At that moment, a blue-robed human skeletal figure sat meditatively and floated a few inches above the red-carpeted floor. There was also some black chain pierced into that skeleton's chest area, appearing to be restricted its movements. Upon seeing this strange scene, Abium got startled inside.
After a short breath, he turned his gaze toward the Red Phoenix statue and soon noticed a unique droplet of red liquid in the foot area. The red droplet appeared sealed in a hexagonal fist-sized glass and gave off a mystical power to the whole room.
'That strange fire-elemental power I sensed earlier was actually from this droplet!'
Even Abium was captivated for a second and soon noticed the blue-robed skeletal figure looking at the Red droplet while showing its back to him.
'Did he die while staring at it?'
Abium muttered inwardly and soon tensed up.
'Wait! Why did I act so carelessly?' Without delay, he took a step forward and got ready to cast the [Fireball] spell at the blue-robed skeleton at any second.
But a few seconds later, he noticed that the blue-robed skeleton was not showing any reaction and stopped his action.
After that, he lowered his gaze and looked at the skeletal figure's right side.
But the next moment, his body stiffened up!
What he saw was not a skeletal figure but a human body! After entering this Fex's dimension, Abium thought there were no humans in this dimension, but this sixty-year-old-looking human in front of him proved that he was wrong!
'Alas, he is still dead.'
He could feel the human was completely covered in some crystal and seemed locked inside a large crystal. He had dark blue hair, azure eyes, fair skin, an oval face, pointy ears, and thin eyebrows. He wore a golden silk robe and appeared more like royalty. Suddenly, Abium noticed something odd when he looked at his ears and soon widened his eyes in shock!
He soon noticed that guy was not a human but an elf!
'Dark blue hair and azure eyes... A sky elf? Hmm? His face looks familiar.' He raised his eyebrows. He tried to recall his face but couldn't pinpoint where he had met this guy before.
"You are not Rilos! How did you find this Fire Temple?" Suddenly, a cold creaky voice broke his thoughts and sent a shiver down his spine!
Abruptly, Abium retracted his gaze from the sky elf and shifted his eyes towards the floating blue-robed skeleton while gripping his sword hilt tighter. Only then did Abium notice the blue-robed skeleton was already standing on the floor, and its bony skull was staring in his direction. Its two blue soul fires were burning fiercely and appeared to be analyzing him at that moment.
"Who are you?" Abium asked while unsheathing his short sword from the scabbed.
"I should be the one asking that question, elf. Tell me, what are you doing here?" The blue-robed skeleton asked with a cold voice.
An uneasy feeling appeared in his heart!
Hiding his fear, Abium instantly activated his spiritual scan function and answered calmly.
"I came along with a few necromancers. But due to some reasons, I got separated from them."
"No...No...You are not supposed to come here...Wait...You are a seer?! Now that explains everything. At the end of this eon, truth, light, and justice will break apart while death and chaos will seep into our hearts like plagues. But seers will only watch the chaos plundering every soul and do nothing." The blue-robed skeleton's words caused him baffled a bit.
'Seer? How did he find out?' Abium frowned deeply and fell into deep thoughts.
'He is not in a normal state, lad.' As Azolla spoke, a blue screen appeared in front of his eyes.
...
[Name: ????
Age: ????
Race: Undead
Health Condition: Twisted
Class: Demi-Lich (Sealed)
Affiliation: Lawful Neutral
Divinity: None
Attributes
Strength: 0.5(19)
Agility: 0.6(19.2)
Vitality: 2.0(18.9)
Mana: 200 (?????)
Spirit: 100 (?????)
Skills: ?????, ?????.
Death spells: ?????, ?????, ?????, ?????, ??????, ??????.
Divine spells: ?????, ?????, ??????.]
'What the hell is wrong with those broken attributes? Also, why are there question marks instead of names? Moreover, he is a Demi-Lich? Can we talk to him?' Abium broke into a cold sweat and asked worriedly.
'No. Although this Demi-Lich's phylactery is missing, he can still be able to use artifacts. Destroy his body quickly; otherwise, he might use some strange method to enslave you and kill you. Kid, don't even think about talking with this Demi-Lich. His simple words could form into some curse if you keep answering his questions. As for those question marks, I couldn't be able to get any information about his spells due to the absence of his phylactery.' Azolla said hurriedly.
As he heard her words, Abium didn't dare to delay any longer and sprinted towards the Demi-Lich. He remembered the Creepers' forest incident and got more serious. In a split second, he arrived before Demi Lich but stopped himself from attacking. At that moment, a minute needle-like bone flew from that Demi-Lich's mouth and directly moved toward his forehead like a bullet.
'Blink!'
Abium instantly cast a blink spell and appeared behind the Demi Lich while evading the bone needle.
To his surprise, he noticed that the bone needle had already changed its direction, flying towards his head.
'Kid, use your Fireball quickly.' Azolla also scanned the Needle and said while sending information about the bone needle.
[Myth Needle-
This Needle is a Nature artifact. It was born from an undead Dragon's core and can nullify magic spells up to the third tier. It even has a high petrifying ability. Only third-tier mages or Demi-liches, who have enough soul strength, could use this artifact freely. If someone from below tier uses this artifact, they will have their soul damaged permanently.]
After he skimmed through the information, Abium cast the blink spell again and reappeared three-meter away from that Demi Lich's right side. Following that, he conjured a half-meter radius scorching Fireball and threw it towards the Myth Needle. The Fireball flew rapidly and directly collided with the Needle tip.
But the Myth Needle directly tore through the Fireball and completely erased it. Following that, it moved toward his direction at an impossible speed!
The Myth Needle's speed was too fast, which made him impossible to dodge. Quickly Abium tapped his academic ring and activated the first-tier defensive spell.
A thin transparent layer surrounded his body the next instant!
But he didn't stop there. He again tapped his Miracle Star bracelet and cast the misfortune curse spell on the Demi-Lich.
Simultaneously, he felt danger sensation from the Myth Needle, which moved toward his head at an impossible speed and got restless inside.
Abium knew that if he cast the [Blink] spell now, he could easily escape this upcoming attack. But he knew the same thing would happen during the next attack and began to make a plan.
He calmly stood there as the Myth Needle pierced through the first-tier 'Wind-Shield' spell and probed the strange link to the mysterious fountain. He felt a pulling sensation from the other side. But he resisted with all his might and borrowed the power from the mysterious fountain through the link.
Instantly, Abium felt the Myth needle's moving speed slowed down!
It was the Divine spell, Quick-Thinking Spell!
Although Abium couldn't move his body speedily, he noticed that he could analyze everything at a miraculous speed!
'I can maintain this ability for only five more seconds. I have to find a way to defeat this Demi-Lich quickly.' He made a quick decision and cast a blink spell once again. Meanwhile, the Myth Needle had almost reached his forehead.
Almost!
Before the Myth Needle could pierce through his head, Abium's figure disappeared from there and reappeared on the left-side corner of the altar room.