Arcane splendor begins with the throne

Chapter 68 Tears of the Dryad
"Then... has the 'Arcane Catastrophe' affected this world?" Brian hesitated, but finally asked.

Although the question is a bit redundant and more like nonsense, after all, he has already guessed the answer to this question since this world became what it is now, but he still can't help but want to confirm it with Granny Weilanse himself .

"Of course it has been affected." Granny Wei Lanser sighed softly, regretting:
"The magical structure of the magic net was torn apart, and the magic of the whole world suddenly broke free. Countless elves and wizards were affected by the violent original magic power without warning. They were driven mad or died without even a chance to prepare.

The "Arcane Catastrophe" that lasted for 100 years led to the exhaustion of elves and wizards in the entire world, and what made things worse was that even the gods lost contact. As a result, the kingdom of elves was hit hard and lost its absolute dominance. "

"Then humans are not affected?" Brian frowned, then asked.

At this time, he was 100% sure that the humans on the Asno continent were definitely from the Kingdom of Halua in the main material world.

Although the prophets of this magical kingdom had predicted the disaster in advance, he did not think that their wizards had the means to deal with it.

Otherwise, the whole family would not migrate to various small worlds outside the main material world for refuge.

Therefore, he is actually quite curious about how human beings overturned in this world and were eventually trapped to death here.

Moreover, in the game career of the previous life, the main material world 1000 years after the "Arcane Catastrophe", the magic net has long been able to operate normally, but here, it was directly banned, and even the believers prayed to the gods , it is difficult to receive a response.

Thinking about it carefully, Brian felt that this might have something to do with the ancient evil.

"Their wizards are naturally also affected." Granny Veranse said in a calm tone: "But the sudden arrival of human beings seems to have foreseen this disaster long ago. Facing this catastrophe, they have made sufficient preparations in advance .”

Hearing this, Brian couldn't help but marvel at the power of the Haruah people's predictive ability.

Halruah's first wizards came from Netheril, the arcane empire.

The fundamental reason why they were able to escape the destruction of the Arcane Empire was that a great arcanist who led them predicted the end of their hometown.

Then, before the floating city fell to the ground and before the goddess of magic fell, he resolutely chose to migrate to a beautiful and fertile land with his loyal followers, including wizards, apprentices and family members.

While successfully escaping this crisis, a new magic kingdom was established by relying on the arcane knowledge inherited from Netheril.

"From the moment the human towers came down, weird natural disasters began to occur all over the continent of Asno. The mountains and grasslands ruled by dwarves, halflings and gnomes were hit by earthquakes, and the plains and forests of elves also began to suffer from locust plagues. "Grandma Veranthal continued to tell Brian:
"Due to the retreat of the sea level in some coastal areas, drought began to sweep across the south, and various disturbances occurred one after another. This human invader who descended from the tower also took this opportunity to send an army to completely conquer this area. land, which directly led to frequent conflicts in various parts of the mainland.

At this time, the orc tribes in the extreme northern wilderness began to gather forces and entered the borders of the elves, dwarves and gnomes, trying to take back everything that belonged to them.Without the help of wizards and priests, the Tarnold royal family of 'Sunshine' was facing enemies again and again. As a last resort, the elves of the royal family of 'Star Flower' El Adonis began to send ranger druid troops to support them. "

No wonder the elves ended up like this, Brian thought.

After all, with the tearing of the magic net, these elves without the support of arcane and divine arts, with their bows and sharp blades alone, may not be able to resist even the orcs, let alone these well-prepared human troops.

The arrival of human beings caused the elves to withdraw from the mainland stage, which became reasonable.

"I heard that the Essebra Desert is also a beautiful and fertile place where the human tower descends." Brian seemed to think of something, and asked again: "Is this desert formed by the battle between humans and elves?" of?"

The Ecebra Desert is a sea of ​​sand and lifeless salt flats, similar to a weakened version of the world of Atas, dotted with scattered ruins.

Brian passed by here once on his way to the city of wizards.

Surprisingly, whether it is the Kingdom of Campos or the territory of the Kingdom of Florence, their borders and the border of this desert are all fertile land.

