Arcane Journey

Chapter 314 The Torn Scar

The sky is slightly bright, and the light rain is falling.

A strong negative energy atmosphere enveloped the sunken land. It was a huge gully, as if torn apart by some terrible force, causing the entire land to sink deep into the ground.

Farther away, rows of tall and tall ancient trees have long withered and decayed under the erosion of negative energy, like frail old people, hunched over, silently telling the tragedy in front of them.

The gust of wind whizzed by, and the strong enough negative energy to suffocate rushed towards you. In a trance, it seemed as if a group of dead ghosts appeared. Their eyes were burning with blazing will-o'-the-wisps. The wind fluttered like a fluttering flag.

Brian withdrew his gaze, and his face became as pale as paper.

Even with his current strength, he couldn't use magic for a long time in this strong negative energy atmosphere to detect the specific situation of the dark mist.

As he had feared, something had happened to Tivington in the end.

Like the Sembian capital, a massive dark energy hit the city, turning the surroundings into a dark sunken space filled with shadows and floating dark areas.

This was just a prelude, and Tifington's sacrifice triggered a series of chain reactions.

Brian was suddenly awakened from his slumber by a palpitation of energy, which made him instantly realize that the magic net in the Guangze area was really torn apart by the Church of Shar.

Although he has already advanced to the rank of Grand Arcanist and does not need to connect to the magic net to cast spells at all, he still feels the scars of the magic net deeply.

This terrible storm came so quietly that Brian didn't even know what happened at the moment.

Just two days ago, he and Myrcella went to Tiffantun City to reconnaissance. The two not only met with Tiffanyton's consul, but also personally arranged for a legendary magician to assist.

However, when he relaxed a little and was about to go to Guangze, Tifington just disappeared. Apart from this city that disappeared into the sunken space, there was still a population of more than 5.

"How did the magician disappear." Brian asked an old battle mage beside him.

The entire city of Tivanton, whether it was the nobles and ordinary civilians, the consul and his army, or even the priests and clergy of various temples in the city, were all killed. The only survivor was this place stationed outside the city that accommodated 300 Fortress of multiple soldiers.

According to the information held by his Ms. Polaris of Tarling, the tiefling magician who was arranged here by him did not live in the city of Tiefington that night.

"My lord." The Battle Mage said, "Late last night, this sorcerer who didn't know his name suddenly came to our sentry post. When the rainstorm stopped, all of us here felt a suffocating burden. The atmosphere of energy permeated the city of Tivanton. Through the detection of magic, I heard ghostly screams, roars and wailing sounds filling the whole city, and the magician seemed to sense something, his face changed drastically, and he secretly said, "Oops." ’, hurried back to the city, and there was no trace of him again.”

"And we also discovered at this time that the entire city of Tivanton was surrounded by a huge amount of negative energy." The Battle Mage said in a hoarse voice, "In an instant... it suddenly sank and disappeared on the surface."

It seems that even this magician is in danger, Brian sighed secretly.

He finally took a look at the sunken space filled with dense dark energy, and he could clearly feel that there was a terrible negative energy hidden inside, which made him dare not investigate deeply.

Then, Brian confessed a few words to the Battle Mage, telling them to stay here and not let civilians and adventurers approach this dangerous area at will, then activated the teleportation spell and returned to his wizard tower.

In Brian's study, his assistant Sissy sent him a bunch of magical letters in just a moment.

All these letters were sent by magic devices, and the names of the owners were all people who had no connection with him.

But they all have one thing in common, that is, they are all asking him what happened to Tivington?And most of them are caster groups and organizations.

Apparently, all the high-level and above spellcasters on the entire continent, like him, all sensed this terrifying palpitation energy at the moment when a scar was torn from the magic net.

This is like a sudden failure in a power plant. Although there is no power outage, the sudden change due to voltage instability has made knowledgeable people aware of the problem, and they can't help but worry about whether it will cause a large-scale power outage.

Although the change brought about by the tearing of the magic net was only for a moment, it had no effect on their spellcasting.

But whether it is the "Troubled Year", or the "Arcane Catastrophe" period, or even the twelve-ring magic ascension technique released by the ancient Netheril Arcanist Karthus, the disasters brought by it seem to be a warning It is very likely that something will happen to this group of casters in the future.

