Chapter 250 Level Up and Nine-Level Spells
The refreshing candle was dying in a pool of tears, and the morning light got through the gap in the blinds and shone into the house.
Brian fell asleep at work.
There are piles of books and scrolls on the table. All of these books were found in the dusty library of the preaching mage's mansion in another dimension and he spent half the night and brought them back personally.
The books left by the Evangelist Mage contain many rare works on science, mystery and alchemy, as well as some books on planes and the summoning of strange creatures.
Ru Yin was right, these books were subject to powerful magical restrictions and could not be taken out from the bookshelf unless they were destroyed.
It was for this reason that he almost exhausted all his arcane energy and successfully unlocked one-third of the books in the library.
What makes him quite depressed is that the knowledge of making magic gauntlets that the preaching mage was once proud of has also not been obtained.
As for one of his goals, knowledge about the demiplane of the ‘Dark Abyss’, he naturally found nothing.
If Phaelim Mokoi was not lying, even he himself had to admit that the remnants of the Spellweavers sleeping in the dark abyss were indeed more important to him than the Source Cultists in Sigil. The threat is even greater.
This is why he hurried back to his wizard tower to search for information about the 'Dark Abyss' before the war was completely over.
Who would have thought that even the preaching mage still did not mention any information about the 'Dark Abyss' in the books he stored about the knowledge of the etheric plane.
This made him subconsciously think that Elder Mo Kui was probably lying.
But out of caution and for the safety of his demiplane, Brian still dared not ignore the news easily.
He knew deep down in his heart that the treacherous Elder Mo Kui deliberately mentioned information about the Spellweaver to him, and his intention was by no means as simple as it seemed.
You must know that the reason why the Phayling Demon Sunflower appears in the world of Toril is because of the slavery of the Spellweaver Organization. This is like the West selling black slaves to the American continent during the colonial era.
There is also an indelible hatred between the two.
He rubbed his forehead and summoned up some energy, knowing that no matter how anxious he was at the moment and couldn't find relevant information, it would be of no use.
After all, there is very little information about the Spellweaver organization. They have been sleeping for tens of thousands of years. Even if Elder Mo Kui's words are true, there is no way they would find him so quickly.
This means that he still has some development time.
strength!
Thinking of this, Brian stopped thinking about it and began to check his own status.
Looking at the experience points he gained in the territorial defense battles in the past few days, he pondered for a moment and decided on his upgrade method.
“Improve the arcanist level!”
“Consumption of 481,000 experience points.”
"The arcanist level is increased to level 6."
"Acquire arcane energy: 45 points."
"Acquire freely allocated attributes: 1 point."
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“Increase the arcanist level!”
"Consume 585,000 experience points."
"The arcanist level is increased to level 7."
"Acquire arcane energy: 50 points."
"Acquire arcane energy Magician's professional characteristics: Extraordinary creation! "
"The arcane fire level is increased to level 9, and the 9th level off-net casting permission is obtained. "
"Acquire arcane fire characteristics: Arcane Control!"
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[Extraordinary Creation (Professional Feature): You will devote your life to arcane research in the field of creation, and In the end, a great discovery was made: every tiny part of the spell contains the truth of magical creation. Each spell uproots the invisible but ubiquitous original magic power, interweaves it and fixes it into shape, creating what you want from nothingness. As you study in depth, you gradually understand that arcana is an independent magical effect, a reshaping operation of the magical energy permeating the multiverse, and a magical creation closest to the essence of the universe. This makes you Spell knowledge and power are becoming more and more powerful, and these creative talents are dreams that are simply beyond the reach of those spell users.
Effect: When you use water creation, fire wall, true creation, eternal phantom, creation of demiplane, etc., and many other school spells related to the creation field, the effects will be increased by 50%.
Remarks: This feat is a prerequisite for legendary creation. 】
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Arcane Mastery: Spellcasters who are proficient in this ability can change the basic form of spell elements, such as changing 'Fireball' to cause freezing damage instead of fire damage.
Remarks: This ability only works on spells with strong acid, cold, fire, electric shock or sonic properties. The casting time and energy consumption are not affected in any way. The caster must decide whether to change before casting the spell, and whether to change it. The final elemental form.
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Seeing the two newly acquired abilities, Brian nodded with satisfaction.
The professional feature "Extraordinary Creation" does not seem to have any increase in his spell damage, but it increases his spell effect by 50%.
The so-called spell effect specifically refers to the duration and scope of influence after the spell is released, which is equivalent to the similar effect of obtaining the metamagic expertise "Spell Delay" and "Spell Expansion" at the same time. For him This kind of improvement, which is mainly based on plastic energy spells, is still relatively large.
