Arcane splendor begins with the throne

Chapter 66 The History of the Elves

Atas world?
Brian's brows were involuntarily locked together, he rubbed his temples, and began to recall some information about this barren world.

In fact, Granny Veranse said that the elves came from the world of Atas.Brian didn't quite believe it at first, but looking at the cloudy eyes of the elf prophet who seemed to be looking straight into his heart, he dispelled all the doubts in his heart.

Regarding the world of Atas, although Brian has not experienced it personally, this world is also one of the birthplaces that players can choose, so he indirectly knows a lot of detailed information on the forum.

Athas is a hot, arid world covered in endless seas of sand, lifeless salt flats, rugged wastes, stony wastes, thorny bushes, and worse.

From the first moment of dawn, the crimson sun fills the olive sky.Temperatures often exceed 100 degrees Fahrenheit, can reach 130 degrees at noon and higher in the afternoon.

The wind is like the heat of a stove, unable to reduce the intense heat at all.The dust carried by the breeze coated everything with orange sand.

In this treacherous world, cities and villages are found only in oases or verdant plains.

In some places there is no rain for many years, and even in fertile regions the rain is no more than a moist mist.

The world outside the gathering place of civilization is a wasteland wandering with nomads, bandits and hungry monsters.

Of course, Atas is not all a desert, and countless broken ruins dot this scorching environment.

The rivers and oceans that once spread across the continent, ancient bridges spanning dry rivers and empty stone piers, and endless sandy seas all tell the long-lost legends of this world all the time.

The reason why Brian could not accept that the elves came from the world of Atas.

The main reason is that the appearance of the elves in this world gave him the impression of elegant and noble forest dwellers, guarding their homes from human invasion.

In the world of Athas, the elves are nomads of herdsmen, robbers, cruel mercenaries, traders and thieves, and even the amiable halflings are xenophobic headhunters and cannibals.

In fact, a long time ago, the world of Atas was a paradise bathed in the golden light of the sun and filled with beautiful green.

As the war between the intelligent races spread, the wizards' abuse of arcane magic eventually reduced Athas to a wasteland.

Due to the lack of divine power and the influence of magic, Psychic powers, another method of Attas' spellcasting, gradually became widely known.

Almost all the intelligent races in this world possess different levels of psychic powers, and even the low-IQ desert monsters have fatal psychic powers.

Although Brian couldn't believe that the elves in this small world came from the world of Atas, when he thought that 8000 years had passed since the elves landed, it didn't seem strange to see what they had become.

After all, there are fatal differences between the environments of the two worlds. As the saying goes, the soil and water on one side support the people on the other. The fact that the elves have become what they are today is not just proof of their adaptability to the environment.

What Brian was really interested in was whether the spiritual skills of the elves in the Athas world had been lost.

In any case, he can be regarded as a person with elven blood, and it seems that it is not a strange thing to inherit a little spiritual talent from the Atas world.

However, Brian felt faintly in his heart that he was a bit too whimsical.

Because in the small world of Asno, he had never heard of elves with psionic talents.

However, when he thought about it carefully, he felt that he was worrying too much. In fact, there was nothing to worry about.

As long as he confirms that the elves really came from the barren world of Atas.

Then, as a wizard, he has many kinds of magic rituals to activate the psionic talent hidden in the deepest part of his blood.

The easiest way is to extract the blood of psionic creatures and awaken the spiritual power hidden in the body.

Brian, who wanted to understand the problem, once again turned his expectant eyes to Granny Veranse in front of him, waiting for her next words.

The old elf prophet took a deep look at him, sighed heavily, and then slowly told him:
"The elves from the world of Atas are a barbaric and cruel race. Although their numbers are vastly different from those of the orcs, the psychic powers they master are beyond the reach of the orc soul shamans. Their physique looks like Not as tall and strong as the orcs, but quick and graceful in action. Both men and women use bows and swords with psionic powers, and even have more powerful psions.

According to an ancient ballad, the first batch of elves who came out of the spaceship faced the green world like heaven, and they directly chose to fight the terrified orcs until the blood of the orcs stained the earth, and they were driven into the evil humanoid world. The deep mountains, swamps, caves and other dangerous places where creatures live. "

Brian was not surprised at all to hear that the elves had defeated the orcs.

The world of Atas is a barbaric and desolate dying world. If the intelligent races there want to survive, they naturally need extraordinary adaptability.

The difficult living environment can always sharpen people's will and strength.

