Anna once again stepped into that frightening dark area and refused all requests to form a team. This time she was full of confidence and had no hesitation at all.
But what should I do if I still feel scared when I look at those weird objects that seem to be showing their claws in the dark?
Why can’t the spell effect given by Sir Poppy make me see clearer and further...
Crunch~crunch~
Anna carefully stepped on the soft ground that seemed to be covered with a layer of rotten leaves. The surrounding area was quiet, like a cemetery at midnight.
The Underdark is a dark forest, and every creature is a hunter hiding in the dark...
But everyone seems to have ignored themselves?
Anna crouched all the way, like an assassin, following the general route she took yesterday, and groping towards the place where she fell into the cave yesterday.
Observe, lean in, move forward.
The small figure shuttled through the weird shadow background. Li Wen, who could see everything she saw including her own body through the detection sensor suspended within 10 feet around her, felt a little funny.
Compared with watching the scenery around Ms. Mage, Li Wen felt even more magical about the experience of using the fifth-ring spell-detection for the first time.
The scenery transmitted by the sensor and the scenery in front of me seemed to be two completely unrelated pictures, presented together in front of my eyes...or in my mind.
The ultra-high magic level allowed Li Wen to pay the same level of attention to the scenery on both sides without missing any detailed information on either side.
So Li Wen naturally saw a pair of big purple eyes lighting up next to the black tree trunk that Miss Mage had just stepped on...
Stay safe...
Are you in peace?
Those purple eyes obviously saw Anna's existence. Li Wen could even see its eyes moving with Anna's retreating figure through the sensor, but for some reason, it didn't take any action towards Anna and just stared indifferently.
Then she disappeared...out of the range that the sensor could detect.
The sensor cannot leave within 10 feet of Anna, so Li Wen was the first to lose sight of the pair of purple eyes.
Why not take action against Anna?
Was it that some magic effect was added to the body inadvertently?
Or...what role does the belt or magic heart ore play?
Or are you afraid that you won’t be able to hold Anna and want to put her deeper and more securely?
Even beasts have some hunting wisdom.
Because it was a completely unfamiliar thing, Li Wen was open-minded and unwilling to let speculation limit his imagination.
However, Anna, who carefully observed the things around her, didn't even notice that she had passed three similar creatures from the Underdark along the way. Li Wen didn't know how she was able to get lost all the way to the suspected illithid's lair last time.
.
That's outrageous.
Anna spent at least an hour groping in the Underdark. Even though Li Wen had dismissed all the players who came around, she still couldn't get "lost" to the right place.
Of course, Li Wen released this task just for fun.
After all, Anna's exploration depends on fate, and Li Wen doesn't know whether her fate is there today, so he can't just stare at her and do nothing all day long.
The surveillance is hanging here, but Li Wen has returned to the main floating city of the elves.
The observation of detection spells does not require Li Wen to expend too much extra energy. Within this time, he can go to the Elf Treasure House to see what kind of spell inheritance the elves in the Lunar Moon Continent have.
Although the spells in the resident library of the Mage Association in Sword Wind City are more comprehensive, Li Wen only has the authority to view the fifth ring; while the spells in the floating ship elf treasure house are not so comprehensive, but Li Wen has the right to view the sixth to ninth rings.
All spells.
In addition to triggering spells, Li Wen, as a level 12 mage, now has the qualifications to learn three sixth-level spells, so he has to find some spells to fill them up.
Moreover, only by learning spells beyond the fifth ring can Li Wen be able to study the differences between spells above and below the fifth ring, and thus understand what the so-called "mysterious lock" he saw in the Green Dragon's Voice was.
Li Wen has been longing for the sixth-level spell for a long time.
Returning to his palace, Li Wen activated the teleportation effect on the fine gold key.
The air flow surged wildly, filling the void left by the space where Li Wen disappeared.
There was still silence in the Elf Treasure House. The huge space made it difficult for Li Wen to meet other owners of fine gold keys even if they were researching information here.
With a thought, the space changes. Of course, the unified style of the bookshelf in the treasure house makes it difficult for Li Wen to detect this change. Only when he looks at the six-ring spell written in the sun and moon elves on the bookshelf can he know where he is.
Change.
Li Wen came to the bookshelf, took out the catalog book and glanced at the six-ring spells and a general introduction.
