Chapter 199 Arcane Runes
The red sun is scorching, and the yellow sand is annihilating.
Outside the ruins of the floating city Azuma, a tall and upright figure appeared. He was wearing a dark purple robe and a dark red mask shaped like a horned skull.
He stood in front of the gate deep in the ruins, bowing slightly to the two sphinxes carved from sandstone and crouching on the granite base.
"Praise the God of Knowledge, and may the benevolent Ogma grant us the knowledge we each seek." There was a trace of piety in the steady words of the masked figure.
After saying that, he walked towards the depths of the ruins.
“The pursuit of knowledge is certainly good.”
At this moment, a steady and powerful voice came from the roar of the wind:
“But you know knowledge What is it? Knowledge is truth. The purpose of our pursuit of knowledge is to understand the world and understand these truths, not to use it for personal selfishness. "
The sudden voice made the masked person. The figure was slightly startled, and he slowly turned around and followed the sound.
Through the gap in the mask, he saw a figure standing on a high wall not far away.
This is an elegant gentleman wearing a black cloak. On his left chest, there is a unique pattern composed of three mountain peaks and a moon-like silver ball embroidered with gold and silver thread.
Brenas Tanshur, Prince of Shadows.
After recognizing the identity of the uninvited guest, he gently squinted his eyes and his eyes became playful.
He did not speak, but stood quietly in front of the whistling yellow sand.
"Welcome to the Desert of Eno Oak, His Excellency Severin Sirane, the Dragon Speaker."
The Prince of Shadows bowed gracefully to the other party and smiled, "I'm very sorry, leader of the Dragon Cult. "There is nothing to entertain you in this barren land, only the scorching sun and the sky full of yellow sand. Are you satisfied?"
"So, you have been waiting for me here for a long time?" The leader looked at the Prince of Shadows meaningfully and spoke slowly.
"If this is just a coincidence, do you believe it?" Brenas said calmly:
"The young and energetic adventurers are trampling on the ruins and bones of the empire and advancing, before we If it is necessary to use the tragic death of so many innocent people to create various ruins for future generations to explore, then maybe one day, as the leader of the Dragon Worship Cult, it is not necessary. I should leave something for them before I die..."
"You want to say that those who come out to fool around will have to be returned sooner or later, right." Severin chuckled lightly, but his eyes hidden in the shadow of the mask were full of vigilance.
The purpose of his coming here is just to investigate the situation of the blue dragon lich Krizka.
Because just this morning, he suddenly realized that the mark he left on the Dracolich corpse had disappeared, and he could not contact Krizka.
Krizka's Lich Corpse was created by him personally. With Krizka's ability and the strength of the dragon body, even if he faces a medium legendary professional, he can easily defeat him even if he loses. Escape from the opponent's pursuit.
However, the real situation was that the mark of the Dracolich corpse disappeared, and there was no news from Krizka, who was responsible for guarding the ruins, which made him feel faintly uneasy.
After all, the floating city of Azuma is hidden in the center of the Death Sandstorm area in the Standing Stone Plain, and he doesn't think anyone else will discover this ruins.
His original plan was to wait until the research progress on the Dragon Madness Lock was completed, and then start paying attention to the treasure trove of stars in the ruins.
But the sudden appearance of the Prince of Shadows in the ruins made him realize that the ruins of the floating city were probably noticed by the City of Shadows.
Have they already found the key to the treasure house of the stars? The leader of the Dragon Worship Cult thought to himself.
"His Royal Highness the Prince of Ghost City." His eyes flickered, with a playful smile on his lips, he changed the subject and said to Brenas:
"You just asked me what knowledge is, and you said knowledge is understanding the world and knowing the truth. Now let me answer your question. In my opinion, knowledge is by no means the purpose of our learning, because the purpose of our pursuit of knowledge is to use Knowledge, and use knowledge as a tool to improve our strength and creativity."
"I am not here to discuss knowledge with you," Brenas said in a slightly cold tone. br> "The Desert of Aenorok is the territory of our Netherese Empire. As a descendant of Netheril, I will never allow outsiders to trample on our ruins and search for lost treasures in the ashes of my people. You touch it. I've hit my bottom line, the leader of the Dragon Cult."
