Chapter 232 The Source of Arcane Energy
As the light of the teleportation circle dissipated, a beautiful silhouette appeared in front of Brian.
He greeted the female lord who emerged from the teleportation circle with a smile.
Myrcella wore an elegant white coat and a purple skirt. Her simple dress had a unique sense of beauty.
Her waist is not tightly tightened by a belt, but she is naturally slender. She walks with charm and grace, like a beautiful picture floating slowly from a distance.
At the same time, while walking, Brian could also notice that she seemed to be wearing black stockings that looked like stockings under her long skirt, which made her legs appear straight and slender in the haze.
Decades of hard work have turned Brian from an otaku who couldn't walk when he saw a beautiful woman to a rational and calm wise wizard. Naturally, he will not be attracted by this beautiful scenery. Can't take my eyes away.
He just gave a symbolic glance, shook hands with the smiling female lord who came by, said hello, and then walked together towards the center of the demiplane.
More than a month may not seem like a long time, but compared to the earth-shaking changes in the demiplane, it seems like it has experienced a long period of precipitation and gained a new life.
The demiplane, which was originally deep, dark, desolate and dilapidated, with almost no light visible, has long lost its initial sense of silence, weirdness, and gloominess. Instead, it is now a place full of flowers and plants, and the air is full of fragrance. A paradise.
Even though Brian would come to the demiplane every day, every time he arrived here, he was given an amazing feeling of sudden enlightenment.
After all, the growth rate of the demiplane is visible to the naked eye, just like soaking bean sprouts, different changes will occur every day.
However, he knew in his heart that as the water fairy Sylvari successfully merged with the demiplane, this growth rate would disappear and become a material world suitable for survival.
"The changes are really big." Myrcella flicked her long brown hair and let the refreshing breeze blow past her face. She looked around with her beautiful silver-gray eyes and couldn't help but sigh.
"Yes, this is the change that occurs when the four elements are balanced." Brian nodded slightly and explained casually.
In fact, in addition to the increase in the demiplane itself by more than ten times, the settlement of the four elemental giants also showed different changes in each.
The living area of the efreeti to the east is a volcano that exudes scorching temperatures. Many fire elemental creatures such as salamanders, fire magic bats, fire snakes, and flame spirits wander around the crater.
The volcano group spreads from the east to the entire north, like a huge mountain range spanning both directions, wrapping half of the demiplane.
Therefore, the earth giants also built their own underground palaces and tunnel mazes in the northern part of the volcano group. A small number of elemental creatures such as mephits and lava mephits all live in the dense maze of tunnels inside the mountains.
In the west and south of the demiplane, there are sparkling lakes. The glass coral palace of the water djinn is located in the depths of the lake. If you look closely, you can find that many water djinn are surrounded by water. The subordinates recruited by the spirit include: sea people, water elements, sea elves, ice magic bats, water magic bats, etc.
The upper part of the lake belongs to the territory of the wind djinn. The floating mountains that he and the female lord once captured together in the wind elemental plane are floating in mid-air. From time to time, you can see the wind spirit attendants, wind elements, wind magic bats, and storms. Elements move in and out of the caves in the Floating Mountains.
In the center of the demiplane is a dense forest. The trees are mainly oak trees. Judging from the thickness of the appearance, this large group of leafy oak trees has been growing for about ten years.
Brian is very certain that as these oak trees grow older, they will definitely give birth to a group of beautiful fey creatures like tree spirits.
Surrounded by this oak forest is the magical lake condensed after their successful ceremony. The lake surface is dark blue and smooth as a mirror, like polished sapphire.
In the center of the lake is a small island with an area of about 100 square meters. The black obelisk standing upside down on the lake stands in the center of the island, and is surrounded by four magic circles that link the four elemental planes. , continuously passing through the magic hub inside the obelisk, converting it into magical energy, and finally blending into the deep blue lake.
Brian and Myrcella were suspended in mid-air, facing the refreshing breeze, and a name he had thought of once again popped into his mind: The Cosmic Demonic Pool!
If the demiplane can really become a source of magical energy for use by spellcasters throughout the world, then it would not be an exaggeration to call it a 'cosmic magic pool'.
