Chapter 263 New Equipment
After figuring out the reason why he could not advance to the Legendary Realm, Brian immediately breathed a sigh of relief, and then turned his attention to his Psion level.
He brought up the experience bar without thinking and started a new round of improvement.
“Improve the level of the Psion!”
“It consumes 214500 experience points.”
"The Psion level has been increased to level 15!"
"Psionic points gained: 25 points, additional psionic points 5 points."
"Acquired level 8 power: Astral Shi, "True Self-Shaping"
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"Raise the Psion Level"
"253,000 experience points are consumed."
"The Psion level is increased to level 16!"
"Psionic points gained: 26 points, additional psionic points are 5 points."
"Acquire free allocation attribute: 1 point."
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"Raise the level of the Psion!"
"Consumption of 292250 experience points."
"Raise the level of the Psion to level 17!"
"Psionic points gained: 29 Points, 5 additional power points. "
"Acquire level 9 powers: Creation, True Creation, Tornado."
"Acquired the professional characteristic: Ectoplasmic Alliance."
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After three consecutive levels of improvement, Brian clearly felt a pound of energy unearthed from the depths of his soul. Great spiritual energy.
His logical thinking, imagination, comprehension and ability to observe words and emotions have also become rich and flexible.
Feeling the significant improvement brought by the energy at the spiritual level, Brian looked at the potted plants in the corner. He manipulated his thoughts at will. Without the blessing of any magical energy, he only relied on his own thoughts. , and easily suspended the potted plant steadily in mid-air.
He had a hunch that as long as he wanted to, the suspended potted plant could be crushed to pieces by the squeeze of the power of his mind at any time.
Even potted plants and pottery flower pots are like this. If it were faced with ordinary people, the effect would probably be more significant, he thought to himself.
Of course, thinking about it, Brian did not try this approach out of strong curiosity.
His deep gaze flickered slightly, and the potted plant suspended in mid-air landed firmly on the spot.
He did not continue to use his powerful mental ability to do such boring things, but instead focused on his attribute panel.
When the level of a psychic increases, he will naturally increase his newly acquired attribute points to intelligence as soon as possible. In this case, it becomes 27 points.
Among the six attributes in the character panel, the attribute gap within 20 points may not be as big as imagined. Races such as orcs and ogres have outstanding talents, even in After reaching adulthood, their strength attribute is as high as about 20 points.
But starting from 20 points and above, as the attributes continue to increase, its ability to increase gradually expands. Even if the attribute difference is only 1 point, the gap between the two is like a gap.
So, under the premise that the main attributes of arcanists and psions are all intelligence, every free attribute point Brian obtains will be added to his own intelligence attribute without hesitation.
Due to the improvement of intelligence attributes, in addition to increasing one's own spell damage and spell effects, abilities in many related fields such as magic items, secret runes, and spell recognition will also be significantly increased.
Brian's eyes moved down, checking his newly acquired abilities:
[Actoplasm Alliance (Professional Feature): As a psion proficient in the field of creation, you have completely mastered the mystery of ectoplasm energy, and skillfully By controlling this mysterious energy from the astral realm, even in the material world, you can let the astral energy permeating the void of the astral realm surround you and become an indispensable part of you.
Effect: The ectoplasm energy surrounding you can make you immune to most psychic resistance when fighting in the astral realm. For example, in the astral realm, your movements will become very smooth, allowing you to always You can get the upper hand. When you are inadvertently involved in the spiritual storm of the astral world, you will be able to escape more easily than ordinary astral travelers. In addition, your ectoplasmic constructs and psicrystal servants can also stay permanently in the material world without having to worry about being forced to return to the astral realm due to the loss of ectoplasmic energy. 】
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Seeing this ability, Brian secretly sighed that it was indeed a professional feature that only level 17 psychics could master.
After obtaining the professional characteristic "Actoplasm Alliance", he can clearly feel the ectoplasm energy seeping out from the astral void, surrounding him like a gentle breeze.
Although this energy is invisible and intangible, as soon as he closes his eyes, he seems to feel countless ectoplasmic energy shining like stars surrounding him, shining brightly.
This feeling is as if he is in the vast starry sky, surrounded by stars, and can mobilize these energies at any time as long as he wants.
