Chapter 58 The Great Wizard's Request
"Hello, adventurer. It's an honor to meet you in this tower. You are the first human to appear here in a thousand years." The old man, who was so thin that only a skeleton was left, looked at Ma Yi with dull eyes.
The old man was holding a black staff in his hand, and on the top of the staff was a lifelike bat with its feet hanging upside down, which was obviously a top-quality product. Moreover, Ma Yingjie could feel the powerful magic elements around the old man, but he could not confirm what kind of magic elements they were.
Ma Yingjie could clearly feel the aura emanating from the old man, which had the scorching heat of fire magic, the coldness of water magic, and even the heaviness of earth magic and the lightness of wind magic.
"Aren't you a human?" After Lu Hao said this bluntly, he suddenly felt a chill. This old man said that he should not be a human. Lu Hao, who had not reacted much when standing among hundreds of corpses, was really scared this time.
It’s like a person who is used to reading ghost stories, and suddenly a ghost really appears in front of him. You can imagine the confusion in his heart.
"I used to be a human, but I haven't been for a long time." The skinny old man spoke in a strange tone, and in his tone there was not only a chilling sense of death but also a review of his past life.
"Crack." The old man's right hand, holding the bat staff, hit the ground and heaved a long sigh: "Let's not talk about those old things. Our era has passed. Time flies. Thousands of years have passed in a flash. I'm afraid there are not many immortals left now."
In fact, Ma Yingjie really wanted to say that Carella was still alive, but he held back in the end. After all, they were not familiar with each other. Who knew if that damn Carella had any old grudge against this old man? It would be too unfair for him to become a victim among them.
"Young adventurer, I am the great wizard Ferrandis. As a former human being, I would like to ask you for a favor. I wonder if you can help me." The old man's zombie-like face did not move at all, and his voice came out from between his teeth.
System prompt: You have triggered the great wizard's request, do you want to accept it?
"Accept." Lu Hao chose to accept readily. Such field missions are generally hard to come by, and no one knows whether this mission is unique. You must know that the more hidden the mission is, the higher the reward will be after completing it.
As a player, Ma Yingjie certainly would not miss the opportunity to get a reward.
"Brave adventurer, I am very pleased that you are willing to help the old immortal fulfill his wish. I will reward you handsomely after the success."
"Of course, I'd like to hear about it." Lu Hao replied respectfully. His performance would affect Ferrandis's mood. If he was in a bad mood, no one knew what kind of garbage the old man would use to get rid of him after he had worked so hard to complete the task. On the other hand, if the NPC liked the player, he might get some extra items from the NPC on top of what he deserved.
"Young man, are you willing to listen to me talk about history?" Ferrandis moved his cloudy eyes to look at Ma Yingjie, waiting for Ma Yingjie's confirmation.
"Of course, what I admire most are you heroes in the holy war." Ma Yingjie used the flattery skills he learned from Lin Zhifei, but it was obvious that Ma Yingjie's flattery skills were not good enough. The great wizard Ferrandis said with a slightly reproachful tone: "Could it be that the cultural customs of my hometown that I look forward to day and night have degenerated to this extent? Young people should talk less and do more practical things. This is the principle of life."
Ma Yingjie looked at Ferrandis in silence as he made his confession. In his mind, he cursed all the eighteen generations of Ferrandis who had passed away long ago. The words he used were extremely insulting and could be regarded as a model of national curse. As for the details, they were too violent so I will not list them one by one.
Ferrandis continued to recall the past: "Back then, I was a young magic apprentice full of fighting spirit. If it weren't for the damn invasion of the undead, I might have inherited my teacher's legacy and become the master of the Feilan Tower.
But the weather was like a baby's face, changing in an instant. No one could have imagined how the undead from the far west of the continent could break through the blockades and come here.
I still remember that day. The entire area of Korsas City was occupied by undead creatures. The endless undead creatures filled the sky and ground like a tide and annihilated the entire city of Korsas.
Damn the undead, if it weren't for them, my teacher wouldn't have died." At this point, Ferrandis became angry, and a dazzling red light shot out of his empty eyes.