In fact, he was already thinking about this hypothesis when the female lord proposed the idea.
As a time traveler, he has been exposed to countless magical games in the real world.
In the background of a game he once played called 'Warcraft', the high elf mages in it used a magic energy storage device in a 'sunwell' to allow the elf mages to extract magical energy. Release the spell.
Moreover, through the attempts of the female lord, he already knew that as long as the wizards condensed the magic hub that communicated with the demiplane in their bodies, they would have the ability to cast spells out of the magic network.
Because the demiplane can completely provide them with the magic energy needed to release spells, the only drawback is that they can only rely on their own abilities to build spell models without the assistance of magic nets. Store it in your own spiritual consciousness.
When you need to release a spell, you can activate the spell model through spells, gestures and casting materials, and then connect the demiplane energy with the magic hub in the body to release the spell successfully.
Thinking of this, Brian already understood the development of this demiplane and how he should take the next step.
This made his heart, as calm as a deep lake, uncontrollably fluctuate, excited that he had taken another small step forward in his exploration of arcane magic.
"It's incredible, Brian." Myrcella couldn't help but said in surprise, "Is that the legendary fire dwarf? I didn't expect that I would have the opportunity to see it today."
Brian followed the woman The lord looked away.
Five creatures that looked like dwarves, with bodies made of metal, but with blazing flames burning in their hair and beards, appeared in a cave in the crater.
He was not surprised by the female lord's exclamation.
Because he had long known that the fire giant Amsroth had made five fire dwarves.
Fire dwarves are natives of the elemental plane of fire and enemies of the efreeti.
It is said that a long time ago, the efreeti and the fire dwarves were allies.
The fire dwarves also helped build the City of Brass, home of the efreets, and transformed it into one of the most awe-inspiring wonders in the world.
However, when the fire dwarves were completed, the efreet betrayed its allies and even intended to enslave the fire dwarves to prevent the city's secrets from being leaked.
Although the efreet's enslavement plan ultimately failed, the two sides are still enemies to this day, often plundering each other and breaking out into small-scale conflicts.
The most important thing, and the most exciting point for Brian: the fire dwarves are masters of craftsmanship, and their skills are unparalleled in the world.
When they are magically summoned to the Material Plane, it is usually to assist in forging magical items of legendary quality or exquisite works of art.
“With only a hundred fire dwarves, I can build an empire that will impress the gods.”
This sentence is what Amsroth, the fire dwarf, said about this. What the five fire dwarves said when they brought it here.
Although this sentence is a bit exaggerated, it also indirectly proves the authenticity of the fire dwarf craft master.
The legendary biopower golem that Brian recently made was personally crafted by these five fire dwarves.
This also includes the sacred adamantine broadsword he gave to the Purple Dragon Knight Obert.
It turns out that the craftsmanship of the fire dwarves is more than one level higher than that of the gray dwarves in the Underdark.
He wouldn't mind casting more fire dwarves if he could.
After all, fire dwarves are living flames and do not need food, water, or sleep. As long as the fire element energy is sufficient, their physical strength is almost endless.
Don't talk about giving them 996 blessings, even if you let them work for you 24 hours a day, there will be no problem at all.
So, if there are really a hundred fire dwarves, the increased productivity can be imagined.
However, what makes Brian depressed is that the fire dwarfs reproduce at a very special speed.
They have no gender, which means they cannot reproduce through mating.
Their bodies were forged from bronze by another fire dwarf, and the caster poured a portion of his own life-fire into them.
It is this casting process that limits the growth rate of the population, so even in the vast fire elemental plane, the number of fire dwarves is quite rare.
The fire dwarves in the hands of the efreet were the ones he encountered accidentally, and then he captured them and used them as his slaves. He forced them to be like matryoshka dolls, and cast a total of four other fire dwarves. dwarf.
It will take at least a hundred years for the newly cast fire dwarves to split the fire of life and have the ability to create tribesmen. Then they will need a cooling time of five hundred years to breed the second batch of fire dwarves.
It takes unimaginable time for these five fire dwarves to forge an army of fire dwarves.
Brian naturally did not have the patience to wait any longer. He could only wait until he had the opportunity to risk going to the fire elemental plane again to deceive and defraud.
