Arcane Journey

Chapter 218 The Magic Pivot

There was a deep darkness, and there was hardly any light around, and only some silvery white halos could be vaguely seen in the farthest distance.

Quiet, eerie, eerie.

The moment Brian and Myrcella stepped into this land through the teleportation spell, his first feeling was that the air was turbid, and the black curtain above his head seemed to collapse at any moment, giving people a sense of suffocation.

"Didn't you say that this is a demiplane with a complete ecosystem." Myrcella threw back the long hair hanging on her chest, looked around, and asked inexplicably, "Why is it like this?"

"That's because this demiplane is on the verge of collapse." Brian replied calmly, "If you observe carefully, you can find that the ether membrane protecting the demiplane is about to disappear."

This place is really too desolate, sand and broken rocks make up the surface, and there are scattered and uneven pits in the distance, which looks very much like the surface of the moon.

The demiplane they were in was exactly what he inherited from the great arcanist Opus when he and Heliste explored the ruins of the floating city together.

Originally, this demi-plane, which was only the size of a square, was not as dilapidated as it was before. At least in the center of the demi-plane stood a gorgeous palace. The palace was surrounded by lakes formed by deep and dark water.

The reason for the present situation is mainly because he asked Helisite to help him to forcibly transform it into a demiplane seed in order to make this demiplane completely belong to him.

This approach naturally brought unimaginable damage to everything here.

It's like he demolished a building just to get the foundation. Naturally, he had to demolish it first before he could rebuild it.

Just like in front of you, the palace in the center of the demiplane has already been reduced to ruins, and even the surrounding lakes have dried up.

Even on the edge of the demiplane, there are still many bottomless cracks.

If you throw a few stones into this terrifying crack, you will never hear any sound.

"Sure enough." Myrcella nodded slightly and said with emotion:

"This is indeed a demiplane with a complete ecology. It's hard to imagine how it was formed. Unfortunately, the etheric membrane has already been partially distorted. If we don't stop it, it may take half a year. It will collapse on its own and turn into dust on the etheric plane."

Brian didn't answer, and walked forward silently.

In fact, if this demiplane hadn't been occupied by him, it would have survived for more than ten years at most, but it also couldn't escape the fate of destruction.

Even if the female lord in front of him didn't come up with her own plan, he would find a way to repair the demiplane after the wizard tower was established.

Now, as long as their plan is successful, combined with the arcane knowledge about creating demiplanes left by Grand Arcanist Opus, he can definitely make it grow at the fastest speed.

"Actually... this kind of ritual." Myrcella followed Brian's footsteps and walked side by side with him.

“I think the more people involved, the less pressure we take on and maybe increase the success rate of the ceremony,” she said as she walked.

"That being said." Brian glanced at her and explained to her:

"But for the sake of safety, I still think that the fewer people who know about this kind of thing, the better, even if the chance of leaking the secret is very small. Besides, the number of people is not the key factor in determining success, and it is better to be cautious."

Hearing Brian's insistence, Myrcella stopped talking.

She was only worried that he would not be able to persist until the end of the ceremony due to his low strength. Since he said so, it showed that he was quite confident in the whole ceremony.

It would be pointless, then, for her to cling to these insignificant factors.

Two magical auras emerged.

The figures of Brian and Myrcella appeared in the center of this demiplane that was only the size of a square.

At this moment, the four elemental giant spirits who were coaxed or subdued by force have already been waiting here for a long time.

However, as giant spirits who have lived for an unknown number of years, they will naturally not wait for them obediently like obedient babies.

During this boring period of time, the fire djinn, which looked like a piece of black coal, was arguing with the thick and burly earth djinn, and there was a tendency to fight if they disagreed.

The loud and clear voices of the two legendary giant spirits were like the cracking of fireballs, mixed with the continuous collapse of the mountain, which was deafening.

As for the content of the quarrel between the two, Brian heard clearly that it was nothing more than the earth djinn mocking the fireball that the fire djinn fired, which was actually inferior to the mortals in the material world.

The Fire Djinn claimed, not to be outdone, that the Earth Djinn had completely embarrassed the Djinn clan, and was beaten into submission by a material wizard whose strength was not even in the Legendary Domain.

