Arcane Journey

Chapter 264 New Equipment

After figuring out the reason why he couldn't advance to the Legendary Domain, Brian breathed a sigh of relief, and then turned his attention to his Psion level.

Without thinking about it, he called up the experience column and started a new round of improvement.

"Increase Psion level!"

"Consume 214500 experience points."

"Psion level increased to level 15!"

"Acquired power points: 25 points, 5 additional power points."

"Gain level 8 powers: astral growth, true self-shaping."

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"Increase Psion level!"

"Consume 253000 experience points."

"Psion level increased to level 16!"

"Acquired power points: 26 points, 5 additional power points."

"Get free allocation attribute: 1 point."

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"Increase Psion level!"

"Consume 292250 experience points."

"Psion level increased to level 17!"

"Acquired power points: 29 points, 5 additional power points."

"Gain level 9 powers: Creation, True Creation, Tornado Storm."

"Occupational feature: astral alliance."

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After three consecutive levels of promotion, Brian clearly felt a majestic spiritual energy unearthed from the depths of his spiritual consciousness.

His logical thinking, imagination, comprehension and ability to perceive words and emotions have also become rich and flexible.

Feeling the significant improvement brought about by the energy at the spiritual level, Brian looked at the potted plant in the corner, he manipulated his mind at will, and without the blessing of any magical energy, he easily moved the potted plant to Steadily suspended in mid-air.

He had a hunch that as long as he wanted, the suspended potted plant could be crushed to pieces under the squeeze of his mind at any time.

Even the potted plants and pottery flower pots are still like this, if it is faced with the effect of ordinary people, the effect may be more obvious, he thought to himself.

Of course, thinking about it, Brian didn't try this out of curiosity.

His deep eyes flickered slightly, and the potted plant suspended in mid-air landed firmly on the spot again.

He didn't continue to use his powerful mind ability to do such boring things, but instead focused on his attribute panel.

As the level of psion increased, he naturally increased his newly acquired attribute points to intelligence at the first time. In this case, it became 27 points.

Among the six attributes of the character panel, the attribute gap within 20 points may not seem as big as imagined. Races like orcs, ogres, etc., with outstanding talents, even after adults, their strength The attribute is as high as about 20 points.

But from above 20 points, with the continuous increase of attributes, its ability to increase gradually expands. Even if the attribute is only 1 point wrong, the gap between the two seems to be separated by a gully.

Therefore, under the premise that the main attributes of Arcanists and Psions are all intelligence, every time Brian obtains free attribute points, he will add them to his intelligence attribute without hesitation.

Because of the improvement of intelligence attributes, in addition to increasing one's own spell damage and spell effects, the abilities of many related fields such as magic items, mysterious runes, and spell recognition will be significantly increased.

Brian looked down to check his newly acquired ability:
[Astral Alliance (professional characteristics): As a psion who is proficient in the field of creation, you have thoroughly grasped the mysteries of astral energy and skillfully manipulated this mysterious energy from the astral world. Even in the material world, you can Let the astral energy permeated in the astral void surround you and become an indispensable part of you.

Effect: The astral energy around you can make you immune to most spiritual resistance when fighting in the astral world. For example, in the astral world, your movements will become very smooth, allowing you to always take the lead. When inadvertently drawn into an astral psychic storm, you are also more likely to escape than the average astral traveler.In addition, your astral constructs and psicrystals can also stay in the physical world permanently without fear of being forced to return to the astral plane due to the loss of astral energy. 】

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Seeing this ability, Brian secretly lamented that it was indeed a professional characteristic that only level 17 psions could master.

After obtaining the professional feature "Astral Alliance", he can clearly feel the astral energy permeating from the astral void, like a gentle breeze surrounding his body.

Although this kind of energy is invisible and intangible, as long as he closes his eyes, he seems to feel countless star-like energy shining like stars surrounding his body, shining brightly.

This feeling is as if he is in the vast starry sky, surrounded by stars, as long as he wants, he can mobilize these energies at any time.

It is also the effect of this energy that allows his psicrystal and astral constructs to stay permanently in the material world without going to the astral world to replenish energy.

However, compared to the newly acquired abilities, Brian believes that the biggest level increase this time is actually unlocking the powerful abilities of level 8 and level 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 and psionic.

For example, the 8th-level abilities "Astral Blossom" and "True Self-Molding".

The former can weave ectoplasmic threads into a crystal that holds the mind, and once killed, his soul can be transferred across any distance, matter, and plane into this crystal.

Then as long as you create a new body within 30 days, or occupy other people's body through 'soul exchange', you can get a new life.