"The descendants of the Lost Empire," Severin said in a mocking tone, "I don't want to fight with you, the little one from Ghost City. Your Highness, please get out of the way.”
“It seems that your Dragon Worship Cult is ready to challenge us.”
The Prince of Shadows raised his hand slowly, and two ultra-small structures flew out from his cloak, hovering around him, buzzing.
“What if I don’t let you?”
The strong wind carrying the yellow sand lifted up the long black hair and cloak of the ghost prince, revealing a roll of shimmering hair behind his back. Rune scroll.
It turns out to be the final scroll!
Seeing the scroll carried by the Prince of Shadows behind his back, the smile hidden in the mask of Dragon Cult leader Severin froze on his face.
There are rumors that the final scroll contains the secrets of the three creator races and contains a huge amount of energy.
The final scroll was obtained by Brainas Tanshur, the young prince of the City of Shadows, from the ruins of a city that appeared after the Supreme Glacier melted.
Severin did not believe that the appearance of the final scroll was a coincidence or accident, just as he never believed that there was no driving force behind the demise of the Netheril Empire thousands of years ago.
Although he dared to bet all his wealth and never believed that the little prince could control the power and secrets hidden in the scroll, he was still afraid that if he was really brainless, he would take it away. What will happen if you open it?
In fact, even if the little prince does not have the final scroll, he does not intend to turn against the people of Ghost City.
The alliance with Hadjhorna is just one of the reasons.
The deeper reason is that the expansion of Shadow City to the North, the Kingdom of Cormyr, the Valley, and Cormanthor has completely attracted the attention of many forces in the mainland.
Because of this, he was able to safely carry out the Dragon Queen's plan.
Moreover, Brenas is also a dossier scholar who specializes in both divine and arcane arts.
He could feel that with his current strength, it was simply impossible to quickly and quietly capture the youngest prince of the City of Shadows, who was also the most doted son of the High King.
He considered it carefully for a moment and said slowly, "As expected of the hospitality of the City of Ghosts, take my leave."
Severin Silaine, the leader of the Dragon Cult, turned and left.
Although he regretted the loss of this ruins, his rational mind made him very clear about what was the most important thing for him right now.
He is a person who knows how to tolerate.
The entire process of Severin gaining status and power allowed him to transform from an ordinary soldier to the leader of the Dragon Cult, and as a mortal, he became the leader of the Five-Colored Dragon Queen Tiamat. The voters have not been favored by the goddess of luck at all.
It is his low-key forbearance and cautious style that allows him to survive to this day, and successfully reintegrate the nearly disbanded Dragon Witch Cult, overthrow the prophecies and teachings of the founder of the Dragon Witch Cult, Sammaster, and change his name to : Dragon Worship Cult.
To take a step back, compared with the Dragon Queen’s great plan, the ruins of a floating city are not worth mentioning at all.
Let’s take advantage of those fallen descendants who are still immersed in the glory of the past empire for the time being, he thought gloomily.
Mentioning the City of Shadows, he couldn't help but suspect that the reason why these people who believed in Shar were able to find the ruins of Azuma, the floating city, was probably because the last battle with Mokou Town made Hajihuo Na traced Krizka's trail.
If this is the case...
Severin's expression hidden within the skull mask was as cold as ice.
In order to deal with the Kingdom of Cormyr, Hajhona now asked himself to help him deal with the female lord who lived deep in the mage tower in Arabe City.
And with the help of the arcane knowledge of Shadow City and the red-robed mage, his dragon madness is progressing at a speed visible to the naked eye.
He must use this opportunity to make the High King of Shadow City pay the price.
After all, he is very familiar with the strength of Myrcella Raul, the duchess of the Kingdom of Cormyr, and is even a little afraid of her.
Although she has not been in the legendary field for a long time, only about ten years, this duchess is a legendary super magic user.
This is an authoritative profession that studies metamagic expertise to the extreme. As long as she lives deep in a high tower and increases her metamagic spellcasting ability to the mage tower, she can be almost invincible. .
