Arcane splendor begins with the throne

Chapter 7 Magic
"The current ruler of Niluskan is Siphas Garret III, the emperor who claims to have the blood of running wolves, and he also proclaims himself the king of the north, bah!" Morris spit on the fireplace, not at all. Ignoring the cat's staring amber eyes, he took a sip of mulled wine like drinking water, and continued:

"In my opinion, he is a tyrant and dictator who can only use whips, nooses and axes to force people to obey. My father died in the battle of the orc king in the far north wasteland, and my two brothers were buried in Thailand. Astakra Fortress in Greila.

There is no doubt that they were all driven to the battlefield by men with whips.If my sister and brother-in-law hadn't taken me away, I would have met the same fate. "

"However, there are still countless Niluskan people who are determined to work for your king." Brian raised his own doubts, "This must show that your ruler who is firmly seated on the throne and holds a scepter and a whip is not innocent. as simple as the tyrant."

The battle of the Beast King in the extreme northern wilderness took place 25 years ago.

Brian had found relevant information in the Tigrila Palace. At that time, West and Tigrila were busy besieging Blackman's elves, and Niluskan took the opportunity to launch a general attack on the orcs.

It was this battle that defeated the orc royal family that completely disintegrated the unity of the orc tribes, successfully plunged them into endless chaos, and relieved the hidden danger of the northernmost orcs for the Niluskan Kingdom, achieving its strategic goal.

As for the death of Maurice's two elder brothers in the Astakra Fortress in Tigrila, Brian guessed that it probably happened ten years ago, the year he successfully escaped from the palace.

It was the largest invasion ever launched by the Niluskans, and the final result could be imagined. Naturally, it ended in failure, which also led to a complete breakdown of the originally delicate relationship between the two countries.

"I know a little bit about this." The young Bachelor Komon continued, "Because the king of Niluskan is preaching unity and equality to the world, promising to return to the old order, the premise of all this is to conquer the continent of Asno, To build a united, free and beautiful country."

"It's really ironic." The mercenary smashed the wine glass on the table and curled his lips in disdain.

Brian nodded irrefutably. The so-called unification, to put it bluntly, is to wipe out the people from other kingdoms, and they will be unified naturally.

But for Brian, no matter how these kingdoms struggle with each other, it has little to do with him, because he knows very well that even the unification of the mainland cannot prevent the end of the ancient evils from destroying the world.

If not, he would definitely have a very strong interest in the ownership of the entire world, after all his goal is to become a wizard who explores the mysteries of the multiverse.

The prerequisite for becoming a wizard, in addition to talent and knowledge, is the most important thing is huge resources, otherwise what to use to build wizard towers and floating cities.

Regarding the future fate of this world, Brian can only express his deep regret but is helpless.

The ancient evils that threaten the world belong to the existence that even the gods are afraid of. With him alone and the blocking magic net that hinders him, Brian is still a little self-aware.

Now, the only thing he can do is to delay the speed of the world's demise as much as possible, so that he can have enough time to improve his strength until he can leave this place.

"This is a complete lie. They have been blinded by idealism." The Komon scholar added with a smile.

"Indeed." The mercenary Morris nodded, and suddenly said: "Hearing what you said, I can't help but feel that there is a possibility of chaos, damn it! I haven't saved enough money for the rest of my life. "

"If only I had the magical ability to break spells like Brian, I only need to open the business once, and the money I earn can live the rest of my life in peace." Morris looked at the half-elf enviously, looked at his embarrassed appearance, and became puzzled again. :

"No, Brian, when we met in Thrane a year ago, didn't you successfully help a dwarf remove the petrification curse of the petrified lizard, and you were rewarded with a thousand gold coins? It's been a year, why are you still ..."

The mercenary did not speak directly, but the meaning contained in the eyes under the thick eyebrows was easy to understand.

"Money is just something outside the body." Brian put down his glass, and said in a slightly perfunctory tone: "Because in this world, nothing can compare to the value given by knowledge itself."

When Morris mentioned this matter, he also knew it bitterly.

Although he can earn rewards that ordinary adventurers cannot match by breaking spells and hunting monsters, his expenses are greater than imagined.

Because his Austrian fire wants to absorb magic energy to upgrade his level, apart from his own persistent meditation, the quickest way is to extract items containing magic elements, and use his own experience points to exchange for magic energy at a ratio of 20:1.

