Hearing these words of Asri, not only Kesri on the Skeleton Throne and the people around him were shocked, but even North next to Asri was also stunned for a moment.
The meaning of Asri's words can be clearly heard by any creature in the scene. The necromancer holding two artifacts is North beside him. North himself understands this as well.
What puzzled North was that what Asri said at this time was different from what the lichs had discussed at the beginning.
In North's view, if King Diya is qualified to join the Lich Assembly, he should obviously know his true identity, but in order to attract the attention of the enemy, he claims to be the holder of the artifact, not the real holder. . The real holder of the artifact should be Lord Rhodes.
Before that, North thought that Asri would at least tell King Katherine about his true identity. As a king, he should know this. Who would have thought that Asri did not release King Diya at all? in the eyes.
At this time, listening to Asri's words, she obviously didn't want to tell anyone here this information, but chose to hide it from them all, and directly let North show off as the holder of the artifact.
In this way, only the real lich knows the true status of the artifact. Everyone else, including King Diya, will only think that North is the holder of the artifact. He can confuse the enemy's intelligence very well, which is beneficial to The battle continues, but the price is that North will be in greater danger than before.
North himself had no way to refute what the Lich said. Whether it was the gap in identity or strength, North did not dare to resist and could only act according to what Asri said.
The previous conversation in the quiet room also made North realize that Asri did not make such a decision arbitrarily. She was willing to tell the truth about the history of the Dia royal family, and naturally hoped that she could live longer. , will not let himself die easily.
Obviously, the choice Asri made had her own thoughts. Although North didn't understand why, she could only act according to the lich's words.
There was a little panic in his heart. In order to prevent this from being seen by other creatures, North could only completely lower his face and face the other creatures in the field with a gloomy expression, just like the most common vigilance in the necromancer. .
Seeing North's expression in his eyes, all the creatures in the field naturally had different thoughts in their hearts.
By sensing the death energy in North, other creatures in the field really couldn't tell what was so special about the holder of the artifact that Asri mentioned.
"I don't believe he is the holder of the artifact unless he can show the power of the artifact in front of me."
The person who said these words was not Kesri on the throne, but the human man beside him.
From Kesri's eyes, the human man got this indication and understood what the king meant. He immediately raised his doubts to Asri.
Just after Asri announced North's identity, the human man said such words, which was undoubtedly a deep offense to Asri, just like questioning the authority of the lich. If other lichs raised questions, Maybe it's nothing, but it's a big disrespect to be raised by Dia's Necromancer at this time.
Perhaps because of understanding this, Kesery did not dare to inquire in person and could only let his subordinates speak these words on his behalf.
Sensing the offense in the human man's words, Asri said coldly.
"I'm talking to the King of Dia, who else should I interrupt?"
A chill spread in the palace, and even North on the side could feel it deeply. Along with the rapid concentration of death energy, Asri's voice slowly came out.
"Punishment."
As he spoke, Asri raised his hand, and a black mist composed of death energy instantly enveloped the questioning man in front of him.
A painful roar came from the black mist. Perhaps out of consideration for the fact that he was in the palace, his deliberately lowered tone could not alleviate the heartbreaking feeling at all. Just by hearing the roar, other creatures in the field could feel the pain the man was suffering.
The black mist lasted for a while, and when the man in it could barely scream, Asri waved his hand again to cancel the spell.
As the black mist dissipated, the man's figure reappeared in the eyes of all the creatures present.
After being enveloped by the black mist, the originally sturdy man was covered with traces of death energy erosion. There was not a single intact spot on his body, and the large festering marks turned his skin into It was grey-brown, and the overall look was like a half-rotted corpse that had been forcibly transformed into a walking corpse. There was no look on the face that a living creature should have.
Seeing the miserable condition of the man at this time, North was suddenly shocked. He never expected that Asri, who had been so kind to him and answered his questions many times along the way, would actually get angry because of a single offensive word. Give this kind of punishment to the man just now.
After seeing the miserable condition of this man with his own eyes, North seemed to begin to understand where the reputation of the lich among Dia came from.
Recalling the scene he saw in the Lich Gathering, in North's memory, Rhodes at that time was not so polite to the Lich in his words. Instead, he was not punished by the Lich at all. This made North feel sorry for him. Rod had a new understanding.
After the black mist was dispersed, Asri's words came out again: "I did not deprive you of your life force, I just destroyed the original structure of your body and allowed it to be eroded by the energy of death. The pain you endured also came from This is considered punishment for your offense."
Looking at the man who had been eroded by the energy of death and saying these words, Asri's expression did not change at all, as if he had just done a trivial thing.
"After offending the lich, you can still have a life left without any loss of vitality. This is already a gift from the lich to you. Strong, why don't you get up quickly and thank the lich for giving you this painting? appearance."
Kesery's words rang out in the audience, and for some reason, North felt that he could feel a surge of anger from them.
Strong, who was half-kneeling on the ground and supporting his body, did not reply. It seemed that the previous erosion of death energy had taken away a lot of his energy.
Hearing Kesery's words, Asri turned his head proactively and looked at King Diya.
