From Skeleton Soldiers to King of the Undead

Brave, sage?

Roja looked at the lich and motioned for it to continue.

Lich explained: “The titles Brave and Great Sage are similar, they are titles for the top strong men. The former represents martial arts and the latter represents the field of magic.

"Appearing here should represent different trial contents. I guess that behind the Gate of the Brave are monsters whose strength exceeds ours.

"Behind the Sage's Gate is a test of knowledge and magic. You must have extremely high attainments in the field of magic to pass, but it may be safer."

I don't know anything about magic...

But to fight monsters that are stronger than you, this sounds like a death option.

Roja thought for a moment and said to the Lich:

‘You have lived for hundreds of years. Even if your strength has not improved much, your accumulated magic knowledge should far exceed that of an average mage, right? ’

Although the little human mage who was with the elves just now has far more magic power than the lich, he is estimated to be less than forty years old at most.

Roja didn't believe that the magic level would vary depending on the level of magic power. Could it be that the mage's own knowledge and knowledge would automatically increase with the magic power?

If a mage's knowledge level is only related to the time he spends reading and researching, then a lich who has lived for hundreds of years should far surpass those great magisters in this regard.

Facing his inquiry, the Skeleton Mage nodded and admitted,

"Although my achievements were not high during my lifetime, I have lived for hundreds of years after my death. I still have a little confidence in some magic and alchemy research that does not require super high magic power..."

Then your upper limit must be much higher than challenging monsters?

‘We enter the gate of the wise. ’

Roja and Lich stood in front of the door on the right.

"Rumble..." The heavy door slowly opened and they walked in.

The stone door behind him closed, and the magic stone lamps on the wall lit up, illuminating the huge room like an ancient temple.

In the innermost part of the room is a high circular platform like an altar, with a huge metal doll sitting on it.

The doll is six to seven meters tall when seated, with a golden mask on its face and golden armor on its body. It holds a golden staff in its right hand and is covered with a huge white cloak. There is no trace of a living thing.

Although the whole body is covered with gold armor, it can be seen that the image of this metal doll is a wise man and a mage.

"Buzz——"

With a soft sound of magic vibration, the metal doll's amethyst eyes lit up.

At the same time, the magical aura that suddenly emanated from it far surpassed the level of Elf Al, and it was difficult to estimate what level it had reached.

"Boom! Boom..."

Under Roja's gaze, the puppet stood up like a big Transformer, holding its staff and making a buzzing sound:

"Trialists, prepare to accept the first test of the road to becoming a sage!

"If you pass the test, you will get a gift from the devil, and the punishment for failure will be to cut off one of your hands and feet!"

Cut off hands and feet?

Roja touched his chin. This kind of punishment didn't seem to be anything, right?

After a few seconds of silence, the metal doll continued:

"The first test is: release the magic and leave traces on my body."

After saying that, a layer of magic shield emitting a faint golden light and engraved with dark golden runes appeared around it.

A test of spell power?

Roja signaled the Lich to come forward and try it first.

"This...I'm not sure either..."

The lich seemed to hesitate for a few seconds before he began to chant the spell, and the majestic magic power surged like a sea tide.

In the blink of an eye, a huge red magic circle that looked like it was drawn by magma appeared at the feet of the metal doll, exuding a hot aura!

The metal doll said: "I reluctantly allow you to complete this spell, but how high a temperature can you summon lava?"

It seemed to see through the Lich's spell at a glance, and seemed quite calm.

Tens of seconds later, as the long spell ended,

"boom!"

Red lava like a volcanic eruption spewed out from the metal doll's feet, submerging its figure!

The hot magma filled the ground in the blink of an eye, turning into a red lava lake, and the high-temperature airflow baked the entire room!

There was no place to stand under their feet, so Roja and the Lich had no choice but to float in the air.

This super magic move is comparable to a volcanic eruption. It can easily destroy a strong army fortress and turn thousands of fully armed soldiers into ashes!

"Unqualified!"

However, the next second, as the metal doll shouted,

Several circular black holes suddenly appeared on the floor of the room, and all the surging magma on the ground was quickly sucked in.

Even the solidified rock blocks were not immune. After being broken, they were sucked into the black hole. After just ten seconds, all the magic products disappeared, revealing the intact stone brick floor.

The metal doll's "golden light shield" still exists and has not been burned away by the Lich's spell.

"If it's just this level, you all need to break off an arm or a foot!" The doll made a buzzing sound.

The Lich bowed slightly to Roja and said, "I'm sorry to disappoint you..."

at this time,

"Rumble, rumble..."

The stone door behind him slowly opened again, and it turned out that the elf Al and the villain mage walked in!

Are they here too?

Roja was alert and held the teleportation talisman.

"Oh? So it's here."

Elf Al looked calm and approached step by step with a spear in hand.

He had no surprise or excitement, and his indifferent eyes seemed to be looking at two dead fish that would not resist and could be slaughtered by him with a knife.

Adventurers don't talk to themselves about their prey, so he never said a word to Roja from beginning to end, but his eyes kept expressing the meaning of "I'll kill you now."

at this time,

"Boom!" The metal doll raised the staff in his hand and stabbed the ground hard!

"It is forbidden to fight each other in the place where sages are tested! All challengers who enter this place must be tested..."

It repeated all the rules just now, and finally said: "Those who try to challenge the rules will be completely destroyed in body and soul!"

Following its words, a huge invisible magic power hit the elf on the head!

"Well!"

This made Al's face turn pale instantly, his body shook, and his head lowered involuntarily!

The villain mage hurriedly said to him:

"Are you crazy?! Don't act rashly here! We are here to get treasures, not to die!"

The metal doll said again:

"No matter how many people come to challenge the Sage's Trial, the number of treasures will remain unchanged and will only be given to those who pass the test first! If you want treasures, move faster!"

This sentence made Roja frown in his heart, and the villain mage's face also changed slightly!

He glanced at Roja and the Lich, snorted coldly, and then immediately began to close his eyes and recite the spell quickly with all his concentration.

The frightening fluctuations in magic power were obviously several times more powerful than the Lich's spell just now!