The Swordsman of Faerûn

Tabari leaned over and picked up an unremarkable short wooden wand at his feet, gently wiped off the dust on it, and whispered to himself: "Lion's pupil, I never thought that even this type of wand teacher It's all made—"

Although William knew that these things in front of him were precious, he couldn't really understand how shocking they were for the time being.It's like an ancient man who only knows swords, guns, swords and halberds walks into a modern arsenal. Even if you wear out the hype and talk about it, it will not be as impressive as thousands of high-quality steel knives, unless you let him experience it for himself. The power of every modern weapon.

Seeing that Tabari seemed to be very concerned about the humble short wooden stick, William asked casually, "Is there anything special about this stick?"

Tabari raised his eyebrows, and said with admiration: "This is a perfect conjuration wand, it can summon three celestial lions from the source of all beasts to help the summoner fight (similar to eight super conjuration spell [The Lions of the Source of Beasts]), the key is that this pupil of the lion is a magic wand with 150 chances to use it, theoretically it can summon a total of nearly [-] celestial beasts in a short period of time A great pride of lions helps in battle, and that's what makes this wand so precious."

Then Tabari briefly introduced the classification of magic items to William. Magic items can be divided into armor, weapons, potions, rings, scepters, scrolls, staffs, magic wands, and wonders.Magic armor and magic weapons are relatively easy to understand, and magic rings give the wearer magical powers, and are also the most popular, because any creature can wear the ring, and only a very few rings have a limit on the number of times they can be used.

Potions are magical liquids that are used both internally and externally, as well as some smudges and throwable special potions (such as poisons, blazing glue, acid bottles).A scroll is a spell that uses magic to transcribe spells on paper or parchment, and stores spells in written form. The spells on the scroll can only be used once.After use, the text on the scroll will disappear.Basically, scrolls are used much like spellcasting.Magic scrolls and potions are basically one-time consumables.

A scepter is a scepter-like item that has unique magical powers and is mostly unlimited in number of uses, and anyone can use a scepter.A staff is a long wooden stick that stores several spells. There are only a few specific types of staffs, and the caster cannot choose spells to store in the staff.However, if all the spells in the staff are used up, the maker can recharge the staff at a certain cost. In a sense, the staff is a magic scroll that can be reused.

The wand is a magical product that only appeared at the end of the Netheril era.A wand is a small short staff that can cast specific spells and can only store a single spell.A newly made wand can hold up to [-] rounds of ammunition, and every time a round of ammunition is consumed, the stored spell can be cast once, and the wand that runs out of rounds is just an ordinary stick.At a certain period before the destruction of Netheril, this kind of semi-consumable magic items that are easy to make and use was almost all the rage, especially some wands that stored powerful spells, which were simply hostile to Netheril. The nightmare of the readers.

Think about it, even if it is a [Meteor Burst] wand with only ten rounds of ammunition, the lethality caused in a short period of time is definitely more efficient than that of a top-level arcanist, and it basically does not consume the wand user. energy.If a great arcanist is equipped with dozens of powerful magic wands, if he is prepared, he can definitely be called an invincible existence that can block and kill gods and destroy Buddhas.

However, although the wand is easy to use, it requires a magical material called the Kildarin gem.In fact, the Netherese discovered this special gem that can store spells in the early days. The wand was just a derivative of their later research on the mystery of gem magic. "Costless Magic" - quasi-magical items, people don't pay much attention to wands, because it requires a lot of precious Kildarin gems (especially when crafting powerful wands).

In the end, when there was a problem with the Mitherian core, although the people of Netheril paid more attention to the magic wand, it was a pity that the situation was over at that time, and the wise men of Netheril were unwilling to make a mess, and they could not restore the destruction after all. ending.

Although the wand is easy to use, it also has many limitations.For example, a summoning magic wand - a [level one summoning monster] wand that can be used fifty times, each time it can summon a level one alien creature to help the summoner fight.However, if the summoner uses the spell in this wand for the second time while the alien creature summoned for the first time still exists, the alien creature summoned for the first time will be sent back to the source immediately, which leads to the summoning Class wands are the least popular of all wand types.

