Arcane Journey

Chapter 233: The Fountain of Arcane Energy
As the light from the teleportation circle dissipated, a beautiful figure appeared in front of Brian.

He greeted the female lord who appeared from the teleportation circle with a smile on his face.

Myrcella is wearing a white and elegant coat with a purple skirt. The simple dress has a unique beauty.

Her waist was not tightly constricted by the belt, but it was naturally slender, and she walked full of charm and demeanor, like a beautiful picture floating slowly from a distance.

At the same time, while walking, Brian could still notice that she seemed to be wearing black stockings that looked like stockings under her long skirt, making her legs look straight and slender in the haze.

Decades of hard work have turned Brian from an otaku who can't walk when he sees a beautiful woman to a rational and calm wise wizard. Naturally, he will not be attracted by this beautiful scenery and cannot take his eyes off.

He just glanced at it symbolically, shook hands with the smiling female lord, and walked towards the central area of ​​the demiplane together.

More than a month does not seem to be a long time, but compared to the earth-shaking changes in the demiplane, it seems to have experienced a long period of precipitation and gained a new life.

Originally deep and dark, desolate and dilapidated, almost no light can be seen on the demiplane. It has long lost the original silence, eerie, and gloomy feeling. It is a paradise full of flowers and plants, and the air is full of fragrance.

Rao Brian would come to the demiplane every day, but every time he arrived here, he would feel suddenly enlightened and amazed.

After all, the growth rate of the demiplane is visible to the naked eye, just like soaking bean sprouts, it changes every day.

However, he knew in his heart that with the successful fusion of the water fairy Sylvari with the demiplane, this growth rate would also disappear and become a material world suitable for survival.

"The change is really great." Myrcella flicked her long brown-red hair lightly, letting the refreshing breeze blow past her face, looking around with her beautiful silver-gray eyes, she couldn't help sighing.

"That's right, this is the change brought about by the balance of the four elements." Brian nodded slightly and explained casually.

In fact, apart from the fact that the demiplane itself has increased by more than ten times, the settlement of the four major elemental giant spirits also shows different changes.

The living area of ​​the fire elves in the east is a volcano exuding scorching heat, and many fire element creatures such as salamanders, fire mephits, fire snakes, and flame spirits wander in the crater.

The volcanic group spread from the east to the entire north, like a huge mountain group spanning two directions, wrapping half of the demiplane.

Therefore, the genies also built their own underground palaces and tunnel mazes in the northern part of the volcano group. Thor stone monsters, earth elementals, Greystones, earth mephits, and lava mephits from the earth elemental plane There are not too many elemental creatures, all living in the dense maze tunnel group inside the mountain range.

In the west and south of the demiplane, there are sparkling lakes, and the glass coral palace of the water djinn is located in the depths of the lake. If you observe carefully, you can find that many subordinates recruited by the water djinn, Such as: sea people, water elementals, sea elves, ice mephits, water mephits and so on.

The upper part of the lake belongs to the site of the wind dwarf. The floating mountain range that he and the female lord once took together in the wind elemental plane are floating in midair. From time to time, you can see the wind spirit attendant, wind elemental, wind mephit, storm Elementals come and go in and out of caves in the floating mountains.

In the center of the demiplane is a dense forest, and the trees are mainly oak trees. Judging from the thickness of the appearance, the growth year of this large group of lush oak trees is about ten years.

Brian was very sure that as the group of oak trees grew older, they would definitely give birth to a group of beautiful spirit creatures like dryads.

Surrounded by this oak forest is the magical lake formed after their successful ceremony. The surface of the lake is dark blue, 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 linking the four elemental planes. The magic hub inside the minaret transforms it into magical energy, which eventually merges into the deep blue lake water.

Brian and Myrcella were suspended in mid-air, facing the refreshing breeze, a name he had thought of popped up again in his mind: Cosmic Magic Pool!