During the orc war ten years ago, even if the city of Arabe was captured, their army still had no way to defeat the mage tower.
If you want him to help deal with Arabey City and the female lord who is a super magic user, you must make Hajhorna pay a corresponding price.
Severin stopped thinking about it and began to use magic to find an ancient tomb in the Mokou Mountains.
Because the phylactery of Dracolich Krizka is hidden there.
He needs to ask him what happened in the ruins of Azuma and whether the people in the City of Shadows can take away the things from the Treasure House of the Stars.
After locking the position, he immediately recited a spell, stepped on the star formation and disappeared.
In the distance, seeing Dragon Speaker Severin leaving, the ghost prince Brenas secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
In fact, if he had not understood Severin's character, he would not have dared to take the risk of making a bluffing attempt.
He was also very worried about causing a conflict with the leader of the Dragon Worship Cult. This did not mean that he was afraid of the other party, but that he was worried about being at odds with the Dragon Worship Cult and affecting the plans of the Lost Lady.
After all, his father had strictly emphasized that they should wait patiently and observe, and he had always done an excellent job.
In fact, even if he didn't emphasize it, he had always done so.
Although he and his two brothers were responsible for the opponent of Silvery Moon City in the North, he was a dossier scholar and a historical researcher. Like Desude, he had never participated in the attack. Any plans for Silvermoon City.
Otherwise, the ancient silver dragon would not have found the opportunity to appear in Mokou Town, and beat Hajhorna into a panic and flee.
Because for Brenas, compared to destruction and war, he prefers to visit the territories of various civilizations to study their rich knowledge.
For him, knowledge is like the vast starry sky. Although he cannot master all knowledge, he regards the learning of knowledge as his lifelong pursuit.
It was precisely because of his hobby that he accidentally met the lord of Mokou Town in the Sage Library in Silver Moon City, and because of this, his identity was discovered by the other party, which almost killed him in Silver Moon City. .
Of course, this encounter also made him a blessing in disguise. Following the footsteps of the lord of Mokou Town, he found the ruins of the floating city of the great arcanist Opas.
Recalling that he once attended Opas's course at the academic center of Azuma City, Brenas couldn't help but sigh in his heart.
In his gradually vague impression, this authoritative arcanist of the Creation School was not only a great educator, but also a pioneer who tried to change the empire's predicament through reform.
Unfortunately, before his ambition was completed, the empire was destroyed.
Being able to see the city of the past again, Brenas had mixed feelings in his heart.
He waved his hand, put away his construct and final scroll, and hid his aura.
Because he secretly followed the footsteps of the lord of Mokou Town and came here. In order to prevent himself from being noticed by the lord of Silver Moon City, he tried his best, even at the cost of watching the final scroll. I borrowed a piece of legendary equipment from my father.
His purpose of following the lord of Mokou Town was not malicious, he just wanted to know the location of Azuma City.
After all, he had already learned a lot of detailed information about the lord of Mokou Town through his own investigation and from Desud's daughter Crysanna.
Facts proved that his guess was correct.
Seeing his way of casting spells, Brenas clearly felt that the other party was different.
Ordinary spellcasters, even ghost mages, condense magic energy and release spells through the communication magic network or shadow magic network. But this is not the case for the lord of Mokou Town. He gives Brenas the feeling that he has a complete miniature magic network. He can easily complete the spell without relying on the energy of the magic network.
Off-the-grid spellcasting is something that most legendary spellcasters will have a decent or in-depth look at.
But few people will use it unless absolutely necessary.
And it was through the spellcasting method of the lord of Mokou Town that he began to doubt the identity of the other party.
Who would have thought that it would be better not to investigate? After learning the other party’s detailed information, he was really shocked.
What made him most unbelievable was what kind of letter the lord of Mokou Town gave Desude, telling him to give up everything in Yinhun City and stay away from this place.
Furthermore, the other party’s true identity turned out to be from Halua, the magical kingdom in the southernmost part of the continent. This meant that the Lord of Mokou Town, like him, was also a descendant of the Netheril Empire.
