Chapter 197 The Treasure of the Blue Dragon
Brian waved his sleeves, and all the piles of treasures were transferred by him using teleportation spells to a mansion in another dimension that he had obtained in the Dark Territory.
Not only did he plunder the lost treasure until not a single copper was left, he also personally went to the Dracolich lair above and searched it carefully before walking on with satisfaction.
After all, the blue dragon among the five-color evil dragons is known as the 'gem hoarder'. Even after being transformed into a lich, they still have not changed their preference.
Although blue dragons will collect anything that looks valuable, they are particularly fond of gemstones. They believe that blue is the most noble and beautiful color, so they crave sapphires and favor jewelry and magic decorated with this kind of color. thing.
The most important thing is that the blue dragon will bury its most precious gems deep in the sand, and only sporadically hide some lower-priced jewelry in visible quicksand pits to deal with and eliminate possible thieves. .
So, when Brian flew to the blue dragon's collapsed lair and searched it carefully, he found treasure boxes buried deep in the sand.
In the box, there are all kinds of gemstones such as bejuri gemstones, pure blue emeralds, blue diamonds, brilliant blue tourmalines, etc.
What really moved Brian was that he actually found a whole box of star sapphires in a treasure box about 20 centimeters long.
When he was about to open the treasure chest, if he hadn't developed a habit of caution over time and blessed himself with a lot of magical powers and magic in advance, he might have been cursed by an evil spirit hidden in the treasure chest.
However, even though he was cursed, Brian still thought it was a great deal.
After all, star sapphires are the most precious and valuable gemstones among sapphires.
Compared with ordinary sapphires, this gemstone is not as clear as expected, but there are six or more white stars in the center of the gemstone, like sparkling stars, so it is named after it.
The magical starburst inside the gem appears due to the optical properties of the mineral crystal and the mutation of the free magic elements, giving it the property of accelerating the speed of magic condensation.
Normally, wizards like to inlay this kind of gem on their staffs to speed up the concentration of magic power and increase the speed of spell release.
The owners of the Wizard Tower prefer to use this gem as an elemental energy circuit point.
A high-end wizard tower is not completed as soon as it is built. It is like decorating the circuits of a new house. It requires setting up various energy runes and magic circles in each room to connect to the element pool.
Because star sapphire usually has an even number of terminal stars inside, most of which are six. If it is older, the number will become more.
The more terminal stars inside this gem, the more energy circuits the elemental pool can provide for the entire wizard tower.
There is no doubt that the greater the number of stars, the stronger the properties of the gem and the higher its value.
It is said that in sapphire mines, only one star sapphire can be found for every one hundred sapphires.
This shows how precious this gem is.
Among the fifty star sapphires that Brian obtained, half of them had more than six star points, which could be said to be a huge boost of blood for him when he was building the wizard tower.
In addition to these gems, he also found many good magic equipment.
The powerful mental power and high-level "Knowledge (Mystery)" skill he possesses naturally allow him to easily identify the function and efficacy of each piece of equipment.
Although the quality of these magic equipment is mainly excellent, and most of them are of no use to him, there are still one or two pieces that are very useful.
First of all, there is the only cloak in this pile of magic equipment whose quality reaches purple·excellence.
Brian took out the cloak he just obtained and checked its attributes:
Star Spell Cloak +3
Type: Cloak
Quality: Purple·Excellent
Aura: Strong prophetic aura
Equipment effects:
1. Star protection: The wearer can activate the cloak at will and turn it into a sparkling light A shimmering, emanating stream of countless tiny stars that renders the wearer immune to attacks from non-magical weapons and converts any non-magical weapons and projectiles that hit the wearer into harmless flashes of light. its destruction.
Note: Magic weapons and projectiles will not be destroyed by contact with the Star Spell Cloak, but each time they are hit by such a weapon, the wearer can make a Reflex save. Passing the check means that The wearer takes only half damage from this attack.
2. Constant Divine Guidance: When the wearer puts on this cloak, he will permanently be infused with some unpredictable divine power. This power will affect the damage you cause, the saving throws you endure, or the magic effects you release. All increased by 10%.