In this world sealed by the magic net, priceless magic equipment is naturally very rare, and his main source of energy is hunting magic creatures and gems.

And the exorbitant prices of most gemstones left him with little savings.

"Yes, knowledge may be worthless to others, but it is invaluable to me." Ke Meng, who is a scholar, agreed, then looked at Brian and said, "Mr. Brian, I want to ask you a question. "

Brian nodded slightly in response.

Bachelor Komon straightened his language and said, "As we all know, anyone who is cursed by a petrified lizard will turn into a lifelike stone statue, so I'm curious as to what is the principle that allows you to successfully lift this terrible curse."

"This is actually a kind of alchemy." Brian pondered for a while, and replied: "Petrified lizards are clumsy and slow beasts, which makes them almost impossible to hunt normally except for their terrible petrification ability, so they will use their own petrification ability Ability to quickly transform prey into loose stones, which are then crushed with powerful jaws.

These stones will be converted into their original form and digested in the stomach of the petrified lizard, so as long as the secretions in the stomach of the petrified lizard are extracted through alchemy and made into a potion, it can help the petrified creature return to its original state. "

"No wonder you invited me to help you hunt a petrified lizard." Mercenary Morris thought of Brian's mysterious appearance and suddenly realized.

"I see." Maester Komon nodded thoughtfully, then he hesitated, took a deep breath, and looked at the half-elf at the table again.
"Mr. Bryan, I heard people mention that you have helped many people solve mysterious and weird phenomena, so... I still have a question about myself, and I want to ask you."

Hearing the scholar's request, Brian was not surprised. He said politely, "If I can help you, I'd be happy."

"Mr. Bryan, is it true that without a magic source, it is really impossible to cast spells and become a wizard?" Scholar Komon asked a question that had been suppressed in his heart for a long time.

Brian was slightly taken aback by the other party's question, he hesitated, nodded and said, "That's right."

The inability to sense the magic net has been very clear since he can remember.

This also means that it is impossible for wizards in the group of spellcasters to appear in this world.

Also affected are warlocks who rely on blood to cast spells, priests and druids who believe in gods and nature.

However, these three types of spellcasters have not completely lost their ability to cast spells.

Warlocks and druid priests, whose main spellcasting attributes are extremely charming and perceptive, can still use their own blood and firm faith to gather energy elements floating in every corner and successfully cast spells or divine spells.

Regrettably, during Brian's career traveling around the world, the strongest warlock he has seen can only cast three-ring spells at best.

It can be seen that they have also been greatly affected by the magic net ban.

Of course, the worst ones are wizards, they can't even perform tricks.

And the so-called source of magic in the mouth of Bachelor Ke Meng is actually a warlock profession that can rely on blood to cast spells.

In the main material world, warlocks only need to learn how to rely on their own blood to establish a connection with the magic net, and then they can successfully cast spells through the magic net.

But this world is different. If a person born with the blood of a warlock wants to release spells, what he must master is how to use his blood to sense the magical energy floating in the air, and then use this energy element to awaken the spell in his body.

This also means that these spellcasters also do not have spell slots, and what they use to cast spells is actually mental and physical energy.

However, the process of a warlock's awakening spell is undoubtedly very dangerous.

After all, uncontrolled magical power is very dangerous. When a person with the blood of a warlock awakens his spells, he can threaten the people around him in various unimaginable ways.

Given the huge population base, although the wizards of the Wizarding Association have tried their best to collect children with magic sources from all over the world and teach them how to control energy, many people still suffer from unwarranted disasters every year.

Therefore, it is not wrong for people in this world to cast spells without a magic source.

He who owns Austrian fire is just an exception.

"Mr. Bryan, to tell you the truth." From the expression of the scholar, it can be seen that he was struggling a bit in his heart, "Actually, I am very eager to learn magic and become a wizard. So I once read about magic in ancient times. I have also tried the practice methods of ancient wizards."

"Then did you succeed?" Hearing this sentence, Brian was moved and looked expectantly at the scholar with a complex expression.

According to his guess, the so-called ancient wizards should be the group of wizards when the magic net was not banned.

It's a pity that with the passage of time, almost all of these useless secrets have been buried deep under the ruins.

What really surprised him was that the scholar in front of him actually had mastered these magic knowledge, which made him have to face him squarely.