It can be seen from this that every professional characteristic of the Arcanist is fully worthy of the cost of spending double the experience to upgrade the level.
Arcane Fire's ability "Arcane Control" directly makes his spells very flexible.
"Arcane Control" is paired with "Arcane Shaping". The former can freely adjust arcane elements, while the latter can freely shape the shapes released by spells. This is simply the fundamental manifestation of spellcasters' proficiency in arcane spells.
Brian turned his attention to his newly acquired free attribute point, and naturally added it to his intelligence attribute without hesitation, making it the current 26 points.
At this moment, his intelligence attribute of 26 points has exceeded that of most legendary spell casters. Whether it is the damage of spells or the counterattack against the enemy's spells, the advantage of high intelligence will be fully reflected.
The fundamental reason why he temporarily gave up on upgrading the level of the psion was to obtain the nine-level spellcasting ability as soon as possible.
With the combination of the arcanist's professional characteristics and the arcane fire characteristics, with nine-level spells, his strength can definitely be greatly increased.
He has mastered many powerful spells such as Meteor Explosion, Time Stop, Mordenkainen's Disintegration, etc., which are well-known among the nine-ring spells, when he was in the game world. When fighting, he can directly use the spells. Instant, released instantly.
Just imagining that gorgeous scene is shocking.
Ever since Brian fought against legendary professionals such as Haji Horner, he has clearly felt his own strengths and weaknesses.
His advantages are naturally blue-bar spellcasting without spell slot restrictions, as well as specialties and characteristics that enhance spell damage, such as spell sharpening, sharpening power, and arcane burst.
At the beginning of the battle, he can pour out all the spells he has preset in advance through arcane hub, magic rapid fire, arcane twins, and arcane sequence.
With this violent and gorgeous attack, even a legendary professional may be taken away by him if he is careless.
The shortcomings are also quite obvious, that is, the strength is too low. Without the support of powerful legendary professional characteristics and legendary expertise, many low-level spells cannot show their power, and control and mind-affecting spells are even more unbearable to look at.
Compared with those spellcasters and lichs who have lived for thousands of years, this is indeed his most fatal shortcoming. It is like a new game being launched and others have been playing it for two or three years. I just started creating an account. If I want to catch up with their progress, the only shortcut is to earn money.
In the Mage Tower in Arabe City, he was able to temporarily suppress three legendary professionals with his intermittent spells, even preventing them from casting high-level spells.
The fundamental reason is the blessing of the super magic in conjunction with the super magic spell user Myrcella, and the assistance of the super magic circle activated by the tower spirit.
Otherwise, with the frequency with which he released spells, he would have died on the spot due to the sequelae of soul shock.
For example, with his current ability, it would cost 17 points of arcane energy to release a nine-level spell normally. Using the metamagic feats "Spell Empowerment" and "Spell Quickening", it would cost at least 25 points to release a nine-level spell.
This means that with his mental state, 17 points of arcane energy are mobilized every time he releases a spell, which is the safest method of casting spells.
If the arcane energy exceeds 17 points, a fatigue state similar to mental tremors will occur. In layman's terms, it is overload.
This state will prevent him from continuously overloading arcane energy for a short period of time.
Forcible use will damage the mental strength of the person, and even reduce the intelligence attribute of the person, or lead to death on the spot with a headshot.
Moreover, the more arcane energy mobilized at one time exceeds 17 points, the longer the mental tremor lasts. It is similar to the need to turn to CD after the magic is released in online games.
Of course, this shortcoming can be completely compensated for by the collaborative super magic of a super magic user.
The two relayed each other and just made up for the gap he had left in converting to CD.
This is also the fundamental reason why he was able to suppress three legendary casters with his own firepower.
As the level increases and he masters the nine-ring spellcasting ability, the only difference between him and the legendary professionals is legendary spells and legendary expertise.
In a battle between spellcasters, there is no absolute advantage, and legendary spells are equivalent to nothing.
Because most powerful spells take a long time to prepare, unless you have helpers, the enemy cannot leave you such a long time.
For example, in the star battle between him and the Shadow Demon Network mentor, the legendary spell released by the other party seemed to have a very fast casting time, but the sustained damage caused was not even as good as an eighth-level spell.
The legendary spell of the Shadow Demon Network mentor is a control spell, and it needs certain conditions to be triggered in order to explode with powerful power.
Then, just like every time he upgraded his level, Brian began to adjust and adapt to his new state so that he could calmly deal with sudden situations.
