Heroes of Might and Magic: Grand Consul

Chapter 323 Soul Wizard
【Soul Cauldron (Level 3 Treasure): This cauldron allows you to smelt souls, turning any creature into a ghost and subjecting it to a special elemental baptism.】

转化比例：9:1（1级生物），6:1（2级生物），3:1（3级及以上生物）

Soul Container: Using this item on a non-undead hero will increase Spirit cost and Mana consumption by 10. This item can be upgraded up to level 5.

Soul Binding: Undead heroes can be deeply bound; the amount converted is affected by Knowledge (with a maximum value), and the cooldown time is affected by Cursed Power.

Upon seeing the Soul Cauldron, Su Mu immediately understood what the other party was doing there.

Wizards can use the Soul Cauldron to transform advanced units, but Elemental Baptism requires special conditions, which can only be seen by the wizard using it.

The canyon where the Flame Wisdom Stone is located has a high concentration of fire element, and it is also the Crimson Moon, so it should be able to baptize the ghosts with fire element.

Upon seeing the large number of vampires storm in, Uri immediately realized they had been tricked. Katherine and Fao had been transferred away from the area, leaving him alone to conduct forbidden experiments. He was no match for the vampire army controlled by Liliana.

Without any hesitation, he immediately stopped the experiment, destroyed all the materials, and fled to the back of the canyon.

A group of ghostly spirits emanating eerie flames surrounded Uri, attempting to hold back the vampire army and buy time for their commander.

【Wraith (Graveyard Tier 3, Tier 2 Unit, Baptized by Fire Element): Attack 10, Defense 8, Damage 5-8, Health 20, Speed ​​7, Medium Size.

Element: Fire. Undead flying unit.

Brain-Eating Spirit: Before each attack, it will automatically recover a certain amount of Soul Fire (health) and absorb a certain amount of the opponent's mana (it can only be absorbed a maximum of 3 times within a certain period of time).

Ghost Flame Inflict: Attacks have a 15% chance to inflict ghost flames, continuously burning the enemy's life and reducing a certain amount of maximum life. After reducing 25% of maximum life, the enemy will be plunged into a brief state of fear.

Commentary: Will-o'-the-wisps burn, and evil spirits attack; if one is caught in their presence, fear will inevitably arise.

Compared to the Howling Wraiths and Hollow Wraiths, the Fire Elemental Baptism unit has a reduced burst damage but increased corrosiveness. If given a sustained output environment, it will cause considerable damage.

However, compared to the vampire count, the ghostly spirit was too weak. Its soul was basically torn apart with a single claw, and ghostly flames flew everywhere.

Liliana possesses the Dark Queen attribute, which is extremely powerful. Almost every vampire count has an attack and defense attribute of over 40, and its health is nearly 10 times that of the Wraith.

Although the enemy has already converted nearly a hundred spirits, that is not the main objective; Uri is still conducting a deeper level of experimentation.

The ghostly spirits barely managed to create any effective interception before the vampire army pounced and captured the enemy hero.

"Don't kill me! I still have value!"
I am a soul wizard, skilled in creating and upgrading soul containers to enhance the strength of the undead army.

"As long as you don't kill me, I'll serve you wholeheartedly!"

The vampire grabbed Uri and threw him down hard. Liliana placed her longsword against his neck, ready to extinguish his soul flame at any moment.

Upon hearing Uri's account, Liliana loosened her grip and looked at the lord.

Upon hearing the name "Soul Wizard," Su Mu paused for a moment, then used his Qi Observation Technique to observe the other party.

Uri Soren (Soul Wizard): Attack 4, Defense 4, Spell Power 8, Knowledge 9.
Clever words and falsehoods: 89.

Characteristics: Soul creator, cunning, black magic, superb craftsmanship.

Advanced Summoning Spell: Summoning effect +30%.

Advanced Soul Magic: Skillfully transforms living and dead beings, extracting their souls to create unique containers that effectively enhance undead artifacts and possess special methods for utilizing sealing artifacts. Heroes casting resurrection spells gain a 50% increase in effect.

Intermediate Soul Wisdom: Enables mastery of all types of level 5-6 magic (can be learned even without elemental mastery), and allows the inheritance of necromancy and dark magic within the magic guild.