If the demiplane could indeed become a source of magical energy for spellcasters throughout the world, it would not be an exaggeration to call it a 'cosmic magic pool'.

In fact, he had already been thinking about this assumption when the female lord came up with the idea.

As a traveler, he has been exposed to countless magic games in the real world.

In the background of a game called "Warcraft" that he once played, the high elf mages in it used a magical energy storage of a "sunwell" to allow the elf mages to extract magical energy and release spells.

Moreover, through the experiment of the female lord, he already knew that as long as the wizards condense in their bodies a magic hub to communicate with the demiplane, they will have the ability to cast spells without the magic net.

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 and store them in their own without the assistance of the magic net. The sea of ​​spiritual knowledge.

When the spell needs to be released, the spell model can be activated through spells, gestures, and spell-casting materials, and then the magic hub in the body can be linked to the half-plane energy to release the spell successfully.

Thinking of this, Brian already understood the development of this demiplane and how he should go on the road ahead.

This made his heart as calm as a deep lake, and he couldn't help but fluctuate slightly, excited that he had taken another small step forward in his exploration of arcane arts.

"It's unbelievable, Brian." Myrcella couldn't help being surprised, "Is that the legendary fire dwarf? I didn't expect to have the opportunity to see it today."

Brian followed the female lord's gaze.

Five dwarf-like creatures with bodies made of metal, but with raging flames burning in their hair and beards, appeared in a cave in the crater.

He was not surprised by the exclamation of the female lord.

Because he already knew that the fire dwarf Amsros made five fire dwarves.

Fire dwarves are natives of the elemental plane of fire and enemies of the fire dwarves.

It is said that long ago, the eid and the fire dwarves were allies.

The fire dwarves also helped build the city of brass, home of the genies, and turned it into one of the world's most stunning wonders.

However, when the fire dwarves were finished, the fire dwarves betrayed their allies, and even intended to enslave the fire dwarves to prevent the city's secrets from leaking out.

Although the fire djinn's enslavement plan ultimately failed, the two sides remain enemies to this day, often looting each other and breaking out in small-scale conflicts.

The most important point, and the one that moved Brian the most: fire dwarves are master craftsmen, and their skills are unparalleled in the world.

When they are magically summoned to the Material Plane, it is usually to assist in the forging of legendary-quality magic items or exquisite works of art.

"I only need a hundred fire dwarves, and I can build an empire that will move the hearts of the gods."

This sentence was said when the fire dwarf Amsros brought the five fire dwarves here.

Although this sentence is a bit exaggerated, it also indirectly proves the authenticity of the master craftsman of the fire dwarves.

The legendary creature power golem recently produced by Brian was built by these five fire dwarves himself.

This also includes the sacred adamantine broadsword he gave to Purple Dragon Knight Obert.

Facts have proved that the craftsmanship of the fire dwarves is more than one grade higher than that of the duergars in the Underdark.

He doesn't mind casting more fire dwarves if he can.

After all, fire dwarves are living flames, and they don't need food, drinking water, or sleep. As long as the fire element energy is sufficient, their physical strength is almost endless.

Not to mention giving them 996 blessings, even if they are asked to work for themselves 24 hours a day, there is 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 reproduction speed of the fire dwarves is very special.

They are sexless, which means they cannot reproduce through mating.

Their bodies were cast in bronze by another fire dwarf, and the caster injected a portion of his own life fire into it.

It is this casting process that limits the growth rate of the population, so even in the vast and boundless Fire Elemental Plane, the number of fire dwarves is quite rare.

He met the fire dwarves in the hands of the fire dwarfs by accident, and he captured them as his slaves, and forced them to act like nesting dolls, casting another four fire dwarves.

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 clansmen. Then they will need a cooling time of 500 years before they can reproduce the second batch of fire dwarves.

The time it takes for these five fire dwarves to form a fire dwarf army is unimaginable.

