Arcane splendor begins with the throne

Chapter 140 Soul Crystal
Brian put away this 'tasteless' scepter.

Although the above restrictions and curses prevent him from using it, he can refine it with his own arcane fire and absorb the magical energy in the scepter.

Because of the devil runes carved from the skeleton scepter, he found that the carving process was very rough and jerky, as if a person who could not write originally copied an article abruptly.

This let him know the production process of this scepter. It is very likely that the believers prayed for the magical power directly bestowed by the undead lord Otis through the bloody festival.

For this demonic monarch, Brian can be said to know all too well.

The other party, like his familiar, the former Duke of Hell, Beyer, is the most inspiring demon in the bottomless abyss, and he has also grown from the weakest abyss worm to his current appearance step by step.

However, Otis is much stronger than Bayer, who has become a magic pet. After all, there is no immediate boss like the Lord of Hell to limit his own development.

Otis is not only one of the most powerful demon lords of the Abyss, but also the object of worship of many undead creatures, necromancers, warlocks and other evil people.

Since Odyssey still masters the secret method of immortality, after successful inauguration such as 'Fear Necromancer', he directly embarks on the basic profession of the way of the lich.

Most wizards who intend to transform into immortal liches will almost always choose to find the most powerful undead lord Odyss.

Of course, the price they paid was basically an oath of allegiance, which led to the use of the wizards' talents by Odyssey, which indirectly strengthened the power of the undead lord.

When Brian learned through the scepter of bones that the power of the undead lord Ortis had infiltrated the world, he was not too surprised.

Because after the little devil deduced that the black-robed wizard was a demon believer, he guessed this possibility.

He clearly knows that the world is still facing the threat of the ancient evil 'Death Star'.

As an evil creature that uses negative energy to destroy the world, Odyss, who is the Lord of Immortality, can't help but get involved.

After all, the goals of the two are surprisingly consistent. The Mieshi Death Star is dedicated to destroying everything and turning all worlds into a world full of death, while what Otis desires most is to make the entire multiverse a dead and silent world. It is also suitable for the dark world where undead creatures live.

Therefore, whenever the World Exterminating Death Star locks on to the world it wants to destroy, Odys, the Lord of Immortality, will follow in his footsteps and develop his own undead sect.

After the other party completely destroyed the world, Otis began to restrain the destroyed undead creatures in order to strengthen his power in the bottomless abyss.

This made him realize that there was one more obstacle for him to save the world.

Through the identity of this black-robed wizard, he also judged that the kingdom of Niluskan and the major tribes of the orcs may have been infiltrated by the power of the undead lord.

He wasn't too worried about this.

Because compared to the ancient evil 'Death Star', the threat to him from the undead sect of Odyssus is not as great as imagined.

As long as his strength improves, he can almost uproot all hidden secret associations one by one, and it is difficult to find any waves.

The only thing that worries him is whether the northern fortress of Tigrila will fall due to the undead sect of Odyssey.

Thinking of this, he secretly planned to inform Duke Swift of his discovery, and asked him to send someone to send a message to Tigrila, so that he could prepare a countermeasure in advance.

Then Brian looked away from the corpse of the black-robed wizard, looked at the mercenary leader Kapas who just came over, and said:
"Golden Feather City has nothing to do, you should leave tomorrow and return to Longshou Port."

After speaking, seeing the other party nodded slightly, he ignored them and turned to leave directly.

Because he has already explained the things that should be explained, and everything must wait until he returns before he can act.

Longshou Port is located in the easternmost part of Tegrila. Although the soil there is barren, it is blessed with a safe haven away from the tides of the coast, making it the most ideal commodity trading place in the north of the mainland.

Its business activities can be connected to the Moon Floating Sea to the east of the port, to the southern kingdoms such as Thrane and Cyre in the coastal area, and because of the two stretching mountains of the Dragon's Spine Mountains and the Falling Star Mountains, it has become a place for countless adventurers. A gathering place for hunters and mercenaries.

It is these advantages of the right time and place that make Longshou Port prosperous and chaotic, with no order at all.