Advanced Dark Magic Feat: Can select 3 attack or debuff spells, imbuing them with special dark magic effects that greatly amplify their power.

Advanced Earth Elemental Mastery, Advanced Fire Elemental Mastery. This guy is a special wizard, specializing in the soul realm, and also possesses the talent for resurrection; he's truly a genius.

But it's extremely unreliable!

Uri is clearly a cunning wizard who uses every evil means to achieve his goals; such a person has no loyalty whatsoever.

One moment he was serving the ancient ruins, the next he was willing to surrender to Liliana—a typical opportunist.

However, Su Mu did not rush to expose him: "Stuart must have put you under control. You said you were going to join us, but he still found you."

Bringing you along would be a burden; I'm afraid it wouldn't be good.

Uli looked intently at Su Mu. He had previously thought that Liliana, who controlled the army, was the true commander, but now he realized that the Dark Lord before him was the real decision-maker. Moreover, the other party seemed to be very familiar with the ancient ruins and even knew about the methods of the Undead Grand Duke.

He remained calm: "I do indeed bear the mark left by the Grand Duke of the Undead, which can detonate my soul fire at crucial moments and make me disappear instantly."

But I have more than one soul. Detonating my soul will greatly reduce my abilities, but it won't kill me completely.

"That's exactly what I was thinking about – leaving the ancient ruins and going out to do something big!"

After Uli finished speaking, he reached into the empty chest of the skeleton, grabbed the bone containing the soul fire, and cast a spell with force. Surprisingly, it only shook for a moment and did not suffer much backlash.

Uli, who was prepared, revealed a smug smile. This was the cemetery hero that Su Mu knew: despicable, cunning, unscrupulous, and treating life as worthless.

Compared to them, Liliana was as innocent as a child.

However, Su Mu felt no psychological pressure when dealing with such a wizard. He didn't believe that Uli would truly submit. He would squeeze out all the value from him and then find a way to rebuild him. That was the reward that wizards deserved.

Seeing that Su Mu was deep in thought, Uli assumed that the other party felt it was too risky to bring him along, so he offered a treasure.

【Calamity Pendant (Level 4 Treasure): -2 Luck for all players (undead are unaffected), enemy heroes have a 15% chance to fail when casting spells, and suffer a certain amount of backlash damage. One of the four components of the combination treasure "Death Knell".

Assessment: Calamity will strike, followed by even worse calamities, until the end of your life.

"This is a level 4 treasure I obtained in the ancient ruins, which I wish to offer to the great Dark Lord!"

Another piece of the Death Knell, I never thought it would be in Uri's possession. Why not take it while it's free? Moreover, this combination treasure will be very useful for Su Mu's joint skill later.

He took the treasure from Uli's hand. The pendant resembled a pocket watch, encased in jade and engraved with an exquisitely carved smiling face. Upon opening the pendant, a surge of black and deathly energy immediately emanated from it, turning the smiling face into a grim one. If one were not a spirit, one would sense impending doom.

Uli decided to go all the way and walked to the side of the Soul Cauldron, poured out the turbid soul liquid inside, and shrunk the cauldron to the size of a palm.

"This treasure can be upgraded, and can transform into a lich at its highest level, but level 4 is just around the corner. I'm standing in the canyon precisely to study how to upgrade it to level 4 and transform it into a vampire."

Clearly, Uli knew what Su Mu and the others wanted, and he was doing everything in his power to save his life.

He had handed over the most powerful treasure, and the upgrade of the Soul Cauldron also required him—a double guarantee. He knew the wizards' rules well: only useful people deserved to live.

Su Mu nodded, signaling Liliana to put down her sword for the time being.

It's completely impossible for him to truly trust Uri Soren; the other party certainly doesn't have such expectations. He just wants to survive and then take the opportunity to escape, just as he did to the Grand Duke of the Dead.

Even if Uri is killed, he should be able to resurrect after losing some of his spirituality, like Ullr, but he will still be under the control of the Grand Duke of the Undead. Clearly, he has other plans.

But Su Mu had other tricks up his sleeve. No matter how eloquent Wuli was, he couldn't escape his grasp. He would make use of them for now.

"Let's go inside and take a look at the Flame Wisdom Stone!"

(End of this chapter)