Chapter 169 The Supreme Palace
The Supreme Palace in the east of the city is the administrative center of the city and the administrative center of the defunct Laluia Kingdom. Heliste lives in this tall and thin tower-like building. .
At this moment, Brian and her were standing on a towering spire castle.
The castle is built of stone, with an outer layer of white marble, jagged wall stacks and a beautifully carved unicorn head image.
The two were about to walk when a burst of hurried footsteps approached quickly. A dozen elite palace guards wearing distinctive silver-plated armor, holding uniform long spears, surged up the stone stairs to the tower.
Seeing this group of menacing silver knights rushing over, Brian instantly understood what was causing it.
Like the Purple Dragon Knights and Battle Mages of the Kingdom of Cormyr, Silvermoon City also has elite troops, guarded by Silver Knights and Silvermoon Mages.
If Brian's prediction is correct, in addition to a tall tower called the 'Moon Shield' where Helist lives in the center of the Supreme Palace of Silvermoon City, there are also other buildings in the southeast, northwest, and southeast corners. Four mage towers where the mage guards live.
At the same time, even the armories and apartments of the Silver Knights are fully equipped.
The Supreme Palace, which is so heavily guarded, is very sensitive to teleporters without enchantment marks on their bodies.
The moment Brian was teleported to the Supreme Palace under the leadership of Helist, the mage guards on duty noticed something strange and sent a message to the Silver Knight.
The fundamental reason why it is so sensitive is that Silver Moon City is protected by a barrier famous throughout the continent, which is a permanent magic field based on the 'Mystery Lock' device.
‘Mystery Lock’ is a very powerful magic in the world of Toril. It is a structure that restrains and shapes the magic network in a specific location.
They are sometimes powerful enough to distort or rewrite the rules of magic, and even affect reality. They are also bound to specific fields that permanently layer magical defenses and effects.
The term ‘Mythlock’ traces its origins to the high magical operations used to protect ancient elven cities.
Later, the meaning of the mythos was extended to cover all similar protective measures, including the huge floating city of the lost Netheril, the guard barrier of Silvermoon City, and the guard of Candlekeep, etc. Small-scale, yet still powerful magical measures for the security of important locations.
Even the ‘Lyline Maze’ beneath Waterdeep City, the multi-layered protection and effects within it are considered by some people to be mythical locks.
Most mythos are defensive in nature and are designed to limit the types of magic allowed within the controlled area. Common restrictions mostly involve teleportation and conjuration magic.
In fact, in many ways, a mythalon is not like a spell or magic item, but like a living magical creation. It can grow and thrive or appear weak, it can take damage and die.
Mysteries can sometimes heal themselves. The Mysteries of Silvermoon City were re-opened at the 'Moon Bridge' when Mystra returned.
Each activated mythal lock has one or more individuals who are attuned to its effects. These individuals can ignore the spellcasting restrictions within the mythal lock, can directly direct the effects of the mythal lock, and can even teach others the corresponding techniques to access the secrets of the mythal lock. .
The boundaries of the Supreme Palace are all based on a mystery lock. This device is extremely rare.
The boundary of the outer barrier is located 1,000 yards outside Silver Moon's latest city wall. The barrier is spherical, extending upwards into the air and downwards into the ground, like a transparent ball. The whole city is wrapped up.
The boundary of the inner barrier is located a dozen feet outside the walls of the Supreme Palace and the Star Court, surrounding these two buildings.
Although Brian is a spell caster who is proficient in magic circles and enchantments, he had never mastered the knowledge of mythical locks before his rebirth.
Now that Heliste has become the manager of Silvermoon City, he can also check or research the knowledge about the Mystery Lock with her help.
“Who dares to break into the Supreme Palace!”
With a cold shout, the menacing silver knights attacked Brian and Helister as quickly as possible. Surround.
Brian followed the voice and found that the leader was a handsome half-elf man with long silver hair. His eyebrows were somewhat similar to those of the deceased Supreme Lady Alustriel. place.
Alustriel, the chosen one of the goddess of magic, has many children in addition to the other six of the seven sisters.
Most of these children have different fathers, but there are 12 male half-elf children all named Elathmei, which means silver moon in the evening in Elvish language. In the ancient Elf tradition, orphans are named after their place of birth.
