Chapter 219 The Demonic Hub (Part 2)
The surface of the lake is dark blue, as smooth as a mirror, like polished sapphire. The shadow of the black obelisk is reflected in the lake, which is more beautiful than itself.
The cool breeze blowing from the lake is refreshing, and nothing can disturb this solemn silence.
Brian shook his head in shock. He walked to the lake, as if the magic sleeping in the deep lake water attracted him.
He couldn't help but squat down and hold up the lake water with both hands, startling the small fish fry as small as needles.
He drank slowly and carefully, the cold lake water sparkling with magic aura numbing his tongue and lips, making his teeth ache.
This is a magical lake that condenses the purest elemental energy. Mu Yong questions this.
He stood up and looked at the four elemental giants guarding the obelisk.
Beside them, four magic circles symbolizing the passages connecting the four elemental planes are continuously transmitting energy to the magic hub of the obelisk, and finally converting it into usable magic.
At this moment, as the ceremony ended, the elemental djinn stood idle doing nothing.
The fire djinn and the earth djinn chatted quietly, the water djinn looked at the obelisk and fell into deep thought, while the air djinn was suspended in the air, quietly feeling the energy of the demiplane.
"How is the operation of the magic circle? Is it stable?" Brian walked to the giant spirits and asked.
After saying that, he checked the nodes of the magic circle one by one to see if their running status would affect the magic cycle of the entire demiplane.
"Don't worry, the whole ceremony went very smoothly." The fire giant's voice sounded like a bursting fireball first.
"Of course, if I hadn't...if I hadn't reminded Hatton who was dozing off midway, this ceremony would probably have been messed up by the earth giant born to the Thor stone monster and his grandmother."
"Material... Your Excellency, you must not listen to his nonsense." The earth djinn quickly added, "I dare to guarantee all the wealth of Amsroth. His salamander grandpa's fart."
"Fuck!" The fire giant stared at the earth giant angrily, "Fuck you, Thor Stone Monster's grandma, you guarantee it, why? Use my things as a guarantee."
"It's not like I don't have anything," the earth giant said sagely.
Brian was too lazy to pay attention to them. He raised his head and looked inquiringly at the djinn who he thought was the most reliable.
“The magic circle is very stable.” The wind giant’s voice was melodious and ethereal. “Under our guidance, transmission channels with the four elemental planes have been permanently established, which can pass through the etheric plane. The transfer allows energy to continuously nourish the entire demiplane.”
Brian nodded slightly to express his understanding.
Then, he pondered for a moment, looked at the four elemental giants, and smiled.
"Now that the ceremony has been completed, then...according to our previous agreement, the transaction between us has been completed. Now, you can return to your respective planes."
He The voice was not very loud, but it reached the ears of every giant spirit clearly, causing them to turn their attention to Brian.
After a brief silence, the earth giant and the fire giant looked at each other and nodded secretly.
The meditative water djinn moved its bloated body and walked over. The wind djinn suspended in mid-air also transformed the air vortex of its lower body into slender legs, which gracefully fell to the ground.
"Uh... distinguished Mr. Mage." The efreeti smiled and came closer to Brian.
“I feel that your proposal is not appropriate at all. Although our ceremony went very smoothly, you just discovered that in the middle of the ceremony, you were almost killed by a group of blind spirits. The creature was destroyed."
He pointed at the four magic circles that shone with various colors of light, "So, as the Lord of Flame of Scorch Rock Castle, I will never allow this one to succeed under my personal guidance. The magic circle has been destroyed again. This is an insult to me, Amsroth Slag! Don't try to persuade me anymore. I have made up my mind to protect the obelisk. From today on, no one can try to drive me away! There will be another title of 'Spirit World Hunter', vowing to fight the spirit world creatures to the end!"
"Yes, I think so too"
The earth djinn also quickly joined the conversation, "Dear Mr. Mage, I know that Amsroth just said a lot of nonsense, which not only made you confused, but also failed to get to the point. So I will explain to you again. Again, in my opinion, the protective circle is of no use at all. The key is to protect the little sister in the obelisk who guides us to successfully connect to the elemental plane."
