Casting spells

Staring at the other party's twinkling eyes, Zhang Cheng suddenly burst out laughing without warning: "Hahahaha! My dear friend, it seems that you haven't figured out your situation yet. You know what the sword in my hand has. The ability? It can devour the soul, and then turn it into a ghost. Think about it, if you are also transformed into a ghost, then everything in your mind will be mine sooner or later, Why do you trade with me with something that belongs to me?"

There is no doubt that this was a blatant intimidation.

Although the soul arrester can devour the soul and turn it into a haunted ghost, it cannot retain all the memory of the ghost during its lifetime.

To put it simply, the process of transforming the undead is like a forced brainwashing. After the brainwashing, most of the previous memories will be destroyed, leaving at most one or two most memorable fragments.

But it is a pity that Derry didn't know this at all. He was so frightened that his face turned ashen, and he quickly explained: "The original builder of the tower was a wizard from Asshai. He came from the same organization as me, but later He chose to betray because he fell in love with a woman of the deep sea race. In fact, this tower hides a secret, and it can only be activated by drawing enough energy."

"Organization? Secret?" Zhang Cheng touched it, with a rather interested expression on his face, and then stretched out his index finger and middle finger. "Two questions. First, what is the organization you mentioned repeatedly? How many people does it have and what is its strength? Second, what does this so-called secret refer to, and why are you trying to get it?"

"Drain all the energy at the bottom of the tower! You will get the answer soon! As for the organization, I would rather be killed by you than reveal a word. You don't know how terrible the organization is. Falling into their hands is far worse than Being enslaved by you is a thousand times, ten thousand times more painful."

As soon as he mentioned the secret group he joined, Derry quickly became tough, and he didn't mean to let go at all.

According to the normal situation, either his loyalty to the group is far beyond the limit that people can imagine, or there is an unknown force restraining him, so that he dare not make betrayal.

As a guy who stepped into the evil camp with half his foot, Zhang Cheng obviously preferred the latter. He was not in a hurry to continue to persecute the opponent, but instead lowered his head to check the mysterious symbols and patterns carved on the ground.

Soon, with Derry's wholehearted "help", he finally understood these gadgets that were extremely similar to Valyrian runes, and tried to guide the energy, slowly injecting it into the hardwood studded with dragon crystals. stick.

Every time a part is absorbed, one of the dragon crystals on the staff will burst into a dazzling glare.The moment the last one lit up, the storage container suddenly burst into a crisp clicking sound.

Before Zhang Cheng could react, the oval pool made of black bricks exploded on the spot!

The gravel with sharp edges and corners scattered in all directions at an extremely fast speed, and Moroya, who couldn't dodge, was directly pierced by countless stones, like a tattered rag doll, slammed into the wall behind her, blood flowed Seeing the wound keep flowing out, I don't know whether it is life or death.

In contrast, Zhang Cheng's condition is much better. It only took him a second to support a series of protective magics including ice armor and mana shield. Although he looked a bit embarrassed, he was not affected too serious injury...

2Chapter 16 The Secret of Towering Tower

Feeling the pain from the sharp stones scratching the wounds of different depths on his body, Zhang Cheng gloomily stared at Derry who was trying to hide behind him, and asked with a sneer, "You want to kill me?!"

"No! No! No! Please believe me, what happened just now was an accident, a misunderstanding, and I have absolutely no intention of getting rid of you." Derry shook his head desperately in defense.

But judging from the slightly flustered reaction, he must be lying at the moment.Perhaps in his eyes, the explosion just now would definitely kill the young man in front of him, or he would be seriously injured no matter how bad it was.

Surprisingly, Zhang Cheng's protective spell was much more powerful than he imagined. Although he could not block all the high-speed flying stones, it allowed most of them to avoid the vital points. The most serious wound so far was also No more than a half-finger-deep scratch near the corner of the eye.

As for the shock wave that was given great hope, it was completely absorbed by the mana shield, not even touching the corner of his clothes.

"Hmph! Misunderstanding? Accident?" Zhang Cheng showed a sarcastic smile, and said to the spirit messenger in his hand, "Give him a long memory! Remember, don't play it badly, he is still useful to me for the time being. "

"As you wish, my evil master."

With the hoarse and deep voice of the magic sword echoing in the air, Derry's soul immediately began to tremble involuntarily, and within two or three minutes, it could not maintain its shape, and condensed into a bright red transparent substance.

Through the blurred face, one can clearly see his hoarse roar, as if releasing some kind of pain that cannot be described in words.

But for some reason, no matter how hard he struggled, he couldn't make a sound.

It was this kind of pain that was extremely suppressed and had no outlet for venting, which drove Derry into a state of incomparable madness, and even began to tear his own soul, trying to use eternal death to get rid of the torture.

It's a pity that under the absolute control of the magic sword, he didn't even have the ability to commit suicide, so he was quickly fixed in place.