According to Tabari, it is obvious that Iolum has already solved this problem. Even someone like William who does not understand the true meaning of magic can imagine how shocking it would be if it was spread.

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William stepped forward and snatched the magic wand from the Lion's Eye, and said calmly: "Well, it sounds pretty good, it's mine."

Tabari sneered a little unfairly: "These wands are for spellcasters. You are a big bastard who doesn't know anything about magic. What's the use of using this thing!"

William smiled indifferently and said: "It doesn't matter, it's something for nothing anyway. Even if I can't use it, it's a good choice to take it back and use it as a toy for Misha. By the way, I have a younger brother who is a mage, etc. Misha will throw it to Alos for recycling when she gets tired of playing, I think he will like this gift."

After speaking, William rummaged through the pile of "trash" on the ground, found a few short sticks that looked similar to the eyes of a lion, and happily put them away.Tabari on the side couldn't see it, and said with a cold face: "Every item here is a fine work made by my teacher, and you just pick up the wand is purely picking up gravel from the pile of gems (fee) A folk proverb in Lun, which means that someone does not know the goods)', you should find what you can use, such as this-"

The female arcanist pulled out a black scepter several feet long from the "trash heap", held it with both hands and swung it with difficulty, only to see that the scepter transformed into a heavy mace in the blink of an eye, Tabari tried her best to wave the mace in her hand again, but the mace turned into a two-handed epee, and then the scepter changed into several different forms in the hands of Tabari. She held the scepter The transformed siege hammer said: "The Grip of the King of Scepters can change the user's mind into different forms. In most cases, you don't need to worry about the inappropriateness of the weapon. And anyone can use it."

William took the scepter from the King's Grip, and tried it out of curiosity.Indeed, this scepter is like Sun Monkey's wishful golden cudgel, it can change into eighteen kinds of weapons at will according to different situations, and it is a good treasure.William put away the scepter straight away, and said cheekily, "Hi! Ma'am, help me look again, is there anything else good?"

Tabari said angrily: "There are good things all over the place, how can I see it, you can take whatever you want, and you will definitely not suffer."

William smiled wordlessly, regardless of whether what Tabari said was true or not, he really picked up a bunch of things on the ground, and put them into the space ring unceremoniously.Tabari immediately said angrily: "Stop! You can't use space equipment, this is cheating."

"Cheating? What cheating! Mr. Iolum said I can take it as much as I can." William laughed rather rascally.

Tabari said unconvinced: "The teacher just asked you to pick up the weight you can carry. In this regard, the teacher's generosity is already too exaggerated. You still need to use this kind of large storage capacity Magic props, even goblins are not as greedy and shameless as you."

William tilted his head and thought for a while, then asked with a smirk on his face, "Are you really sure you don't want me to use the ring, but carry as much weight as I can?"

Seeing William's malicious appearance, Tabari felt that she had missed something, but she couldn't remember it for a while, so she had to respond: "As long as you can move a lot at a time, I don't care how much you take." Will take care."

William smiled, and found many magic cloaks with strong and durable fabrics in several "small mountain bags", tangled them into two large packages and spread them on the ground, and then placed the magic items around them, regardless of good or bad, and picked out light weight, Small size, easy to pack and carry.Then pick the second-class ones that are easy to carry and pack them again.

Tabari saw William messing around, and didn't understand why at first, but when she saw William overturning a huge magic puppet like throwing a matchstick, the female arcanist finally turned pale with fright, and she found herself He made a common-sense mistake. He mistakenly regarded William as an ordinary person, and ignored that the other party was actually a super soldier whose physical strength was comparable to that of a giant beast. The teacher "bleeds heavily" is not allowed.

William packed a total of six huge packages, each of which contained nearly a hundred pieces of odds and ends magic items. He turned the King's Grasp Scepter into a ten-foot-long repelling gun, and strung the packages together as a magic weapon. burden-like.William tried to weigh the weight of the "burden", and his physical strength was just enough to bear it.

