Arcane Journey

Chapter 363 Building a Floating City

At dusk, when the sun sets in the west, the golden afterglow of the setting sun pours over the boundless desert. The long yellow sand seems to be covered with a layer of light tulle, and the undulating sand dunes are reflected with distinct lines, making them appear more three-dimensional.

Brian stopped and looked around, as if he was on the choppy golden ocean. He couldn't help but sigh that the vast and boundless Ennook Desert can also have such a refreshing beauty.

Led by the old dragon tortoise, the two just walked on the endless sandy sea.

Along the way, the oasis gradually became scarce, and the surrounding scene became more and more barren. The scattered dead trees were half covered in the boundless yellow sand, and they looked like white bones.

When Brian saw a mountain half-hidden in the yellow sand, he saw that the old dragon turtle beside him had stopped and looked at the scene in front of him seriously.

His expression changed, and he probably understood what the old dragon turtle meant, so he asked in an uncertain tone, "Don't tell me, this mountain in front of me... is the most suitable for building a floating city in the entire Ennook Desert. foundation."

Ever since the earth-shaking changes occurred in the demiplane, Brian realized that he already had enough energy to prop up a city into the sky.

He naturally started to build the floating city without hesitation.

So, he came here with the old dragon tortoise who had been sent by him in advance to find a suitable mountain.

In Brian's perception, he felt that a mountain peak that was truly suitable as the foundation of the floating city must at least have a strong natural flavor and a verdant environment.

After all, using mountain peaks as the overall framework of the floating city represents a stable land, just like a small island in the ocean, it must have a complete ecosystem in order for creatures to thrive and thrive.

The ecosystem represents nature. In this way, all the energy of the earth's veins can be transplanted into the interior of the mountains, making it self-circulating endlessly like nature, just like being in an independent small world.

This kind of floating city is obviously impossible to do with pure materials.

His ideal floating city is like an ecologically independent island, except that the former is in the ocean, while the latter is in the sky.

Then, on the basis of the mountain, various magic materials are added, so that the foundation of the entire floating city will have strong magic and physical attack resistance, as well as future plasticity under the enhancement of strengthening magic and mysia.

To make such a floating city, the premise is to find a mountain with a strong natural atmosphere.

But what puzzled Brian was that the mountain that the old dragon turtle found for him was not only located in the depths of the Enook Desert, but also very barren, not to mention grass, not even a hair.

This made him wonder whether the old dragon turtle was really old and dim.

"That's right, it's this mountain." The old dragon turtle stroked his white beard that hung down to his waist, nodded slightly, and said with a smile, "If you don't count the snow-covered mountains of the highest glaciers, then I'm sure, This is indeed one of the most satisfying peaks I have found so far."

"This mountain peak not only has a complete ley line system, but also hides rich natural energy inside." He thought for a moment and guessed:

"And I suspect that this mountain peak was probably a very famous mountain group during the time of Netheril, but with the passage of time and the life-draining spell of Felin Mokui, it turned into a mountain group. This is what it looks like now."

"Then can you guess the former name of this mountain?" With the affirmation of the old dragon turtle, Brian couldn't help but look at it seriously.

Although the exposed area of ​​this mountain peak outside the desert is only the size of a village, after he investigated through the detection magic, he found that, just as the old dragon turtle said, the terrain of this mountain peak does seem to be a mountain that has been destroyed. The area of ​​the extremely weathered mountain range and the rock foundation hidden deep in the ground is at least the size of a large city.

"I'm not very familiar with the area north of the Standing Stone Plain." The old dragon turtle shook his head slightly, "So I don't know the true origin of this mountain."

Seeing that the old dragon tortoise couldn't answer this question, Brian thought for a moment and remembered the tower spirit of the wizard's tower, so he immediately established a spiritual connection with him and asked, "Ms. Polaris, do you know the name of this mountain in Netheril?" ?”

The reason why his Taling Bracey was called 'Ms. Polaris' was naturally because her former floating city was located above the Polaris Mountain Range.

Standing here, Brian looked to the north, and he could vaguely see the former Polaris Mountains covered in white snow.

This also means that the distance between these two places is not very far.

Therefore, he guessed that Ms. Polaris should know a lot about this place.

"This used to be the Mountain Range of the Legion of the Gods." As Brian expected, Ms. Polaris answered this question easily.

The Mountain Range of the Legion of the Gods?

Hearing this somewhat familiar name, Brian instantly recalled the history of the entire Netheril period that Iolum took him to see in the historical corridor.

During this long history, detailed information about the Mountain Range of the Legion of the Gods just happened to be recorded.