"Great Wizard Ferrandis, it has been nearly a thousand years since the incident. Please accept my condolences. No matter how great the resentment is, it will fade away over a long period of time." Ma Yingjie couldn't help but dissuade him.
"Haha, young man, I lost my composure. I'm sure you are confused by what I said." Ferrandis heard what Ma Yingjie said, laughed dryly, and retracted his thoughts.
I don't care whether you are an old monk or a nun, but it is true that I feel confused. Can't this lingering guy get to the point? Do you think this is a popular point card game in the 21st century, and he made up so much nonsense just to cheat players' point cards?
"This is normal. Senior has lived alone for nearly a thousand years. When you meet someone who can listen to you, of course you will talk more. But forgive my stupidity, I really didn't understand. Tell me the key points, old man." Of course it would be best if Ma Hao thought about those words in his mind, just thought about them, and he wouldn't let Ferrandis know.
"When the royal city was invaded by undead creatures, Prince Korsas led his guards to the Feilan Tower and asked my teacher for help. The teacher agreed to Prince Korsas's request, but then the undead army, with the idea of wiping out the roots, once again besieged the Feilan Tower. The guards took advantage of the tower and put up a desperate resistance, but in the end, the tower gate was breached because of the enemy's superiority.
Faced with the overwhelming number of undead creatures, the teacher knew that he would die this time, so he sent Prince Korsas to the compartment at the top of the tower, imprisoned the prince in a magic circle with confinement magic, and laid layers of confinement in the corridor leading to the top floor.
He was the most powerful formation master in my teacher's class at that time. Even the most powerful Finnish priest at that time felt inferior to him in the art of formation.
The low-level undead creatures were all blocked outside by the formation, but it was useless against a lord-level horror knight. After the horror knight broke through the multiple layers of the formation, the teacher activated the space silence magic and died on the sixth layer with the lord-level horror knight. "
Having said this, Ferrandis turned around and looked at Ma Hao seriously with his hollow eyes, saying: "Most of the undead creatures were unable to break through the formation set up by the teacher and finally left. Only a small number of undead creatures followed the Terror Knight into the tower and were trapped above the third floor by our brothers and sisters. Therefore, we brothers and sisters were able to save our lives.
The entire territory of the Kingdom of Korthas was occupied by undead creatures. The tower that was once regarded as glorious by the people of Korthas was gradually forgotten by the world and became the Forgotten Tower.
After a long time, my fellow disciples all died due to old age, and I was the only one who mastered the five types of magic and extended my life to 500 years. In order to fulfill my teacher's last wish, after 500 years I chose to destroy my body and become a spirit, because the life of the undead is unlimited.
But now the energy of the formation we set up earlier is disappearing rapidly. It is impossible for me to trap those undead creatures again by myself. What I want you to do is to kill those trapped undead creatures, so that they will not wreak havoc on the world again when the formation fails."
System prompt: The great wizard's request, task level B, the content is to kill all the undead creatures in the tower, and there is no deadline for completion.
The old man talked for a long time and finally explained the task requirements. Ma Yingjie didn't bother to pay attention to the old things he said. He was concerned about whether he could get a good reward. If you ask him to be a volunteer, I'm sorry, even if you say that the mountains and rivers are upside down and the sun and moon are dark, I'm sorry I don't have time.
"Do you have anything else to explain?" Ma Yingjie decided to get to the bottom of it. He had already wasted so much time with old man Ferrandis, so he might as well wait a little longer.
"You must pay special attention. There is a strongest monster on each floor. Only by defeating him and getting his head can you enter the next floor." Old man Ferrandis said. If I hadn't asked, would he not have said anything? Damn it, luckily Ma Ying-jeou said something.
"Anything else?" Ma Yingjie looked at the old man worriedly. He hadn't finished speaking just now, so he might have some reservations this time.
"Also, you need to take care of your body. I heard that drinking more honey water can beautify your skin. If you are interested, you can try it."
"Goodbye, old man." Ma Yingjie said respectfully to the old man. In his heart, he despised Ferrandis. He was still doing beauty treatments, but she was so beautiful that she didn't even have any flesh. She was just skinny at best.