Throne of Magical Arcana

The middle-aged magician looked around the hall, and sighed to the dragon with some sympathy: "Bertrand is really plagued by bad luck. He was normally preparing to summon two devils for experiments in the bondage room, but his youngest apprentice happened to be in the secret hall. A special summoning ceremony is held indoors. Otherwise, relying on the castle he has arranged for many years, it is not difficult to discover the strangeness in advance and remove the monsters that have not yet grown up."

"Tang Pu, I don't think it's just right." Satisfied, the giant dragon dragged out a bulging bag hidden under his body, and counted the pieces of dazzling gold that had just been refined inside with bright eyes, one by one. The minted yellow gold coins, pieces of magic materials of different colors but very beautiful, and then replied in a casual tone, "According to my experience, when the child tried to find power through "Fable of Pain", this abominable monster It has already formed a projection in his heart, affecting his emotions, judgments, and ways of doing things, and the special rituals later only strengthen this projection and let it absorb power to form."

Its voice is immature, like a child, unable to tell the difference between male and female, which is very contradictory to the strength that has clearly reached a high level.

The middle-aged magician named Tang Pu smiled and watched the giant dragon squatting on the ground counting his treasures, and asked a little curiously: "Aferris, what is your experience?"

"Of course, every time I see the shiny treasure, there is always a monster called 'greed' projected in my heart, which affects my emotions and thoughts. So, Tom, it was not my fault that the treasury was looted, and I I can't control myself." The giant dragon Avris replied innocently.

Tang Pu laughed and said, "Where did the monster come from? Alfres, can you control your emotions and thoughts now? Can you return the treasure?"

"It's already under control, but Tang Pu, you have already promised these as my reward, how can you take it back? You are the most trustworthy and contracted Tang Pu!" Afris insisted, "As for where the monster projected from? , I don’t know either, maybe it has something to do with the ancient hell..." It was talking nonsense.

But Tang Pu said thoughtfully: "Several great arcanists have explored hell, dealt with some dukes and earls of hell, plus some records in the ruins and ancient times, they discovered a lot of things For example, it is rumored that there were seven extremely powerful, terrifying and mysterious devils in the deepest part of hell, representing the seven negative descriptions of arrogance, greed, envy, hatred, pain, lust and hypocrisy, but unfortunately they have never been confirmed to exist .”

"According to another interpretation, they are just seven abstract symbols extracted from the cunning and evil devils in hell, and each devil has at least one of these qualities."

"Ah? So that's how it is..." Afris replied perfunctorily, while carefully transferring some small and precious items in the bag to himself. After all, some of them belonged to the Magic Council.

Tang Pu pretended not to see it and continued: "About "Fables of Pain", and about this special summoning ceremony, it is necessary to be included in the scope of the key research of the parliament. It may be related to a certain secret of the world. The appearance of the monster, The changes of existence and rapid growth are too weird and mysterious, if it weren’t for Aferis, you are naturally good at spiritual, soul, and mental magic, I’m afraid I would let it escape..."

Even a high-level magician like him felt that monster was very strange.

Then, he took out the badge from his pocket and put it on.

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Inside the vault, due to Lucien's sudden attack on the wall, Charlotte, Sandra and others were nervous and suspicious, especially Susan didn't even dare to breathe too heavily, as if she was afraid that the monster that could emerge from anywhere would suddenly attack. Suddenly come from behind or other unexpected corners!

Da da da, the tense and depressing atmosphere reached its peak with the clear echoing footsteps in the corridor, and then a middle-aged man wearing a flame-like magic robe appeared outside the vault. He had black hair and blue eyes, and wore a pair of The gentle gold-rimmed eyes look handsome and refined.

"Hello, I'm Tang Pu from the Affairs Committee. I happen to be working in Casper County, so I came here to take over the matter." The middle-aged man looked at Lucy who was on alert through the defensive wall of the magic circle, as if he was about to launch a magic attack at any time. En and others, with amiable smiles.

He wears three badges on his chest, one is an arcane badge with six silver stars on a black background, the other is a magic badge with eight black rings on a silver background, and a black mystical flame badge representing a member of the Affairs Committee.

Lucien waved his hand to stop Susan, who was full of surprises and wanted to greet her, and said cautiously: "Mr. Tang Pu, to ensure safety, please let us check your badge, because that monster is very weird and terrifying."

Although they were facing high-level members of the magic council like members of the affairs committee, Charlotte and Sandra both nodded in approval of Lucien's decision. There were not one or two cases of monsters deceiving and killing magicians after transforming.

Tang Pu took off the three badges with a smile, and they floated beside the vault gate for inspection by Lucien and others.

After confirming that it was correct, Charlotte opened the defensive magic circle and reported very directly: "Mr. Tang Pu, the monster this time is very strange and there are many mysteries in it. I will briefly explain it from beginning to end so that you can take over the investigation. "

According to the status of the three in the team, this kind of thing should have been done by Lucien, but he is very weak now, and it is very difficult for him to speak without problems, so he handed it over to Charlotte.

Seemingly listening to Charlotte's story seriously, Tang Pu nodded: "The level of this mandatory task has exceeded the original estimate, and it has changed from a simple task to a dangerous task, so the final arcane point reward will be greatly improved after passing the evaluation. Great improvement. Moreover, the damaged magic items and magic potions consumed during the mission will be compensated by the council after confirmation. You can draw up a list and submit it to the mission area to wait for a week."

"That way I can rest assured." Sandra, with short hair and sharp hair, patted her neckline with an extremely happy expression. Obviously, the amulet was valuable and was an important means of saving her life.

Charlotte was not overjoyed, but his stern expression softened a bit, and his magic robe was also a powerful item.

