Arcane Journey

Chapter 182 Harvest
"Rumble rumble..."

The entire city of Blingdenstone seemed to vibrate slightly, just like the aftershocks after a severe earthquake. There was no obvious vibration, but this kind of vibration was real.

Moreover, it is still transmitted from the depths of the ground at a stable frequency, which feels like a heartbeat, full of rhythm.

The young dwarf mage Lusa Yuyan felt the slight vibration from the ground, and murmured in an inaudible voice:

"Have they really wiped out the 'Oremok Scourge'?"

At this moment, she has already come to a secret cave full of stalagmites and stalactite pillars guided by the mage lord of Mokou Town.

In the center of the cavern is a ring of stone pillars older than Blingdenstone itself.

Once, the sage in Stone Heart's Garden told her that this stone circle was actually built by a group of ancient Grai stone men to worship Entermok, the prince of earth element.

Hundreds of years ago, her people had summoned an avatar of the Elemental Prince of Earth to help them fend off foreign enemies.

As the mage lord of Mokou Town said, when Lusha found this secret cave and stepped into it, she immediately felt the energy of the earth element generated when she was summoned.

Thinking of this, she immediately knelt down on the ground, took out the holy water and incense, and began to interpret the subtle changes caused by the vibrations under the foundation, and use psychic magic to ask for the answer to what she was looking for.

Xiaoxiao's smoke filled the cave, gradually intertwined with the energy of the earth element during the flooding period. With the young dwarf mage muttering obscure spells, she saw an ancient and vicissitudes of the underground tunnel in a trance.

The bottomless tunnel gradually emitted a soft light, illuminating the path ahead for her, and she gradually went deeper along the moss-covered stone steps, and the tunnel behind her also collapsed as she continued to advance.

I do not know how long it has been.

The moment the young dwarf mage opened her shining eyes like black jewels, a look of shock and disbelief appeared on her delicate features like a porcelain doll.

"I didn't expect that this mage lord not only solved the 'Oremok disaster', but also wiped out the incarnation of the evil prince of earth element hidden in the depths of the mine."

The dwarf mage took a deep breath, already knowing what he should do next.

With a light wave of her little hand, a cute-looking cave-dwelling badger ran over from the shadow of the stalactite pillar, whimpered and rolled back and forth on the ground, acting like a baby to her.

"Go and bring everyone from Stoneheart's Garden here." The dwarf mage stroked the cave badger's head and whispered to it.

The cave-dwelling badger nodded foolishly, and disappeared as an afterimage.

The dwarf mage quickly came to the center of the stone formation, took out the ritual materials that the mage lord of Mokou Town had specially told him to prepare, and quickly engraved it on the ground according to the awakening ritual circle taught to her by the other party.

After everything was ready, she knelt down on the ground, cleared her throat, and uttered an obscure ancient syllable:
"This is the reason and method of becoming one with the Underdark. Behold, we are the dwarves of the deep, the spirits of the deep, and to us are the souls of the deep, to us the pain of the deep, to us the rhythm of the deep .We sing their songs and weep for their beauty. As far as the relatives on the surface are concerned, we are the descendants of the underground, and this is the reason..."

"Rumble rumble..."

The faint trembling sound spread throughout the cave, and the awakening ritual array arranged by the dwarf mage also vibrated, suddenly bursting out with earthy yellow light.

In an instant, a 15-meter-tall, lifelike boulder appeared from the magic circle. Careful observation showed that it also had a pair of dark red eyes, a mouth, and rough arms and legs.

"Who woke me up?" The sound of the living boulder rumbled like a boulder falling from a mountain.

"I am the mage Lusa Yuyan from Stoneheart's Garden." The young dwarf mage suppressed his inner excitement and said loudly to it, "Your Excellency Entmok, Blingdenstone City needs your help."

"Lusha Yuyan from the Stone Heart Garden?"

