"Your Excellency, please rest assured that we will complete the renovation of the parliament hall as soon as possible."
I hope to gain your understanding by temporarily converting the old theater into a parliament hall."
This is true. Nowadays, the finances of the central empire are in a mess. The scale of taxation is not as good as the situation of the same territory in the past when the empire was not divided. This is why Queen Kayla would rather re-canonize a group of lords because she has no land but cannot collect it.
Taxes might as well be thrown to those lords in exchange for trivial loyalty.
Of course, Usetin didn't care about the parliament hall. He looked at Xuan Weizi. The tall, tall man in front of him with a mature demeanor did indeed look very charming. Compared to the legendary mage like himself, who was sallow and skinny, it was no wonder that Queen Kayla would
Fell in love with him.
"I don't care about this." Usetin found a seat and sat down: "Special Envoy Yeager, what do you think of the Magic Council?"
Xuan Weizi could see that Usetin came specifically to test him, and his words and deeds represented Shadowan's attitude, so he said frankly: "The Magic Council must first be loyal to the empire. Only under the wise leadership and decision-making of Her Majesty the Queen
Only then can the Magic Council benefit the Empire and her people."
"This is too..." Usetin was stunned for a moment. Xuan Weizi's official tone was too strong. He had to smile bitterly and said: "Don't worry, Special Envoy Yeager, I will not reveal the conversation here, you can express yourself directly."
My opinion is better.”
Usetin gently shook the gem-studded bracelet, and the invisible magic barrier unfolded again, shrouding Xuan Weizi inside, preventing the sound from spreading.
Executing this hand easily and casually obviously had the intention of showing off his strength. Xuan Weizi was in it and was even more sure that this magic barrier was based on his own Xing Gang Altar, but the specific operating mechanism was still very different.
"Actually, I don't have any ill intentions towards the Magic Council." Xuan Weizi knew the other party's intention, so he said bluntly: "Even if it is an occasion dedicated to the exchange of magic and academics, it has a positive effect. But I am thinking, is magic?
Is it limited to mages and arcane magic?"
The implication in the words was very clear. Usetin asked: "Mr. Special Envoy, do you mean Druid? Or... psychic powers?"
Xuan Weizi stood with his hands behind his hands, raised his eyebrows slightly and said: "If it is such a magic council, it may not be loyal to His Majesty and the Empire."
"Does Mr. Special Envoy hope for a neutral Magic Parliament?" Utherdin asked.
Xuan Weizi said: "Frankly speaking, there is no so-called neutrality in an organization composed of spellcasters. All parties have their own interests and positions. I remember that the Druid of the Emerald Ring was also a magician at first.
Members of the Council, but not only were they expelled, the Magic Council eventually also conspired with the Empire and destroyed the Green Ring together."
Usetin said with some embarrassment: "In fact, since then, the authority of the Magic Council has been rapidly lost. The empire destroyed the Green Ring and seemed to gain short-term benefits, but it also declined as a result, and now it is falling apart."
"It's normal to have conflicts of interest, but if you self-righteously demonstrate authority and violence, the consequences will be no better." Xuan Weizi said.
Usetin asked carefully: "Is Mr. Special Envoy planning to avenge the Green Ring?"
"Revenge? Revenge to whom?" Xuan Weizi asked: "When the Empire and the Magic Council conspired to destroy the Green Ring, was it just the battle at Ghost Bay? Who was the real culprit who destroyed the Green Ring? Or was it?
Are you going to find out the participants one by one and execute them all?"
The destruction of the Green Ring was not simply a conflict between spellcasters, but a result of many nobles, rich men, and landowners within the empire ruthlessly exploiting the rural society in order to annex the land. The interests of the mages were also highly consistent with theirs, so that's why
Come together smoothly.
In this process, we will naturally have to face the resistance of rural farmers, and the large number of Green Ring Druids and rangers scattered in the rural environment must be the core of the resistance and the objects that the empire needs to eliminate and suppress. The Magic Council is here
In this process, he very consciously acted as the executioner, but does the problem really only lie with this executioner?
"Mages don't have very clear moral concepts." Usetin said: "For us, most of us don't mind where material benefits come from."
"This has nothing to do with moral concepts." Xuan Weizi glanced at Usetin, who thought for a moment before saying:
"I probably understand what Mr. Special Envoy means. You hope to establish a new order so that spell casters will no longer be above ordinary people and brutally exploit them for profit."