Tang Pu sealed the castle with magic, and first escorted the weak Lucien and others back to the small town of Fraser.

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On the carriage to the capital of Capas County, after a long period of silence, Sandra said in a complex tone: "This mission has all kinds of mysteries, the only thing that is certain is that the absurd and funny summoning ceremony allowed a magic apprentice to summon I found an extremely terrifying monster. This is something that cannot be explained by the current summoning system arcane knowledge, which makes my cognition in this area a little confused, maybe the process is not what I imagined."

Among the three, Sandra was the only one who was good at summoning magic, so she was hit the hardest.

Although summoning magic is one of the three factions that clearly retains the style of the ancient magic empire, and still stays on the surface in arcane research, Bill's special summoning ceremony seriously violates the common sense of summoning in the ancient magic empire.

If even apprentices can summon monsters with at least five rings, then what are magicians from other factions?

Therefore, Sandra is really hard to understand, and it is estimated that the ancient summoners will also regard it as a joke made up by some bards who do not understand magic.

Charlotte nodded slightly: "We need to see the complete process of the special summoning ceremony to judge, but it is indeed a very weird thing, and I still have a dark and gloomy feeling until now."

"I always thought that monster was Bill himself..." interrupted Susan. In fact, she was a little moved. If it wasn't for Bill's obvious inability to control himself and his ugly appearance, no one would refuse this kind of ceremony to raise his strength to the fifth ring.

Lucien recovered a lot, and looked at Susan and Scott through the monocle: "Have you read "Fables of Pain"?"

Susan shook her head, while Scott said with a look of horror: "Mr. Evans, I am more familiar with Bill, and I have read a few stories in his room. Those stories are very dark, and the plot seems to be covered forever. The hopeless gray makes people either despair or resentment after reading it, wanting to destroy this world full of pain. I don’t understand why it can be called a fable, maybe it can be used to scare children who don’t want to sleep .”

"We have to go to the arcane library to borrow some materials. I just decided to learn two more schools of magic." Lucien planned to borrow basic arcane books of force field and necromancy to read after returning. , the latter can also learn with the "Necronomicon" on his body.

This is because the force field system contains a lot of powerful defensive magic, and the necromancy system involves spirit, soul, blessings and curses, etc. As for the electromagnetic system and heat system, Lucien feels that his arcane knowledge in this area is very solid, and he will not use it for the time being. So in-depth research, only learn the useful magic inside, and replace several spell models in the soul.

As for the magic of illusion, change and other factions, Lucien didn't have so much energy to study and research for the time being, so he could only choose a few spells and use his strong mental power to forcibly construct them like ancient magicians. This will be the case in the future, unless Lucien finds a place where these factions connect with his own knowledge.

If you want to go higher and further in the field of arcane and magic, you must concentrate your energy and make appropriate trade-offs.

Of course, the purpose of the arcane research of the Magic Council is to put all magic into a common theory, and believe that both the world and magic have an original explanation. I will also study part of the knowledge that I am not good at, hoping to find a common place to deepen the research on the essence.

Both Charlotte and Sandra nodded in agreement with Lucien's proposal. If after witnessing such a weird and mysterious thing, they still don't want to explore the hidden reasons and laws, then they are not a qualified Austrian. magician.

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In the Ordinary Arcane Library, Alex, the management dwarf, said politely, "Hello, Mr. Evans, is there anything I can do for you?"

With Lucien's fourth-level arcanist badge, the price of borrowing books here can be reduced by half, which is 40 books for one arcane point.

"Alex, is there any "Fable of Pain"?" Lucien, Charlotte, and Sandra handed over the mission report and checklist, and came to the library first because the arcane points and other things needed to be re-evaluated.

Alex, who was bare-chested, shook his head and said, "I'm sorry, Mr. Evans, this is the Arcane Library, and it doesn't collect fable books. You can go to the Allinge City Library or the Rentat Royal Library to look for it."

"Then help me find a book that contains a similar sentence: 'The Special Summoning Ceremony of Wei...'." Lucien completely used Alex as a "search engine".

Alex listened for a long time, and announced the titles of five books: "Villam's Special Summoning Ceremony", "Viken's Special Summoning Ceremony", "The Special Summoning Ceremony of Virtra County"..."

After exchanging all five copies, Lucien, Sandra, and Charlotte looked through them on the spot.

"Mr. Evans, this is the book!" Sandra held up the black leather-covered book in her hand, which read "Viken's Special Summoning Ceremony".

Lucien took it over and took a closer look. Sure enough, it contained what he saw in the apprentice hall, and the process was even more absurd than imagined, such as crawling and dancing around the brazier, telling his painful past to the brazier, and so on.

Seeing nothing worth noting other than absurdity, Lucien turned to the first page, where there was a comment from a magician: "This book pretends to be the name of the ancient legendary magician Viken, but there is no doubt that It is a funny book that intentionally teases people, and it is recommended to remove it from the arcane library."

"Ancient legendary magician Viken?" Although Lucien was called a "historian" in Alto, he basically had no contact with the historical knowledge of Holm and other kingdoms across the Storm Strait and areas not controlled by the Southern Church. After the council, he concentrated on arcane research and the improvement of magical power.

Charlotte explained to Lucien: "Viken is an ancient legendary magician. His territory is today's Briana Kingdom. He has a very cruel personality. It is said that in order to study a certain magic, he once blocked a 20,000-person Cities, let them kill each other in despair, feed each other..."

"But I seldom hear his name. What is his legendary occupation?" Lucien asked curiously.

Sandra replied indifferently: "I don't know. Because he disappeared before the Dawn War."

Slap, the book in Lucien's hand fell on the reception desk.