The Swordsman of Faerûn

Speaking of which, as long as Netheril is mentioned, there are two names that cannot be avoided - Iolum and Karsus.Not to mention Karsus, so far people agree that the fall of the first generation of goddess of magic is the work of this "crazy" great arcanist.

Iolum can be said to be the founder and host of the rise and glory of the Netheril Age.His achievements can be said to be unprecedented, or even unprecedented.During his long life, Iolum performed a number of amazing and bewildering acts and created dozens of incredible inventions, but his most significant contribution was the creation of the Mither Core.When the people of Netheril mastered the use of the Mithr energy core, one flying city after another rose into the sky.

The lost legendary spell invented by Iolum, Iolum's Life-Extending Law, is the only known longevity technique that can perfectly extend lifespan.Relying on this spell, Iolum survived as Iolum of the Seven-Towns for dozens of centuries, almost throughout the age of Netheril.

However, when the Felim Sorrel appeared, Iolum quickly realized that the opponent's life-absorbing spell would cause his own life-sustaining spell to fail. Under the influence of certain factors, Iolum of the Seven Towns transformed himself into A Lich, and separated into two semi-independent new individuals - Iolum of Sinrenal and Iolum of the Lich, and Iolum of Sinrenal is hiding in his floating city Sinrenal hibernates near the present lonely wasteland, and the other part appears in front of the world with another floating city disguised as Sinrenal.

After the fall of the Netheril Empire, Iolum the Lich quietly continued to select apprentices from among the gifted Netherese refugees.Inexplicably, he also accepts apprentices from nearby illithid cities, and those illithid students who call themselves Anam are believed to be the original illithid liches.Iolum's intentions were finally revealed when he used the minds of his illithid students to create an undead mastermind, and he subsequently fused his own consciousness into the mastermind, most of his illithid apprentices in the Destroyed during this arcane ritual.

Iolum's last human apprentice, Tabari, was the facilitator of this ceremony. The two masters and apprentices slaughtered the entire Illithid group in Elaento, and based on this group, Tabari performed Iolum's life extension method, and Tabari, who has inherited the vitality of the entire Elaineto's illithid group, has a vitality that is not as good as that of a dragon.

In short, this is a pair of powerful perverted archarcanists who make all the gods pay attention to them (Iolum of the Lich--lawful neutral mastermind Lich Mage Level 31 / Archmage Level 5 / Netheril Sorcerer level 5; Iolum of Sinrenal—absolutely neutral demilich City Spirit Mage level 31/Grand Arcanist level 8) and few people dare to meddle in their quarrels, Therefore, most of the other people watched the quarrel between the master and the apprentice with the appearance of a bystander, but no one stepped forward to persuade them.

However, this does not mean that no one will pay attention to William. The cold lady like a carrion jackdaw stepped forward again and asked, "Where is my great-grandfather?"

William snorted coldly and was about to speak, but heard a loud bang. Everyone turned their heads and saw a human-shaped skeleton jumping out from the corridor. Several bones were missing from the limbs and chest, which were covered in mud and grime, and looked as if they had been run over by a large truck several times before being thrown into a septic tank.

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"Ovo? How did you get into such a miserable state?"

"Damn it! I hate mud, and I hate toads rolling in the mud even more—" the crippled skeleton let out the anger in his heart weakly.

"What? You met a slaadi?" Everyone present was startled. Slaadi are biped creatures that look like frogs, and they mainly live in the Chaos Sea in the outer plane.Their primary duty, as we all know, is to clean up the battlefields of bloody battles, to feed on the dead, and to use the wounded to complete their own reproductive cycle.In a sense, slaadi are the killers of daemons and demons, but they usually don't take part in the bloody battles between the baatezu and the tanar'ri because they have no interest in deadly plots.

Owo Undead said angrily: "A large group is hunting, and there are two dead slaads in it (dead slaads are the most powerful individuals in this race, they are transformed through evil rituals The most powerful slaadi that is close to immortality)! Damn toad, I almost suffered a big loss. But they are not easy, I put [order return] and [mud torrent] before leaving, hope those parasites can Survive a few more."

The people around couldn't help but gasped when they heard the words.

[Return to Order] The legendary arcane spell of the evocation system, the spell is released instantly, forcing all creatures of the chaotic alignment in the effective area to be stunned for a period of time, and the stunned creatures of the lawful alignment will return to their normal state.However, after casting this spell, any caster of a non-lawful alignment will start to deflect towards the lawful alignment (that is, chaos turns to neutral, and neutral turns to law).