Note: If it is a night with stars, the effect of constant divine guidance is doubled.
3. Star Divination: When you wear this cloak, can see the night sky and wear a hood, you can cast it once a day without consuming any spell slots or providing materials. Star divination.
Note: When you do this, the predicted result will appear in front of your eyes with a visual effect that only you can see:
Meteor Zero Bar: The predicted result is not A clear distinction between good and bad.
A shooting star: indicates bad results.
Two shooting stars: indicates that the outcome will be both good and bad.
Three meteors: indicates good results.
Explanation: This cloak is made of a special silk thread that is sensitive to magic. If the spell you cast contains verbal components, some shimmering incantations will be on the cloak. It overflows, but soon fades away.
When you cast a spell of level 1 or higher, you can change the appearance of the cloak as well as its color and material. But no matter how its appearance is modified, it is still a cloak, and its weight remains unchanged.
Some bards, druids, or wizards would decorate this robe with creative and brilliant patterns and colors. Some priests are very happy to decorate this robe with the stigmata of their god.
Note: When you wear the hood of this cloak, creatures with dark vision cannot see through this darkness. They cannot see your face clearly, they can only see the deep darkness under the hood. and stars, while you can see normally.
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Brian looked at the cloak with satisfaction. Its original appearance was a dark purple hooded cloak with silver trim, showing tiny stars in the dim hall. .
Although this purple-quality magic equipment does not have any offensive spells or attributes attached, Brian can feel that whether it is star protection, constant divine guidance, or star divination, in his future It will play a big role every day and even allow him to use it all the time.
Then, without any hesitation, he directly took off an ordinary black cloak made of psychic secondary creation and replaced it with this piece of equipment.
Among the casters, the traditional wide-sleeved robe is the most popular style, because the wide sleeves and the interior of the robe can be equipped with many hidden pockets, so that you can easily get what you need. of magic items or spellcasting materials.
After all, most space equipment does not automatically appear in one's hands with a single thought. In a spell battle that is racing against time, it is impossible to have so many opportunities to mobilize mental power and quickly take out what one needs. items.
In this case, placing items within easy reach is naturally the most effective method.
Of course, although a few space equipment have such effects, the price is prohibitive for most wizards.
Obviously, they all know how to choose between an ordinary robe and expensive space equipment.
But Brian couldn't get used to wearing this kind of clothes that made him feel a little unable to use his hands and feet. Wearing a loose robe, he always felt uncomfortable whether he was fighting or walking.
So, he most likes the clean and tidy look of ordinary adventurers, and then puts on a cloak. He can put on the hood at any time to make himself inconspicuous.
He looked at the style of the cloak and the dark purple magic cloth, and nodded with satisfaction.
With a thought, all the light and conspicuous patterns of the equipment were hidden, and it turned into an extremely ordinary cloak again.
After finishing sorting, he looked at the rare item in this harvest that he thought he had better.
Brian looked at an inconspicuous piece of charcoal in his hand and checked its properties:
Forge Spark
Type: Strange Object
Explanation: This piece of charcoal covered with a thin layer of blue ash contains a fire elf, which feels like it is emitting slightly warm heat.
When this piece of charcoal is placed in the flame, a blue flame will ignite from the charcoal, the fire spirit resident in it will also appear, and the surrounding flames within 5 feet will be affected by the fire. The elves manipulate it into a magical flame.
When the flame on the charcoal goes out or is extinguished, the fire spirit will return to the charcoal until it is placed in the flame again.
If this piece of charcoal is removed from the flame, the fire spirit will move with the burning charcoal and can continue to burn for up to 1 minute.
The fire spirit prefers to reside in a furnace or campfire. She can fill up to 5 cubic feet of space with magical flames.
The magical flames of the Fire Spirit have the following properties:
This magical flame cannot be extinguished by strong winds.
This magical flame will not produce smoke, unless you tell the fire spirit that you want her to smoke... The fuel used to maintain this magical flame burns twice as long as normal use< br>
All food cooked with this magical flame will use the most appropriate heat, unless you tell the fire elf that you want it to be more cooked or directly roasted...