Zhang Cheng ignored the process of the soul arrester torturing the enemy, picked up the fallen hardwood staff and returned to the center of the explosion, carefully cleaning up the scattered debris.

After a while, he found a groove in one corner that was exactly the same size and shape as the lower end of the hardwood staff.

In order to confirm his guess, he gently inserted the wooden staff into it.

moment!

The dragon crystal, which was already very bright, shot out a dazzling glare!

Immediately, a large number of strange words slowly appeared on the ground, walls, and ceiling, followed by a crack in the dusty ground, and a black statue with a strange shape rose slowly from below.

The reason why it is strange is that the upper body of this statue is a naked woman image, and the lower body is a fish-like tail.Her face was full of sad expressions, and her two eyes inlaid with sapphires seemed to be telling a poignant love story. Anyone who looked at her for more than ten seconds would appear in a trance.

Fortunately, Zhang Cheng has a vigilance that is different from ordinary people, and he quickly realized that he was affected by some unknown magic, and quickly squeezed the bleeding wound, using the pain to regain consciousness.

It wasn't until the pupils began to refocus that he noticed that the female statue was actually holding a dove egg-sized pearl in its hand, constantly releasing dazzling dark blue pearls.

The extraordinary spiritual influence is exactly the function of this pearl, and when it appeared, the seawater flowing quietly in the surrounding groove suddenly seemed to be affected by mysterious power, making a rattling sound.

As a mage, Zhang Cheng was keenly aware that the pure and huge energy contained in the pearl may be far inferior to that crimson meteorite in terms of total quantity, but its purity is several times higher than the former.

Especially the unparalleled power of the water element surrounding the surface, which can still be clearly felt even at a distance of more than ten meters.

If this pearl is made into a magic item according to Dalaran's technology, the power of the wearer's frost spell will be greatly enhanced immediately; if it is given to a water elemental creature, such as Melroas, then the The power of the creature will be strengthened, and even promoted to a more advanced form.

You don't need to ask to know that the purpose of Derry and the organization behind him is to obtain this precious and rare blue pearl.

Zhang Cheng carefully removed the pearl from the statue and held it in his hand. Through direct contact with the skin, he immediately realized that this thing is not solid at all, but in a liquid and semi-liquid state, which can change into various forms under external pressure. Various shapes, but as soon as the external force disappears, it will return to its original shape.

"Interesting...it's really interesting! Can you tell me what it is?" Zhang Cheng asked without looking back.

The tormented Delhi, with horror, hatred, and hatred in his eyes, replied in a trembling voice after a full minute: "It is the tear of the queen of the deep sea. It is said that those who hold it can control the entire ocean." , including sea water, schools of fish, and sea monsters. The reason why the towering tower can set off huge waves depends on it. As for the tidal imprint on your hand, it is just one of the incidental abilities it bestows. You don’t understand it at all The power of it, and I don't understand the meaning of its existence."

"The Tears of the Queen of the Deep Sea? It sounds like there is a story hidden behind it." Zhang Cheng continued to probe while trying to figure out the specific purpose of this thing.

However, he didn't know whether it was the wrong method or some restrictions. He couldn't activate the energy hidden inside at all.

"I mentioned before that the towering tower was built jointly by a wizard who defected from the organization and a woman from the deep sea race, and this woman is none other than an exiled queen.

I don't know exactly what happened, but the two soon fell in love and even planned to build a city by the sea and raise their own hybrid offspring.

Obviously, no matter whether it is the deep-sea race or the organization, the birth of a mixed-race child will never be allowed. For this reason, they joined forces and launched an attack in one night.

Although the renegade wizard repelled the invaders with powerful spells and the help of this tower, the queen was mortally wounded and condensed all her strength into this deep blue pearl in her final deathbed.

As you can see, it is so breathtakingly beautiful that no one in the know can easily give it up.

In order to ensure that the lover's only relic left in the world will not be taken away by outsiders, the wizard created a mechanism to protect it with the energy accumulated over time.

As long as someone dares to use violent means, the huge energy will explode, burying this tower together with the pearl.

Fortunately, the wizard made a key before he died, which is the wooden staff in your hand, and gave it to his most loyal servant.

I followed the vague clues and managed to track down the whereabouts of the stick, and it took me five years to find it..."

2Chapter 17 A Change of Mindset

Under Delhi's emotionless description, Zhang Cheng gradually figured out the ins and outs of the matter, especially the origin and builder of the towering tower that troubled him, and finally had a definite answer.

At the same time, he also realized that the world of A Song of Ice and Fire is not as low-magic as he originally imagined, but that the place where the story happens happens to be in an environment where magic is relatively scarce.

In the farther east, such as Asshai next to the Land of Shadows, magic is definitely not a rare thing.On the contrary, magic can be seen everywhere there, and various spellcasting organizations are also abundant.