Naturally, Brian didn't have the patience to wait any longer. He could only wait until he had the opportunity to venture to the Fire Elemental Plane to be deceived again.

He briefly introduced the fire dwarf's situation to the noble lady next to him who seemed to have never seen anything in the world, and then asked him the most concerned question at the moment.

"I want to know what happened to the outside world in the past month, such as the highest forest in the Northland."

As the female lord of Araby City and the guardian of the northern border of the Kingdom of Cormyr, she naturally has a complete intelligence network.

Therefore, Brian has no plans to establish his own intelligence network for the time being, because if there is anything that needs to be known, all he needs to do is ask.

Free information network, useless.

"You want to ask about the Gate of Hell in the Highest Forest." Myrcella glanced at him and said.

"That's right." Brian nodded slightly.

Graz'zt, the dark monarch, focused on Hell Gate Castle because of his own reasons.

In addition, Helisite is the Lord of Silver Moon, which makes him have to care about it.

"You don't have to worry." Myrcella seemed to see through what he was thinking, "Although a group of abyssal demons emerged from Hellgate Fortress, the forces of the Northern Alliance had already taken precautions and did not cause any major harm, so they were killed again. Resealed."

"But..." She thought about it carefully, and then said:

"The reason why the forces of the Northern Alliance were sealed so smoothly is mainly because the leader of the Barlow flame demon who was in charge of this invasion of the surface was beheaded by an unidentified paladin before he rushed out of Hell Gate Castle."

Unidentified paladin?

Brian couldn't figure out who this unidentified paladin was, even if he tried his best. He was able to kill a Barlow who had reached the legendary realm in the demon-studded Hellgate Fortress.

This approach is even more difficult than Wanjun taking the head of the general.

"Could it be the leader of the group of paladins who made the 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 due to the flapping of the wings of this little butterfly.

If that was the case, he really couldn't figure out what their motives were.

"Then, did City Lord Silver Moon participate in this operation?" He asked the question he was most concerned about.

"No." A smile floated on the corner of Myrcella's mouth, without concealing it, "The one who participated in this operation was Thon Hornblade."

"Has there been any major incidents in Suzar?" Brian stopped thinking and asked another question.

"With the support of the navy fleet, our king has led his own expeditionary force to break out of the encirclement and suppression of the Dragon Coast, and successfully returned to the imperial city from the Dragon Lake by boat." Myrcella said with a slightly solemn expression:

"Fortunately, the elite of the Dragon Coast was defeated in advance, and the high-level officials of Ximen could only hire pirates and mercenaries from the Weihong sea area to act as reinforcements. The losses caused to the expeditionary force were not as great as imagined."

Brian nodded slightly. Although King Yazen V of Cormyr led his own army, he severely damaged the invaders on the Dragon Coast, and completed a wave of pushback against the Dragon Coast.

But in order to take down the prosperous trading port city of Ximen in one fell swoop, he tried to avoid future troubles, and put the territory of the Dragon Coast on the map of the Kingdom of Cormyr, which made his army fall into the quagmire of war.

"However." Myrcella continued:
"The orc tribes in the Horn of the Storm Mountain Range have become restless recently. A week ago, Dangerous Rock Castle was tempted by a small orc troop. In short, you should take more precautions."

"I see." Brian said solemnly.

Dangerous Rock Fortress is one of the fortresses built in the northern part of the Stormhorn Mountain Range, and it is also the only pass from Arabian City to Tiffantun and Mokou Town.

If this fortress is captured by the orcs, they can use it as a base 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 Huster sent me a magical message." Myrcella glanced at the pensive Brian and said:

"The content says that our king has a little interest in this newly appointed mage lord. If there is a chance, he hopes to meet you."

"Then let's talk about it when we have a chance." Brian said calmly.

He didn't have a deep impression of the king of Cormyr, he only knew that the people of the Kingdom of Cormyr had a good opinion of him.

Then, the two stopped talking and walked straight to the center of the demiplane.