It is the effect of this energy that allows his spiritual crystal servants and astral constructs to stay permanently in the material world without having to go to the star realm to replenish energy.
However, compared to the newly acquired abilities, Brian believes that the biggest improvement in level this time is actually the unlocking of powerful abilities at levels 8 and 9.
All abilities from level 1 to level 9 are unlocked, which undoubtedly greatly improves his strength. When fighting with others, he will also fully demonstrate the flexibility between arcane magic and spiritual power.
For example, the level 8 abilities "Astral Transformation" and "True Self-Shaping".
The former can weave ectoplasmic threads into a crystal that holds the soul. Once killed, his soul can be transferred into this crystal across any distance, material, and plane.
Then as long as you create a new body within 30 days, or occupy other people's bodies through 'mind exchange', you can be reborn.
"True Self-Shaping" is a recovery ability comparable to advanced regeneration.
After using this power, not only can the damage sustained by oneself be continuously healed, but even the lost limbs can be rejoined or regenerated like a troll.
The level 9 power "Creation" gives him the ability to create a demiplane in the star world, and "Tornado Storm" is the most powerful group attack power among psychic powers.
The "Real Creation Technique" represents the fundamental expression of the field of creation, allowing him to create real objects out of thin air for his own use.
For example, with his current ability, he can create an exquisite gem using only a small piece of suitable rock.
This is the true meaning of using thoughts to create matter.
And after mastering this ability, Brian can clearly feel that whether it is an arcanist or a psychic, the depth of the creative field they are proficient in is much wider than other fields.
After all, in essence, it represents the creation of true creation from nothingness.
Otherwise, why in the heyday of Netheril, there were so many great arcane mages, but only a handful of great arcane mages were proficient in the field of creation.
After completing three levels, Brian had no intention of continuing to improve.
This is not to say that he does not have enough experience points to continue, but that he believes that the 17th level psion level is enough.
Although he could feel his strength increasing at a speed visible to the naked eye by improving three levels at a time, he did not forget the warning Helist gave him.
Haste makes waste.
Before he was completely familiar with the power of the psychic, he did not dare to level up too quickly.
You must know that the essential reason why his Arcanist level dares to directly move towards the legendary field is that when he was in the game world, his own caster level had reached this stage. For the ability in this field, It couldn't be more familiar.
But the Psion profession is different.
Without Helister's help, he wouldn't even be able to awaken his psychic powers, let alone take up this profession part-time.
The most important thing is that he does not know as much about the psychic profession as he imagined. Even though his level as a psychic has been raised to level 17, the real reason makes him quite helpless.
Because of the many studies on psychics, Brian simply did not have time to dabble in them. He had never mastered such things as spiritual patterns, psychic armor, psychic jewelry, psychic stones, etc.
In this case, the consequence of relying only on one's own experience points to quickly increase the level of the psychic is that it is impossible to advance to the legendary realm in a short period of time.
Moreover, with the help of Helister, his spiritual crystal servant also took up the soul blade profession, which undoubtedly increased the difficulty of advancement again.
It is precisely for this reason that Brian will never summon his spiritual crystal servant at will unless absolutely necessary.
Because 'Know Yourself' is not only the motto of psychics, but also their path to great power.
The Spiritual Crystal Servant belongs to the fragment of his personality that he stripped off himself. Only by retrieving the stripped personality fragment can he touch the road to the legendary realm.
At that time, the autonomous consciousness of the birth of the Spirit Crystal Servant will completely disappear and become a construct that he can control at will.
In this case, in addition to preventing the spiritual crystal servant's personality fragments from affecting him, he also cannot establish too deep a relationship with him.
All the knowledge about psychics was taught to him by Helister.
In this situation, the best thing for Brian is to wait.
When Heliste completes the integration of the fifth personality, he can take advantage of the opportunity of spiritual communication between the two to draw a large amount of knowledge and experience about psychic energy from her sea of spiritual consciousness, allowing his soul to Warlock levels are more stable.
So, in his opinion, a level 17 psion, capable of mastering powers from levels 1 to 9, is enough.
Then, Brian took out the psychic crystal that Herlist gave him before leaving, and began to absorb the level 8 and level 9 abilities stored in it.
Time passed little by little in the faint luster of the psychic crystal.
