lost narrative poem

Chapter 201 The Magician's Self-Cultivation

Only by seeing the specific attributes of this knife with one's own eyes can one understand how powerful it is, and guess how terrifying it should be in its original heyday.

It is said that as early as sometime in the early Second Era, a researcher among the high elves discovered the Ebony Blade while searching for artifacts in Tamriel. He believed it to be an ancient Acavian warblade, Take it away for research.

Mephala's whispers then corrupted his mind, and eventually he seized the souls of his students and colleagues, throwing them into the hands of the daedra for eternal torment.To ensure the worst suffering for his wife, he tore her soul to pieces.

Hundreds of years later, a group of fearless men swept away the terrible tomb, cleared the demons and undead entrenched in it, released the tortured souls, and restored the soul of the wife.

Then something happened, the wife's spirit took the Ebony Blade and established a connection with the Whispering Daedric.

Mephala tried to corrupt her mind again and seduce her soul, but she firmly refused, and at the cost of her own soul, she cursed this terrible magic knife so that it could not stay with anyone for long , with a view to saving the souls of those who might be bewitched by the knife.

After that, a lot of terrible things happened one after another——

For example, in the first generation of plots, among the series of events that caused the turmoil in the west, the whisper of the ebony blade was hidden behind the history...

For another example, during the third era, the warrior of Cyrodiil called Mephala and instigated two big families in a certain place to kill each other. In the end, only one survived. In the end, the warrior was rewarded with an ebony blade...

Or say that sometime in the current Fourth Era, the Ebony Blade fell into the hands of the Lord of Snowrun, who threw the Blade into the Sky Forge in an attempt to destroy it.However, no amount of flame could melt it, instead it extinguished the flame of the furnace.

According to the original trajectory of fate, this magic blade later fell into the hands of dragonborn, but after being isolated for so long, the weapon has lost too much power.So Mephala taught the Dragonborn to nourish the Felblade with the "deceitful blood" of murdering those closest to them.

It is precisely because of so much information that Xia Ran is afraid of this knife. No matter how Mephala shows his sincerity, it shows that he does not intend to use this knife to corrupt his soul——

After all, only a normal, alive lost person is valuable. If something goes wrong, accidentally kills or loses the lost person's identity, and eventually cannot leave this mission world and return to the white space...

So what is Mephala good for?Although he has bad tastes, he is still very able to restrain his bad tastes when it comes to the key issue of his own existence, which is life and death.

It’s not just him, it’s probably the same for all other gods. In the face of the possibility of transcending the dream of gods and truly controlling their own destiny, their tolerance is beyond imagination...

It's just that the truth is this. If Xia Ran is not worried at all, it must be impossible.

Glancing at the shining ruby ​​ring on her hand, Xia Ran first took a deep breath, and then closed her eyes, so that she would no longer have that confrontational mentality, and instead concentrate on To listen and sense this magic knife.

Of course, not confronting psychologically does not mean not being vigilant mentally. If he senses something is wrong, he will definitely throw this thing into the inventory as soon as possible to cut off contact.

The whispers of the Ebony Blade sounded in his consciousness, constantly instilling evil knowledge into him, and at the same time, a strange force was trying to corrode his thoughts, but Naya, the ring of fire, was very strong against domination, easily exempt from this negative effect.

Xia Ran listened patiently and carefully. After all, it is okay to be impatient. This knife is not a radio after all, and there is no button to tune it for him.

After a long while, he seemed to have noticed something, and raised his head to look in a certain direction.

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Half an hour passed.

Xia Ran found a bottomless crack in the mountain stream. I don't know how deep it is below, and where it leads to. If ordinary people don't have professional technical equipment and team support, it is impossible for ordinary people to think about going down to explore. after all.

If it is not done well, Xiao Minger will have to be thrown in it——

In the ordinary world, the suspenseful and adventurous story of being killed in an adventure and finding a way to come back alive; in this magical world, it is likely to be a thrilling horror story of encountering alien creatures in the underground world and being finally divided and eaten.

But Xia Ran didn't feel anything. With his current attributes and skills, plus his equipment, he was already so professional that he couldn't be more professional.

So I didn't think about it at all, but blessed myself with a spell, and jumped down directly, but my body didn't fall straight down, and then fell all over the ground deep in the ground.

It's like a leaf, a feather falling from the sky...

As a magician, Xia Ran still doesn't know how to teleport, or even fly, but she has to master the levitation technique to avoid being killed by the terrain, which is ridiculous.

The figure fell at a not too fast speed, passed through the crack, and landed lightly in the dark depths of the ground. He stretched out his index finger to touch the air, and a ball of light appeared on his fingertips, shining and dispelling the surrounding dark.

At the bottom of the crack, there is not much snow, but the sound of running water can be heard, and there seems to be a trickling stream flowing not far away... With the help of the light, Xia Ran picked it up again. The magic knife listened carefully to the induction for a moment, and then walked towards the direction of the sound of running water.

