Chapter 207 The Half-finished Wizard Tower
“Actually, the alchemy originated from the Netheril Empire is very different from today’s mainstream sects.” Brian stood at an unassembled construct in the enchantment workshop of the Wizard Tower. In front of the pretending creature, he said to the moon elf mage Ru Yin beside him:
“They are closer to rune spells and have many similarities with the three major creator races and the arcane school of elf mages. ”
He was holding an alchemical carving knife that shone with silvery white luster in his hand, and was explaining to her while carving runes on the arm of the constructed creature.
“The alchemy mastered by your Silver Scholars Association, including most spellcasters, is actually based on the school of change, using spells to distort and change matter, or setting up formations composed of spell nodes and circuits. The slightly different school of necromancy is better at making physical golems, but the application of runes has never become mainstream.”
"Indeed, since I started learning magic, I have rarely heard of constructs using runes." The Moon Elf mage nodded slightly and asked curiously, "What is the specific reason? Or is it the rules of the magic network? After the change, the alchemy runes also had limitations?”
“There are many reasons for this”
Brian said, “You have to know that compared to the cumbersome nodes. Circuits and runes are closer to the essence of arcane magic, streamlined and efficient. The original Netheril Empire was able to popularize magic items into ordinary people's lives, and the Mithron Core was only one of the reasons."
< br>"So, skillfully using arcane runes is the orthodoxy of alchemy." The moon elf mage nodded thoughtfully.
“I have dabbled in the arcane runes of the Netheril Empire, but the information is incomplete. Most of it is pieced together, and there is no systematic study. I have no knowledge of these obscure things. The arcane runes that are difficult to understand are like the words of a foreign country, and it is difficult to achieve anything. ”
"Arcane runes are the orthodoxy of alchemy. This statement is correct." Brian nodded slightly, keeping his eyes on the construct in front of him.
“However, nothing is perfect. Although the arcane runes inherited from the Netheril Empire have the characteristics required for high integration and accurate display, they also have almost harsh requirements for users.”< br>
“If a spellcaster does not have enough understanding of the nature of arcane magic, and cannot grasp the deep context from the complicated and difficult explicit knowledge, it will be difficult for him to use the refined words that represent the essence of arcane magic. After all, carving runes is not carving. , you only need to carve two strokes according to the pattern to communicate with the magic network."
"You have to know that arcane rune alchemy, before the rules of the magic network were changed in the Netheril era, had not yet been changed. It’s not an obscure knowledge that arcane masters can easily grasp, let alone now.”
After saying this, Brian became slightly thoughtful.
The fundamental reason why the arcane runes inherited from the Netheril Empire have not been passed down is due to the current mainstream spellcasting.
Because current spellcasters cast spells from spell slots, they rely on copying spell books and gain spellcasting authority from the magic network at the cost of mental power.
Under this situation, when they deeply understand the nature of arcana, they are naturally separated by a layer of magic network, and their learning efficiency can be imagined.
He did not explore this issue too deeply and continued to focus on the unfinished constructed creature in front of him.
“See clearly, this rune is called ‘Uruz’, pronounced as ‘u’. The fields that can be combined with this rune include: vitality, health, treatment and recovery, and its fundamentals. Creativity, wisdom, and connection with the forces of the earth.”
As he spoke, he carved a rune pattern inside the unassembled head of the construct. The structure of the rune seemed to be composed of maple leaves and four cross-connected scimitars, with a wonderful rhythmic beauty.
“This is ‘Tulisaz’, pronounced ‘th’, and encompasses proactive defense, protection, destruction of enemies, harvest, acts of will and the exercise of power.”
He carved a rune pattern again, and when the two runes intersected, a certain chemical reaction suddenly occurred, sparkling with a faint luster.
“The combination of this rune and 'Uruz' is enough for the low-level construct in front of me to transmit the orders issued by the master to the core of the soul and make it obey the master's will. "
After the runes were carved, Brian put away his tools, took out a book, and said to the moon elf mage in front of him, "This book contains twenty of the most basic arcane runes. I have made detailed notes on all the functions and characteristics. When making low-level constructed creatures in the future, I will mainly use arcane runes.”
