Arcane Journey

Chapter 213 Wind Elemental Plane

The Inner Planes are the kingdoms of the elementals.

It is also the land of natural energies and pure elements, in extreme states and conditions, which are the building blocks of the universe and the basic matter and energy in their original form.

If the entire wizard tower is compared to the multiverse, then the inner plane is the element pool that provides energy, which belongs to the energy place of the entire multiverse.

When the Inner Planes are used as a traveler's destination, they are most hostile to creatures from the Material Plane.

The unprepared traveler is helpless in the face of such a force, and at worst they are as easily extinguished as a candle in a high wind.

For this is the place where no other is tolerated, where being is reduced to a single substance.

Of all the planes of the multiverse, perhaps nowhere is it more hostile to life than here.

If an ordinary person were asked the number of elemental planes, he would probably subconsciously answer 'four' - earth, wind, fire and water.

In fact, there are far more than four of them.

The inner planes contain all possible elements, not just the most basic earth, air, fire, and water.

It also includes some of the four major elements mixed with each other, derived side element planes (soft mud, lava, black ice and smoke), energy planes (including positive energy and negative energy), and linked at the poles Quasi-elemental planes of basic elements and positive and negative energies (vacuum, salt crystals, ash, dust, lightning, steam, brilliance, minerals).

Eighteen, not four, is the exact number of Inner Planes discovered.

Except for the plane of wind, lightning, and steam, mortals simply cannot breathe safely on the other elemental planes.

On the elemental plane of fire, the air is unbearably hot and mixed with poisonous wind.

There is no breathable air in the Earth Elemental Plane and the Water Elemental Plane. In the Smoke Side Plane, the air is mixed with thick smoke, which makes people almost suffocate. There is also no air in the Energy Plane.

In short, no matter which plane you go to, it is best for travelers to bring food and water with them.

There are no inns, farms, plants, or game to be found on the Inner Planes unless requested by the inhabitants of the Elemental Planes.

Of course, a xorn would insist: on our Elemental Plane of Earth, you can find food.

That's true, as long as it can chew rocks or gems like it does, otherwise, prepare your own lunch.

At least, you can find something to drink on the Water Elemental Plane...

Under the guidance of the djinn, Brian and Messiah successfully reached the elemental plane of wind from an elemental vortex where the surrounding air shimmered like a heat wave.

Although he had arrived at the plane of the wind element many times in search of magic materials, each time gave him a different shocking effect.

It is difficult for him to describe the scene of the air elemental plane with words. At this moment, he feels that he is at an altitude of tens of thousands of meters, and the earth is so small that it disappears from his field of vision.

This is what the Elemental Plane of Air looks like: nothing but atmosphere.

It is as wide as the eternal sky.

It is as pure as a child's breath.

It's always falling.

The Elemental Plane of Air is an empty plane that includes the sky above and below.

The sea of ​​clouds churned in wave after wave, swelled into giant thunderstorm clouds, and dissipated into little blobs like cotton candy, the wind pushed and pulled travelers, and rainbows shone in the distance.

It is a world of dazzling blue, like the sky viewed from the highest mountain.

Its landscape isn't uniform, though, with creatures of all kinds darting across the boundless sky, while other things, mostly from other planes, float aimlessly here and there.

It seems peaceful and peaceful, but in fact there are hidden murderous intentions everywhere, because the gentle breeze may turn into a roaring storm in an instant, and you will die on the spot if you are not careful.

The most frightening thing is the storm blowing from other planes, including terrible lightning, huge hail, scorching air waves, choking sand and endless vortexes like ouroboros.

However, compared to other elemental planes, the air elemental plane is the most comfortable and survivable among the inner planes.

Its weightless nature, open world, and hospitable environment make the Elemental Plane of Air an ideal place for powerful individuals seeking a place of solitude.

These individuals range from wizards and sorcerers who want to conduct long-term research uninterrupted, to clerics of all alignments fleeing the threats of more dangerous planes.

Even solitude and contemplation seekers from monasteries and libraries.