"Don't worry, Mr. Mage." He said. Ignoring the fire giant's eyes, he patted his chest and promised: "As an earth giant, not only am I not as irritable and prone to bad things as the efreet, I am also the best at using the power of the earth element to protect everything. Things. From today on, the benevolent and powerful Hatunzang Farah Ail Jin Zarain, the king of the Mantle Abyss, the bishop of the Diamond Cathedral, and the protector of the Star Scepter, will defend this half-century to the death. Plane! "
Brian stopped the efreeti from cursing and looked at the silent water djinn with interest.
"Thank you, distinguished Mr. Mage, you really did not lie to me."
The water djinn Kaitos Bright Eyes bowed his bloated body respectfully, his voice sounded like a slap to The cliffs are as thick as the huge waves.
"I have found the meaning of life here, so I decided to devote the rest of my life to this demiplane and work hard for a great cause."
Looking at them With a serious look, Brian suppressed his smile without breaking it, and looked at the wind djinn Anakos floating over.
"Although the magic circle at this moment is very stable." The voice of the wind giant spirit was distant and distant.
“But this does not mean that it will be stable permanently. In order to maintain the continuous transmission and transformation of energy, I think it is necessary to maintain and repair it every once in a while. If Mr. Mage doesn’t mind it, If so, I am willing to take on this job permanently.”
Listening to everyone’s thoughts, Brian was secretly happy but did not reveal their true intentions.
He showed a thoughtful look, and while the giant spirits waited patiently, he remained silent for a moment, and said to everyone:
"Actually, I understand what you mean, and I am also very clear about the needs of this newly formed demiplane in the future. What are you facing? So, I very much welcome you to settle here permanently, and I would like to express my most sincere gratitude to you for your selfless dedication.”
As the saying goes, everything is difficult at the beginning. .
Brian's original plan was just to use the characteristics of the water fairy and the function of the obelisk to build an elemental pool that could support the liftoff of a city.
Who would have thought that it would be self-defeating. With the help of the female lord Myrcella, this soon-to-be-broken demiplane would be transformed into a world similar to storing energy.
He couldn't even imagine what kind of world this demiplane would become if it continued to grow.
At the same time, he also understood very well the principle of "a big tree attracts the wind", and he did not think that his demiplane could develop without any worries.
"You are too polite, Mr. Mage." The fire giant's voice, like a bursting fireball, was the first to sound.
"This is nothing. We are all voluntary. Don't worry. Once this place is completely stable, I will immediately return to the fire elemental plane and transfer all my territory and subordinates here."< br>
“You need to know.” The fire giant glanced at the earth giant next to him and said proudly:
"I'm not like some shameful giants who can't even see their own homes. In my castle, I not only have a large fire elemental army, but also fire dwarves and salamander subordinates who are responsible for logistics. When the time comes, I will take them Teleport them all over and guard the demiplane. "
The earth djinn who was stolen by the Thor stone monster was so angry that he was beaten by the fire djinn, but he didn't know how to retort.
"I have this plan too." The water djinn said in a voice as gentle as running water:
"When I transform the demiplane into a water area suitable for my own habitation, I will We will move all the Crystal Coral Palaces located in the 'Pearl Fortress'."
"Holy shit!" Upon hearing this, the fire djinn widened his eyes and looked at the water djinn.
"You actually own a house in the 'Pearl Fortress' on the water elemental plane. That is the most expensive area in the entire elemental plane. It cannot even be compared with our 'Brass City' on the fire elemental plane. So. "You must be a water djinn noble."
"That's right." The water djinn looked at the fussy fire djinn and raised his dark green fish head like a catfish. He said arrogantly:
"How can simple-minded giants like you with well-developed limbs compare with the giant nobles of our 'Pearl Fortress'."
"Damn! You Born by a sea fish bitch, who are you talking about?”
