I can't be an NPC

Chapter 344 Elemental Balance...with the Aboleth
"It's about the elements."

Li Wen cut to the chase, "I feel that the recent magic elements are a bit abnormal, and I thought that your archdruids are better at this, so I came here to ask."

Collins' eyes lit up.

"It turns out that Master Li Wen also discovered the abnormal disturbance of the elements. Our archdruids have been worried about this problem for a long time, but they have no idea. Now that Master Li Wen is also interested in this, it would be great. I'll take you to meet them right now."

In the impression of the world, the elves are elegant and slow, like nobles born naturally, never appearing flustered.

However, in real situations, these elves seem to be faster than humans in their actions.

There was hardly any red tape, and the place where Li Wen met their archdruid seemed extremely casual.

In a slightly spacious forest clearing without trees, the sunlight from the sky shone unscrupulously, shining on an extremely colorful sea of ​​flowers on the ground, with golden spots floating out.

And Collins whispered in the ear of a sika deer that looked like it was taking a nap on the ground by the sea of ​​flowers.

"Master Mindatis, that Master Li Wen from Jianfeng City is here."

"Hey~"

The two small ears of the sika deer shook twice, and a pair of moist eyes slowly opened, in which Li Wen saw his own reflection.

After the four hooves stood up gracefully, under the blinding white light, the original sika deer disappeared, and turned into a strong elf, even a little old.

This was the first time Li Wen saw an elf whose figure was about to develop into a square shape.

Mindatis looked at the only human being among the visitors, with a generous smile on his lips, "Are you Master Li Wen?"

"I'm Li Wen."

"Your Carl Simulator is a pretty genius invention."

"Excellent..."

"I don't like it very much."

"...?"

Mindatis walked to a tree stump not far away and sat down. At the same time, he patted another tree stump beside him, motioning for Li Wen to go over.

Seeing this, Collins and others who were in charge of leading the way instantly understood.

"Master Li Wen, let's go first if we have something to do. If you need anything, you can contact me at any time."

After a period of close contact, short messages can be sent to designated familiar people.

"it is good."

It seemed that the archdruid was going to have a detailed discussion with him, and Li Wen followed the other party's arrangement.

The light footsteps disappeared under the cover of the tree trunk, and Li Wen came to sit beside the arch druid.

The two sat by the seaside of flowers, and the refreshing fragrance penetrated into Li Wen's nostrils.

"This is your garden? It's so beautiful..."

"This is our duty to create a beautiful nature. Every flower and grass here is condensed by the power of elements. Without any element, they cannot exist in such a balanced way."

The arch druid, who looked a little older, looked at the flowers and plants tenderly, and said every word.

"So...that's why I said I didn't like your spell just now."

"Ok?"

Li Wen listened piously.

"The spell you created is quite powerful. It can use specific elements in nature on a large scale to form specific spells to attack the enemy. Even such a magical spell is just a trick. This should be the greatest invention in the magic world, but ...Its characteristic of deeply binding elemental power also makes it difficult for mages who don't have a deep understanding of elemental power to learn this spell. Of course, these are all things in your human society and should have nothing to do with us. And this This kind of progress in the magic world should also be vigorously developed. But..."

The archdruid sighed softly, "Since I heard and learned about your 'Carl Simulator', I have been waiting for a long time, hoping to see the day when you continue to perfect your spells, but unfortunately, there is no... ...I know that the progress of spells is not the work of one person alone. It is already very remarkable that you can develop such an epoch-making spell as the 'Carl Simulator'. Subsequent perfection may take millions of years from generation to generation A generation of mages have studied and perfected it until the day when it can perfectly use all kinds of elemental power. But I am afraid that the world will not be able to wait for that time."

"Is it about the recent anomalous flow of elements?"

Mindatis nodded slightly, his eyes misty.

"To be honest, we only feel the abnormal flow of elements, and we don't have more information than you. But no matter what, we should always reduce the use of abnormal elements as much as possible. There is an unstable balance in nature. The four elements that make up the world must maintain a balance. If one of the elements is more powerful than the others, the structure of the world will be destroyed and degenerate into the corresponding elemental plane and then fall apart. Of course, this process cannot be accomplished overnight, nor is it a certain One person or one thing can make it. Everyone is responsible for it. After all, this is the world we all live in. So you will often see us druids appearing among those who use the power of the elements abnormally Or next to things, trying to stop those unreasonable use of elements, and that is just a small effort in the things we can do. As for you, Master Li Wen..."

Li Wen frowned slightly, understanding the meaning of the other party's words.

"So you mean, tell me not to use 'Carl Simulator' in the future? Take back this spell at the same time?"

"No, quite the opposite."

Mindatis shook his head, "Actually, within us, there are two views on those who wield the power of the elements. Some people want to maintain a fragile balance, so they run around. And I... or a group of us People who are more hopeful that they can thoroughly study the essence of the power of the elements, so as to completely maintain the balance between the elements with manpower. We have observed you for a while, but we have never stopped you. This is the reason ...I hope you can continue your research. Since you can develop this extraordinary spell using elements, you should be able to break through this path more easily than any mage in this world. Are you The mage who is the easiest to find the balance point between the elements. We hope you can study it carefully, but it is a pity that those extraordinary genius mages always have the world in their hearts, and mage Li Wen seems to be the same. Your follow-up research on the power of elements Come on, I'm too careless."

