Arcane Journey

Chapter 332 Azuth's Gift
A hexagonal crystal floated in midair.

The clear and transparent crystal surface is shining with colorful brilliance, and circles of mysterious magic runes can be vaguely seen emerging on the surface.

And inside the crystal, a small ball of light is quietly placed in the center of the crystal, shining with mysterious brilliance.

"What is this?" Seeing this crystal, Brian's expression moved, and he received it in his hand. He had vaguely guessed its specific effect.

"This is the key to unlocking the demiplane." The old voice of Azuth, the mage god, sounded again, and it seemed that every time he said a word, his voice would become a little tired, "with the help of the original power of magic, it can help you Open Shiron's demiplane and take the contents."

Brian heard the words, looked at the colorful crystal in his hand, nodded thoughtfully, and then took the key and swiped lightly towards the void.

as predicted.

As rumored by the residents of Shadow Valley, there is indeed a hidden space node leading to a certain demiplane in Hillen's manor.

The moment Brian swiped the key across the void, a brilliant magical aura flashed, and a long and narrow crack was drawn out of thin air, revealing a dark, deep, abyss-like passage.

If you observe carefully, you can find that this looks like a demiplane that has not yet been conceived.

Brian was about to take a closer look, but he suddenly noticed a light blue light erupting from his body, like flowing air, pouring into the crack.

This familiar aura made him instantly realize that this should be the energy that erupted before Xieren disappeared in order to prevent the magic net from being further torn apart by the priestesses of Shar, and part of it was stored in his body.

It was this familiar energy that gave him the chance to obtain the Staff of the Archmage.

Just as he imagined, the light blue energy spontaneously poured into the dark crack for a moment, then wrapped a staff and flew out.

With the extremely faint rumbling sound echoing in Brian's ears, the dark crack in the demiplane closed again at a speed visible to the naked eye, and disappeared into the air.

Obviously, in order to obtain the staff of the archmage that Helen was alive, in addition to obtaining the approval of its owner, it is also necessary to obtain the key to open the demiplane from Azuth, the god of mages who guards the gate.

Both are indispensable.

Brian turned his gaze to the artifact staff that was quietly suspended in mid-air, surrounded by light blue light.

Although he had already prepared himself in his heart, after seeing the true appearance of this staff, he still couldn't help feeling a little regretful.

There was no doubt that it was a staff of the Archmage broken in two.

Back then, in order to destroy the ancient dragons that invaded the Valley of Shadows, Xillen resolutely broke the staff and chose to die with it.

However, the regretful color only flashed in Brian's heart, and then disappeared without a trace.

He withdrew his gaze from the broken staff and looked at the translucent giant hand manifested by the mage god Azuth.

He knew that since Helen told him about the staff so solemnly and chose to give it to him, then this staff of the archmage would definitely play its due role in the next battle of magic net restoration How could it be possible for him to waste time at this moment, going to her manor to pick up a useless waste product.

And through the previous two manifestations, Brian learned that every time Azuth explained to him what he needed to do, he would disappear immediately, but now he has not left for a long time. There are below.

"That's right." The old mage god seemed to see through Brian's mind at a glance, and said slowly: "Although this staff has been destroyed and most of the arcane energy inside has been lost, Xieren sacrificed voluntarily. Myself, trying to use the power of Silver Fire to repair it."

"A young arcane seeker, in order to fulfill the last wish of the Shadow Valley Witch..."

The faint light emitted by Azuth's manifested giant hand, like rippling water waves, rippling slightly in the air, the old voice gradually became solemn, as if his words were holding some kind of sacred ceremony, So much so that Brian instinctively made an awe-inspiring look, stood quietly and patiently, waiting for the ceremony to start.

"Now, let me help you, repair this artifact that can change the situation of the battle, let it help you smash the conspiracy of the dark monarch and the lost lady, and help the mysterious lady heal the scars of the magic net."

With the end of the old words, Brian saw that the broken staff absorbed all the light blue light that enveloped him, and the moment he was about to fall to the ground, the giant hand of Azus, the god of mages, gently moved towards it. refer to.

The golden divine brilliance emerged, and in the blink of an eye, dazzling energy ripples erupted.

The golden radiance reflected Brian's expectant expression. Feeling the sting from his eyes, he closed his eyes subconsciously and stepped back slowly. At this moment, he would be forced to death by this terrifying divine energy. Had to keep a distance from the staff.