They have the same father, an elf lord who once helped Alustriel gain the support of the elves in the expansion of Silvermoon City, but he was later killed by the orcs.
The commander-in-chief of the Silver Knights in front of him is one of the 12 children, named Mesema Elasemei, an arcane knight whose strength has reached the legendary realm.
He was the previous lord of Silvermoon City. Due to his straightforward style, he was replaced by the 'Silvermoon Dragon Queen' Verama Landis.
After all, seriously speaking, the entire Silver Moon City belongs to the private domain of this golden dragon couple, and they naturally have this right.
It is only because of the lazy personality of the dragon clan that they need a spokesperson to manage Silvermoon City.
As for whether Mesema had any complaints after being replaced, Brian couldn't tell in the game world. He only knew that the other party had been madly pursuing Heliste many times, and was ignored by Heliste's fans and players. Nicknamed: Silver Moon City's filial licking dog, both filial and licking.
After all, in the entire continent, there are only a handful of people who can truly be called 'true goddesses' by their players, including Helister of Silver Moon City and the Duchess of Arabel.
The standard for this so-called 'true goddess', apart from appearance, is that she is single, has no love history, and has no chaotic private life.
This standard directly wipes out almost all female gods.
Although the personal life of the Supreme Lady Alustriel is very chaotic, and she has given birth to nearly a hundred children in hundreds of years, if you think of her as a male, you will naturally understand the reason.
This is why only men are allowed to have harems, but not women.
Brian stopped thinking about it and looked at Mesema with great interest. Faced with the crowd surrounding him, he was actually not nervous at all.
Just as he expected, when the group of silver knights saw Helister's face clearly, they all immediately lowered their spears and lined up to bow their heads in salute.
"Ms. Murmur of the Moon, who is this?" Mesema looked at Brian in confusion.
"Stand back." Heliste said to everyone with a cold voice without any extra words.
Whether it was in the game world or now, Heliste had always been in Brian's mind as a beautiful woman who was a bit frighteningly rational.
When he was in the small world, together with her, he experienced the massacre of Abrera, helped the crazy Amethyst Dragon regain its sanity, explored the ruins of the Ethebra Desert, and eradicated the evil wizard organization' The Pale Scepter', as well as the Battle of the Storm Islands and the recapture of Dragon's Head Harbor, he saw her smile only a handful of times, not even to anyone.
Of course, this includes himself.
The fundamental reason for this situation is that she has practiced an extreme personality copying technique called "Secret Technique of Full Essence Manifestation".
She must make herself rational in order to suppress her split personality.
Of course, her split personality also allowed her to master the six major areas of the psychic.
In a low-demon world with limited strength, it took a long time to almost perfectly suppress the possibility of split personality.
Brian learned from the information that Helister inadvertently revealed.
She has perfectly integrated the four personalities. If she completes the integration of the remaining two, her strength will reach the pinnacle of mortals: high legend.
In this case, six high-level spiritual crystal servants can be summoned at the same time, and six ninth-level powers can be released instantly.
However, in Brian's impression, this city lord who did not appear often had never broken through that hurdle until he was reborn.
Mesema glanced at Brian again, and then led his men to retreat in an orderly manner, and the Supreme Palace returned to its previous order.
“I can’t believe that you are able to manage Silvermoon City in an orderly manner.” Brian walked side by side with Helister and said with a smile.
“Silver Moon City is protected by a barrier, with mage guards and the Silver Knights, as well as a city hall organization composed of scholars.”
Helist glanced at him and said softly to him, "I only need to have a spiritual crystal servant who is best at management sit in the Supreme Palace every day to review documents or ask me for advice. It is still very easy."< br>
Brian could feel that when he met Helister this time, his tone of voice when talking to him became much softer, and even when he looked into his eyes, there would occasionally be a smile.
“No wonder the Silver Moon Dragon Queen dared to defy all opinions in the Silver Moon Council and let an outsider like you become the lord.” He showed a look of surprise, “It turns out that she is interested in this ability of yours.”
"That's right." Helist seemed to have recalled something interesting, and a faint smile appeared at the corner of her mouth involuntarily.