A sliver of clarity was restored in the giant eyes of Entemok, Prince of Earth Elemental, and his voice echoed in the cave:
"Hundreds of years ago, the patriarch of the Yuyan family was just a newly born eldest daughter. At that time, I woke up once because of the invasion of mind flayers, and helped you stop foreign enemies. According to the ancient covenant, from now on, I will not I will interfere in any affairs of the subterranean dwarves again... But, for the sake of expelling my nemesis Oremok."

"Now, I will give you the spellcasters of Heart of Stone the ability to summon Grai Stonemen. However, I hope this is the last awakening, and I will not allow any creature to disturb my sleep for the third time!"

As soon as the words fell, bursts of sounds like mountain collapses echoed throughout the cave.

A Graistone man from the earth elemental plane was successfully transmitted to the main material plane through the link of the boulder magic circle.

The young dwarf mage looked overjoyed, knelt down on the ground deeply, and sent the incarnation of the prince of earth elements to continue to sleep.

Meanwhile, in the other direction of Blingdenstone.

According to Brian's instructions, the leaders of the subterranean gnomes, Digger and his wife, led a group of priests to trek forward in the grid-distributed tunnels while cleaning up the subterranean monsters.

The arduous expedition finally came to an end. When they killed the last purple worm, they finally came to the Red Raw Jade Temple of Sha Gouzhen Earthcaller.

On this pedestal formed by two stalagmites, a circle of collapsed walls surrounds the entire temple, and two dilapidated gates are faintly visible, one on the ground and the other on a terrace high on the wall. The door panels hung precariously on twisted hinges.

At this moment, a glowing hazy body appeared, as if it had been waiting for a long time to welcome their arrival.

If you observe carefully, you can find that in the hazy light, there is a short and thin subterranean gnome.

Its pale, paper-like face was filled with incomparable piety, and it was not full of resentment and hatred like other ghosts.

"The Earth Caller already knows your purpose." The illusory voice of the dwarf ghost echoed in the hearts of everyone.

Hearing the words, the couple and the priests behind them immediately understood that what the mage lord of Mokou Town said was true.

While they were grateful to the lord in their hearts, they also knelt down on the ground and listened to the teachings of the gods.

"Sagozhen Earthcaller is the lord of the burrow, and also the god of death responsible for overseeing funeral ceremonies and the dead. The merciful burrow lord will appease every dead dwarf soul in Blingdenstone."

The ethereal voice of the dwarf ghost seemed to echo throughout Blingdenstone.

"The earth is the heart and soul of the Forgotten Folk. Nurtured by the earth, springing from its bosom, Gal's children live on its surface, in its tunnels, in its caverns, and Life...is also wrapped in the shroud of silence of Sha Gouzhen, Earthcaller, resting in death..."

As a section of hymns came out from the mouth of the dwarf ghost, bit by bit of divine brilliance emerged, and its dimly glowing spirit body gradually floated high into the sky until it disappeared without a trace.

Meanwhile, with deep sorrow, the many ghosts who wander alone in the tunnels and ruins of Blingdenstone.

As if they had received a common order, they all stopped suddenly, their eyes full of resentment and hatred gradually became dull and blurred, and finally regained their clarity, knelt down in the direction of the 'Red Raw Jade' temple, and disappeared into the air.

A ghost is the spirit of a living creature after death, bound around a particular place, creature, or object that holds significance for its life.

Driven by evil or hatred, they refuse to rest in peace. It is extremely difficult for this group of returnees to clean up the ghosts of Blingdenstone City who died tragically at the hands of the drow.

Now, under the guidance of Brian, the leader of the subterranean gnomes has easily completed this arduous task.

While praising the lord of the burrow, Sha Gouzhen, Earth Caller, they also did not forget to be grateful to this mage lord from Mokou Town.

After sending the ghost away respectfully, Duobao Quhoe took out a soul spar with a sad expression, and threw it into the sky reluctantly.

Immediately afterwards, a cluster of small sparks floated out from the shattered soul spar, dancing like fireflies above the glowing ruins.

