Merry stood in the center of the magic circle constructed by Aegwynn, leaning on his staff. He looked around the magic circle, "Here, little Aegwynn, we need to add an anti-demon charm here. Well... let's change the type. Use five The thirteenth category in Master Akol’s anti-demon spell book from a hundred and thirty-seven years ago, the kind that is relatively rare, so as not to be completely destroyed by Cassanatir after finding a weakness."
Aegwynn wiped the sweat from his head, "I know, are you a little too careful? I have used seventy-three different anti-demon spells."
Jaina was helping on the side, and was speechless when she heard the words of these two mages - seventy-three types of anti-demon spells were used, as well as other suppression runes, anti-evil runes, and psychic resistance. There were countless enhancement spells and other random spells, most of which Jaina had never even heard of, and she didn't know what era they were from.
In fact, it's no wonder that Merry is so cautious. Cassanatil has been sealed in him for many years. Merry can obtain Cassanatil's knowledge, and Cassanatil can also explore some of Merry's memories.
Merry can be said to be the person who knows Cassanatir best, but Cassanatir is also the devil who knows Merry best. The two of them suppress each other like this. Without external interference, neither one can do anything to the other.
To break this balance, what is needed is not ordinary external force. If Aegwynn and Arthas were not here today, Merry would never dare to agree to expel Cassanatil.
Alsace couldn't interfere with the arrangement of the magic circle. He and Lothar stood aside. If something went wrong later and it got out of control, then they would be responsible for "physically" suppressing the rampaging demon.
"I feel like I have gone too far." Lothar looked at the luxurious magic circle in front of him with some confusion. "I am afraid that even a demon army can be suppressed."
"Indeed," Arthas strongly agreed, "but Merry's situation is special. He can be said to be an undead now, but his soul has demonic characteristics. This is the result of suppressing a Nasrezim for so long. "
"Both an undead and a demon?" Lothar's hand brushed over the hilt of Tianqi's sword. Only after he obtained a suitable weapon would he fall in love with it so much. "I mean, why is this old lich so strange? He already exists. It’s been three thousand years, but I still haven’t taken the last step.”
Merry used special death magic to turn himself into an undead, which gave him almost unlimited life and an immortal body. Even because of his powerful magical strength, the moment he turned into an undead, he had already become an undead. A lich-like existence.
It's a pity that he didn't take the last step - although Kel'Thuzad's floating skeleton appearance is not the only one that can be called a lich, Merry does have the last step to become a special undead like a lich.
And this step is the key. Merry has a body that meets the conditions of a lich, has the knowledge and magic power to transform into a lich, and may even have obtained the final ritual from Cassanatir, but he has not been able to transform. Became the soul of a lich because his soul was contaminated by demons.
The Nathrezim were not demons born in the Twisting Nether, but after spending so many years in the Twisting Nether and the Burning Legion, they have already acquired characteristics that are indistinguishable from demons. Necromantic magic cannot transform demons into undead. They themselves Belongs to another origin.
Arthas asked his lichs and psychics to study Mannoroth's body day and night, and even asked them to summon other types of demons from the Twisting Nether for study, but they could affect other creatures, even the Loa gods. The psychic spell of resurrection could not make the demon move.
The demons who were forcibly resurrected were just empty shells. Their demon souls could not be integrated into the bodies soaked in the power of the dead. Until now, no matter how the researchers of the Scourge Legion improved the spells, they were still unable to complete this final step. The demons Undead is still a half-finished product, not even as good as an abomination.
At least the abomination still has its own soul and mind. Although it is simple and chaotic, it can still act on its own and accept instructions. However, the devil can only be made into a remotely controlled puppet. Once the connection is cut off, it will stop functioning.
Arthas' control over the power of death has reached a certain level. He can see further than ordinary psychics. Demon souls are born in the twisted void, which is different from the real plane. Maybe there is a demon soul hidden there. Why can't it? The reason why he was resurrected by necromantic magic has not been found yet.
Merry was also restricted by Cassanatir and could not be transformed into a real lich, but maybe this mage never thought about transforming into that kind of undead creature. After all, in the eyes of most mages in Azeroth, Necromancy is very deviant.
"Are you ready, Merry? The capacity of the integrated magic circle has reached its limit. Adding new accessories will cause the magic circle to become unbalanced." Aegwin looked at Merry, waiting for the signal to start the ceremony.
"Actually, I have nothing to prepare," a slightly horrifying smile appeared on Merry's dry face, "One last thing, if Cassanatil takes over my body, then don't worry about me and just annihilate it. Drop it…and get started.”
Aegwynn nodded and turned to look at Jaina, "Use magic to connect the magic circle and force Cassanatil out."
Jaina and Aegwynn injected huge amounts of magic power into the arcane circle at the same time. The brilliant blue-purple light lit up the runes one by one. They were filled with magic power, and the instantly formed runes were also pressed against Merry's body. All around.
The old lich was groaning, and his body was hunched over while leaning on his staff. He was in too deep contact with Cassanatir's demon soul, and those anti-demon spells would also affect him.
Jaina saw Merry's expression and said to Aegwynn with some uncertainty, "Master Merry doesn't look good, do you want to continue?"
"Continue, the ceremony has begun and there is no chance to turn back. Stopping now will only weaken Merry and give Cassanatil an opportunity to take advantage of it." Aegwynn has seen far more strong winds and waves than Jaina, although she is also worried Merry's safety is in danger, but this must be done, otherwise a person possessed by a demon will not be able to hand over the inheritance of the Council of Tirisfal to Jaina.
"It's our turn." Arthas also noticed that Merry was in poor condition. It seemed that Cassanatil had eroded Merry deeper than he thought. "Keep Merry's undead body stable, and the evil power will become stronger." But death.”
Lothar took a deep breath, carried Apocalypse on his back, and began to absorb the cold power of death around him. He was actually a little uneasy in his heart. Although he had become a dark knight, his mastery of magic skills was not very proficient, and it was easy to operate. He seemed cautious, afraid of disturbing Jaina and Aegwynn's ceremony.
Fortunately, what he had to do was not difficult, and the injection of death power had not reached the level of affecting the stability of the ritual. On the contrary, Merry's condition improved a lot, and the painful look gradually disappeared from his face. Undead has also become more stable.
Arthas was not idle either. He carved runes of condensed holy light in the surrounding void, completely blocking Cassanatil's channel to communicate with the twisted void to obtain evil energy and shadow power. Frostmourne was also under his control. It flew out with a thought and stopped right above Meili's head.
"Damn mortals! Don't even think about succeeding!"
A dark shadow suddenly burst out from the middle of Merry's back, it was the soul of the fear lord Cassanatil!
