Anyway, the biggest consumption of the kobold quarry now is nothing more than food for hundreds of people. To him, this is nothing but a drop in the bucket. He will hand it over to the Shima Hotel for purchase together, and then arrange for a special person to transport it there.
Such frequent and large-scale transportation of food quickly attracted the attention of interested people.
Soon all the people in Amphiel knew the news about the reconstruction of the abandoned quarry, and that was it. They didn’t know anything about the rest, because the other party used kobolds instead of ordinary employees. The closed environment would naturally lead to the isolation of information. .
In his spare time, he sighed a few words about Lord Gavin's superior ability, and then he was forgotten about it.
Three days passed quickly when there was something to do.
After smoothing over the kobold mining field, it became clear that the deadline agreed between Gavin and the Weeping Witch had also come.
Gavin waited in the basement of the hotel as promised. The place had been re-sealed according to the Weeping Witch's request. Not only had the floor masonry been sealed, but even the big bed had been moved back.
The room was carefully decorated inside and outside, but it was not decorated into a fun room used to confuse others, but an exquisite and comfortable bedroom. Gavin planned to treat it as his own in Amphail Village. Temporary residence here.
The bright moon had just risen, and a graceful figure appeared in front of Gavin out of thin air.
The figure and appearance are the same as the Silent Phantom.
But there are essential differences between the two.
The other party is not a phantom, but has a substantial material body.
She is of medium height and has a slender figure. A black robe is tailored to fit her perfectly, highlighting her exquisiteness. Her waist-length hair is spread loosely, making her face look very thin.
But when I really stared at her, it was like there was a layer of mist, looming, and I couldn't really see clearly.
It seems like she is here, but not quite here.
It exudes a silently seductive beauty that makes people want to penetrate the fog and see clearly what kind of peerless face is really hidden behind it.
What really made Gavin's heart skip a beat was the coercion she inadvertently exuded - the legend.
The one in front of me is a legendary spellcaster.
The power emanating from the body can directly trigger the surrounding magic, forming a terrifying existence with an exclusive force field.
The opponent's exclusive force field is obviously related to the etheric fog. The door of this room has disappeared, and the surrounding area is filled with fog.
It was as if they were no longer in the room but in the etheric mist.
Before this, Gavin had guessed that the opponent was very powerful, at least extraordinary, and might even be a quasi-legend.
Unexpectedly, the opponent was more powerful than he expected, and turned out to be an out-and-out legendary strongman.
The gaze like a knife pierced through the mist, nailed Gavin, and said coldly: "Aren't you afraid that I will kill you?"
Her voice was just like her appearance and breath, as if separated by a layer of fog, somewhat erratic, more or less whimpering.
Very similar to the Weeping Witch's cry.
This also confirmed Gavin's initial guess that the Weeping Witch was not crying, but that the sound was blocked and fell in ordinary people's ears, leaving only the sound of crying.
"It's a lie to say you're not afraid, but I believe that Madam is a kind and rational person who will not kill innocent people indiscriminately. Otherwise, based on your ability, this place would have been filled with blood, and Anfeier Village would have been filled with blood." It has long been erased from the world." Gavin was not simply complimenting, but stating the facts.
The other party does have this ability.
There have been no rumors of a series of vicious deaths in this hotel before, and this is also confirmed in disguise.
The Crying Witch snorted coldly and did not continue to dwell on this topic. She asked, "You seem to know that I have the ability to appear in the material plane?"
"I guessed a little, but I'm not entirely sure. At first you could only make vague crying sounds, but you couldn't show up. Later, you could show up directly. This shows that the power you can use is not static. Moreover, you have been threatening me before and will kill me. It is not like a simple verbal threat, but more like you have something to rely on."
Gavin analyzed it clearly, "If I guess correctly, the power you can use is related to the phase of the moon. The rounder the moon, the greater the power you can use, and vice versa."
The moon in Faerun has mysterious power.
Many mysterious things are closely related to the moon phase, such as the full moon transformation of lycanthropes, magic tides, etc.
There are many reasons for this connection. The moon's own gravitational pull is one of them, and the moon goddess Suellen also plays an important part in it.
"You are very smart. You can deduce so many things with this little information." The Crying Witch gave a compliment that was not a compliment. "Then how do you explain that you know my name? This secret should not be shared by anyone. Know."