The most important thing is that under the influence of this divine power, he clearly felt that the arcane fire in his body was boiling like boiling water, which made him almost unable to suppress this terrifying power.

This is the first time that Brian has felt the power of a true God so closely.

This powerful force made him instinctively feel that standing here, he was like an ant that could be crushed to death at will.

He is proud of the arcane flame that exists like a plug-in, just like a candle flickering in a strong wind, it may be blown out at any time.

Looking at it now, the so-called "Grand Arcanist drove the floating city to the kingdom of God to kill the gods" is simply a joke, and the two don't seem to exist in the same dimension at all.

There is no comparison at all.

Otherwise, why would the Lich Iolum, the mastermind of the illithid known as 'Challenge Level 68', willingly hide in the Underdark for thousands of years, and refuse to show himself, and even sacrificed himself for the detachment that sounds illusory? All connections with Netheril.

Although as a traditional oriental person, he has been deeply influenced by the idea of ​​"princes and generals should be kind to each other", after experiencing many things, Brian instinctively regards challenging the gods as a goal of his life.

But until now, after he truly felt the divine power "unintentionally" exposed by a true god, he realized that this dream was so far away from him, whether it was an ordinary person or a high-level legendary profession Or, the gap between them and the gods turned out to be so great.

It is precisely because of the restrictions of belief and the rules of the material world that the gods seem to be shackled by a layer of shackles, so some existences think that the gods are not terrible, as long as they are strong enough, mortals can still kill gods.

When Brian recovered from his deep thoughts, the divine radiance that filled the room had disappeared, and the giant hand manifested by the mage god Azus had disappeared without a trace.

There was only a dark purple staff engraved with silver runes on its body, quietly suspended in mid-air, spinning gently at an extremely slow speed.

This smooth, yew-like staff is only about 1.5 meters long. At the end of it, five golden hoops exuding a faint aura are decorated on it. The mysterious runes etched on the golden hoops made Brian feel a wave Obscure divine power, and the top of the staff is a gleaming azure sapphire. Arcane runes are etched inside its crystal, and the combination is like a woven web.

Seeing this distinctive staff, Brian couldn't help breathing quickly. He suppressed the excitement in his heart, calmed down, slowly raised his right hand, and stretched it out.

When he picked up the staff, he found it difficult to focus his eyes on it. It seemed to be dim and changing all the time, pulling the arcane fire in his body and surging slightly.

It wasn't until a moment later that the staff returned to calm and its hazy brilliance receded, as if Brian had already been recognized by it.

Archmage Staff +5
Type: magic weapon

Quality: Tier [-] artifact

Aura: Legendary Transformation Aura, Legendary Protection Aura
Equipment Requirements: Spellcaster of non-evil alignment

Artifact Features: This weapon is a legendary artifact. It cannot be destroyed by any conventional means, and it is also immune to disintegration techniques below the legendary level. Only the legendary disintegration technique has a 1% chance of destroying this artifact, but the destroyer can also destroy it. Must be backlashed by divine power.

Equipment effect:

Advanced dispel magic: When the spell released by this staff hits the target, it will automatically cast legendary level dispel magic to dispel any defensive and beneficial spells on the target.

Instant spell casting: When the user carries this staff, any magic below the fourth ring can be released instantly without any gestures, spells or guidance.

Spell Invalidation Barrier: When the user carries this staff, he can make a fixed magic sphere emitting shimmering light surround himself through instinctive actions, eliminating all spell effects and damages of the fifth ring and below the fifth ring. outer.

Energy Protection: When the user carries this staff, they will gain 20 points of resistance to five types of energy: acid, cold, lightning, fire and sound waves. When this artifact is activated, an energy protection force field that resists any damage will be automatically activated .

Advanced Time Stop: This artifact stores a legendary spell "Advanced Time Stop", which can be released once a day.

Explanation: This is a legendary artifact made with the help of the rules of the magic net. It has very powerful power and is a weapon that all spellcasters dream of. And Ni is undoubtedly the luckiest spellcaster among them.

Although this artifact was once destroyed by the witch of Shadow Valley in a fierce battle, with the help of a terrifying arcane energy raging out of it, he died with the enemy, but fortunately, the damaged artifact did not It has not been forgotten because of this, and it has reabsorbed the remaining silver fire energy of Shiron. In order to repair it, Azus, the god of mages, even used divine energy to make it glow with a divinity that is even better than before. brilliant.