The efreeti immediately became unhappy, with a dark face, and shouted at the water djinn: “I just complimented you, you really did it?” Take yourself seriously.”
"I'm not talking about you." The water djinn said calmly, "I'm saying that all the djinns here are rubbish."
As soon as these words came out, the earth djinn and the fire djinn shared the same hatred and started to express their hatred. He looked at the calm water djinn with unkind eyes and geared up.
Even the wind giant standing far away frowned beautifully, and the wind blades surrounding him suddenly became more urgent.
“You are simply too arrogant!”
The efreet roared angrily: “No, I want to challenge you to a one-on-one fight until one party surrenders. Do you dare to accept it?”
"Why don't you dare." The water djinn still had that condescending and arrogant expression, "Don't say it's you, even if the three of you come together, I won't be afraid at all."
"Shut up, everyone. "Why are there so many nonsense?" Brian interrupted everyone's quarrel in time, and the good impression he had on the water djinn was gone.
In fact, in the previous ceremony, he had already seen through the water djinn deliberately suppressing its own power that the opponent's strength was definitely higher than the other three djinn.
Otherwise, it would be impossible for him to have a place in the vast water elemental plane and the ‘Pearl Fortress’ known as the imperial capital of water giants.
But this does not mean that he can provoke others unscrupulously here. Brian glanced at the water djinn with a hint of displeasure in his tone:
"Now that you have all decided, you'd better stay here peacefully. I don't want any unpleasant things to happen due to internal conflicts between you. After all, the four elemental planes are so huge, you giant spirits The population of this clan is even more numerous."
After hearing this, everyone immediately shut up. Only the fire djinn secretly let his eyes flash with fire and stared at the water djinn provocatively.
Brian glanced at the efreet and continued, "When the demiplane is completely stable, I will give you a week to completely sever ties with your respective planes as quickly as possible and permanently Guard this plane."
After saying that, he ignored these giant spirits and walked towards the boundary of the demiplane.
The border is a deep darkness, and only some silvery-white halo can be vaguely seen in the farthest place.
Brian's figure stood in the void, observing his demiplane, thinking about what kind of threats it would encounter in the future.
I don’t know how long it took, but he suddenly felt someone approaching him.
His expression changed, and he immediately turned around and looked over.
The figure of the female lord Myrcella appeared in his sight.
She is as beautiful as all young women, clad in a white silk robe, with a lavender sapphire belt outlining her slender and graceful body. .
Her skin is smooth and fair, her long brown-red hair is spread over her shoulders, and she has a comforting smile on her face, which is warm and soft.
“How is Sylvari?” Brian nodded to the female lord and asked the question that concerned him most at the moment.
“Very good.”
Myrcella shook her long hair lightly and smiled, “She has now begun to try to integrate with the entire plane. If she succeeds, then she It will become the will of the entire demiplane.”
Hearing this, Brian nodded secretly.
As long as the demiplane is born out of his own will, it means that Sylvari's god-like power will be raised to a new level, which is naturally the best thing for him.
"Tell me about the specific changes in detail." He asked the second question that he was most concerned about.
Obviously, the ritual has been successful, and he has also gained good abilities. The entire demiplane has even condensed rich elemental water.
As long as he returns to the main material world and connects the established element pool to this plane, he can mobilize huge energy for the wizard tower to use.
But he is also curious about what changes this plane similar to magic energy will bring to the caster himself.
Is it possible to get them out of the magic net and cast spells?
Since he had already obtained the arcane fire that was off the grid, after the ceremony was successful, he chose to let Myrcella take the lead in trying to establish a link with the plane.
Of course, the fundamental reason is that his arcane fire was obtained from the magic network of the goddess of magic. If he then forcibly connects to the energy of the demiplane, he is worried that conflicts will occur and lead to unexpected effects. For example, his arcane fire function was gifted by the goddess of magic. If it merged with the demiplane and the goddess of magic unexpectedly gained control of the plane, wouldn't it be like making a wedding dress for others.
