Chapter 690

It took Raistlin half a minute to digest this astonishing secret, and asked curiously, "Master, how did Duke Redstone betray you?"

"betray?"

Ogulev shook his head and said lightly, "He didn't betray me."

"Huh?" Raistlin froze.

"Kelstone grew up like a normal person, entered Nether to become a wizard, and stepped up to the pinnacle of the extraordinary road step by step. From the beginning to the end, he didn't realize that he was created by others, and the magic in his mind Knowledge seemed to him an innate gift, and he didn't notice my interference until the day he lost control."

Ogulev explained calmly: "Since he doesn't know about my existence, how can he talk about betrayal?"

Raistlin vaguely understood, so he changed the question: "How did Duke Redstone lose control?"

"The problem is spiritual."

Ogulev was a little emotional, "Success is the soul, and failure is the soul."

He said slowly: "I let a copy body with relatively mediocre strength and reputation, and only a part of my memory, introduce Kelstone to Nether Floating Void City, accept him as a student, and guide him on the road to mastering spiritual spells. The way of creating psykers, I want to use his hands to develop the specialization of psykers in Nether."

Halfway through, Raistlin remembered Kelstone's teacher.

The legendary wizard is called "Eraun", and he has never reached the middle level of legend in his whole life, so he is unknown. The only reason Elaune can be remembered in history is that he discovered the Duke of Redstone and brought him to the floating city of Nether.

Unexpectedly, Elaine is also a copy of Master Ogulev!

In this way, Duke Redstone is actually a student of Master Ogulevi.

Raistlin sincerely admired:

"It turns out that the master is the founder of the psykers!"

"You can't say that." Ogulev did not accept his compliment, "I just gave Kelstone a head start and brought him into this door. Most of the research work on creating psykers is still done by him alone. If it is done, the credit also belongs to him.”

Raistlin nodded slightly. If Elaune participated too much in creating psykers, far exceeding his strength and level, Duke Redstone would be suspicious.

According to Nether Floating City records, Elaun died in an outing adventure.

There must be something wrong here.

"Master, how did Elaune die?"

Ogulev snorted a sneer, "Of course he was killed by Kelstone."

"He found out?" Raistlin was surprised.

With the prudence of Master Ogulevi, the Duke of Redstone was able to detect the clues and even killed the teacher. The Duke of Redstone was still very young at that time, how did he do it?

"When Kelstone was promoted to Legendary, his telepathic supersensitivity advanced into omnipotence, which was a legendary element that no one had ever obtained at that time, and I didn't know that omniscience could distinguish good from evil lies, and even see through people's hearts. Ogulev shook his head and said, "I didn't understand its effect until a long time later, when I also possessed Vientiane."

Raistlin understood immediately.

The Duke of Redstone used his mental power to realize that his teacher was not as simple as it appeared on the surface. Even if he couldn't read Elaine's thinking, he could still find that the teacher had bad intentions for him.

So he started to kill his teacher, pretending to be an accidental death during the adventure.

It really is ruthless!

Raistlin glanced at Oglevi. Elaune's exposure could only be described as an accident. It takes three to four telekinesis to advance to anima, and Master Ogulev did not expect that anima has such a powerful ability.

With the strength of Master Ogulev, it is not difficult to integrate several spiritual super senses.

However, the supernatural element can only be advanced when the soul changes. Ogulev's wizard level was very high back then, at least level 35 or above, and it was difficult to wait for the opportunity to change the soul.

That's why the Duke of Redstone took the lead and became the first wizard to master the omnipotence of the mind!

A small oversight turned into a big mistake.

"Master, why didn't you take action to eliminate him then?"

"Kelstone just discovered that there was something wrong with his teacher, and he didn't notice my existence, and the memory I sealed in his brain has not been released." Ogulev sighed: "He is very alert, and he will leave soon. Traveling as an excuse, rarely return to Nether, and avoid contact with the upper strata of Nether."

Even if he was an enemy, Raistlin had to admire the wisdom of the Duke of Redstone. It was his best choice to stay away from the floating city of Nether. It could not only cut off possible sources of danger, but also accumulate his own strength.

One word: dog!