In addition, you are When using the magical flames of the Fire Elf as a heat source, you will have advantage when making checks such as glasssmith's tools, blacksmith's tools, repair tools, or cooking, and there is a certain chance that the time spent using this tool will be reduced by half. .
Intelligence: The Forge Spark is considered a lawful neutral intelligent magic item. The fire elf has an Intelligence of 1, a Wisdom of 6, a Charisma of 1, and has 60 feet of dark vision and hearing and is immune to darkness. Fire damage, she cannot speak or read, but can understand Common and Fire Tribe.
Personality: The fire elf in the forge spark likes to stay in places such as furnaces or campfires. She will strictly control the size of the fire to prevent the flames from spreading uncontrollably. When the fire elf appears, any non-human beings within 30 feet will appear. Magical flames will not spread naturally, and she is very knowledgeable about all fuels and uses them rationally to maintain combustion. She also likes to assist others with things such as cooking, forging iron, lighting, etc. When she is in a happy mood, she will Sporadic harmless sparks burst out.
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Brian put away this unexpected item.
As can be seen from the introduction of the equipment, this piece of smart charcoal is more intended for professionals who are good at crafting or cooking.
So when he found this piece of charcoal, he already had a good idea in mind.
That was to be handed over to the gray dwarves of Aldus King City. With this intelligent flame, the red dragon Agtus, the ignition tool dragon, was completely liberated, and he no longer had to find a red dragon egg to use it. It hatches and takes over the red dragon's job.
Moreover, since the battle with the City of Shadows ended, the Deep King of the gray dwarves has learned that the city of the drow is being ravaged by demon lords. The newly appointed Deep King has begun to hint to him , trying to surrender to himself like the stone giant.
After all, the exit from the gray dwarves' Aldus King City to the surface world is in the Mokou Mountains, which is very close to Mokou Town.
Brian is naturally very clear about the gray dwarves' thoughts. They are simply afraid that when the demon lords wreak havoc in the Underdark, they will set their sights on their city again. He was naturally happy to see this situation come to fruition.
You know, if he were asked to use rational words to evaluate the work efficiency of the dwarves, he would be more inclined to this group of gray dwarves who were corrupted by the mind flayers and had a gloomy and cautious personality.
Brian planned to have a good talk with the Gray Dwarf Deep King after returning to Mokou Town.
Because if you want the gray dwarves to join you, you must at least change their alignment from lawful evil to lawful neutral.
He stopped thinking about it and put away the forge spark.
In fact, in addition to these two relatively good pieces of equipment, there are several other magic pieces of equipment, including a very interesting weapon.
Pleasurable Whip +2
Type: Long Whip
Quality: Blue·Extraordinary
This magic weapon has up to 3 charges, randomly every day at dusk. Restores 1 to 3 consumed charges.
While you are holding this whip, you can expend 1 charge to launch an attack against a friendly within 10 feet of you.
Teammates who are attacked can get the following two benefits:
1. In the next 10 minutes, the attacked teammates' physical fitness, strength and agility attributes will each increase by 3 points.
2. Until the end of the battle, when making an attack roll, attribute check or saving throw for the first time, you will receive an additional bonus of 1d4+2, and the obtained value will be added to the test result.
3. The attacked teammates will have their physical strength consumption halved within 30 minutes. The wounds drawn by the whip will gradually become more painful, but they will not die as a result.
Note: This magic whip was once used by a unique (shaking S) succubus. Her favorite slogan is: "Hey, you will work hard, right~"@^_^
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Seeing the properties of this piece of equipment, Brian couldn't help but recall some interesting things and couldn't help but smile.
At this moment, the surrounding air suddenly distorted, and ripple-like spatial fluctuations appeared.
Brian quickly put away the long whip in his hand and looked at the source of the fluctuations.
As expected, he saw that the huge body of the Blue Dragon Lich was sealed in a silver-white essence similar to 'amber' by Herister, and fell into a stagnant space.
