Arcane Journey

Chapter 210 Bold assumptions, careful verification

Inside the Lady Lord's Mage Tower.

"Brian, do you know the real origin of this obelisk?"

Myrcella paced back and forth in the laboratory gracefully, her beauty was magnificent, and the silver-gray eyes shone with light, as if they contained rich experience and wisdom, as well as eternal youthful vitality.

"Could it really be the mysterious organization 'Spellweaver' that once spanned the entire multiverse." Brian said in an uncertain tone, "I always thought it was just a legend."

"In fact, the more absurd the legend, the more truthful it is sometimes. Because of its absurdity, the world does not need to carry out too much authentication and tampering." Myrcella looked at the not-so-magnificent square in front of her. The minaret, but there is an illusion that it is so unattainable.

"This obelisk was indeed made by the mysterious 'Spell Weaver' organization." She sighed, "Unfortunately, the knowledge about the obelisks, as well as their function and creation, has completely disappeared in Torre world."

"It's hard to imagine an item that has been handed down for such a long time." Brian stroked the cold black metal tower and said with emotion: "It can still be preserved so intact."

When he first came to Arabe City, he put the minaret from the Underdark in the mage tower of the female lord, and wanted the legendary super-spellcaster to help him find out what was hidden inside. Power, trying to use this steeple to independently absorb the frenzied magical energy in the air as used characteristics, trying to fuse it with the element pool.

From the female leader's expression that the world is so big and mortals are so small, it can be seen that she seems to have really researched some secrets.

"It's not surprising that any fragments that fall off the obelisk will be reabsorbed in some way to return to the whole as time goes by." The female lord explained to him, "For example, the Nether Scroll has this ability .”

Brian nodded slightly in agreement.

He has long heard that during the Arcane Empire period, after the Nether scroll was stolen, it was smelted into a whole piece of gold by some ignorant thief in exchange for money.

And the final fate of this piece of gold is naturally to be made into various gold coins or ornaments, scattered all over the world, and then gradually merged together as time goes by, turning into a complete Nether scroll, and finally it was discovered by accident.

If it weren't for that, he wouldn't have uttered wild words and tried to collect a whole set of Nether scrolls.

"Then do you know what the specific function of this obelisk is?" Touching his own blind spot of knowledge, he looked at the female lord who left a slender figure behind him, and couldn't help but ask for advice.

"The black obelisk is a magical artifact created by the 'Spellweaver' organization when it conquered the multiverse." The female lord's melodious words carried a touch of ethereal, "It used to have a name: the hub."

Hearing the 'hub', Rao Bryan's calm and calm face, he couldn't help but feel shocked. He couldn't believe it. Looking at the plain black obelisk in front of him, it was hard to imagine its origin. so big.

According to the unofficial history of a certain god:
The knowledge recorded in the Nether scroll comes from a mysterious organization called the 'Spell Weaver'.

This is a magical empire established by a mysterious race with powerful spellcasting ability. They once spanned the entire multiverse and opened the era of interstellar colonization, also known as: the hub era.

Normally, every time the 'Spellweaver' organization conquers a world, it will build a black pentagonal spire made of rock and unknown steel in this world, and these spires will be connected to each other through a complex system of portals.

The 'Lawweaver' organization is through the hub's portal system to rule the countless civilizations in the multiverse, to facilitate their own access to resources, or to conquer some too primitive races to serve as servants and hard workers.

If the female lord's words are true, then the unofficial history of a certain god is very likely to be true.

"It is said that in our Toril world, there is more than one obelisk made of unknown black metal and engraved with countless runes." The female lord said slowly, "They have all kinds of incredible power, Also includes the potential for time travel."

Time travel!

When Brian heard this, his eyelids couldn't help but twitch.

Because in a sense, as a reborn, he is also very similar to a time traveler.

Time travel is the way in which individuals or groups of people, or even entire cities, can travel back in time and experience the previous year at any point in time, decades or even centuries ago.

They can see their home from many years ago, and even visit an ancient civilization they're only a little familiar with.

It is said that the mind flayers, another race that claimed to have established a cosmic empire, foresaw the demise of the race, and it was irreversible, so they activated the time travel ability on the entire race as a last resort, so that they came to the world by accident. In the world of Toril, most of the abilities of the race have also been lost.

Time travel is strictly regulated by the gods.

In the years before and before the fall of Netheril, the ancient god of time and the goddess of magic, Mysril, was instructed by the god of god 'Io' to allow any existence to change the 'flow of time'.

This law applies universally to the Time Conduit, except in the single way the Goddess of Magic chooses, and is omniscient about any anomalous events that attempt to circumvent her laws.

After all, time travel is also a kind of magic. As long as it is magic, it cannot escape the induction of the goddess of magic.