When the crystal in Brian's hand finally completed its mission and turned into pieces, he opened his eyes and began to slowly reflect on the new powers he had obtained.
During this period of spiritual silence, he mastered level 8 powers: reality distortion, psychic steel and iron bones, material reshaping, psychic mind barrier, and psychic advanced teleportation.
Level 9 powers are: Resonance Field, Micro World, Reversal of Reality and Eternal Body.
After everything was prepared, Brian was about to get up and leave the room when he suddenly discovered that Myrcella, the female lord of Arabel, had appeared in his study at some time, sitting on a chair and reading the books at will. holding a book next to the table.
"When did you come here?" He looked up at Myrcella and greeted her actively.
The other party was able to appear quietly in his room. Apart from the fact that he was too absorbed in learning psychic powers, the fundamental reason was that Myrcella had authority second only to him in the wizard tower.
This is the permission he opened for her last time when he left Mokou Town and went to Susar in order to let her help him guard his home.
Otherwise, even the perception of Ms. Taling Polaris would not be able to quietly penetrate the restrictions set in the room.
"I just came here not long ago." The female lord put down the book gracefully, and when she raised her head, she casually shook the long hair hanging on her face.
She smiled at Brian, stood up from her chair, and walked over.
As usual, she wore a high-quality, white and elegant jacket with a purple skirt, giving her a chic beauty.
Bryan can not only feel the charm of a mature woman from the rich experience and wisdom contained in her bright eyes, but also from her slender figure and beautiful face, Feel the elegant and noble charming temperament.
Even he himself had to admit that every time he saw this beautiful female lord, he felt like his eyes were brightening.
Brian once asked himself, when he helped the Kingdom of Cormyr resist the City of Shades, did he want to save this disaster-prone kingdom, or was he just doing it for certain people?
Finally, he realized that the proportion of the latter was actually so much higher than the former.
"I was going to find you." Brian stood up to greet her, motioned her to sit on the chair next to his desk, then poured her a cup of tea and handed it over.
Before heading to the Misty Valley, he was indeed planning to go to Arabel City because he was going to pick up a weapon that he had asked Myrcella to enchant.
"So I came here." Myrcella sat on the chair, took the tea, took a sip, and showed a soft smile.
Then she glanced at Brian, her beautiful eyes were flowing, as clear and pure as lake water, she smiled slightly, and teased in a teasing tone: "I have kept you waiting, Lord Protector of Cormyr, please pay me. The task given to me has been completed.”
Myrcella reached out and pointed, and a yew staff appeared out of thin air, floating in mid-air, and flew in the direction of Brian.
Brian ignored the female lord's teasing, because his eyes at this moment were deeply attracted by this staff.
By detecting magic, he saw that the staff flashed with a dazzling aura that represented the 'legendary' quality. He held it in his hand with a slightly excited look and couldn't wait to check the properties of the staff:
Energy Dragon Flame Staff +5
Type: Magical Weapon
Quality: Golden·Legendary
Aura: Dazzling Evocation Spiritual Light
1. When holding this staff, the fire attribute spells released will increase the damage by an additional 25%.
2. When holding this staff, the fire attribute spell released will cause an additional explosion damage of +6 intelligence adjustment value.
3. When holding this staff, you can instantly cast any fire attribute spells below the sixth level. The release speed of fire attribute spells above the fifth level is increased by 30%.
4. When holding this staff, it can effectively activate any fire attribute spell released by the super magic three times a day.
5. The top of this staff is inlaid with a flawless dragon crystal, and has up to 10 charges. It can activate three forms of fire magic. At dawn every day, the spent charges are restored. .
The first type: Consume 1 charge to release a three-ring spell called 'Fireball'.
The second type: Consumes 3 rounds of charge to release a six-ring spell like ‘Explosive Fireball’.
The third type: consumes 5 charges to release a nine-ring spell like ‘Meteor Explosion’. Explanation: This was originally just an extraordinary staff inlaid with star rubies. Because it was stored in the red dragon's lair for too long, it also absorbed the fire element energy overflowing from five adult red dragons, which made the quality of this staff gain. quality improvement.
When the star ruby inlaid on the top of the staff was replaced by an ancient red dragon crystal by a skilled enchantment master, the fire element energy of the staff resonated with the ancient dragon crystal, and the quality was completely transformed. A similar improvement, breaking through the excellent quality, becoming a powerful legendary staff.