Through the silver-white essence, one can clearly see the trace of fear left on the Dracolich's tightened skin, as if he had seen something terrible.
At the same time, the psychic wizard Heliste in a white dress fell from the mid-air like mist in the morning and landed in front of him.
Brian met her beautiful eyes and stared at the fluctuations in her expression that came from the depths of her heart and belonged only to her.
At this moment, he suddenly understood why Helist had spent so long dealing with the Dracolich in the astral space.
Obviously, in order to exceed her own requirements, she used the "Extraction Technique" to completely seal the huge body of the Blue Dragon Lich.
Although the "Extraction Technique" is a sealed spiritual power, the prerequisite for its use is that the enemy must lose all ability to move and be unable to resist.
"Thank you for your hard work." Brian said to the psion next to him.
Helist nodded slightly, then lowered her eyes slightly, and stood quietly beside him.
"There is one more thing I need you to help me with." Brian glanced at the Blue Dragon Lich, took out a parchment scroll with a map and a gem, and said to her:
"You help me go to the location marked on the map to get something. It is an ancient tomb. I also made detailed notes on the location of the item and how to get it. With your current strength, you only need to go through this You can easily get the gems in the storage location by teleporting them.”
When Helist heard this, her long eyelashes stood up. She glanced at the sealed Blue Dragon Lich, a strange color appeared in her eyes, and she said in surprise, "It turns out you have been prepared for a long time."
"Indeed." Brian handed the item to her hand and said with a smile, "After all, I have fought with this dracolich before, so I naturally know his details."
He stared at Heliste's beautiful face. Her skin was better than snow, like a beautiful elf made of jade. Her body was filled with a faint fragrance, like orchid and musk, which was intoxicating to the soul.
Although her face looked about twenty years old at most, the vaguely elegant and noble temperament she exuded prevented him from feeling any blasphemy.
“I’m going to trouble you again this time.”
However, while Brian was speaking, he couldn't help but hold her delicate jade hand. The smooth and cold touch reminded him of the exchange between the two in the sea of spiritual consciousness.
“...I’ll be right back.”
Herister seemed to realize something, avoiding Brian’s burning gaze, and withdrew her clasped little hand without leaving a trace.
She regained her composure and immediately activated the gem in her hand. Her graceful figure was immediately wrapped in the light of a teleportation circle, and she disappeared gracefully.
Seeing the disappearing psion, even though Brian knew that she would be back in just a moment, he still felt empty in his heart.
After realizing his problem, he laughed and turned his attention to the Dracolich Krizka.
He is still very familiar with this dracolich. After all, he is the most famous dracolich in the Eno Oak Desert, and is also jokingly called: Capital Dragon by their player group.
The Blue Dragon Lich Krizka, centuries ago, before he was transformed into a Dragon Lich, was a very crazy blue dragon in his prime.
His favorite thing to do is to prey on the salt caravans passing through his desert territory in the Eno Oak Desert.
The people who ran the caravans and the salt mines were constantly looking for ways to destroy the dragon, until one day a group of adventurers hired by the owner of the mines found Krizka's lair and killed him he.
Just when everyone thought the evil dragon had been destroyed, he appeared as a dracolich and attacked a large salt mine in the desert, wiping out its owner and taking over the mine.
Then, Krizka, who transformed into a dracolich, quickly realized that the mine was a source of wealth, so he did not destroy it. Instead, he continued to operate it and squeezed the maximum profit from the mine day and night.
In order to gain wealth, Krizka knew that he had to manage the food and lodging of the workers, but due to his greedy character, he was stingy with every copper coin spent, so he tried to generate the maximum profit with the minimum investment, For example, extensive use of undead labor force.
But the working speed of the undead creatures was not enough to satisfy him, and he found that some living workers were necessary, because when the salt was transported to the market, the skeleton soldiers would not be sold.
Every three months, this dragon will check production and income, and then make adjustments to his labor force. For example, in order to not pay wages, deliberately find faults, kill some workers whose performance is not up to standard, and Transformed into a skeleton.
If he is particularly displeased with the outcome, even his followers and subordinates may suffer.