The golden firelight outlined a beautiful dwarf girl in dainty little shoes, a pretty pink blouse, and a sackcloth apron.

She seemed to come alive in an instant, covering her mouth with her small hands and giggling, a smile full of life.

This sweet smile is particularly eye-catching in the dark, deep and depressing dark area.

Duobao Quhoe seemed to really hear the laughter of his child who died tragically at the hands of the drow. He subconsciously looked at the child's mother. Through his blurred vision, he found that his wife was also crying, but His eyes were full of kindness and reluctance.

The golden light shattered and dissipated in the air.

The leader of the subterranean dwarves, Mr. and Mrs. Digging, and the priests behind them walked heavily towards the collapsed 'Red Jade in the Uncutness' temple.

Although the threat posed by these ghosts transformed by their own people has been resolved, compared to rebuilding the entire Blingdenstone City, these subterranean gnomes still have a long way to go.

In a dim room.

Brian carefully took out the heavy stone.

Since he set up a foothold in advance in a room in Blingden Stone City, he came here after taking Helliste to use the teleportation spell to escape the collapsed mine vein.

However, to his surprise, Helisite seemed to have consumed too much spiritual energy due to fighting the incarnation of the Prince of Earth, and had to temporarily enter a state of meditation to recover her exhausted mental power.

Of course, this is just Helisite's unilateral rhetoric.

In his opinion, the reason why she had such a situation was definitely because she intentionally restrained her violent spiritual power in order to give herself a headache.

In fact, this is the same reason as the overwhelmed water is hard to recover.

Just like himself, it is easy and enjoyable for him to let him release a powerful fireball, but it is impossible for him to forcefully reduce the power of this exploding fireball. At most, it can be suppressed by other spells.

From this, it can be seen how powerful Helliste's control over the power of psionic power is.

Since the other party didn't want to mention it, he naturally wouldn't ask.

He stopped thinking about it, took the heavy stone in his palm, and checked its attributes:
Earth element spar +5
Type: Wonder

Quality: Golden·Legendary

(Explanation: This is an elemental spar injected with a trace of the original power of the earth element by the evil prince of the earth element Olemoke. Through dozens of centuries of spiritual absorption of the earth veins, it has been endowed with a powerful power of the earth element force.)
Note: From the moment you take this treasure away, you have been targeted by the Prince of Earth Element. This evil prince from the Elemental Plane of Earth will do whatever it takes to get it back from you.

Effect: unknown

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Tier [-] Legendary Treasure, if you improve its quality a bit, you will be able to reach a second-tier artifact.

Looking at the properties of the earth element spar, Brian smiled.

Even though he couldn't judge the effects attached to this treasure, it didn't affect him from playing its role.

As for being targeted by the evil Prince of Earth Element, he actually didn't care at all.

After all, as the princes or lords of the four elemental planes, their restrictions are greater than the demon lords of the bottomless abyss and the devil lords of Bator Hell.

It can be seen from the other party sneaking into Blingdenstone.

And most importantly, these princes of earth elements cannot develop their followers in the material world like devils and demons.

In the city of Odus of the gray dwarves, he even dared to snatch the dragon eggs of Grazt, one of the three giants of the demon lords, so how could he be afraid of him.

Although the devil prince's revenge was like a gust of wind, it came and went quickly.

But since he killed Graz'zt's servant in Mokou Town, the other party seemed to have disappeared.

Obviously, there is nothing to do with him for a while.

Not even a devil prince dares to wander around the material world, let alone a prince of earth elements.

After obtaining the earth element spar, he had completely gathered the main materials for building the wizard tower.

As the so-called tall buildings rise from the ground, the real function of this spar containing the original power of the earth element is to lay a solid foundation for the wizard tower, and even when the floating city is built in the future, it can still play its true role.

After all, the power of the earth element itself represents defense and stability, which is naturally indispensable for the wizard tower.