On the island in the middle of the lake, only Anakys, the djinn who is in charge of maintaining the magic circle, is here.

The two restless fellows, the earth elves and the fire elves, had already been assigned the task of guarding the demiplane by him.

After all, this is a demiplane full of magical energy. It is like a bee pouncing on a flower, attracting many spirit world creatures to visit every day.

All the experience points Bryan has accumulated in the past month are obtained by brushing creatures from the spirit world.

Of course, as long as Fairy Mizusawa successfully fuses with the demiplane, she can use her control over the demiplane to hide it and no longer be disturbed by outside creatures.

"No accident happened, right?" He and the female lord fell to the ground, and then met the gaze of the djinn and asked.

As a spellcaster, his sense of smell made him keenly aware that the aura of the female djinn in front of him was slightly different from what he saw yesterday.

He couldn't tell what the specific change was. This feeling was somewhat similar to the natural divine power spirits he had encountered in the Fairy Wilderness.

Perhaps with the fusion of Mizusawa Fairy and the demiplane, this group of giant spirits also benefited from it, and began to show signs of mastering god-like power.

Brian felt this was the most plausible explanation.

"No problem, Your Excellency." The djinn said respectfully.

Seeing the respectful look suddenly shown by this usually cool djinn, Brian immediately confirmed what he thought.

"That's good." He nodded slightly, and asked again: "Where is she?"

As soon as the words fell, the calm lake water swayed slightly, and the ripples spread around non-stop, attracting everyone's attention.

"Whoa!"

With a soft sound of water flow, a beautiful figure appeared in the pool filled with magical energy.

This graceful being, like a fairy, rises from the lake and floats above the water. The sound of the swaying dress is reminiscent of the rustling of leaves.

This is a young girl with long silver hair covered with green leaves and golden moss, dressed in a yellow-green tulle dress, with a slender and graceful figure stepping on the air, floating in front of everyone with the wind.

Seeing this familiar scene, Brian was stunned in place.

In a trance, an inaudible song seemed to sound in his mind.

This song is like a drizzle, constantly beating on my heart:
Once upon a time there was a dryad girl,

Like a shining star on a sunny day,
green shawls with golden trim,

The shoes on the feet are shining silver.

Her brows shine like stars,
A hair full of light and warmth,
As the sun shines on the green branches,

In wonderful Blackman.

Fluttering long hair, fair arms,
She is beautiful and graceful,
come and go in the wind,
Light as a linden leaf.

Now no one knows her whereabouts,

I don't know whether in the sun or in the shade,
The girl Hinafi 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 the hell are you?" In the end, he was defeated, avoided her gaze, and asked.

She has changed too much. Her slender and graceful figure is shrouded in a touch of divine brilliance, which makes her exude a kind of elegant and refined temperament, which is more noble than ordinary Mizusawa fairies, and she is as charming as a goddess who has come out of the dust. .

"I'm Mizusawa Fairy, Sylvari, don't you know me, master?" Mizusawa Fairy's emerald eyes that were as clear as autumn water had a hint of doubt.

Her voice is very soft, making people feel like a spring breeze, and it also has the rhythmic beauty in Elvish language, which sounds very comfortable.

Brian sighed in disappointment, stretched out his hand to stroke her silky long hair, and said with a smile, "You have changed so much that I didn't recognize it for a while."

His intimate actions made a faint smile appear on Shirvali's fair cheeks, with a faint hint of shyness. On that pure and charming face, there was a trace of peach blossom-like tenderness, which made her even more beautiful. She looked stunningly beautiful.

"This is all bestowed by the master, Sylvali will always remember the favor of the master."

She put her hands on her chest, bowed gracefully towards Brian, and said sincerely.

Her loose hair swayed gently, and on her pure and beautiful face, there was a look of joy from the heart.

It's so similar, Brian sighed inwardly.