So, he became very interested in the lord of Mokou Town who would remain silent without hesitation after discovering his identity in Silver Moon City.
The reason he has been waiting here is to communicate with him.
At the same time, deep in the ruins of Azuma City.
Although Brian received the inheritance from the Treasure House of the Stars, he did not immediately return to Mokou Town with Helister. Instead, he stayed in the demiplane left by the Great Arcanist.
The main reason for this is that after he read the "Origin of the Material World" spell recorded in the book left by the Great Arcanist yesterday, he repeatedly deduced it and unexpectedly discovered that it can be passed through Some way to take away this square-sized world.
So after he expressed his thoughts to Helister, the considerate psychic warlock readily agreed and is following the method he taught her to obtain the seeds of the origin of the demiplane.
After all, after getting the seed of this world, he can refine it and turn it into his own small plane, and at the same time, he can avoid the collapse of this demiplane.
Then, he brought up his system bar and prepared to upgrade his level.
Ever since he and Helister left Bullingdon Stone in the Underdark, with the help of teammates who had the legendary Psion as a free fighter and could control damage well and take the initiative to gain experience, he was able to increase his experience at a very fast rate. Gotta fly.
“Improve the level of the arcanist!”
“Consumption of 321,000 experience points.”
“Improve the level of the arcanist to level 3!”
"The arcane fire level has been increased to level 7, and the seventh-ring off-grid casting authority has been obtained."
"Acquire Arcane Power: 36 points."
"Acquire the class trait: Arcane Rune."
"Acquire the Arcane Fire trait: Arcane Resonance."
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“Raise the level of the Psion!”
"Consumption of 130,000 experience points."
"The Psion level is increased to level 12."
"Psionic points gained: 20 points, additional psionic points: 4 points."
"Acquire free attribute points: 1 point."
"The Psychic Crystal Servant gains special ability: power resistance."
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Seeing hundreds of thousands of experience squandered once again, Brian couldn't help but frown.
As his level continues to increase, he will need more and more experience in the future, which makes him have to consider whether to go to other areas with more monsters to gain experience.
He temporarily put this troublesome problem behind him and began to examine the abilities brought about by the increase in strength.
Seeing the 1 free attribute point obtained, he naturally added it to his intelligence attribute without hesitation.
In this case, his intelligence attribute becomes 25 points.
Then, he looked at his arcane fire.
Just as he imagined, since the arcanist successfully advanced, his arcane fire can automatically start to have high-level spellcasting authority as the level increases.
This is undoubtedly a great convenience for him.
As the owner of Arcane Fire, and having personally upgraded it to level 10, he naturally knows best the cost and consumption required to upgrade Arcane Fire.
Now it's fine, the goddess of magic waved her hand, loosened the waistband of her pants, and opened a small back door for him, eliminating a lot of worries.
Of course, he also knows in his heart that there is no free lunch in the world.
So, he always kept in mind the last words the Magic Goddess gave him before she left.
"I wish you always have a kind and humble heart. If you have the opportunity, please go to Shadow Valley to find a bard named Storm Silverhand."
Published Ryan recalled these words and began to think about when to meet the Chosen Goddess of Magic who lived in the Valley of Shadows.
In fact, even if the goddess of magic didn't give orders, he would inevitably have to go to Shadow Valley.
However, now is not the time. We need to wait until the Kingdom of Cormyr has overcome the crisis and civil strife of Dragon Madness.
After all, he also understands the meaning of providing help in times of need and adding icing on the cake.
Brian stopped thinking about it and looked at his newly acquired abilities.
[Arcane Resonance (Arcane Fire Characteristic): When you release the same spell, or consecutive spells, all hitting the same target, except for the first spell that hits the target first, all subsequent spells will Spell, the damage caused is increased by 10%. 】
Seeing the characteristics of this arcane fire, Brian nodded with satisfaction.
He felt that this characteristic was completely prepared for the "Mayoufu Micro Meteor" which is said to be able to kill gods.
With his current strength, with the blessing of "Magic Rapid Fire" and "Arcane Twins", he can release nearly a hundred bolides in an instant. If the damage of each one is increased by 10%, The damage caused is still very considerable.
