Arcane Journey

Chapter 6 Arcane Fire
Brian opened his eyes, his world was still the eternal night, the silent city of Orens.

Fortunately, after studying day and night for nearly two months, he has gotten used to the environment of living by candlelight and reading magic books.

Moreover, he also has elven blood, and the dark environment has less influence on him than he imagined.

He checked his situation, and saw that the spell slots and psionic points of the two professions of Battle Mage and Psychic had all been recovered in eight hours of meditation, so he ended the state, got up and walked to the table.

Meditation is the easiest way for a spellcaster to perceive magic and exercise spiritual power.

It doesn't look that different from sitting still, and you don't even need a specific posture.

The main thing is to let go of the body and mind, gradually forget the perception of the body, and then extend one's will to the energy of the outside world to feel quietly.

After eight consecutive hours in a day, all the spell slots and psionic points he consumed would be restored to saturation.

This is why the first thing wizard apprentices need to do when they become a wizard is to learn to meditate.

Restoration magic is just one of them.

The main reason is to allow one's own mental power to actively perceive the magic network.

When you successfully link your spiritual power with the magic net during the long meditation, it means you have obtained the most basic spell-casting authority.

If the magic net is compared to electrical equipment in the real world, then the spellcasters who successfully come into contact with the magic net can be compared to a machine that is successfully electrified and qualified to operate.

As for the speed of the machine's operation, it naturally depends on the strength of its own personal strength—that is, the level of the so-called caster.

Obviously, machines with low power cannot withstand the impact of strong voltage, and weak power cannot drive huge machinery and equipment.

The magic net is similar to playing a reconciling role, so that the appropriate amount of magical energy (electricity) fits the appropriate crowd (machine), so that the body will not explode and die.

Of course, the magic net has another function, which is to limit the ability of the caster and prevent some existences so powerful that even the gods are afraid of disrupting the balance of the world.

In layman's terms, it is a thing that helps spellcasters who are not talented enough to cast spells more easily, and restricts spellcasters with extraordinary talents from threatening the realm of the gods.

No matter how Austrian arts practitioners evaluate the pros and cons of the magic net, it is a very important thing for every spellcaster.

Without the magic net, the number of spellcasters in the entire world would be reduced by at least 90%.

As a time traveler, Brian has a deep understanding of this point, and is also a victim of it.

The small world where he descended was a world that could not sense the magic net.

Because of this, there are only a handful of spellcasters in the small world he left.

Although with his efforts, the threat of the ancient evils destroying the world was temporarily resolved, the magic net sensed the existence of the small world, and began to move towards a normal track.

But even he himself couldn't figure out how long it would take to regain the ability to cast magic freely like the main material world.

This is also one of the reasons why he tried every means to go to the main world.

As a spellcaster, without the assistance of the magic net, he would be at a loss in what to do, so why would he talk about saving the world.

Of course, this does not mean that without the magic net, spells cannot be cast.

In fact, many powerful spellcasters would spontaneously study how to cast spells without the magic net if they wanted to go further.

After all, if one wants to become a powerful existence that explores the mysteries of the multiverse, one cannot avoid contacting many areas of deadly magic or frantic magic caused by the distortion and deformation of the magic net.

Even outside the world of Toril, those endless worlds that are not covered by the magic net.

At this time, the advantages of spellcasters with off-network casting skills will be fully displayed.

This kind of off-net spellcasting skill is naturally indispensable for a traverser like him who was once a legendary spellcaster.

If not, it would be impossible for him to thrive in a place where he couldn't even sense the magic net, let alone come here.

Thinking of this, Brian sat on the chair, closed his eyes slightly, restrained his mind, got rid of distracting thoughts in his mind, and concentrated on feeling a blue-white flame with a diameter of about 1 inch in his body.

When he saw that the completion of the blue and white flame was 100%, he was overjoyed, and immediately called out the attributes of the flame:
Arcane Fire: lv3
Arcane Power: (27/27)

Lv1 features:
Arcane Recall: After use, restore 50% arcane energy, three days/1 time.

Arcane preparation: You can prepare a spell you master every day in advance, and this spell does not require any spells or actions.

Arcane Hand: A spellcaster who is proficient in this arcane spell can change a spell that is originally a close-range touch spell to a target within 30 feet, which is treated as a ranged touch attack.

Lv2 features:
Arcane Counter: Counter or rebound the enemy's spells based on one's own intelligence judgment and arcane knowledge.

Arcane Burst: This ability allows you to consume extra arcane energy when you release a spell, making the spell have a spell burst effect, knocking enemies within the range into the air, and adding additional spell damage.

Lv3 features:
Arcane Beam: Consume arcane energy to release a long-distance arcane energy beam, causing damage to enemies, and the damage increases according to the consumed arcane energy.

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Seeing the arcane fire restored to its original state, Brian heaved a sigh of relief. When he arrived in this world, his heart that had been hanging on him finally fell safely.

Arcane Fire is the key to his off-grid spellcasting.

It is precisely because of this blue and white flame hidden in the depths of his soul that came here with him that he has the ability to cast spells in a small world without a magic net.