"True Self-Sculpture" is a recovery ability comparable to Greater Regeneration.

After casting this ability, not only can heal the wounds he was injured continuously, but even the lost limbs can be rejoined or regenerated like a troll.

The level 9 power "Creation" gave him the ability to create demiplanes in the astral world, and "tornado storm" was the most powerful group attack power among the psychic powers.

And "True Creation" represents the fundamental manifestation 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 only needs to use a small piece of suitable rock to create an exquisite gemstone.

This is the true sense of creating matter with thought.

And after mastering this ability, Brian could clearly feel how deep the creation field they are proficient in, whether it is an Arcanist or a Psychic, is wider than other fields.

After all, in essence, it represents the creation of real creations from nothing.

Otherwise, why in the heyday of Netheril, there were so many great arcanists, but there were only a handful of great arcanists who were proficient in the field of creation.

After the three levels have been promoted, Brian has no plans to continue to improve.

It's not that he doesn't have enough experience points to continue, but that he thinks a psion level of 17 is enough.

Although he could feel that his strength was increasing at a speed visible to the naked eye by continuously upgrading three levels at once, he did not forget the warning that Helisite gave him.

If you want to speed, you can't reach it.

Before he was fully familiar with the power of psions, he didn't dare to level up too quickly.

One must know that the reason why his Arcanist level dared to directly move towards the legendary realm was because his own spellcaster level had reached this stage when he was in the game world, and he was very familiar with the abilities of this field. .

But the psion profession is different.

If it wasn't for Helisite's help, he wouldn't even be able to awaken psionic abilities, let alone take up this job part-time.

The most important thing is that he doesn't know as much about psychic professions as he imagined. Although his psion level has been raised to level 17, the real reason makes him quite helpless.

Because of the many studies on psions, Brian didn't have time to dabble at all, such as spirit patterns, psychic armor, psychic accessories, psychic stones, etc., he had never mastered.

In this case, relying on one's own experience points to quickly increase the level of the Psion, is that it is impossible to advance to the legendary realm in a short period of time.

Moreover, with the help of Helliste, his Psionic Crystal Servant also took up the Soul Blade profession, which undoubtedly increased the difficulty of advancing again.

It was also for this reason that Brian would never summon his psicrystal at will unless he had to.

For 'know your body' is not only the motto of psions, but also their path to great power.

The psicrystal belongs to his stripped personality fragments, and only by rediscovering the stripped personality fragments can he touch the path of the legendary realm.

At that time, the independent consciousness born of the psicrystal will completely disappear, turning into a construct that he can manipulate at will.

In this case, apart from preventing the impact of the Psionic Servant's personality fragment on himself, he could not establish too deep a relationship with it.

All the knowledge about psions was taught to him by Helisite.

In the current situation, for Brian, the best way is to wait.

When Hellist completes the fusion of the fifth personality, he can use the opportunity of spiritual communication between the two to learn a lot of knowledge and experience about psionics from her spiritual knowledge, making the Psion level more stable.

Therefore, in his opinion, a level 17 psion master with abilities from levels 1 to 9 is enough.

Then, Brian took out the psionic spar that Helisite had given him before leaving, and began to absorb the 8th and 9th level abilities stored in it.

Time passed bit by bit in the faint luster of the psionic spar.

When the spar in Brian's hand finally fulfilled his mission and shattered into pieces, he opened his eyes and began to slowly reflect on the new abilities he had acquired.

In this spiritual silence, he has mastered level 8 powers: reality distortion, psionic reinforced iron bone, material reshaping, psionic mind barrier, and psionic advanced teleportation.

The 9th-level powers are: resonance field, microcosm, reverse reality, and eternal body.

After everything was ready, Brian was about to get up and leave the room when he suddenly found that the mistress of Araby, Myrcella, had appeared in his study at some point, sitting on a chair, casually flipping through a book next to the table. books.

"When did you come here?" He looked up at Myrcella and greeted proactively.

The other party was able to appear in his room silently. Apart from the fact that he was too silent to learn psionic powers, the fundamental reason was that Myrcella had authority second only to him in the wizard tower.

This is the permission he gave her to enable her to help him guard his home when he left Mokou Town for Susar last time.

Otherwise, even the perception of Ms. Taling Polaris would not be able to quietly penetrate the restriction set in the room.

"Not long ago." The female lord put down the book gracefully, and when she raised her head, she casually flicked the long hair hanging down her cheeks.

She smiled at Brian, got up from her chair, and walked over.

As usual, she wore a textured, pastel white coat with a purple skirt for a chic aesthetic.