The last age of the Netherese calendar, the Age of Darkness.

The arrival of this era seems to herald the doom that will befall the Netherese.

Because at that time, the shadow of destruction had long been lurking around the empire, and it was silently protruding its claws towards this beautiful land.

Before the Felin Mokui threatened the rule of Netheril, a battle known as the "Seven Seals War" took place in the Age of Darkness.

The battlefield is located in the Gods Legion Mountains.

In the year of the Seven Seals War, Grand Arcanist Uzi dominated all the areas near the mountains of the Legion of the Gods and built a powerful group of floating fortresses.

The arrogant archmage used the floating fortress to carry a large number of troops through the cat's portal in the mountains, trying to conquer the inhabitants of the world outside Toril.

However, to the surprise of all the arcanists, not only did this expedition fail to achieve results, but it was like stabbing a hornet's nest, attracting those plane existences that were far more powerful than the grand arcanist.

The Outlanders, in turn, sent their own armies through the portal and into Netheril, sparking a century of conflict.

Brian also learned from Iolum that it was this battle that lasted for nearly a hundred years that unintentionally attracted the sleeping Felin Mokui, and indirectly led to the destruction of the empire.

"The Mountain Range of the Legion of the Gods is the most special mountain group in the period of Netheril." Ms. Polaris' voice sounded again, "Because there are at least five portals connecting Sigil City in this mountain range. In the silence of time, it has become history."

Portal to Sigil?

Brian looked suspiciously at the mountain not far away. Unfortunately, no matter what means he used, he couldn't detect any abnormalities.

Obviously, as Ms. Polaris said, the mountains of the Gods Legion have already become history.

Brian didn't waste any more time, confessed a few words to the old dragon turtle, and began to prepare for the ceremony.

After getting the order, the old dragon turtle immediately took out a large pile of materials containing the energy of the earth element, and began to draw a magic circle on the ground.

And Brian wasn't idle either. He took out his staff, stood there and concentrated on preparing for the ten-ring spell "Protic's Mountain Movement".

"Boom!"

As the magic circle of the old dragon tortoise gradually took shape, the area within ten kilometers of the two of Brian began to shake as if a small earthquake had occurred.

In just a moment, the mountain half-buried in the yellow sand, under the influence of the old dragon tortoise's traction circle, seemed to be grabbed by an invisible giant hand, and was forcibly pulled out from the ground like a carrot.

Seeing the outline and foundation of the mountain gradually emerging, Brian's eyes narrowed slightly, and he released the ten-ring spell that he had prepared long ago.

In an instant, this mountain, which was comparable to a large city, was captured by an incomparably powerful energy, and under the effect of Brian's telekinesis, it rose into the sky at a slow speed.

Just when Brian was about to move it to the demiplane where the time flow of the beholder Victor was slow, an accident suddenly appeared.

The mountain that was originally waving like an arm suddenly lost its link with Brian, lost control, and fell straight to the ground like a meteor.

At the same time, the magic circle engraved on the ground by the old dragon turtle also changed from bright light to dim in an instant, and the dozen or so precious precious gemstones in the magic circle were shattered almost at the same time. .

"What's going on?" Seeing this situation, Brian frowned.

He didn't think it was a problem with his spells.

It is not the first time he has used the ten-ring spell "Protic's Mountain Movement".

In the war half a month ago, he also relied on the power of the magic net to release this spell, and seized control of the floating city of Sacross in an instant.

Although the situation at that time was helped by Sirinxi Yinhuo, what he was fighting against was a floating city with a complete defense system.

But in front of me is just a mountain that looks a bit special, but there is a mistake because of this, which is really a bit unreasonable.

"I'm not too sure." The old dragon turtle frowned even deeper. He looked at the rapidly falling mountain and said his guess, "It looks more like someone forcibly seized our control over the mountain."

"That's right, I feel the same way." Bryan nodded slightly, and said doubtfully, "It's just that I was surprised by who was able to seize control of the mountain in an instant without my noticing. "

After speaking, he looked in the direction of the falling mountain with a face full of confusion, trying to release the spell again and seize control of the mountain again.

However, at the moment when he looked towards the mountain, Brian didn't know if it was an illusion, but Brian suddenly found that the speed of the mountain's descent was slowing down.

Just when he was puzzled by this, a figure appeared under the mountain.

This mysterious figure just stretched out his right hand, so seemingly casually holding up the mountain with one hand, and flew towards Brian together.

Seeing this scene, Brian and the old dragon turtle looked at each other and looked at each other.

When the two came back to their senses, the mysterious man who appeared suddenly came to them with a mountain peak covering the sky and the sun.