To put it simply, with the fire of the arcane, he will undoubtedly become a spellcaster who can cast spells without touching the magic net, that is, the blue bar mage that players jokingly call.

At this time, in addition to having the spell slot of the main professional battle mage, he also has an additional set of blue bars for releasing spells.

Austrian fire.

A crimson flame that was originally researched by another advanced profession of wizards, 'Archmage'.

In order to obtain this kind of flame, the archmage must permanently consume the energy equivalent to a nine-ring spell, that is, permanently reduce himself by one nine-ring spell slot.

Before Brian was reborn in this world, he was a legendary archmage by profession, so he naturally mastered the arcane fire ability of the archmage.

This improved version of the blue and white Austrian fire is the product of his successful research on off-network casting techniques.

He is still deeply impressed by the production process of the Arcane Fire.

In the world of Toril - the continent of Faerun, in the long history of time, DR1385, the Year of the Blue Flame, an unprecedented catastrophe occurred: the Arcana catastrophe.

This is the third fall of Mystra, the goddess of magic. As expected, the magic net was torn apart again, causing the most essential magic power to form a wave of blue flames, and then spread like a plague throughout Faerun Wreaks havoc everywhere.

Although with the third resurrection of the goddess of magic, the magic net was finally repaired reluctantly.

But the raging mysterious blue flames have not been cleaned up from beginning to end, and even in some great rift valleys, a magical forbidden area burning with blue flames has formed.

There are also dead devil areas all over the world that have not been restored until now.

The main material of Bryan's improved arcane fire is the mysterious blue flame that represents the essence energy of the magic net that he obtained by chance.

Then, on the surface of the magic net, he pulled off the white silk 'strings of the magic net' representing the number of each ring, and integrated them into the Austrian fire.

The last thing is to connect this arcane fire with his own spirit and turn it into a miniature magic net that belongs to him, which is the current arcane fire that emits blue and white flames.

With the improvement of his own level, the level of Austrian fire can also be raised up to level 10, allowing him to master the ability to release nine-ring and legendary spells without the magic net, only with Austrian fire.

The most important thing is that after Brian successfully made the Arcane Fire, in order to let the Arcane Fire replace his spell book, he also researched a method to integrate all the secrets recorded in the spell book and all the magic he mastered.

After his rebirth, he does not need to relearn the spells he has mastered at all, he only needs to activate the spell models stored in the Austrian Fire to release them.

In this way, he can have a lot of time to study the psionic powers of psions and arcane knowledge that he has not yet dabbled in.

Therefore, when Brian saw that his Ouhuo finally woke up from the silence, he was still very excited.

The main reason why he has fallen to this point now is that at the moment he came to this world, his own Austrian fire collided with the magic net of Mystra, the goddess of magic (unacceptable?), so that it suddenly went out, causing him to suddenly burn out. Lost the ability to cast spells.

And he just happened to be teleported to the Underdark by an Asimo wizard with unreliable teleportation spells, and finally fell into this field.

Now, the spells of the battle mage profession have established a link with the magic net, and obtained a spell slot. His arcane fire has also awakened after more than two months of silence, which means that his strength has basically recovered. .

However, Brian still felt a little regretful.

In the small world he was reborn in, the world consciousness bestowed on him after he nodded and promised to save the world, but after he left the original world, he suddenly fell silent in his body, no matter how he mobilized it, there was no sign of awakening.

God-like power is a kind of divine power comparable to the gods.

If he didn't lose this ability at this time, not only could he escape from the secret room, but he could even use this power to forcibly lift the curse of the 'Poison Heart Spider' in his body.

It was this change that made him realize why the will of the world gave him god-like power without hesitation after he casually agreed.

Obviously, if he intends to fully grasp the god-like power, the premise is to save the small world that is still threatened by the ancient evil.

In fact, even without such a condition, Brian would still do his best to save it.

Because it was a new small world, in addition to its rich resources and population, after considering his future plans, he planned to make it a rear base for his future expeditions to other worlds.

His purpose in coming to the main material world is to find a way to save the world while rapidly improving his strength.

Of course, the premise of all this is to escape from the Underdark.

At this time, the hollow echo of the heel hitting the rock sounded faintly.

Brian's expression changed, and he immediately realized that the person who came was probably the drow wizard Jolana mentioned to him yesterday, who was going to teach him how to deal with the drow girl Santilla.

Thinking of this, he turned cold and closed the book directly.

From Joanara's mouth, I learned that her daughter is not only Santilla's friend, but also a drow wizard who is second only to her in magic talent.

In other words, this drow wizard named Santilla almost met all the conditions for the cause of the involution of the drow race, and it was no wonder that people took such painstaking efforts to deal with her.

"As expected of plastic sisterhood." Brian remarked casually.

He is well aware of his current situation, but this does not mean that he is really at the mercy of others.

Brian admitted that Joanara, a drow wizard whose strength reached the fourth level, made it difficult for him to raise his heart to resist, but her daughter was different.

He can't beat the old one, but he is still very confident against a young one.

Based on his understanding of the drow elves, he didn't believe that the mother and daughter of the "father is loving and the son is filial" would really be a loving family.

(End of this chapter)