Arcane Journey

Chapter 109 Treasure, forget-me-not
"Increase the professional level of the Battle Mage!"

"Consume 62400 experience points."

"The battle mage profession has been upgraded to level 9!"

"Touching the fifth layer of the magic net, the five-ring spell was successfully activated."

"Fourth-ring spell slot +1, fifth-ring spell slot +2."

"Obtain the five-ring spells of the Battle Mage: Arc, Dead Cloud, Cone of Ice, Higher Explosion, Flame Strike, and Rainbow Ray."

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"Increase the professional level of the Battle Mage!"

"Consume 83200 experience points."

"The battle mage profession has been upgraded to level 10!"

"Fourth-ring spell slot +1, fifth-ring spell slot +1."

Gain occupational features: armor-piercing mage (heavy)

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"I actually got so many spells at once."

Seeing the newly obtained five-ring spell, Brian pondered for a moment, and immediately figured out the reason.

He vaguely guessed that this might have something to do with his familiarity with a Nether scroll that recorded energy, destruction and killing.

Then he didn't get too entangled, but looked at his newly acquired expertise.

[Armor Piercing Mage (Heavy): In general, any kind of armor will affect the wizard's posture, which may cause the spell to fail (if the spell has a posture component).The training of battle mages allows them to avoid the consequences of spell failure when fighting with heavy armor and heavy shields. 】

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After reading the introduction to this specialty that was only obtained at level 10, Brian's expression relaxed, and the last trace of worry in his heart completely disappeared.

Although he is not a spellcaster who likes to wear armor, for most pure spellcasters, this specialty takes a lot of time to train. Brian believes that he will definitely have more room to use it in the future .

That is the "magic power armor" called by their player groups, a kind of armor similar to the characteristics of constructs.

Just one button to start, and you can put it on your body by yourself.

Of course, you can also shout out a compelling opening speech when starting up.

Before his rebirth, this kind of armor was immature, and even the manufacturing process hadn't been completely perfected.

But he knows the general production direction and ideas, so it is inevitable to come into contact with this kind of powerful equipment that can be called black technology in the future.

The professional characteristic he just acquired, while wearing this kind of armor, will also prevent the failure of spell casting.

That's why he wants to upgrade the Battle Mage class to level 10, and after obtaining various powerful features, he plans to advance to his improved Arcanist class in the next plan.

Facts have proved that his plan is still very good.

In addition to the "armor-piercing mage", in the process of upgrading the level of the battle mage to level 10, he has successively obtained the "spell sharpening" and "sharp enhancement" that increase the spell damage, and the "spell boost" that increases the spell attack distance. Far", and "Spell Expansion", which increases the range of spell coverage.

It can be seen from this that for a battle mage who specializes in attack spells, each of their specialties is a very coveted professional characteristic for wizards.

"Spell Amplification" and "Spell Expansion" are comparable to the super magic feats that wizards need to increase their spell slots to release.

Looking at the level 10 Battle Mage level, Brian knew that this basic profession would be completely replaced by the Arcanist profession from now on.

If it wasn't for the fact that advanced arcanists need to consume 100000 experience points, he would definitely increase it without hesitation.

He is also looking forward to what this new career system deduced by the system will look like.

After the level was raised, Brian didn't dare to waste time, and took out the materials he had collected in the blade market and the chamber of commerce in Aldus King City for nearly half a month, preparing to upgrade the level of Arcane Fire.

When he finished drawing the magic circle and put all the materials in place, he immediately activated it, and his mind settled in it, and he returned to the domain of the magic net again to weave his own magic network.

In the long passage of time.

When the arcane fire floating in mid-air suddenly burst into bright blue and white flames, Brian, whose face was as pale as paper, finally opened his eyes.

At this moment, due to the excessive consumption of mental power, he appeared extremely weak, and there was also a lingering faint pain in the depths of his mind.