"At that time, my main energy was on studying the mastermind of the illithid, and I let Kelstone go my own way." Ogulev said with a helpless expression on his face, "But I didn't expect that he got the will of truth from somewhere, so that My plan failed completely."

"The will to truth!"

Raistlin suddenly realized that this was an unexpected but reasonable result.

He also possesses the will to truth, and he is very clear about the role of this legendary element. He can be immune to attacks on the mind and remove all negative effects on the mind and soul.

The Will of Truth can even lift the Blood Soul Curse, not to mention mere memory blockade and mind control.

The moment Duke Redstone obtained the will to truth, all the memories and traps that Ogulevi left in his mind disappeared.

If it was an accident that the Duke of Redstone discovered the teacher's anomaly, then it was a coincidence that he got the will to truth.

After so many years, Master Ogulevi has still not been able to grasp the will to truth.

Unfortunately, the Duke of Redstone got it!

The arrangement of fate is sometimes really unpredictable, and it is also full of irony.

However, the Duke of Redstone released the memory and spells in his brain with the will of truth, so he can only master the magic knowledge that has been unsealed. Behind the scenes planning.

Therefore, Master Ogulev said that Duke Redstone did not betray him.

Indeed.

In the eyes of the Duke of Redstone, everything he owns depends on talent and hard work, so what does he have to do with others?

There was silence in the room for a while, and Ogulev continued: "It wasn't until Kelstone was promoted to the Holy Soul Sorcerer that I realized that he had already released the control and became a completely free will, which has nothing to do with me."

"Master, why didn't you make a move..." Raistlin gestured to wipe his neck.

"The matter is a foregone conclusion, there is no point in killing him."

Ogulev smiled, "Anyway, Kelstone doesn't know what I've done, so there's no harm in keeping him. Moreover, he entered the Supreme Council and became a member of the Nether faction, and he supported me very much. For the sake of the overall situation, the Empire We also need more holy soul wizards."

Raistlin didn't take it seriously, "He should have noticed."

"So what?" Ogulev said indifferently, "Give him ten more guts, and he wouldn't dare to think about me."

This is the absolute confidence brought by absolute strength.

Raistlin sighed.

Indeed, when Master Ogulevi was still there, even though he was a lich and hadn't shown his real body in public for hundreds of years, the Duke of Redstone had always kept himself safe in the Supreme Council, only daring to be domineering in front of people below the Holy Spirit .

Until the lich was killed, Duke Redstone's suppressed nature for many years was released immediately.

Even the Duke of Redstone didn't know this secret, but Master Ogulev told himself, obviously there was another purpose.

Because of the omnipotence of the mind, Raistlin knew that his emotional changes were all under the control of Ogulev, and it was useless to hide them.

So he asked directly: "Master, why did you tell me this?"

"The formation of a person's personality has both innate factors and acquired influences." Ogulevi said: "Although Kelstone was created by me, his body and soul are all made by me. But his personality is far from mine. Especially in these years, he has not stopped secretly investigating me, and in recent months, he has completely exposed his infinite ambitions."

"I don't like everything he does."

"The empire needs someone who can check and balance him, and you are the most suitable candidate."

Raistlin nodded back, "I'll do my best."

He could guess the mentality of Master Ogulev.

Even for those who are indifferent to power, it is absolutely intolerable to find that someone has been coveting their own empire, taking charge of their own floating city, taking over their own faction, inheriting their own ideas, and taking away their own wealth for many years!

This is like the relationship between the emperor and the prince.

Even though the crown prince has been designated as the successor, but the old emperor is not yet dead, the crown prince is impatient to ascend to the throne. When he is found to be secretly engaged in various tricks, the old emperor may directly depose the crown prince in a fit of rage. Even sentenced to death for treason.

But the old emperor was afraid of making a big fuss and losing the world to his family, so he could only show kindness and majesty.

Therefore, Master Ogulev just allowed himself to "check and balance" Duke Redstone instead of killing him. After all, the Duke of Redstone is the best heir. In a sense, he is the "Prince" of Master Ogulev, and his blood relationship is closer than that of father and son!

Raistlin's statement made Ogulev very satisfied.

