Chapter 91 Arcane Inheritance
In the quiet stone house.
Brian returned to the tavern from the red dragon's lair and slowly opened the gold-plated spell book on the table.
With the faint light of spell restriction, he raised his hand and canceled the restriction above.
This spell book is the 'Book of the Forgotten' that he obtained in the mansion of the preaching mage.
The characteristics of this book, in addition to allowing him to gain free access to any arcane spells researched or exclusive by spellcasters, also have another powerful ability "Hidden Knowledge".
This ability allows him to put any books or scrolls recording arcane knowledge into the spell book, channeling the hidden power in the spell, allowing the holder to learn about these obscure things at a faster speed. Difficult and mysterious knowledge is integrated into everything.
Brian guessed that the reason why this book can analyze arcane knowledge without any hindrance is that the author of this book combines the magical knowledge and experience of many preaching mages, and it also has nothing to do with extracting the essential energy of the magic network. It doesn't matter.
This is like inputting a huge body of knowledge into your computer and then connecting it to the Internet using a network cable.
When you encounter knowledge that you don’t understand, you can simply search on the computer to get a detailed analysis of the knowledge.
After all, the Magic Network is an indispensable element of the entire world. It runs through everything with threads that are difficult to observe with the naked eye. Any spells and arcane knowledge will be invisible in front of the Magic Network.
Therefore, the 'Book of the Forgotten', which has the original power of the magic network, has powerful analytical capabilities.
To put it simply, the ability of "Hidden Knowledge" allows him to quickly understand knowledge systems that take a lot of time to master at the cost of consuming experience points.
For example, a Nese scroll in his hand.
If Brian studied at his own speed, it would take him at least a month to finish reading the knowledge inside.
As for whether it can be mastered, it requires many years of research or experimentation.
But having the ‘Book of the Forgotten’ is different.
After Brian ended the battle in Kuo-Toa Fishman Town and took the keel boat to Aldus King City, he spent 20,000 experience points to use the "Hidden Secret" of the 'Book of the Forgotten' Knowledge" ability analyzes the Nese scroll in hand.
It only took him five days to fully understand the huge knowledge system hidden in this scroll.
Looking at the spell book that had been analyzed, Brian immediately began to transfer knowledge.
Suddenly, when the huge amount of arcane knowledge poured into his mind, he was a little unbearable for a moment, and his headache felt like it would explode at any time.
Fortunately, this situation only lasted for a moment and then receded quickly like a rising tide.
After calming down for a while, Brian put the Nese scroll stored in the spell book on the table and checked the spell book.
As he expected, in this magical spell book, in addition to a legendary spell that has not yet been analyzed, arcane knowledge about the scrolls of Nese was added.
Brian leaned back in his chair, checking his system prompts while slowly reviewing the huge system of knowledge in his mind.
As the outline of the secret arts recorded in the Nese scroll was absorbed by him, he found that he had gained some additional abilities.
"Reading the scroll of Nese is completed!"
"Acquired the background expertise "Arcane Heritage"! ”
“Get the personal expertise “Arcane Shaping”! ”
“Spellcraft +3, Knowledge (Arcana) +2, Spell Saving +1. ”
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Seeing these new abilities, Brian’s expression changed and he immediately checked them:
[Arcane Heritage (Background Specialty): Magic is wild and mysterious, diverse and Practical, its power prompts mortals who want to master its mystery to continue research and exploration, and even long for the power of gods to shape reality at will.
In the vast country of Heaven, the study tradition of arcane skills has a long history, and can even be traced back to the period when mortals first discovered the existence of magic. Its complicated study system was gradually transformed into different traditions of thinking and learning. , and passed on forever.
You have mastered the unique arcane system and basic principles of magic of the Nese Scroll. This rich knowledge system is the basis of magic used by the intelligent races developed in the entire world. However, with the development of the Nese Scroll, Lost, the magical treasures recorded in the scroll were also lost.
From the moment you understand this scroll, it means that you have shouldered a great mission to collect and pass on arcane knowledge.
Acquire a special ability: Sense the whereabouts of the Nese Scroll.
When a complete scroll of Nether appears within 1 foot of yourself, you will have a special telepathy with it. Note: This ability will greatly increase the range of perception as the number of color-resistant scrolls obtained increases. 】
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Looking at this newly acquired background inheritance, although he only gained the ability to sense the scroll of Nase, and the distance was only 1 foot (33cm), Brian’s current But I was shocked inside.
Just like the introduction of background expertise, from the moment he studied the scroll, he had accepted one of the greatest inheritance missions.
A few seemingly plain words made him feel a heavy sense of mission.
He vaguely felt that if he really collected all the Nese Scrolls, he might be able to jump out of the world outside the crystal wall system and witness the truly mysterious and vast multiverse.
"Could it be that since the Nese Scroll was lost, everyone who collects and studies the Nese Scroll will gain this special ability." Brian looked at the golden scroll on the table and whispered to himself language.
At this moment, he suddenly believed a legend about the origin of the Nese scroll.
It is very likely that the knowledge recorded in the scroll is actually a multiverse magic civilization encyclopedia compiled by the interstellar colonizer "Spellweaver" organization in ancient times after integrating countless magic civilizations in the multiverse.
Otherwise, it would not seem to be alive and give him such a heavy mission.