He forced himself not to look at Fairy Mizusawa, exchanged glances with the female lord next to him, and led her to disappear into the inner space of the black obelisk to check the changes brought about by her fusion with the demiplane.

The next day, Brian's figure appeared on the cliff of the demiplane.

A soft breeze exuding magic power was blowing in front of him. He was sitting on a stone, looking at the void of the demiplane, and his whole body was lost in thought like a sculpture.

On his face, which combines the beautiful characteristics of humans and elves, there is also a rare look of tiredness, as if he has consumed too much energy, and his expression reveals a kind of laziness.

After an unknown amount of time, he came back to his senses, opened his attribute panel, and checked his newly acquired abilities.

[Source of Arcane Energy (Background Specialty): Arcane energy flows in your body and becomes an inner part of you.To you, though, this force is like a well beneath the earth, and it is bursting with spectacular and destructive force just as it is.Your connection to it always seems so effortless, almost intuitive.It takes up a large portion of your body, slowly transforming you, making you more like the forces you channel than flesh and soul.

When you have your own source of arcane energy, you become proficient in the second type of damage magic.You learn spells that can 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 power:

1. Arcane resistance: The surging spring in your body allows you to choose two elements from the four elements of wind, fire, water, and earth as your resistance elements every day, no matter what type of energies you encounter. Elemental damage, you are immune to any damage from both elements of your choice.

2. Arcane Energy 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 consumption of arcane energy.

3. Arcane Arrow: You awaken the energy stored 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 use times, and no explanation of how much arcane energy is consumed." Looking at the attribute panel, Brian muttered to himself, "It seems that the system is not omnipotent, at least this ability has exceeded its prediction , I can only wait for time to test one by one by myself.”

He obtained this background specialty from Mizusawa Fairy. The specific power is unclear because he hasn't tested it yet because he didn't explain it.

However, judging from the first "arcane resistance" immunity to elemental damage, the other three abilities are by no means as simple as ordinary high-level spells.

Just then, the sound of light footsteps came.

Myrcella's figure appeared behind Brann, she tilted her head to look at him, and said playfully:
"It seems that since I know you, I have never seen you so tired. Is it because I consumed too much energy last night?"

Hearing the female lord's frivolous ridicule, Brian did not answer, but asked the question he was most concerned about right now: "How is it, how about the test about the magic hub?"

"It's relatively smooth." Myrcella smiled slightly, lifted her skirt slightly, and sat next to Brian.

"I have now built all the spells from zero to five rings that I have mastered into spell models and stored them in my spiritual sea. From now on, I can release spells within the fifth ring without going through the magic net. .”

"You are a legendary spellcaster, and building spell models is naturally very convenient for you." Brian said, "What about the others?"

That's what he's most concerned about.

If the magic hub of the demiplane can act on many wizards and let them all get rid of the magic net and become blue-striped mages, it will be a major impact on the magic system.

"Not ideal." Myrcella sighed softly, shaking her head slightly:

"If you follow your method of testing magic talent, then you need people with at least 16 points of intelligence to be able to analyze the magic hub, establish a link with it, and finally condense a magic pool similar to a spring in the body."

"That said, it still won't be popular among the people." Brian had expected it, and said with a smile, "It seems that this is a great plan with a long way to go."

Although there are few wizards with 16 intelligence attributes, it is not impossible to find them.

Especially those wizards whose strength reached the fourth level and above, their natural intelligence was definitely above 16 points.

"Actually..." Myrcella hesitated for a moment, her beautiful silver-gray eyes flickered, and said again:

"As long as we find a member of the spell-weaver race and understand the structure of the five-color plate in their body, we may be able to study the secret."

"It's not easy to find the traces of the lawweavers in the multiverse." Brian couldn't help but sigh, "Instead of wasting time on this, I might as well go and collect all the Nether scrolls."

"Indeed." Myrcella shrugged and smiled, without denying it.

"Then have you figured out how to quickly increase the growth of the demiplane?" Bryan continued to ask.