Let Brian not only feel the charm of a mature woman from the rich experience and wisdom contained in her bright eyes, but also feel the elegance and charm of her slender figure and beautiful face temperament.

Even he himself has to admit that every time he sees this beautiful female lord, his eyes light up.

Brian once asked himself whether he helped the kingdom of Cormyr against the city of ghosts, whether he wanted to save this disaster-prone kingdom, or just for some people.

In the end, he realized that the proportion of the latter was much higher than that of the former.

"I was going to find you." Brian got up to greet her, motioned her to sit on the chair beside his desk, poured her a cup of tea, and handed it over.

Before going to Misty Valley, he was indeed planning to go to Arabe City, because he was going to pick up a weapon that he asked Myrcella to enchant.

"That's why I'm 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 as clear and pure as lake water, she smiled slightly, and teased in a teasing tone: "I kept you waiting, Lord Protector of Cormyr, the task you entrusted to me has been completed .”

Myrcella pointed, and a yew staff appeared out of thin air, floating in mid-air, and flew towards Brian.

Brian ignored the female lord's ridicule, because his eyes were already deeply attracted by the staff at this moment.

Through the detection of magic, he saw that the staff shone with a dazzling aura representing the quality of 'legendary'. He held it in his hand with a slightly excited expression, and couldn't wait to check the attributes of the staff:
Dragonfire Staff of Evocation +5
Type: magic weapon

Quality: Golden·Legendary

Aura: Dazzling Evocation Department Aura
1. When holding this wand, the fire attribute spells released will increase the damage by an additional 25%.

2. When holding this staff, the fire attribute spells released will additionally cause explosive flame damage with intelligence adjustment value +6.

3. When holding this staff, you can instantly cast any fire attribute spells below the sixth ring, and the release speed of the fire attribute spells above the fifth ring increases by 30%.

4. When holding this staff, any fire spells released by supermagic can be strengthened three times a day.

5. The top of this staff is inlaid with a flawless dragon crystal, and has up to 10 charges, which can activate three forms of fire magic, and restore the consumed charges at dawn every day.

The first type: Consume 1 round of charge, release similar to the three-ring spell 'Fireball'.

The second type: Consume 3 rounds of charge and release a spell similar to the six-ring spell 'Burst Fireball'.

The third type: Consume 5 rounds of charge, and release the "Meteor Burst" similar to the nine-ring spell.

Explanation: This was originally just an extraordinary staff inlaid with star rubies. Since it was stored in the red dragon's lair for too long, it absorbed the fire elemental energy overflowing from five adult red dragons successively, which made the quality of this staff improved. quality improvement.

When the star ruby ​​inlaid on the top of the staff was replaced by a dragon crystal of an ancient red dragon by a skilled enchanter, the fire element energy of the staff resonated with the ancient dragon crystal, and the quality was completely improved, breaking through excellence Quality, become 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 rings similar to golden hoops at the end.

As a spellcaster, Brian could tell at a glance the effect represented by the three rings, which was a powerful supermagic three times a day without any consumption.

This is a magical effect that only an incantation can be constant.

On the top of the staff is a red spar with a faint luster, which symbolizes the arcane runes of destruction and destruction, appearing inside the crystal like an engraved pattern etched on glass.

This is a dragon crystal.

The so-called dragon crystal can also be called the 'Dragon Spirit'.

This rare material, which is priceless and has no market, can only be extracted and twisted into a soul spar at the moment of the dragon's death, with the help of the ritual array prepared in advance.

Brian's dragon crystal was obtained from the corpse of the ancient red dragon he killed.

Under such circumstances, he naturally immediately thought of the magic staff he had obtained in the Underdark Region.

Raising the quality of this staff to 'legendary' is undoubtedly equivalent to changing a shotgun.

Especially the powerful metamagic three times a day and the two instant "Meteor Burst", it is simply the most vivid embodiment of the destruction of the evocation spell.

Brian even thought that without the intervention of other legendary professionals, he could almost destroy any complete army with this staff and his own spells.

"How is the effect?" Myrcella, who was leaning on the chair, could see the uneven curves at a glance, she gently put down the teacup in her hand, and asked with a smile.

"Very satisfied." Brian glanced at her gratefully, wanting to see from her beautiful silver-gray eyes full of wisdom, what price she had paid to improve this staff.

It's a pity that he couldn't see any fatigue in Myrcella's eyes at all. Instead, he was surprised to feel the faint flashes of magical aura from her body, guarding her like circles. in.

Seeing this scene, Brian instantly realized that the strength of the female lord was probably moving towards the mid-level legend under the influence of the half-plane magic hub.