And among the four giant spirits, the only female, the wind giant spirit that looks quite cold, her slender legs turned into a whirlpool of air flow, suspended in mid-air, with her arms folded on her chest, watching coldly.

As for the water giant, it still looked lifeless, sitting on a stone, its eyes were dull, and it didn't have the slightest interest in anything.

When the two came to the center of the demiplane, the ruins of the former palace, everyone stood up one after another.

"Hey, material guy, what are you doing to bring us to this broken plane?" The fire dwarf said first, "I'm getting a little impatient waiting, if there is any ceremony, let's start it quickly, a batch of fire dwarves I made It’s almost ready, just waiting to go back and release it.”

The other three giant spirits also cast their doubtful eyes over.

Although they didn't speak as vulgar words as the fire elves, the meanings they wanted to express were almost the same.

After all, what they are presenting at this moment is their real body. If they die by accident, they will die completely.

"Don't be impatient." Brian glanced at them, "It will start soon."

Then, he turned his gaze to the graceful female lord beside him.

Myrcella smiled, nodded slightly, and waved her sleeves gracefully.

A magical aura emerged.

The unpretentious black obelisk appeared out of thin air, hit the ground with a 'bang', and was located in the very center of the plane, perfectly embedded in the ground.

"What is this black stele?" Fire Djinn asked curiously with eyes widened like two fireballs, "Why does the material look a bit like the obsidian I used to build the palace?"

"No wonder you are so dark. It turned out to be smoked by the obsidian in the crater."

The earth djinn didn't miss any chance to laugh at the fire djinn. He walked up to the obelisk, stretched out his hand cautiously and touched it lightly, then looked startled, as if he had been electrocuted, and shrank back suddenly.

"This black tower is a bit weird, it actually contains huge elemental power." The earth djinn glanced at the fire djinn next to him, and said with surprise on his face, "I suspect that if I touch it often, it may help me break through The bottleneck of strength."

"Really? Go away, let me try too." The fire dwarf's legs turned into a plume of smoke, rushed in front of the earth djinn, and pushed it away brutally.

He didn't bother to think about why the rock-solid Ogre was easily pushed away by him, but directly put his hands on the obelisk.

"Fuck!!!"

The Fire Giant Spirit exclaimed, and the loud and clear voice was like a bursting fireball, which made everyone's ears buzz.

He quickly withdrew his hand and yelled at the earth giant: "Screw your grandma's fart! How can there be any elemental power, this thing will automatically absorb my energy, and scare me."

The water giant, who had no sense of existence, turned around, raised his eyelids, turned around again, and continued to sit on the rock and think about his life.

The wind djinn suspended in mid-air looked at the obelisk thoughtfully, as if recalling something, muttered to himself: "I seem to have seen this kind of stele somewhere."

Brian's keen hearing caught the unexpected news.

He withdrew his attention from the noisy earth djinn and fire djinn, looked up at the wind djinn, and asked curiously, "Anakyss, where have you seen it?"

"Thousands of years have passed." The djinn said in a melodious and ethereal voice:
"I vaguely remember that during the time of Netheril, a great arcanist once found something similar in a mountain range called Polaris on the other side of the Narrow Sea."

Hearing that it was the other side of the narrow sea in the Netheril period, Brian immediately showed disappointment.

Because the once narrow sea has already turned into a group of the highest icebergs at this moment, unless all the icebergs are melted and the narrow sea is reopened, it may be possible to find a second obelisk.

However, he suddenly remembered that the great arcanist Bryces he met in the tomb of the floating city in the dark region had a name: Ms. Polaris.

It can be seen from her address that the other party is definitely related to the Polaris Mountains.

If this is the case, after he makes the soul spar left by Ms. Polaris into a tower spirit, he might be able to learn about the obelisk.

After figuring out the problem, Brian didn't waste any more time.

"Shut up for me!"

With a cold face, he stopped the fire djinn and earth djinn who were still arguing endlessly, then took out a large pile of materials for engraving the magic circle, and began to arrange the magic circle around the obelisk together with the female lord.

The earth elves and fire elves were silent, they could only stare and curse silently.

Obviously, they also knew that when a wizard was arranging a magic circle, he had to stay focused.

Time passed silently in this desolate half-plane.

Although only about four hours passed, it was extremely long for Brian.