William put down the "burden" in satisfaction, and grinned at Tabari, who was trembling all over with bulging eyes, showing a row of white front teeth, but turned around and slid into the pigsty that had been turned upside down by him. In the pile of magic items, pretending to pick and choose.

After looking through it for a while, William actually found a set of cloaks that looked very good.This is a set of special equipment made of unknown leather, hard scales and many special feathers as the main raw materials. It has a very beautiful golden scale armor with cloud patterns; one side is covered with silver fine scale leather, There is a golden eagle in the middle, a round shield decorated with feathers, a pair of leather boots with small wings protruding from the heels; a purple winged helmet with phoenix wings; and a cloak with white feather patterns on the collar.Not only do the five components have their own characteristics, but they are also extremely dazzling when combined.

William put on this cloak in a big way, but he didn't expect that this set of magic equipment could automatically adjust the size. The size of William wearing it was just right.Wearing a cloak, he leaned in front of Tabari, and asked "brazenly" again: "Ms. Tabari, show me this outfit again, is there any trick?"

Tabari may have become numb to William's "greed". She glanced at the equipment on William's body, and said weakly: "Wings of Liberty five-piece set, Tianxiang Dragon Armor, Vulture Shield, Flying Wing Boots, Phoenix Winged Purple Helmet and Bird of Paradise Cape. Each one can allow people to fly in the air for a period of time, and if they are all worn together, people can fly freely between heaven and earth like a bird of paradise."

William fiddled with the cloak-style white feather cloak behind him a few times, and asked suspiciously: "Really? Then how do I activate them?"

Tabari sighed and said, "Your way of dressing is a bit wrong. There is a protrusion on the inner edge of the snake shield, which coincides with the groove on the left arm of the Tianxiang Dragon Armor. The hood of the Bird of Paradise cloak should also be worn. Then Chant the activation code 'free-flying bird of paradise' and that's it."

Hearing this, William tried to follow Tabari's instructions. When he finished saying 'free-flying bird of paradise', he found that the cloak behind him instantly turned into a pair of huge snow-white wings like angel wings. The wings are about ten feet wide, and they can flap as William wishes.But his body seemed to lose weight, being supported by a strange force, sometimes floating and sometimes falling to the ground.

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The Wings of Liberty suit is indeed amazing, it allows William to move freely in the air like a fish in the water instead of a bird.Because birds must abide by the laws of aerodynamics when flying in the air, but Wings of Liberty, which is backed by magical power, does not. Although it was a bit jerky at first, it didn't take long for William to use its power to fly up, down, left, and right. As well as hovering in the air, it really looks like a "bird man with hairy legs".

Tabari looked at William who was scurrying around like a fly in mid-air with a strange expression. In fact, as far as humans are concerned, flying in the air is not a very interesting thing.Not to mention anything else, just a balance problem is enough to make most people feel timid, especially under the effect of magic, there is nowhere for people to rely on in midair, even if they know that they will not fall, they still cannot restrain themselves. The fear in the heart (for most spellcasters, the difficulty of using [Flying] is exactly this. The elements of [Flying] are not difficult to cast, the difficulty lies in how to overcome the fear after the spell is successful).

However, William's control over his own body is far beyond ordinary people's imagination, and he also received a period of airborne training in his previous life, so it is not difficult for him to break through the psychological barrier of flying.William flew for a while, but finally stopped. Tabari said with admiration: "The Wings of Liberty are very suitable for you, William. You are a natural flying knight, no wonder Alastriol will put that The black prince gave you a Pegasus."

"But it seems that your vision is not very good, at least you ignored this [Asylum], William." Tabari picked up a strange-looking right from the "trash dump" left by William on the ground. Staff, looked at William pretending to be provocative.

William took the scepter and asked, "[Asylum]? What's the use of this?"

"The [Asylum] scepter can create a dimensionless space..." Tabari unexpectedly explained the function of the [Asylum] scepter to William in detail.In this space, creatures will not age, and the natural healing speed will be doubled.Water and food (fruits and vegetables only) are plentiful, and the climate is very comfortable, like a paradise.