After briefly introducing the situation of the fire dwarves to the noble lady next to him who looked as if she had never seen much of the world, he asked the question that concerned him most at the moment.
“I want to know what has happened in the outside world in the past month, such as the Supreme Forest in the North.”
As the female lord of Arabel City, the northern border of the Kingdom of Cormyr As a guardian, she naturally has a complete intelligence network.
So, Brian has no plans to establish his own intelligence network for the time being, because if he needs to know anything, he can just ask.
Free information network, don’t use it in vain.
"You want to ask about the Hell Gate Castle in the High Forest," Myrcella looked at him and said.
"Yes." Brian nodded slightly.
Graz'zt, the Dark Lord, focused on Hell Gate Castle for his own reasons.
In addition, Helister is the Lord of Silver Moon City, so he has to be concerned.
“You don’t have to worry.” Myrcella seemed to have seen through what he was thinking, “Although a group of abyssal demons emerged from Hell Gate Castle, the forces of the Northern Alliance were prepared for it and did not cause any harm. It was re-sealed due to serious harm.”
"But..." She thought about it carefully, and then said:
"The reason why the forces of the Northland Alliance were sealed so smoothly is mainly because the leader of the Balor Fire Demon who was responsible for this invasion of the surface has not yet returned from the invasion. He rushed out of Hell Gate Castle and was killed by an unidentified paladin."
Unidentified paladin?
Brian couldn't guess who this unidentified paladin was. He was able to kill a Balor Balrog whose strength reached the legendary realm in the Hell Gate Castle where demons gathered.
This method is more difficult than Wanjun's to take the general's head.
"Could it be the leader of the group of paladins who swore an oath of conquest?" He recalled the scene he encountered in the oasis and made a bold guess.
In the game world, he had never heard of this group of paladins appearing in the material world.
Obviously, the reason for their appearance was definitely caused by the flapping of the wings of my little butterfly.
If that was the case, he really couldn't figure out what their motives were.
"Did the Lord of Silver Moon City participate in this operation?" He asked the question that concerned him most.
"No." A smile appeared on the corner of Myrcella's lips, and she did not hide it. "The person involved in this operation was Tern Hornblade."
"Has there been any major incident in Susar?" Brian stopped thinking and asked another question.
"Our king, with the support of the naval fleet, has led his expeditionary force to break out of the siege on the Dragon Coast and successfully returned to the imperial city from Dragon Lake by boat." Myrcella looked slightly brighter. He said solemnly:
“Fortunately, the elites of the Dragon Coast were defeated in advance. Ximen’s senior officials could only hire pirates and mercenaries from the Weihong Sea to serve as reinforcements. They had no idea of the losses caused by the expeditionary force. "It's so big."
Brian nodded slightly. Although King Yazen V of Cormyr led his army, he severely damaged the invaders on the Dragon Coast and completed an attack on the Dragon Coast. The wave pushes back.
But in order to capture the prosperous trading port city of West Gate in one fell swoop, he tried to avoid future troubles and added the Dragon Coast territory to the map of the Kingdom of Cormyr, but his army was mired in the quagmire of war.
“However.” Myrcella continued:
“The orc tribes in the Stormhorn Mountains have become restless recently. A week ago, Rock Castle was also attacked. A test by a small orc force. In short, you should be more careful."
"I understand," Brian said solemnly.
Dangerous Rock Castle is one of the fortresses built in the northern part of the Stormhorn Mountains. It is also the only pass from Arabe City to Tifantun and Mokou Town.
If this fortress is captured by the orcs, they can use it as a stronghold to advance, attack, retreat or defend, and unscrupulously invade many villages and towns in the northern border of the Kingdom of Cormyr.
The five villages and towns he established near Mokou Town will also bear the brunt, and their strategic role is self-evident.
"Just yesterday, the Supreme Mage Sandra Hast sent me a magical message." Myrcella glanced at the thoughtful Brian and said:
"The content stated , our king has developed a slight interest in you, the newly appointed mage lord. If there is a chance, he hopes to meet with you. "
" Let's wait until we have the opportunity," Brian said. said calmly.