Then, he was condescending, and was deeply attracted by the dazzling whiteness that appeared between the slightly opened neckline of the other party, but followed the steady breathing and slowly undulating whiteness.

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 slits of her skirt, and between the overlapping slender legs, the black stockings that looked like silk stockings were hazy, exuding an amazing charm.

Faced with this situation, Brian quickly regained his composure, and before the other party noticed, he had already retracted his gaze without a trace, sat back on the chair, changed the subject and asked: "How is the situation in Sembia?" ?”

It has been two months since he returned to Mokou Town from Susar City.

During this period, apart from going to the ether plane to gain experience, he stayed in his tower to guard against the attack of the city of ghosts.

Who ever thought that the enemy didn't move at all, but evil humanoid creatures such as gnolls from the Goblin Borderlands harassed 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 Sacross has been floating above the capital of Sembia since it fell into the star sea and lifted off, and there is no sign of any large-scale attack. look."

"It's understandable." Brian nodded thoughtfully, and said, "After all, the floating city that was just salvaged still needs to be repaired in many aspects, and it also needs to manage the undead in the capital of Sembia, as well as those from the shadow world." It is also a good choice to give up the full-scale attack at this time 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 result is out." The female lord sat up, sipped her tea, and said worriedly:
"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 the High King Terramante, but because Terra Mante is the ghost creature transformed by the Lost Lady, and Silver Fire is the energy representing the essence of the magic net. The big explosion produced by the meeting of these two substances blasted a gap in Bartor Hell. In order to stop the evil in Hell, Elminster The demons, en masse migrating to the physical world, enter this gap and close it from the other side of hell."

Brian nodded slightly to show his understanding.

The whole incident is not much different from the game.

It is said that the sage of Shadow Valley exhausted his magic power in Baator Hell before closing the gap, and then was caught by a devil prince.

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 entirely because of the healing power of Silver Fire.

Later, Mystra, the goddess of magic, found the missing old sage, so she went into hell to find her favorite subordinate, but failed.

Then, the goddess turned on the gourd baby to save grandpa mode, sending people to hell one by one to save him (sent to death).

In the timeline before Bryan left the game, the last one who saved the old sage was the underground world of Waterdeep City, the black-robed mage Helast in the Lost City of Earth Leys, a survivor of the known mechanical empire Imasca .

In the end, the person was not rescued, but lost his own life.

With the strength of the advanced legend of Hailast, it can be seen that this is by no means an easy task without being rescued.

"Are there no other participants in the siege of Elminster other than the people from the City of Shadows and the Church?" Brian came back to his senses and asked again.

"No one saw the participation of a third-party force." Myrcella frowned slightly, as if remembering something, and added: "However, it is said that when the silver fire exploded, the mage watching the battle also sensed A faint breath of negative energy."

Sure enough.

Hearing this unsure news, Brian immediately realized that Lalock, the old lich of Netheril, might also be involved in this operation.

"Obviously." Myrcella looked at Brian and said, "The floating city floating in the capital of Sambia is actively making preparations. If they start to attack, whether it is Tivanton 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 the pensive Brian sitting quietly on the chair without disturbing him.

"I'm going to leave immediately and go to the Misty Valley." Brian broke the silence and said to the female lord, "Only by uniting with the people of the Misty Valley can we resist the counterattack of the City of Shadows."

"Have you thought of any good countermeasures?" Myrcella looked at him curiously.

"It's not a good countermeasure, I can only say that we are doing our 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 high. High, but it is the only way right now."

Hearing Brian's bold idea, Myrcella showed a look of surprise.

"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 defend Mokou Town."

"I see." Hearing the words of refusal, Myrcella felt a little regretful, and then asked: "Then do you have any other matters that you need to explain, or you need me to do unfinished things."

"Of course." Brian thought for a moment, and told the female lord one by one, "Since the matter in the Valley of Shadows has been investigated, you can arrange for Cavalier to go to the Enook Desert in person to help me Find someone."

After speaking, he immediately took out a sheepskin scroll.

It depicts a young male with black hair and black eyes, carrying a long sword with a scabbard on his back, and wearing a dilapidated bronze battle armor.

In Brian's memory, this person once challenged the Lady of Pain in Sigil, and was finally knocked off the Material Plane, where he landed in the Ennook Desert.

There are rumors that the opponent possesses power comparable to that of gods and true gods, and some players even joked: This man with an oriental face is probably a monk who has practiced the 36 methods of Tiangang.

In fact, Brian is also very curious about the specific situation. He believes that as long as he is found, all mysteries will be solved.