"I quickly gave up the failed copy of Kelstone back then, and there were other reasons." Ogulev said: "In those years, I had new results in my research on the mastermind of the illithid, and I thought of a better one. This method can completely solve the problem of soul aging.”

"Has something to do with the lich?" Raistlin thought, finally getting to the point.

"That's right!"

Ogulev nodded, feeling a little excited: "Actually, I thought about the Lich Ceremony before I invented the longevity technique, but I was not sure that the soul would not be polluted, so I had to give up this path. One ability, let me see a turning point."

Raistlin lifted his spirits.

He traveled all the way to Elaineto for the mastermind's demon soul, and now it's finally revealed.

"The mastermind has an ability, which is called the 'mind of the mastermind' in the language of the illithids, but I think it is more appropriate to call it the 'heart of the mastermind'."

Ogulev raised his finger and pointed to his brain, "It allows the master brain to 'germinate and reproduce' like a plant, and use brain tissue as a material to create a split brain, which contains the master brain's 'soul', which can be entrusted to the In terms of magic items, let the illithids carry them with them when they are far away from the city, and contact the mastermind at any time to get help from the mastermind."

"The sub-brain has a sense of mind and can think independently, and the main brain has absolute control over the sub-brain, not limited by distance and plane."

Raistlin's eyes lit up, which was exactly what he needed!

He finally understood why his future self guided him to the Underdark region to obtain the demon soul of the master brain of the illithid in the prophecy.

Unsurprisingly, when Ren merged with the main brain demon soul and used the main brain's heart to create a split brain, the mutated mobile phone would also be loaded into the split brain simultaneously.

He can't rub out chips with his bare hands, but he can achieve the same goal through this element.

A split brain is a chip!

Ogulev stopped to introduce the mastermind's heart, looked at Raistlin, and said, "My heart can sense that you are very excited now."

"Yes." Raistlin did not hide, "The mastermind's demon soul can solve my problem."

"Hehe...it also solved my problem."

Ogleway smiled, and Raistlin caught his words instantly.

For him, the heart of the mastermind is to make chips, and for Master Ogulev, it is no less important than a chip. He can create a split brain and combine it with a replica, which perfectly solves the problem of the betrayal of the replica!

Raistlin had a flash of inspiration.

He couldn't help but shouted loudly: "Master, you created a split brain to control a duplicate body, and asked him to perform a lich transformation ceremony!"

"You reacted quickly, but one detail was missing."

Ogulev nodded with a smile, "This split brain has been transformed by me, weaving his memory, deleting key memories, making him think he is the real me, and cutting off the synchronization of thinking with the main brain, which I can't control He can only sense him, but he can't sense me either."

"When he performs the transformation ceremony, all the transformation process of the soul is under my control."

"Thus, I also got the secret of the Lich Ceremony."

"After that, I spent more than 150 years cracking the transformation ceremony and improving it. I can transform into a lich without sacrificing my soul to him, and I no longer have to worry about the aging of my soul. I can obtain a lifespan that is almost immortal, and can Maintain free will and not become his minion."

Ren was dumbfounded.

Undead creatures are bound to become slaves to the Lord of the Dead, and so are liches.

In the history of the world of Arrenus, countless geniuses took reckless risks and transformed themselves into liches in order to prolong their lives, but none of them could escape the fate of becoming a minion of the Lord of the Dead, without exception.

Master Ogulevi was the first!

One of the four evil gods of the abyss, the lord of the dead, this ancient god has endless divine power. He is more than one level stronger than the gods of Ellenus. Even the gods are in awe of his power and cannot crack his power. The slavery and control of the undead.

However, Master Ogulev, as a mortal, has done things that even the gods can't do!

At the moment, Raistlin had only one feeling.

Master Ogulev is indeed the most powerful wizard in history!

Not only powerful, but also great.

It is with such shocking abilities and wisdom that astonishes the past and the present, Master Ogulev can steal the secrets of the Lich under the eyes of the Lord of the Dead.

What a feat to surpass gods with mortal wisdom!

"Master..." Raistlin admired him sincerely.

With a rather smug expression on Ogulewei's face, he continued: "Not long after that, I also transformed myself into a lich, and became what I am now. Unfortunately, the clone I left in the empire, in the After more than two hundred and seventy years of struggling against the pollution of the soul, he is still completely depraved."

