Lord of Spells from Faerûn

This temple of the unknown Valkyrie is filled with magnificent gems and gold, and there is a closed stone door standing alone in the center.

"A lot of gold, Captain Jack has made a fortune!" Jack saw the gold around him shining brightly. He tiptoed to the wall on one side, took out the knife from his waist and began to dig up the gold on the wall.

Imrik made no move, and simply said lightly: "I advise you not to destroy the wall."

Before he finished speaking, Jack, who dug out a piece of gold, was hit by the light emitted from the gem on the wall. He was so frightened that he threw the gold in his hand to the ground and touched his body up and down.

"It scared me to death, I thought." Jack spat out a few words with lingering fear, and his body immediately seemed to be affected by petrification and turned into a stone statue.

Imrik shook his head. He had already sensed the magical aura reaction on the surrounding walls through [Detection Magic]. The mistress of this temple was obviously not a generous person. Who would have thought of digging for gold? , it will be immediately petrified into a statue.

He raised his hand and cast a [Remove Curse]. After the magic light hit Jack's body, the stones on the surface of Jack's body began to slowly degrade. It started from the head and went to the chest, but the power of the spell was exhausted from there. Since Jack had freed his head, he anxiously shouted to Imrik: "Oh God, save me, save Captain Jack."

Imric intended to teach him a lesson. It was not possible to touch things casually in such an unknown place.

He smiled and said, "Do you dare to touch anything next?"

Jack shook his head firmly. He tapped his orchid fingers and stroked his chest and said, "I don't dare anymore, I don't dare anymore. No matter how much gold you have, it can't compare to Captain Jack's precious little life."

Throwing out a [Remove Curse] again, Jack's two petrified legs also returned to their original shape.

After finally saving his life, Captain Jack hesitated for a moment before sneakily squatting down and hiding the piece of gold he had dug out in his chest.

Imrik ignored it. The magical aura only existed on the stone wall. The gold that had been removed would lose the power of the spell and would not have any impact.

He walked to the stone door in the center of the hall and looked behind it curiously. This stone gate is five meters long and nine meters high. The side facing the temple door is covered with various mysterious patterns, while the side behind it is dotted with various gold and precious stones.

Imrik discovered through the magic aura that the side full of gold and gems shone with a strong magical aura. Obviously, if you touch this side, you will be hit by an unknown spell curse.

Imric turned to the other side, raised his hand and snapped his fingers. A blue arcane hand appeared and slowly pushed the stone door open. Something magical happened.

After pushing open the stone door, a scene of a golden field unexpectedly appeared. The gentle sunshine and breeze filtered through the door, making people truly feel that this was not an illusion.

Jack's eyes widened. He ran to the back of the stone door and took a look, only to find that from behind he could only see Imrik on the other side of the stone door. He turned to the front of the stone gate again, but what he saw was still the scene of the golden field.

"This is a miracle. How on earth is it done? Well, is it another magical spell?" Jack said in amazement.

Imrik narrowed his eyes slightly and looked at the stone door and said: "I'm not sure. There are strong spatial fluctuations on the stone door. This should be an effect similar to the teleportation spell." Imrik did not intend to enter. He had more important things to do now. Things have to be done, and the world behind the stone gate can choose to deal with it later.

Just when he was about to turn around and leave, a woman's voice unexpectedly appeared in the golden field behind the stone gate. The woman's voice was ethereal but full of tenacity.

"Visitor from another world, beloved child of the spring goddess, please come in. I have something to discuss with you."

Before Imrik could speak, the necklace on his chest emitted a dazzling blue light. He asked rather curiously: "Do you know me? Who are you?"

The woman's voice became distant and closer. It's like it's about to be cut off at any moment.

"I am the goddess of wisdom, war, and art. One of the gods of the Olympian pantheon, and the destined future king of gods—Athena."

"I don't have much time, outsider. Enter the gate as soon as possible. The secret realm cannot support the connection with reality for too long."

Athena's voice came through the door, and Imrik couldn't help but be a little surprised. It turned out to be Athena, the legendary goddess of wisdom in Greek mythology. The necklace on his chest glowed, seeming to urge him to enter the stone door, and then, a ray of light sucked Imric into the stone door.