He was not very impressed by the king of Cormyr. He only knew that the people of the Kingdom of Cormyr had a good opinion of him.
Then, the two of them stopped talking and walked straight towards the center of the demiplane.
On the island in the center of the lake, only Anax, the wind djinn responsible for maintaining the magic circle, is here.
Earth Djinn and Fire Djinn, two restless guys, have already been assigned by him the task of guarding the demiplane.
After all, this is a demiplane filled with magical energy. Just like bees swooping on flowers, it attracts many spiritual creatures to visit every day.
All the experience points Brian has accumulated in the past month were obtained from creatures in the spiritual world.
Of course, as long as the Mizusawa Fairy successfully merges with the demiplane, she can use her control over the demiplane to hide it and no longer be disturbed by outside creatures. "Nothing unexpected happened, right?" He and the female lord landed on the ground, then met the djinn's gaze and asked.
As a spell caster, his sense of smell made him keenly aware that the temperament of the female djinn in front of him was slightly different from the one he saw yesterday.
He couldn't tell what the specific changes were. This feeling was somewhat similar to the natural divine spirits he had encountered in the Fairy Wilderness.
Perhaps due to the fusion of the Mizusawa Fairy and the demiplane, these giant spirits also benefited from this and began to show signs of mastering divine-like powers.
Brian feels that this should be the most reasonable explanation.
"No problem, Your Excellency." Wind Giant said respectfully.
Seeing the sudden expression of respect on this usually cold wind giant spirit, Brian immediately confirmed what he was thinking.
"That's good." He nodded slightly and asked: "Where is she?"
As soon as he finished speaking, the calm lake water swayed slightly, and circles of ripples spread around, attracting everyone's attention.
“Crash!”
With the sound of water flowing, a beautiful silhouette appeared in the pool water filled with magical energy.
This elegant fairy-like being rose from the lake and suspended on the water. The sound of her dress swaying was reminiscent of the rustling of leaves.
This is a young girl with long silver hair covered with green leaves and golden moss. She is wearing a yellow-green tulle dress. Her slender and graceful figure walks in the air and floats in front of everyone in the wind.
Seeing this familiar scene, Brian was stunned to the spot.
In a trance, an inaudible song seemed to resound in his mind.
This song is like the drizzle, beating my heart constantly:
Once upon a time there was a tree spirit girl,
Like a shining star on a sunny day ,
The green shawl is trimmed with gold, and
the shoes on my feet are shining with silver.
Her brows are shining like stars,
her hair is full of light and warmth,
as if the sun reflects on the green branches,
In wonderful blackterman.
Long flowing hair, beautiful white arms,
She is beautiful and elegant,
Coming and going in the wind,
As light as a linden leaf .
Now no one knows her whereabouts,
I don’t know if she is in the sun or under the shade of a tree.
The girl Xina Fei has long since disappeared,
wandering deep in the forest.
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Brian suddenly came back to his senses. He looked into the girl's emerald eyes. She didn't say anything, and he also remained silent.
"Who are you?" Finally, he was defeated, avoided her gaze, and asked.
She has changed so much. Her graceful and graceful figure is shrouded in a faint divine light, which makes her whole person exude a refined and refined temperament, which is more noble than the ordinary water fairy, just like a fairy. She is as charming as a goddess in dust.
"I am Fairy Shui Ze, Sylvari, don't you recognize me, master?" There was a hint of doubt in Fairy Shui Ze's emerald eyes as clear as autumn water.
Her voice is very soft, like a spring breeze, and it also has the melodious beauty of the Elvish language, which sounds very comfortable.
Brian sighed in disappointment, stretched out his hand to rub her silky long hair, and said with a smile: "You have changed so much that I didn't even recognize you for a while."
His intimate gesture made Hill A faint smile appeared on Vali's fair cheeks, with a hint of shyness. The peach-like pink color on her pure and charming face made her even more stunningly beautiful.
"This is all given by the master. Sylvari will always remember the favor of the master."
She put her hands on her chest and bowed elegantly towards Brian, her tone Sincerely.
Her loose hair swayed gently, and a look of joy from the bottom of her heart appeared on her pure and beautiful face.
It was so similar, Brian sighed secretly.