"If you can master all twenty runes, I will consider teaching you new arcane runes." He made the final addition.
In fact, although as the level increased, he mastered all the runes of the Arcane Empire, and even the knowledge about constructing objects was absorbed and digested by him like a sponge, but compared to On the road to pursuing the Great Arcanist, this knowledge is just a drop in the bucket for him, and it has only opened a corner of the mystery.
The arcane knowledge he needs to master is far from enough compared to those legendary domain spellcasters or lichs who have lived for hundreds or thousands of years.
This is also his biggest shortcoming so far.
With the establishment of the wizard tower, it is impossible for him to spend all his precious time on these trivial matters, so it is also very important to train spellcasters and assistants and let them help take care of and maintain the wizard tower. It is necessary.
Moreover, the spellcasters of the Silver Scholars Association are mainly from the schools of protection, conjuration and transformation, and specialize in making various constructs.
After they are proficient in using arcane runes, it will have a qualitative change in their improvement and the production efficiency of constructing golems.
To be precise, if the alchemy process of arcane runes can be developed, it can really improve the efficiency of making constructed creatures and their flexibility.
Unfortunately, there are too few spellcasters under Brian, and it is too late to train a group of them systematically.
In short, this is the most troublesome problem for him right now.
"I understand, and I will strictly follow your requirements." The president of the Silver Scholars Association took the book handed over by Brian with slightly trembling hands, suppressing the excitement in his heart, and said with a respectful expression.
“Oh, by the way!”
Brian was about to leave when he suddenly remembered something and said to the Moon Elf Mage, “I need an assistant, please help me find one. He is a wizard who is proficient in the spell system.”
He is not a person who likes to show off, and he also knows very well that with the establishment of the wizard tower, under normal circumstances, except for very important things, he must leave the tower. , he is most likely reclusive like most wizards.
After all, at the moment, the arcane knowledge he possesses, including the knowledge in the Nese Scroll, all requires him to calm down, slowly digest it, and transform it into his own power.
In this case, he needs an assistant to help him take care of the affairs of the wizard tower, or to convey instructions or information on his behalf.
To put it simply, he needs a few talented apprentices to teach them arcane knowledge. It is best to train them into confidants who can stand alone in the wizard tower.
Originally, his plan was to bring Graal's daughter, Sissi, the human girl he rescued from the Resting Lily Temple.
But after thinking about it carefully, I put away this idea.
After all, in the game world, this girl is Myrcella’s most outstanding student, and the only super magic spellcaster apprentice who has successfully advanced.
By forcing her to stay with him, he would undoubtedly lose a future legendary super magic user.
The main reason why he asked the moon elf mage Ru Yin to help him find her was because in the game world, the president of the Silver Scholars Association was not the female mage in front of him, but her brother.
He still had a deep impression on Ru Yin's younger brother, and facts have proven that from the establishment of the wizard tower to the present, the young moon elf mage has also performed very well.
There are a total of 18 wizards in the Silver Scholars Association, and the only one who meets his standards is the younger brother of this female mage. Brian believes that she should understand what he means.
This can be regarded as some of the benefits she gained when she chose to join her without hesitation.
Moreover, Brian had already made it clear to the female guild president that she should try her best to attract as many spellcasters as possible to join her forces.
Although his wizard tower only opened the first to eighth floors to his subordinates, with the cooperation of folding space technology, there is still no problem in accommodating five to six hundred spellcasters.
Brian has secretly planned in his heart to turn the preaching mage's mansion he acquired in the Dark Territory into a magic academy, folded together with the space of the wizard tower, to cultivate his own reserve talents. .
The so-called folding space technology is actually easy to understand.
For example, if the distance between two points is the shortest line segment, that is to say, if there is a line from point A to point B, the distance of this line is the shortest distance from point A to point B.