The limitations of time travel, at least for the rest of the time, continued under the leadership of the two incarnations of the goddess' successor, Mystra, and her allies Oghma, the god of knowledge, and Dinir, the god of libraries.

Mystra also lent certain powers to her daughters, the Seven Sisters, as well as some of her choices and other great spellcasters, even the Time Dragons, enabling them to aid and monitor the world's Chronomancers and prevent them from changing or creating any new timeline.

In other words, it is impossible for an existence to travel to another plane of existence, especially the half-plane of time, and then return to the crystal wall system of the planet Toril, or its predecessor Abel Toril.

Many sages believed that if a person altered a key or defining event, they could alter the 'flow of time' and begin to form a new timeline, one that might be markedly different from the one they knew.

Some believe that traveling from one timeline to another is completely impossible even for the gods, since they cannot perceive such different realities.

There are also scholars who believe that there are unknown forces more powerful than the gods, and have scrutinized these alternate timelines and made it their mission to ensure their integrity.

Brian didn't think about it anymore, because he knew that thinking about these mysterious laws when his own strength was insufficient would only cause him more troubles.

"The most remarkable and powerful ability of the Obelisk is to change reality and time."

The female lord said, "The second is the teleportation ability of the arcane energy aura that it emits after it is activated, and the ability you mentioned to me that can absorb the frenzied magic in the air autonomously is used. The 'Spellweaver' organization must have additional functions when casting this kind of minaret."

Brian nodded slightly, understanding.

After all, she just stated that the most powerful ability of this black obelisk from the 'Spellweaver' organization is to change time and reality.

But if you want to change time and reality, you can't just wave your hand casually. This kind of ability also requires huge energy support.

What's more, it is also the transmission hub established by the "Spellweaver" organization when it conquered the multiverse, all of which need energy support.

Therefore, Brian doesn't care what ability it has that is powerful enough to change time and reality, all he needs is a way for the obelisk to gather energy.

It's like he got a fast sports car, but he is not interested in the function and configuration of the car itself, but focuses on the engine of the sports car, wondering what kind of engine can make this car A car goes so fast.

"Then...have you already cracked the way this obelisk gathers energy?" He calmed down, met the female lord's silver-gray eyes, and asked curiously.

This is what he is most concerned about right now. By cracking the energy concentration of the Obelisk, he can greatly increase the element pool of the Wizard Tower.

"It seems that you haven't been dazzled by its former strength." The female lord looked at Brian with relief, and nodded slightly, "In this case, I can rest assured."

"Bryan, do you know where the original magic energy comes from." Then, Myrcella suddenly asked a seemingly irrelevant question.

"Naturally, there are four elemental planes." Brian said without hesitation, "The elemental planes are the most basic existences that make up the world, and the magic net covers almost every plane in the kingdom of Tianyu, connecting with the energy of the four major elemental planes." .”

"That's true. However, although the elemental plane provides the basic composition and magical energy of the world, these original forces do not directly act on the major planes, but the magic net."

The female lord nodded slightly, "This also makes it impossible for mortals to directly guide and shape the original magic energy. All spellcasters must use the magic net to cast spells, because the magic net is the embodiment of the elemental plane. A bridge of communication between the primordial magical energies of the Elemental Plane."

"Then do you know what caused it?" She asked him with a faint smile on her lips.

This time, Brian was suddenly stumped by the question.

"Actually, between the elemental plane and the magic net, there is another existence that plays a very important role." The female lord did not make him wait too long, and explained the main point of the problem.

"Ether plane?" Brian had a flash of inspiration and answered this question.

"That's right, it's the etheric plane." The female lord smiled, "At the beginning of the creation of the world, the power of the major elemental planes was wrapped in ether, which served as a buffer zone and a transfer point, lying between the elemental plane and other planes. between."

Brian nodded thoughtfully, as if he was about to understand the connection between the questions asked by the female lord and the black obelisk.

The cocoon that wraps the elemental plane is the etheric plane, also known as: the spirit world, the sea of ​​spirits, and the imaginary realm.

The Ethereal Plane looks like a vast, misty coast.

To those who have seen the place with their own eyes, this statement makes sense.

Because the etheric plane is like a mist of green, red, silver, blue and the like.

Occasionally, some planar travelers can see windows to other planes, or surges of spheres of matter that will form demiplanes in the future.

In Brian's impression, the ether plane is indeed more like an ocean, because it even has beaches and trenches.

At the beginning, when he crossed the border and entered this plane for the first time, the location where he appeared was the edge shallows, which is also called the place near the etheric realm.

When passing through this area, he discovered that he did not really exist, that is, he was neither in the etheric plane nor in the main material plane from which he started, but was in two planes at the same time.

He can see adjacent planes, but most places are unclear.