[Asylum] The scepter can allow up to 100 creatures (including the wielder) to enter it and receive complete protection. The maximum staying time is [-] days divided by the number of creatures.In the space formed by the [Asylum] scepter, a single creature (that is, the user himself) can stay for [-] days, four creatures can stay for [-] days, and more than [-] people can only stay for one day.When the rod is used, the wielder and all creatures touching the rod are teleported together.Large groups of creatures can also be teleported together if they are led together or connected in other ways to form a circle. [Asylum] Every time you use the scepter, you must wait ten days for the next use.

"The Ennook Desert was not formed naturally, but by magic. The natural environment there is distorted by magic power, and even experienced people need special means to barely enter. And people like you The dangers faced by novices who enter Enook for the first time are far beyond imagination... A [Asylum] scepter is definitely the best choice, it can save you and your family at a critical moment. Fate."

For a group of people who were about to enter the great desert of Enook, the function of the [Asylum] scepter was just the right time, and William couldn't deny this.The so-called manpower is no match for the might of God. Compared with the power of nature, no matter how powerful a human being is, it is no different from a strong ant. And hunger and thirst, not to mention the natural disasters in the desert that even he couldn't predict.

William fiddled with the scepter a few times, nodded and said in thanks, "Thank you, this is exactly what I need."

"As long as it's what you need, we've been delayed here for too much time, we should go out." The shadow of William was reflected in the depths of a pair of sly eyes, Tabari smiled with a bit of malice, she Reaching out to grab William's arm, he instantly activated a teleportation spell.

"Get out? It's time... What's wrong! My—" Before William could react, he suddenly felt a blur in front of his eyes, as if an indescribable force was "gently" tearing his internal organs. Of course, that was just right. For William, whose body is too strong, for ordinary people, it is definitely a great suffering that is so painful that he faints and internally bleeds.

When William was able to see, he found himself in front of the city gate of Maddalena, with Tabari rolling his eyes and retching beside him.William noticed that his skin was covered with densely packed black dots, and when he rubbed the black dots casually, they turned into a bright red mist with a faint smell of blood. William knew that his blood had been greatly affected. It is caused by forcibly penetrating through the blood vessel wall due to sexual force (not capillary rupture). This kind of injury is not fatal, but it is very troublesome, especially for some organs and tissues that are too delicate in the body.Such as eyes and heart.

What surprised William was that Tabari's injuries seemed to be much lighter than his. It was hard for him to believe that this woman's body, which looked more delicate than water tofu, was actually stronger than the body of a warrior he had tempered day and night. "solid".But through the physical contact between the two, William can be sure that Tabari's physical strength is not too outrageous, at most it is a little stronger than the average middle-aged man, which seems a little unreasonable.

William wanted to ask why, but now is really not the time to ask this question.Because William discovered a reality that made him extremely "painful". The pile of "garbage" he had picked earlier, except for the Wings of Liberty he was wearing and the [Asylum] scepter in his hand, could only be collected at the beginning. The three or four magic wands that went into the ring were still there, but he couldn't bring out his load of nearly a thousand magic items.

William asked a little confused: "How did we appear here?"

Tabari finally got rid of the pain of retching, she complained with a pale face: "Damn it! I hate the disordered and exclusive protective interference of the magic net. This time my spells can easily get out of control. Curse Misri, the bitch ..."

When the female arcanist spoke disrespectful words to the goddess of magic, her voice was almost inaudible. She looked around and smiled happily: "Oh! It seems that my spell concentration is not bad, and I am far away from the teleportation destination. The difference isn't huge."

People only know how to cherish it when they miss it. William said loudly with an ugly face: "I don't care how well you use your bad spells. What about my things? What about my big pile of rewards?"

"Oh! Didn't you bring it out? It's such a pity, but..." Tabari exclaimed pretending to be surprised, but William felt that the woman was gloating. "Forget it, young boy, things are not that bad. You should be happy. You must know that the destination of my spell teleportation was supposed to be inside the city gate. You see, it was only a few steps away. We were almost teleported into the city wall. It's so lucky to be a meatloaf, to praise Tymora. Hahaha - I'm going to drink a dragon snake lambergenti (a special cocktail), do you want to come with me, handsome boy?"