There is indeed a larger space deep in the crack, and you can enter the interior of the mountain or the interior of the ground by following the flowing water. It is a darker and more secluded underground space. I don’t know what kind of secrets are buried, what kind of Danger.

The dilapidated altar of Mephala may be in the deepest part. It used to be a shrine enshrining another magic artifact of Mephala. Although I don't know why the ruins sank deep into the ground, it is the fact.

Just like the plots in many Xianxia novels, Genius Dibao will always emit energy to attract some fierce beasts to guard the surroundings. It is hard to imagine what will be attracted by the power of a magic artifact, maybe some monsters in the deepest underground Both.

Xia Ran explored the deeper cracks along the stream, and found that he felt as if he had entered a foreign planet. The passage in front of him became wider and wider, no longer narrow, just a crack, and the steep mountain walls on both sides were covered with up plants.

It was a strange plant that had never been seen before, similar to some kind of fungus, but it was emitting fluorescence.There are also some spiral single leaves, which look more like living animals. When Xia Ran walks past them, they will immediately shrink back, like a mimosa.

The further you go, the more it looks like a colorful alien ecosystem, and many plants are emitting fluorescence, and you don't even need lighting spells.

And he also noticed the traces of some animals, sniffing and sneaking, watching him in the darkness far away, with a little curiosity and more malice...

While strengthening his spiritual shield, he said something softly, and uttered a few mysterious and inexplicable syllables:

"Laas-Yah-Nir—!!"

"Spiritual Whisper" is a very special dragon roar, it does not require the user to make a sky-shattering loud roar, but whispers softly.It only takes a few whispers to see all the vitality at a glance.

Because the "sound" will arouse the surrounding aura, let it radiate in all directions, pass through all obstacles, like ripples on the water surface.And no matter what you encounter on the way, it will be fed back like an echo.

It's like the extraordinary echolocation method possessed by bats. After emitting ultrasonic waves, bats can determine the position and distance of surrounding objects according to the emission after they encounter various objects... Probably like this, this dragon roar can also pass through breath The feedback determines the surrounding environmental things.

In the game, it seems to be used to see the enemies in the unexplored map through the wall. The effect is limited and tasteless, but after actually using it once, Xia Ran found that this ability is very useful——

You only need to speak softly, and the aura around you will instantly radiate and spread out, and then you will be able to receive the feedback information, and a sufficiently high intelligence attribute can also comprehensively process and filter this information in an instant, and construct a mental image in your mind. A three-dimensional map within a range of several kilometers around.

It seems to be projected in his mind, and it is very detailed, including the intricacies of the terrain passages, the growth environment of animals and plants, almost all the details are there, not just simply revealing the existence of the surrounding vitality.

It can be said to be very easy to use. The only downside is that this is not a real-time dynamic map projection. Every time Xia Ran uses "Aura Whisper", she will get map information about a certain area around her.

But that is fixed, maybe at the moment when he uses his ability, there is no danger when he detects the edge a few kilometers away from the end of the passage ahead, but it is very likely that there will be some terrible creatures just after the ability ends walked in...

——This is the information he does not know.

If you want to refresh the map once, you have to use this dragon roar once, which will consume a lot of energy.

Xia Ran quickly sorted out the surrounding terrain through the new ability, mastered her current situation, and knew how many things were staring at her in the darkness in the distance.

But it doesn't matter, his intuition has no warning, and the smell of those things is not enough for him to put it in his eyes.

If he hadn't considered that he was in the mountain, under the ground, the surrounding space and environment were limited, and he was also worried that a mountain collapse would directly crush him to death, he would have already set off a storm with flames and set him on fire. past.

It's just that, right now, he can no longer use such a brutal method, he thought as he pressed his right hand on the handle of the magic knife at his waist.

Then, Xia Ran seemed to think of something again, she was taken aback for a moment, then lowered her head to look at the palm of her hand that was naturally holding the handle of the knife, and frowned—why did she move so naturally?Aren't you a magician yourself?

Well, it must be the power of the magic knife itself. It can directly strengthen one's skill in mastering long-bladed weapons. As long as he carries it on his body, he will naturally become a real master of swordsmanship.

Naturally, more experience and skills in using swords appeared in my mind, and I have mastered countless superb sword skills...

This kind of change is very natural, not to bluntly strengthen his skills, but even the accumulated experience of the holders of this magic knife in the past has been loaded together, making him like a person who has been immersed in this way for countless years. people.

That's right, that's what it looks like.

Xia Ran suddenly found the reason, and suddenly felt a lot more at ease. After all, he is still a magician with pure blood and specializing in magic skills...

At the next moment, the sword flashed, the ebony blade was unsheathed, and the magician directly stepped sideways, as if he was facing a black shadow that was roaring rapidly!

Just like Iai's sword drawing technique, using the arc of drawing the sword to create an instant terrifying explosive power, his body, hand, and sword are as fast as thunder, and he unexpectedly swung out an unparalleled slash!

No matter what the swift creature that rushed out of the darkness and suddenly attacked was, it simply hit the blade's slashing line head-on!

One hit is a sure kill!

(End of this chapter)