Arcane Journey

Chapter 208 The half-finished wizard tower

"Actually, the alchemy that originated from the Netheril Empire is quite different from the mainstream schools today." Brian stood in front of an unassembled constructed creature in the enchanting workshop of the Wizard Tower, and said to Ru Yin, the moon elf mage beside him. Say:
"They are closer to runic conjuration, and share many similarities with the arcane schools of the three creator races and the elven mages."

He held an alchemy carving knife that shone with silvery white luster in his hand, and while carving runes on the arm of the constructed creature, he explained it to her.

"You Silver Scholars Association, including most of the alchemy mastered by spellcasters, is actually based on the School of Change, using spells to distort and change matter, or setting spell nodes and circuits to form formations, a little different Necromancy School They are better at making fleshy golems, but the application of runes has never become mainstream."

"That's true. Ever since I started learning magic, I have rarely heard of the application of runes by constructed creatures." The moon elf mage nodded slightly and asked curiously, "What is the specific reason for that? Or is it the rules of the magic net?" After the change, did the alchemy runes have limitations?"

"There are multiple reasons for this."

Bryan said, "You have to know that runes are closer to the essence of arcane art than cumbersome node circuits. They are streamlined and efficient. The Netheril Empire was able to popularize magic items in the lives of ordinary people. The Serenity Core is just one of the reasons."

"So, the skillful use of arcane runes is the orthodoxy of alchemy." The moon elf mage nodded thoughtfully.

"I have dabbled in the arcane runes of the Netheril Empire, but the information is incomplete, and it is mostly pieced together, and I haven't studied systematically. I don't understand these obscure arcane runes Writing, like writing in a foreign country, is hard to achieve after all.”

"Arcane runes are the orthodoxy of alchemy. This sentence is true." Brian nodded slightly, his eyes always on a construct in front of him.

"However, nothing is perfect. The arcane runes inherited from the Netheril Empire, although highly integrated and accurately displayed, have almost harsh requirements for users."

"If a spellcaster doesn't have enough understanding of the essence of arcane arts, and can't grasp the deep context from the complicated and difficult explicit knowledge, it will be difficult to use the refined words that represent the essence of arcane arts. After all, depicting runes is not carving. If you carve two strokes, you will be able to communicate with the magic net."

"You have to know that arcane rune alchemy was not an obscure knowledge that arcanists could easily master during the time of Netheril before the rules of the magic net changed, let alone now."

After saying this, Brian became slightly pensive.

The fundamental reason why the arcane runes inherited from the Netheril Empire were not passed on was due to the current mainstream spellcasting.

Because the current spellcasters cast spells with spell slots, they rely on copying spell books to obtain spellcasting authority from the magic net at the cost of spiritual power.

In this case, when they have a deep understanding of the essence of arcane arts, they are naturally separated by a magic net, and their learning efficiency can be imagined.

He didn't delve into this issue too deeply, and continued to focus on the unfinished constructed creature in front of him.

"See clearly, this rune is called 'Uruz', pronounced 'u', and the domains that can be combined with this rune include: vitality, health, healing restoration, its fundamental creativity, wisdom, A connection to the powers of the earth."

As he spoke, he carved a rune pattern inside the unassembled head of the constructed creature. The structure of the rune seemed to be composed of maple leaves and four intersecting scimitars, with a wonderful rhythmic beauty.

"This is 'Turisaz', pronounced 'th', and encompasses active defense, protection, destruction of the enemy, harvest, acts of will, and the exercise of power."

He carved a rune pattern again, and when the two runes intersected together, a certain chemical reaction suddenly occurred, and a faint luster shone.

"The combination of this rune and 'Uruz' is enough for the low-level construct in front of me to transmit the orders from the master to the soul core and make it obey the master's will."

After the runes were drawn, Brian put away his tools, took out a book, and said to the moon elf mage in front of him, "This book contains twenty most basic arcane runes. I have already done all the functions and characteristics. Note in detail, when making low-level construct creatures in the future, you will all use arcane runes as the mainstay."