It's as if there is only a wall, the weather is clear and cloudless on one side, and it is raining heavily on the other side.

Therefore, Brian believes that this desert was not formed naturally, and it is very likely that it has encountered profanity such as magic.

"That's right..." Granny Veranse seemed very patient, and she knew everything about Brian's question:
"The human army attacked the land of the elf kingdom. The owner of the tower, an archmage whose strength reached the legendary level, managed to survive the sequelae of the torn magic net. After recovering the ability to cast spells, he participated in the battle between the races." In battle."

Brian was secretly surprised when he heard this.

A legendary wizard joins this battle. Although the magic net is torn and his strength may be affected, he still has a powerful deterrent force like a nuclear weapon in the real world.

If there is no way to deal with it, it is only a matter of time before bringing the human army to push the elves.

The elves in this small world, due to the limitation of the will of the world, except for the first batch of elves from the Atas world, who may have spellcasters whose strength has reached the legendary level, others cannot break through this shackle at all.

In the final analysis, it is because the world will of the Asno plane is too young, and has not really grown up at all.

At the same time, Brian lamented in his heart that this human archmage whose strength has reached the legendary level is worthy of being a descendant of the Netheril Empire, and he was able to withstand the erosion of the original magic power.

You know, the third fall of the goddess of magic is more serious than the previous two.

Even Azuth, the mage god, and Velsharoon, the lich god, were implicated, not to mention the mortal wizards of the Prime Material World.

If not, the great sages of later generations would not call this disaster: the end of the old world and the beginning of a new world.

"Although the elves of the 'Sunshine' royal family are not as powerful as the legendary wizards due to the tearing of the magic net, they have maintained a neutral posture from the beginning to the end. But the psion appeared and successfully blocked the attack of the human wizard." Granny Veranse recalled:
"The two fought in the place where the wizard tower descended. The power of arcane and psionic energy was intertwined, and a terrible power of corruption was generated in an instant. This power was like a raging storm, desecrating every inch of land on the mainland, and finally formed of the present-day Essebra desert."

Brian raised his eyelids, observing Granny Veranthal calmly.

Unfortunately, to his disappointment, when the other party mentioned this psion from the royal family of the 'Murm of the Moon', his expression remained the same as usual, and there was no change at all, which made it impossible for him to judge whether the legendary psion was true or not. she.

Brian also found a problem.

When Granny Veranthor told him about the past history, except for the three royal families of the elves, no one's name appeared. This feeling seemed to be trying to cover up something.

However, he didn't think much about it.

After all, he already knew almost everything he wanted to know, and since she didn't want to mention it, he wouldn't be rude enough to take the initiative to peek into the secrets of other people's hearts.

Moreover, Brian secretly guessed that this legendary Psychic might also be the first batch of elves in the first generation.

Otherwise, when the psionic energy from the world of Atas clashes with the arcane, it will not produce terrible blasphemous power.

"In the end, this legendary battle ended with losses for both sides." After a long silence, Granny Wei Lanse sighed and continued:
"The psion of the royal family of the Whisper of the Moon returned overseas, and the human wizard and his wizard tower disappeared without a trace, and have never appeared until now.

There is no human army ruled by wizard leaders. During the battle with the elves, the leaders began to have their own ideas, and gradually divided into the original three kingdoms of Niluscan, West and Tegrila.

The human kingdom fought all over the continent. After the elves were defeated, they turned their attention to the dwarves, dwarves, halflings, and even the orcs in the far north.As time went by, they occupied almost all the territory of the mainland, and it became the current situation. "

After Granny Verantha finished speaking, she breathed a sigh of relief, and gently closed her eyes, as if she was about to fall into a deep sleep.

Brian frowned.

Although he took the initiative to ask to listen to the story of the beginning of the world, he wanted to understand how the intelligent race on the mainland came to this world.

However, when Grandma Wei Lanser was telling the story, she didn't know whether it was intentional or unintentional, she actually covered up the things about the ancient evil.

As an elf seer, Brian didn't think that Granny Veranthal would be ignorant of these things.

"To tell you the truth..." After some time, Granny Veranse seemed to see through Brian's mind, she opened her cloudy eyes and said, "I know very little about the ancient evil, even the evil They don't even know when the things will come, how Xina Fei will disappear, and why the will of the world will be suppressed."

