Chapter 256: Impossible to Kill

I didn’t know what would happen by touching the remains of an angel, but still, I reached out my hand and took the item from Mariah. Immediately, it felt as if something had wrapped around me.

Strangely, it wasn’t a bad sensation. It felt as if my muscles had tightened as if they were being strengthened. It felt as if a strange energy was coursing through my body. This single bone felt rich with mana. The mana inside was more dense than the dragon bone; I could sense it.

That meant no matter how hard I tried, it would be impossible for me to break it.

“It seems like this angel bone has the ability to enhance your body by a slight margin. This is typical of angel remains. I once found an ancient feather from one of their wings. It had a property that could heal people. Enhancing and healing seems to be a natural property of their mana,” Mariah explained.

“I see…”

Strangely, that was not what I expected.

“So what do you think?” Mariah asked, looking at me expectedly.

“This certainly feels powerful. But the only way to know if it will work is to try it ourselves. I’ll just have to wait until the opportunity arises.”

With everything now settled, it was time for me to go back home to the others, but before that happened, there was something I needed to know.

“Earlier you said that someone told you about the artifact that could defeat Damian. Who was it that told you?”

The moment I asked, I could sense a subtle change in Mariah’s demeanor. It wasn’t quite as strong as the shock she felt from what she witnessed from Damian, but still… Whatever it was, it caused her to go on guard.

“It was actually the lich. He was the one who told me about Damian’s weakness.”

The lich?

What Mariah said struck me as a bit strange and a bit random. I never thought much of the lich. I knew it was an enemy that I would eventually have to defeat, but still, I saw it as nothing but a mere grunt.

“I’ve done a bit of research on the lich, and I found quite a bit of information. It turns out that the lich is actually the oldest person in this city. I’ve found information about him dating back centuries before this city was even built, before the Djinn, before everything. I scoured through archives of vampires that lived thousands of years ago, and he pops up. It makes sense considering he was immortal and nearly impossible to kill.”

I found Mariah’s words a little strange. Sure, liches are a hassle to kill since you have to destroy the item in which they store their souls, its phylactery, along with its main body.

“I doubt the lich’s phylactery is very far. I’m guessing it might be its staff or some sort of item it keeps on hand,” I said, taking a guess, but Mariah shook her head.

“No, you’re wrong!” she said.

Something about the way she spoke made me feel uneasy.

“This lich is different. He’s more experienced than the others, and the more experienced they are, the trickier they get at hiding their phylactery. I managed to figure out where the lich’s phylactery is, but even then, it’s more or less impossible.”

“Where is it?” I asked.

Mariah stared me dead in the eyes and pointed at her head.

“This lich’s phylactery is actually not a physical item. It’s actually a memory.”

A memory?

“So he made his phylactery take the form of a memory?” I asked. To be honest, that was actually smart of the lich.

“Yes, but not only that, but this memory is sealed away. The only way to permanently kill him is to make him remember the memory, then destroy his main body.”

“That does sound like a difficult task. How would you even get him to remember?” I asked.

“The bright side is that these types of tricks always have a loophole. The loophole in this case is that the seal is temporarily lifted every time you destroy the lich’s main body, causing him to remember the memory,” Mariah explained.

“That’s good…”

“But the lich has seen through this loophole and set a spell to counteract this.”

“What kind of spell?” I asked.

“A reincarnation spell. When you destroy his main body and he remembers the memory, it will trigger his reincarnation spell, causing him to reincarnate.”

I see…

She was right; it was nearly impossible to kill him. First, you need to make him remember the memory before you destroy his main body, but the memory only manifests after you destroy his main body, so this sequence of events alone makes it nearly impossible.

And if you decide to destroy his main body anyway, he had a reincarnation spell set.

Simply put, this guy was immortal. Simply impossible to kill at this point. To be honest, I was honestly a little impressed. This lich had managed to come up with a way to make himself truly immortal.

Just who is this guy?

My interest was piqued. Still, he was on the side of the enemy, so I had to find a way to deal with him. The good thing was that he wasn’t all that powerful. I was confident that I could handle him in combat, but facing an enemy that could resurrect any number of times sounded like a pain.

It reminded me of the immortal snail.

“If it comes down to it, I can keep the lich at bay,” Mariah said, volunteering.

I smiled at her offer and rested my hand on her head.

“Thank you.”

With nothing else that needed to be done, I placed the bone in my pocket and was ready to leave with Mariah and Broly. The three of us exited the auction house.

My plan was to go back to Wolf district while Mariah would head back to her mansion for now. It would work to my advantage if no one knew we were working together.

Just as we stepped foot outside, I heard the sound of galloping, followed by the sound of a horse. I immediately turned my attention to the sky, and what I saw was far beyond what I expected.

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