William snorted coldly: "No! I want to go in and get my things back—"

Tabari snickered slightly mockingly: "Hee hee! It's too late. My teacher's storage room has to wait for a long time every time it is opened. Since you missed the opportunity this time, you can only wait a little longer. Once. Take it easy, William, and you ain't got nothing."

William looked at the [Asylum] scepter in his hand, shook his head helplessly and sighed. At this time, he hadn't really realized how precious the treasures he had missed, so William didn't feel much heartache. It's just a pity.William gave Tabari a hard look, and said angrily, "You narrow-minded woman, did you deliberately let me miss those things?"

But Tabari refused to admit it. She deliberately pretended to be confused with a haha: "Oh, I didn't stop you, and you agreed when you left. Ah - my head is so dizzy, it must be It was caused by the instability of the magic power when I used the spell just now, no, I have to drink a cup of pressure—”

"...you have not been abandoned...you have not been forgotten...the Northland cannot swallow you...the heavy snow cannot bury you..." The female arcanist bounced away, singing an indistinct song in a low voice , the tune was very strange, very different from most of the Northland tunes William had heard, and Tabari could be seen to be very happy.

William looked at the female Arcanist away with both anger and amusedness. This lovely woman who deliberately tripped him up really made him feel a little bit resentful.William shouted at Tabari's back: "Then what should I do now? Go back to the caravan? Where is Palitru?"

The female Arcanist stopped and turned her head and said happily, "Let's go! I'll buy you a glass of burgundy. The 'Warlock's Enemy' tavern in Sinrenal was very famous in the Netheril era. Their The new sea-buckthorn burgundy is really good. And it’s my treat——” The tone seemed to be how great it would be for her to treat a guest once.

William hesitated for a moment, then hurried to catch up.

For many years after this, William has always felt "broken heart" for what happened on this day, especially after he truly understood the power of the great arcanists and their (especially Iolum) personally The preciousness of crafted magic items later.So for a long time, William babbled like a "Xianglin Wife" who lost her son: "I am so stupid! Really, it is obvious that I can sit on thousands of artifacts (made by the great arcanist Iolum himself) My magic items are basically sub-artifact-level), but at that moment... I missed it in a single thought... I missed it... Really! I am so stupid-"

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"The Enemy of the Warlock" comes from a spirit, a spirit of rebellion and subversion of tradition.Because before the early intelligent life really understood the essence of magic and could acquire the ability to cast spells through knowledge accumulation and logic, magic was the privilege of the gifted, and these early warlocks occupied the top of the pyramid of power.

For warlocks, magic is the power they are born with. They are different, and their power comes from their inner nature. The only thing warlocks have to do is to discover the potential hidden in this nature.

The mage (arcanist) is a non-talent owner.Mages rely on rigorous training to learn magic. They search through musty ancient tomes, debate magical theories with other mages, and constantly practice spellcasting.For mages, magic is not a talent, but a skill learned through hard work.

If warlocks are nobles among spellcasters, then mages (arcanists) are commoners compared to nobles.When the mysteries of magic were gradually revealed, and more and more non-talented people gradually mastered the right to use spells, the conflict between the two was born. In the Netheril era, it was the mages (arcane spells). Masters) gradually replaced warlocks as the mainstream of spellcasters, so the most powerful grand arcanists were honored as "warlock kings".

When Silenar was still flying in the sky, "Warlock's Enemy" was a very famous place in the city. Drinking a drink with the enemy of the warlock is like going to BJ in his previous life without going to the Forbidden City, Tiananmen Square, or going to Badaling without climbing the Great Wall.

Even today, when the floating capital has fallen to the ground and the glory of Netheril is buried in the dust of history, the reputation of the Warlock's Enemy is still (and only) spread among small groups of spellcasters.When William followed Tabari to the gate of the Warlock's Enemy, he found that this very famous tavern was built with a personality. A wooden building.The walls are fine fences spliced ​​together with rough scorpion wood (a rare magical plant from another world with unique functions), and there are even lavender residual leaves hanging on it, which correspond to the surrounding Xuanying purple rock buildings.