Brian sighed in disappointment.

"So, in the face of the threat of the ancient evil..." Granny Veranse's old face floated a touch of deep despair, "I have no choice but to watch all the lives, all the pain, all Suffering, silent in perfect immortality..."

After finishing speaking, she just stared blankly at the dazzling crystal on the roof, as if she was remembering something.

It can be seen from the slight curvature of the corner of her mouth that she must have thought of something pleasant.

This feeling is as if after knowing one's past, one can't bear any resistance, and just accepts one's fate to meet one's own destiny.

Brian stood there hesitating, he didn't know how to answer.

As Granny Veranse said, he also has no effective countermeasures against the ancient evils, the only way is to escape.

Why didn't he want to drive away the evil and save this small world that was about to be destroyed.

Through today's conversation, he accidentally learned that the sprouting of the arcane empire in the main material world is bursting. If he has this resource-rich small world as his backing, he will definitely occupy a pivotal position in the upcoming arcane empire in the future. .

"That's why I'm here, Granny Veranthal." Bryan hesitated for a long time, then said slowly, "However, what I can do is to delay the speed of the world's destruction, and there is nothing I can do about it."

In fact, although he has two delaying plans for delaying evil things, this does not mean that these two methods are absolutely sure to succeed.

Brian had no idea how long he could delay the ancient evil and whether he could successfully leave before the world was destroyed.

Silence fell again, and the glowing vines on the 'wall' swayed gently, exuding dim, eerie blue fluorescence, flashing together with mottled and dazzling crystals, jumping and trembling in the night through the gaps in the wooden boards, making the This tree house is like a magic castle in a fairy tale.

"Brian, do you know? When I picked you up from under the oak tree of Sina Fey Melianne, I already discovered that you are someone other than fate, which means that, in fact, you are You can forge your own destiny and rewrite some futures predicted by the prophets."

I don't know how long it took, Granny Veranse raised her head with difficulty, she stared at Brian calmly with her penetrating eyes, and said tremblingly: "I am really relieved to see you come back here on your own initiative. Go, don't If there is any hesitation, don’t have any psychological burden, just do whatever you want.”

Someone other than fate?

A bitter smile curled up on Brian's lips.

In the face of the so-called fate, there are always people who obey fate like a wise man who sees through and stop losses in time.

There are also people who choose to fight against fate like a fool, fighting against fate without hitting the south wall and looking back, fighting to the last drop of blood for their own future.

In fact, in Brian's opinion, no one can really understand what the so-called "fate" is.

Even the God of Destiny is the same. A person who can't even control his own destiny can talk about directing another person's destiny.

Therefore, no matter what path you choose, the only way is to keep going, not forgetting your original intention, and forging ahead.

Thinking of this, Brian, who was squatting beside the bed, slowly got up, ready to say goodbye.

"Wait a minute, child." Seeing that Brian was about to leave, Granny Veranthur reached out and grabbed the corner of his cloak, and smiled in a small voice: "Before you leave, take this with you, maybe it can help you Order something."

A jewel with a faint green glow floated out of a golden box on the messy table, and gently fell into Brian's open palm.

This is a jewel, shaped like a teardrop, crystal clear like winter ice.

Dryad's Tears
Type: divine item

Function: unknown

……

Brian took a deep breath, forcibly suppressed the turmoil in his heart, calmly and carefully lifted the jewel with the help of the blue fluorescence in the room, and stared at this crystal clear jewel.

In a daze, he seemed to see an image flashing in the gemstone: a young girl with green leaves and golden moss on her hair, wearing a yellow-green tulle gown, her graceful figure stepped on the air, walking In the laughter filled by the wind, it gradually disappeared into the green shadows deep in the dense forest.

Could it be that she left behind?
Brian held the jewel tightly in his palm, feeling the icy cold, and murmured to himself thoughtfully.

"I will do my best, dear Granny Veranthal." Brian reached out and brushed his thick black hair, leaned over and kissed her wrinkled brow gently, and whispered: "Farewell .”

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(End of this chapter)