Mindatis looked at Li Wen with his old eyes, full of gentle expectation.
"Are you really not considering studying your magic further?"
Li Wen shook his head and smiled, "Since you are also an intelligent spell caster, you should also know that interest and impulse are far better than rigid pursuits."
Mindatis was stunned for a moment, then let out a long sigh, "That's right...the occasional whimsical idea of those talented mages is better than the many years of research by many mages. This field...is really unfair."
As he spoke, Mindatis stood up, and the golden garden behind him almost declined with his movements.
The petals have withered and the branches and leaves have withered.
Everything was in order, but it was so fast that it seemed like it happened in just an instant.
After it withered, only a piece of clean black land suddenly appeared in the center of the forest like psoriasis.
Repeated white smoke floated out from the black earth, and the heat that hit his face made Li Wen feel like he was at a dwarf's stove.
"this……"
Mindatis looked at the black land with sad eyes, "The power of the fire element has gone out of control here. If it is not controlled, I am afraid that it will not be long before this place becomes a pure fire element space. Or it will be cut off from the material world.
It will completely fall into the fire elemental plane, or... it will begin to expand to other surrounding areas."
"Is it already serious enough?"
"It's still early... There shouldn't be many areas that are out of control like this, and the process of losing control is also a long process, but that day will eventually come."
"Are you going to give it up?"
"Other compatriots will come and take over, please don't worry my friend."
"You want to leave here?"
Mindatis raised his head and looked at the sky, as if there was something extremely attractive in the vast sky.
"I want to go to the elemental plane to see the source of everything and whether there are any changes that we don't understand."
"Inside edge area?"
Li Wen frowned and asked.
The four elemental planes surround the material plane and its two mapped planes, providing the world with the elemental raw materials for making all things. Just like the relationship between the yolk and egg white in a raw egg, the material plane is
The egg yolk is suspended in the middle, and the egg white is in the chaotic zone of the four elemental planes called elemental chaos.
The innermost edges of these elemental planes are very close to the material plane. Of course, it is not close in the literal geographical sense, but refers to a conceptual proximity on a cosmic scale. The four elemental planes are combined here to form something similar to the material plane.
In various areas of the plane, the four elements are mixed together as in the material plane, forming land, sea and sky. The difference is that the dominant element will have a strong influence in special places and reflect the overall environment.
with this basic property.
These places are called the inner edge areas of the elemental plane.
Beware of possible attacks from the natives here - such as Arakora eagles, fire dwarves, dragon turtles, gargoyles, mephits, salamanders and Thor stone monsters, but that's about it.
The only danger that may be encountered in the inner edge area of the elemental plane is the attack of these creatures. The environment itself will appear relatively stable, and at most it will be like the scorching land in front of you after the Archdruid gave up control.
But any strong person who can cross the crystal wall between planes and reach that kind of place will not be injured by such an environment.
But if it's farther away, that's not necessarily the case.
In the elemental plane, the further away from the material plane, the weirder and more dangerous it becomes.
Beyond a certain range, these elements exist in their purest form: chunks of hard earth, blazing fire, crystal water, and clear wind.
The outermost layer of the Earth Plane has only very thin air, while the outermost layer of the Fire Plane has no soil at all. These areas are not as welcoming to travelers from the material plane as the inner border areas.
Of course there is no activity here.
The Prince of Evil Elements, various elemental spirits...
The underlying logic of the summoning or alchemy spells of spellcasters is actually to bind these spirits into concrete entities such as Gray Stones, Golems, Invisible Lurkers, Fire Boys and Water Creatures and summon them into the material world.
These elemental creatures are generally not recognized as living things. They are often just a ball of activated elemental energy that may contain some kind of elemental emotion.
Even a legendary level expert may not be able to come and go freely in such a place.
This is the record about the elemental plane that Li Wen had seen in those classics.
And obviously...
"I'm not going on a trip."
Mindatis smiled gently, "The inner edge area is certainly wonderful, but it obviously cannot reflect the essence of those elements. Of course, it needs to be deeper."
"That kind of place is dangerous."
"It is often dangerous to explore unknown things. I heard that you human mages are always proud of your endless desire for discovery, but you must know that the desire for knowledge is not just a privilege for you humans. I only think so
The only reason why I still stay here is that I want to meet the Master Li Wen of Jianfeng City that they call me."
Mindatis's eyes looked at Li Wen in front of him tenderly, "I was a little disappointed, but suddenly reconciled. You are right, desire and impulse are better than persistent pursuit. Now, I want to go to the depths of those elemental planes.
Take a look around. If I can come back, I will share everything I see with you. If not... I will wait for you there. I see many things in your eyes, including passion, responsibility,
Interest... and love."
"If you love the world...the world will love you too."
Mindatis smiled and said, "Goodbye, my friend."
As the words fell, the space behind Mindatis was shattered like a mirror, and suddenly shattered into irregular diamond shapes. The black hole seemed to be so deep that it could suck people in.
Li Wen looked through those broken mirrors like kaleidoscopes and seemed to see his own reflection flashing in them.
Mindatis took a step back and retreated into the broken space.
Then the broken space fragments returned to their original positions, as if they were going back in time and space, or like a movie being played backwards. The only difference was that the tall and slightly old-looking elf disappeared here.
In a piece of heaven and earth.
The passage to the elemental plane was easily opened, and Li Wen didn't even feel the traces of the seventh-ring spell - teleportation from another world.
Is it a passage that can be opened simply by relying on one's own magic power...
Even if he is not a high-level legend, he is probably at the top level among legends.
Li Wen stood there, feeling a little emotional.