Note: Although this legendary artifact has been repaired, the delicate balance has been broken because the energy contained in it is too powerful. It will take at least a hundred years to fully integrate the staff before it can completely adapt to the terrifying energy flowing in it.Therefore, if the holder chooses to forcibly mobilize the power of the staff in the past hundred years, there will be a high chance that this artifact will be damaged due to the inability to withstand the surging external energy.

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After reading the detailed introduction of this artifact, Brian showed a smile that he couldn't hide. After all, this is already an artifact he has obtained in the true sense.

Although the just-restored artifact had a lot of sequelae, he didn't pay too much attention to it, because he had already carefully observed the specific condition of the artifact when he first identified the weapon.

According to his speculation, if he does not use the power of the artifact more than 4 times, he will never be killed by the terrible energy explosion.

In other words, as long as he doesn't use the staff's active skills: energy protection, spell nullification barrier and advanced time stop, he will hardly worry about any problems with it.

In this way, he only needs to bring it with him, and he can enjoy the two passive skills of the staff's advanced dispel magic and spell instant casting anytime, anywhere, and it can also be used as his own trump card.

After all, this is a real world, not like the game world, where one piece of equipment occupies one equipment slot, as long as he has the ability to hold a sword in one hand, a staff in the other, or even fight with a staff in each hand, it's not a problem.

Of course, the premise of all this is to master the expertise of dual-wielding staffs.

Otherwise, the end result is likely to be because the energy surging from the two staffs mixed together, resulting in an explosion around the caster ahead of time before it was released, and then was killed by his own spell.

Finally got what he wanted, Brian put away his staff contentedly, and when he was about to leave, Azuth's voice echoed in his mind again:

"Take out your Forsaken Book, and I will give you two spells."

Feeling the extremely tired old voice in his mind, Brian was stunned. He carefully observed everything in the room, but regretfully found that he didn't notice a trace of the mage god.

After listening to Azuth's words, he took out the legendary book stored in his clothes without any doubt.

Two almost invisible magic auras emitting a faint golden light floated over the cover of the Forsaken Book, and Brian immediately sensed the joy coming from this so-called 'Book of White Whores'.

Seeing the two legendary spells recorded in the Book of the Forsaken, Brian showed a surprised expression, relying on instinct, looked into the void, "This..."

He was about to blurt out, but found that he didn't know how to say it for a moment, he opened his mouth, but nothing came out.

"You don't have to feel ashamed of this, young arcane seeker, in order to heal the scars of the magic net, I would do it for anyone."

For some reason, Brian heard a sense of deep exhaustion and powerlessness from the desolate voice of the mage god, "This seems to be a battle between gods, but it is actually a test of a certain existence. After all Regarding the secret of the turmoil of the gods, we must go all out..."

The mage god is gone.

Brian had a hunch that for a long time to come, it would be difficult for the whole world to hear any news about the manifestation of the consultant of the goddess of magic, the former first missionary mage, and the Supreme One Azuth and oracles.

This made him have the illusion that some disheartened courtiers resigned from office and returned to their hometowns to the determined monarch they saw on TV.

As an advisor to the goddess of magic, Azuth assisted Mystra in managing the magic net. Not only did he worry about it like an old housekeeper, but he also suffered bad luck every time.

After all, in the long history of the material world, at the beginning of every major disaster, the goddess of magic was the first to be sacrificed to the heavens, and then it was the turn of these arcane practitioners to be unlucky.

For example, Azuth, the god of mages who just disappeared, was thrown into the endless astral plane due to the fall of the goddess of magic during the "Arcanian catastrophe", and then he was brutally killed by Asmodeus, the lord of the nine hells. Even the priesthood was almost deprived of all due to Erles' plot.

If Azuth hadn't tampered with his priesthood in advance, causing the Lord of the Nine Hells to spit out all the priesthood he had swallowed, he would have fallen a long time ago.

However, when Azuth left, he mentioned that this battle for the magic net was about the test of a certain existence and the secret of the turmoil of the gods, which made Brian quite interested.

As a pawn in this battle, he felt that it might be possible for him to learn about many ancient mysteries that he had never known before.

It's a pity that in the game world, the struggle between Shar and Mystra, until he traveled to the past, still hadn't decided a winner.

Brian shook his head, stopped thinking about it, and began to think about his next move.

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(End of this chapter)