Any chunk of rock, or ore, large enough to support a structure is a site for some kind of building.

It is also home to a wide variety of flying creatures.

In fact, flying creatures have a great advantage on this plane, and while non-flying travelers can easily survive here, they are at a natural disadvantage.

Natural planar vortices connect the Elemental Plane of Air and the Material Plane, often on top of high mountains or in severe weather conditions, such as the eye of a hurricane.

Creatures that inhabit the Elemental Plane of Air fall into two categories.

All kinds of wind element creatures such as wind djinn are native creatures that inhabit the sky, and seldom or never set foot in the elemental clusters of other planes.

Because this plane is not malicious, and even beautiful for some beings, there are quite a few visitors from other worlds who either visit here or establish outposts.

Those aliens or elemental creatures who are born flightless often cling to the rocky floating islands floating in the endless sky, and the djinn sometimes build palaces and cities on them.

The purpose of Brian and Myrcella's trip is to help Anakyss, the djinn, capture the occupied palace from a cluster of fire elements.

No Inner Plane is entirely composed of a single element.

In the long time, a small part of the elements are washed away, and they will inadvertently pass through the boundary between the planes and come to other planes.

Until now, elemental clusters of most other elements can still be found in an elemental plane, such as islands of earth elementals that look like boulders floating in the elemental plane of air, and ponds of water elementals that seem to be earth elementals. Geodes on the plane, small pieces of lava-like soil drifting on the sea of ​​fire elements, and ball lightning also rushing across the water element plane.

Clusters of these elements can be said to be of great benefit to travelers: as long as there is a place to stand, air to breathe, and water to drink, this meets the most basic living conditions.

Clusters vary widely in size and duration, and are said to be sometimes large enough to accommodate sprawling cities.

Although the plane of the wind element is full of deadly dangers, under the guidance of the guide of the wind djinn, they can always easily avoid storms, lightning, and even the resting place of some powerful wind elemental lords .

"Every time I come to the world of a different plane, I can't help but be shocked by these scenes."

Myrcella floated beside Brian, walking side by side with him, with long brown-red hair fluttering, and a flapping cloak, clearly outlining the hidden graceful figure.

Her silver-gray eyes narrowed slightly, looking around the dazzling blue world, she couldn't help but sigh with emotion:

"Whether it is in time or in the span of space, a person is very small. In the face of the long history of the universe and the starry sky, mortals are insignificant, and if we want to understand the mysteries and the universe, we need enough knowledge. So much that we can't learn it all our lives."

"That's true." Brian nodded slightly. "In front of the vast universe and starry sky, life is so short, and human knowledge is very limited. It is so difficult to exhaust the eternal mysteries with such limited knowledge."

"It is precisely because of this endless unknown that it can attract countless seekers, and let them embark on the journey of arcane arts without hesitation in order to explore the truth."

Myrcella pursed her lips and asked with great interest, "Bryan, tell me the truth, is this the reason why you embarked on the path of arcane art?"

"I?"

Brian couldn't help being stunned by this beautiful female lord's question. He shook his head and put down his hood, let the gentle breeze blow past his face, lifted his messy hair, and replied in a casual tone:
"Of course. After all, only a truly wise man can see the insignificance of mortals, the moment of heaven and earth, and even the life and death of gods."

In fact, compared to the elemental world of the inner plane, the material world they live in is indeed very small.

Because the main material world is just a plane, and in this plane, there are many separate worlds like Toril.

A world may be just a planet, or it may be a complete galaxy including planets, moons, asteroids, comets, and stars.

Each world is sealed within bubble-like phallites suspended in an amber fluid called phlogiston.

Perhaps someone knows that it is possible to travel across the phlogiston sea from one crystal system to another by a method called magic ship sailing, but that is not the subject here.

In the eyes of the inner plane, located in the material plane, the kingdom of heaven, the planet Toril is like a grain in the ocean.

"But in fact it is..."