Only by allowing the demiplane to grow rapidly can the magic hub accommodate more wizard links.

With the current size of the demiplane, in addition to Myrcella, at most 5 spellcasters can be connected, which is already the limit.

If there is more, the magic power condensed by the demiplane will become a negative growth.

"In fact, the demiplane and the caster belong to a symbiotic relationship." Myrcella said with a slightly solemn expression, "The two complement each other."

"How do you say that?" Brian looked at her suspiciously, and said his guess, "Could it be that faith is needed."

"That's not true." Myrcella shook her head slightly. "This relationship is like a plant. The plant exposed on the ground is responsible for absorbing sunlight and performing photosynthesis, while the rhizome underground is responsible for absorbing nutrients. Only in this way can the plant grow rapidly." Grow."

"So that's it." Brian suddenly realized, "You mean that wizards are like the roots of plants, and the demiplane is plants. The more roots there are in the ground, the faster the plants will grow."

"Then what will happen if the wizard dies because of this?" He couldn't help asking.

"If you die..." Myrcella frowned slightly, thought for a moment, and said:
"If it is death, according to my speculation, the source of magic power condensed in the wizard's body is likely to be fully supplied to the demiplane to accelerate the growth rate, similar to ashes to ashes, dust to dust, and finally fallen leaves to their roots."

"I understand." Brian immediately felt relieved, "It seems that in order to fully grow the demiplane, in addition to finding wizards with outstanding talents, we must also research ways to allow people with lower talents to connect to the magic hub. Otherwise, I am afraid it will be difficult to grow up."

"I think so too." Myrcella lightly brushed the ends of her hair and said to him with a smile, "Leave this matter to me. I will regard this research as the most important subject in the future."

"Of course there is no problem."

Brian replied with a smile. Feeling that his physical strength had almost recovered, he stretched his sore waist and got up from the stone.

His current task is to improve his strength as soon as possible, and it is impossible to waste time on it, and it is indeed the best choice to leave it to Myrcella.

Seeing this, the female lord next to him also got up and walked towards the island in the middle of the lake with him.

As Brian walked, he stared at the silver void at the border of the demiplane, with a hint of worry in his expression.

In fact, right now he still has one of the most disturbing problems that has not been resolved.

That is the Believers of the Source, one of the fifteen factions from Sigil.

These apotheosis believe that all existence comes from the same divine source and that any existence possesses divine powers.

Their goal is to let all beings find their own divine source and become a god-climber.

Because when all beings become god-like, it will hasten the end of the multiverse, transforming into some new form of existence.

It is similar to the big restart after the big bang of the multiverse.

Therefore, in order to find the divine source, they will spare no effort to arrest those who have initially mastered the power of divinity or god-like power, and study the source.

For the god-goers, the demiplanes of the Ethereal Plane, created by powerful wizards or similar beings, show the validity of their philosophy.

Not only did they locate their headquarters on the ether plane, but they also invented an artifact that could sense the powerful force generated when the divine power was first born, thereby locking the position.

Brian had no doubts that the moment Mizusawa Fairy successfully merged with the demiplane, the god climbers sensed her existence through the artifact.

It is only a matter of time before the artifact can calculate the exact position of the demiplane. It may take a year, ten years, a hundred years, or a thousand years.

"If my memory is not wrong..."

Bryan recalled things in the game world, "In the etheric plane, the god-climber who sits at the headquarters is a female Assassin named Sirili, the Angel of the Red Flame, and she will definitely go to Sigil, report this matter to..."

"That's right!" Speaking of Sigil, he suddenly remembered something.

"It is said that at this time point, a plane walker holding a star-forging sword tried to awaken certain memories of the owner of the city of Sigil, the Lady of Pain, and was finally knocked down to the world of Toril by the angry Lady of Pain. If he can be found , maybe it can help me deal with the people from the Source Believers Association."

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(End of this chapter)