Before waiting for the alarm clock set by [Magic Hour] to remind him, Xia Duo woke up from his deep sleep naturally, but when he woke up, he moved his hand and woke up Niya who was sleeping holding his arm.
The two of them looked at each other. Xia Duo didn't think anything of it, but Niya's face instantly turned red and her eyes were a little dodgey.
Xia Duo's heart moved, and he turned over and hugged Niya. He whispered in her ear: "Next time, if you forget to eat and rest, I will punish you!"
It turned out that it was already late at night when he returned from Severington after attending the welcome night dinner held for him by the Austrian-French Federation yesterday.
But at that time, Niya still didn't rest, and even forgot to rest. She had been studying the information about communication arrays and mystery locks that Sha Duo had given her before in the study.
It’s really a waste of sleep and food.
This kind of practice should be considered a normal phenomenon in the eyes of most Nese mages, but Xia Duo believes that time management is very necessary. It is best to plan in advance when to do something.
In this way, you can always maintain a relatively good state to deal with accidents that may occur at any time.
So Xia Duo gave her a sweet punishment, which can be regarded as a reminder.
He knew that Niya was usually quite self-disciplined, but the magic information he provided was extremely tempting for an arcanist who was interested in developing into the communications field.
If it were Xia Duo himself, if a bunch of information related to the plane appeared in front of him at this moment, would he also forget to eat and sleep?
If it's just a hypothesis, Xia Duo can certainly say no, because he can plan his time very well, and he also has the ability to trace back memories and can study it at any time.
But when that situation really happened, he actually didn't dare to guarantee it.
This is actually human nature, with all kinds of tendencies.
"But then it would be a good choice to let Niya punish me!"
Xia Duo smiled inwardly, and stroked Niya's smooth arm with his palm slightly, then turned over and sat up again, getting off the bed.
"I've prepared breakfast, please get up quickly!"
"Um."
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After breakfast, Niya continued to study magic communications in the tower master's study on the top floor, while Shado came to the magic laboratory.
Because he was busy punishing Niya last night, he didn't have time to carefully examine the set of iron stones given to him by Master Congenio.
It's not too late to watch now.
As a gift, these three ioun stones were naturally not handed over directly in the hand, but also contained in a wooden box.
However, the box is just an ordinary box. When Xia Duo received the master's gift box last night, he knew that there were three magic items inside. After all, it is difficult for ordinary substances to block the dispersion of magic aura.
In other words, magical aura does not follow the laws of ordinary matter at all, such as shielding, blocking, etc.
Although it was just a quick glance at the gift, Xia Duo knew that this gift was indeed not light. The three magic items all exuded a strong magical aura, almost comparable to the [Pioneer Scepter].
"Let me see what you really look like!"
Xia Duo opened the box and saw three transparent gems the size of orc eyes, with different shapes and colors, lying quietly on the dark red velvet inside the box.
"Is this the Iron Stone?"
Xia Duo picked up one of the spherical light blue gemstones. It was so light that he could hardly feel the weight, but with a little force, the hard texture was real.
When he first came into contact with this blue gem, he received a message from the gem. This was left by the maker, about the use of the gem, and a brief introduction.
Of course, Shado knows how to use it. After all, Ioun Stone is a relatively famous piece of equipment in Netheril.
As for the introduction——
The blue iron stone can provide the user with concentration blessing; the red iron stone can provide a physical bonus; and the purple one can provide the ability to reverse spells.
Chateau took the blue Aoun Stone first, so he tried to use it first.
Compared with conventional magic items that can be used immediately, higher-end items such as Ioun Stone need to be linked to the user themselves before they can be effective.
Sha Duo followed the instructions given by the gem and connected the partially open structure of the magic network strings gathered and linked to the Iron Stone with himself. In just a moment, he felt his hand feel heavy.
This gem actually has weight again.
Then Xia Duo threw the blue Ioin Stone above his head, and it naturally circled above his head. Through the water mirror, Xia Duo observed it for a while, but he could not see the specific details of this Ioin Stone.
Running trajectory rules.
However, he is indeed "equipped" with this gem, and the effect is amazing!
The String of the Magic Network before the eighth level is extremely easy to operate. If it were a high-level player, if he were equipped with an Ioun Stone, his magic would definitely go out of control.
It’s so easy to gain power!
The concentration effect attached to the magic equipment actually strengthens the will, making it easier for the caster to operate the strings of the magic network.
If your own concentration training is not suitable for your current situation, you can easily lose control.
Of course, it is unlikely that Xia Duo will lose control now.
If you want to become an arcanist, you must first sense the soul, and sensing the soul requires you to reach a very high level of concentration, which also greatly improves your ability to control spells.
As for the eighth level of the Magic Network, and after the eighth level, Sha Duo can only confirm that the Strings of the Magic Network on the eighth level are easier to operate than before equipping the blue Ion Stone. He cannot yet touch the subsequent levels of the Magic Network.
Of course it cannot be confirmed.
However, as a high-end magic item that is usually only popular at the level of Archmage, Senior Arcanist and even Grand Arcanist, Ion Stone can presumably also assist spellcasting at level 9 or above.
It can be said that Xia Duo was very happy to get such a magic item.
There are three ioun stones in a set, but there are not only three ioun stones. In fact, each ioun stone is an independent individual, and it only becomes a "set" because it is placed together with other ioun stones.
If you have enough financial resources and wide enough channels, you can buy a dozen of them at a time and put them together into a "luxury set".
However, Xia Duo was not sensitive to such ostentatious behavior.
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Then, he took out the red ioun stone from the box. This gemstone was roughly spindle-shaped.
However, the "belly" part in the middle is much larger than the ordinary spindle drum, and looks more like an oblong shape with sharp protrusions at both ends.
Compared to the previous blue Aoun stone, this red one looks much inferior to Xia Duo.
It can only provide the user with physical blessings. After experiencing it carefully, he soon discovered that the blessings provided by this red ioun stone were almost negligible for him who had awakened his bloodline many times.
Afterwards, Shado disconnected from the red ioun stone and put it in the box. He planned to give the red gem to Niya.
Finally he picked up the last purple ioun stone.
If he were to say which one of the three Ioun stones he values the most, it is undoubtedly the purple Ioin stone with the ability to reverse spells.
This gemstone is in the shape of a short prism as a whole, with regular hexagons on the upper and lower surfaces and six rectangles on the sides. Compared to the rounded shapes of the first two gemstones, this gemstone is slightly sharper.
Of course, Shado doesn't care about its appearance, what he really cares about is its function.