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This is a five-foot-long yew staff with three mysterious flame runes printed in the middle and three golden hoops at the end. of rings.
As a spell caster, Brian could see at a glance the effects represented by these three circles, which were powerful super magic three times a day without any consumption.
This is a magical effect that only a metamagic caster can achieve.
The top of the staff is a red crystal with a faint luster. The arcane runes symbolizing destruction and destruction appear inside the crystal like patterns etched into the glass.
This is a dragon crystal.
The so-called dragon crystal can also be called 'dragon essence'.
This kind of rare material with no market price can only be extracted and twisted into a soul crystal at the moment of death of the dragon with the help of the power of the ritual circle prepared in advance.
Brian's dragon crystal was obtained from the corpse of the ancient red dragon he killed.
In this case, he naturally thought of the staff he had obtained in the Dark Territory immediately.
Upgrading the quality of this staff to 'Legendary' is undoubtedly equivalent to replacing a shotgun with a cannon.
Especially the powerful super magic three times a day and the two instant "Meteor Explosions", which fully embodies the destruction of the evocation spell.
Brian even believed that without the intervention of other legendary professionals, he could almost destroy any fully formed army with this staff and his own spells.
"How was the effect?" Myrcella was leaning on the chair, her curves clearly visible. She gently put down the teacup in her hand and asked with a smile.
"Very satisfied." Brian glanced at her gratefully, trying to see from her beautiful silver-gray eyes full of wisdom what price she had paid to improve this staff.
Unfortunately, he could not see any fatigue at all in Myrcella's eyes. Instead, he was surprised to feel that there was a faint magical light shining from her body, like a It protected her like a circle.
Seeing this scene, Brian instantly realized that the strength of this female lord was probably moving towards becoming a mid-level legend under the influence of the demiplane magic hub.
Then, being condescending, he was deeply attracted by the dazzling whiteness that appeared between the slightly open collar of the other party and slowly undulated with steady breathing.
At this moment, the female lord leaned on the back of the chair with her graceful and exquisite body, presenting her alluring capital in front of him at a glance.
Vaguely, Brian also noticed the slit in her skirt, and between the overlapping slender legs, the black stockings that looked like silk stockings were hazy and exuded amazing charm.
Faced with this situation, Brian quickly regained his composure. Before the other party noticed it, he had retracted his gaze without any trace, sat back on the chair, changed the subject and asked: "Sambi How is the situation in Asia? "
Two months have passed since he returned to Mokou Town from Susar City.
During this period, apart from going to the Ethereal Plane to gain experience, he also stayed in his tower to guard against the attack of the City of Shadows.
Who would have thought that there would be no movement from the enemy, but instead evil humanoid creatures such as jackals from the goblin frontier, harassing his territory from time to time.
“There is no movement.” The female lord looked at him with a half-smile and shook her head slightly, “The floating city of Sacros has been floating over the capital of Sambia since it rose from the Star Sea. There is no sign of a large-scale attack.”
“That’s understandable,” Brian nodded thoughtfully and said, “After all, the floating city that was just salvaged still needs repairs in many aspects. , and also have to manage the undead in the capital of Sembia, as well as the ghosts from the Shadow Realm. At this time, it is a good choice to give up the all-out attack and temporarily rest and stabilize the territory."
"What about Shadow Valley? He looked at the female lord and then asked, "How is the investigation in Shadow Valley?"
"The results are out." The female lord sat up, sipped her tea, and said with a worried look.
"The sages of Shadow Valley were attacked by the City of Shadows. According to a local mage who accidentally caught a glimpse of the battle, Elminster used silver fire to attack High King Terramante, but because of Terraman Mantle is the ghost creature transformed by the Lost Lady, and the silver fire is the energy that represents the essence of the magic network. The big explosion caused by the encounter of these two substances opened a gap in Baator Hell. In order to prevent the evil in hell, Elminster When the devils collectively migrated to the material world, they entered this gap and closed it from the other side of hell."
Brian nodded slightly to express his understanding.
The whole incident is not much different from the game.
It is said that the sage of the Valley of Shadows used up his magic power in the Baator Hell to close the gap, and was then captured by a devil.