Despite this management method and the protection of the Dragon Cult, Krizka still strives to keep a low profile.
He likes to spread rumors that he was killed by adventurers who attacked him in his lair, and through his eighth special subordinate - the first seven were all killed by him because of their performance, one Succubi disguised as humans run the mines.
This succubus from the bottomless abyss pretends to be the leader of 'killing' the blue dragon lich, deceiving the trust of adventurers and players to facilitate business with the outside world.
Following the instructions of the Dragon Worship Cult, this dragon guards the ruins of the floating city, and then spends most of every day focusing on the business of the mine.
It was also the salt mine he ran and his stingy approach to his subordinates that allowed Brian to obtain such a rich treasure when sorting out the loot.
Brian walked up to Dracolich and pointed at the crystal.
As a stream of psychic power floated by, the silver-white crystals melted at a speed visible to the naked eye. Only when the Dracolich's head was exposed did Brian stop the fusion.
"What else do you have to say?" He looked at the Dracolich who was slowly regaining consciousness.
“Do you know why I have been staying here?”
The Dracolich trapped in the crystal was silent for a long time, then looked at the surroundings and found that the female elf who sealed him was no longer here. The fire of the soul deep in his eyes flickered, and he suddenly lowered his face and begged for mercy:
"Lord of Mokou Town, as long as you are willing to let me go, I will provide you with the legendary power of the Netherese people - such as eternal life, unimaginable wealth, and mastery of magic. Otherwise Without my guidance, it is impossible for you to open the treasure house of stars, because only I have the clues to open the treasure house." "You are referring to the demon that was driven away," Brian said in a tone. He said flatly, looking completely uninterested.
Hearing this, the Dragon Lich's apologetic expression froze on the skin-tightened dragon's face, and then threatened viciously:
"Very good, the lord of Mokou Town, right? I Remember you. You have to know that I am a lich with eternal life. As long as you can't find my life box, you can't kill me until I regain my strength. I will definitely lead the people of the Dragon Worship Cult to conquer your territory.”
"Then I welcome you." Brian said nonchalantly, "Unfortunately, you have no chance to see it."
The Dracolich looked stunned, and was about to curse, when suddenly the air distorted, and He Lister's figure appeared out of thin air.
When he saw a small bronze treasure chest engraved with runes floating around this cold-looking elf, a flash of fear appeared in his eyes, and he said with a trembling voice, "You...you...you guys ...How do you know the hidden location of my phylactery?"
Brian was too lazy to pay attention to him. In the midst of Dracolich's desperate roar and begging for mercy, he used the "Extraction Technique" to seal his phylactery.
As the phylactery of the Dragon Lich was completely swallowed up by the silver-white essence similar to 'amber', the Dragon Lich's voice stopped abruptly, his head tilted and he lost his voice, and the fire of the soul danced in his eyes. It also went out.
"Are you planning to make him into a dragon skeleton golem?" Helist guessed Brian's thoughts and asked softly.
"That's right." Brian nodded slightly, then waved his hand and put his complete dragon body into another dimension.
"But..." Helister said hesitantly.
“You want to say that I am desecrating the corpse.” Brian said what she had not finished and said with a smile: “I have always believed that as long as the blade can kill the enemy, why bother? If you care about the Forger, you can't even trust me."
"That's not true." Helist shook her head slightly and said worriedly, "Have you forgotten the little demon pet that defected? ”
"That was just an accident." Brian looked embarrassed and emphasized firmly.
“Actually, it is not impossible to make a dragon skeleton golem.”
Herister’s quiet beautiful eyes flickered a few times, she thought seriously for a moment, and said to him, “Your My mastery of psychic abilities is in the field of creation. I happen to have a method that can combine the dragon skeleton golem with the astral construct. Do you want to give it a try? "
"Of course I have to try it, it's so good. Why didn't you tell me the method earlier?"
Hearing this, Brian's expression showed a hint of joy, and then he said: "Then don't waste time, let's summon the golem first, and let's take away the stars. For the things in the treasure house, come back to Mokou Town with me.”
(End of this chapter)