Players born in the world of Atas, their initial occupation level is directly 3 to 4 levels higher than the players in the main material world, and the upper and lower limits of the initial six-dimensional attributes are from the normal 3 to 18 points. Raised to 4 to 24 points.

Even so, most players avoid this world like snakes and scorpions.

Because this world is so barbaric, the deserts and wastelands are full of murderous bandits, greedy slaves and hordes of cruel barbarians.

Cities are no better, with the tyrant of eternal youth at everyone's throat.Slavery is widely practiced on Atas, and many unfortunately captured players, except for deleting their numbers, can only be slaves for life, working hard in the hands of cruel overseers.

Tolerance, pity, kindness—these qualities exist, but there are not many left, and only a fool would expect so much.

Therefore, the appearance of the elves, in Brian's view, is like a blow to the dimensionality reduction of the orcs.

If it wasn't for the fact that their numbers were too small and they didn't want to go too far into the treacherous mountains, it would probably only be a matter of time before the orc clan disappeared from the world.

The only thing that surprised Brian was that, as the first batch of grandmas who came to the Asno continent and survived to this day, when she called the elves a "barbaric and cruel" race, she spoke in a very reasonable tone.

"So far, the elves have become the second rulers of the mainland. They have established their own civilization in the grasslands, forests, and plains. Countless gorgeous palaces have sprung up, and the population has also increased rapidly."

Granny Veranthal's words were not mixed with any emotion, and the tone of her speech seemed surprisingly calm to Brian.

Although her tone was calm and unwavering, but knowing the principle of 'the fewer words, the bigger the matter', Brian instinctively felt that her words were like the calm before the storm.

"The elves have lived a peaceful life in Asno Continent for about 1000 years. Their savage and cruel characters, under the subtle influence of nature, are approaching noble and elegant civilization." Grandma Veranthor continued to tell Brian Said:
"However, the good times didn't last long. One of the wisest psions of the elves sensed the call of the high elf magic from the kingdom of Avandor..."

When Granny Veranthor spoke here, she suddenly paused again, as if deliberately giving Brian time to digest.

Of course, Brian knew a little about the kingdom of Avandor.

It is said that before the elves appeared in the main material world, the kingdom of Avandor was their hometown.

Because of a devastating disaster in this country, Corellon, the lord of the elves, migrated. This is why the lord of the elves is dubbed the 'Refugee Chief' by the players.

Brian guessed that the elves in the world of Atas also migrated from the kingdom of Avandor.

As for the elves who mastered psychic powers, after being exposed to the magic of the high elves, he couldn't figure out what happened to them. He could only cast his curious eyes on this elf prophet with an unusual look.

"Due to the abuse of arcane magic in the ancient war, the world of Atas degenerated into a wasteland. In that barren world, if you want to cast arcane magic, you must gather energy from the nearby life world. But the consequences It is also very serious: the plants wither into black ash, the life energy of animals and people will be damaged, the land will be scavenged, and nothing will grow in this place." Grandma Veranth said:

"Elves from the world of Atas, although most of them have psychic powers, none of them realize that the power of blasphemy is hidden in these psychic powers from the barren world. When united with arcane power, the magic they cast will have terrible properties of corruption and blight."

"Then how did you solve it?" Brian asked subconsciously.

If the corruption and withering characteristics attached to magic are not handled properly, it is very likely to repeat the tragedy of the world of Atas.

"Disable psychic powers and restore the belief in the elf god." A look of grief floated across the wrinkled face of Granny Veranse.

Brian and the Elven Prophet were silent for a long time together. In the quiet little tree house, there was only the crisp chirping of the nightingale outside the window.

Although it was just a simple sentence, Brian knew very well how much information was hidden in this sentence.

After all, almost all of these elves from the world of Atas have psychic powers. If you want to ban them, you can't just say a word.

"I think this method should be the most correct decision at the time." Brian thought for a moment, and expressed his opinion:

"After all, the elves from the Athas world, the key reason why they have the ability to perform psionic skills is that they are affected by the environment of the barren world.

Now, they have escaped that cruel world and landed in a more livable continent of Asno. Without the torment of fire and sand in the Athas world, their spiritual talents will naturally disappear with the passage of time. See, choosing between divine magic and arcane magic is obviously the most correct choice. "

Psychic power is more like an acquired supernatural ability. To master this ability, the user's mental state is very important, and one must undergo long-term and rigorous training to maintain a correct state of mind.

The key factor why all the intelligent races and beasts in the Atas world can have psychic powers is the cruel environment of this world.