The dividing line between the Deep Ethereal and the Sub-Etheric is easily discernible, a gigantic shimmering wall of color that looks like the Northern Lights.

The deep etheric realm is like the sea, boundless and bottomless.

In addition, there are countless demiplanes here.

They are islands of matter outside the deep etheric realm.

Demiplanes are like normal planes, except that they are smaller and have well-defined boundaries.

Scholars believe that over tens of millions of years, these demiplanes may have grown themselves into full planes like the Prime Material.

But since (so far as scholars know) such a thing has never happened, the foregoing remains only theory.

No one knows how many demiplanes there are, because the spellcasters of the Material Plane are creating new demiplanes every moment.

Some demiplanes are clearly marked on maps, while others are virtually unknown.

Of the two most widely known demiplanes, the Shadow Plane held by Shar, the Night Goddess, is the largest.

It is strong enough to extend its essence to other planes, even spawning such powerful creatures as shadows and shadow dragons.

"The ether plane is a very special existence, between the elements and the material plane, but independent of the two." The female lord continued to explain to him, "When we spellcasters communicate with the magic weave spells, except for certain For some spells, the ether itself often has no effect, but without its existence, it would be difficult to start even the first steps of casting spells."

"When we release spells such as anti-magic force field, we distort the ether, isolate an area from the magic net, and achieve the purpose of blocking demons."

Brian nodded slightly, and after a little reminder from the female lord, he fully understood the connection between the elemental plane, the etheric plane, and the magic net.

The elemental plane is like the light of the sun shining on the earth, while the etheric plane is more like the atmosphere, and the magic net plays the role of blocking ultraviolet rays, so that the creatures on the earth can survive better.

"If you understand all these, then let's return to the original topic." The female lord's eyes fell on the obelisk, and said with a smile, "How does the obelisk condense enough energy to support time travel."

"The function of the obelisk is to directly cross the magic net and communicate with the etheric plane." Brian said his guess.

"Draw energy from the elemental plane. After all, the former 'Spellweaver' organization was an interstellar colonist, and the magic net is only the patent of our country Tianyu. Naturally, they will not rely on the magic net for their spellcasting methods and energy operation. I even I suspect that even in a world without an etheric plane or without an elemental plane, the 'hub' created by the 'Spell Weaver' organization can still absorb the world's energy for its own use."

"Exactly." The female lord replied with a smile, "Otherwise, they wouldn't be worthy of being called interstellar colonists."

"I have studied this obelisk carefully." She continued, "I found that there is a magic circle similar to an arcane vortex inside the steeple. Obviously this is the key to communicating with the etheric plane and drawing energy from the elemental plane."

"Has the magic circle lost most of its effects?" Brian said to her after detecting the obelisk through detecting magic and feeling the extremely weak energy flowing from the tower.

From the confident look of the female lord, he could tell that she must have found a way to activate the arcane vortex.

"There is a different-dimensional space inside the spire. After I tried to see through the spell, I saw a dead demon lord and feathered snake in this space." The female lord said, "I guess these two different-dimensional planes Creatures are the key to activating the arcane vortex."

"Although this demon lord is the existence with the lowest level of strength in the bottomless abyss, I can see from its remains that it holds the power of flames and the earth, and the feathered snake whose strength is likely to reach the legendary level, Should be good at manipulating water and wind elements."

"Obviously, if you want to activate the arcane vortex, you need to seal some creatures with the abilities of wind, earth, water, and fire inside."

The female lord pondered for a while, and then continued, "But after trying four elemental gems, I learned that it is not necessary to trap creatures from different planes inside to activate the arcane vortex."

"Elemental gems are one-time items, but these creatures are permanent." Brian said with a smile, "Trap them inside, and you can squeeze them down without restraint."

"That's true." The female lord also showed a smile, "So, since I saw the water fairy you brought back, I thought of a good attempt."

"Are you planning to..." Brian looked at her strangely, "Trap her inside."

If this is the case, he will never agree, which has violated his principle as a spellcaster.

"That's not true." The female lord shook her head slightly.

"I want to try to establish a half-plane on the etheric plane, put this obelisk into the half-plane, and use the ability of Fairy Mizusawa to transform this half-plane into an existence similar to the four elemental planes. If this method is really successful, we may be able to continuously extract magical energy from this half-plane for our own use. It is not impossible for the caster to escape from the magic net and connect to the half-plane to cast spells."

Hearing the female lord's hypothesis, Brian was shocked in place as if struck by lightning, and looked at the boldly hypothetical female lord with a face full of disbelief.

This terrifying thought of her reminded him of the real world, the sunwell of the high elves in a game he played in Warcraft.

The Sunwell is a magical energy storage that covers the entire High Elf Kingdom. All elf mages draw magical energy from the Sunwell to release spells.

