Arcane splendor begins with the throne

Chapter 95 The King's Question

Brian waved his hand at the celestial honey badger at the entrance of the hall. This summoned creature, which chased a group of 'wizards' to the brim, turned into a golden light in the blink of an eye and disappeared on the spot.

As a wizard who is proficient in the two schools of evocation and conjuration, he is not only dabbled in but also very proficient in this kind of summoning branch spell that belongs to the conjuration department.

In the game world of his previous life, Brian's favorite way of fighting was to use the summoning and teleportation spells of the conjuration school to contain the opponent, and then use the damage spells of the evocation system to end the battle. An efficient fighting style.

Since obtaining the two major domains of animals and plants that belonged exclusively to the Department of Nature, Brian began to plan his future development route.

Among them, the summoning stream is an indispensable genre for him.

After all, owning the animal domain means mastering the method of summoning allies in the natural world. Taking into account his proficiency in the conjuration system, it is not difficult for him to form a complete set of summoning tactics.

And he also knows that the Psychic Creation Department in Psychic Powers is a summoning field that is proficient in using astral energy to create and summon astral constructs and psionic servants.

If he is proficient in all these major summoning schools, when he grows to a certain strength, when he confronts people, he will raise his hand to be a vast number of summoned creatures.

The core essence of the so-called summoning spells is to use the power of spells to extend their influence to other planes outside the material world, launch spell pointers and space beacons, and summon the creatures to work for them, such as the wilderness bit Face, Abyss of Hell, Mountain of Heaven and so on.

When a suitable summoning target is found, a contract is signed with it through threats or temptations, so that its projection is summoned to the designated place in the material world.

When the spell ends or is dispelled, the summoned creature will be teleported back to the original place, and if it dies, it will also return automatically.

However, the summoned creature is not really dead, and will be resurrected after 24 hours, but it cannot be summoned again during this period, and there will be no loss.

With Brian's own level of Austrian fire, at most he can summon the lowest-level creatures, and the world he communicates with is Heaven Mountain on the upper plane.

Although this good plane is filled with all kinds of powerful angels or god servants, but his own strength is too weak, and he can only temporarily fool these less intelligent celestial beasts to serve him.

For example, the beast he just summoned, the Celestial Honey Badger.

Although its overall strength is similar to that of ordinary beasts in the physical world, but due to the influence of the good field of Tiantang Mountain, all creatures born on this plane will be born with a heavenly template.

This good template not only gains various spell resistances, but also has the supernatural ability "Evil Slayer" once a day, which is the best choice for fighting evil creatures.

Of course, on the contrary, those creatures born in the evil lower planes will also get the purgatory template, and have their own supernatural ability to deal with the good camp.
Generally speaking, if it is an evil conjuration wizard, they prefer to deal with the devils and demons of Baator Hell and the Abyss, and then help them fight for power in the main material world.

A good-aligned wizard is more inclined to the upper plane of the good alignment.

Seeing that the entire throne hall finally fell silent, Brian turned his attention to the old king on the throne.

When he stared at the past, the old and old king felt it instantly.

Brian's eyesight is very good, even though the distance between the two is far away, he was still surprised to find that smile line that impressed him in the corner of the other's eyes.

This made him look dazed, and he couldn't help but recall the scene when he met the other party in Tegrila ten years ago.

At that time, the King of West felt to him as if he was in the prime of life, and the temperament he displayed not only had the majesty and willfulness of a monarch, but also had the majesty like a griffin, and even had the natural wisdom.

Especially the deep crease on the top of the bridge of his nose, which never disappeared even when he smiled knowingly, and gave the old king's face a menacing expression.

In short, judging from his facial features, he can feel that even if such a character walks a few steps on the ground, the ground seems to be bound to bleed.

At that time, Brian, even though he was a man in two lifetimes, had to lower his eyes to avoid the sharpness of King West's overwhelming sense of oppression.

After all, in the final analysis, he was just an ordinary person doing nothing in his previous life.

In this world, it is even a teenager who is only in his teens, and it is impossible to resist the aura exuded by the other party as a superior.