[Mud Torrent] is another variant of the evocation-type legendary arcane [Flood Torrent]. Casting this spell on the mud plane is simply a devastating natural disaster. Cooperating with [Return of Order] to deal with the history of chaotic nature Laadi, I am afraid that other than those two dead slaadi, it is very difficult for other slaadi to survive.

Owo Undead soon saw William, and his anger immediately rose several squares to fill the tube. Without thinking about it, he roared and rushed up, releasing a burning flame while angrily said: "Damn bastard! ! I'm going to kill you!" Perhaps no one thought that Owo Undead would suddenly attack, and everyone watched the lich attack William without reacting for a while.

William is not a character who likes to stand still and be beaten. He prefers to control the enemy first, or to say that the first attack comes first.William, who was already at the peak of his strength, had an amazing speed of instinctive reaction. Even if his physical strength had not yet returned to its peak state, William had already made the "best" choice before Ovo's fire spell was formed.

The human eye will produce the characteristic of persistence of vision when looking at things, that is, when the image disappears/changes, the image in the brain will not disappear immediately, but will remain for a short time.Although it is not known whether the visual system of the Lich is the same as that of a normal human being, no one can clearly see how William moves. When they are surprised that the flames released by Owo hit William, more precisely hit him When the afterimage remained in place, there was a crisp sound of "bang".

Unlucky lich, all his protective spells have been exhausted in the battle with the slaadi, so Owo Undead's spell failed, but his head was smashed into pieces by the violent William debris.

Once his head was broken, the broken body of Owo Undead was completely useless. He had to wait a day before he could use the power of the phylactery to make a new body.Everything in front of them was changing so fast that many people hadn't even figured out what happened before the ending was already doomed.

Suddenly another cold scream sounded: "I'm going to kill you! Despicable reptile—" It was the lady "Scavenging Jackdaw". An ugly old woman who looks like a human and seven minutes like a skeleton ghost. Ms. "Scavenging Jackdaw" raised her hand and shot a [Shadow Arrow], followed by the second, third...

Although the speed of these shadow energy arrows is not very fast, the threat to William is not too great, but there are more opponents around, and he is worried that they will besiege him next, after all, he just "killed" the opponent's A member (William didn't know much about the lich, he didn't know that the only way to kill the lich was to destroy the phylactery).A fierce light flashed in William's eyes, and he pulled out the Autumn Knife and turned his hand to shatter the arrows composed of shadow energy. With the support of the new special effects of the Autumn Knife, the blood in his body surged wildly, and he was ready to kill. Kill as many enemies as possible and escape from here.

But what happened next was beyond William's expectations.

"Stop! Morisa—" Tabari spoke, but Iolum of Sinrenal was the first to strike. He quickly countered the spell of "Scavenging Jackdaw" Morisa , and used magic to isolate its control.

At the same time, Iolum of Sinrenal released more spells, and quickly moved the men in black robes who were close to William to other positions, because William had already attacked them.The protective spells of these powerful top spellcasters in Faerun are definitely top-notch and meticulous, but they are almost useless when facing Qiushui Dao, because it is a sharp blade that once killed a saint. , although Iolum of Sinrenal rescued these people in time, there was still an unlucky lich whose neck was cut off by William.

Under normal circumstances, a lich will not die immediately if its neck is cut off, but it does not include when it is cut by Qiushui Dao, because this is a precious sword that can cut souls, and its lethality is much stronger than before .The decapitated lich let out a miserable howl, which was a silent spiritual howl, piercing the soul sharply, making people deeply feel the pain he endured.

The Lich's soul howl didn't last long, as his soul soon burst from the unbearable pain.This poor lich is even more unlucky than Owo Undead, because Owo's body is only destroyed, but the soul carried by the body is not destroyed, so it only takes one day for him to recover, and he retains the body before it was destroyed. memory.But that poor lich was much worse. With a broken soul, he needs to wait a year to be resurrected, and when he is resurrected, he only has the memory of his last death, which means that this poor lich will lose the ability to be reborn. All the memories of the body that William destroyed.

"Wait a minute! William, we are not enemies," Tabari, who had already reacted, shouted hastily, "Because Morisa studied the dark mysteries too much, her soul was eroded by shadow energy, and she often had difficulty controlling her own sanity. , in fact she is not a bad person."