"Someone wants to see me, Brian. Come with me to the Silver Throne." Suddenly, she received a message from the Psychic Crystal Servant, and looked at Brian for advice: "Is that okay? ?”
"If I guess correctly, this person is not you, but me."
Brian said his guess confidently, "And I also know that the person who saw me is 'Yu Lei' "Tern Horn Blade."
A strange color flashed across Herister's eyes, and then she nodded.
She took Brian down the tower, along the silver stairs, to the greeting hall where visitors were received, and then passed through a door full of silver-clad guards. Brian then followed her walking down a long corridor.
Just like in the game world, there are steel golems standing on both sides of the corridor.
They seemed lifeless, but when Brian passed by, he clearly felt the heart-stopping danger emanating from these statues.
At the end of the corridor is a luxurious arch. The magic curtain flows between the arches like a waterfall. Helene walked to the arch, stretched out her white palm, and touched the curtain. However, the ever-flowing purple light immediately converged and disappeared.
Seeing this scene, Brian had a hint of surprise in his eyes.
Of course, he was not surprised by the other party's method of opening the curtain, but by the magical energy she released when she opened the curtain.
"So, you have mastered the method of converting spiritual energy into arcane energy." He couldn't help but asked out of curiosity.
This principle is nothing more than mobilizing the magical energy in the air for one's own use through the power of the mind.
In this way, they can use their psionic powers to use magical equipment, or resist spells that their psionic powers cannot resist.
This ability is still very useful for spellcasters who are not specialized in both arcane and psychic abilities.
“I learned it in Ms. Willama Landes’s floating mountains.” Herister said to him, “I didn’t expect that you can’t hide anything from your eyes.”
After hearing her explanation, Brian showed a clear expression.
Because there is a guarding artifact in the floating mountains of the Dragon Queen, which allows Helist to master this ability, it is not a surprise.
When they entered the hall, Brian saw a figure wearing a purple mage robe, holding a staff with an amethyst on the top, standing there waiting for a long time.
‘Thunder Controller’ Tern Hornblade.
The Supreme Mage of Silvermoon City and the leader of the Mage Guard, a great mage whose strength reaches a medium level of legend.
At the same time, he was Alustriel's last lover. After the death of Alustriel, he willingly helped the Supreme Lady to serve as the Lord of Silvermoon City. After a hundred years of management, he gave way to Mesema.
"Is something wrong?" Helist asked.
"Yes, Ms. Moon Murmur."
The tall, thin, middle-aged mage with a silver-white beard looked at Brian with a pair of shining eyes. , said in a calm magnetic voice:
"Hello, Mr. Brian from the Kingdom of Cormyr, I am already aware of the turmoil just now. In order to show our sincerity in Silvermoon City and prevent misunderstandings from happening again, please Keep this item ”
After saying that, he was about to throw a shining silver, diamond-shaped chest badge to Brian.
"Mage Tern." Heliste raised her delicate hand and stopped him. There was a hint of displeasure in her cold tone, and she deliberately emphasized: "Brian is my best friend."
Tern looked stunned, looked at Brian carefully, and then reluctantly handed over a silver chest badge with a shield-shaped mark.
Of course Brian knew what it was, so he took it without any ceremony.
This is the barrier mark of Silver Moon City. Once you have it, you can enter and exit the city's mysterious locks unimpeded without sounding an alarm or being intercepted.
According to the data, there are four kinds of barrier marks in Silver Moon City, ranging from the elementary unicorn mark, to the intermediate diamond mark, the advanced shield mark, and the top one is the special six-star mark, which currently has less than ten.
The high-level shield mark in his hand has given him the authority to go to the Sage Library to check out books at will, which is the treatment of a senior leader.
"Mr. Brian."
Mage Tern continued, "The battle between the Kingdom of Cormyr and the City of Shade has spread throughout the North. So far, the Shade mages have suffered the most losses. A tragic battle. I am very happy to meet the commander of this battle. I hope we can have a happy cooperation in the future."
"Thank you for your generosity, Master Tern," Brian shook hands with the other party and smiled. Say, "I will keep it in mind."
He knew that apart from Helister's reason for allowing a legendary mage to give such honor, the biggest factor was the Kingdom of Cormyr standing behind him.