He forced himself not to look at the Water Fairy, looked at the female lord next to him, and disappeared with her into the inner space of the black obelisk to check the effects she had brought after merging with the demiplane. change.
The next day, Brian's figure appeared on the cliff in the demiplane.
A soft breeze exuding magical energy blew in his face. He sat on a stone and looked at the demiplane of nothingness. His whole body seemed to be lost in thought like a sculpture.
His face, which combines the beautiful features of humans and elves, also rarely showed a trace of tiredness, as if too much energy had been consumed, and there was a sense of laziness in his expression.
After an unknown amount of time, he came back to his senses and opened his attribute panel to check his newly acquired abilities.
[Arcana Fountain (Background Expertise): Arcana power flows in your body and becomes an inner part of you. However, to you, this power is like a spring underground, and it explodes with spectacular and destructive power. Your connection to it always seems so effortless, almost intuitive. It takes up a large part of you, slowly transforming you, making you more like the force you channel than flesh and soul.
When you have your own arcane source, you begin to become proficient in the second damage type of magic. You learn spells that channel two damage types at once, or surround yourself with swirling arcane energy. Eventually, you are able to briefly transform yourself into arcane energy. 】
Special abilities:
1. Arcane resistance: The spring flowing in your body allows you to choose from the four elemental energies of wind, fire, water, and earth every day. The two elements serve as your own resistance elements. No matter you encounter any type of elemental damage, you are immune to any damage caused by the two selected elements.
2. Arcane Splash: Any type of elemental damage spell you release can increase the damage of two selected elements to your spell at the cost of twice the arcane energy consumption.
3. Arcane Arrow: You evoke the energy accumulated in your body and release four arcane arrows representing wind, fire, water, and earth.
4. Arcane Storm: You summon a never-ending howling storm formed by the chaos of the four elements, sweeping your enemies across the battlefield.
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“There is no damage value, no number of uses, and no description of how much arcane energy is consumed.” Looking at the attribute panel, Brian muttered to himself, “It seems The system is not omnipotent. At least this ability has exceeded its prediction. I can only wait until I have time to test it one by one. ”
He obtained this background expertise from the Water Fairy. The specific power has not been explained and he has not tested it yet, so it is still unclear.
However, it can be judged from the first "Arcane Resistance" immunity to elemental damage that the other three abilities are by no means as simple as ordinary high-level spells.
At this moment, light footsteps came.
Myrcella's figure appeared behind Braun. She tilted her head and looked at him, and said playfully:
"It seems that from the time I met you until now, I have never... Have you ever seen you look so tired? Is it because you spent too much energy last night? ”
Hearing the female lord's frivolous teasing, Brian did not answer, but asked the question he was most concerned about at the moment: "How was it? How was the test about the magic hub?"
"It went relatively smoothly." Mi A smile appeared on Sara's lips, she lifted her skirt slightly and sat next to Brian.
“I have now constructed all the spells I have mastered from zero to five rings into spell models and stored them in my spiritual consciousness. From now on, I do not need to go through magic for spells within five rings. "You are a legendary spellcaster, so building spell models is naturally very convenient for you," Brian said, "What about the others?"
< br>This is his biggest concern.
If the magic hub of the demiplane can affect many wizards and let them all break away from the magic network and become blue-striped wizards, it will be a major impact on the magic system.
“Not ideal.” Myrcella sighed and shook her head slightly:
“If you follow your method of testing magic talent, then you need to have at least 16 points of intelligence attribute. Only people can analyze the magic hub, establish a connection with it, and finally condense a magic pool similar to a spring in the body. "So, it still cannot be popularized by the whole people," Brian said with a smile. , "It seems that this is a great plan with a long way to go."
Although wizards with 16 points of intelligence attribute are rare, they are not impossible to find.
Especially those wizards whose strength reaches level four or above, their natural intelligence is definitely above 16 points.
"Actually..." Myrcella hesitated for a moment, then suddenly flashed her beautiful silver-gray eyes, and said:
"As long as we find a person from the Spellweaver race, we can understand what is inside their body. The structure of the colorful disk may reveal its secrets.”