William stood with a knife in his hand. He couldn't find a better time to attack because he was concerned about the opponent's magic attack, so he could only say in a cold voice, "But I can't trust you, let alone I have already killed two of your companions." -"

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Now that he has formed a death feud with the other party, there is nothing to say, either you die or I die-this is the first philosophy of life that William summed up with blood and human life in his previous life.

Surrounded by enemies without a single companion, it is the best time to use the "big move".William did not hesitate to use his mass destruction power, regardless of friend or foe - [Soul Storm].The power of the wild mental riot was multiplied several times under the amplification of Qiu Shui Dao, and it instantly turned into a destructive mental storm.

In fact, none of the people present were weak, they represented the top existence of all Faerun spellcasters, and if they were prepared, they could easily kill William if they were taken out.Their protective spells couldn't stop the Autumn Knife, but it didn't mean they couldn't do anything to William's [Soul Storm]. As the protective spells were activated one by one, colorful protective energies overflowed, and the whole hall was agitated for a while. The effect is truly dazzling.

Tabari frantically blesses herself and screams, "Soul Eater's psychic powers? It's impossible—"

Iolum of Sinrenal said, "No! It's not the psychic powers of the octopus heads, but rather the mutated form of the dead soul's [Howl of Fear], but how can anyone in the world have such powerful soul power? Even if hundreds of ghosts activate [Howl of Fear] at the same time, it will not have such terrible power."

The power of [Soul Storm] amplified by the origin of the saint was really extraordinary. As soon as the two spoke, everyone's protective spells were shattered by the raging spiritual power.Fortunately, all long-lived spellcasters are cautious people. There is almost nothing more important to them than their own protection. Even if one protection method fails, they still have more backup measures.

However, Iolum of Sinrenal didn't want the situation to be so chaotic anymore, he quickly released a series of spells to stop this unnecessary dispute. [Group laws and deterrents]! [Group laws and deterrents]! [Group laws and deterrents]!Iolum is so powerful, the three enchanting arcane arts directly overwhelm the audience, this is a true master of arcane arts, and it is difficult to find a few who can compare with him in the whole Toril Strong in the law domain (perhaps only the gods can compete with Iolum).

Intimidated by Iolum's spell, everyone fell silent.William was suppressed by an unknown force three times in a row. Although the duration of each time was very short, he was extremely shocked. It was hard for him to believe that there were souls in this world that could shake people just by speaking ([Law Shock] is a single-action instant spell that only needs to shout out a keyword to take effect. And [Group Law Shock] is an enhanced version of [Law Shock]).

It seems that Tabari is the one who has the most right to speak among them, and she is the first to speak: "William, we have no ill will towards you and your family, you must know that what you protect is not related to Netheril. ..."

William sneered and interrupted: "Needless to say! I've already killed your people, so it's just superfluous to talk so much nonsense now, no matter what, I will never stand still." William also has his own cards, he His confidence is the prayer crystal coins in his hand, although the number is not too much, it is enough for him to escape from this place alive.

"Uh? You mean Owo and Ms. Sahariel? Don't worry, they just lost a body, their essence has not dissipated, and they will be resurrected in a short time." Tabari pretended to smile easily She said, in fact, she knew very well that Owo Undead was nothing, but Ms. Saharel suffered a big loss.Especially the loss of memory from the destruction of her body is definitely an extremely painful loss for her, because this witch of Saharirgaard, who has been alone for countless years, will forget that she is willing to sacrifice her life for it , the object of love and all magic.

William sneered ignorantly: "The dead spirit skeleton can be resurrected after being destroyed? Do you think I'm an idiot?"

"Although they are also undead creatures, they are undead liches. You should know this—" Tabari suddenly felt that her brain was a little swollen, which was a very bad premonition, and it meant that she had some emotions out of order.

"What is a lich?" William never minded showing his ignorant nature, and he didn't mind being ashamed to ask, even though he was the one who lived "under".

"You don't even know what a lich is?!" Everyone present was in an uproar. What kind of strange thing is this? You don't even know what a lich is.Even the stupidest farmer in the countryside of Faerun might be able to list one or two pieces of information about liches, such as immortality and power.

A lich is a spellcaster who uses magic to achieve immortality. He uses black magic and necromancy to transform himself into an undead creature, and stores their souls in a magic vessel (phylactery). Therefore, the only way to destroy a lich It is to destroy the magic weapon that stores their souls - the phylactery.Otherwise, the soul in the Lich's phylactery will recreate a new body to resurrect.