"But the Netheril Empire has prospered for thousands of years through the magical knowledge of the Netherese Scrolls. Why have they never discovered the true secret of the scrolls?" Another doubt arose in Brian's heart.
After thinking about it, he felt that even if he wanted to break the bank, he probably wouldn't think it through clearly. If he had that time, it would be more practical to read a few more magic books. Because he had a hunch that as he continued to collect Nese scrolls, this secret would naturally surface.
Then he put away his thoughts about the scroll of Nese and looked at the other expertise he had obtained.
[Arcane Shaping (Personal Expertise): The magic knowledge you master gives you the most profound understanding of the energy shaping magic of the Shaping School. Among the one hundred people who are proficient in the Shaping School In front of the spellcasters, you are also the most outstanding existence.
When you cast a spell channeled in the form of energy from the Evocation School, you can transform the spell into other new shapes without affecting the spell's damage and characteristics. 】
Looking at the expertise introduction, Brian finally understood that he did not just need to study a Nese scroll to obtain a expertise.
The main reason why he obtained this expertise is the knowledge recorded in his Nese scroll, which is the magical knowledge of energy, killing and destruction from the Evocation School.
With the two complementing each other, he obtained this ability naturally.
"Arcane Shaping" doesn't seem to be very useful, but Brian knows that the more it does not explicitly increase any damage value or confer other characteristics, the greater its growth potential will be. high.
Because this expertise has a high degree of freedom, it means that he can develop various unique operations through the characteristics of this expertise.
Take the three-ring evocation spell "Fireball" as an example.
Under normal circumstances, this spell is released by a large fireball hitting the enemy group, causing a violent explosion like a grenade.
With the "Arcane Shaping" expertise, he can completely release this fireball in various shapes such as arrows, cones, squares, etc.
Although the damage is still the same, various factors such as flight trajectories and blast points caused by different shapes will produce unpredictable changes.
Brian continued to look at the third ability, which was increased spell recognition and knowledge levels, as well as spell immunity.
He was not surprised at all by these extra things.
Because the fifty Naise scrolls can be divided into five sets, as long as you have a deep understanding of the knowledge recorded in each scroll, you can get some additional benefits.
For example, take the simplest introduction to occult arts. If you master all these ten cards, you will not only randomly obtain a powerful professional ability based on your field of expertise, but also increase your spell recognition +30 and knowledge (mystery) + 20. Spell saving throw +10.
It can be seen from this that if he has a profound study of all fifty Nese scrolls, he will gain many additional powerful abilities.
However, to Brian at this moment, these things are nothing at all.
Because the most precious thing has already been put into his mind.
In the realm of creation, one of the three major realms of the Arcanist, he has mastered the entire set of knowledge about energy, destruction and killing.
As long as he is given enough time, he can even use this knowledge to develop his own spells.
Unfortunately, although he really wants to find a quiet place to digest this knowledge, the current conditions do not allow it.
Only after he has settled all matters in Aldus King City, can he think about and study his future arcane path with peace of mind.
After a brief reflection, he heard a knock on the door.
Brian waved his hand and the door opened automatically.
The person who appeared was not the goblin copper block who was tracking the derro dwarves, but the sword mage Hesiah.
Brian nodded slightly to her and saw her walking over with light steps.
"Brian, is this the Nese Scroll?" Hesiah's eyes first noticed the golden scroll on the table, and there was a hint of surprise in her beautiful eyes, and she asked curiously.
"That's right, I didn't expect you to know him too." Brian replied thoughtfully.
In fact, he put it on the table deliberately to test whether the noble lady recognized her.
After all, the Kingdom of Cormyr's mage tower technology is relatively famous throughout the continent.
Therefore, he seriously doubted that the Kingdom of Cormyr, especially the Grand Duchess Raul of Arabe City, had mastered the knowledge about the scrolls of Nese.
Otherwise, how could their mage tower have the strength to compete with the Yinhun people? Even the Yinhun City Lord would not dare to easily enter the scope of the mage tower.
Unfortunately, until Arabe City was destroyed, he had no chance to access the core secrets of the Mage Tower.
"Of course I know him." Hesaya thought for a moment, his eyes flickered twice, smiled at him, curiously took the scroll into his hand, looked at it, and said: "To be precise, I actually saw it with my own eyes. This kind of scroll.”
After hearing this, Brian glanced at the other party calmly, only to find that the aristocratic lady had deliberately kept it secret and stopped talking.
He knew that Hesiah was probably waiting for him to change his mind, and it was very possible that he even took the opportunity to put forward a few conditions.
He thought for a while and decided to keep her words in his mind for the time being. When he had time, he would think of a way to get the matter about the Nese Scroll out of her mouth.
"If you are ready, let's set off." He put away all the scrolls and spell books and said to the sword mage.
He has already taken care of the cute and cute red dragon Agtus. He only needs to convince the stone giants in the Smoky Quartz Cave, and they can go directly to the residence of the Deep King to watch the gray dwarf prince perform. The righteousness of killing relatives.
In this case, his underground adventure will come to an end.
So, he can still sort out what is more important.
After saying these words, Brian stopped talking, got up and walked outside the house.
Seeing that Brian didn't answer her words, Hesiah looked at him depressedly, and finally followed him obediently.
(End of this chapter)