Arcane Journey

Chapter 35 The Color Resistant Scroll
Inside the sarcophagus lay the withered body of the Polaris Lady Bryces, which was made into a mummified look, and there were still traces of the 'Dawnbringer' placed on it.

Nearby lay the remains of many ancient funeral garments and funerary treasures of Netherese custom.

Brian carefully searched for treasures, lest he damage the body of the owner of the tomb.

A large kettle made of gold, an agate ring, a silver necklace, a gold censer decorated with platinum, and a yew staff were the first to appear in his sight.

However, even if he didn't use detection magic, these things could still be seen to be quasi-magic items.

With the passage of time and the failure of the Miser energy core, it has long been reduced to an ordinary item.

He had no intention of touching these funerary objects, but set his sights on an unlocked stone box, and gently opened it with his arcane hand.

In an instant, the luster of colorful gemstones flooded his eyes.

Brian was overjoyed, and glanced roughly: azurite, sanidite, turquoise, carnelian, amethyst, etc., almost all of them were things he could name.

He made a rough estimate.

There are at least fifty or sixty gemstones here, and each one is worth no less than 100 gold coins. There are even three blue opals worth 2000 gold coins and five brilliant purple corundum worth 1000 gold coins.

Although he can't use these gems for the time being, when he arrives at the city of the gray dwarves, he can completely replace them with precious materials that can be used to increase the level of the Austrian fire.

With a wave of Brian's hand, under the effect of telekinesis, the jewel floated in the air.

For the convenience of viewing, he manipulated the gemstones in the stone box, neatly and orderly connected them in a string, and drilled them into the dimensional bag one by one.

"This is?"

Suddenly, Brian noticed a distinctive ruby, so with a thought, he made it fall into the palm of his hand and examined it carefully.

This is a blood-red gem the size of a pigeon egg.

There is a star effect in the translucent color inside. Brian twisted it up and took a closer look, and found that there was still a tiny fire flickering and dancing in the center of the gem.

It really is a star red crystal!
Recognizing the gem's name, he smiled slightly.

'Star Ruby' is a durable and extremely hard gemstone found only in ultra-small veins deep in the Thunder Peaks of Cormyr and the Spine of the World mountains in the North, or in extremely rare cases in larger Only deep in the stratigraphic deposits can they be found.

After being polished, the 'Red Star Crystal' not only absorbs sunlight and torch light, but also absorbs free fire element energy in the air, and emits an amber halo.

This property of the gemstone led many extravagant kings or lords to set it in their crowns or serve as prominent clasps for their coats and cloaks.

At the same time, it is also an indispensable gem for making magic equipment with fire attributes.

In fact, its real function is one of the four elemental gems used to guide the energy of the elemental plane when the wizard tower builds the elemental pool.

This priceless gem usually costs more than 50000 gold coins.

He carefully stored the gem and continued to look towards the sarcophagus.

Now, as the items in the stone box were cleaned up, what he had been waiting for for a long time finally appeared before his eyes.

With a thought in Brian's mind, the soft paper scroll at the bottom, engraved with silver magic writing, floated in front of him.

Color-resistant scroll (seriously missing: 1/50 pages)
Description: This set of 50 scrolls is the basis for the use of magic by the Netherese, and possibly by the intelligent races that developed throughout Faerûn.

Certain races, such as the elves, brought their own magic with them when they moved into the world of Toril, and it is doubtful whether their use of magic was greatly influenced by the Netherchrome scrolls.

But for the Netherese, their ability to cast spells is closely related to the intelligence contained in the Netherese scrolls.

The creator of the Netherchrome scrolls is still unknown.

Some believe it is a gift left by the creator race to the humans of Toril.Others believe it was a gift from the Goddess of Magic.

There are even people who believe that the Nether Scrolls did not originate from this world, but may come from the outer planes or the crystal wall system outside the universe of some countries.

As far as the color-resistant scrolls are concerned, they appear to be pages of gold and platinum.The surface is covered with shining magical runes and symbols.Anyone who looks at them will know that they contain magical power and wisdom.

The small size of each scroll belies its content: magic textures the surface, transforming a quick-read page into a tome that would take a month to read.

Beyond that, the contents of a single scroll are endless.When the reader has made progress in the Secret Arts, attempting to reread the scroll will reveal new passages and spells.

A scroll of color resistance is immune to all magical effects, including disintegrate and other damaging magic.

However, they can be hammered into an unrecognizable heap, which has happened many times in Netherist history.

Eventually, the magic of the Netherese scrolls will reassemble the lost pieces of itself, but the rebuilding takes a very long time (whether it has been reassembled is unknown, but the Netherese have never seen the scroll reassembled with their own eyes).

Color-resistant scrolls are different from ordinary scrolls, and cannot be viewed directly like ordinary scrolls.

Instead, they must be studied and well-read, with readers looking for fragments of magical lore.

They cannot be duplicated in any way, so until the last one is lost, the Netherese keep them as safe as possible.

Color-resistant scrolls can be divided into five groups of 10.Like the scrolls themselves, this division into five groups disappears only after the reader has studied them enough.

Introduction to Arcane [Basic Principles of Magic] (1/10):
The first set of scrolls provides the fundamentals of spellcasting, including cantrips, spell components, and the many schools of magic (such as transmutation, conjuration, and evocation).These schools are the basis for establishing the way magic is used, and the arcanists of Netheril have chosen to combine these spells into three broad categories: creation, mind, and transformation.

Magical Creation [Creation Spell] (0/10):
These scrolls detail the creation of magic items and suggest a wide range of possibilities for constructing other non-elemental items.Hints include magic items that can be part of the creator, that is, intelligent magic items made for a special purpose.

Higher Creation [Higher Creation] (0/10):
The arcanists called these ten scrolls the Scrolls of Creation, and they mainly talked about the manufacture of magical constructs-constructing golems and interstellar warships.A smart item that can think independently - Ta Ling.As well as the antimagic properties projected by creatures such as beholders and methods of creating and destroying dead magic areas.

There are also allusions to the creation and birth of the realm of life.

Plane Mechanism [Boundary Research] (0/10):
This category mainly records the knowledge of plane mechanisms and gates to other worlds, explains the connection between different planes of existence and the operation of magic on them, and also includes the methods and processes of creating small planes.

Arcane Discourse [Artifact Manufacturing] (0/10):
The final set of Netherchrome scrolls provides the principles of artifact creation.

This is the most difficult set of scrolls to understand, and an extended knowledge of all other color-resistant scrolls is required before its power can be unlocked.A few archarcanists experimented, eventually creating the Crown of Artifact Horns and the Scepter of the Sorcerer King.

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(End of this chapter)