Magic Industrial Age

Inside the study,

Loki sat alone, gently turning the holy artifact, the Ring of Proverbs, in his hand, a hint of disbelief still lingering in his expression.

In the world of Helka, artifacts have a clear hierarchy.

Divine Artifacts are naturally the highest tier, invariably weapons or armor forged by the gods, each imbued with unique authority and laws.

Their power is naturally beyond mortal comprehension.

However, Divine Artifacts are, of course, meant for deities, and although some may find their way to the Prime Material Plane, their conditions for use are extremely stringent.

Those recognized by a deity are manageable, requiring only the fulfillment of several basic requirements.

But those lost, forbidden Divine Artifacts demand a life sacrifice each time they are used, a price too steep to bear.

Therefore, since Divine Artifacts are unattainable, Holy Artifacts are the most sought after.

They are crafted from the finest magical materials, by the most skilled alchemists, fortified with various powerful enchantments, and refined with countless hours of effort.

They are undoubtedly the most outstanding among magical items, the culmination of classical alchemy, possessing all sorts of incredible abilities.

For example, the Ring of Proverbs in Loki's hand, as the symbol of the Raymond family, has bloodline recognition and identification as its most basic functions.

In addition, it is imbued with numerous powerful enchantments.

Slightly raising his head, Loki flicked his finger, and the Ring of Proverbs flew out.

It traced a graceful arc, heading straight for the open window, and just as it was about to fall outside, Loki reached out and spread his fingers.

Then, the ring disappeared, and a magical halo rippled on Loki's ring finger as a ring settled securely on it.

Since this holy artifact recognized Loki as its master, it would only appear within a thousand meters of him.

If it exceeded that range, it would automatically appear on his ring finger.

Of course, it could also be summoned at any time, as Loki was doing now.

But this was not the end.

Standing up, Loki walked from behind the desk to the center of the study, raised his hand, pinched a bit of magical light from the ring, and tossed it to the ground beside him.

The magical light landed, disappeared, and vanished, but Loki's perception was quite clear that a magical beacon had been placed there.

Immediately afterward, Loki walked forward, and just as he was about to reach the door, the magic ring burst out with a wave of magical power.

Loki disappeared from the spot and reappeared at the magical beacon.

Holy Artifact - Ring of Proverbs' additional magic: Fixed-Point Teleportation.

That's right, it has almost the same function as a teleportation scroll, allowing for preset magical beacons for fixed-point teleportation.

Moreover, this magic has a very high priority and is almost unaffected by most magic arrays, allowing for free use.

Most importantly, as a magical item, its casting time is very short, almost instantaneous.

As for the amount of magic power consumed, it depends on the distance of the teleportation.

Like Loki's attempt just now, such a short distance consumed very little, but if the distance were increased, the energy required would increase exponentially.

And the farthest distance that can be teleported is ten kilometers.

Although this is nothing compared to large teleportation arrays, it is already very exaggerated for a magical item.

However, if it were a maximum teleportation of ten kilometers, the magic power accumulated in this holy artifact would be completely exhausted.

Either it would need to be actively recharged with magic power, or it would have to consume magic beast crystals, or it would have to autonomously absorb elements from the air, but that speed would be very slow.

Finally, and most importantly, this holy artifact can set up three magical beacons.

One of them is a fixed position, and the remaining two can be set by Loki at any time.

And that fixed position is also particular, it must be activated at the ancient castle where the Raymond family was destroyed, leading to the depths of the underground.

There lies the Raymond family's accumulated treasure of a thousand years, and the Ring of Proverbs and the Raymond family's bloodline are the keys to opening it.

Of course, that's a story for later.

Loki communicated with the Ring of Proverbs again, and with a thought, another powerful magical force rippled out.

Then, around him, eighteen shields flashing with lightning appeared, constantly rotating at an almost constant speed, and the 'crackling' bursting sound was continuous.

This is the second powerful magic of the Ring of Proverbs, the Eighteen Lightning Shields.

This magic has extremely strong physical defense, any attack will be subject to strong magnetic deflection, and at the same time, lightning will be reflected along the weapon.

It would not be an exaggeration to say 'harm the enemy eight hundred, self-inflict three thousand'.

Of course, although it is said to have the strongest physical defense, it is not to say that its magic defense is weak.

In particular, it has a certain effect of reflecting spells, and it has excellent effects on necromantic, poison, and curse magic.