After all, a person who lives in a world where the temperature is at least over 100 degrees Fahrenheit, even if he does nothing, as long as he persists, his willpower will be honed indestructibly by the cruel environment.

Just like professional monks, they always like to find places with harsh environments to exercise their physical strength.

The cultivation method of psionic energy is actually similar to that of a monk. To put it simply, one is mainly to develop the potential of the body, and the other is to tap the ability of the spiritual level.

In other words, even an ordinary person from another world, as long as he is thrown into the cruel world of Atas and guaranteed to survive, his mind will be devastated over time and produce psionic energy.

The same reason can be speculated from the opposite direction. If these elves appear in a world with suitable environment, although their spiritual energy will not be affected, their descendants will pass on the blood from generation to generation until they completely lose this ability. ability.

Because they are not races like gem dragons and mind flayers who are born with psychic powers.

"That's right." Granny Veranthal agreed with Brian's opinion, she sighed softly, and said, "Time is the cruelest butcher knife, mercilessly obliterating the first-generation elves who descended from the world of Atas. net."

Brian remained silent because he could feel the helplessness of being unable to do what he wanted from Grandma Villanse's deep sigh.

"Atas is a world where the gods are silent." The elf prophet stared at the dazzling crystal on the roof and murmured:
"Most elves think that they are the people abandoned by the main god of the elves. The old school elves would rather devote themselves to the will of nature than believe in the main god of the elves. Since then, the elves have divided into three groups and went their separate ways.

The elves, headed by the 'Star Flower' El Adonis family, chose to borrow the power of nature, learn the ways of druids and rangers, and live in seclusion in the forest.The young elves headed by the Tarnold family of 'Sunshine' chose to accept the belief of the main elf god, and studied elf magic and divine art, and they were distributed in the plains and grasslands of the mainland.

"What about the third one?" Brian couldn't help asking.

"The third force is the 'Whisper of the Moon' Jialanus family. They have the smallest number, but they travel overseas with the spaceships that have come here."

'Star Flower' Al Adonis family, this Brian can be said to be very clear.

Because his elf mother belonged to this family, if he wanted, he could also call himself a member of this family.

The Tarnold family of 'Sunshine' is located in the Dusk Forest within the Kingdom of Amastacia.

As for the 'Whisper of the Moon' Galanas...

Brian frowned. He always felt that this family's surname seemed to have been heard in the main material world in his previous life, but when he thought about it carefully, he couldn't remember which family's elf it was.

"So far, after the three major elf royal families have divided their respective territories, they have lived independently of each other for 3000 years. The 'Drifter' fleet composed of dwarves, dwarves, and halflings landed from the southern Xingxing Sea. Weapons made of steel, engineering technology and the beliefs of their respective gods set foot on the land of Asno Continent.

The elves of the Sunshine'Tarnold royal family immediately went to war with them. These elves who believed in Corellon cast powerful magic and fought with these landers. The war lasted for hundreds of years. The land of the Sunshine'Talnold royal family One by one, they fell into the hands of the 'Drifters', and eventually, the ranger druids of the royal family of 'Starflower' El Adonis joined the fray.

As the war became more intense, the tree spirit guardian Xinafe Melianne, who represented the will of the world, appeared and stopped both sides.So the tribal chiefs, leaders, and high priests of the dwarves, halflings, and gnomes met with the king of the Elf Court in the sacred wood of the oak forest.

There they signed a 'covenant' to divide the land, stipulating that dwarves, halflings and gnomes own all the mountains and grasslands of the mainland, and the lush forests belong to the elves in principle of peace.

The orc race, the first ruler who was driven into the mountains by the elves, was once again massacred by the dwarves, and finally fled to the northernmost wilderness of the mainland, only to survive. "

Although Brian also learned a lot about the history of the landing of dwarves and other races in dusty books, he was still surprised after hearing Granny Veranthor's personal account.

Obviously, they didn't expect that these intelligent races in the main material world are mainly good camps, but in this small world, there is such a side.

However, when he thought that even the elves in the Atas world could become a barbaric and cruel race, he immediately felt relieved.

"With the signing of the 'Covenant', Asno Continent brought a long-term peace until 1000 years ago..." Granny Verantha paused intentionally for a while before continuing:

"1000 years ago, a tower of human beings fell from the sky without warning, and the magical structure of the world was also torn apart at the same time. The original magical energy released by it triggered a crisis that spread to the entire multiverse. Arcane Havoc'."

(End of this chapter)