After all, he rules Mokou Town, which is the only way to pass through the Enook Desert. This trade channel between the North and the East is firmly in his hands.
"Then, farewell." Master Tern glanced at the two of them, turned and left.
“Actually, you don’t need to be so cold and distant to your subordinates.” After Master Turn left, Brian and Herlist chatted while walking: “After all, these people are your right-hand people. Assistant."
"No." Helist shook her head slightly and sighed softly: "They are just a tiny existence in the vast world, an inconspicuous role in a busy life. , my psychic skills cannot allow me to come into contact with people too frequently.”
Listening to the other party saying such cold words, Brian couldn't help but curiously asked, "What about me? Am I also an inconspicuous existence in your eyes?"
"No." Heliste Stopped, turned around and looked at him for a long time, and said in a soft tone with a serious look:
"You are different from them, Brian. Although one flower withered can't waste the entire spring, and one setback can't waste the entire life. , but in my eyes, the fall of a star is enough to dim the entire starry sky."
A fleeting sadness appeared in her eyes again, like the shining starlight under the heavy ice. .
“I lived in the darkness like a zombie for too long, until a faint ray of starlight came through. It was like the hope in my life, shining on me.”
There was a hint of inexplicable fear of the unknown in her voice: "This is also a warmth I have never experienced before. Maybe this world is not as bad as I imagined. Just like the dim stars, one day it will shine brightly and be free." Traveling through the universe. And you are the star that guides me in my life."
Brian was stunned, and he could hear the sincerity in the other person's words.
But at this moment, the frighteningly rational lord of Silvermoon City, Heliste, once again presented him with an unimaginable weakness and sadness.
“Don’t worry.”
His arms seemed to be out of control, holding her seemingly fragile body in his arms, feeling the delicate body in his arms going from stiff to Becoming soft, he promised her, "Just like I said last time, I will definitely save our little world and take you back to the distant world of Athas."
He knew that when he said this promise, it meant that his future was the vast multiverse, and compared with it, the world of Toril was just a drop in the ocean.
Although the greatest sorrow in life is to be born in mediocrity and die in mediocrity.
But Brian is a person who is unwilling to settle for mediocrity.
Even if he is just a fleeting dust in the fireworks, he will try his best to create his own glorious life and bloom his own brilliant fireworks.
After all, he also yearns for the height of "picking the stars with his hands", and also likes the leisure of "the faint fragrance floats on the moon at dusk", and even praises "Looking up to the sky and laughing out loud, how can I be a Peng Peng Man" Heroic.
Even if he is dust in the multiverse, he must be the most dazzling one.
"I believe you." Heliste did not break away. She leaned quietly in Brian's arms, listening to his rhythmic heartbeat, and smiled comfortably.
Then, she seemed to have remembered something, and said to him worriedly:
"Brian, do you know? During the time when you were missing, I tried to return from the star again. The world returned to our little world, but every attempt failed, as if it had completely disappeared."
"Don't worry, that's because of the magic network." Brian frowned and thought for a moment. Apparently he didn't expect this to happen either.
He patted the elf in his arms and said to her nonchalantly, "I know what to do. Just leave it to me to save the world."
The reason for the magic network is solved. The solution is naturally very simple, that is, ask the goddess of magic to open a small stove and help him repair the magic network in the small world.
As for how to persuade this goddess, he already had a rough plan in mind.
In this case, he will inevitably go to Shadow Valley.
“Yeah, I understand.”
For a moment, Heliste nodded like a well-behaved girl, and before Brian noticed it, she broke away from his arms again.
"That's right." She showed a faint smile to Brian and said softly:
"Your Athas psychic talent has not been fully awakened yet. I have prepared the materials for you in advance. Get ready, you need to rest for a night, and I will hold a baptism ceremony for you tomorrow."
As time gradually passed, Brian returned to the room that Helist had placed for him.
He looked out the window. The bright moon was filled with tranquility, the stars were dotted in the night sky, and the heaven and earth were also filled with fresh breath.
A gust of breeze woke up the insects on the trees and blew away the haze in his heart. He couldn't help but smile, full of confidence in the future
(End of this chapter)