The only slightly lacking thing may be magic with extremely strong single-target damage, which may break through its defense threshold.

But even so, compared to the 'Double Serpent Scale Armor's six-fold deflection field, it is many times stronger.

To say the least, there is only one drawback: it consumes too much energy!

Almost as soon as this thought flashed through his mind, the eighteen magic shields disappeared.

Loki felt it, and in this moment, in less than a minute, one-tenth of the stored magic power inside was consumed.

It would not be an exaggeration to say that it is a gold-swallowing monster.

However, with this powerful magic shield, coupled with the fixed-point teleportation, Loki believes that if Earl Raymond really wanted to escape, he should have a great chance.

But he gave up!

This shows that the mysterious organization that took action was so strong that it did not even give him the slightest thought of resistance.

This kind of gap in strength is absolutely extremely exaggerated.

Of course, even this is still not all the function of this holy artifact.

Loki walked to the desk again and moved all the items on it away.

Then, he raised his hand and a stack of ancient books appeared in his hand, and then he put them on the desk.

But this was not the end, turning around, he took out the second stack, the third stack, the fourth stack, the fifth stack...

In a short while, the mahogany desk was filled with all kinds of books.

The latest novels are first published at Six/Nine/Book/Bar!

That's right, this Ring of Proverbs also connects to a dimensional space.

Seven-degree metal, known to have seven layers inside, although the size is different, but if magic patterns are engraved, there will be enough space.

Therefore, this special metal is almost a necessary material for making top-quality magic items, and even holy artifacts.

And the reason why this Ring of Proverbs of the Raymond family can gather so many powerful magics is also based on its material.

Although this dimensional space is not large, it is absolutely safe, so the Raymond family placed the most important wealth here.

What is most important to a family?

Territory, reputation, wealth, manpower?

The answer given by the Raymond family is knowledge!

Large and small books filled the entire desk, but in fact, he only took out less than half.

Loki casually opened it and found that the content of the books was diverse, with past records, many secrets, and many truths that could not be told to outsiders.

This kind of historical documents inherited within a large noble family is not the result of beautification, but all kinds of real records.

Loki only flipped through a few books and saw that there were a lot of records about abyssal demons, Bator hell, life sacrifices, undead disasters, and so on.

The degree of bloodiness is simply not on the regular history books, but what is recorded here is the truth.

In addition, there are many combat skills, high-level breathing methods, high-level meditation techniques, rare magic inheritance, and various treasure maps, navigation routes, and so on.

Each of these is comparable to the mysterious magic book Loki obtained from the Bloody Mary.

But this is not the most surprising thing for Loki!

A golden parchment was unfolded, with dense dragon language on it, recording a special secret holy skill.

Said: Dragon Might Bloom!

"Deep Blue, Deep Blue, why don't you come out at this time, what are you doing?"

Loki shouted in his heart: "Look, hurry up and look, is this secret holy skill what you want?"

Deep Blue finally spoke: "Master, read it once first, and I will see later."

"Okay!"

Loki shook and completely spread out the golden parchment, starting from the beginning, reading ten lines at a time, and scanning it once.

With the translation of Deep Blue, Loki could barely understand the strange dragon language.

This secret holy skill of 'Dragon Might Bloom' is very unique, it is a rare mental secret skill that combatants can practice.

Its essence is to temper one's own will, make the soul stronger, and when used externally, it can simulate the dragon's dragon might, thereby forming a mental shock effect.

Of course, this effect has weaknesses.

Because, even for the dragons themselves, their dragon might is used to shock the audience, which is easy and sweeps across the area.

But to say that facing the same strength, or stronger than them, the effect is not very obvious.

However, the strongest part of this skill is actually the tempering of the soul, and it greatly increases the effect when breaking through the fifth-order legend.

After reading it once, Loki immediately asked: "How is it?"

Deep Blue was speechless: "Master, it's not that fast, it takes time for me to analyze it deeply."

"Oh oh, what about this?"

Saying that, he opened another book that looked thick and ancient, and after opening it, the words walked like they were alive.

Loki input magic power as usual, but it didn't work, but fighting spirit was released, which gradually stabilized the words above.

Loki looked down and saw the clear ancient Celestial language reflected in his eyes, and the four characters on the cover were exceptionally clear.

--Lion King Lord!

This is the Raymond family's inherited holy skill!

Come to a first update!