The officials and aristocrats sent by the Kingdom of Tegrila have almost no control other than collecting the only commercial taxes.

As the army of the Kingdom of Niluskan continued to exert pressure on the northern fortress, the governor responsible for managing this port city suffered an unforeseen disaster and was completely out of the control of the kingdom, and was jointly controlled by major chambers of commerce and mercenary organizations.

This also means that Brian, the titular lord and duke, has no right to speak in Longshou Port, and may even encounter accidents due to rejection.

So what he told Karpas was not to act high-profile in his name after returning to Longshou Port, but to accumulate strength step by step and wait for his next instructions.

After all, from the moment these mercenaries step into Longshou Port, they will be stared at by countless eyes. If they make trouble at this time, they will definitely become the target of public criticism and be eliminated by all major forces.

In the cold night, Brian watched the backs of several people disappearing into the night, so he randomly found a slope to sit on, called out his familiar, and asked about the doubts in his heart.

"Have you got your soul?" Brian asked casually, raising his eyelids, looking at the little devil who appeared in front of his eyes.

Since ancient times, devils have been collecting evil spirits, punishing them, and finally transforming them into divine energy to enhance their own strength.

This series of powers all come from: the Covenant of the Beginning.

It was an agreement between Asmodeus, lord of hell, and the gods of the primordial order, dating back to the shadowy days of early mythology.

Although there are conflicting records regarding the specific signatures above, there is no doubt that this contract is real.

This is why devils like to go to the material world to corrupt the souls of mortals, because this is the fastest way for them to improve their strength and get promoted.

The means by which they obtain evil souls can be roughly divided into two types.

One is to directly use coercive means to harvest the dead evil souls in the material plane, and then refine the power in them.

The other is to lead mortals to degeneration and destruction by signing soul contracts, and after their death, their souls will be used by them.

The little devil is using the first method.

Although this method is relatively laborious for ordinary devils, but as the former Duke of Hell, he is obviously familiar with this method for a long time.

Relatively speaking, the efficiency is faster than the second one.

"It's done, it's refining." The little devil flapped his wings and flew to Brian's side.

"Don't forget, the soul of this black-robed wizard should belong to the demon lord Otis after death." Brian's eyes flickered, and he continued: "If you do this, you won't be afraid that the other party will trouble you."

"There's nothing to be afraid of." The little devil curled his lips in disdain, "This small place is very far away from the main material world, and is restricted by the magic net and rules. They can at most pass on a little information and give believers a little power. may bring an avatar to this world."

Hearing this, Brian looked slightly relieved.

Although he didn't care about knowing that the sect of the undead lord Ortis had infiltrated this world, he was still a little worried about whether the incarnation of the demon king would come here one day.

It can be seen from the tone of the little devil that his worries are obviously unnecessary.

In this way, he can use the magic net to fully recover, and the rules of the world no longer limit the relatively sufficient time period for mortals to improve their strength as soon as possible.

Otherwise, once this "novice protection period" is over, it may be difficult for the world of Asno to stop the destruction of the bosses from all walks of life.

"If that's the case, then take it out." Brian looked at the pet who didn't care, and pointedly said.

"What?" The little devil replied pretending not to know.

"Stop talking nonsense, you know what I'm talking about."

"Okay, okay." The little devil replied helplessly, and reluctantly took out a black spar the size of a fingernail, handed it to Brian, and said doubtfully:
"For some reason, Mengbaton's soul is not complete. When I was refining it, I found that part of it was missing."

Brian was startled for a moment and immediately wanted to understand the reason.

Then he looked at the undetectable mist emanating from the spar calmly, and checked the properties of this spar:
soul spar
Quality: blue extraordinary

Requirements for use: none
Use effect: Extract the soul energy in the spar and gain 1500 experience points.

(Note: This is a special gemstone that stores soul energy, which can be used to replace many special materials, substitutes for summoning contracts, or construct the core of creatures, etc. In Bator hell and the bottomless abyss, it is also used Currency widely used in devil and diabolical transactions.)
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Whether they are devils or devils, what they desire most is souls.