As the lord of Mokou Town and the Protector of the Kingdom of Cormyr, Brian represents the image of the entire kingdom, so it is naturally impossible for him to turn a blind eye to these magical messages.

He first reassured Hesaiah about the news from Susar, telling her not to worry, the problem here can be solved by himself, and then he began to respond one by one, explaining the general situation to them.

Among these organizations, in addition to the good camp's Silvermoon City Mage Guard and Waterdeep City's Mystic Star Knights, the evil camp's Luskan Arcane Brotherhood and Searle's Red Robe Wizards' Society.

In particular, a governor of the Red Robe Wizards Association, when he received a response from Brian that he had no questions, he responded instantly, which probably meant: Oh, then I can rest assured, let's play music and dance.

Just as Brian was thinking about how the High Priest of the Church of Shar, 'Black Shark' Illyrel, sacrificed the city of Tivanton, his wizard tower welcomed a very important guest.

Storm Silverhand, leader of the Harpers, appears in Brian's study.

The elector of this goddess of magic doesn't seem to be in a very good condition. Her dull and tangled silver hair, slightly frowned brows and pale face make her look as if she is just recovering from a serious illness, and her whole temperament is complete. replaced by weakness.

Something happened to Shadow Valley!

Seeing this, Brian's heart suddenly sank to the bottom.

In fact, as long as you think about it carefully, you can figure out the specific reason.

When he left Misty Valley, based on his experience in the game world, he made a detailed plan to Storm how to capture the Shadow Valley and pass the Twisted Tower to the Magic Web Realm.

Now it seems that with the tearing of the magic net, these voters are very likely to be affected in the first place, so that the plan will go bankrupt.

"What's going on?" Brian asked, ignoring the cumbersome etiquette, getting up and pouring a cup of tea for the harper leader to restore energy.

"I think you should know everything about the magic net." Storm took a sip of tea, showing a wry smile, "We never expected that things would happen so hastily."

"According to your plan, we have regained the Valley of Shadows, and Simbu and I came to the Realm of the Magic Web through the Tower of Twisting, trying to find Laroque hiding inside." Her face gradually recovered a few traces of blood, obviously Tea works well.

Then, she rested her forehead and sighed, and said in a rather helpless tone, "Who would have thought that just after we arrived at the Realm of the Magic Net, Simbu and I felt our silver fire being torn apart by a terrifying energy, Then it triggered the magic that it had set in advance, and was forcibly teleported to the misty valley."

Brian still knows a little about these voters of the goddess of magic.

Their silver fires all have powerful life-saving means. Once they detect that the damage that is enough to threaten their lives is coming, they will send it to the assembly point they set in advance in advance.

This is a benefit given by the goddess of magic to this group of high-risk occupations.

Undoubtedly, if it weren't for this life-saving means, the two voters who broke into the magic net would have been killed by the gushing energy at the moment the magic net was torn apart.

"Are you all right?" he asked.

"I'm fine." The leader of the harper forced a smile and shook his head, "It's nothing more than temporarily unable to use the silver fire, but Simbu's situation is even worse. Because she relies too much on the silver fire, she was killed in the magic net. At the moment of tearing apart, because she couldn't bear the baptism of this terrible energy, she became delirious, and even... a little crazy, and Azala and others also lost their minds because of the sudden separation of the two of us. Go, the drow family and the Zhentarim counterattacked, and the recaptured Shadow Valley was lost, so I had to go into hiding."

"Excuse me." Brian nodded slightly, and said straight to the point, "I'm afraid the purpose of your coming here is not just to tell me the news. If you need help, just tell me."

"It seems that you have already guessed my reason for coming." Although the leader of the harpists looked a little depressed, the way she smiled at Brian was still so beautiful and charming, which made people feel like a spring breeze. she says:
"After the magic net was torn, another elector of the goddess found me in Misty Valley. She helped me suppress Simbu who was in madness, and told me how to repair the magic net, and immediately went to Mokou Town to get you s help."

"If I'm not wrong, this voter should be the guardian of Myth Draenor, the high elf mage Slinthy." Brian nodded thoughtfully, and said, "The purpose of her looking for me is It should be to let me go to Guangze, is that right?"