Myrcella hesitated for a moment, then said softly, "Smart people who understand this truth are sometimes crazier and more desperate than ignorant people. They pursue the truth at all costs in order to break through their small ego in the limited time and space."

"When a person sees and doesn't care about anything other than these so-called 'truths', he is already insane. A lunatic without reason means that he is already on the path of pursuing arcana , was eliminated."

Brian said calmly, "After all, if a person's life is only for the pursuit of the truth and abandons all people and things worth remembering and caring about, even if he lives for a long time, what's the point?"

"I think that on the endless journey of arcane art, we should enjoy the process rather than be obsessed with the final result." He thought for a moment, and made the final addition: "The boat will naturally go straight when it reaches the bridge."

After hearing these words, Myrcella watched him quietly, until a moment later, the duchess of Araby City smiled leisurely, and ended the brief conversation in silence.

Half an hour later, the djinn who was in charge of leading the way finally completed the journey without any danger.

Brian was suspended in mid-air, standing against the wind, following the line of sight of the djinn.

He found a dark red floating volcano not far away, and through the smoke from the crater, he could vaguely see an obsidian castle hidden during the period.

Obviously, this is the territory occupied by the djinn Anakys.

"This flying castle was originally discovered and built by me thousands of years ago." The djinn said to the two in a cool voice:

"It is composed of clusters from the fire elemental plane. Due to the rich fire elemental energy, an elemental vortex leading to the fire elemental plane was generated. So after I returned to the castle, I found that this place had already been occupied by a strong The fire elemental elder who has reached the legendary realm is occupied. There are too many fire elements under him, and I am not their opponent alone."

Brian nodded slightly, knowing that he would have a tough battle to fight next.

While preparing the spell, he quickly recalled the detailed information about the Air Elemental Plane in his mind.

The Elemental Plane of Air has the following properties:
Objective direction gravity.

normal time.

Unlimited size.

variable form.

The wind element dominates.

Enhancement Magic: Spells and spell-like abilities (including those in the air domain) that use, manipulate, or create air elementals are enhanced and magnified (as enhance spells and augment spells are used, but do not need to occupy high-level slots).The cloud of death doubles its range, and its damage is halved (for creatures not directly killed).Spells and spell-like abilities that have been enhanced and magnified are no longer affected by this benefit.

Impeded Magic: Spells and spell-like abilities that cast or create earth elementals (including the summoning of outsiders of the earth elemental and earth subtype) are impeded, including spells in the earth domain.These spells and spell-like abilities can still be used, but must succeed on the spellcasting check.

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Just when he and Myrcella were about to fight, the djinn flew towards the floating volcano first, and then stopped at the distance she thought.

"Edipros, you despicable thief, don't get out!" The djinn's cold voice was swept to the floating volcano under the gust of wind.

In the blink of an eye, Brian saw densely packed fire mephits and a large group of fire elementals rising from the crater of the castle like torches.

"Hahaha... the disheartened defeated general is back again."

A taunt resounded like a fireball bursting through the sky, "Don't worry, this time, I will never show mercy."

As soon as the words fell, Brian saw a 20-meter-tall fire elemental elder flying out of the crater with crimson flames all over his body.

He carefully discovered that besides the bright blue light emitting from the eyes of this fire elemental elder, he could also faintly see faint traces of dark blue flames inside his flaming body.

Obviously, this dark blue flame represented how profound the power of the law of fire had been comprehended by the other party after stepping into the legendary realm.

"what?"

The two bright blue eyes like searchlights of the mocking Elder Fire Element fell on Brian and Myrcella, and the voice bursting like fireballs sounded again, "I said, why do you dare to come here to die? It turns out that you invited two The main substance guy is here to help."

"Then I will fulfill your wishes." He continued to growl, "Let you be wiped out in the purification of the flames."

"Children, give it to me, kill them!"

The fire element elder waved his flaming arms as if dancing, and dark red fireballs the size of washbasins, dragging slender tail flames, smashed towards the three of them with a hiss.

At the same time, densely packed fire mephits filled the sky and covered the sky, chirping, turning into a scorching wave, rushing up.