The cunning devil wanted to get the secret of the Silver Fire from Elminster's mind, so there were various famous scenes of Elminster being tortured by the devil.
The old sage was able to survive solely because of the healing power of silver fire.
Later, the goddess of magic Mystra discovered the missing old sage, so she personally entered hell to find her favorite subordinate, but she failed.
Then, the goddess turned on the gourd baby to save grandpa mode, sending people to hell one after another to save him (send death).
In the timeline before Brian left the game, the last person to save the old sage was the black-robed mage Hylaster who lived in the underground world of Waterdeep City, Leyline Labyrinth, and the known mechanical empire I Maska's survivors.
As a result, the man was not rescued, but lost his own life.
Even with the strength of the High Legend of Hellast, it can be seen that this is by no means a simple task.
"Are there no other participants in the siege of Elminster except the people from Ghost City and the church?" Brian came back to his senses and asked again.
“No one has seen the participation of third-party forces.” Myrcella frowned slightly, as if remembering something, and added: “However, it is said that when the silver fire exploded, this The mage watching the battle also sensed a faint breath of negative energy."
That's true.
Hearing this uncertain news, Brian immediately realized that Larok, the old lich of Netheril, might also be involved in this action.
"Obviously." Myrcella looked at Brian and said: "The floating city suspended in the capital of Sambia is actively preparing. If they start to attack, whether it is Tifanton or Mokou Town, they will become The target of their attack."
"I know all of this." Brian nodded slightly, tapping his fingers on the table while thinking about countermeasures.
Myrcella saw Brian, who was meditating, sitting quietly on the chair without disturbing him.
“I am ready to leave immediately for Misty Valley.” Brian broke the silence and said to the female lord, “Only by uniting the people of Misty Valley can we withstand the counterattack of Ghost City.”
"Have you already thought of any good countermeasures?" Myrcella looked at him curiously.
"It's not a good countermeasure. I can only say that I'm trying my best." Brian sighed helplessly and said: "I thought of a way to shoot down the floating city of Sacross, although the success rate is not very good. It’s high, but it’s the only way at the moment.”
Myrcella looked surprised when she heard Brian’s bold idea.
"Do you need me to go with you?" She looked at him worriedly.
“That’s not necessary.” Brian shook his head slightly and said to Myrcella, “Your mission is to help guard Mokou Town.”
“I understand.” Hearing the rejection Myrcella looked slightly regretful at the words, and then asked: "Then do you have any other matters that need to be paid attention to, or unfinished things that I need to do."
"Of course." Brian thought for a moment and told the female lord one by one. "Now that the matter in Shadow Valley has been investigated clearly, you should arrange for Keveril to go to the Eno Oak Desert in person to help me. Find someone."
After saying that, he immediately took out a sheepskin scroll.
What is painted above is a young man with black hair and black eyes. He is carrying a sheathed sword and wearing a battered bronze armor.
In Brian's impression, this person once challenged the Lady of Pain in Sigil City, and was eventually knocked down to the material plane, and the location where he landed was the Eno Oak Desert.
There are rumors that the other party has power comparable to that of a god and a true god. Some players even joked that this man with an oriental face is probably a person who has practiced Tiangang Thirty-Six A practitioner of the Dharma.
Brian is actually very curious about what the specific situation is. He believes that as long as he is found, all the mysteries will be solved.
Seeing the female lord putting away the scroll solemnly, he added: "One more thing, I hope you will use all your strength to help me import all kinds of ores and steel. The more the better, specifically I’ll ask Sissi to pass the list to you.”
Although he had already asked the gray dwarves who had surrendered to him to build multiple steel mills in the Underdark, thinking back on his next plan, he felt. These raw materials are far from enough.
“Why?” Myrcella did not refuse, but looked at him doubtfully and asked, “Do you want to make a constructed army, or are you preparing for something?”
< br>"You guessed it right." Brian showed a mysterious smile and deliberately let it slip. "Establishing a constructed army is only one of the reasons. Preparation is the most important thing."
"What preparations?" The female lord's expression changed, as if she had already guessed something.
"Floating City." He said calmly.
Myrcella's eyes widened in surprise and she looked at him in disbelief. She didn't know how to speak for a moment, only her full chest that suddenly started to rise and fall seemed to be telling her mood at the moment.