So, he, who has always been cautious, decided that he would only try unless his arcane fire was completely freed from the control of the goddess of magic and she would not let her abolish his ability in a single thought. Merge with the demiplane.
"Bryan, have you heard of the 'Spellweaver' organization?" In response to his inquiry, Myrcella smiled slightly and did not answer directly, but asked rhetorically.
"Isn't the Spellweaver just..." Brian was startled, and looked at the female lord with an expression that said you didn't know what you were asking.
"That's not the case." Myrcella shook her head slightly and explained to him, "The 'Spellweavers' I'm talking about are not the organization you imagined, but the Spellweaver race."
< br>"I really don't know this." Brian looked at the female lord in surprise and couldn't help but sigh:
"Now, even in the Thunder Age of the world of Toril, the glaciers melted and the oceans receded. , the three major creator races after the dry land emerged from the water are not well understood, let alone the Spellweaver race that spans the multiverse and is known as the 'interstellar colonizer'."
"But." His expression changed and he looked at the smiling female lord.
“After you reminded me, I am really curious. The Spellweavers are spellcasters across the multiverse, and there are even rumors that the Nese Scrolls are in the hands of this organization. So, this mysterious How do races explore the secrets of arcane magic without the help of magic nets?"
Vaguely, he seemed to have guessed what Myrcella was going to say next, which made him immediately. Be quiet and listen.
“I thought you were really an all-knowing and all-powerful arcanist.” Myrcella said with a teasing tone, “It turns out there are things you don’t know too.”
"There are still a lot of things I don't know. What's so surprising about that." Brian shrugged and answered nonchalantly.
"Actually, I don't know much about the 'Spellweaver' race." Myrcella looked straight and told him: "When I was exploring the Luoban Desert, I was fortunate enough to learn from the machine empire Imaskar Empire. I got some information from the ruins. "
Brian nodded secretly, because the information about the 'Spellweaver' organization recorded in the ruins of the Imasca Empire was not unexpected.
After all, this mechanical empire had enslaved the Phayling for hundreds of years, and the Phayling appeared in the world of Toril and was the product of a conspiracy planned by the 'Spellweaver' organization.
Of course they know some knowledge about this.
"The Spellweaver race is an extremely unpredictable creature. I know almost nothing except that they are eager for magic items." Myrcella said, "But , one thing I know very well is the principle of their spell casting.”
She pondered for a moment and then continued: "It is said that every Spell Weaver possesses powerful spell casting talent from the moment he is born. The main reason for this is that this race is born with a magic plate called the 'Colorful Plate' Magical item. It is this 'plate' that looks like a saucer and emits colorful light that helps spellweavers store their spells, provide them with magical energy, and then release their spells."
"I understand what you mean. It makes sense." After Myrcella said this, Brian suddenly realized, "In other words, the spell-casting method of the Spellweaver race is definitely to communicate the original magic through the 'Colorful Disk', and then convert it into the required magic energy. To gain the ability to cast spells."
"But as long as the Spellweaver race takes over a new world, it will build an obelisk in the material plane..." He frowned and thought for a while:< br>
"The 'Colorful Plate' of the Spellweaver race is very likely to be similar to a magic hub, and the role of the obelisk is similar to..."
He did not continue, but he His gaze towards the black obelisk in the center of the demiplane clearly stated what he wanted to express.
"Yes, that's what it means." Myrcella smiled.
“The obelisk is the general hub for communicating the energy of the elemental world, and the 'colorful disk' in each Spellweaver's body is a small magic hub. Therefore, they may not only have established an obelisk in the material world, but also in the material world. It is very possible that there are energy demiplanes like ours hidden in the demiplane of the ether." "That's it." Brian ignored the etiquette and looked at the female lord in front of him. , "Have you, with the help of Sylvari, condensed a magic hub similar to the 'Colorful Plate' in your body?"
If this is the case, it means that they have mastered the weaving It is not impossible that the magician's method of casting spells may grow into a magic empire that rules the multiverse in the future.