"Since you have guessed it all." Storm put away his surprised expression, heaved a sigh of relief for no reason, and said, "Then you should know better than me what to do."

"Yes." Brian said regretfully, "Even if this kind of thing hadn't happened, I would have gone to Guangze to prepare to solve the disaster once and for all, but unfortunately it was still one step too late."

For some reason, although he said so, Brian's subconscious seemed to be telling himself that it was a good thing he didn't go early, otherwise the consequences would be disastrous.

This terrifying thought made him subconsciously associate with the result predicted through star divination yesterday: two meteors, which indicated that the result had both good and bad aspects.

It can't really be such a coincidence, can it?He couldn't help thinking secretly.

"You don't need to apologize for this, Brian." The leader of the harpist's weak voice gradually returned to the kind of gentleness that Brian was familiar with, "After all, we still have a chance to make up for it. The Realm of the Web is waiting for you to help you repair the scars of the Magic Web."

"I know what to do next. Don't worry, I will do my best to complete this task." Brian assured the leader of the Harper Alliance.

In fact, he was a little reluctant to go to the Magic Web Realm, because the flow of time there was different from the material world.

One day in the magic net realm is equivalent to one year in the material world.

If he stays too long, even if it is two or three days, he will miss many things, and when the time comes, the territory will be ridiculed by the Floating Void City, wouldn't it be filled with tragedy.

Right now, in this situation where both can't have both, he can only solve Guangze's problem as quickly as possible, after all, he still believes in the strength of the legendary boss Sirinxi.

Fortunately for him, he also has a powerful helper who will accompany him to the swamp. This person is the little prince Brenners of the City of Shadows, a file scholar whose strength has reached the middle level of legend and the dual cultivation of Sinnoh.

"Brian, your promise always makes me feel extra at ease." Storm looked at Brian, and he relaxed, showing a sincere smile from the heart.

After sending off the Harper leader, Brian took out an ultra-small and exquisite miniature scepter inlaid with star sapphires, activated the spell, and was enveloped by the light of the magic circle, disappearing in place.

After a whirlwind, he appeared in the glass palace of the star elf lich Morel.

"Sit down." The Lich seemed to have known that he would come here a long time ago, and pointed to the chair made of bones without raising his head, keeping his eyes on the items on the table.

This time it was not an unfinished painting, but a sheepskin scroll, and Brian vaguely saw that it depicted a kind of advanced magic circle.

A star elf girl with long blond hair walked over with a glass of wine on her light jade feet.

The girl looks the same as last time, the only difference is that she has a cute little white tiger.

This chubby little tiger curled up as if a little shy, and walked happily with a slight trembling. It opened its small mouth, sticking out its pink and tender tongue, dripping a stream of saliva.

Just can't bear to look at it.

Brian withdrew his gaze, looked at the focused Star Elf Lich, and asked knowingly, "You knew I was coming."

"Of course, I'm a master." The Lich put down the quill in his hand, and replied slightly.

"What happened outside, I actually knew about it a long time ago." He continued, and guessed: "You will definitely come to me to ask the reason."

"You already knew?" Brian was taken aback, looking at the calm Lich in surprise, "So, you have predicted that this kind of thing will happen a long time ago, so why didn't you tell me in advance."

"Why should I tell you?" The Lich looked at Brian quietly, making him feel hairy all over his body, "The life and death of mortals is none of my business. Kidnap? Then I want to tell you, don't try to vent your grievances on me..."

"Stop it." Brian raised his hand to interrupt the Lich's chatter, "Let's get back to business, I don't want to chat with you here, I want to know, did Miss Lost get help from the undead lord Odyssey, That's why the city of Tifington was destroyed."

"The answer is correct." The Lich smiled, "Your guess is very correct, indeed he got the help of this demon lord, it seems that he hasn't learned the lesson from Kravensari, or he was caught by the leylines of the Underdark Region. Radiation dazzled her mind, she would foolishly choose to trust Ms. Ye, now it's over, and she's reduced to a wage earner who can't even get paid."

Sure enough, it was Odyssey.

After getting the answer he wanted, Brian didn't bother to chat with the lich, and planned to leave immediately.