After possessing this characteristic, he began to feel that he had gone further and further down the road of fort mage.
Whether it is the professional characteristics of the Battle Mage or the damage increase of the Arcanist's creative field, they are all the ability to increase the damage of his Evocation School spells.
He looked at the second ability:
[Arcane Runes (Professional Feature): By studying the scrolls of Nese, arcanists have mastered the mysterious runes, which are like the lost Like words, they can exert unique power in combination with each other.
Arcane runes can have special effects in many aspects. They can not only strengthen and make weapons and equipment, but also depict magic circles and create constructs. Many advanced rune combinations can create legends. Equipment, even artifacts. 】
After reading the feature introduction, Brian suddenly felt the powerful power contained in the thousands of mysterious runes in his mind.
Acquiring the professional feature "Arcane Runes" is like getting a Chinese dictionary. Through his own understanding of them, he can combine these individual words together to produce unexpected effects. .
The most important thing is that it can be seen from the introduction of professional characteristics.
If you can understand the meaning of all arcane runes, research various advanced rune combinations, and create artifacts, it will not be a problem.
"It is indeed the knowledge spread in the scrolls of Nese." Feeling the arcane runes engraved in his mind, Brian couldn't help but whisper to himself.
In his opinion, just passing on these runes and studying them from generation to generation will definitely allow them to build a glorious kingdom only through the knowledge in arcane runes.
For example, another remnant of the Netheril Empire, this group of civilians with the lowest status who lived on the surface during the empire, established the magical kingdom of Halrua under the leadership of a great arcanist. .
To give the most easy-to-understand example, their Chinese characters, five thousand years of civilization, and various documents handed down are not all written by people with outstanding literary talents.
If we compare them to rune combinations, most of them are high-level or above.
Brian vaguely felt that the symbolic meaning of arcane runes was too great.
This is completely the most basic thing for building a magical civilization, and it can even serve as a language and text for communication between spellcasters.
He suppressed his thoughts and put away the system bar reflected on his retina.
The arcanist's level has been raised to level 3, and after opening the casting authority for seven-ring spells, all the seven-ring spells he once mastered and studied have been activated.
Having a seventh-level spell is another improvement for his strength.
Spells such as banishment, advanced teleportation without distance restrictions, interdimensional teleportation for inter-dimensional travel, and the force field cage and explosive fireball of the evocation system are all spells that he is extremely good at. .
After adjusting the attributes, Brian stood up from his chair, ready to check on the progress of Heliste's refining of the demiplane.
As soon as he turned around, he suddenly discovered that this quiet psychic who seemed not to exist had arrived in the room at some point.
Her back was turned to him, her eyes fixed on the empty window. Her lustrous silver hair hung down to her waist. Under the breeze, her dress fluttered and her long hair flew in the wind.
Brian coughed slightly, so she turned around and walked over with light steps. As she walked, the graceful curves of her slender legs were vaguely visible under the thin skirt.
“When was it completed?” He looked at Helister and asked with a smile.
After saying that, he motioned for her to walk out the door with him.
"It didn't take long." Helist followed his footsteps and said softly, "I saw that you were meditating, so I didn't disturb you."
"What's going on outside?" Brian's expression changed and he asked again.
"That's what I was going to tell you." Helist waved her hand gently, and a cross-star-shaped spiritual crystal servant appeared out of thin air, was dispelled by her, and returned to the star realm.
"Your guess is correct."
She couldn't help but look at Brian a few more times, the ripples in her clear eyes seemed to contain the bright moonlight, "I will dracolich After his body was completely cut off from the material world, it did attract the leader of the Dragon Worship Cult."
"Then what?" Brian asked quickly.
"Brenas Tanshur from the City of Ghosts stopped him." A smile appeared in Helister's beautiful eyes, and her voice was like sweet music.
“This ghost prince, just as you said, followed the clues we deliberately left and chased him all the way.”
“I feel relieved, to be honest, I'm really worried that he won't be able to keep up with us." Brian looked slightly relaxed and said to Helist with a smile, "Come on, come with me to meet this little prince."
(End of this chapter)