The space folding method is: compare the different-dimensional space to a piece of white paper. Point A and point B are drawn on the white paper respectively, and then fold the white paper in half so that point A and point B overlap. This is the space folding method, so that point AB The distance is closer.
Then, he looked around the enchanting workshop, the largest area in the Wizard Tower, and looked at a group of busy spellcasters.
The Enchanting Workshop is located on the fifth floor of the Wizard Tower. It is a public place in the tower. In addition to the spacious workshop, there are also many private laboratories, mainly for making constructs. Some of these enthusiastic spellcasters are carving magic circles, some are inlaying crystal traces for transmitting energy, and some are placing various precision instruments, or studying and modifying the structures captured from the City of Shadows. Golem.
He told Ru Yin a few things to pay attention to, then turned and left.
Brian used a teleportation spell to reach the basement of the Wizard's Tower.
Although this tower, which he has high hopes for, is likely to be moved to the floating city to be built one day in the future and serve as the core tower, it does not affect his ability to build a tower on the bottom of the tower. A maze of underground passages.
After all, the basement of the wizard tower will be used to build an energy pool in most cases. The wizards of the Necromancy School will even build a negative energy pool.
The fundamental reason for doing this is to facilitate the extraction of earth vein energy and speed up the condensation of elemental energy, which is the so-called grounding energy.
As the energy source of the entire tower, it is natural to strengthen vigilance and defense.
Besides, the old dragon turtle also told him.
If he really planned to move the Wizard Tower to the floating city, he would have a way to move the entire hill behind the Mokou Town Castle safely.
So he simply let the terrestrial dragon turtle, who mastered the power of the earth element law, free his hands and help him build a complete underground space system under the tower.
After arriving at the basement level of the Wizard Tower, he saw the old dragon turtle busy in an excavated 400-square-meter square pool.
This is the main road of the leyline node, the place where the leyline energy gathers, so it was naturally chosen by him to build the elemental pool.
At this moment, the dark blue crystal bricks in this square pool have been laid halfway by the old dragon turtle. On the surrounding walls, there are neat and orderly traces of crystals.
These are all energy transmission pipes, energy circuits, and central energy transmission devices, similar to circuits. Since the element pool has not yet been built, the crystal traces embedded in the wall appear to be weak without the support of energy. Dull.
These are all native crystals that he purchased at great cost in order to make the entire energy transmission system of the Wizard Tower more stable and faster.
In fact, artificial magic crystal is the cheapest, highest performance ratio, and the easiest material to use to make energy transmission systems.
But with sufficient funds for the time being, Brian did not choose to use these cost-effective artificial magic crystals.
"How's the progress?" Brian looked at the old dragon turtle who was laying crystal tiles in the outline of the elemental pool.
When Old Dragon Turtle lays all the crystal bricks made of native crystals into the elemental pool, he can carve a super large magic energy-gathering magic circle at the bottom of the elemental pool and on the four walls. .
Then, the energy from the leyline nodes and the four elemental planes is introduced into the energy-gathering array, then the entire elemental pool is basically completed.
The owners of many wizard towers in the mainland do this.
But for Brian, this is just the first step towards completing the elemental pool. After all, he also has a water fairy who allows him to try more methods of condensing elemental energy.
"I have observed the specific situation here through the magic of seeing through the mountain." The old dragon turtle raised his head and reported to him the progress of the underground space.
“It is planned to build five layers of underground space at the bottom of the wizard tower. The negative layer will be used as the elemental pool energy and the energy transmission center that supplies the entire tower. The legendary quality earth element crystal you gave me I have placed it on the negative second floor to serve as the core of the anti-gravity formation. In this way, while the gathered energy of the earth veins improves the quality of the earth element crystals, the earth element energy emitted by the crystals can also feed back the entire mountain. Make it more stable."
"The negative three levels are naturally my safe place. As long as I am here, no one will try to cause damage to the elemental pool through the underground. < br>
As for the negative four and negative five floors... I regard them as nests for cultivating magic bats."