About ten minutes later, his student Xixi came in with a battle report.
The two students he recruited half a year ago, the moon elf mage Oranke, are as obsessed with constructed creatures and mechanical puppets as they are like a pervert who can't walk after seeing a beautiful woman.
Except for his summons or assignments, Olank almost always immersed himself in the construction workshop of the Wizard Tower, studying these constructions.
Furthermore, Oranke also created the first drone puppet with autonomous consciousness through the activation ceremony of the Grand Arcanist's "Golem Manual", which he treated as his own constructed familiar.
The girl named Sissi in front of him, just as Brian expected, in addition to learning the magic of the Psychic School from Ms. Polaris, she also has relatively strong management skills.
Even Agtus, the most arrogant red dragon in Mokou Town, became significantly weaker after seeing her.
Now, she has become a qualified little secretary, and the offline system of Brian's lordship has been implemented very smoothly.
"Teacher, the battle in Mokou Town is over." Sissi placed the battle report on the table in front of Brian. "As per your request, I have prepared a detailed report. Please check it out. .”
Brian nodded slightly and picked up the battle report, which recorded the details of the battle, as well as losses and gains.
Five days have passed since the ancient red dragon invaded.
These five days have been extremely difficult for everyone in the territory.
After all, death cannot be avoided in war, and it is obvious what death will bring.
Even so, the civilians and soldiers in the Mokou Town territory rarely complained.
Because they are all eager for military pay, military exploits and promotion. As various positions in Mokou Town are gradually saturated, war is the only means of promotion.
No one is willing to give up the opportunity to join the army. All civilians dream of sending themselves or their sons to the army in Mokou Town in exchange for promotion opportunities.
This is their only hope. Join the army in Mokou Town, be promoted to sergeant, become a free citizen of the territory, enjoy the rights they deserve, and then become a professional soldier. This will give their family the opportunity to get rid of their civilian status and become a member of Mokou Town. free citizens.
Only free citizens have the right to live in Mokou Town, obtain basic education that allows them to turn over, and have the opportunity to learn magic. Obviously, these civilians who have escaped from slavery are far more eager for war than the real knights.
After all, in the past six months of development, the number of citizens in Mokou Town has reached nearly 10,000, and its town size can be called a city.
The five villages surrounding Mokou Town have gradually expanded to the size of a small town, housing nearly 8,000 civilians in total.
The vast majority of these people are Bedai barbarians who have been absorbed, and a small number are some liberated slaves from Cormyr who have been adopted through the relationship of the female lord.
Even in this war, even the middle and low-level spellcasters recruited by the Wizard Tower were very actively involved in this territorial defense battle.
Because compared to staying in the tower to copy scrolls, make magic potions, enchant equipment, and assemble mechanical puppets, fighting is the fastest way to gain points.
This group of spellcasters who signed the contract all know that only by raising their authority in the Wizard Tower to a higher level can they have access to profound magical knowledge.
Obviously, in the orderly promotion system, most people with ideals are fighting for their scalps and want to join the territorial system.
Brian began to carefully review the detailed report made by Sissi.
The enemy attacking Mokou Town was not from the Shadow City deep in the desert, but from the Goblin Borderlands to the west of the town. This was an enemy that was completely beyond his expectation.
The Goblin Border Wilderness is located to the west of the territory of Mokou Town, sandwiched between the Distant Sea Swamp and the Eno Oak Desert. It is a wilderness that has not yet been touched by civilization.
Everywhere is cliffs, swamps, low hills, thorny shrubs, open grasslands and caves.
It is said that before the emergence of the Netheril Empire, the Goblin Frontier was once a powerful kingdom established by the goblins, and some remaining fortress ruins can still be seen.
The region is home to various humanoid races, including orcs, goblins, hobgoblins, kobolds, gnolls, hill giants, cyclops, ogres, and orcs (orc-ogre hybrids), among others.
The only ancient goblin fortress called Gewochu is located in the goblin wilderness and is jointly controlled by large tribes such as ogres, gnolls, orcs and hobgoblins.
In Brian's impression, this place is a place of chaos.
The evil humanoid tribes kill each other, and the Bedai barbarians occasionally come here to enjoy the autumn breeze. It is impossible to pose any substantial threat to the surrounding civilized areas.
This group of humanoid creatures from the chaotic and evil camp are too busy fighting their own battles. How can they be in the mood to invade other places? I am afraid that as soon as they leave, other tribes will successfully steal their homes.
Therefore, he hardly paid much attention to this place.