Fortunately, today is different from the past.

At this time, in his various experiences and adventure career, he has already honed the posture of being able to deal with any situation with a calm and calm expression.

Moreover, what appeared in front of his eyes was a king in his twilight years.

"Where are you a wizard from, and what's your name?" The old king stared at Brian, silent for a while, before speaking.

"From Tegrila, you can just call me Brian. Your Majesty." Brian lowered his head slightly, replying neither humble nor overbearing.

Although his purpose is to save the princess, he is also very clear that the whole process will not wake up the princess under the eyes of shock and admiration as he imagined, and then marry Bai Fumei and go to the pinnacle of life.

In fact, at this moment, he is facing a simple test from the king, and only if he passes it successfully, the other party will let him do it with confidence.

After all, as a monarch who rules the kingdom, unless he is a fool, otherwise, it is impossible for a stranger to treat him casually without knowing the details.

Therefore, he must gain the trust of the other party without revealing his identity during this conversation.

When the old wizard Morelle heard Brian's name, he reached out and stroked his gray beard, looked at him thoughtfully, and nodded slightly.

"Bryan from Tigrela?" The old king repeated in a low voice with an old voice, as if talking to himself, and as if he was asking a question to the wizard beside him. Seeing the wizard secretly nodding to him, he continued:
"This is an elf's name. Don't you have a surname? You can tell from your skin color and eyes that your elf blood should come from the noble golden elves."

"Yes, Your Majesty, my elven blood is indeed from a golden elf." Brian replied calmly: "As for the other question, I don't think it will affect how to treat Princess Kearney, so it is inconvenient for me to answer it. .”

"A good reason." The old king nodded and continued to ask:
"It can be seen that as a wizard, your actual age is not very old, but from your calm posture, it can be seen that you must be an experienced adventurer, so I am quite curious about your experience, Can you talk about it?"

"I'm very sorry." Brian lowered his head as much as possible, then stared at his toes, deliberately said in a sad tone, full of apology:

"Your Majesty, I am a wandering wizard. As you know, my professional code prohibits me from revealing any of my experiences."

"A trouble-saving rule." The old king sincerely blessed: "Your childhood must have been full of misfortune. May the gods in heaven protect you."

Brian remained silent and did not answer.

"In that case." The old king was silent for a while, exchanged glances with Wizard Morele, and said again: "I want to ask you a few questions, and I hope you can answer them."

"I don't dare to ask for advice, Your Majesty, you can just ask." Brian nodded, pretending to be listening carefully.

"Alas... the current world is terrible." The old king saw that Brian nodded in agreement, rubbed his forehead, sighed again, and said in a tired and heavy tone:

"All kinds of dirty things are growing, and monsters are rampant in the mountains. In the past, there were no more than howling wolves in the forest, but now they are replaced by dead souls and ghosts. Even spitting can hit kobolds or goblins, which is unheard of Diseases broke out one after another, making people's hair stand on end.

The most appalling thing is that even the city residents have been affected. My people are complaining every day about the evil deeds of the monsters that harass the city, and even the fact that the monsters exist. "

"What kind of monsters have appeared in the city?" Seeing the king's words paused, Brian immediately followed his words with interest and continued.

The old king glanced at the wizard beside him, but didn't intend to continue.

"That's too much." Wizard Morelle cleared his throat, and told Brian in a tone full of confidence:

"For example, stray monsters and misleading monsters that can make local residents who are familiar with the terrain find their way home, flying dragons who steal milk from their mothers, human heads with spider legs dangling in curfew streets, scaring people with red hats Little demons of children, old witches flying in the sky on broomsticks, if they see them during the day, they will make women miscarry or become pregnant, and there are even swarms of bats that crazily crash into the gates of residents at night..."

Brian listened calmly, deliberately looking interested, and nodded from time to time.

"Sorry, I have to interrupt." Brian saw that Wizard Morelle never meant to stop speaking, so he interrupted: "Wizard Morelle, in my opinion, the monster you mentioned is not at all It doesn’t exist.”