The lich is the strongest undead creature, the controller of the undead creature. The lich has all the abilities in life, and has endless time to study magic, so it is inevitable to have powerful magic power.Tabari had to be patient and popularize common sense about liches for William, and the liches in the hall also cooperated with each other by lifting their cloaks to show their "grace" to the "ignorant boy".A skinny, skeletal humanoid whose eyes have long since rotted away, but still glow with pinpoint crimson in their hollow sockets.

Their withered muscles cling to bare bones, and many are adorned with gleaming gems and precious fel metal, giving them an eerie look.The first thought that flashed in William's mind was, can skeletons also dress up?

Let's talk about it, and the next misunderstanding will be easy to deal with.Although William has not let down his vigilance, at least the two sides are not as tense as before, and no one will dare to underestimate William's strength.

William followed the crowd to the pedestal under the huge sphere, and Iolum of Sinrenal pointed to the sphere above his head and said, "William, do you know what this is?" William shook his head to express his ignorance.

Tabari interjected proudly: "This is the greatest magic device invented by my teacher when he was still Iolum of the Seven Towns—Mither Energy Core."

Iolum of Sinrenal shook his head and said: "Actually, the Mithr energy core is not entirely my invention. What I really did was to restore and improve it. Similar devices existed before Netheril. It's happened before."

The crowd was in an uproar again, and the voices became even more chaotic, because the news was too shocking and unbelievable.Tabari said in horror: "Impossible! Teacher, why haven't I heard you before?"

Iolum said indifferently: "I didn't say it before because the time was not ripe..."

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What does it mean to be immature?Lie to Jergal!

As a group of (former) Grand Arcanists who regard gods as their more powerful counterparts, it is absolutely not an exaggeration to say that they are lawless.Not to mention anything else, just looking at Karthus's daring to develop the forbidden technique [Karthus' Incarnation] that directly became a god (although the final ending was not very good), we can see how daring they are.

No one believed that Iolum would hide the truth out of fear of something, nor would anyone believe that he would lie for a little fame, unless he was planning some huge conspiracy.Iolum said that the timing was not ripe, so he didn't explain further, but most of the people present were cunning people, they just buried their doubts in their hearts and kept them in mind, and they didn't just break the casserole and ask to the end.

Iolum of Sinrenal, who was less than three feet tall, didn't care about the uproar of the others, and pointed to the Mither Core above his head and said, "William, do you think this Mither Core looks familiar?"

It is very familiar, but William will not honestly give an affirmative answer. He looks at everyone with a blank face, playing his "ignorance" characteristic with ease.

"Although the Miser Energy Core is the source of the magic energy of Nether Floating Void City, it is just a kind of imitation offspring magic device, and there is a mother source core on it. The Miser Energy Core is continuously flowing from the magic network through the magic network. Extracting raw energy from the sea of ​​energy, the mother source core is the key to controlling the magic network. However, the mother source core does not exist physically, it must be attached to intelligent creatures, and this attached person will become the master of the magic network. "A more astonishing inside story broke out rather calmly, and most of the people present were dizzy, dizzy and burned with shock.However, there are also a few old guys who the old gods don't care about. It seems that they have known the news for a long time.

Seeming to see the greed in many people's hearts, Iolum said again, "Although the mother's core is a supreme fetish, it can't be forced. Karthus suffered a lot from it back then, unless the mother The core of the source surrendered voluntarily, even the gods would not want to grab it by force, otherwise the prophet Acindor would not have given it to us humans on purpose."

Acindor, the Prophet of the Earth, is another great figure that has to be mentioned in the Netheril era. Almost every major historical event in Netheril (whether it is good or bad) has his figure—— Similar to the status of a "prophet" wise man.

The Earth Prophet Acindor has a high reputation and status in the hearts of the Netherese, but from Iolum's tone, the mysterious Earth Prophet does not seem to be of human origin.This was another bolt from the blue for most of those present who had experienced Netheril's glory and downfall.

The crowd could no longer bear the fear and doubt in their hearts, and they all asked: "Lord Iolum, how is this possible? What basis do you have?"

Iolum said eloquently: "Toril has been home to reptilian creatures since the formation of the continent, including snakes (without limbs) and lizards (with limbs). From a few inches long to the size of the largest ocean liner. Amongst these various reptilian creatures certain intelligent lizards and snakes developed societies, mastered magic, and even founded primitive empires."

