Lich for Hire

Black Rose was a legend, but her expertise lay firmly in necromancy.

Her legendary boon, Death Gaze, had allowed her to amass a vast undead army in the Umbral Depths. For as long as anyone could remember, she had devoted herself exclusively to necromantic research, with little interest in other magical disciplines.

Ambrose, on the other hand, was curious about everything and utterly incapable of settling down. Otherwise, he would never have discarded the power of divination so casually.

Even before ascending to the legendary realm, Ambrose had been fascinated by all things magical.

Thanks to the many ways this world offered to extend one's lifespan—and the fact that elixirs of youth had once been reasonably affordable—Ambrose had ample time to indulge his curiosity. He had spent more than a decade studying nearly every field of magic: alchemy, golem creation, necromancy, divination, evocation, divine magic, and more. He might not have reached the absolute pinnacle in any single discipline, but when it came to sheer breadth of knowledge, he had only a handful of rivals across the Nine Kingdoms.

That was how Ambrose had instantly recognized the sewer system as a modified Wish spell formation.

The reason it resembled alchemy was simple: those lunatics had drastically altered the spell formation, transforming the spell into a massive ritual in an attempt to reduce the difficulty of casting it.

After carefully studying the schematics, Ambrose reached a single conclusion: "It's a genius idea, but only a madman would ever do this."

The Wish spell was the absolute strongest non-divine spell in the world. No one would disagree.