"Although your plan is a bit unimaginable." Realizing her gaffe, she regained her composure and said to him, "But I am willing to believe you and fully support your decision."
< br>"After all, you are the Lord Protector of Cormyr." She flicked a strand of hair hanging in front of her forehead and teased with a smile: "Even I have to obey your orders, don't I?"
"You are joking." Brian replied with a slight embarrassment, "I don't dare to instruct our noble duchess at will."
In fact, building the floating city was not his whim; When building the wizard's tower, a plan is laid out.
Now, he is just one step away from entering the realm of legend.
At that time, he can learn the tenth-level spell "Protik's Mountain Movement" from the Netheril era from Ms. Polaris, cut off the mountain, and then flip it so that it faces upward, and establish his own base. .
In the Netheril era, an ordinary floating city only needed a cut mountain range and a Mysser energy core, and then built infrastructure on top.
But the floating city planned by Brian is not that simple. What he wants to build is a battle fortress, and what he yearns for is the star universe and many demiplanes.
In this case, it is natural to lay a solid foundation.
Although his current strength and the support of the Kingdom of Cormyr have made him a force that cannot be underestimated on the mainland, it is still far from enough to build the ideal floating city.
Building a floating city is a long process.
But the tall buildings are rising from the ground, and he needs to start preparing now.
And the most important thing is that Puranda, who went to Halua to deliver a message, has returned.
Although the Halua elder named Arad who came back with him did not meet with him, he just observed the specific situation of Mokou Town and then returned to Halua.
But Brian has already seen that the purpose of the other party's return this time is to consolidate his forces and prepare to settle in Mokou Town.
At that time, he will have a large number of spellcasters from Halrua, plus Myrcella, whose strength has reached the legendary realm, and Sandra Cote, the royal mage of Susar, to maintain a floating It is not difficult to guard the empty city over the Kingdom of Cormyr.
The only problem is getting it airborne.
Regarding this issue, Brian could only pray that the ghost prince Brenas would gain something in his mission to find Iolum.
After all, with the current carrying capacity of the demiplane, as long as you have a large Myser energy core, although it is still not possible to allow the floating city to move freely and travel through many demiplanes, it can at least keep it. The state of being suspended in mid-air.
In this case, he can send craftsmen and spell casters to build infrastructure on it.
“Oh, by the way.” Seemingly remembering something, Brian added:
“While I’m away, I must be careful of the gnoll army from the goblin wilderness. It is suspected that the defeated orc great sage may form an alliance with them.”
"I will pay attention to it." Myrcella nodded slightly.
"There's nothing else to do." Brian stood up from the chair, stretched out his hand, and the dark purple cloak hanging on the hanger fell into his arms.
“If there is any problem with the Wizard Tower, or if you need something, you can just go to Sissi. In most cases, you don’t have to worry about minor troubles, and you don’t have to take action personally. Ms. Polaris will do it for you. Solve it yourself."
"I'll leave it to you." He put on his cloak and prepared to leave.
"Bryan." Myrcella stood up and called him softly.
Brian turned around and looked at her quizzically.
The female lord walked slowly, with a graceful figure, and her long brown-red hair spread over her shoulders. As she approached, there was still a hint of gardenia fragrance.
She stared at his face, her eyes were like spring water, but there was a complicated look in her eyes, which was difficult to understand.
She hesitated and remained silent for a moment, then said softly, "You...be careful."
Hearing the words that the female lord had been preparing for a long time, but finally uttered these few words, Brian Almost laughed out loud.
He really didn't expect that the duchess, who had incredible charm and could always calm people down involuntarily, also had such an embarrassing and cute side.
He suppressed the smile in his heart and watched Myrcella's expression with interest.
The female lord seemed to feel his gaze and looked slightly flustered. She immediately pretended to be calm, raised her head to meet his gaze, and gave him a soft smile in return.
Her lips were like half-ripe cherries, alluring and charming, and the corners of her mouth were slightly curved, both seductive and mysterious.
The breeze outside the window blew, blowing a strand of hair on her forehead, and her silver-gray eyes flickered.
"Farewell."
Brian gave her a smile, threw off his cloak, raised his hand, magic energy flowed, and a portal appeared out of thin air.
He turned around and stepped into the portal and disappeared into the room.
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(End of this chapter)