"It doesn't exist?" Wizard Morelle said in surprise, "Are you kidding me? I was always there when the common people complained to the king, and my old eyes are still very good at reading people. I can assure you, These people are not lying."

"That's right." Brian agreed, "It's true that they didn't lie, because they firmly believed in all these things that don't exist, but this doesn't change the facts. If you really want to pursue it seriously, then the only thing that exists is probably the door knocking." bat."

"Oh? There was a bit of interest in the old king's cloudy eyes, and a faint smile floated on the corner of his mouth:

"So, Brian, since you said that these monsters don't exist, can you explain to me what they made up? What makes my people believe in monsters that don't exist? .”

"Your Majesty, you have to understand that it is human nature to fabricate weird and weird things. Because of this, they themselves will not look so weird." Brian raised his head, met the eyes of the old king, and said:
"In this way, when they steal, drink, beat their wives, have an affair, gamble or even kill, they can push it to those monsters that don't exist, so that they can relax and live more calmly. "

"That's right." Hearing this, the old king nodded with satisfaction, "This is an era when the gods are silent and the world is contemptuous, so many pedantic people like to regard the inexplicable conjectures in their minds as unwavering beliefs, become the 'facts' in their minds."

"Bryan, come here and stand a little forward." The old king said in a slightly softer tone: "In this case, it will be much easier for us to communicate."

Brian complied obediently, walking to the stone base and stopping at the steps.

"Brian of Tegrila." The old king saw that he was calmly approaching him, and then stopped at an appropriate distance. He nodded secretly and said:

"I'm very sorry, everything about you, when we communicated, Wizard Morele has already told me all the information he knows."

There was no surprise in Brian's expression, obviously he had expected it a long time ago.

"It can be seen." The old king changed his serious tone and said:
"You, who hunt monsters for a living, have mastered killing skills that are obviously better than solving curses, but when facing the ghost ship incident in the Moon Floating Sea and the underground monsters that sealed the Thrane Dwarf Mine, your performance is even better than that." The best wizard is even better, so your strength has been recognized by me. However, I still have to declare one thing in advance, I will not allow my children to suffer any harm."

"It's natural." Brian nodded slightly.

"Very good." The old king showed a kind smile, and said thoughtfully: "Brian, seeing you so confident and calm, I have a hunch that my child seems to be able to accept your arrival. , and then back to normal."

"That would be the best thing, thank you for your trust in me, I will do my best." Brian echoed casually.

"Can you come here a little bit more?" The old king was silent for a while, and then said: "Sorry, my eyesight is not very good, I want to take a closer look at you, because seeing your calm black eyes will always make you feel sad." I can't help but think of someone."

"It's really my honor, Your Majesty the King." Brian was taken aback, and he could feel that when the king said these words, both pairs of suspicious eyes fell on him.

Apparently, these two old guys seemed to have doubts about his identity.

Fortunately, he had been prepared for a long time, and he was not seen as a flaw because of this.

Because his identity as Prince Tigrila is a bit sensitive, if it is exposed at this time, it is easy to make people with imaginations run wild, and even fall into the vortex of political struggle.

"Bryan, what attracted you to come here." The old king looked at Brian, who was only two or three meters away from him, and chatted in a soft and friendly tone.

"It's 5000 gold griffins, Your Majesty." Brian lowered his head and answered without thinking.

After thinking about it, he deliberately said in a hesitant tone: "I also heard that this reward also includes marrying the princess."

"Listen, Brian, if you succeed, you will be rewarded with a reward of 5000 gold coins. If you do well, I will give you an additional reward." The old king and the wizard looked at each other, pondered for a moment, and said:

"Of course, I have to clarify a rumor with you. It is rumored that I will reward the princess. It is all nonsense. Let me entrust my daughter's happiness to a stranger. I believe you will not think so, right?"

"Your Majesty, of course I don't think so." Brian replied respectfully with a deliberately disappointed expression.

"Very well, you are indeed a smart adventurer." The old king nodded with satisfaction, "Old wizard, let's go, let's take Brian together to see my child."

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(End of this chapter)