Brian forced himself to calm down and looked at the mysterious man.

This is a young man with an obvious oriental appearance, black hair and black eyes, wearing a dilapidated bronze battle armor. The dilapidated appearance looks as if it was forcibly squeezed out by an extremely powerful palm.

Since he didn't have a cloak, he could clearly see a simple long sword with a sheath on his back.

Seeing this familiar scene, Brian finally couldn't keep his composure, showing a surprised expression.

Faced with this situation, he suddenly had the feeling of looking for her thousands of times... No, it should be that it took no effort to find her without a trace.

This young man is the mysterious person that Brian asked Myrcella to find.

In the game world, he knew that at this point in time, a plane walker holding a star-forging sword tried to awaken some memories of the owner of the city of Sigil, the Lady of Pain, and was finally knocked down to Toril by the angry Lady of Pain. The world, and the location where it landed is the Enook Desert.

There are rumors that the other party has power comparable to that of gods and true gods, and some players even joked that he may be a monk who has practiced the 36 methods of Tiangang.

As for the specific situation, Brian didn't know very well, but he was very curious about it, so he tried every means to find his trace.

Thinking of Ms. Polaris telling him that the Gods Legion mountain range used to have many portals connecting Sigil City, so it makes sense for the other party to appear here.

"It's you two who interrupted my rest, right?" The mysterious man asked with slightly frivolous words, interrupting Brian's meditation.

After finishing speaking, he tossed the huge mountain in his hands like a ball, "This seat was resting, but suddenly found that my cave was uprooted and lifted into the sky."

"So that's how it is." The old dragon turtle muttered to himself, "I was still wondering why this mountain contains so much natural energy, and the root cause is here."

"That's right." Brian came back to his senses and regained his previous composure and calmness, "I'm very sorry, we didn't know you were resting here, so we disturbed you unintentionally."

"We are the original inhabitants of the world of Toril, but you look very unfamiliar. I don't know where you are from?" He suppressed the tension in his heart and asked.

"Who am I?" Facing Brian's inquiry, the mysterious man's eyes were filled with confusion, so that the mountain held by him became wobbly and almost fell to the ground.

"Actually... Actually, I don't know who I am either."

With one hand, he stabilized the mountain peak suspended in mid-air, and with the other hand, he rubbed his messy hair in distress, and said helplessly, "I just remember... oh... I seem to have been slapped twice by a crazy woman, Then it fell here out of nowhere."

Brian was not surprised to see the other party lose his memory.

It is precisely because this mysterious man has lost his memory that no one knows his true identity, so that he appears very mysterious.

Brian signaled the old dragon turtle not to speak, he took two steps cautiously towards the mysterious man, and said, "Your Excellency said that he was slapped twice by a woman, and then he came here."

After seeing that the mysterious person did not act abnormally, he continued with a little peace of mind, "If my expectations are correct, this woman is probably..."

Having said that, he didn't continue, but pointed casually, and a sharp steel blade appeared on the soft sand, which was blown away by the strong wind in the blink of an eye.

Of course Brian knew who had slapped him twice, but because of the special status of Ms. Pain, he didn't dare to say it, and he didn't even dare to draw her portrait. He could only simply draw a blurred steel blade, Let the other party guess.

"It's so familiar." Looking at the disappearing steel blade, the mysterious man showed a surprised expression. He nodded thoughtfully, and the confusion in his eyes became more serious.

Then, he looked at Brian expectantly again, "Boy, you only draw such a steel blade, how can I guess which crazy woman it is?"

"I'm very sorry." Brian's apology was not fake.

"I only know so much. Perhaps it is because of the interference of mysterious forces that I can only say so much. Unless I become stronger, I may draw this woman's appearance clearly for you. So that you can recall your lost memories."

"It doesn't matter. What I need most is time. You can wait patiently." The mysterious man's confused eyes regained clarity, as if he had seen through Bryan's intentions, and said with a nonchalant smile:

"However, don't expect me to help you improve your strength. This is impossible."

"As the saying goes: the law should not be taught lightly, the way should not be sold cheaply, the teacher will not go along the way, the doctor will not knock on the door, the doctor who believes in it can be saved, and the way is not destined to be wasted. After a while, this seat will come to you again, so farewell .”

After the mysterious man finished speaking, he put the mountain peak on the ground smoothly and effortlessly, and it transformed into a golden ray of light gracefully and disappeared.

Looking at the disappearing figure of the mysterious man, Brian sighed regretfully, then cast the ten-ring spell again, and together with the old dragon tortoise, sent this mountain peak into the demiplane of the beholder.

(End of this chapter)