He is very familiar with this feeling of overusing the brain to produce sequelae.

Because it's the same feeling when a wizard tirelessly builds spell models, not to mention the fatigue of building miniature magic nets like him.

If it weren't for the support he has from the system, and his previous promotion, Brian believed that in this real world, he would never be able to easily complete this vast magical project.

Afterwards, he lay directly on the soft bed, his mind settled in his mind, and he began to check the abilities attached to the Arcane Fire's ascension.

"Upgrade" Arcane Fire "successful! "

"Arcane Fire has been raised to level 5!"

"You have successfully mastered the ability to release five-ring spells off the net!"

"Get the feature of Arcane Fire: Arcane Twins!"

"Arcane energy increased to 101 points."

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[Arcane Twins: This ability allows you to consume twice the arcane energy when releasing a spell, cast a single spell twice at the same time, any variable characteristics selected by the released spell, and decisions (including targets and areas) Both are applied to the twin spells, and the affected creature receives the effects of each spell separately (such as a separate saving throw for both spells if the spell allows). 】

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Looking at the newly acquired ability, Brian nodded slightly, obviously every ability of Ao Huo was within his expectation.

In fact, these characteristics used to be the metamagic feats he mastered when he was a wizard.

It's just that with the emergence of Austrian Fire, most of the rare and infrequently used super magic feats and characteristics are all deeply engraved on the attributes of Austrian Fire with the assistance of the system.

In this way, even without any familiarization and learning, he can activate these metamagic specialties as the level of the Austrian Fire increases.

Of course, metamagic specialties such as powerful spells, extreme spells, and quick spells need to be learned one by one by themselves.

Among these conventional metamagic feats, he had mastered the powerful spell in the small world in advance, and the next metamagic feat he was about to practice was "Instant Spell".

After the level and Austrian fire were all upgraded, Brian finally felt relieved.

The activation of the five-ring spell meant that he had completely gotten rid of the distance limitation.

In the entire continent of Faerun, as long as he wants, he can activate the teleportation spell at any time to reach the designated location.

Because the "Teleportation" of the five-ring conjuration system, at his current level, every time he uses it, he can instantly teleport at least 1500 kilometers away.

Next, he only needs to spend time and energy to activate Austrian Fire's five-ring spell, and he can wait for Hesaiah's arrival with peace of mind, and then return to the surface to establish a territory while secretly looking for a way to save the small world.

Brian took a deep breath, wiped the sweat from his forehead, and immersed himself in meditation to restore his exhausted mental strength.

Because he resonated with the overflowing fairy wilderness energy and his own elven blood during the baptism of the Eladrin blood in Hesaiah, he accidentally obtained the racial specialty of "advanced meditation".

This allows him to meditate for four hours each time, which is equivalent to the effect obtained by other races for more than six hours.

It seemed long, but to Brian, it seemed very short. After four hours passed, he was about to rest, and when he fell into a deep sleep, a faint explosion echoed in the depths of his head, which surprised him, and suddenly Get up from the bed.

This is Odus King City. Under the warm hospitality of the new Deep Earth King, his living conditions are very good. Finding a quiet place is naturally easy for him.

Even so, out of prudent considerations, Bryan still set up multiple warning circles without any hassle.

Now, he clearly felt that someone had broken into the coverage of his security circle and was walking towards the door at an extremely fast speed.

"Tuk Tuk Tuk"

Just when Brian was a little confused, there was a knock on the door.

With a thought, he saw a familiar figure under the surveillance of the secret eye.

Seeing this situation, Brian was startled for a moment, then waved his hand, and the door opened automatically.

Immediately afterwards, Hesaiah with long reddish-brown hair came into his sight.

He saw that the noble lady was not as usual, wearing a tunic and breeches, the favorite outfit of adventurers.

Hesaiah at this moment obviously gave him a bright feeling.

She stood gracefully in front of him, her silver-gray eyes sparkled with starlight, and her smile was gentle and amiable.