"Wait a minute!" the Lich stopped him, "There is no doubt that Tivanton has been transformed into a dead city and completely sunk in the Underdark, little guy, haven't you thought about how to deal with the counterattack of the undead army?" Is it? After all, this position is right under your nose."

"What are you trying to say?" Brian asked.

Of course he thought about this question, but he didn't take it to heart. After all, with the two wizard towers of Arabe and Mokou Town, unless the unaffected incarnation of Odyss came in person, otherwise, they would not pose any threat to him.

The only thing he can't let go of is that he is worried that the group of undead creatures will make trouble behind him when the floating city Saxros attacks Mokou Town, making him feel uncomfortable.

"I have a high-level magic ritual here, which allows you to solve them once and for all." The lich handed the newly completed scroll to Brian. Before, all the undead in the entire city were frozen. I am the spokesperson of the eternal lover, and no one knows how to deal with undead creatures better than me right now."

"You have worked so hard to help me." Brian took the scroll, "I'm afraid you have no intentions."

Although he had guessed the Lich's intentions, he didn't point it out on the spot.

"You are not talking nonsense, I must have my own purpose." The Lich showed a beating expression, and admitted frankly, "My purpose for doing this is very simple, that is, to let this group of frozen undead finally die. Becoming a believer of our lord, you can also take this opportunity to severely injure Otis."

"I'll tell you the truth." He said with a smile on his face, "Australia's move is really bad. I'm already full of confidence in my future."

"I see. No wonder you deliberately hid the news from me." Brian looked at the happy lich who had lost his composure, and said, "It turned out to be this idea."

"No, actually you misunderstood." The Lich put away her smile and denied, "This time, you really misunderstood me. The main reason why I didn't reveal it to you was to save you."

"Are you kidding me?" Although the lich's serious expression didn't look like he was lying, Brian couldn't help but complain.

"Whatever you say, I don't want to explain too much." The Lich waved his hand, as if to indicate that he could leave.

Naturally, Brian wouldn't stay here with a faceless face.

When he reappeared in the fortress on the outskirts of Tivanton, he saw a team that had come from afar appear on the horizon under the brilliance of the morning sun. There were about a hundred of them, neatly lined up and well-equipped. Like a team of business groups.

Just when Brian was confused about what kind of force would rush here in the first place, suddenly, a flag caught his attention and allowed him to clearly see the embroidery pattern on it.

Mountains, oceans, a silver moon, and eight stars inlaid on the edge of the flag.

The flag of Waterdeep City!

Brian recognized the identities of this group of people immediately.

This is the mage group of Waterdeep City. In addition to [-] mages, there are more than a hundred elite knights and paladins.

He suddenly discovered that the strength of the leading mage and paladin was at least around the middle legendary level.

Brian's heart moved, and he immediately led his purple dragon knights and battle mages to meet him.

"Your Excellency must be the Lord Protector of Cormyr." Before Brian could speak, he led a paladin on a heavy horse, dismounted and greeted him.

Although he was in his fifties, he looked as light and fit as he had been in his youth, his trademark bushy beard and neatly trimmed brown hair were frosted, but his sharp green eyes There is a dazzling brilliance in it.

"Let me introduce myself. I am Mon Leo, the leader of the Secret Star Knights, and this is my friend Durnan."

The paladin pointed to the black-robed mage beside him, "We were ordered by Lady Laila, the open lord of Waterdeep City, to investigate the cause of the destruction of Tivanton City, and to assist Lord Protector in resisting foreign enemies."

Brian glanced over the group of paladins and mages, and he found that apart from Mon Leo and Durnan who were of medium legendary strength, there were at least [-] strong men above the fourth rank.

Sure enough, it is a luxurious reinforcement.

When he heard the name of Lady Laila, the lord of Waterdeep City, the Seven Sisters of the Northland, he realized that the team supporting him was definitely secretly instructed by the goddess of magic.

After all, the Mystic Knights in Waterdeep City belonged to the Goddess of Magic, a powerful organization mainly composed of paladins. They were granted spells and divine spells by Mystra himself, and they often cooperated with the Harper Alliance to resist evil and defend the belief of the goddess.