So in the lower plane of evil, soul spar is the real valuable currency.

This kind of currency is usually in the hands of superiors, and is used as energy for subordinates to advance to rank.

At the same time, it is also the shortest way for them to rapidly improve their strength.

But in the devil's strict promotion order, the lowest-level devil has no way to absorb this energy, and usually dedicates it to his superiors, and then dedicates his loyalty. In this way, the strength of this devil can be obtained. Quick promotion.

The little devil was able to make the soul spar, which made Brian realize that the other party had definitely gotten rid of this restriction, and he could directly absorb the power in the soul spar to improve his own strength.

When he was in the game world, he had seen this kind of extremely rare spar in the main material world, and it was nicknamed by the players: 'experience gem'.

However, it turns out that the biggest defect of this kind of spar that acts on demons and devils is that it cannot absorb too much for mortals.

If not, it is very likely to be assimilated by the will of the soul left in the spar, resulting in a drastic change in temperament.

Because what is imprisoned here is the energy of a complete soul, even if it is cruelly refined by the devils, it is difficult to completely remove the impurities in it.

It was precisely because this spar appeared in the public's sight for the first time that players immediately realized whether the experience points they gained from killing monsters were similar to extracting the soul energy of monsters.

If what was extracted was indeed soul energy, why didn't their personalities change drastically because of it.

Looking at the experience points increased by this spar and the little devil's doubts, Brian finally knew the answer to this question.

And let him understand that the experience gained by his system is indeed the extracted soul energy.

The main reason why there is no major change in personality is that when the soul energy is extracted, only the purest part of the soul is extracted, not the whole soul.

That's why Mengbaton obviously gained experience points after being killed by himself. After his soul was refined into a soul spar by the little devil, he could gain nearly 1500 experience points.

Moreover, the little devil wondered why his soul was crippled.

It can be seen from this that the energy contained in the soul is very huge.

For example, if an ordinary little devil with a level of 3 wants to be promoted to a steel devil of level 7, he only needs to corrupt the souls of nine mortals to complete the advancement.

And their players killed nine ordinary mortals, and each of them gained at most about 5 points of experience. The gap was obvious.

At the same time, Brian realized that based on the soul spar and his own experience system, a certain player had speculated that an amazing discovery might be correct.

Brian has spent at least ten years in the game world.

Moreover, he can clearly feel the authenticity of the game world from the extraordinary magical knowledge system and various complete cultural inheritances.

Because of this, some players boldly infer that their player group is likely to be projected to other crystal wall system worlds through the game cabin.

As for this weakened version of the monster-killing upgrade system similar to devils and demons, it is actually a special ability bestowed on them by a powerful existence.

Who is this powerful existence? The closest answer is: the God of God 'Io'.

The only god of the Tianyu Crystal Wall system in the country is the god, the ruler of the gods.

It is speculated that Io is also the Emperor Haotian of the Heavenly Court God Line in the Kara-Tu Continent, and Maztec of the Maztec God Line in the Maztec Continent, different aspects of the same god.

Ai Ou is the only God of the Celestial Wall System in the Kingdom of Heaven.

Detached from any ranking of divine power, it is considered stronger than any other god, or even all other gods combined.

Io is indifferent to the day-to-day life of mortals, but he is concerned with his own creations (the gods of the realm).

He does not need believers, nor does he grant spells to mortals, but only serves as the guardian and guardian of the crystal wall system of the kingdom of heaven.

As for whether this guess is true, Brian feels that it is not the time to consider this issue, it is too far away from him.

The only thing he has to do now is to use his own advantages to improve his strength as quickly as possible.

Of course, the way to improve strength is not the stupid way of drinking poison to quench thirst like absorbing experience points from soul spar.

The reason why he asked for this kind of thing from the little devil was mainly to offset the experience points he had consumed when copying magic scrolls or making magic equipment.

Or convert the energy inside into magical energy at a ratio of 20:1 to enhance your arcane fire.

For him, this is the correct way to use the soul spar.

(End of this chapter)