Moreover, Brian can also use the power of this earth element spar to raise mephits in captivity, and perhaps he can also excavate the Kalinda magic stone like the earth element prince Olemok, so that it can continue to absorb power and improve its quality.

Thinking of this, Brian suddenly realized that this plan could really be carried out.

Because the Prince of Earth Elemental indeed raised the quality of this Earth Element spar to a second-class artifact in the next few years.

"It seems that after the wizard tower is built, we must study this treasure carefully." Brian whispered to himself, and put the earth element spar away again.

For him, this adventure can be said to be the most valuable treasure he has obtained in his life, even gaining hundreds of thousands of experience points.

In addition to the Kalinda magic stone and the earth element spar, he also obtained many earth crystal nuclei from the bodies of the earth element creatures he killed.

The crystal nucleus of the earth is also called the essence of the element. It is the core of the earth element creature. They are highly condensed by the energy of the earth element and formed over time.

Its main function is not only used to make equipment of the earth element series, or as a casting material to summon earth element creatures, but also a key item for making golems.

Because the crystal contains a tiny spark of life, they do not contain any memory, personality, nor any history, similar to a pure power for activation and obedience, as long as it is bound in the body of construction, can perfectly obey the will of the golem maker.It is a higher-end crystal than the soul spar among the core materials for making creatures.

Apart from the low-quality ones, the soil nuclei that Brian obtained this time also included two elder earth elementals and three giant earth elementals killed by Helliste.

The earth core of the elder of the earth element can be directly used to make the legendary creature adamantine golem and mithril golem, while the giant earth element is a steel golem that is slightly lower than the former.

In other words, as long as he has sufficient resources, he can use these materials to make a powerful wizard tower guard.

"This is the first time I've fought a divine-like being in the Toril world." At this moment, Helisite's abrupt words interrupted his contemplation.

Brian came back to his senses, he knew that even if he didn't look back, he could guess that the other party had appeared behind him at some point.

After all, he has long been used to her coming and going without a trace.

"Are you all right?" He looked back at Helisite, and found that she was stretching out her hand to adjust her appearance, a trace of blood appeared on her pale face, and her clear and beautiful eyes became bright again.

Seeing this, he knew that what he asked was more like nonsense.

However, seeing her was fine, he couldn't help secretly heaving a sigh of relief.

"It's okay." Helisite shook her head slightly, brushed the long loose hair hanging from her face behind her head, and sighed in a soft tone, "Divine power and god-like power are indeed the closest to the original power."

Faced with this topic, Brian chose to remain silent.

The fundamental reason why mortal spellcasters are not considered a threat in the eyes of the gods, no matter how powerful they are, is the divine power and divine-like power they possess.

This is the power of law closest to the origin of the world, which is equivalent to the gods being the administrators of the group, while the casters are just ordinary members.

The two are not even comparable, at most deal with their clones that descended on the material world.

"During the previous battle, I carefully recalled the spell "Mayoufu Micro Meteor" that you released. "Harriet sat down on the chair beside Brian and said to him:

"So, I plan to study this spell to understand why creatures with divine nature cannot be immune to its damage."

"Could it be that you want to research the same spiritual power?" Brian met her gaze, and instantly understood the myriad meanings inside.

"Yes."

"You have rested for a day." Brian thought for a moment, and said, "The subterranean dwarves have also completed the task I assigned. The most important thing for us now is to get rid of the pudding king who lives in the deepest part of the city."

"Of course I know." Helisite nodded, stretched out her slender fingers to gracefully stroke a strand of long hair hanging down her cheek behind her ear, and said softly:

"I can let my consciousness enter your sea of ​​spiritual consciousness. You only need to practice this spell once in your mind, and I can completely engrave it into your memory."

"So that's how it is." Brian showed a sudden look, "No problem, I will try my best to cooperate with you."

Helisite nodded slightly, and when she held Brian's hand, her white and jade-like cheeks quietly flushed a few blush.

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(End of this chapter)