“The colorful disk doesn’t really count.” Myrcella shook her head slightly and said with a smile: “It’s just a super-small magic hub that connects the main hub of the demiplane. I call it: magic hub. ”
"What's the specific effect?" Brian then asked.
“The effect is not very ideal.” Myrcella said:
“As we all know, the biggest role of the mysterious lady’s magic net is to help casters build spell models, and then condense all the magic in nature. The existing magic energy is eventually stored in spell slots. Once the spell slots are stored, you only need to activate them with spell casting actions and words, and you can quickly extract nearby energy to cast spells through the magic net."
"The magic hub I just condensed is not as convenient as the Magic Network." She said with a smile, "It can only provide me with the magic energy needed to release spells. As for the functions of building spell models and storing spells, it has no functions at all."
“For you, this is already the final step towards off-grid casting.” Brian immediately understood the true meaning of the female lord’s words, “There will always be a day when you can understand it.”
The magic web is like a thread that needs to be woven, and the spell caster releasing the spell is similar to weaving objects with the thread.
With the help of magic net, the caster can use silk thread to copy many unique items.
Myrcella's so-called 'Magic Nexus' is more like giving you a pile of messy threads, allowing the caster to weave items without any auxiliary tools. The difficulty of both can be imagined. And know.
This is like the difference between machine textile and hand textile.
For a novice spell caster, this is undoubtedly extremely difficult.
Of course, if you are in front of a legendary spellcaster, it is not as difficult as imagined.
After all, with the assistance of the Magic Web, legendary spellcasters can even close their eyes and skillfully weave unique spells through the threads of the Magic Web.
It is not difficult for them to use other energy to build spell models without the assistance of the magic network.
It is as if they gradually have a thorough understanding of the working principle of the machine as they weave items through the machine over time.
Once they lose a machine that is useful for weaving items, they can even use their own knowledge and provide sufficient material conditions (magic energy) to create a new machine.
"You are right." Myrcella nodded slightly.
“With the magic hub, I can completely abandon the cumbersome process of using the spell book to memorize spells. Instead, I can reconstruct the spell model from all the spells in the spell book and store them in the sea of spiritual consciousness. Once I need to release them, For spells, you only need to activate the spell model, extract the magic energy in the magic hub, and release the required spells."
"Your words sound very simple."
Brian smiled. , "But it is still an extremely difficult truth for you. At least how to store the spell model in the sea of spiritual consciousness is the most difficult problem to solve at the moment."
"Time will prove everything. "Myrcella's silver-gray eyes showed a hint of determination.
Brian agreed with her view, and then said curiously: "With Sylvari's current strength, how many spellcasters can she gather magic hubs for?"
"My strength is relatively strong, and it consumes all her energy." "A lot of power." Myrcella said truthfully, "With her current ability, adding at most two or three low-level spellcasters is her limit."
"I want to make it popular." The entire world must at least turn the demiplane into a complete material world," she said, "and Sylvari must also grow to a lower level of divine power."
"Nothing. Doubtful." Brian joked with a smile, "I'm afraid the time it takes is at least ten thousand years."
"Seriously," Myrcella was not joking, "It really needs to be like this. Long time.”
"This is just your preliminary statistics." Brian said nonchalantly, "Believe me, once Sylvari is completely integrated with the demiplane, there will definitely be a way to accelerate growth."
"But, The most important thing we need to do right now is how to defend the demiplane," he said with a rather solemn expression.
"Guarding the demiplane?"
Myrcella was slightly startled and asked in confusion:
"Under the protection of the etheric membrane, except for the wandering spirit world, Creatures will inadvertently break into this world, and I don’t think we will become the focus of the vast etheric plane.”
"Indeed." Brian said truthfully, "At first, I thought so too, but when I remembered that the headquarters of a faction in Sigil happened to be set up in the etheric plane, I realized that one day in the future, we It is very likely that there will be an intersection with them."