She has long reddish-brown hair like a waterfall, a delicate silver headdress, and a tunic dress with purple patterns. A turquoise and moonstone belt is tied to her slender waist.

There is also some light makeup on her delicate face, which is beautiful yet generous and noble.

"Is this the noble lady I met half a month ago?" Brian met Sisaiah's bright eyes and joked with a smile.

"Is it so difficult to recognize such a beautiful face?" Hesaiah confidently stroked the hair on his forehead, walked up to him, and smiled, "Long time no see, you still look like this, even The disobedient strand of hair on the forehead has not changed."

"I thought you would come over in a month, but I didn't expect you to come so soon."

Feeling the faint fragrance coming, Brian moved his body subtly, motioning for her to sit on the chair.

"As a wizard, I even forgot the teleportation spell."

Sisaiah didn't pay attention to Brian's subtle movements. She sat down on the chair generously and watched his face with interest.

"How is the matter I told you going?" Brian was a little uncomfortable being looked at by those bright eyes, he looked away from her, and asked casually.

"It's done." Hesaiah smiled slightly, took off a dark purple ring on her finger, and threw it to Brian, "See for yourself."

Looking at the magical aura emanating from the ring, Brian's eyelids twitched.

As a wizard, out of his keen intuition for magic, he sensed that this was definitely a ring of legendary quality.

With a look on his face, he took the ring thrown by Hesaiah and checked it impatiently.

Seal of the Purple Dragon +3
Type: Jewelry

Quality: Golden·Legendary

Attribute: Charisma +4
Equipment effect:

1. Early warning: The wearer of this equipment will have an early warning ability similar to the 'sixth sense'. When danger or injury is approaching, the wearer will receive an alarm from the ring.

2. Avoid detection: The subject cannot be detected by any divination and scrying spells.

3. Purple Dragon Banner: Wearing this equipment can use illusion magic to summon a purple dragon banner every day. All allies who see the banner, including the wearer themselves, will get +2 morale on their saves against charm and fear effects bonus, and a +1 morale bonus on magical and physical damage.

Explanation: This is a magic prop commissioned by the Royal Family of Cormyr to make by Myrcella Raul, the Duchess of Araby City. It symbolizes the noble status and status of the wearer in the Kingdom of Cormyr.

Generally speaking, only those who have made great contributions to the entire kingdom, the royal family will give the ring engraved with the seal of Obiskel Purple Dragon to those hero knights who protect the country, or the great pioneer lords.

Note, only with the approval of the maker of the Zilong seal ring and the royal family, can the wearer activate the characteristics of the seal ring and use the rights and status it confers.

Binder of the Purple Dragon Signet: Brann

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Seeing the attributes of this legendary piece of equipment, Brian's breathing became a little short involuntarily.

He had to admit that the moment he saw this ring, his heart was indeed moved.

But he calmed down quickly because he knew the true meaning of the phrase 'de doesn't deserve'.

As a self-aware person, he knew that he was not qualified to obtain such a precious ring at all.

"What's the condition?" Brian played with the ring in his hand, looked at the expectant noble lady, and asked calmly.

He asked Hisaiah to bring him a letter from the female lord of Araby City, roughly meaning that he was going to buy a small town in the north of the Kingdom of Cormyr, between the Mokou Mountains and the Stormhorn Mountains, at a high price. Kou Town' permanent dominion.

In this way, he can not only help the Kingdom of Cormyr guard the only way for the Shademen to invade, but also use it as the starting point for his future conquest of the Ennook Desert.

Therefore, he believed that the conditions he proposed and the ability to use the foresight, the bargaining chip he gave, as long as the other party was not a fool, he would definitely agree to it.

What's more, she is also a legendary wizard who has a long-term vision and is proficient in divination school spells.

It turns out.

Not only did the Grand Duchess agree, but what she gave him also made him feel 'unworthy'.