Who would have thought that in this turmoil, the main force attacking Mokou Town would be humanoid troops from the goblin frontier, among which the number of jackals was the largest.
"Sissi, during the defensive battle in Mokou Town, did anyone notice the special jackals." Brian looked at the battle report in his hand and asked thoughtfully.
"Yes, teacher." Sissi said without hesitation:
"During the battle, they discovered a kind of creature with eyes flashing red, and its skin and mane were mainly jet black. There are not many gnolls, and they are mainly responsible for commanding the gnoll troops. It was Balerius who first noticed something was wrong, and then asked Argotus to fly over and kill them."
As if she felt that her explanation was not too detailed, she walked over to Brian, flipped through two pages of battle reports, and pointed to the pictures carved by magic on them with her little finger.
Abyss Gnoll!
Brian realized the seriousness of the problem, because the Abyss Gnolls were the terrifying products of the Gnoll King Yeenoghu, the demon lord of the Abyss.
“It seems that Yeenoghu, the king of gnolls, is focusing his goals on the surface and trying to rule the goblin frontier. This is most likely caused by the instigation of the Dark Lord Graz’zt.” He guessed. The reason for the appearance of the Abyss Jackals.
After all, he stole Graz'zt's red dragon egg, which had great potential and could even help the demon lord change the situation in the Abyss in the future.
As the most devil-like demon, Graz'zt will never give up.
Brian guessed that Graz'zt might have promised something to the stupid King of Jackals. One sent demon assassins to attack his wizard tower, and the other tried to conquer the goblin frontier. A threat to his territory.
“I didn’t expect that I would inexplicably provoke a demon lord again.” Brian sighed helplessly.
Although the strength of the gnoll race is generally not strong, their number is very large. If there is sufficient food, they can even directly transform captive hyenas into challenge level 2 through some terrible rituals. A jackal of about level.
And the biggest wish of Yeenoghu, the king of jackals, is to let jackals rule the material world. It is also very scary to go crazy.
"Tell Balerius," Brian said to Sissi, "and ask him to send a few scouts to infiltrate the Gevors and closely monitor the actions of the Gnoll tribe."
"Yeah, I understand. ." Sissi quickly took out her notebook and wrote down his words in a small notebook.
Then, Brian looked at the battle situation at Fort Watch.
Watchfort is located at the intersection of the Stormhorn Mountains and the Distant Sea Swamp. With the existence of this fortress, large-scale orcs and lizardmen cannot successfully invade his territory.
When the fortress was completed, he arranged for all the more than 500 mountain dwarves responsible for its construction to live here, and sent a thousand-man troop to assist in its defense. It was a military fortress.
The defensive battle against the lizards and orcs went very smoothly without any mistakes.
The only thing that caught Brian's attention was a group of undead creatures called 'Death Screamers' from the depths of the swamps in the far sea.
This made him realize that there was an ancient elf ruin hidden deep in the swamps of the distant sea, and that something terrible sleeping in the ruins of the glass palace might have begun to wake up.
Decades ago, star elves lived deep in the distant sea forest, which is now the distant sea swamp.
Facing the Netherese invaders who continued to colonize the ancient forests along the Wizarding Bay, the star elves decided to withdraw from the main material world.
Then, a familiar scene appeared again.
The high elven mages built a glass palace deep in the forest, as well as a network of stone rings covering the entire forest.
They then ran an extremely powerful high elf spell through these stone tablets.
If this spell is successful, most elves will leave the main material world and come to a country called: Hildeyou.
A beautiful and mysterious demiplane, a place eternally illuminated by the dim light of the stars.
However, during the operation of the ritual, a high star elf mage named Morel Twilight Walker, out of his desire for corruption and power, attempted to control all star elves.
When fighting for the highest control of the demiplane, this high-level star elf mage even did not hesitate to use evil power to fight against other high-level mages.
As expected, an unexpected surprise occurred.
The ceremony of the high-level star elf mage, during the battle, tore open an unknown demiplane, and the terrible corrupt energy poured out from the crack. All the star elves known as the "Masters of Singing Magic" , all were transformed into 'death screamers' full of death power.
Obviously, these ‘death screamers’ have begun to gradually wake up from their slumber.
"Teacher, after the battle, Commander Salo has taken the tiefling warlock to the depths of the distant sea swamp to find out the cause." Seeing Brian staring at the picture of the 'Death Screamer' for a long time, Sissi An appropriate addition.
“I understand.” Brian nodded slightly and said, “If the two of them come back, tell me as soon as possible.”