"In this ancient era, a lizard people called Sarukh gradually became the rulers of Faerun. In the process of their civilization development, they discovered the knowledge of spells that they had never encountered before. Sarukh The shamans learned these primitive spells and recorded them on a special golden page they called the 'Golden Skin of the World Serpent'."

"Neither scroll?!" Several of the listeners couldn't help exclaiming.The reason why humans in the Netheril era were able to stand out from the many intelligent races at that time was the discovery of the Nether scrolls, and the decline of Netheril was also related to the succession of the Nether scrolls. .Since the rise of Netheril, all mages who specialize in any field of the secret arts have gained knowledge from the Netherese scrolls, and even a lot of information contained in these scrolls has been regarded as common sense by the magical community of Faerun.Today, it can be said bluntly that the Nether scroll has become the basis of Faerun's magic theory today.

Iolum ignored everyone's astonishment and continued: "Just like us Netheril, the Sarukh shaman lizard people also encountered a war with the Faerun mokui, and their civilization gradually declined as a result. In the end, there was only a secret organization called Baetis, who led a small number of Sarukh shaman lizardmen to retreat to their only remaining underground city, Orem, and escaped the disaster and survived."

"You should be very clear that the secret organization we have been fighting against - Baietis, I have not let you act rashly before, because we know far less about them than they know about us. In Austria There are at least sixty Sarukh witches in the lair of Lim Sarukh, and the Earth Prophet Acindor is one of them. They rule there in turn, and each of them wakes up from hibernation. will sit on the throne for years, and then return to their slumber in the city of the Lizard's Dream when the next lich wakes."

The Earth Prophet Axindor came to the Netherese Empire in the form of a human being, and was called the "Earth Prophet" by the latter in his contact with the Netherilians.In fact, Netherese know very little about this person, and the "Earth Prophet" always seems to be a mystery, and people don't even know their gender.Whether it's him or her, the "Earth Prophet" always appears when the problem arises and disappears when the problem is solved.Throughout Netheril’s records about Alcindor, He appeared in a positive image in the early stage, but the historical records in the later period, if interpreted from the perspective of later generations, are not so glorious——“The Prophet of the Earth” Seems to resent being a witness to Nether's great problems, and mysteriously disappeared during the downfall of Nether civilization.

Iolum said loudly: "Behind almost every major event in Netheril, there are shadows of Sarukh Witches and Liches active. Although I can't be sure whether they were really kind or malicious back then, but The ending of Netheril has already explained everything. We deliberately diverted our attention to protect Netheril, and gave them a small part of Netheril's most elite heritage back then, but this does not mean everything Everything is fine. Because Acindor and the others are still alive, Felim Mokui and Saren Spirit are still unresolved."

"William! I hope you can go to Elaento after entering the Great Desert of Enook, and meet the other me—Iolum the Lich, who has been watching the Sarukh witch gnats there. The Lich and the Faerim. He will tell you some useful information—for you and others." Iolum finally revealed one of his reasons for meeting William.

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William is not a stunned young man who is easily fooled, he doesn't think it is a good thing to get involved with this group of old antiques.William shook his head and said: "What you say and do sounds great. Only big people and big heroes can do it. I'm just a small person, an ordinary mortal, I just want to live an ordinary life, and I have no interest-- There is no ability to intervene.”

Everyone couldn't help being startled when they heard the words, and then they all burst out laughing. Tabari walked up to William in a graceful manner, and reached out to pinch his arm. It is undeniable that this woman's skin is extremely delicate, almost unbearable. It is as white and tender as a baby, and under the half-open hood of the cloak, there is a delicate and lovely face, which is very charming, with a smile of "cheating".

The female arcanist was so frivolous, and William was very displeased. He frowned unobtrusively, and wanted to move away, but he raised the sole of his foot and put it down again, standing where he was. Let this "female hooligan" eat tofu.The rogue female arcanist teased in a strange tone: "Ordinary mortals? Then this pair is comparable to a dragon... ah—"

It was William who mobilized his energy and blood secretly, and the skin on his arm suddenly burst into dark energy, stabbing Tabari's jade finger fiercely, shattering several slender finger bones of her.The so-called ten fingers connected to the heart, Tabari's originally beautiful face suddenly twisted, and her fingers trembled violently.

