Arcane Lord

Seeing that several people were still reminiscing about old times, Savile, who had been silent since he came in, couldn't help it. He reminded Shado, "If you have anything to say, it's not too late to wait until the curse is lifted!"

"Don't worry, it's enough time."

Although he said so, Shado still stopped talking and took action immediately. In fact, what he said was correct. If he had followed the normal procedure, Epps might not have been able to survive his inspection time.

The reason why he is so confident is because the [Time Protection Barrier] on his body spreads out slightly to cover Epps, which is equivalent to the previous stasis state.

However, compared to the stasis state where external forces are almost completely unable to interfere, Epps in the time deceleration zone can be affected by normal spells.

It may be difficult for contact spells to affect him, but detection spells are mostly immediate, and there is no delay in their effects due to time deceleration.

As the flow of time in the time deceleration area slowed down rapidly, Epps' movements and demeanor froze at a speed that was almost visible to the naked eye.

But this is not true solidification, but changes at an extremely slow speed, which of course also includes the aging curse on Epps.

Chateau had examined Epps several times during this period, but because he was in a stagnant state, he was not able to fully penetrate into it. This time can be regarded as the first comprehensive and thorough examination.

Consistent with the previous inspection results, during this in-depth inspection, Shado immediately judged that Epps had a soul-related aging curse, which could not be solved by changing bodies.

Instead, it is necessary to cut off the source of the curse in Epps' soul. This is only the first step. After this step is completed, Epps will only remain in the current state of extreme aging. After that, his body will need to be repaired and maintained. soul.

At that time, Epps was barely saved, but after this curse, Epps' future life extension effect will be greatly reduced. Of course, if technology improves in the future, it may be able to make up for it.

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When Chateau was examining Epps, Niya and Savile watched nervously. The atmosphere in the stagnant room was almost frozen. After almost forty minutes, Chateau breathed a long sigh of relief.

Seeing this, Niya quickly asked: "How is it? Is father's health okay? Can the curse be lifted?"

"Fortunately, the curse can be lifted."

Xia Duo secretly breathed a sigh of relief. Although he was very confident that the curse he obtained from the Red Heart Alliance was originally the curse in Epps, after all, he had not checked it carefully, and there were still some inaccuracies. deterministic.

But just now, after more than 40 minutes of detailed inspection, he examined the damage to Epps' body and soul bit by bit, especially the state of the connection between body and soul.

All symptoms are consistent with the characteristics of the Curse of Elven Despair.

This curse is said to have been first developed by a desperate elf woman who was abandoned. As a curse, its fatality is actually not significant.

The reason why it has been passed down is largely because it is activated extremely quickly and points directly at the soul, making it difficult to resist.

However, because its lethality was not obvious enough, it did not really become popular and became the private collection of a small group of elves.

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After checking Epps' symptoms and the spell characteristics of the curse, Shado will begin formal treatment.

The method is actually very simple. The essence of why this curse can make people age continuously is that the root of the curse is driven by the target's vitality or positive energy, and it directionally transforms the negative energy generated by the disappearance of positive energy into aging. force.

Therefore, if you want to lift this curse, it is useless to use methods such as positive energy. On the contrary, it will promote the spread of the curse. The reason why Epps is close to the end of his life within a few days of being cursed is largely due to Because he received positive energy treatment from the temple priest.

A typical example of good intentions leading to bad things.

What Shado is doing now is more like "fighting fire with fire", using negative energy to eradicate part of Epps' infected soul.

Of course, you can also choose to destroy the structure of the curse to absorb positive energy, but spellcasters generally like to make some personalized adjustments to the spells they use, which is especially common among elven mages.

If he chooses to destroy the curse structure, Xia Duo is worried about triggering some possible backhand by the elf caster. He is saving people, and he is saving Niya's father. It is impossible to use magic duel to deal with this. thing.

The first principle is not to lift the curse, but to find a way to keep Epps alive!

This seems to be the same thing, but it is actually very different, so Shado chose to use negative energy to eradicate Epps' infected soul. Although it temporarily aggravated the injury, in the long run, it is a good remedy. .

Currently, this operation can only be performed by Xia Duo. It is not easy for normal people to perceive the state of their own souls, let alone the souls of others. This violent extraction of souls is still different.

Only by being able to sense Epps' soul can we accurately perform surgery on him. Otherwise, Epps' soul will be completely corrupted by an accident. There is no need to curse to kill him. Shado will kill him first. died.

Once the soul is corrupted, it cannot survive. Even the souls of undead creatures are partially alive, but they are tending to be completely decayed. But if they are completely decayed, they will fall into eternal sleep.

Chateau didn't want Epps to die, nor did he want him to turn into an undead, so he could only perform the operation.

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Although he already had a treatment plan, Xia Duo still did not take action immediately. Instead, he simulated the operation process and possible emergencies over and over in his mind.

The most important thing to pay attention to is the perception of Epps' soul state, and the second is the accuracy of the attack. The latter is not a problem for Shado, he can complete it by designing specific spells.

The former might have been difficult before he actually developed a practical time barrier, but now, as long as Epps' time flow is slowed down to the extreme, Epps' soul fluctuations can be minimized.

Time passed little by little during Sha Duo's simulated surgery, and there was silence in the stagnant room. Although Niya and Savile didn't say anything, the anxious look in their eyes became stronger as time went by. .

"I'm going to start casting spells, don't interrupt me."

Hearing what Sha Duo said, Niya suddenly became energetic. She subconsciously covered her mouth, her eyes fixed on the source of the spell in front of Sha Duo, and she kept praying in her heart.

On Sha Duo's side, he wasn't so nervous. From designing spells based on Savile's soul state to simulating surgeries, he had already done the best he could, and his mentality should be calm.

At the end of the day, Epps is Nia's father, not his.