possible for his soul to be destroyed.

So, the Bloody Lich had been waiting for the perfect opportunity. He couldn’t defeat them in a head-on clash, but he couldn’t run away without the Book of Death, either. So, he simply cast the Curse of Misfortune, his ultimate skill, and waited. It was possible that those people would choke on their magic power because of the curse. All he needed to do was wait…

The Bloody Lich was aware of that, and so were Lin Yun and the others. None of them dared to fight any longer.

Only Enderfa was still releasing torrents of spells with the Ten Thousand Spell Wheel like a crazy dog, even though it didn’t really work on the Bloody Lich.

Lin Yun quietly approached Alonzo, who seemed angry. The tattoos on his face became even more scary. He never liked Lin Yun, because he didn’t like Agalon. However, having been rescued by Lin Yun, and because he was a senior, he couldn’t pull a long face in front of Lin Yun anymore.

After everything they went through, Alonzo thought many things through. He realized that Agalon and his disciple were different…

So, when Lin Yun approached him, Alonzo put on a gentle expression, even though he still looked angry. At the very least, he looked entirely different from when he talked to Agalon. Whenever he talked to Agalon, he wore a cold smile of disdain.

“Merlin, do you have a plan?”

When they were trapped in the Kingdom of Nightmares, none of them figured out how to leave until Lin Yun came to their rescue. Besides, Lin Yun was already a Saint Alchemist, and surely knew a lot of things they didn’t. Alonzo sounded quite peaceful. At least, he was already regarding Lin Yun as someone who was equal to him.

Under such circumstances, level didn’t mean anything, unless someone had already ignited the God Fire. That was the only way to tear apart the Bloody Lich.

Lin Yun glanced at Enderfa, who realized what he wanted, and then increased the torrents of spells, roaring. The Bloody Lich was almost drowned, and couldn’t hear what they were saying. As a matter of fact, he didn’t even care.

The Curse of Misfortune that was cast with the Lord of Misfortune’s flesh could never be lifted until he died.

When Lin Yun and Alonzo started talking, Agalon couldn’t help but join them. Seeing Agalon, Alonzo pulled a long face.

“Agalon, you idiot. Stay away from me. I don’t want to be killed by you by accident before I kill this goddamn lich.”

Agalon smiled and didn’t say anything, but he approached anyway. As Lin Yun’s teacher, he knew Lin Yun’s specialness better than anybody else did.

The other people might be unable to lift the Curse of Misfortune, but Lin Yun might have a solution.

Lin Yun glanced at Alonzo and considered. There was no grudge between Agalon and Alonzo. They had only been competitive as members of the same school. It was just their habit.

Even though they always wanted to beat each other, and Agalon competed with nobody except Alonzo, the two of them were actually quite close.

Neither of them really wanted to kill the other. Even though it seemed that Alonzo wanted Agalon dead, Alonzo would surely side with Agalon if the latter were caught in danger. Agalon would do the same if it were the other way around.

Lin Yun had to respect Agalon’s junior brother as much as he respected Agalon. Besides, Lin Yun had heard a lot of stories about the Arcane College. He was almost sure that Alonzo was the one who established the mysterious college.. Many arcane magic tools in the future were actually crafted by Alonzo too.