"If you can master all these twenty runes, I will consider teaching you new arcane runes." He added the last one.

In fact, although with the promotion of the level, he has mastered all the runes of the Arcane Empire, and even the knowledge about constructing creations has been absorbed and digested by him like a sponge, but compared to the path of pursuing the great arcanist In fact, this knowledge is just a drop in the bucket for him, and it only lifts the corner of the mysterious veil.

The arcane knowledge he needs to master is far from enough compared to those legendary spellcasters or liches who have lived for hundreds of thousands of years.

This is also his biggest shortcoming so far.

With the establishment of the wizard tower, it is impossible for him to spend all his precious time on these trivial matters, so it is also very necessary to train the caster's subordinates and assistants to help them take care of and maintain the wizard tower.

Moreover, the spellcasters of the Silver Scholars Association are mainly based on the schools of protection, conjuration, and transformation, and specialize in making various constructs.

After they are proficient in using arcane runes, their improvement and the production efficiency of constructing golems will have a qualitative change.

To be precise, if the alchemy process of arcane runes can be developed, it can really improve the efficiency of constructing creatures and their flexibility.

It's a pity that there are too few spellcasters under Brian's hands, and it's too late to train a group systematically.

In short, this is the most troublesome problem for him right now.

"I understand, I will strictly follow your request." The president of the Silver Scholars Association took the book handed over by Brian with slightly trembling hands, suppressed the excitement in his heart, and said respectfully.

"Oh, right!"

Brian was about to leave when he suddenly remembered something and said to the moon elf mage, "I need an assistant, please help me find one, preferably a wizard who is proficient in conjuration."

He is not a person who likes to show his face, and he is very clear in his heart. With the establishment of the wizard tower, under normal circumstances, except for very important things that must leave the tower, he is likely to live in seclusion like most wizards.

After all, right now, all the arcane knowledge he possesses, including the knowledge in the Nether scroll, needs him to calm down, slowly digest it, and transform it into his own power.

In this case, he needs an assistant to help him manage the affairs of the Wizard Tower, or to convey instructions or information on his behalf.

To put it simply, he needs a few talented apprentices to teach them arcane knowledge, and it is best to train them to be confidantes who can stand alone in the Wizard Tower.

Originally, his plan was to bring Graal's daughter, Sissy, the human girl whom he had rescued from the Temple of the Lily of Rest, with him.

But after thinking about it carefully, he put away this idea again.

After all, in the game world, this girl is Myrcella's most outstanding student, and she is also the only Super Spellcaster apprentice who has successfully advanced.

Forcibly keeping her by his side is undoubtedly losing a future legendary super-spellcaster.

And the reason why he asked Moon Elf mage Ru Yin to help him find it was mainly because in the game world, the president of the Silver Scholars Association was not the female mage in front of him, but her younger brother.

He still has a deep impression of Ru Yin's younger brother. Facts have proved that from the establishment of the wizard tower to the present, this young moon elf mage has performed very well.

There are a total of 18 wizards in the Silver Scholars Association, and the only one who meets his criteria is the younger brother of this female mage. Brian believes that she should understand what he means.

This can be regarded as some of the benefits she gained when she chose to join her without hesitation.

Moreover, Brian had already stated to the female president that she should try her best to attract as many spellcasters as possible to join her power.

Although his wizard tower only opened the first to eighth floors to his subordinates, with the cooperation of the folding space technology, there is still no problem at all in accommodating five or six hundred spellcasters.

Brian has already secretly planned in his heart to build the mansion of the missionary mage he obtained in the Underdark into a magic academy, folded together with the space of the wizard tower, and use it to cultivate his reserve talents.

The so-called folding space technology is actually very easy to understand.

For example, the distance between two points is the shortest, that is to say, a line is connected from point A to point B, and the distance of this line is the shortest distance from point A to point B.