There is no way, six-ring spells are the secret knowledge of masters in Gaia continent. The entire Jianfeng City Mage Association can only teach three kinds of six-ring spells to people, so let alone learning, even the names and effects are past
Li Wendu didn't know anything about it.
Through the catalog, Li Wen learned that the spells inherited by these elves include the following: triggering, evoking the undead, chain lightning, death circle, dissociation, Otiluk's frozen sphere, and sun ray.
Needless to say, the triggering spell should be the most important spell for almost every mage. It can be said to be a qualitative change spell that makes the mage no longer afraid of sneak attacks. It is estimated that no one will not learn it, so if any spell breaks the inheritance, this spell will not break the inheritance.
As for the rest...except for one spell that evokes the undead, which is a summoning type, the others are all direct damage types.
Especially the dissociation spell, its damage is simply terrifying, 10 times (2~3) + 40 points of force field damage, if it is hit firmly on Li Wen today... What a coincidence, not to mention the damage reduction given by Sword Song
With the bonuses of characteristics and spells such as false life, Li Wen has just 60 health points.
There’s nothing to say, I’m just going to show everyone a sudden death on the spot without any precautions.
If a spell of this level were used on that green dragon, I'm afraid it would have to shed its skin even if it didn't die.
After this spell has been cast, the only way to avoid this spell is to pass agility saving throw, that is, to duck directly to the side with quick reaction. Otherwise, as long as it hits, you will not die but will be seriously injured.
Purely direct lethal spells are indeed not very popular at certain times and have a single purpose, but when the damage reaches a certain level, a qualitative change occurs.
This is the effectiveness of spells in this world. The spell slots of mages are indeed limited, but each spell may send away an opponent of the same level. This strategic significance makes the mage profession always have the ability to make the final decision.
study!
Learn a lot!
Moreover, the significance of dissociation lies not only in its ability to cause damage, but it also has the effect of dispelling certain difficult spell barriers.
If we encounter the scene where Qin was besieged by a barrier in Jianfeng City again, Li Wen, who has mastered the dissociation technique, does not even need to enter the barrier, and directly casts a dissociation spell on the barrier, and the barrier is closed.
The boundary will immediately fail.
Whether it is damage capability or functionality, dissociation can be said to be the most meaningful existence for Li Wen among the spells passed down by these elves.
Take the spell scroll of dissociation...
Why?
An invisible layer of restriction blocked Li Wen's hand, and dense golden light spots seemed to emerge from the void, forming a scene of pale golden writing in front of the scroll.
Some kind of repulsive force prevented Li Wen from breaking through this layer of weak-looking writing to get the scroll.
Looking at the handwriting attentively, Li Wen's self-taught Sun and Moon Elf language skills allowed Li Wen to read the meaning clearly.
"Those who learn this spell must promise never to use this spell to harm living beings, which is against morality. Violators will be revoked from the qualification to use this spell, and will naturally arouse the disgust of every elven tribe until death!"
Powerful spells require strong self-control to ensure that they will not cause too much damage to the world.
Moreover, once a character who is qualified to learn spells in the Elf Treasure House commits evil, the damage it can cause to the world is unimaginable.
Li Wen retracted his slightly raised hand and silently made an oath in his heart.
In front of a dim purple-red bookshelf that exudes a faint fragrance, a young man with black hair stood silently facing some pale golden words floating in the air above his forehead. His whole body was illuminated by the light coming in from the window...
After a moment, Li Wencai reached out his hand sincerely again.
A certain kind of pious thought was sensed by the fine gold secret key, and the light golden writing that formed resistance once again dispersed into a scattering of tiny light spots with Li Wen's touch, disappearing into the air.
Holding the scroll of dissociation, Li Wen put away his inner thoughts, sat down at the long dark red table between two rows of bookshelves, and began to study quietly.
The first step is to start with the extremely complex spell model.
Sixth-level spells are more troublesome than fifth-level spells, and even normal three-dimensional space imagination is not enough to accommodate its bizarre combinations of runes.
Li Wen, who had once learned the triggering technique, did not feel that there was anything he could learn from it when he started learning the dissociation technique. Even because he had to devote some energy to paying attention to the fifth-ring spell-detection sensor screen,
Li Wen's progress was even slower.
Normally inconspicuous attention is distracted in this kind of study that requires full concentration, which seems a bit fatal.
But the good news is that you can still learn after all.
Li Wen closed his eyes, immersed his mind in the complex spell model recorded on the spell scroll, and began to observe its structure bit by bit.