Because of this, he felt that the whole matter was not as simple as he imagined, so he had to find out the real reason from the noble lady in front of him.

In fact, he had roughly guessed it.

If that was the case, he would rather not, and would never agree to this condition.

Hesaiah looked at Brian's calm face, and the smiling face suddenly froze for some reason. She considered it carefully for a moment, and said to him: "Sister Myrcella said, if you are willing to swear allegiance to the Cormyr royal family, and "

"It's impossible." Brian showed an unexpected expression, and before Hesaiah finished speaking, he rejected her cleanly.

Seeing this scene, Hesaiah's expression changed slightly, and she knew that what she was worried about still happened.

She pondered for a moment, weighed it in her heart again, then looked at Brian, and said softly, "Actually, this ring was not given to you."

"I would like to hear more about it." Brian looked at Hesaiah's slightly complicated expression. He suddenly became interested and looked at her curiously.

In fact, from the fact that the other party could easily obtain this ring, he knew that this noble lady was by no means as simple as the duke's sister.

If he hadn't known for a long time that the two princesses of Cormyr's royal family had died in Mokou Town during the Red Dragon Rebellion ten years ago, he would even have thought that the other party was a princess.

"This is what Sister Myrcella promised me. She asked me to take this ring and lead the army of purple dragon knights and battle mages to conquer Mokou Town, which fell ten years ago, and build this town into a A military stronghold against the Shades." Hesaiah sighed softly, and said to him:
"When I learned that your intention was also in Mokou Town, I originally wanted you to be my deputy to assist me in completing this mission, but you should know that I have hinted at you many times, but...you Every time he dismisses me."

"Although I think the same as you." Brian looked at her apologetically and said to her, "But you also know that I'm not used to serving under others."

"I can tell." Hesaiah nodded slightly, remained silent for a moment, then looked at Brian with a complicated expression, and said slowly:

"So, when I learned from Sister Myrcella that you wanted to rule Mokou Town, I thought about it carefully and thought that there is a way to get the best of both worlds. You can work with me without serving others. Manage Mokou Town."

"You mean marriage, right?" In fact, Brian had already guessed her next words from her facial expression.

Hisaiah nodded with reddened cheeks, as if he admitted his guess.

"I don't dislike this kind of marriage."

Brian thought for a moment, then looked at the noble lady, "I am very grateful for your appreciation and importance to me, and even won this opportunity for me. But, Hesaiah, I am really sorry, I hope you can understand, Ask me to swear allegiance to Cormyr's royal family, I really can't do it."

Although in the game world of his previous life, he felt uneasy about the demise of the Kingdom of Cormyr, after being reborn again, he thought about trying to save this kingdom that was about to perish.

But this doesn't mean that he has to dedicate himself to the kingdom.

His bottom line was limited to cooperation and alliances. It was impossible for him to be completely tied to the crumbling chariot of the Kingdom of Cormyr.

Maybe it's because of arrogance, maybe it's because of his tenderness, maybe it's because of the marriage.

In short, it is absolutely impossible for him to swear allegiance to the Kingdom of Cormyr.

Although this kind of oath is just a sentence spoken orally in a solemn ceremony, even if it is broken, there is no obvious loss.

But Brian just didn't want to deceive his soul, and after making this kind of oath, he would break it.

"Then what is the most important thing to you?"

When Hesaiah heard this, he sighed in his heart, and stared at him with slightly dim eyes, "Is it your great ideal to conquer the Ennook Desert, or is it your honor and mission, or it's because of me."

"As I said, I actually don't dislike this kind of marriage." Brian met the noble lady's eyes and said to her, "Actually, if I marry a beautiful noble lady like you, I naturally very happy”

What he said this time was the truth, after all, the other party was not only a distinguished noble lady, but also a sword mage at the exemplary level who was expected to step into the legendary realm.

Let me ask, with such conditions, who would not be tempted to see it.