Seeing that the female lord put away the scroll solemnly, he said: "One more thing, I hope you will use all your power to help me import all kinds of ores and steel, the more the better, the specific list, I will let Qian Si handed it to you."

Although he had let the gray dwarves who had defected to him build multiple steelmaking factories in the Underdark, recalling his next plan, he felt that these raw materials were far from enough.

"Why?" Myrcella didn't refuse, but just looked at him suspiciously and asked, "Are you trying to build an army, or are you preparing for something?"

"You guessed it right." Brian showed a mysterious smile, and deliberately put it off, "Building a construction army is only one of the reasons, and preparation is the most important thing."

"What preparation?" The female lord's expression changed, as if she had already guessed something.

"Floating Void City." He said calmly.

Myrcella's eyes widened in surprise, and she looked at him incredulously. She didn't know how to speak for a moment, but her full chest suddenly began to rise and fall, as if she was expressing her current mood.

"Although your plan is a bit unimaginable." Realizing her gaffe, she regained her composure and said to him, "But I am willing to believe in you and fully support your decision."

"After all, you are the Lord Protector of Cormyr." She lightly brushed a lock of hair hanging on her forehead, and joked with a smile: "Even I have to obey orders under your command, don't I?"

"You're joking." Brian replied with a little embarrassment, "I dare not instruct our honorable Duchess casually."

In fact, the construction of the floating city was not a whim of his, but a planned plan when the wizard tower was built.

Now, he is only one step away from stepping into the realm of legend.

At that time, he can learn the ten-ring spell "Protik's Mountain Movement" from the Netheril period from Lady Polaris, cut off the mountain, and then flip it so that it is flat and build his own base.

During the period of Netheril, an ordinary floating city only needed a cut mountain and a Mithr energy core, and then built infrastructure on it.

However, the floating city in Brian's plan is not so 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 with his current strength and the support of the Kingdom of Cormyr behind him, he has become a force that cannot be underestimated on the mainland, but it is far from enough to build the ideal floating city.

Building a floating city is a long process.

But the skyscrapers are starting from the ground, he needs to start preparations now.

And the most important thing is that Puranda who went to Harua to deliver the letter has returned.

The Elder Harua named Arad who came back with him, although he did not meet with him, only observed the specific situation in Mokou Town before returning to Harua again.

But Brian has already seen that the purpose of the other party's return this time is to integrate his own forces and prepare for the settlement 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 Suzar's royal mage, Sandra Cote, to maintain a floating city and guard the city in Cormyr. The sky above the kingdom is not difficult.

The only problem is how to get it into the air.

With this question, Brian can only pray that the ghost prince, Brenners, can gain something in the quest to find Iolum.

After all, with the current carrying capacity of the demiplane, as long as it has a large secret energy core, although it is still impossible for the floating city to move freely and shuttle through many demiplanes, it can at least keep it suspended in midair.

In this case, he can send craftsmen and spellcasters to build infrastructure on it.

"Oh, that's right." As if thinking of something, Brian added:
"During the time I'm away, you must be careful of the gnoll army from the Goblin Wilderness. I suspect 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 got 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 Sissy directly. In most cases, you don't have to worry about minor troubles, and you don't even have to do it yourself. Ms. Polaris will solve it by herself."

"I'll leave it to you here." He put on his cloak and prepared to leave.

"Bryan." Myrcella stood up and softly called his footsteps.

Brian turned and looked at her suspiciously.

The female lord came slowly, with a graceful figure, long brown-red hair hanging over her shoulders, and when she approached, there was a faint fragrance of gardenia.

She stared at his face, her eyes were like spring water, but there was a complex look in her eyes, which was hard to fathom.

She hesitated for a moment, then said softly, "You...be careful."

Hearing the words that the female lord had been planning for a long time, but finally uttered these few words, Brian almost laughed out loud.

He really didn't expect that this duchess, who possesses incredible charm and can always calm people down involuntarily, also has such an embarrassing and cute side.

He suppressed the smile in his heart, and looked at Myrcella's expression with interest.

The female lord seemed to feel his gaze, and her expression was a little flustered. She immediately pretended to be calm, raised her head to meet his gaze, and gave him a soft smile in return.

Her lips are like half-ripe cherries, alluring, and the corners of her mouth are slightly raised, which is both seductive and mysterious.

The breeze outside the window blew a strand of hair on her forehead, and those silver-gray eyes also flickered.

"Farewell."

Brian gave her a smile, threw off his cloak, and raised his hand. Magical energy flowed, and a portal appeared out of thin air.

He turned and stepped into the portal, disappearing into the room.

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(End of this chapter)