As far as he knows, the high-level star elf mage’s Although the ritual failed, causing the entire race to perish, it was by no means a complete failure. The glass palace deep in the swamps of the distant sea concealed a portal leading to the demiplane of the country called 'Hildeyou'.
With the strength of Salo and the warlock, it is not difficult to find the portal without all the ‘Death Screamers’ waking up from their slumber.
Among all his subordinates, Dragon Vein Warlock Salo is the most utilitarian.
Although he knew this very well, he didn't say anything more about it.
After all, as long as the other party doesn't do anything detrimental to the territory, it's not a bad habit.
In other words, if it weren’t for his utilitarianism, Mokou Town’s army would not have been formed so quickly. He even selected a group of professionals with second-level strength and above among the adventurers to train them. A garrison of about 500 people was formed.
Mentioning Salo, Brian thought of the warlock who followed him.
He had seen the tiefling warlock who took the initiative to join him and whose strength reached the legendary realm. He felt that the other person was inexplicably familiar to him, but when he thought about it carefully, he couldn't remember it. Who is it?
This was the first time he met someone he couldn't see through.
Then, Brian's eyes moved to the report on the last battlefield.
Three days ago, among the orc tribes, the orc army headed by the Dragon Taming Clan broke through the Rock Castle in the Stormhorn Mountains.
The fall of this military fortress caused the orc army to march in and almost plundered five villages and towns in his territory.
This made everyone realize that the purpose of the orcs and the lizardmen of the distant sea swamps to attack the Watch Castle was just to attack the east and the west.
Fortunately, to the east of Mokou Town, the army led by the consul from Tifantun, a lycanthrope tiger of the Tiger tribe, provided very timely support. Under the bombing of more than two hundred mechanical puppets and drones, , successfully recaptured the fortress.
In the game world, Tiffany was the first to bear the brunt of the Red Dragon Rebellion, and even their archon died in this turmoil.
It is for this reason that Obert, the leader of the Purple Dragon Knights under him, succeeded in taking over and became the ruler of Tifantun.
But things are different now. After Brian occupied Mokou Town, all the enemy's attention shifted from Tifantun to his side.
So much so that in this turmoil, Tiffany Dun was unscathed.
Therefore, after Brian helped Myrcella drive away Hajhorna and others, he immediately proposed to her that the defenders of Tifanton come to support him.
“Give this letter to Balerius.” He handed the letter he had prepared in advance to Sissi and said, “Let him arrange for someone to send it to the Archon Treasury in Tifanton. "In the hands of Tester."
In Brian's impression, if Shar, the Lost Lady, wants to replace the Magic Web with the Shadow Demon Web, at least two large cities need to be sacrificed.
Only by turning the cities in the material world into places shrouded in shadow and transforming enough shadow creatures can we tear a crack in the magic web.
The capital of the Kingdom of Sambia and Tifantun of the Kingdom of Cormyr are located at the nodes of the Magic Network, so they are the best choices.
In this letter, he detailed the hidden location of Shar's temple to the governor of Tifanton. As long as the other party follows his instructions and uproots the temple's power, the crisis will most likely be resolved.
Mentioning the letter, Brian couldn't help but recall the ranger Puranda who went to the Kingdom of Halua.
More than half a year has passed. According to the normal schedule, we should have arrived long ago.
However, he has not received any magical messages from the Kingdom of Halua so far.
The fundamental reason why he is so eager to get the support of Master Halua is that he is worried about the failure of Hajihona, allowing Yinhun City to directly salvage the Falling Star Sea in order to attack Mokou Town. The floating city opened above his head.
With the help of Master Halua, he can not only block this attack, but even seize control of the floating city and make it his own. It is not impossible.
Ever since he established a foothold in Mokou Town, he has been working on the idea of a floating city.
After all, this floating city is the city with the most complete overall structure besides the City of Shadows. As long as it is modified and strengthened on the basis, it can be used by yourself.
Watching Sissi leave with the letter, Brian continued to look up information about the ‘Dark Abyss’.
After an unknown amount of time, the buzzing sound of the teleportation circle came in front of him, interrupting his concentration.
He immediately realized who could teleport to his wizard tower without any obstacles.
Brian stood up from the chair and walked over.
The female lord of Arabe City suddenly came to him at this time, which gave him a vague premonition.
He looked at her, she was still as beautiful as he remembered.
She lifted the hood of her cloak, and the sunlight fell on her long brown-red hair, shining like gold, but her face was very pale, and her eyes were like ponds in the shadows.
"I'm really sorry, Brian, to disturb you at this time." The female lord's soft voice had a hint of sadness, "I brought news about Susar City... and Hesiah."
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(End of this chapter)