If the whole assumption is really successful, spellcasters can connect their spiritual power to this demiplane hidden in the ether world, extract magical energy, release spells, and completely get rid of the shackles of the magic net.

In the field of arcane arts, without bold guesses, there will be no great discoveries, and without bold assumptions, it will be impossible to break the shackles of existing concepts and break the cage of old thoughts.

Brian believes that the female lord's idea is completely worth trying, and carefully verify it with a pragmatic and strict attitude.

"This is just a conjecture of mine. Don't be too happy." The female lord obviously saw through Brian's mind and poured cold water on him. "In my conjecture, the most important thing is Based on the demiplane of the etheric world and the strength of Mizusawa Fairy."

"First of all, the demiplane must have a complete ecological system, and it must come from our own hands. Only in this way can we fully grasp it." The female lord calmly analyzed it to him.

"The second is the strength of Mizusawa Fairy. If she wants to build a world similar to the elemental world, she must have divine power comparable to the divine power of the gods. Although you have met the requirements, but with that little divine power alone, it is far from reaching the standard. According to my estimation, at least her god-like power needs to grow to a demigod level."

"However, it's really useless to say so much." She sighed helplessly.

"Because the half-plane with a complete ecosystem completely stumps us. After all, it is easy to build a half-plane, but if you want the half-plane to meet the standards of the four elements, life forms will appear, suitable for living things to survive. , I am afraid it will take at least a thousand years, can you afford to wait?"

"I think the two questions you raised are not a problem at all for me." After listening to the analysis of the female lord, Brian looked relieved, and then said with a smile:
"In fact, I really have the patience to wait for a thousand years. However, for me, this is completely unnecessary, because I just hold a demiplane seed with a complete ecosystem in my hand."

When he explored the ruins of the floating city of Grand Arcanist Opus, the treasury of stars he entered was a demiplane with a complete ecosystem.

Moreover, during the time of Netheril, the spell book left by the authoritative archanist who was proficient in the field of creation also recorded how to create this demiplane.

Before Brian left the treasury of the stars, he asked Helliste to help him collect this half-plane that was on the verge of destruction and turned it into a plane seed, waiting for him to reopen it.

"Is this true?"

This time it was the turn of the female lord of Araby City to be surprised. She couldn't even maintain her elegant and calm demeanor, and looked at the smiling mage lord in front of her in disbelief.

"Do you think it's necessary for me to make this joke?" Brian shrugged and continued:
"As for Fairy Mizusawa's strength...it's really difficult, but at least with her current strength, I'm satisfied to be able to support the energy operation of the Wizard Tower. As for the future, let's talk about it later. After all, this is an extremely For the long-term plan, we need to carefully verify it step by step."

"Indeed." The female lord regained her composure, nodded slightly, and agreed with him.

"What should we do next?" Brian asked.

"If conditions permit, I need to go to the four elemental planes to subdue four elemental giants whose strength has reached the legendary realm to serve us." The female lord flicked her long red-brown hair and smiled, "Of course, The most important thing right now is how you can impart your quiet god-like power to Mizusawa Fairy, making her a god-like being."

"Then how to teach it?" Brian looked inquiringly at the female lord with a gentle smile.

"Fairy Mizusawa has improved her physique to pro-magic energy in the elemental pool of the Mage Tower." The female lord frowned beautifully, "As for how to teach it, actually... I don't know too well."

"Oh, that's right." She seemed to remember something, and asked again: "How did you obtain this power in the first place, the more detailed the better, maybe I can deduce the method from it."

"Well..." Brian recalled the scene where he obtained divine-like power from the tree spirit girl transformed from the will of the small world, which really made him a little hard to say.

In the end, he could only bite the bullet and tell Myrcella the process.

"I see." The female lord gave him a strange look and smiled, "In this case, I have a good way to try."

Seeing the strange look in the other party's eyes, Brian knew exactly what her method was.

Then, she patted her palm lightly, as if giving an order.

A burst of teleportation light emerged.

Fairy Mizusawa appeared in front of him.

She was wearing a thin and luxurious light blue dress, revealing her snow-white arms and half of her chest. That dazzling white color made people feel angry and thirsty just by looking at it.

A head of smooth and beautiful silver-white long hair fluttered over her shoulders, fluttering like satin with the gentle wind.

The slender waist makes people even want to hold it in their arms.

The delicate face is a perfect fusion of the softness and coquettishness of a girl, with a mixed, sweet charm like poison.

"Owner……"

The girl blinked her beautiful blue eyes, staring at Brian, a blush quietly floated on her innocent and lovely face.

"Aren't you going to avoid it for a while?" After understanding what was going to happen next, Brian looked at the female lord beside him helplessly.

"Then you guys go ahead, I won't bother you." Myrcella chuckled, turned and left with graceful steps.

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