Xuan Weizi sneered twice: "Mr. Usetin is joking again. There is a difference between spell casters and ordinary people. They are above ordinary people. You can't force a high-level mage to be equal to ordinary farmers. They
There is a difference. I don’t expect to impose an illusory equality of personality based on the actual difference in ability. That kind of hypocritical goodwill cannot be maintained for a long time.”
Usetin was silent for a long time, obviously communicating with Shadowan. Xuan Weizi sensed it, but did not point it out, so he waited for the other party to speak on his own initiative: "Listen to what Mr. Special Envoy said, did you find some way?"
"There may not be a way, I just have an immature idea." Xuan Weizi raised his head and scanned the air, as if he could see the invisible mysterious structure, and suddenly changed the topic: "Your Excellency Usetin, your magic barrier is very special.
"
Usetin didn't hide it anymore: "This is a personal mobile mystery lock specially created for me by my teacher Shadovan with reference to the magic circle of Evergreen City of the Mutual Protection Alliance and Nazarui's floating city mystery lock.
"
"Mystery lock? I remember that it is the magical skill of elves?" Xuan Weizi asked.
Usetin replied: "The Myth Lock is an elven term. It may be subdivided at a more specific academic level, but any permanent or semi-permanent magical field can be regarded as a Myth Lock. For example, the constant 'Holy Saint'
Jujutsu' and 'copper wall and iron wall' can also be regarded as highly simplified myth locks. The magic field formed by expanding through a magic circle, magic spring or a certain artifact as a hub can be regarded as a major category of myth locks.
.”
Xuan Weizi nodded slightly. In fact, when different systems of magic develop to a high level, there will indeed be some convergence at the application level. For example, a permanent magic field is what almost all spellcasters need, even in another world.
The Taoist cultivators will also set up formations outside their secluded caves to avoid outsiders and ghosts and gods.
"I wonder what the standard Mystery Lock is like?" Xuan Weizi said this while still secretly sensing this mobile Mystery Lock with Usetin as its core.
"Well..." Usetin didn't want to say it at first. After all, it was related to his own life, but he suddenly heard Shadowan's words:
"Tell him! Tell him directly what I teach you."
"Ah? Teacher, is this inappropriate?" Usetin asked anxiously: "If he is really Olanso, aren't we revealing the most important knowledge to him?"
"Have you read too many books and your brain has become rusty?" Shadovan was a little annoyed: "The similar mysterious locks that Olanso arranged in Evergreen City can continue to expand and grow. This kind of technology is more powerful than
The puzzle constructed by Nazareth in the Floating City is much more advanced. When he takes the initiative to ask you, he is exchanging knowledge with you. Whether it is good or bad, the evaluation he draws will help you improve your own puzzle.
This is the attitude you should have when studying magic!"
Usetin was speechless, thinking to himself, who reads too much? Shadowan is known as the "Arcane Catalog", and he has memorized all the documents and books in the Eye of Mystery. It is simply a living library.
.
A few years ago, I was thrown into the demiplane created by Shadowan to study... That's right, it was a demiplane that looked like a library. The rich collection of books in it was by no means comparable to any in the main material plane.
The libraries are comparable. From the dilapidated codes carved on clay tablets by ancient civilizations to the strange symbols smeared on the leather by barbarian orcs with blood; from the ancient wizards’ experience summaries on prophecy and divination, to the sacred bishop’s teachings on hundreds of
Spells for protection from evil spirits... there are all kinds of them.
As a student of Shadovan, if there is anything he is not lacking, it is probably books. In those years, Usetin was asked by Shadovan to read as many books as he wanted, and it was impossible to just open the book and count the ten lines at a time.
In the demiplane of the library, every time Usetin opens a book, the contents will be drilled into his brain. If Usetin does not want to have his soul crushed by the massive amount of information, he can only read every content in the book carefully.
, and also need to remember and think.
After a few years like this, Usetin, who was already close to the legendary level, was promoted very smoothly and without any problems.
It's just the same experience, and Usetin doesn't want to do it again. Because there is no one else in the library demiplane to communicate with, Usetin almost suffocated to death.
"The standard mystery lock has several main functions - disabling, permanent, and enabling spells." Usetin had no choice but to tell Xuan Weizi about the components and functions of the standard mystery lock.
Both ban and permanent are easy to understand, just like teleportation and plane travel are prohibited within the scope of the "Dimension Lock", and the "Holy Residence Technique" of the church can often have an "Anti-Death Barrier" or "Daylight Technique" permanently resident.