The space folding method is: compare the different-dimensional space to a piece of white paper, draw points A and B on the white paper respectively, and then fold the white paper in half so that point A and point B overlap, this is the space folding method, making point AB closer.

Then, he looked around the largest enchanting workshop in the wizard tower, looking at a group of busy spellcasters.

The enchanting workshop is located on the fifth floor of the wizard's tower, which belongs to the public place of the tower. In addition to the spacious workshop, there are also many private laboratories, mainly for making constructs.

This group of enthusiastic spellcasters, some are engraving magic circles, some are embedding crystal traces for energy transmission, and some are placing various precision instruments, or researching and modifying the structures seized from the City of Shadows golem.

He explained a few precautions to Ru Yin, and then turned and left.

Brian came to the basement of the wizard tower by teleporting the spell.

Although this tower, which he has high hopes for, is likely to be transferred to the floating city to serve as the core tower one day in the future, it does not affect his establishment of a labyrinth-like underground passage at the bottom of the tower.

After all, the basement of the wizard's tower, in most cases, will be used to build an energy pool, and the wizards of the necromantic school will even build a negative energy pool.

The fundamental reason for doing this is to facilitate the extraction of earth vein energy and speed up the condensation of elemental energy, which is the so-called grounding energy.

As the energy source of the entire tower, it is natural to strengthen alert and defense.

Besides, the old dragon turtle also told him.

If he really planned to transfer the wizard tower to the floating city, he would have a way to transfer the entire hill behind the castle in Mokou Town to it safely.

So he simply let the terrestrial dragon turtle who mastered the power of the earth element let go of his hands and feet, and helped him build a complete underground space system at the bottom of the tower.

When he came to the basement floor of the wizard's tower, he saw that the old dragon turtle was busy in a square pool of 400 square meters that had been excavated.

This is the main road of the leyline nodes, the place where the energy of the leylines gathers. Naturally, he chose to build the element pool.

At this moment, the dark blue crystal bricks in this square pool have been half covered by the old dragon turtle, and there are neat and orderly crystal traces on the surrounding walls.

These are all energy transmission pipes, energy loops, and central energy transmission devices, similar to circuits. Since the element pool has not yet been built, the crystal traces embedded on the walls appear dim without the support of energy.

All of these are native crystals that he bought at a great price, in order to make the entire energy transmission system of the wizard tower more stable and faster.

In fact, artificial mana crystals are the cheapest material with the highest performance ratio, and the easiest material to use to make energy transmission systems.

But in the case of sufficient funds for the time being, Brian did not choose to use these cost-effective man-made magic crystals.

"How's the progress?" Brian looked at the old dragon turtle who was laying crystal bricks in the outline of the elemental pool.

When the old dragon turtle laid all the crystal bricks made of native crystals into the elemental pool, he could burn a super-large magic circle that gathered magical energy on the bottom of the elemental pool and on the four walls.

Then, the energy of the earth vein nodes and the four major elemental planes is introduced into the energy-gathering circle, and the entire element pool is basically completed.

The owners of many wizard towers in the mainland did this.

But for Brian, this is just his first step in completing the elemental pool. After all, he also has a water fairy, which allows him to try more ways to condense elemental energy.

"I have observed the specific situation here through the spell of seeing through the mountain." The old dragon turtle raised his head and reported the progress of the underground space to him.

"It is planned to build a five-story underground space at the bottom of the Wizard Tower, and the negative floor will be used as the energy of the element pool and the energy transmission center that supplies the entire tower. I have placed the legendary-quality earth elemental spar you gave me. The negative second floor serves as the core of the anti-gravity circle. In this way, while the gathered energy of the veins improves the quality of the earth element spar, the earth element energy emitted by the spar can also feed back the entire mountain, making it more stable."

"The negative third floor is naturally my safe place to live. As long as I am here, no one will try to pass through the ground and cause damage to the elemental pool.

