Chapter 182 - The Elemental Lich

"Ho~ So this is what suppressing my Death Knights. I like your Staff." Gyqul didn't seem to be bothered as he looked at his bone palm before clenching it into a fist.

It was as if the undead was trying to measure how powerful this suppression was.

"Do you want it?" Cyril asked as he slowly planned his way to get closer to the Lich. Unfortunately, he can't defeat such a powerful Lich without getting closer to it.

He doesn't have the right Artifact yet to accomplish such a feat.

"Of course, I want it, young man. However, once I killed you and turned you into undead, I might allow you to wield it so you don't have to worry. As long as you have the qualification to become a Lich like me, you can stay together with your precious staff. Aren't I so magnanimous? You wouldn't find any master like me…"

Gyqul said slowly as he reached his hands to Cyril.

"I don't think you can do that…" Cyril replied as he swiftly used his shoes' ability, High Jump…

The Lich gazed at him without any words and waved his staff.

Click! Click!

Two huge Ice Lance appeared in the air before shooting it towards Cyril who is currently preparing another attack above Gyqul.

"Show me what you got!" Gyqul said excitedly after realizing that Cyril is not a simple human at all.

At first, Gyqul simply thought that Cyril is an impressive warrior after defeating those rusty Death Knights. However, after seeing how he uses the Conqueror Staff as it emits powerful energy, he felt curious and wanted to see more of his magic.

As a previous elf who was obsessed with magic, he's extremely curious about things that he hadn't seen before especially if it's magic that he can't use.

Unfortunately, even with the long life span of an elf, he still found his limit and had no choice but to turn himself into a Lich.

Of course, he couldn't accept that he would only use dark magic once he became undead, so he made enough preparation to become an Elemental Lich of legends.

"Magic Seal!"

Cyril finally used one of the most powerful spells included in his Conqueror Staff. From the four abilities that the Rank-S Artifact has, this one has the highest price to pay!

The Conqueror's Domain, Beast-Force Control, Beast Appraisal, and finally the Magic Seal… These skills may not seem that many considering there are only four of them in a Rank-S Artifact.

Some top-tier Rank-A Artifacts even have nine abilities bestowed on them.

However, these four have powerful effects capable of changing a whole battlefield.

Crash!

As soon as Cyril activated the Magic Seal, the Ice Lance that Gyqul formed suddenly shattered before turning into a mist.

"How did you—"

Gyqul was flustered after not realizing how Cyril just canceled his magic with that.

However, that is not important, the young man is already coming at him and he needed to send him away.

Gyqul then raised his hands as he wanted to cast another magic… Unfortunately, he was unable to! This is the time that he realized what Cyril had just done!

Cyril just created a field that stops him from processing his Magic from his core!

Bam!

Cyril finally landed and kicked the Lich on his skull. Since Gyqul is more than two meters tall, Cyril decided to use the high jump to reach the Lich's head.

Well, he's aiming for the crown as he wanted it to be removed from its head. However, Cyril didn't realize that the crown was actually attached to Gyqul's skull!

"You dare?!" Gyqul felt humiliated after being kicked. He was thrown away from that force but it wasn't enough to deal some real damage to him. He's all made up of bones after all and doesn't feel pain from that strike.

Then, Cyril saw the Elemental Crown glowing and was about to summon its Elemental Spirit.

Unfortunately, the Magic Seal is incapable of blocking these Spirits from coming out of the Crown.

After all, the Spirits can be considered living things who are residing inside the crown. There's no magic activation required for them since they are the Element itself so they can come in and out of the crown and it can't be blocked by the Magic Seal.

Cyril is aware of this so he wanted to remove the Crown swiftly but he still failed to do so.

'Tsk… I have no other choice. I can't face the Elemental Spirits with my current Aura Reserves.' Cyril had to change to plan B.

He pulled out 10 Tier 1 Elven Emblems at the same time. These emblems are the ones he received from the researchers in Aeson Company.

There are five Petrification Emblems, three Shockwave Emblems, and two Nature's Blessing Emblems.

These Emblems weren't randomly given to Cyril. However, they are also the easiest Emblems to make according to Lucien, the Elven Language Expert of Aeson Company.

Apparently, although they have amazing effects, the results differ depending on the target. So at the moment, it is difficult for them to tell how strong these items are. This is why they asked some people, including Cyril, to test them in real battles so they can receive accurate reports.

'Take this!'

Cyril then threw the three Shockwave Emblems in an attempt to halt the Elemental Spirits from coming out of the Crown.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Gyqul felt the powerful shockwaves that shook his entire being. The Emblems were activated close to him after all!

Aside from that, these emblems can normally be used multiple times. However, Cyril pushed it to its limit and made it a one-time use Emblem.

"Gaah!"

As expected, the glowing Crown suddenly turned dim after the interruption. If Cyril allowed this Elemental Lich to summon the Elemental Spirits, it would be a game over for them.

After all, he's not with Amaris right now…

'Ugh… I should've focused on freeing the other demons. I'm really going to do that after I survive this.'

Cyril has been planning this for a long time now but whenever he has the time to free the few Sealed Demons in some Artifacts, there would always be something important that would come out and has to delay such matter.

"Hmph!"

Cyril then noticed that the Lich is planning something after taking out a Crystal Ball from his robe.

Because his Magic Seal is still in effect and has a few seconds left, he wasn't worried about it that much but he still decided to treat it as a special Artifact that might find a loophole in his Magic Seal.

With this in mind, he no longer bothered saving his Emblems and used five Petrification Emblems at the same time.

'It's a good thing it barely consumes my aura.' Cyril praised the emblem after using eight of them consecutively.

The Emblems are engraved with Elven Runes. So most of the power coming from were placed by the Runesmith who made them.

"Do you think this will stop me?" Gyqul angrily shouted after noticing that a familiar elf skill started turning his bones into stone!

Then he suddenly noticed that Cyril was covered by a familiar enchantment that can give strength to fight against evil.

"Nature's Blessing! Gah! No wonder! So you're working for the High Elves?! I will not perish here, I'll destroy you!"

Gyqul was angered after noticing the familiar Petrification and Nature's Blessing. He no longer has any doubts that Cyril was sent by the High Elves to deal with him, a disgrace of the Elven Race!

They probably wanted to erase his existence since an Elf who became a Lich is a shame for their race. Well, this is what Gyqul thought as he used his Staff to smash Cyril's head.

Since he can't use his magic temporarily, he would use his brute force!

'I can feel that the magic disruptor used against me couldn't last that long. I can do this! Once I'm free, I'll let him know the wrath of an Elemental Lich King!' Gyqul thought as he used his physical strength to remove the Petrification that is starting to corrode his bones.

He's not too worried about this since even if he was petrified, his core wouldn't suffer in such a weak spell. It is only a matter of time for him to remove all the negative effects applied by Cyril.

However, to his surprise, Cyril suddenly disappeared from his sight. He's expecting Cyril to use this chance to kill him after all.

"Eh?" Gyqul felt something wasn't right.

Soon, he heard the man further away from him.

"So, this is your core, huh?" Cyril asked as he held an item almost similar to a magic stone the size of an adult's fist and closely observed it.

"Y-you… How did you—"

Gyqul was shocked after seeing his core being held by the human.

His core was located inside his rib cage! Aside from that, he was also fully covered by his magic robe! How could Cyril just take the core he has been protecting all these years!