Fortunately, he finally finished drawing a total of five large nine-pointed star circles.

With a long sigh of relief, he took out a bottle of mushroom-flavored energy potion, a special product of the Mycotic Clan in the Sunless Forest, bit off the cork, and drank it down in one gulp.

The cool liquid entered his throat, turned into a hot stream, and reached all the veins in his limbs, finally restoring his exhausted spirit to a full state.

There is no doubt that this bottle of precious medicine has contributed a lot.

Of course, if it weren't for this female lord whose strength has reached the legendary realm to help him portray the magic circle this time, he wouldn't be able to complete it so quickly.

"Everyone, take your place." Brian instructed the four giant spirits, "According to the method I gave you before, there must be no mistakes."

"What if something goes wrong?" The earth dwarf subconsciously added a sentence, stretched out a simple and honest face, and asked, "If it fails, will someone die?"

"Hahaha……"

There was a sound of bursting fireballs, obviously the fire dwarf was laughing.

He said to the earth dwarf in a mocking tone, "Look at how cowardly you are, you're so frightened before you even start, no wonder you can't even hold your own territory, and it's actually taken over by a group of Thor stone monsters. "

"Fuck you salamander man! I call it retracting my fist, just to make a stronger swing, and I will get it back sooner or later."

Of course the earth djinn was not convinced, he hummed in a mocking tone:

"After all, my power of earth element has never been like some disgraceful giant spirits. Even the fireball that I am best at is no better than a mortal. It is almost thrown to the house of his uncle Salamander."

"Fart your Thor stone monster grandma!" When the pain point was mentioned, the fire dwarf was furious, with a black face, blowing his beard and staring and roaring:
"Open your sai topaz agate dog eyes and see, is this material guy an ordinary mortal? If the material world is such a mortal, your Thor stone monster grandma would have been built on the city wall as a landscape, and You were beaten to the point of begging for mercy."

"Stop arguing, shut up!" Brian shouted coldly, stopping the endless quarrel.

"Hey, material guy." The fire dwarf scratched his head, and said with a chuckle: "Is there something wrong, will it really kill people?"

"Don't talk too much nonsense. If you continue to talk and don't cooperate with my actions, then I don't mind killing you first and digging out your fire element crystal core to serve as the driving force for this ceremony." Brian looked Glancing at the Super Spellcaster beside him, he replied flatly, "Do you want to try?"

Myrcella cast a pair of beautiful silver-gray eyes on the fire dwarf, which was very meaningful.

The fire djinn shrank its eyes in fright, and glanced at the earth djinn, "I'm not going to try it. If I dare to try, this earth djinn was born by its grandma, a Thor stone monster."

"I gave birth to you, Uncle Salamander!"

The dwarf's voice sounded like a mountain collapsed, but when he noticed Brian's gaze, he shut his mouth in time, hurriedly avoided his gaze, and stopped speaking.

Apparently, the earth djinn was attacked by Brian like a storm, leaving a shadow, and it has not yet come out.

"A group of giant spirits who are greedy for life and afraid of death." A water giant spirit with a catfish-like head strolled over it in a leisurely manner. He patted the dust that didn't exist on his bloated body, and his voice seemed to be dead. Waves on the beach.

"You are afraid of death, it is because you do not know what death is? What is death? It is buried in the branches, it is immersed in the ocean, it is the butterfly burnt in the flames, it is finally not bound by the land, it is Struggling to open the vines of life..."

The female lord at the side, Myrcella, frowned her beautiful eyebrows, and looked at Brian helplessly.

"Stop it, don't waste any more time." Brian's expression was as calm as ever, and he didn't show any impatient look, but it was his calm appearance that made the giants shut up obediently. mouth.

"Return to their respective positions." He gave the order blankly.

Hearing the words, the four giant spirits walked towards the four large nine-pointed star circles surrounding the obelisk, each found its own position, and got ready.

"Although I have assured you that this ceremony will not endanger your lives or cause your strength to decline." Before leaving, Brian warned solemnly:
"But! If someone causes the ceremony to fail due to his own reasons, causing the four of you to be harmed at the same time. Believe me, without my help, the other three will not let you leave the demiplane with healthy limbs."

"Don't worry, if anyone dares to make a mistake, I will be the first to be unwilling." The fire dwarf assured Brian, patting his chest.