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It's just that the Mystic Lock is much larger in size and volume, and its construction details are richer. For example, it can disable spells of a certain school individually, or prohibit a certain elemental energy from taking effect; it can also have permanent detection and anti-invisibility effects.
, to ensure that no one can sneak into the mysterious lock range.
As for activating spells, as the name suggests, some spells are poured into the Mystery Lock at the beginning of its creation. They can be activated and called at any time like magic items, or they can be activated like "trigger spells" when important people in the Mystery Lock are in danger.
, Mysuo automatically applies spell protection to it.
However, if you want to activate the spells in the Mystery Lock, you don't just have to stand within the Mystery Lock range. You also need special rituals and props to allow the caster to synchronize with the Mystery Lock. And you don't know how to cast spells at all, and you can't use magic.
Ordinary people who own items cannot actively call the spells stored in the mystery lock.
In addition, the disabling function of the Mystery Lock can open up the door to those who accept the synchronization. For example, others cannot teleport and move within the Mystery Lock, but the Synchronizer can shuttle at will, thus completely widening the gap between the offensive and defensive maneuverability of the two sides and maximizing the geographical advantage.
change.
After listening to Usetin's description, Xuan Weizi couldn't help but admire the spellcasters in this world, whether they were humans or elves, who had indeed developed to the extreme in terms of application and skills. What he originally wanted to achieve with the help of the Star Gang Altar
As for the means, other people's Mystery Locks have been able to do it for a long time.
If the Star Gang Altar is regarded as a mythical lock, it is actually not very standard. First of all, there are no additional bans and permanent effects in the Star Gang Altar. No matter how the natural environment is, the Star Gang Altar will not add any magic effects.
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However, the Xingzang Altar may have something unique in that the synchronizers activate spells. If the Star Order's enthronement ceremony is regarded as the synchronization of the Mystery, then the priests and summoned spirit guards of the order will not only receive the help of the guardian fairy spirits
, you can also draw natural energy from the Star Gang Altar and shape it into spells, without any restrictions on spell types.
What's more, members of the Star Order have now developed many brand-new spells on their own. Because they maintain contact with the Xinggang Altar's Neilu Heart Seal, these new spells are automatically "uploaded" to the Xinggang Altar.
Makes it as easy for other people to cast the same spell as using a magic item made by someone else!
This is why there are many constructs dedicated to agricultural production within the Mutual Protection Alliance today. Because as long as a few members create corresponding spell applications, they can quickly spread to the cult through the Star Gang Altar, and they can be used in the religious order.
In specific practice, it was quickly optimized and improved. Even Xuan Weizi did not expect this change at the beginning.
"Mystic Lock is so powerful, and there are still a lot of spells to be activated. It must require abundant magic energy, right?" Xuan Weizi asked.
"Of course." Usetin said: "If you want the Mystery Lock to maintain operation, you naturally need a stable operating core, or a connection with the external magical environment."
Xuan Weizi immediately understood that Nazarui's floating city was protected by a mythical lock. Its operating core and magical energy were obviously Casta's body, which was made into an arcane energy core. And in front of him, Usetin's
Personal Mystery Lock is perhaps even more special. It must be internally connected to his own Arcane Matrix, and must also maintain precise integration with the Arcane Star Map. It must operate with huge magical energy, and also requires high-quality magic items as nodes.
hub.
In this regard, the legendary mage is not as good as Xuan Weizi. Since he was reborn, he has cultivated the "Nine True Mysterious Lights" and has a hundred gods mixed into an altar. In fact, it can be compared to a personal mystery, but it is just a shape.
The manifestation of the achievement of divine adjustment does not rely on external objects to maintain it. After Xuan Weizi realized the earthly immortal status, his form and spirit established his own laws. When he established his body and opened the altar, he had all the power of heaven and earth under his control. It was completely different from the same level.
"Although the personal secret lock is good, it is not without flaws." Xuan Weizi slowly raised his hand, and the silver light of his spiritual energy flowed from his fingertips, like mercury pouring down the ground, pervasive, and began to penetrate into the gaps in the operation of the secret lock.
At this point, the operation of the puzzle becomes sluggish and sluggish.
"I may have some immature ideas for improving the Mystery Lock. I wonder if Mr. Usetin is willing to discuss it with me?" Xuan Weizi said with a smile: "Just like the Magic Council, it also needs to re-explore the future direction."