The old dragon turtle chuckled, "Now, those two soils you brought back. The leaders of the magic bats and the mud bats have settled down in their own homes. As long as the elemental pool is built and the energy supply is sufficient, they can breed a large number of magic bats as quickly as possible.”
Brian nodded slightly, quite satisfied with the arrangement of the old dragon turtle.
The earth element crystal he obtained from Bullingdon Stone City not only has the fundamental function of stabilizing the wizard tower, but also wants to absorb the Kalinda magic stone to grow its quality into a secondary artifact. Intend.
Who would have thought that, to his surprise, with the help of the old dragon turtle, he not only got the best place to gather the energy of the earth veins, but even the crystal was used by the old dragon turtle. The core of the magic circle is engraved with an anti-gravity magic circle that covers the entire wizard tower.
The main function of this array is to control the gravity of the earth, making it difficult for the encroaching enemy.
He believed that with the old dragon turtle sitting in the underground space, it would be difficult for the enemy to break through this layer of defense and destroy the energy pool of the entire tower.
However, due to his always cautious style, Brian couldn't help but want to remind him.
Although he himself felt that this explanation was unnecessary, now that he had thought about it, if he didn't tell it, it would make him feel uncomfortable due to some kind of obsessive-compulsive disorder.
"I suggest you set up an array to detect air humidity on the fifth floor of the underground space." Brian expressed his thoughts.
“Check the air humidity?” Old Dragon Turtle was stunned for a moment, and then said in confusion, “Why do we need to set up this kind of array? I live in the underground space all year round, so I naturally know that the air humidity underground is very high. It’s difficult to change.”
“It’s because it’s difficult to change, so I asked you to set up such a magic circle, just in case.” Brian said with a smile, “In short, just follow my instructions. Just ask to do it and check it every half month.”
"I understand!"
The old dragon turtle's eyes lit up, as if he remembered something, and he said in surprise: "The purpose of your doing this is to prevent the Felin Demon Sunflower from lurking here."
"Yes, that's what I meant." Brian nodded slightly. Although he felt it was not necessary, he had already said it and wanted to explain the whole story to him.
“After all, we are here where the earth energy gathers, and I am planning to build a higher-level elemental pool. If the Felin Demon Sunflower really discovers this treasure, they will definitely be like moths to the flame. Try to occupy this place and extract the magic and earth energy here."
The Felin Demon Kui possesses a powerful spell "Life Drain". This spell is the main culprit of the Eno Oak Desert. Its function is to absorb moisture and prevent water from existing in this area.
This spell cannot be detected through detect magic, nor can it be dispelled by dispelling magic or water magic. Only limited wish or a stronger spell can destroy it.
And once it is used, it can even last for decades.
Its only drawback is that it can sense whether the surroundings have actually been cast by the Felin Demon Kui based on the air humidity.
“Your worries are a bit unnecessary.” The old dragon turtle stroked his beard and smiled:
“Let’s not mention that the Felin Demon Kui has been sealed in the Saron Forbidden Wall. Even if they escape, there will only be a few rotten fishes and shrimps at most, and they cannot threaten me unless they are at the level of Elder Mo Kui.”
"It's never a mistake to be careful." Brian replied nonchalantly.
Although the Phailing Demon Sunflower is his first obstacle in greening the Enook Desert, as a time traveler, he knows very well that the only way to completely eliminate the Phailing Demon Sunflower is to enter the Forbidden Wall of Saron , destroying the memory tower they regard as their 'mother nest'.
He had already planned in his heart that when his strength reached a high level legend, he would personally go out and completely destroy these culprits.
"Okay, I will carry out your instructions." Seeing that Brian insisted on doing this, the old dragon turtle no longer objected and secretly kept his words in his heart.
At this moment, Brian's expression changed and he received Helister's summons.
He immediately understood that the psychic had probably returned from the star realm and completed his dragon-bone golem.
So he bid farewell to the old dragon turtle, activated the teleportation spell, and came to the seventeenth floor of the tower, his own private laboratory.
(End of this chapter)