This Lich Requests More Remuneration
Chapter 549 - 490: The Bonds Between Arch-Enemies_2

Chapter 549: Chapter 490: The Bonds Between Arch-Enemies_2

"Imagine a strongman trying to move a rock. Indeed, this strongman has immense strength, but his speed in moving a one-kilogram dumbbell compared to a hundred-ton boulder can’t be the same, and the energy expended is different as well,"

This is completely different from Amberser’s destiny weaving.

Destiny weaving is like pushing dominoes; even if the last domino weighs a thousand tons and the first one only a hundred grams, as long as the process is sufficiently lengthy, the initial effort Amberser uses is the same.

Weaving the fate of stumbling while walking compared to death, for Amberser, requires the same energy expenditure. The only difference is the time it takes to take effect. The former occurs immediately; the latter needs to brew, perhaps for a year, a decade, or even a century, depending on the individual targeted.

The power of the Time Dragon is instantaneous, so you must use the corresponding energy immediately, or else there won’t be any effect.

Naomi was in such an awkward state, mentally preparing first, then immediately using the corresponding power to "resist" when attacked.

But what Arthur Laine faced with the Magic Dragon Tyrant was much more advanced than Naomi. It disrupted the attacker’s rhythm, causing the attacker to "miss". Not only did this save energy, but it also gave the enemy a sense of temporal and spatial disorientation. Repeat it a few times, and the enemy’s "feel" would completely disappear.

Hearing Arthur Laine say this, Amberser felt a chill in his bones; the Magic Dragon Tyrant was simply too outrageous.

On the battlefield, even the bravest warrior would feel uncomfortable in every move if they lose their "feel," completely unable to harness their proper combat power.

It’s the same for spellcasters. If they miss every time, they should start questioning whether their timing calculations are off. Those with a slightly worse mentality could even mess up their incantations.

"How did you guys defeat this dragon back then?" Amberser couldn’t help but ask.

Arthur Laine said helplessly, "I don’t know. I was sealed back then."

Amberser was also helpless. During the final battle, the Dragon Race and various heroes were defeated by Arthur Laine; in the end, Arthur Laine, not wishing for more senseless sacrifices, chose to duel the Magic Dragon.

No one knew the details of this process, not even the Old Elf King, who had only heard parts of the story. Everyone knew Arthur Laine had won, but no one knew how exactly he had defeated the Magic Dragon. It seems that at the time, Arthur Laine was already under the influence of the Dragon Blood Curse, unconsciously concealing the Magic Dragon’s weaknesses.

However difficult, it still needed to be resolved.

Amberser was not the type to give up easily; he directly modified the parameters of the Connected Dream Realm, significantly enhancing Naomi’s power of time.

Naomi was still young, not yet adept at manipulating the power of time, unable to automatically sense all hostility to counteract, but that didn’t matter, the dream realm could help her achieve that.

After one round of operations, Naomi rose into the sky again, this time without any ripple-like time fluctuations around her body.

Amberser tried throwing three Fireball Techniques at her. The fireballs, which should have formed a straight line, eerily diverted their path, as if there was a glitch the moment Amberser waved his hand, and then the three fireballs flew into the empty sky, completely missing Naomi.

Not giving up, Amberser continued adjusting his way of casting, but no matter how hard he tried, all his targeted spells failed to affect Naomi in any way, only those that directly covered an extremely large area possibly hitting her.

Just then, Arthur Laine added, "Not only that, even with Revenge Storm, this kind of super-large area spell, the Magic Dragon can sense it in advance and then leap to the end of the spell’s duration."

With Amberser’s permission, Arthur Laine set the data for Naomi, and when Naomi rose again, Amberser and Katherine attacked with all their might.

But whether it was a torrential downpour of arrows or various spells enhanced by the Golden Throne used by Amberser, none could touch even a part of Naomi’s scales after half a day.

Meanwhile, Naomi cried out in the sky, "This is amazing, I feel like a deity."

This time even Katherine was shocked, "If the Magic Dragon Tyrant really possesses such power, who among us could possibly stand against him?"

Currently, Naomi was only getting hit without counterattacking, but if Naomi took the time to counterattack, a single breath could age Katherine or even turn her directly to bones.

This was not an exaggeration at all. Although Katherine had many divine artifacts, none could withstand the influence of the power of time.

This power was in the same league as Amberser’s destiny weaving, and mortals could hardly exempt themselves from it.

Amberser stroked his chin and said to Arthur Laine, "How did you initially fight with such a Magic Dragon? You’ve faced him more than once, haven’t you? Was there no attack that could affect him?"

"Of course, there was, the power of Holy Light. How else could I have won? As long as you perfect the Holy Slash, the Holy Light released is unaffected by the Power of Time. Just like this!"

Arthur Laine drew his long sword towards Naomi in the sky, with a swing that seemed quite ordinary.

The sword light, thin as the dawn, shot out... perhaps it’s not right to say it shot out, rather, the light was already there, and Arthur Laine’s act of drawing his sword just illuminated the dawn.

This frail light fell upon Naomi, as if draping her in a thin veil.

It was beautiful but caused no harm.

Arthur Laine was merely demonstrating how to break through the influence of the Power of Time, so he didn’t imbue the sword light with any damage.

Amberser watched in amazement, muttering to himself, "So the absolute speed of light is unaffected, is it that scientific?"

Amberser had studied general engineering, and didn’t know much beyond basic physics; things like relativity were only vaguely known to him. He just mentioned it offhand, not really understanding the principle.

But this may be why Arthur Laine could become a rebel leader.

No one could match the purity of Arthur Laine’s Holy Light, which was the only way to harm the Magic Dragon.

No wonder Arthur Laine ended up facing the Magic Dragon alone in a duel, as others, no matter how many, would end up the same, with all their attacks failing to affect the Magic Dragon, only serving as cannon fodder to deplete the Magic Dragon’s strength.

Arthur Laine did not want to achieve victory by stepping over the corpses of his comrades, so he chose to confront the Magic Dragon himself.

"Arthur..." Amberser patted the Holy King’s shoulder, but didn’t know what else to say; any additional praise seemed pale in comparison.

Arthur Laine was left puzzled by Amberser’s sudden emotion; this Lich usually wasn’t so sentimental.

"Master Ultraman, my advice is, leave the Magic Dragon to me," he said.

It was the same a thousand years ago, and a thousand years later, it seemed no different.

That Magic Dragon, only he could handle him, it was the destiny Arthur Laine was fated to meet, a continuation of that ancient war.

And another time, Arthur Laine felt he could win again.

Amberser thought differently. Putting all your eggs in one basket, that was what you did when you were forced by poverty, but now, already as wealthy as a nation and on good terms with many Deities, after coming this far, was he still to pin all hopes on Arthur Laine alone?

Did he truly believe in such bonds between archenemies?

What if he lost?

It’s not that he doubted the greatness of this Holy King, but Amberser never liked to gamble on probabilities.

As a Diviner Mage, he knew all too well that waiting for favor from destiny was the height of folly.

The Goddess of Fate didn’t favor those who lay low; the more you lay low, the worse the outcome, such was the lesson Amberser had learned from experience.

So, what could possibly be done about the Time Dragon’s unreasonable Power of Time?

Could it be that only a Deity could break through the limits?