Even an existence like this, the backbone of Gaia, still seems somewhat powerless in the face of changes in the rules of the entire multiverse environment.
In this era, the fact that humans are able to dominate the continent of Gaia is really just a small silhouette in a long time and space, lucky and accidental.
"Sashasha~"
Gentle footsteps squeezed through the soft green grass and came behind Li Wen.
"My lord has been waiting for this day for a long time."
Collins said softly behind Levin.
"Hmm~"
Li Wen gave a soft "hmm" and turned to look at Collins, "Will someone here take over in the future?"
"That's natural. Lord Mindatis took the initiative to request reconciliation here. He is the strongest person in our clan except Lord Alanis. No one will disobey his will. After he leaves, there will naturally be someone responsible to calm him down.
The elements here change.”
Alanis is the Elven King and one of the three known high legends on the continent of Gaia.
In other words, the druid just now is the second strongest person in the elves and the first person below the high level legend.
"He just left, you..."
Li Wen wanted to see how these elves felt about the actions of these top experts.
Unexpectedly, Collins smiled and shrugged indifferently, "Maintaining the balance of the elements is the long-cherished wish of all druids, and it is normal to take risks for this purpose."
"Okay... then, goodbye too."
"Goodbye, Master Li Wen, may nature always take care of you..."
While speaking, Li Wen cast the teleportation circle.
After the light blue magic glow, Li Wen's figure disappeared.
The territory of the illithid also has the existence of teleportation circles. The figure of Li Wen, who recorded the rune sequence of their teleportation circles last time, appeared directly from their teleportation circles.
An illithid who received the reminder from the magic circle for the first time was already obediently standing by.
The moment he saw Dark Poppy's pair of evil eyes, the terrifying-looking illithid looked away for an instant, his body trembling.
At the same time, there are invisible spiritual network tentacles extending towards Dark Bobby from nowhere.
Dark Poppy casually accepted the other party's invitation to talk.
"What do you want me to do?"
"..."
The illithid mastermind hesitated for a while, then asked carefully: "Are you just passing by?"
Otherwise, why would they appear directly from their teleportation array?
"Oh~"
Dark Bobby thought about it for a while, then remembered that he came with a mission.
"Then...there is something I want you to do."
"What...what happened?"
"Catch two aboleths and give them a taste for me."
"Emmmm, how about you change your request? That food doesn't taste good."
"Have you eaten?"
"I haven't eaten it, but I remember the taste."
Similar to the aboleth, as long as the illithid's main brain is not completely killed, all the illithids that die in its mental network will eventually become a part of it, and their main brains have no lifespan.
The concept, as long as the group exists, can almost be said to be an eternal existence, otherwise it will not become the overlord-level existence that once controlled part of the multiverse.
However, Dark Poppy doesn't get used to it. Only others can get used to it.
"I haven't eaten it before, so I want to try it."
"That thing... is really hard to catch."
"I just want an answer from you, can you do it or can't you do it?"
"It can be done, but it's difficult."
Dark Bobby nodded and sat down on the spot.
"That's what I can do. I'll give you... half an hour."
"No...the place where they live is still deep in the lower reaches of this underground river. It will take more than half an hour to get there now."
"Then give me some time."
"At least half a day."
"Okay, then I'll wait for you for a long time. Go and come back quickly..."
"Hmm~ Something's wrong..."
The mastermind was stunned for a moment, then reacted, "No, I haven't agreed yet."
"I'm not asking you, understand?"
"...Can I ask what you are looking for those aboleths?"
Dark Poppy sat on the ground with one arm on his knees and spoke in a nonchalant manner.
"Hmm~ Just ask them some questions. What, what's the problem?"
"You may not be able to catch these things alive. If you insist on me bringing them back, they can only be corpses. So...if you want to ask them questions, you may need to come with us yourself. I can say it first,
Their lair is extremely dangerous, and even more bizarre than the drow's city of Menzoberranzan. If you go there, I cannot guarantee your safety."
"Jiang Zi?"
"It's Jiang Zi."
"Hmm~"
Dark Bobby pinched his chin.
The clever Li Wen had to obey Li Wen's request, but at the same time he was in danger.
Those aboleths don't know whether to look at Lady Night's face...
I probably won't watch it.
And what this illithid mastermind said is actually correct. They will not be captured by other creatures. After all, it is difficult for them to truly die. Even if their bodies are destroyed by external forces, their immortal spirits will return.
The water elemental plane, where it takes a few days or months to assemble a new body and be reborn easily.
So they will never appear as captives to the outside world.
At the same time, their almost eternal life and memory allow them to remember the real reason for the decline of their power all the time.
It is the gods in the sky who have caused all this.
Aboleths dream all the time of overthrowing those gods and returning the world to their rule, and their nearly infinite lives give them enough time to wait patiently for that day to come.
Not to mention selling it to the gods to save face.
This is a race that is truly hostile to all things, and at the same time is almost inherently invincible.
If they hadn't been able to live in ancient waters or at the bottom of abyss, we don't know what the world would have become under their claws.
"How can I protect myself from them?"
"Unless you have psychic powers as powerful as ours."
Even though the mental network cannot convey emotions, Dark Poppy seemed to hear the pride in the other party's words.
From the perspective of an illithid, psychic energy is the most powerful weapon in the world, as well as the most powerful shield in the world.
Creatures that cannot use psychic powers are considered inferior creatures in their eyes.
The mind is stronger than matter, and the spirit can soar!
Dark Poppy narrowed his eyes and suddenly remembered something from before.
"It doesn't seem like I can't use your psychic powers?"