"If I said that all of this came from a dream, a prophetic dream, would you believe it? Even the way I came here was guided by it." Gavin found that this excuse that sounded very mysterious, many times, perfectly worked.
The more powerful spellcasters are, the more explainable this excuse seems to be.
Because there are too many possibilities involved, the conspiracies of the gods, or the arrangements of fate, etc.
The Weeping Witch Filancini was no exception. After listening to Gavin's explanation, not only did she not question it, but she was thoughtful.
Her change in attitude towards Gavin was not simply because Gavin had discovered his biggest secret.
It was also because she used her divination ability many times to investigate him afterwards.
As you can imagine, the result was that the other party was like a black hole, not getting any useful information at all, but instead generating more questions.
A person who cannot be predicted, a person whose destiny is chaotic.
Maybe it's just what he needs to help him break out of the predicament and escape from that nightmare place completely.
Filancini did not answer Gavin directly, but said coldly: "I hope you can keep your promise, otherwise I will crush you to death like an ant."
"I believe this."
"First tell me what you know about the Arcanist." Filancini did not teach the course directly, but turned around and tested Gavin.
"Isn't it a special profession that combines mages and psychics?"
"This is the ultimate goal, but have you ever thought about how to achieve this?"
"I know how to do this. I have started my advanced career long ago. Why wait until now?"
"Ha... you are talking about the magic net! It is just a dead object. It does carry a lot of things on it, but without the key, there is no way to activate it. Think about it, the principle of casting spells by mages and psychics, the existence of both What are the similarities and what are the differences?”
"The mage relies on the soul with quantified spell positions as a medium to communicate with the magic network, weave, twist, and fold it to help gather magic power and display it in a specific form, which is magic.
Psionists use their own powerful soul consciousness as a furnace to absorb magic power and highly compress it into psychic points. These psychic points are magic seeds. When they are released, they will actively absorb magic power and form supernatural powers. .
Huh? There is such a big difference between the two spell-casting modes.
This is obviously one inside and one outside. As long as you find a way to combine the inside and outside, that's when the arcana master profession begins. "
Under the guidance of the weeping witch Filancini, Gavin began to use the knowledge he had mastered to conduct an in-depth analysis of mages and psychics, and actually found out the similarities and differences between the two parties.
The common point is that soul consciousness is the main body of spell casting. Only if it is strong enough can more powerful spells be cast.
The difference is that there is a huge difference in the use of magic power between the two.
One is to quantify one's soul and construct it into a spell slot.
The other uses soul consciousness as a tool to form special magic seeds, namely psychic points.
The two are completely different systems, but they are not essentially conflicting.
In the final analysis, this will be the full use of one's own soul consciousness and reasonable layout.
"Your thinking has not yet been solidified by the magic network. When it comes to casting spells, you think it must be the magic network." Filancini nodded involuntarily, "You have to remember one thing, we can cast spells with our own strength." Ability, the strength of soul consciousness, the magic network is just a tool that makes it easier for us to control magic.
Even if we are out of the magic net, we can still cast spells.
You can use it, but you can't rely on it.
The magic net is not everywhere, it is just a plane protection net created by the gods of Faerûn.
Outside of Toril, there is no magic network for you to use in the outside world. "
The footsteps of a legendary mage are not limited to the material plane, and his vision of looking at things is naturally far-sighted.
"Thank you, madam, for your teaching. I understand the truth, but I still don't know what to do." Gavin looked like he was asking for advice humbly.
"Don't be anxious. Only by clarifying the truth can you get twice the result with half the effort. Otherwise, even if you become an arcana master, you will still be confused. You only know how to improve your professional level instead of truly mastering this profession." Filancini looked on. Zhong said with disdain that could not be concealed, "While the magic network lowers the difficulty of casting spells, it also lowers the quality level of spell casters, at the expense of the future growth limit.
If placed in Netheril, even an apprentice who has not yet mastered magic can crush you in terms of theoretical knowledge. "
In her words, Filancini was full of criticism of the Magic Network.
Even if she is not a Netherese Supreme, she probably has this tendency. Since she holds a Netherese magic book, Gavin has reason to believe that her spellcasting profession is not a mage, but a illustrious one. A famous arcanist.