The door curtain of the Warlock's Enemy Tavern is a translucent colored tulle, through which you can vaguely see part of the furnishings inside.The old slatted long table, the wooden table with no edges and corners, to be honest, the inside is a bit too simple.

Tabari walked to the door of the tavern but stopped, turned her head and gave William a "smile" inexplicably, and went straight through the colorful door curtain.William felt that Tabari's smile was quite malicious, but he couldn't figure out what was wrong at the moment, so he could only follow suit and be careful.

When William touched the tulle door curtain, he finally knew why Tabari "looked back and smiled".A trembling electric arc appeared out of nowhere and hit William. At this time, he had already taken off his Wings of Liberty and put them away. Facing the sudden magic attack, he was powerless to dodge. The strong electric current made William's whole body numb, and it was difficult to control his blood. .Looking up, he saw a mass of extremely viscous mud, pouring down his head and covering his face. William forcibly suppressed the churning blood, and tried his best to move his feet back regardless of the numbness of his muscles.

Compared with the speed of the electric current, the speed of the mud pouring was much slower. Although William managed to avoid more than half of it, there were still a few balls of mucus splashing on his body.What is amazing is that the mud melted into the ground and disappeared immediately after it hit the ground, and only the contaminated part of William's body remained.These sticky substances are not lethal, but surprisingly sticky, and the silk threads are pulled out repeatedly. William has never seen a stronger "super glue" than them. He tore off the sticky substance on his body unexpectedly He glared at Tabari and a few drinkers who were watching the fun inside the curtain.

Tabari widened her beautiful eyes and cried with regret: "I never thought you would awaken the power of the Warlock's bloodline, William, you should have told me earlier, Warlocks are not very popular here." The female arcanist shook her head as she spoke. No matter how he looked at it, William felt that the woman was regretting that he had dodged the "surprise" just now.

William asked, "What's going on here?"

Tabari said: "This door curtain has been cast with spells of discernment. Any warlock who enters will encounter some small mischief spells. Don't worry, these spells are not very powerful and will only make the victim go out. Just a modest embarrassment. Come in, this curtain will only play tricks on the same person once a day."

William couldn't believe Tabari's words, but he tried a few times carefully, and found that the door curtain tulle was indeed no longer moving, so he rubbed his body and got in.After entering, William found that it was very empty inside, and the space was obviously countless times larger than the house seen from the outside. The effects that magic in this world can achieve almost every time opened William's eyes. He even Gradually, I had such a bad idea, blaming all unreasonable phenomena on the power of magic.

Although the interior of the tavern is large, only a few tables near the counter seem to be commonly used, and the rest of the place is covered with thick dust and old cobweb remnants.In the tavern, apart from William and Tabari, there was only one guest wearing a black cloak, a haggard chicken-skinned man who looked more like a skeleton than a skeleton, firmly holding a "ghost claw hand" thinner than a chicken paw. A silver cup, a pair of scary eyeballs stared silently at the things in the silver cup.

William raised his eyes and quickly scanned the tavern, but he didn't see any bartenders, waiters, etc. He was wondering, but he heard Tabari beside him muttering in a low voice: "This lunatic...here again... ..."

William asked in confusion, "What?"

Tabari shook her head, walked to the counter and said to the empty wine cabinet, "Old fellow! Bring me a burgundy! The one with Yorman Gund's tears added!"

As soon as the female arcanist finished speaking, a half-skeleton less than three feet floated out from the wine cabinet. It was a scaled-down adult human skeleton, which looked similar to Iolum.The little skeleton shouted angrily: "Taba Rui! You bad girl, you are so strong every time, the Yorman Gund python has no eyes!"

Tabari tilted her head and sneered: "Really? But that's your problem, I'm just a guest who came to drink. He actually claimed that Yorman Gund has no eyes, which is really absurd. Do you think so? Mr. Macalita?" Tabari turned her head incredulously to talk to the haggard alcoholic next to her, as if she had encountered some big joke.

The terrifying eyeballs of the drinker known as Manalita rolled slightly, and he said hoarsely: "You interrupted my wine tasting procedure! Tabari, you have to compensate me for a legendary spell slot. Of course, If you're willing to give two, I agree with you."