"That's right, especially the guy with the darkest face. Among us, he is the most unreliable." The earth dwarf also quickly added, "If the ceremony fails due to his mistakes, I will first Stand up and deal with him, beating him until he doesn't even recognize his grandpa Salamander."

"Then stop talking nonsense, and prepare with peace of mind." Bryan left a sentence, and disappeared into the obelisk together with Myrcella.

Inside the obelisk is a space of about 200 square meters.

Although this place is very spacious, the densely packed arcane runes, spell circuits, and magic hubs inside are dazzling.

At this moment, Brian seemed to have entered the main control room of the power plant, and was almost fainted by the dazzling wiring inside.

Fortunately, all kinds of magic devices, such as crystal traces, spell circuits, and magic hubs, are inlaid neatly and orderly, giving people a sense of rhythmic beauty.

He believes that even if he is seen by a person with deep obsessive-compulsive disorder, he will be amazed.

Of course, it was precisely this orderly arrangement that allowed him and Myrcella to determine the approximate function of the arcane runes they studied, as well as certain arcane runes that prohibited contact.

Entering the inner space of the minaret, they went straight to a secret room in the center without delay.

The chamber of secrets was made of a dark blue crystal that even Brian couldn't guess, but he could tell that these crystals at least had the function of condensing elemental energy.

In the room, he could clearly see the exterior of the square tower from the four walls.

Sylvari, the Water Fairy, was sitting on a dark blue crystal altar built in the center of the room, apparently waiting for them for a long time.

"Are you ready?" Brian walked to the altar, looked at the pure and lovely natural spirit, touched her head with a smile, and couldn't help but rub her long, smooth silver hair.

"Yeah, I'm ready, master." Fairy Mizusawa nodded obediently.

Looking at the trace of firmness revealed in the girl's blue eyes, Brian knew that saying anything at this moment was superfluous.

Whether it was for her or for himself, he had to make the ceremony a success.

"Let's get started." He and Myrcella exchanged glances and gave instructions.

A divine radiance emerged, and Sylvari, the water fairy, was the first to activate the dark blue altar.

Myrcella also took out a short wand inlaid with a starlight sapphire on the top with a dignified expression, pointing to the altar under the water fairy.

Then, she contacted the tower spirit in the material world as quickly as possible, activated the crystal hub on the altar, and let the element pool of her mage tower establish a link with it.

"The link has been successfully established, and energy is being transmitted..." Myrcella said to Bryan, "Next, we need to rely on the energy of the four elemental planes to temporarily stabilize this space."

Brian, who was standing in front of the altar, nodded slightly, and tapped his staff on the ground lightly. On the smooth floor made of unknown dark blue crystal, ripples of energy suddenly splashed, centered on him, Spread out towards the surroundings.

"Buzz!"

As the energy spread, the black obelisk in the demiplane shook slightly, and the fifth magic circle arranged around the steeple by Brian in advance was instantly activated.

On the hinge nodes inside the magic circle, the inlaid gemstones also shine brightly one after another.

This light is like a liquid, flowing through all the magic runes on the magic circle.

At the same time, the magic circle occupied by the four major elemental giant spirits also burst out with different lights one after another due to the activation of the fifth magic circle.

Feeling the huge energy gushing out, the four elemental giants immediately followed Brian's instructions, connected to their respective planes, and guided the energy from the four elemental planes to the unpretentious black obelisk.

In an instant, in the deep and dark demi-plane, energy radiance representing the four major elemental planes gradually emerged.

Brian, who was inside the spire, instantly felt a thick force. Obviously, this is the gravity formed by linking the elemental plane of earth, not the gravity of the demiplane, but the gravity transmitted by the earth djinn from the elemental plane of earth .

Then there is the scorching temperature that represents the fire element, the wind element that is blown by the breeze, and finally a trace of warm water vapor.

This is the purest energy from the four elemental planes, which are the building blocks of the universe and the basic matter and energy in its original form.

These energies cannot be used directly, but need to be converted into pure arcane energy or natural energy through the energy transformation ceremony inside the Obelisk.

A trace of elemental power is extracted from the four major elemental planes.

Immediately afterwards, it was injected into the magic hub inside the obelisk, and then condensed into the magic circuit along the crystal trace, and finally lit up all the arcane runes, shining like stars.