Hundreds of large fire elementals, super large fire elementals, and giant fire elementals behind the fire elemental elder also joined the flame wave of the fire mephit and swarmed up.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!..."

Facing the fireball technique that the fire elemental elder was best at, Myrcella and the djinn set up energy protection barriers that were immune to fire elemental damage, blocking his endless fireball bombardment.

After all, the dwarf had already told them in advance that the fire elemental elder had the ability to unleash fireballs almost endlessly, so naturally he had thought of countermeasures in advance.

——"Five-ring spell: Death cloud spell!"

Brian hid beside Myrcella, and through the "Arcane Twins" feature, he unhurriedly released two huge yellow-green clouds, which were blown by the wind blown by the djinn, towards the mephit group. shrouded away.

Under the double blessing of the characteristics of the air elemental plane and the professional characteristic of the battle mage "spell expansion", the diameter range of the "dead cloud spell" he released instantly changed from the original 15 meters to 60 meters.

In an instant, all the fire mephits that touched the two large patches of yellow-green poisonous mist fell to their deaths like dumplings.

Seeing that the fire mephit was no longer a threat, Brian didn't relax.

He immediately sent Myrcella to help him resist the attack of the elder fire element through telepathy, quickly took out a piece of ice, and quickly recited the spell.

Although Myrcella is a super-spellcaster in the legendary field, she is proficient in the divination department, and she doesn't have many evocation school spells.

In this case, Brian is naturally the main output of the team.

Myrcella smiled slightly, and injected energy into the energy barrier that stood in front of the two of them and was blown to pieces by the fireball of the fire elemental elder, making it as stable as a solid wall.

Not to be outdone, the wind djinn burst out gusts of howling wind from its body, and all the oncoming fireballs, as well as the mephits and fire elements that rushed over by chance, were all smashed by the wind blade.

——"Seven Rings Spell: Ice Storm!"

—— "Metamagic Specialty: Spell Empowerment!"

—— "Metamagic Specialty: Extreme Spell Effect!"

The moment the last syllable of the magic incantation was blurted out, where Brian's staff guided, a gray cloud of lead suddenly condensed in the sky above countless fire elementals and fire elemental elders.

Immediately, the surrounding temperature dropped suddenly, the drizzle fell profusely, and the strong wind blew along with it.

In the blink of an eye, the clouds in the sky thickened, making people feel suffocating pressure, the rain poured down, the air became colder, and the strong wind roared horribly.

"Zizzizi..."

The fire elementals shrouded in rain were billowing with thick smoke. Although they were not fatal, their natural fear of water caused them to show expressions of disgust and pain.

"Damn material guy, court death!" Elder Huo Element obviously sensed the danger and growled.

Although the sudden drop in temperature and heavy rain were evaporated by the flames around him before even falling on him, he could keenly perceive that if this spell was not stopped, its power would become stronger and stronger , threatening his group of fire elemental subordinates.

The fire elemental elder let out a roar, and a scorching light erupted from his whole body.

——"Spell-like ability: Burn Cloud!"

Boiling smoke clouds filled with white-hot ash, like ten thousand horses galloping, swept towards the leaden gray cloud condensed by Brian with an unstoppable momentum.

As an elder of the fire element who stepped into the legendary realm, he not only mastered fireballs, but also possessed a high-level warlock's ability to cast spells.

The eight-ring spell "Burning Cloud" is one of the spells he mastered.

When the scorching fire cloud swept towards the dark cloud, Myrcella, who was a super-spellcaster, seemed to have been waiting for a long time.

She stretched out her slender white palm exuding a faint aura, concentrated her mind, and felt the magical energy in the air.

At the same time, the detailed structure of the eight-ring spell "Burning Cloud" woven by the magic net quickly appeared in her mind.

——"Supernatural ability: seizing the law!"

Myrcella instantly connected her spiritual consciousness to the depths of the magic net, enveloped the "burning cloud technique" woven by the magic net threads with huge spiritual energy, forcibly seized control of the spell, and actively disbanded the spell .