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"Minarita you madman! No one will talk to you, not even Tabari! My dear little Tabari, leave this scum of the great arcanists alone, you will get what you want! Damn Yes, that guy in Jotunheim is not a good talker, I hope he won't provoke him too much this time!" The little skull on the counter muttered impatiently.

Yorman Gund is also known as the worldly python. According to legend, the worldly python surrounds the entire Yuktra Hill (also known as the tree of the world). The tree symbolizes "everything", "perfection", "samsara" and "yin and yang". It represents the cycle of phenomena in nature. It is both the beginning and the end, and it symbolizes eternity.It can be said that there is only one giant python in the world, or it can be said that there are countless. They guard the source of the world at the root of the tree of the world.

"...it has no eyes, nor does it need eyes, because there is nothing before it. There is no object or sound around it, and time stands still for it. It does not need a digestive system, because it has neither It produces and consumes nothing, and all action arises from it, and nothing can affect it." - Guardian of the Source of the World.

Tabari said with a smile: "I heard that Yorman Gund of Jotunheim is the most persuasive one. A being with wisdom must be easier to persuasion than a wild beast. I really hope that I can also be like You guys go to explore Uktrasir as well... It's a pity that the teacher has always disagreed."

McNarita interjected: "Don't even think about it! Now it's not like the era of great exploration. Most of our bases in the star world have long been abandoned, and they can't support new adventures, and they can't bear the loss of personnel... Small Tower Barry, with those delusional skills, you might as well lend me a few spell slots, it's not easy to be able to fight Warlock's Enemy once."

Tabari twitched the corners of her mouth, pretending to be very disdainful.

William looked at it strangely, especially the haggard man called Manalita. Although he looked very decayed, it gave William the illusion that a beast was crouching and obscure, because Manalita His blood is too huge, even the strength of Tabari's blood pales in comparison.William asked Tabari in a low voice in shock, "What kind of existence are you...?"

Tabari snorted and did not answer, but turned her gaze to Manalita.Because of this tyrannical existence with a haggard appearance, his empty left hand suddenly made a series of complicated gestures, and soon William realized that something was wrong with the surrounding environment.In an instant, he seemed to see Manalita turned into two people, one of them sipped the wine in the silver cup slowly, while the other was still holding the silver cup as it was.

But soon the motionless figure changed a simple gesture again, and then separated into two figures again, one remained the same, while the other gulped down the wine in the glass, the overflowing wine flowed from his The corner of the mouth dripped, and then the figure who didn't understand split up again... Each time, one figure remained the same, and the other drank the wine in the silver cup in a different way.

It was a very strange feeling. William felt that his perspective seemed to be cut into several parts, like a display screen being evenly divided into several similar but different pictures, but each part originated from A starting point, but it all gives people an illusion of reality.Because when William blinked his eyes hard and looked carefully again, he found that Manalita had kept the original posture, holding the silver cup with one hand, sitting so firmly, the previous "pictures" were all It disappeared without a trace, as if it was just William's hallucination.

But it really happened, the wine in the silver cup is gone, and the Manalita who drank the wine is like an old man who has taken the elixir of rejuvenation, and his body is recovering at a speed visible to the naked eye. , the wrinkled skin rapidly expands inflated, and gradually restores the luster of life, every wrinkle is stretched and smoothed, and every age spot is melted away.

Under William's almost unbelievable eyes, a haggard old man regained his youth and vitality in an instant, and turned into a man in his prime, his skin full of vitality shone with an ivory-like luster.Although the hair on his head didn't recover along with it, and his bare forehead had no hair or eyebrows...but He was so incredible.

Shocked by the scene in front of him that violated natural common sense, William asked in amazement, "Just now...what happened just now?"

"[Time Copy]! A great legendary spell, but it was used by the wrong person in the wrong place." Tabari looked at "diamonds being thrown around like glass beads by the prodigal son" with resentment He replied in a tone, as if McNarita had done something outrageous.