"Then why are you still unwilling to accept this request. Brian, do you know? No one believes in you, and no one values ​​you as much as I do. I am even willing to believe in your absurd ideal of conquering the Ennook Desert. For To get them to agree to this seemingly unreasonable condition, you have no idea how much effort and concessions I have made."

Hesaiah interrupted his words, looked at him puzzled, and said in a slightly excited tone, "As long as you swear allegiance to the royal family of Cormyr, you can get everything in front of you, don't I deserve you to join a kingdom?" ?"

Brian was silent for a long time.

When he finally spoke, his voice became very gentle, like a gust of wind blowing over Hesaiah's expectant cheeks:
"It is not enough for me to swear allegiance to the royal house of Cormyr. For my loyalty belongs only to myself, and no one can take it away, not even the gods."

Hesaiah looked at him in surprise, with mixed feelings in his heart, not knowing how to speak.

After a long silence...

She took a deep breath, as if she had made some difficult decision, a gleam of light gradually appeared in her dark beautiful eyes.

She looked at Brian and said to him in a soft tone: "If you say that I... really like you, doesn't that mean anything to you?"

Brian was slightly taken aback when he heard this, and just as he was about to speak, Sisaiah struck out like a lioness, blocked his words with her lips, and sent a passionate kiss with infinite tenderness.

Brian had never felt this way, he'd had sex with many women before, but never with such urgency, with such intensity.
Hesaiah's performance was so sudden, unrestrained, and enthusiastic, like a volcanic eruption. The burning lava carried a large number of hot mudslides, as if it could melt all vegetation, and it was like a river bursting its embankment, splashing mud, flooding, roaring and rolling, unstoppable .

He lowered his head subconsciously, and saw a mess of hair trembling in front of his eyes, and he also saw that snow-like jade skin tightly attached to his body in the full collar, even though it was separated by a distance. Even with layers of clothes, he could feel the scorching heat.

He felt as if he had lost his voice, his whole body was numb, he could neither speak nor have the strength to push her away.

The long kiss is over.

Sisaiah sat beside him, looked at him with passionate eyes, and teased in a unique style: "It seems that I guessed right, I knew that with your character, you would never make such a choice .”

She smiled slightly, flicked her wrist, and opened the moonstone belt tied on the long skirt.

Brian was in a daze, and he forced himself to calm down and said to her, "Come on, Sisaiah, you're playing with fire, you know that?"

"Of course I know, and I understand what I'm doing. Now I'm calmer than ever."

She brushed off her long hair, curled her mouth, and looked at him provocatively, "I don't care about an innocent girl, what else do you mind, or... do you like to be passive?"

Brian couldn't say another word.

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When Brian in the Underdark felt the sun of the surface world kiss the eastern horizon goodbye, he knew it was dawn.

He withdraws his mind from his slumber, and Hesaiah is no longer with him.

He was lying alone on the slightly messy bed. Although his heart seemed to be hollowed out, he was not surprised.

For Brian, as a time traveler, he is already doomed that his life is often accompanied by emptiness and loneliness.

This is inevitable, because he is like a star hanging alone in the sky at the turn of day and night.

Habits have become natural.

At this moment, a magical aura on the ground attracted his attention, and he found that there seemed to be something under his clothes.

Brian pushed aside the clothes thrown on the ground, and was stunned.

In front of him is the Zilong seal ring that he personally rejected, but he never got in the game world.

He saw that the ring was placed quietly on a sheepskin scroll, and five words were written on the scroll.

However, in Brian's eyes, the meaning of these five words written in the common language is deeper than the sea.

It read: Treasure, forget-me-not.

Brian lay back on the bed again, closed his eyes, and sighed melancholy.

He knew that he might not be able to forget this arrogance in his life, leaving the Purple Dragon Seal Ring to his noble lady.

He didn't even know what the real identity of the girl he met in the Underdark was.

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(End of this chapter)