"Hmm~"

Li Wen pursed his lips, never expecting that what the arch druid said before, it turned out to be this kind of dislike.

It's like... hating iron but not steel?

But the problem is, right now...he really doesn't have the heart to expand the scope of Carl's simulator to include all types of elements.

My own element control expertise is at the level of lv3, which may be about the same as Helen's, or even slightly worse.

Perception is only at the 10-point level of ordinary people. To say that he is a genius in elements is really absurd.

The reason why he was able to develop something like the "Carl Simulator" is purely by copying homework and the characteristic that only he has known so far-creator.

In the endless simulation, such a way of using elemental power was forcibly deducted from the bottom rules of the world by relying on things like "modifiers".

It is really a thankless task for him to focus on the remaining elemental power.

So at this time, he could only smile embarrassingly, unable to make any promises.

Mindatis glanced at Li Wen's expression, and realized that this mage, who had high hopes, didn't seem to have the confidence to give a definite answer on this kind of matter, so he couldn't help but sighed again, making Ben who seemed The old-fashioned brows and faces looked a little sad.

"Forget it... I can't rely on others for this matter, so I won't talk about it. I heard from Collins that you came to find me. I wonder what difficulties you encountered?"

"There is also something about the recent abnormal flow of elements..."

Li Wen said, pointing to the sky.

"I think maybe this is not the first time this has happened in the history of the entire continent. Is there any experience in the past that is worth learning from?"

The twelve moons will return regularly according to a certain time, and it is by no means the first time that the impact on the human world has occurred. If the impact is really caused by the approach of the moon, perhaps some clues can be found from history.

At present, the flow of abnormal elements has not shown any special influence other than elemental spells, but as this abnormal situation intensifies, no one can say what will happen in the future.

What the archdruid said broke the balance of the elements, and even caused the material world to decline into a complete separation of the four elemental planes that make up it. The result of the material world no longer existing may become the final outcome of this crisis .

Mindatis had deep eyes, as if he was extracting some useful information from his long memory.

After a while, he spoke softly.

"In fact, we have discussed the possibility you mentioned before, but unfortunately, we have not been able to find any similar events in history. After all, once things like elemental differentiation happen, the entire material world will be destroyed. It will no longer exist, and where will there be records... Perhaps, before our era, similar things may have happened in the entire multiverse."

The archdruid sighed, "After the world returns to the four basic elements, after a long period of natural changes, the material world may be born at a certain moment in the balance of the free combination of the four elements. At that time... Although the world is opened A new era has begun, but that has nothing to do with us any more.”

"No clue at all?"

"That's not it... If you can find a creature called 'Aboleth', maybe you can get some useful information from them."

"Aboleth?"

Li Wen had never heard of this creature.

Mindatis nodded, "That is a creature that has lived in the primordial ocean and underground lakes since the beginning of the world. They use spiritual energy to extend outwards, snatch and control all new life in the world, and take all The creatures of the world become their own slaves. If the gods had not appeared to end their rule, this evil creature would be the eternal master of the world. Their minds are repositories of ancient knowledge, and they can recall with perfect clarity what they have witnessed. even the wisdom and knowledge possessed by the creatures they maimed are also absorbed by them. So in theory, they know everything. If there is any clue, then they are the most Creatures that might know."

"It doesn't sound like it's easy to mess with."

"Of course they are not easy to mess with, and their old nests are often hidden in deep water areas where no one can go. At the same time, years of operation have made their nests seem real to outsiders. Few people take the initiative to find them Good luck."

Li Wen glanced at the arch druid beside him, do you think I look like that big wronged one?

As if knowing what Li Wen was thinking, Mindatis explained with a smile.

"But you are different."

"What's different about me?"

"The way you ended the two wars between the Dreiser State and the Golden Lion Kingdom before was quite amazing."

"Um……"

and then?
"The power you borrowed is exactly the enemy of those aboleths."

Li Wen was startled.

"Illithids?"

It sounds reasonable too.

They are all masters of psionic powers.

And both are based on enslaving other races. It is reasonable for the two overlords to fight each other. After all, one mountain cannot accommodate two tigers.

Mindatis nodded, "Although I don't know how you asked for help from the illithids, if you have this relationship, you might as well try to ask them for help again, those illithids may be able to help you Catch one or two aboleths."

"A spirit sucker..."

That's fine.

The mastermind of the illithid in the underground world is still under the "intimidation" of the dark Bobby, so it shouldn't be a problem to talk to it about it.

Besides, some things he learned from the Dragon Queen, plus the previous communication with the resource module 5, which is the copper-colored moon, and the words of the Grand Duke Adolf also made Li Wen a little concerned.

Even without the aboleth mentioned by the archdruid, Li Wen wanted to chat with the mastermind of the illithid.

According to the information I have received before, the influence exerted by the copper-colored moon is not decisive. Only those who seek war will have the idea of ​​"desire for war" in their minds.

Grand Duke Adolf led his Burning Blade Legion heroic souls against the abyss in order to reincarnate in hell, trying to balance the energy tendency of the inner plane.

But what about the illithids?

What are they for?
Li Wen might not be clear about it before, but he learned from the Dragon Queen not long ago——

The devil of hell used cruel means to artificially create the gods of the illithids.

Then... under the call of their gods, the mastermind of the illithid tried to start a war to subvert hell, it seems... it can be explained.

(End of this chapter)