And another mage named Durnan is not only the masked lord of Waterdeep City, but also the owner of the Yawning Gate Hotel, who controls the operation of all the portals in Waterdeep City.

This is also the reason why they can feel here for the first time.

"Thank you for your timely assistance." Bryan expressed his welcome, "In the name of the Obescil family and Iron Regent, I welcome the allies of Waterdeep City to visit the Kingdom of Cormyr. If you don't mind, come back with me. Mokou Town, I will clean up the dust for you."

"You don't need to clean up the dust, Lord Protector." The paladin looked at Tivanton City, which was shrouded in darkness and turned into a sunken space in the distance. "I'm very sorry, we still have more important things to do right now."

"Understandable." Brian nodded slightly and said apologetically:
"Forgive me for not being able to accompany you in the investigation. However, in order to prevent the undead in the city from doing evil, I have already thought of a solution. Your Excellency Durnan, please see that if you think this advanced magic ceremony is useful, the Kingdom of Cormyr will do its best to cooperate with you. action."

The slightly bloated black-robed mage at the side took the scroll in Brian's hand suspiciously, and after examining it intently for a moment, a touch of shock appeared in his golden eyes, and he murmured: "It turned out to be the freezing ceremony of the eternal lover, Maybe it can really help us."

"Thank you for your generosity and willingness to give me such precious knowledge." The haughty black-robed mage looked at Brian with a hint of respect.

Sending away the mage investigation team in Waterdeep City, a stone in Brian's heart finally fell.

Then, after a busy morning, he returned to the wizard's tower and came to his bedroom.

He saw the female lord Myrcella, who was wearing a thin pajamas and couldn't hide her exquisite curves, with her long hair loose, sitting in front of the mirror, dressing up.

If it was in the past, he would never let go of the opportunity to catch up on returning to the cage, but now he has long been distracted by the magic net, so naturally he is not in the mood.

When he found out what had happened to Tiffanyton, he immediately left the wizard's tower, but Myrcella, who had been crazy with him for most of the night, seemed to be overworked, and slept soundly from beginning to end.

As a legendary super-spellcaster, Myrcella didn't think that she didn't feel anything when the magic net was torn apart.

"You already know what happened in Tiffanyton." Brian hesitated for a moment, and finally looked at Myrcella's slender back, and said slowly.

As a traveler, the moment he learned of the accident in Tifington, his mentality did not fluctuate too much. This feeling was like the feeling when he heard that the capital of Sembia had fallen.

The only pity is that the Sagittarius consul who likes to shout "brave tiger, not afraid of difficulties", and his subordinate, the tiefling wizard whose strength has reached the legendary realm.

The Duchess Myrcella Raul, who is known as the "Guardian of the North" of the Kingdom of Cormyr, is different. As the supreme ruler, the territory under her command suffered such a fatal blow. The damage caused must have been very painful.

"I already know." The female lord's voice was very calm, as if she was talking about something that had nothing to do with her. She tossed the hair hanging on her chest behind her head, stood up gracefully, and walked up to Brian. Show him a familiar soft smile.

"You don't have to worry about me, and you don't have to feel sorry for it. It's not your fault. Besides, things have happened. What we need to do most now is to think about how to recover the loss."

"Seeing your calm appearance, I can safely hand over Mokou Town to your hands." Brian stretched out his hand to caress Myrcella's cheek, feeling the smooth and delicate touch, and couldn't help hugging it in his arms .

"Although I yearn to tell you about the peaceful life I have lived, don't forget that my true identity, how can I mess up my mind because of this kind of thing." Myrcella leaned on Brian's chest, listening With a rhythmic heartbeat, he said softly, "When are you going to go to Guangze?"

"Leave in a minute," Brian said. "I came here to say goodbye to you."

"Wait a minute, I have something for you." Myrcella seemed to remember something, she left his embrace, and pointed lightly, a ring shining with lavender aura appeared out of thin air and landed on the cloth. Ryan just opened his palm.

"This is the Purple Dragon Seal Ring?" Brian showed a surprised expression, "Didn't you say..."

This ring was given to him by Hesaiah when he was in the Underdark Region. He used the identity of the ring to hold the banner of the Kingdom of Cormyr and gained a firm foothold as quickly as possible.