Persisting for more than two hundred and seventy years before falling, it can be seen that Master Ogulev's will is strong, even if it is just a clone.

Raistlin remembered that the Duke of Redstone had said that Oglevi had performed the Lich Transformation Ceremony around 2221 in the new calendar.

Calculating the time, that clone really became an evil lich more than sixty years ago.

This coincides with what the Duke of Redstone said when he accidentally discovered that Ogulevi had fallen. Such a coincidental situation is obviously a deliberate leak by Master Ogulevi himself.

"Master, it was you who told Duke Redstone about the lich?" Raistlin asked.

"Of course this is my arrangement." Ogulev felt a little bit emotional, "A fallen lich is too destructive to the empire. I can't just watch the empire perish. It's not convenient for me to come forward. I can only let Kai Stone to stop it."

"So that's it." Raistlin suddenly realized that everything had an explanation.

No wonder Duke Redstone found the phylactery so well.

When he learned that the lich had fallen, he didn't act immediately. He thought about himself and made a lot of preparations secretly. He only waited for the lich to take over the inheritance of Master Oglevi, but he didn't know that this angered the secret Master Ogulev who observes everything.

As for why Master Oglevi couldn't make a move himself, Raistlin also guessed.

One is that his current image is too terrifying.

The second is that if it is known that he has stolen the secret of the Lich Transformation Ceremony, spread it out, and reports it to the Necromancer after being informed by the Scourge or the Deathknot, then it will be over.

The Lord of the Dead will never allow mortals to steal his authority.

No matter how strong Master Ogulev is, it is impossible to defeat this terrifying evil god of the abyss. I am afraid that there is only one dead end.

Therefore, he could only hide in Elaineto all these years, not daring to go out.

wrong!

Raistlin thought of one more thing. The strength of the lich is definitely not like an ordinary clone. In that battle, the seven holy soul wizards teamed up to successfully kill it. The mastery of the time spell in that hand is enough to prove that it is real. There are forty-one levels!

A name flashed through his mind.

Fertantius!

When Ogulev mentioned this most powerful clone before, he only said that he had been defeated, but did not specifically say that he had been killed. Fertantius was at level 30 when he disappeared, and more than five hundred years later, with the support of Master Ogulev, it is not surprising that he rose to level 40.

Raistlin asked directly, "Master, is that Lich Fertantius?"

"You guessed it."

Ogulev was a little surprised, nodded and said: "After Fertantiles was defeated by me, he has been under my control, re-copying his memory every twenty years, and letting him improve his strength unremittingly, until I used a split brain to enter this copying process. Body, truly become my clone, let him transform into a lich."

"It's really a pity." Raistlin shook his head, even the forty-one wizard clones were willing to give up.

He looked at the ugly mastermind Lich, hesitated for a moment, and finally said: "Master, I have another question."

"go ahead."

"Why do you want to fuse your body with the Mastermind instead of making the 'Mastermind's Heart' into a seal?" Raistlin asked his question.

Ogulev was silent for a few seconds before replying: "The heart of the mastermind is the physical element."

"ah?"

Raistlin was stunned by the simplicity of the answer.

It turned out to be a physical element!

He originally thought that it was related to abilities such as mind and soul, and it was either a secret element or a supernatural element, and he never thought that it was a physical element.

This is really terrible. Among the three elements, only the physical element cannot be made into a seal.

Master Ogulev is a wizard of the Fayin School, and his soul can only be fused with the Fayin. He wanted to get the "Heart of the Mastermind", so he had to directly fuse the entire Illithid Mastermind with himself. Stable flaws.

Raistlin was completely overwhelmed, stood up and said, "You are too great!"

"Ha ha ha ha……"

Ogulev laughed happily, but the eyes of the soul saw a bit of bitterness in his emotions, and the laughter lasted for more than ten seconds before it stopped. He suddenly reached out into the void and grabbed a huge glass jar, which was filled with light blue sea water. A brain with six tentacles was soaked in the water. The tentacles swam and waved from time to time, showing that it was still alive.

Raistlin was slightly startled when he saw the brain in the jar.

It's an illithid mastermind!