The entire magic hub system inside the obelisk is like the water purification equipment of the waterworks.

Countless energies are like flowing streams, flowing along the shining crystal traces and arcane runes, condensing little by little green light spots, converging towards the water fairy standing on the dark blue altar.

Sylvari guided the gathered energy to the dark blue altar under her feet according to the method taught by Brian, spreading it to the entire demiplane.

With the first mass of light green energy erupting from the top of the obelisk in the demiplane, the four elemental giants sensed it at the same time at the first time.

From their horrified expressions, it can be seen that the effect of these energies on themselves is as exciting as trekking in the desert for half a month and suddenly encountering an oasis.

As if realizing something, the four elemental giant spirits were startled, and the work they were reluctant to do suddenly became harder at this moment.

Even the water elf, which looked lifeless and looked like a salted fish, had its bright eyes wide open, and excitedly guided the energy of the water elemental plane to gather towards the obelisk.

At the same time, as the obelisk of the demiplane completed the preliminary link with the four elemental planes, under the action of the multiverse law, the film-like etheric membranes on the edge of the demiplane began to appear visible to the naked eye. Speed ​​fix.

Obviously, only if the ether membrane protecting the demiplane, that is, the so-called plane barrier is successfully repaired, the condensed energy will not overflow.

All this seems to be moving in a good direction.

At this moment, however, the situation inside the obelisk has become very serious.

I saw the blue light curtain covering Fairy Mizusawa's whole body, and began to rotate slowly. She looked up as if floating in the water, with her head raised and her arms stretched out. fluttering.

Brian even felt her heart stop in the blink of an eye, and then start beating again with such incredible force that it shook her frail body.

Brian was both confused and shocked by what happened before him. He was at a loss as he watched the gushing torrent of arcane magic, and felt that the entire energy field was shifting.

Before he could figure out the reason, the arcane energy began to shake violently again, and an expression of pain and fear appeared on Mizusawa Fairy's distorted face.

"The energy is still out of control." Myrcella's heart sank to the valley all of a sudden, she recited the last incantation with a little despair, but her hoarse voice hit her like a whip, stinging unceasingly.

She could clearly feel the magic draining from her staff, but she discovered in disbelief that she had lost control of it...

Obviously, this was caused by the out-of-control arcane energy.

With nothing to do, she forced herself to calm down and put her last hope on Brian.

"You should feel it, the arcane energy is out of control."

She spoke quickly and anxiously to Brian through telepathy, "I don't know the specific reason for now, have you seen what's going on?"

During the gap between her words, the arcane light began to spin crazily, and the out-of-control energy turned faster and faster, just like the magic light flame of the mage tower, it was getting tighter and tighter around the slender body of Mizusawa Fairy.

Sylvari yelled out in pain, her flesh began to shrink in the beautiful and deadly flames.

"I already feel it."

Brian was not panicked by the sight in front of him, he said calmly, "Don't worry about what caused it, I just want to know how to solve it the most effective way."

"Magic net!"

Myrcella blurted out, "If you can connect to the magic net at this moment, you will definitely be able to smooth out the out-of-control energy."

This is the only way!
Although this was impossible, seeing Brian's confident eyes and calm tone, she still chose to speak out about the impossible method at the moment.

"If I can connect to the magic net, I can mobilize the energy of the elemental pool to help you control the out-of-control energy, so that the ceremony can be successfully completed."

Myrcella stared at the rapidly rotating arcane vortex, dazzled by the dazzling light, shed tears involuntarily.

Even she is like this, the Mizusawa Fairy in the whirlpool can be imagined.

She could even imagine that the severe pain caused by the out-of-control energy spread to every muscle, every muscle in Sylvari, causing her body to twitch and shrink into a ball.

"Then prepare as soon as possible." Brian heard a scream that could tear his eardrums, and he knew he couldn't delay any longer. "Leave the rest to me."

Myrcella was startled by Brian's words, but she knew that this was not the time to think about it, so she quickly gave instructions to the tower spirit of the mage tower to mobilize the stored energy in the element pool to help Brian control the out-of-control power.

The arcane energy began to pulsate crazily. With the growth and spread of the magic power of the magic hub, the crystal scar and the spell circuit, the intense vibration made every stone in the entire demiplane seem to be screaming.

