"Um..." Seeing that the atmosphere was a little solid, Drizzt spoke in time, breaking the terrible silence, "That guy over there doesn't seem to be completely dead?"

Hearing what Drizzt said, several people raised their heads, ignoring the mess on the ground, and looked at Karsus, who was pushed far away by the dark magic ball and plowed a furrow on the ground.

Karsus' body has disappeared - whether it is his previous robe, the staff in his hand or the code on his waist.

At this moment, where Karsus fell, a shallow ghost that seemed to be ready to dissipate at any time was standing there, as if it had not yet woken up from the fact that it had been killed.

"He seems... stupid?" Drizzt raised his eyebrows strangely when he saw this scene, "That shouldn't be the case, such a scary guy..."

"This is because Miss Syndra is more powerful." As Drizzt spoke, Senna also woke up from her stupor, "If I'm not mistaken, that guy should be a lich."

"Lich?"

"Yes, a guy who gave up his body and truly embraced death - considering that he always brings a group of undead and calls them his own choir, now I have reason to suspect that he is the one called death

The caroler guy.”

"Death chanter?"

"That's right." Looking at Syndra who killed the person with one move but still didn't know the origin of the person, Senna sighed helplessly, "Although he can be reborn in the black mist, before he fully recovers,

I think he probably won’t show up.”

"That's it." Syndra nodded in understanding, "So, this crisis has been resolved?"

Lucian and Senna looked at each other, then nodded simultaneously.

"certainly."

……………………

Among the many undead ghosts in the Shadow Isles, Karthus is actually one of the more famous. Although Syndra had never heard of his name, she realized who Lucian she had just met belatedly.

In my eyes, things were really dramatic.

You know, Karsus is not the kind of mindless guy from the Shadow Island who only acts on instinct. Karsus, who was born in Noxus, is an astonishing genius!

Yes, Lucian knew about Karthus - after all, a person who actively embraces death will attract some extra attention.

Although the rumors may not be credible, if everyone who knows something about this lich says that Karsus is the messenger of annihilation and an immortal undead, they have never seen its terrifying figure before hearing its ghostly elegy.

Then the credibility of this information will be greatly improved.

Yes, the living are afraid of the undead who can never be reincarnated. Brave like Lucian, most of them relied on hatred to face these monsters before, but Karsus, an alien, only saw beauty and purity in the existence of the undead - in

In his eyes, the undead are the perfect fusion of life and death.

Legend has it that Karsus was a native of Noxus. He was born in the era when Noxus was just founded. He was born under the tall walls of the Immortal Fortress. He was a member of the Qian Jue Order and was proficient in hospice care.

However, after a terrible plague, he abandoned his responsibilities and completely turned to the study of death. It was after that that he began to explore the truth about death.

What is death?

What does death feel like?

Is death the end of everything?

Countless questions about death lingered around Karsus. He was eager to explore the truth and get answers. In order to get the real result, he got as close to death as possible, but no matter how many living people he sent away, it was still not enough.

a little.

When the meat grinder-like battlefields of Noxus and Demacia failed to satisfy his thirst for death, Karthus turned his attention to the legends.

After searching in many ways, Karsus really found an interesting one.

Yes, when he confirmed that he could not learn anything more from mortals and that only the dead could answer his questions, an interesting goal appeared in his sight.

Although the dead soul cannot tell him what the afterlife is like, there are some fantasy stories and legends used to scare children, telling about a place where death does not mean the end - Shadow Island.

After spending all his belongings, Karthus collected the travel expenses and headed to Bilgewater. At that time, Bilgewater had already been affected by the Soul-haunting Night and the Black Mist, but unlike now, the Black Mist was still there.

Not that rampant.

When he learned that the black mist would pull people's souls to the cursed island far away in the sea, the excited Karsus finally confirmed that this was what he wanted!

Unfortunately, no captain is willing to take Karthus to the Shadow Isles.

In the end, Karthus could only find a drunk fisherman who was drowning in debt.

The fishing boat sailed in the sea for many days and nights, and finally a storm blew them onto an island that had never been marked on the chart, and got stuck on the rocks on the shore.

A steady stream of black mist rolled out from the twisted woods and desolate ruins. The fisherman immediately pushed the boat out of the rocks, turned the bow and fled in the direction of Bilgewater, but Karthus jumped off the boat.

, waded onto the beach.

In this place where no living person has arrived for a long time, Karsus barely stood firm with his cane, and then proudly sang the elegy he composed for his death. His singing drifted into the island along a cold wind

center of.

The black mist continued to drift through Karsus, ravaging his body and soul with ancient spells, but his desire to transcend death was so strong that even the black mist did not knock him down completely - on the contrary,

The black mist reshaped him, and Karthus was reborn on the island's tidal flats, turning him into a disembodied ghost, a strange lich caught between life and death.

……………………

Looking at Syndra who looked confused and had no idea what he had just done, Lucian swallowed the explanation he wanted to explain Karsus' experience and silently raised the torch in his hand.

The rest of the journey can be said to be smooth sailing.

Originally, as long as the measures to deal with the black fog were prepared, the periphery of Shadow Island would be relatively safe - except that the atmosphere was a bit depressing.

After witnessing an instant kill of Karthus with seventeen balls, Lucian and Senna acquiesced in Syndra's approach - of course, Syndra did not use excessive violence, because except for Karthus, there was no one here.

What deserves her violent existence.

In this way, under the protection of Syndra, the five people returned to the lighthouse faster than when they came - the small boat was still well protected by the light of the lighthouse.
Chapter completed!