With the disappearance of the scorching fire cloud, the fire elemental elder let out a muffled grunt, and the huge body of flames staggered back a few steps, and the scorching flames erupting around him suddenly subsided and returned to normal.

His bright blue eyes stared in disbelief at the material guy who had robbed him of his spells, and in a sudden thought, he began to think about retreating.

At this moment, Brian's spell finally condensed into shape, and the terrifying cold wind, frost, rain and snow mercilessly turned the space around the fire element into an extremely cold field.

Accompanied by bursts of shattering crackling sounds, the fire elements covered in ice and snow turned into gaseous smoke and disappeared without a trace.

A few super-large fire elements with strong strength were also harvested in time by the sharp wind blades released by the djinn.

"The fire elemental elder is about to run away, stop him." Sensing the teleportation fluctuations in the surrounding space, Brian immediately reminded Myrcella beside him.

In fact, Myrcella had already sensed this situation one step ahead of him.

The moment he finished saying these words habitually, the fire element elder who was shrouded in teleportation light was stuck in place forcibly by an energy that blocked the space.

——"Seven Rings Spell: Force Field Prison!"

Brian took the opportunity to sprinkle a handful of diamond powder, his slender fingers drew afterimages in the void, and a square light blue force field cage was drawn out. The elders are stuck in it.

Then, he met Myrcella's eyes, and without hesitation began to prepare his next spell.

——"Supernatural ability: Cooperate with super magic!"

Myrcella put her palm on Brian's shoulder, and through the ability of the super-magic spellcaster, she used the super-magic specialties she mastered, such as instant casting, powerful spells, extreme spell effects, and double-shot spells, to the spells prepared by Brian. middle.

——"Seven-ring spell: waterspout!"

With the blessing of the four supermagic feats, Brian's staff suddenly pointed at the fire elemental elder who was about to get out of trouble, and the surging water elemental energy roared out from the ruby ​​at the top of the staff, turning into two diameters of one The dark blue water flowing around the rice rotated to the high altitude.

Accompanied by thunderous roars, the spiraling turbulent water flow, like a liquid tornado, wrapped the 20-meter-tall body of the terrified Fire Elemental Elder into the sky.

Looking around, it seems that two giant dragons transformed from water elements are flying in the sky, playing with a scorching fireball that screams again and again.

"Bang! Bang!"

The waterspout lasted for about ten minutes, and the water column suddenly burst in the sky.

The fire elemental elder had long since given up struggling, he was suspended in mid-air, his dying body was like a flame about to be extinguished by water, with his breathing, moist smoke rose up.

Naturally, Brian completed the make-up without hesitation, took the head of the fire elemental elder, and successfully obtained more than 6 experience points.

At the same time, he stretched out his finger, and the elemental nucleus formed after the death of the fire elemental elder fell into his palm.

As a fire element whose strength has reached the legendary realm, the essence left behind after death, Brian believes that after refining it and inlaying it on his flaming staff, the quality of the staff can definitely be raised to golden and legendary.

Next, after cleaning up the remaining fire elements, they walked straight towards the castle in the crater.

After cleaning the battlefield, the three appeared in the deepest part of the crater.

Looking at the turbulent flames swirling with the elements, forming a bottomless passage, Brian immediately saw that this was an elemental vortex leading to the elemental plane.

In fact, he knew this elemental vortex leading to the Fire Elemental Plane from the game world, and near the vortex of the Fire Elemental Plane, there lived a fire elf whose strength had reached the legendary realm.

Recalling this funny elf, he has the confidence to persuade the other party to go to the material world.

"According to the agreement, we have successfully expelled the fire element from the castle for you." Thinking of this, he looked at the djinn, "It is also time to fulfill your promise."

Anakys, the djinn, nodded slightly, expressing her understanding.

"The two of us still need to go to other planes." Seeing her nodding, Brian thought for a moment, and then said to her, "You go back to Arabe's mage tower for now."

(End of this chapter)