With a thought in Brian's mind, the arcane fire in his body floated out, and under his control, a dazzling blue and white flame burst out.

"This is……"

Myrcella stared wide-eyed in shock, staring at the blue-white flame suspended in mid-air in disbelief, even though her eyes were stung by the burst of light, causing tears to flow, she still stared at it firmly, as if it was The most beloved item in my life.

As a super magic spellcaster whose strength has reached the legendary realm, and an authority on super magic, I am afraid that no one knows the deep magic net better than this profession.

Although the inner magic net has long been banned, the super magician has studied the banned inner magic net too deeply, so that they do not even need to rely on any objective rules when transforming the essence of magic, but modify them according to their own wishes.

"I see, no wonder he can become a real arcanist." Myrcella murmured to herself, "He actually has this small magic net all to himself, I'm afraid his profession has even surpassed that of Netherese. Arcanists of the Er era."

Even though she was suppressed by this out-of-control energy and almost fell to her knees, seeing the shining blue and white flames, Myrcella seemed to see new hope.

So, in order to complete the entire ceremony, she disregarded Ta Ling's warning, and mobilized all the remaining energy and reserve energy in the element pool to help Brian heal the out-of-control energy.

Brian is actually not feeling well at the moment.

He controlled his own arcane fire, and under the protection of the protective barrier, he rushed towards the center of the arcane vortex.

Only by letting the Austrian fire cover Sylvari's body, and its function is similar to the magic net, can the spread of chaotic energy be controlled at the fastest speed.

After all, she is the source of the energy out of control.

Even though under the suppression of the chaotic energy, he felt that the bones and flesh of his whole body began to separate inch by inch, and the pain was tormenting him like a thousand cuts, but he still didn't have the slightest intention to stop.

"Sylvari, don't give up, you must persevere! I'll be right there!" He shouted towards the approaching arcane vortex.

Too bad he didn't get any response.

And the closer he was to the arcane vortex, the more he felt that every joint of his body was being pulled apart, his eyes were about to fly out of the frame, his heart was about to burst out of his body, and even his brain was thrashing crazily with.

He even heard his own cry, as if he understood that it was the last wail before death, but he was still unwilling to give up, just as he firmly pursued the path of arcane magic.

At this moment, he suddenly felt a surge of arcane energy enveloping him from behind him, and the pressure around him suddenly eased.

So, enduring the severe pain all over his body, he suddenly rushed into the center of the arcane vortex, and with the fastest speed in his life, he enveloped the dying blue and white flames of the arcane fire on the dying Mizusawa Fairy.

As the arcane fire spread out in ripples, the arcane vortex surrounding the two of them began to slowly collapse. The solidified and out-of-control arcane torrent cracked like the ground, shattered and dissipated without a trace.

Fairy Mizusawa also gradually regained her vitality, quickly controlling the condensed arcane energy, carefully guiding it outside the obelisk, and bursting into a piece of energy that is conducive to stabilizing the etheric membrane.

Seeing the energy gradually returning to calm, Bryan let out a long breath. He wiped the blood spilled from the corner of his mouth, and fell down to Myrcella's side.

The situation just now was very dangerous, if it wasn't for the sudden burst of energy from Myrcella protecting his safety, he even started to retreat in order to protect himself.

"Have we succeeded?" He looked at the female lord, her forehead was covered with fine sweat, and a few strands of soaked brown-red long hair stuck to her pale cheeks, giving people a morbid beauty.

"As long as it keeps going, let the energy cover the entire demiplane and complete the self-circulation, it will be considered a success." Myrcella squeezed out a smile on her pale and pretty face.

Then, as if she had sensed something, her expression changed slightly.

"Oops, the energy out of control just now caused the ether membrane in the northeast direction to be torn. Although it has been repaired in time, the violent energy has attracted a group of predators from the spiritual world."

"Leave it to me to deal with."

Brian knew that the ceremony had reached the most critical step. Neither the four giant spirits nor the water fairy and the female lord with stable energy could be disturbed. In this case, he could only fight alone.

"Then be careful." Myrcella gave him a worried look and said softly.

Bryan nodded slightly and smiled, then was wrapped in the light of the magic circle and disappeared in place.

(End of this chapter)