But in Faerun, one is afraid of everything, except for being injured. If one is really injured, even if it is a serious injury with missing arms or legs, a powerful healing spell will restore it to its original state in a short time.Although Tabari's fingers were painful, she was not a coquettish person. She quickly endured the pain and released a [Secondary Restoration Technique] on her fingers, which relieved the unbearable pain, but her face was pale .

"You—William, you're not a gentleman to do this! Especially when facing a beautiful lady." Perhaps because William didn't expect to be so rebellious, there was a trace of anger on Tabari's pretty face, but This woman who has lived for thousands of years has enough endurance and cunning to still maintain her poise.

Tabari said rather gloatingly: "Do you really think you can stay out of it? William. Many things in this world do not exist in isolation. There are at least three reasons why the Sarukh witch must come to you and your family. .”

William asked suspiciously, "Three reasons?"

The beautiful female Arcanist snapped her fingers gracefully and said leisurely: "That's right! One is the girl you are escorting, Miluna. Now you should be very clear about what is on her body. That is also the Sarukh witch. The demon tried his best to get it. The other one is the horn of Cole, that artifact was once one of the important components of the state artifact of the Yisto Sefifer Empire (the great empire established by the ancient Sarukh witches and snakes), It is also the greatest reliance of the Sarukh witches to resist the Felin Mokui. Ever since they lost this artifact, they have been trapped in the depths of Orem by my teacher. Although I don’t know how it fell on you But as long as the Sarukh Lich and Lich know the whereabouts of the Horn of Kerr, they will definitely take it back regardless."

"The third reason is that you killed Ibrando. Ibrando, the god of the cave, has a deep relationship with the Sarukh shaman lizardmen, especially a salamander stationed underground in Orem. The warband, they will definitely send people to hunt you down."

After listening to Tabari's puzzlement quietly, William sneered, "Even if these three reasons really exist, can I solve all problems by going to Elaine?"

Iolum interjected: "Of course not! But it can solve some of the problems. In terms of mental strength, I am far inferior to that big meatball. He can cover up the brilliance for Miss... Luna, making it difficult for the coveting to notice her .At the same time, you can also meet the Salamander Squad, there are a large number of Mither warriors there, and those madmen who like to play with fire should not pay all their attention to you. "

"Of course we won't let you make this trip in vain. Whether it's wealth or magic items, or some precious potions, or even some precious manuscripts of magic literature, we can provide them for free." Iolum laughed. Quite treacherous, since no one could refuse a lucrative offer from a group of great arcanists.

At this time, William also reacted, and he couldn't help but sneered and said: "Haha! After talking for a long time, you just want to hire me to help you take a trip to the Ennook Desert, so just say it directly, why bother to beat around the bush. But even if I want to agree, I don’t know where the Elaineto you are talking about is, and it would be a waste of effort to find it if Enook is so big.”

Iolum said: "Tabari will serve as your guide to Elaento. But you must be careful, the Salamanders are extremely difficult to mess with. You should have seen Moya and the others outside, they are all Members of Mither fighters, there is a squadron of 120 people stationed in Sinrenal, but there are five brigades (each brigade is equivalent to five squadrons) of Mither fighters stationed in the depths of the Ennook Great Desert , they are the main force against the Salamanders."

Of course William noticed Moya and the others, and he cared very much about these powerful warriors.When he heard that there were more than 100 tyrannical warriors who were almost at the peak of their brilliance here, and there were more than [-] in the Great Desert of Enook, his forehead was suddenly covered with a "hum".

What is the peak of bright energy, it is the kind of outstanding fighter who can use his strength to play the effect of dark energy.

The so-called use of strength to hit the dark force effect means that when you punch the opponent's chest with all your strength, the punch force even passes through the chest and affects the back (if you hit a sandbag, basically you punch two holes).This kind of powerful explosive power may be inferior to the peak boxing champions Tyson and Holyfield, but there are several Tysons and Holyfields in the world.

William was stunned for a while, before he regained consciousness.Although magicians are powerful, these maverick "guys" are too mysterious and elusive in people's minds. They are far less shocking than three thousand terrifying men with physical explosive power far surpassing super boxing champions. The magic heavy armor can absolutely push everything flat in the land of Faerun. In William's mind, this is the foundation of these people's standing in this wild land.

William said: "Okay! I promise to go to Elaineto. Let's talk about my reward. What can I get?"