Imric came to his senses again and was already standing in the golden field, surrounded by wheat as tall as a person, and the dim sunlight drifted down from the sky. A beautiful woman wearing a white gauze skirt stood in front of her. Her facial features were soft, but her eyebrows had a hint of sharpness, making her entire face look heroic. She looked at Imric with a smile and said, "You are finally here, outsider."

Eric glanced at the woman in front of him warily. When he sensed that [Plane Travel] was still triggerable, he couldn't help but feel relieved. He asked doubtfully: "You said you are Athena, the goddess of wisdom? If that's really the case, how can you help me, a mortal?"

Athena saw the vigilance in Imric's heart. She shook her head and said in amazement: "No. You don't know how powerful your ability is. I have been paying attention to you for a long time. When you activated the goddess of spring water, After the ceremony, your performance will be seen by the gods in the Palace of the Gods."

"Palace of the Gods, where is that place?" Imrik asked.

"right here."

"In ancient times, the gods on the earth built all their temples in the core of the world to enjoy the nourishment of the infinite magic power. However, due to the uncontrolled absorption of energy by the gods, the magic power of the earth was gradually destroyed , gradually decreased, and finally turned into the world that seems to be like an absolute devil today."

"800 years ago. Our gods decided to seal off the core of the world and keep the remaining magic power there so that we could survive." Athena said with a somewhat self-deprecating smile.

"Well, but why didn't I see any gods except you?" Imric couldn't help but asked curiously, thinking that all the previous temples were wrapped in a mysterious power and refused her entry.

Athena's eyes became complicated. She was silent for a while, sighed, and her eyes became sharp: "Of course it's because they were all killed by me."

Imric's eyes widened. Some couldn't believe what they heard.

Athena continued, minding her own business:

"After the magical communication between the core of the world and the surface world was cut off 800 years ago, we originally thought that this move would slowly restore the ability of the core to produce magical power. However, we misjudged the fact that the core of the world had been severely depleted, and the magical power became It is a rare resource that cannot be regenerated. At that time, I immediately foresaw that even if the core of the world is blocked, these magical powers will only be enough for us to survive for another thousand years. Gods are a kind of existence that transcends mortals. We will never die. But the magic power is us. The basis of existence.”

Hearing this, Imrik couldn't help but interrupt and asked: "But in my world. I heard that the gods rely on faith to enhance their power and maintain their existence."

Athena scoffed. He said with a hint of envy: "Of course, compared to faith, magic is the lowest substitute. But what you don't know is that souls are also divided into high and low. When the world falls into an environment of absolute magic, there is no With the nourishment of magic power, mortal faith loses its role. The gods in your world can rely on faith to increase their power, which shows that your world has huge natural magic energy. Under the nourishment of countless years of magic power, the souls of these mortals have It is extremely precious, and faith is naturally extremely important.”

Imrik nodded thoughtfully. That's it. No wonder in a world without demons, gods have also fallen into decline. It turns out that even faith requires magic as its foundation. Without magic to nourish the souls of these mortals, their faith is nothing. As for the souls of creatures born in truly high-demon worlds, their souls are extremely precious compared to those worlds with scarce magical energy. One person's faith is worth the faith of dozens or even hundreds of mortals in low-demon worlds. .

After explaining, Athena continued: "Now you know that without magic power, for us gods, we have lost the conditions for survival. We will wither and fall into eternal darkness. We will never wake up. And this That’s the ending I envisioned.”

"So." Athena's expression. Get weird.

"Instead of falling into eternal nothingness with them, it is better for me to survive alone. I secretly absorbed magic power and accumulated strength, and even caused the further deterioration of the magic environment in the core of the entire world. In the end, I accumulated enough Power, kill all the gods, or force them to fall into sleep. All the magic energy is collected by me and put into this small secret realm. You can feel it, this rich magic power."

Imrik closed his eyes, felt it, and nodded. The surrounding magical environment is indeed the richest place he has ever seen in the world of Pirates of the Caribbean. Even in a magical environment like Faerun, it is enough to reach the average level.

"Originally, I was prepared to linger here. But you appeared, and you brought endless energy to this world, and even made the souls of mortals shine again. However, after I tried to absorb that energy , as a god, I failed. Therefore, I have been waiting for you to come to the source of the world and propose a deal to you." Athena said with a smile.

Imric raised his eyebrows. The deal with a god, even a weak god who had lost all faith, made him a little curious.