As for the negative fourth floor and negative fifth floor...they are considered by me as a lair for cultivating mephits. "

The old dragon turtle chuckled, "Now, the leaders of the two earth mephits and mud mephits you brought back have settled down in their own homes. As long as the elemental pool is built and the energy supply is sufficient, they will be able to multiply as quickly as possible. mephit."

Brian nodded slightly, quite satisfied with the arrangement of the old dragon turtle.

The earth elemental spar he obtained from Blingdenstone City, in addition to stabilizing the wizard tower, also has the intention of absorbing the Kalinda magic stone to grow its quality into a secondary artifact.

Who would have thought that to his surprise, with the help of the old dragon tortoise, he not only got the best place where the energy of the earth's veins gathers, but even this spar was used by the old dragon tortoise as the core of the magic circle, engraved out Formed an anti-gravity circle covering the entire wizard tower.

The main function of this magic circle is to control the gravity of the earth, making it difficult for the invading enemy to move forward.

He believed that with the old dragon turtle sitting in the underground space, it would be difficult for the enemy to break through this layer of defense and destroy the energy pool of the entire tower.

However, due to his always cautious style, Brian still couldn't help but want to remind him.

Even though he himself didn't think this confession was necessary, since he had already thought about it, if he didn't say it, he would feel uncomfortable under some kind of obsessive-compulsive disorder.

"I suggest you set up a magic circle to detect air humidity on the fifth floor of the underground space." Brian said what he thought.

"Detect air humidity?" The old dragon turtle was stunned for a moment, and then he said inexplicably, "Why set up this kind of magic circle, I live in the underground space all year round, so I naturally know that the air humidity underground is difficult to change."

"It is because it is difficult to change that I let you set up such a magic circle, just in case." Brian said with a smile, "In short, you should do as I ask, and check every half a month Just one click."

"I understand!"

The old dragon tortoise's eyes lit up, as if thinking of something, he said in surprise, "The purpose of your doing this is probably to prevent Felin Mokui from lurking here."

"That's right, that's what I mean." Brian nodded slightly. Although he didn't think it was necessary, he had already said it, and he needed to explain the whole story to him.

"After all, we are the place where the energy of the earth veins gathers, and I am planning to build a higher-level element pool. If there are really Felin Mokui who find this treasure land, they will definitely occupy it like moths to the flame, and extract it. The magic power and the energy of the leylines."

Felin Mokui holds a powerful spell "Life Absorption". This spell is the culprit of the Ennook Desert. Its main function is to absorb water and prevent water from existing in this area.

This spell cannot be detected by detect magic, nor can it be dispelled by dispel magic or water magic, and only limited wish or stronger spells can destroy it.

And once cast, it can even last for decades.

Its only drawback is that it can sense whether the surroundings have really been casted by Felin Mokui based on the humidity of the air.

"Your worry is still a bit unnecessary." The old dragon turtle stroked his beard and said with a smile:
"Let's not mention that Felin Mokui has been sealed in the Forbidden Wall of Sharon for the time being. Even if he escapes, there will be at most two or two rotten fish and rotten shrimps. It is impossible to threaten me. Unless it is the existence of the elder Mokui. "

"It's never a big mistake to be careful." Brian replied indifferently.

Although the Felin Sorrel is the first difficulty for him to green the Ennook Desert, as a traverser, he knows very well that if he wants to completely destroy the Felin Sorrel, the only way to enter the Forbidden Wall of Sharon is to destroy them. The memory tower of the 'brood'.

He had already planned in his heart that when his strength reached the level of a high-level legend, he would go there himself and completely destroy this group of culprits.

"Okay, I will follow your instructions." Seeing that Brian insisted on doing so, the old dragon turtle no longer objected, and secretly kept his words in his heart.

At this moment, Brian's expression changed, and he received Hellist's summons.

He immediately understood that the Psychic had probably returned from the astral realm and finished his dragon skeleton golem.

So he bid farewell to the old dragon turtle, activated the teleportation spell, and came to the No. 17 floor of the tower, which was his own private laboratory.

(End of this chapter)