…
"Strange, this is almost the same place?"
Arriving all the way to a location that was probably close to her memory, Anna jumped on the spot, trying to use her light body to crush the solid ground beneath her feet, and fell into the strange underground cave again to find the strange octopus head.
Even though that octopus head seems to make people lose their minds, this is Master Poppy's instruction... There is nothing you can do about it, the master has the biggest task.
"You can't run away after you see it! You have to fight back! You have to fight back."
In order to prevent her head from getting hot, Anna kept mumbling in her little mouth, trying to brainwash herself.
"Where...where have I seen you..."
Humming softly, Anna tried to fill herself with courage.
At an inadvertent moment, my foot slipped, and a melodious scream came out again, echoing in the sky over this area for a long time.
Countless creatures that heard the noise quickly came over in the darkness, but stopped outside a certain limited range.
They carefully "observed" the subsequent developments in the area in their own way. After finding that there was no movement, these creatures carefully dispersed.
In fact, before it really came into effect, the mage lady who had experienced it once had already "restrained" and covered her mouth, not wanting to make any more noise.
She hopes to meet the octopus head so that she can complete her master's mission.
But I don’t want to encounter it passively...
Just like this moment in front of me.
The four eyes face each other, big eyes staring at small eyes.
"ah!"
Miss Mage's fierce response made Li Wen instantly break away from the spell scroll and watch the developments in the sensor with interest.
The picture in the sensor was very clear, it was an illithid, exactly the same as the illithid he saw in the voice of the green dragon.
Hammered.
I just don’t know why this illithid didn’t take action against the mage lady last time. It stands to reason that as soon as it encounters it, it should use their race’s unique method to force her to become “one of its own”?
Li Wenjing watched the changes.
This illithid was obviously different from the green dragon and the ones Jean had encountered.
Facing Ms. Master's "Lion's Roar Skill", it subconsciously took two steps back as if it was frightened.
The scream was just Miss Mage's subconscious protective color. The moment she screamed, she remembered her mission here.
Third-level spell—Fireball!
Bang!
The flames that exploded close at hand were wrapped in the mid-air by some invisible force. After a fierce collision for a moment, the power of the spell was exhausted and dissipated in vain.
A familiar script.
The mage lady was more sensible this time. Knowing that the spell was of little use, she greased the soles of her feet and turned around to run away, once again starting the prelude to the underground adventure.
However, the difference this time is that there is a detection sensor that is always following, and the gaze of Li Wen who always remains calm.
Faced with Miss Mage's reckless behavior, the illithid stood on the spot, its upper body slightly leaning to its side, as if sighing.
Just as he was about to catch up with Miss Mage, he noticed a flaming arrow shooting towards her with a "whoosh" sound.
The escaped mage lady remembered Li Wen's instructions and did not forget to fight back.
However, the flaming arrow, which originally had a straight shooting path, was slightly deviated from its path due to the pull of some invisible force after being shot in the direction of the illithid, causing the spell to completely fail.
Anna didn't expect that even the three-ring fireball technique would be useless, so the trick - flame arrows would be of much use.
After casting the magic trick - Fire Arrow, she jumped up, intending to avoid the obviously strange trap on the ground in front of her.
"Hmph! Do you think even a mere trap can be effective on this Dharma God?"
Behind her, where she wasn't paying attention, the illithid, which didn't care about the flaming arrows at all, just stretched out its right hand from a distance, as if it wanted to say something.
However it was still too late.
With no other choice, some invisible force acted in the direction of the upper, left, and right walls, blocking the venom sprayed by the creatures hidden inside.
All this was seen by Li Wen, who was watching through the sensor.
Sure enough, this Anna is either the chosen one, or she has some kind of strange power secretly protecting this reckless mage lady and saving her from danger.
So... who is doing all this silently?
Li Wen looked at the illithid chasing Miss Mage... No, it was it, right?
"Hey~"
Li Wen, who was deep in thought, felt that his vision was spinning, and some unstoppable force quickly pulled his vision towards a dark alleyway before he stabilized——
It was Miss Mage who turned a corner and ran far away. The spell restriction of not exceeding 10 feet away from the casting target forcibly dragged the sensor.
"Don't run! Don't just run away! Remember to fight back."
If you don't fight back, there will be no more voices.
Li Wen wanted to know more about the truth about this illithid and what it knew, which might be useful in understanding the situation in the Underdark.
So I started using text messaging for remote control.