Lich Andy was transported to the Reed Tower in Reed City.
To study the magic teleportation array, A Ke used her still-imperfect mastery of her earth-element incarnation to condense a towering Rock spire. After having a construction crew simply finish the interior, it became a magnificent Mage Tower a hundred meters tall, named the Reed Tower.
At that moment, in a sealed laboratory within the Reed Tower, Liszt watched A Ke set up a magic array. At the center of the array stood the tall lich Andy, tightly bound by orichalcum chains.
For now, he could only be considered a humanoid creature. His shell was covered in special metal armor that had completely fused with both his body and soul. According to information provided by the Sapphire Grand Duke, Andy had used a mysterious suit of armor called "Dread Mark" to fuse with a dragon's soul and transform himself into a lich.
Dread Mark had already completely fused into Andy's body, its nature profoundly altered, making its original materials impossible to determine.
However, Liszt guessed that its materials were related to dragons. After all, the finest materials in this world came from dragon parts. Of the four pieces of equipment he had found in the statue, three had been made from dragon materials. Besides, armor forged from dragon materials was clearly the most suitable for perfectly fusing with a dragon's soul.
"A Ke, do you think stripping Dread Mark from his body first would make it easier to extract his soul?"
"It is not yet clear, but from A Ke's observations, Dread Mark has become the lich's physical vessel. As time passes, his flesh is gradually merging into Dread Mark bit by bit. I'm afraid it will not be long before he becomes a true lich."
"A true lich? So