"The fifteen factions in Sigil..." Myrcella frowned and thought for a moment, then said to Brian: "Could you be referring to...the source. Believers will!”
“That’s right!” Brian nodded:
“Although I don’t believe that this group of gods can detect us and accurately find this half. But it’s always good to be prepared in advance, isn’t it?”
“I understand.” Myrcella agreed with his cautious view, “When we return to the material plane, I started to prepare the protective circle and set it up as soon as possible."
"Indeed." Brian said, "The magic energy here is so rich that every magic circle deployed will receive additional boosts. If there is a chance, I will go to Silvermoon City and try to obtain their information about the Mystery Lock. "
"After all, in the future, this demiplane may really become..." At this point, Brian suddenly paused, not knowing what to call this place that condenses magical energy. Demiplane.
"Maybe it can really be turned into a... cosmic magic pool for the whole world to use!" After thinking for a moment, he finally said a more appropriate name.
"Cosmic Demon Pool?" Myrcella looked at him in surprise, nodded thoughtfully, and said with a smile: "It's a good title, but it's just linked to the multiverse. It's not indirect. Explain how ambitious you are.”
“This is not an ambition, it should be called an ideal. It is a kind of exploration and journey of arcana,” Brian explained casually:
"Let's go. Sylvari wants to completely integrate the demiplane. I'm afraid it will take some time. Let's return to the material plane temporarily and build my elemental pool and tower spirit."
Seeing the woman The lord smiled and nodded. He recited a spell, opened a portal to the material plane, and disappeared into the demiplane together.
At the same time, in the deepest part of the etheric plane, there is a demiplane called the 'Dark Abyss'.
This is a collapsing plane, and it is also a plane that is always in a state of collapse.
Don’t ask what is going on. Even the most knowledgeable scholars cannot answer this question because the answer simply does not exist.
However, some brave travelers have made it here.
They pointed out that time and space at the core of this demiplane, and the collapse at the edges, were balanced to a certain extent.
Therefore, the time and space here became similar to the main material plane, thus maintaining the fate of not being completely destroyed.
If you enter the ether membrane of this demiplane, you will find that there are black stones in all directions around you.
If you look carefully, you can also notice that there are many air-filled caves and tunnels all around. This is quite suitable as a slum, at least it will not be more uncomfortable than in a 'cage'.
The inner wall of the cave exudes a faint light, and various mysterious plants grow there. They are arranged extremely neatly, and tunnels are also connected to each other between these caves.
If you go deeper, you will notice that the ether of the ether membrane is agitated and distorted.
It will soon become extremely difficult for people to move because the ether membrane here has become unstable, and even some twisted ether membranes may shatter and disappear in an instant.
Legend has it that some travelers found two stone statues engraved with mysterious words in a cave deep in the demiplane.
One piece is engraved with 'time' and the other with 'space'.
Some authorities reveal that a black obelisk with inscriptions stands between the two statues, but no one can confirm this legend.
Some old scholars believe that these two statues represent the guardians of the demiplane itself. Apparently they are not competent enough, because there are always brave guys who will walk through and return alive.
However, at this moment, a thick red cloud vortex suddenly erupted from the black obelisk standing on the two stone sculptures.
“Crack!”
As a red lightning tore through the darkness, a mysterious creature with six arms and skinny bones appeared in the rolling clouds.
This mysterious creature seemed to have awakened from an extremely long sleep. It dragged its stiff body and slowly turned around, staring at the black obelisk for a long time...
Either a long time, or a short passage of time. middle.
A 'dish' emitting colorful light floated out from the body of the mysterious creature, erupting into a rolling vortex of clouds and mist, sucking it into it and disappearing.
No one knows where the dark abyss really leads.
Some legends believe that it will cause an unlucky traveler to fall into a real bottomless abyss, while others believe that it is just a vortex leading to a negative energy plane. Some experts even believe that It leads to untouched places deep in the multiverse.
Well, whatever the case may be...it's obviously not something anyone wants to experience.
(End of this chapter)