"[Time Copy Technique]?" At this time, William was completely conquered by the unpredictability of magical power, and he muttered to himself: "I never imagined that there is such a great magic in this world, which can actually rejuvenate people. "However, William couldn't see what was wrong with McNarita's use of this spell. Maybe he was a layman and couldn't see the problem.

But Tabari said: "Who told you [Time Copy] can rejuvenate you!? Manalita can restore youth because of drinking the cup of wine brewed from the spring of life. [Time Copy] The effect is another matter."

In the grand cosmology of the world of Toril, there are two supreme forces that are considered unchangeable, namely time and destiny.It is recognized that they can only be influenced, not reversed, all stemming from their "past irreversibility".

Thousands of years ago, there was a Taj called the "Goddess of Fate" in Faerun, but even this Taj could not reverse the changes of fate, but could only exert influence on the microcosm, and this Taj later Splitting into domains ruled by two different gods reveals just the nature of her power - Tymora, goddess of fortune, and Beshaba, goddess of misfortune.

But in the field of time, no god has ever been heard of setting foot in it, and most people even speculate that it is a power that only the Supreme God can touch.But thousands of years ago, a sorcerer-king of Netheril changed the world's perception.The first legendary spell involving the power of time was invented by a human arcanist—[Running Time Footsteps] (that is, [Impermanence Step]).

This spell permanently accelerates the subject creature to perform any action at least twice and up to six times faster than a normal human.For example, people who have been blessed with [Running Time Footsteps] need to complete instant actions. At the moment when ordinary people complete an instant action, the subject can complete up to six instant actions.Because this kind of acceleration is not at the physical level of living things, but because of the change of the flow rate of time.Due to the natural flow of time, no matter how many times the spell is cast on the same target, it will only have the effect of one cast.

Since [Running Time Footsteps] was invented, people began to pay attention to the research involving the field of time, and then appeared a series of [Time Stop], [Advanced Time Stop], [Time Insurance], [Eternal Stasis], etc. The spells involving the speed of time are all based on the theoretical basis of [running time steps].

And the emergence of the spell [Retrospective Vision] caused all the arcane researchers to go crazy. [Retrospective vision] You can watch or listen to what happened in the area in the past period of time, and the richness of details depends on the time span.This is the first spell that involves the existence of the past, and it is also considered to be a sign that can reverse the long river of time, and the inventor of this spell is also the inventor of the first time spell [Running Time Footsteps]— —Manarita is placed high hopes by all arcanists, and is honored as the "Lord of Time".

But to people's disappointment, until the demise of Netheril, Minarita did not create a new spell that could reverse time, and he was also troubled by it, and even fell into depression and decadence, until an accident opportunities in between.

Minarita is one of the few surviving warlock kings in Netheril who survived in the form of humans (most of the other warlock kings were either forced or voluntarily converted to lich form), under the psychological influence of guilt Under such circumstances, he cannot avoid some positive or negative emotions and entanglements unique to human beings.Alcoholism, debauchery, obsession with sensual enjoyment... The great "Lord of Time" who was revered by the world in the past has gradually degenerated into "the disgrace among warlock kings and the scum among arcanists" in the eyes of ordinary people.

But all Netherese (or friends of Netherese) who have been recognized in some way will be eligible to enter the Warlock's Enemy Tavern and choose a glass of magical wine within the allowed range.There is no doubt that Manalita was a recognized allowee, even if he had fallen, but he was no longer popular at the time.

Once, the tavern of the Enemy of Sorcerers, who could not stand it, only offered Manalita the glass of magic wine he was bound to get, but refused to sell even a single drop of other liquor to the "shame among the warlock kings". "Feeling humiliated" may be out of helplessness, or perhaps out of revenge... In short, the people who were on the scene at the time said everything about this incident. The understanding of time spells was used on that glass of wine - [Time Copy].

Manalita drank the cup of magic wine six times in one instant, in six different ways. It was a great moment, representing the emergence of a new time spell.Manalita himself admitted that the reason why he used the time spell was just to taste the taste of fine wine a few times, but this statement was not recognized by people. "Revenge," or any other reason, is much better than this reason for inaction.