“It’s not easy to find traces of the Spellweaver in the multiverse,” Brian couldn’t help but sigh, “Let’s not waste time here. It’s better for me to collect the Nese scrolls.”
“Indeed.” Myrcella shrugged and smiled, not denying it.
"Then have you figured out how to quickly increase the growth of the demiplane?" Brian then asked.
Only by allowing the demiplane to grow rapidly, the magic hub can accommodate more wizard links.
With the current size of the demiplane, in addition to Myrcella, it can link up to 5 spellcasters, which is already the limit.
If there is any more, the magic power condensed in the demiplane will become negative growth.
"In fact, the demiplane and the caster have a symbiotic relationship." Myrcella said with a slightly solemn expression, "The two complement each other."
"How do you say this?" Brian looked at her doubtfully and expressed his guess, "Maybe it requires faith."
"That's not the case." Myrcella shook her head slightly, " This relationship is like a plant. The plant exposed on the surface is responsible for absorbing sunlight and performing photosynthesis. Only in this way can the plant grow quickly."
"That's it. "Brian suddenly realized, "What you are saying is that wizards are like the roots of plants, and the demiplane is a plant. The more roots there are underground, the faster the plant will grow. "
"Then what will happen if the wizard dies?" He couldn't help but ask.
"If you die..." Myrcella frowned slightly, thought for a moment, and said:
"If it is death, according to my speculation, the magic source condensed in the wizard's body is likely to be fully supplied to the demiplane, accelerating the growth rate, similar to ashes returning to dust, soil returning to soil, and eventually fallen leaves returning to their roots."
" I understand." Brian immediately felt relieved, "It seems that in order to completely grow the demiplane, in addition to finding wizards with outstanding talents, we must also develop methods that allow people with lower talents to connect to the magic hub. Otherwise, I’m afraid it will be difficult to grow up.”
“I think so too,” Myrcella flipped her hair and said to him with a smile, “Leave this matter to me, and I will take care of it. This research is regarded as the most important topic in the future.”
“Of course there is no problem.”
Brian replied with a smile, feeling that his physical strength was almost restored, and he stretched out. My sore waist stood up from the stone.
His current task is to improve his strength as quickly as possible. It is impossible to waste time on this. It is indeed the best choice to leave it to Myrcella.
Seeing this, the female lord next to him also got up and walked with him towards the island in the middle of the lake.
As Brian walked, he stared at the silver void at the boundary of the demiplane, with a hint of worry in his expression.
In fact, he still has one of his most uneasy problems that has not yet been resolved.
That is the Source Believers, one of the fifteen factions from Sigil.
This group of ascetics believe that all existence comes from the same divine source and that every existence possesses divine power.
Their goal is to let all existences find their own divine source and become a god.
Because when all existence becomes a form similar to gods, it will accelerate the end of the multiverse and transform into some new form of existence.
It is similar to the big restart of the multiverse after the Big Bang.
Therefore, in order to find the divine source, they will do whatever it takes to capture those beings who have initially mastered divine power or god-like power and study the source.
For the Ascendants, the creation of demiplanes in the Ethereal Plane by powerful wizards or similar beings shows the correctness of their philosophy.
Not only did they locate their headquarters in the etheric plane, they also invented an artifact that could sense the powerful force generated when the divine power was first born, thereby locking the location.
Brian believed without a doubt that the moment the water swamp fairy successfully merged with the demiplane, the ascendants sensed her presence through the artifact.
It is only a matter of time before the artifact can calculate the exact position of the demiplane. It may take one year, ten years, a hundred years, or a thousand years.
"If my memory is not wrong yet..."
Brian recalled what happened in the game world, "In the etheric plane, the god-ascendant sitting in the headquarters is a female from the Arcanine Tribe named Cirelli, the Red Flame Angel. When the time comes, she will definitely go there as soon as possible. Sigil City, report this matter to..."
"That's right!" When he mentioned Sigil City, he suddenly recalled something.
“It is said that at this point in time, there was a plane walker holding a star-forged sword who tried to awaken certain memories of the owner of Sigil, the Lady of Pain, but was eventually knocked down to Toril by the angry Lady of Pain. The world, if I can find him, maybe he can help me deal with the people of the Source Believers Association.”
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(End of this chapter)