Morris, the mercenary at the side, was confused. He looked left and right, showing a bewildered expression, but fortunately he kept silent very wisely.

"No." Brian was a little disappointed by the scholar's answer, but it was within his expectations.

"However, I have felt a certain magical element in my mind many times. This feeling comes and goes quickly."

Bachelor Komon explained his situation to Brian, and extended a finger to him: "Even unintentionally, I managed to make my fingertips light up, even though it was only a flash, only the size of a firefly .”

After hearing this, Brian fell into deep thought.

He tapped the table lightly, but the real reason why the scholar caused this situation flashed quickly in his mind.

Seeing Brian's strange expression, the young Maester Komon waited patiently.

Among the four caster systems, the spellcasting attribute of the wizard profession is intelligence. The higher this attribute is, the more efficient it is in exercising mental power, analyzing spells, and building spell models. This is beyond doubt.

However, this world couldn't sense the magic net at all, and the wizard profession gradually disappeared from the public's field of vision before a new spellcasting system appeared.

It can be seen from this that, apart from the so-called magic source warlocks, there is no new profession that can cast spells without the magic net.

Brian can see from the situation described by the scholar Ke Meng that he is using the cultivation method of the wizards in the main material world: exercise his own spiritual power through meditation, and then try to connect to the magic net, obtain spell slots, and construct spells .

Although the other party ended in failure, even the simplest tricks could not be cast, but he vaguely sensed the traces of magic.

In Bryan's view, there are no more than two reasons for this situation.

Either because the magic net of this world has begun to loosen, or the potential of the opponent's wizard talent (that is, the intelligence attribute) is very high.

He first eliminated the first reason, because when he came to this world by accident in his previous life, he carefully checked the forbidden magic net, and there was no sign of loosening.

Thinking of this, he looked at the expectant scholar, pondered for a while, and prepared to make an immature attempt.

"Stretch your hand over here," Brian ordered to Maester Komon.

Although Ke Meng didn't know the other party's reason, he still chose to do so.

With a thought in Brian's mind, a blue and white Austrian fire the size of a grain of rice appeared in his palm out of thin air, shining brightly.

Maester Komon and Mercenary Morris looked at Brian in shock at the same time.

In their minds, they had never heard that this half-elf from Tigrila was a wizard, but at this moment, it really happened before his eyes.

This made the young Bachelor Komon's expectation of learning magic a little higher.

Brian ignored the expressions of the two. He controlled the Arcane Fire and tapped it lightly on Komon's palm. Suddenly, the light of the Arcane Technique dimmed a little. Then he quickly put it away before the drinkers in the hall could react. up.

"Did you feel a kind of elemental energy?" Brian asked.

Maester Komon nodded subconsciously. Although he didn't know what the so-called 'elemental energy' was, he did feel a wave of energy appearing in his palm, and this feeling gave him an inexplicable sense of familiarity.

"Very good, please extend your finger, follow me to make the same gesture, and then say: siu!" Brian stretched out his index finger and whispered.

A bright light lit up at his fingertips, but was quickly extinguished by him.

"Siu!" Maester Kemeng stretched out his fingers tremblingly, made the same gesture, and said softly.

As soon as he finished speaking, a soft white light slowly lit up from his fingertips, reflecting a face that lost his composure due to excitement.

The bright light instantly caught the attention of the surrounding crowd.

However, the light didn't last long, and soon went out because the caster was too excited.

"Don't be too happy." Brian nodded in satisfaction, and then poured cold water on him, "The reason why you were able to cast the simplest light technique just now is mainly because I transmitted my magical energy to you. Of course, This also indirectly proves that you do have a very good magical talent."

Brian even suspected that the young scholar in front of him had an extraordinary intelligence of more than 20 points, but it was a pity that he was born at an untimely time and appeared in this world banned by the magic net.

"Mr. Bryan, then what should I do to successfully master this magic?" Bachelor Komon calmed down his excited heart and asked urgently.

"Later. I will send you a very special meditation method. As for whether it will be successful, I can't guarantee it." Brian said to the scholar while recalling the magic knowledge in his mind.

He looked at the other person as if he was looking at a little white mouse that was about to be put on the test bench.

"No problem, I'm willing to try." The Kemeng scholar who lost his composure replied without thinking.

(End of this chapter)