Iolum didn't seem to be surprised by William's change of attitude. He said, "As I said just now, you can choose whatever you want, such as Nether gold coins, magic equipment, magic potions, or magic book copies."

"So generous? Then I want a few sets of magic armor worn by the Mither warriors outside..." William was a little unconvinced that the other party was so generous, and he still knew the price of magic items. Enchanted items are not uncommon in the magic world, but they are not affordable by ordinary people. The price of an ordinary enchanted long sword alone is enough to bankrupt the tax revenue of a small town.Among all the magic items, magic armor is the most expensive. Even with the massive wealth in William's pocket, unless he is willing to exchange it with prayer crystal coins, he can't get a few sets of suitable magic armor.

When William stated the reward he wanted, Tabari and the others burst into laughter, and Iolum said in a rather strange tone: "William, are you sure you want that? Are you sure? I think it's still It's better to switch to something else."

William frowned and said, "You don't want to?"

"Of course not!" Iolum shook his head and laughed, "Those armors are quasi-magic items and can only be used in Sinrenal. Once you leave this city, they are even worse than the lowest armor. Can't use it."

A quasi-magic item is a magical item derived from the Mithr energy core in the Netheril era.Before the emergence of the Mithr energy core, people not only needed precious magic materials when making magic equipment, but also needed the creator to use [Magic Constancy] to permanently solidify the magic energy on the equipment, and this required a certain amount of vitality of the creator and certain soul traits. ([Magic Persistence] is an instant spell similar to a replacement contract, and the caster who wants to obtain the specialization of making spell items must first master this spell)

In this period of time, it is not difficult to recognize those arcanists who often make permanent magic items from the crowd at a glance.Compared with their actual age, they look particularly old and frail, which is unbearable for most arcanists who hope to prolong their lifespan with the power of magic.

So magic items were extremely rare back then, until the Nemythor Core was created by Iolum.The power of this magic device can go deep into the magic net, communicate with the original, pure magic power, and the lasting magic power generated by it can make the entire mountain range float in the air, as for the Netheril Arcanist The possibility that they can create magic items without casting Persistence has also become a reality.

As long as they are within the magical influence range of the Mither core, arcanists can create items with permanent magic effects at will, but once they are far away from this range, the produced items will lose their effect.

This is also one of the reasons why the Netherese were desperately trying to create the floating city even if they were desperate to go bankrupt, because that time was not long after the Battle of the Orc Gate, and the invaders from the alien plane were at their most glorious stage. At its peak, the great arcanist Iolum led the Netherese army to fight against the orc invaders. When he was tired of fighting with orcs, goblins and other people who coveted the achievements of the Netherese After the warlock king of the war made the first floating city, the battle situation was changed.And after more floating cities floated to the clouds, the Netherese completely overwhelmed the hostile competitors.

William laughed a few times in embarrassment. It was embarrassing. He actually took garbage as a treasure. It felt really uncomfortable to be laughed at by others.

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Iolum laughed and said: "Although I'm not keen on alchemy creation, I have accumulated a large number of small gadgets over the past few thousand years, and keeping them takes up space. You can choose a few more suitable items as rewards. William, don't save me."

William hated secretly, I didn't want to save you guys, but I know almost nothing about the identification of magic items, and it is inevitable to mistake dung for "golden rubbish".He sighed and said: "I know almost nothing about magic items, how do I know what to pay, if only there is someone who is proficient in this area."

Iolum said: "Don't worry, my student Tabari is an excellent monster identification expert, she can help you choose some useful things. Tabari, take Mr. William to my utility room .”

"I am a generous man, strong William, take as much as you can."

Tabari nodded, and led William out of the hall. After passing through a specially set portal, they came to a huge "garbage square".When they saw clearly the hill-like "garbage dumps" in the center of the square, they were stunned. What kind of garbage dumps are these? They are all precious magic items, spells of different lengths, sizes, styles, and materials. Rods, wands, and scepters were thrown all over the floor like rotten brooms, all kinds of enchanted weapons, armor, and robes were mixed in a mess, and there were even more kinds of magical wonders and little things that could not be named. thing.

Even Tabari, who has lived for thousands of years, has to be shocked by the scene in front of him. God knows how many messy little things Iolum has refined and discarded here. Among ordinary people, they are all valuable and sought-after items.

As one of the few top arcanists throughout the ages, there is absolutely no need to doubt Iolum's ability to make magic items. Even the failed and defective products he made casually are rare high-level treasures in the eyes of ordinary mages.