In fact, the maker of this "Legendary" magical equipment is the female lord in front of me, so Brian prepared the materials a few months ago, and asked her to improve the quality.

As a result, the legendary super-spellcaster claimed that with his current strength, he couldn't do it unless he was promoted to a medium legend.

"That's right." Myrcella sighed, and said helplessly, "If I had to choose, I would rather not let my strength improve so quickly."

Brian immediately guessed the reason.

Since the completion of Mizusawa Fairy's half-plane, Myrcella took the lead in condensing her own magic core in her body, and rebuilt all her spells to build spell models, and stored them in her spiritual sea of ​​consciousness.

Her strength is also gradually moving towards a medium legend in a cyclical manner.

However, at the last moment, it was like a bottleneck, stuck in place, no matter how hard it worked, there was no intention of letting go.

Obviously, the meaning of Myrcella's words is that the fall of Tifington made her accidentally break through to the middle legend.

With expectant eyes, Brian looked at the ring in his hand:
Seal of the Purple Dragon +4
Type: Jewelry

Quality: Golden·Legendary

Aura: Dazzling prophecy aura

Attribute: Charisma +4
Equipment effect:

1. Early warning force field: Wearing this equipment, the whole body will get an early warning force field similar to the "sixth sense". When danger or injury is approaching, the wearer will instantly receive an alarm from the ring.

2. Advanced detection avoidance: Wearing this equipment will be immune to the detection of any prophecy spells, such as: clairvoyance/hawk eye, object location and detection spells, and can also interfere with the detection of magic items such as crystal balls. Measurement.

3. Counter prophecy: When the enemy tries to detect the wearer with prophecy or detection spells, it will be instantly sensed and counterattacked by passing the level check of the caster.

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Seeing the attributes of the equipment, Brian's eyes were full of satisfaction.

It has to be said that after Myrcella's remodeling, this piece of equipment has undergone astonishing changes.

Under his suggestion, the Purple Dragon Banner, which had gradually become useless, was canceled, and the anti-prediction ability was re-enchanted, and even the early warning and detection avoidance were additionally strengthened.

With this ring, except for professionals with divine power, as well as powerful god-like and true gods, any legendary powerhouse can hardly detect his whereabouts.

In this way, he no longer has to worry about the group of Sixth Brothers in the City of Shadows trying to trace his tracks through prophecy spells, or predict his next move.

He didn't waste any more time, and after discussing the details about Mokou Town with Myrcella, he bid farewell to her hurriedly and prepared to go to the Crown Palace in Susar, while looking up Guangze's information, while waiting for the little prince of the City of Shadows The arrival of Breners.

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On the other side, the ghost tower in the floating city of Sacross.

Staring at the crystal ball, Egrila, the ghost prince, suddenly trembled, and then spurted a stream of blood from his mouth. The whole person became depressed and almost fell on his back.

He muttered to himself: "The prophecy failed. Someone interfered with my prophecy spell. I suddenly couldn't find any whereabouts of the lord of Mokou Town. Who could it be?"

"Didn't you say that his whereabouts are easy to predict, why did he fail suddenly?" Second Prince Yada asked with a puzzled expression.

"I'm not too sure." Agrela shook her head slightly, staring at the cracked crystal ball, "It seems that someone has covered up his aura, so withdraw the ambush set up in Guangze."

"I overestimated him." He curled his lips slightly disdainfully, and continued, "I thought he could really figure out the secret hidden by Guangze, and rushed there in person. I wasted the arrangement for nothing. Since the magic net has been torn, there is no point in wasting time in Guangze."

"His whereabouts have been covered up, so you are not worried that he will go to Guangze again at this time?" Yada expressed his guess.

"If he really goes to Guangze at this time, I will eat this crystal ball."

Agrela wiped the blood from the corner of her mouth, and said angrily, "The magic net has been torn, if you want to repair the magic net, you can only go to the world of the magic net, let him face that old bastard Laroch, go What's the point of Guangze, to serve that black dragon as a snack?"

"Our immediate task is to raise the floating city as soon as possible." Agrela leaned on the staff and stood up with difficulty, gasping for air, "Get ready to attack Cormyr in an all-round way!"

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(End of this chapter)