The latter is a variant of the former and is essentially the same profession, but there are still subtle differences.
The biggest difference is that the latter is far less dependent on the magic network than the former.
Even if Gavin had different opinions on this matter, at this time, he had to restrain himself, nod his head repeatedly, and look like he was willing to accept the instruction.
After Filancini finished preaching, she said, "I need to know your current situation."
"Okay." Gavin neatly displayed his attribute panel. Except for the legendary soul, everything else can be said to be unreserved.
It's impossible to want to learn but don't want to reveal anything about yourself.
Of course Gavin doesn't trust people that easily, but Filancini's current unique situation is another matter.
Although the opponent is a legendary spellcaster, he cannot enter the material plane most of the time, let alone leave the Stone Stallion Hotel.
The most important thing is that he holds her biggest secret. It is not easy to break through the magic house in the etheric plane, but it is not difficult to destroy this anchor point and let it float into the mist and get completely lost.
On Gavin's career panel, there are more than a dozen special abilities, professional expertise, and skills densely packed together, which looks quite intimidating.
Filancini was not shocked. On the contrary, the brows behind the mist furrowed into a knot, and she gave a cold judgment: "It is a mixture of miscellaneous things but no essence."
Gavin suppressed the urge to refute and still said respectfully: "Please give me some advice, madam."
"Don't be dissatisfied." Filancini said to the point, "I don't know what method you used to obtain so many special abilities, but one thing is for sure. It takes a lot of rule magic to shape these special abilities. of.
If you use so much rule magic to strengthen your professional level, you will now have at least fifteen professional levels.
High-level teleportation, isn't it more useful than your error-free teleportation?
No matter how many special abilities you have, it is just a tool, an accessory to your soul consciousness, and will not bring any strengthening to your soul consciousness.
The improvement of professional level is a concrete manifestation of the strengthening of your soul consciousness and body. "
Filancini's explanation can be said to be easy to understand.
As a client, Gavin feels the same way.
At the beginning, I felt that the skills given by Destiny Milestone were powerful and helped him a lot.
To put it bluntly, he is able to grow at such a rapid pace largely because destiny milestones have given him numerous skills, many of which are beyond his current professional level and occupation.
However, as the professional level gradually increases, the disadvantages of this special ability will gradually be exposed.
Because these abilities, as Filancini said, are just a shaping tool and will not improve as your career level increases.
Once your career level is high enough and you master enough spells, many special abilities will become useless, because this is something that can be done with just one spell.
Gavin smiled bitterly and said: "Anything cannot be killed with a stick, there are pros and cons. In the past six months, these special abilities have really helped me a lot. Without these special abilities, I would not have the strength I have now.
This is an inevitable price to pay. If the magic power of rules is wasted, it can continue to accumulate. This is easy to handle.
The main problem is that this matter is not completely controlled by me. I bear the unique identity of a destiny reshaper. Like a black hole, it will swallow up the magic of the rules that was born because of me and automatically give birth to this special ability. , It was like this before, and I'm afraid it will be like this in the future. "
"Is there such a thing?" Filancini, who had remained calm from beginning to end, finally showed a confused expression. Obviously, this situation was beyond the scope of her knowledge.
After thinking about it for a moment, he said, "I have never encountered this kind of situation, so just looking at your career panel is no longer enough. I want to check your soul consciousness in detail."
This time it was Gavin's turn to hesitate. If he directly checked the soul consciousness, some things would be impossible to hide, especially when the other party was a legendary caster.
He knew very well how dangerous it was to expose his soul consciousness to such an existence. Life and death were trivial matters. Many times, people who were manipulated didn't even know how they were manipulated. He couldn't help but ask: "Open the secret." Is the spiritual master profession so troublesome?"
"Hmph!" Filancini couldn't help but sneer, "If you want to go further and be stronger than others at the same level, you can't just stupidly accumulate your professional levels, especially for special advanced professions like the Arcanist. , I don’t know where you heard about this kind of profession. If you come to me, you’ve found the right person.
Although I am not an arcana master, I am one of the very few people who has mastered the secrets of this profession.
If you simply want to start the Arcanist advanced profession, don't worry about anything else. This is a very simple thing, just one sentence.
But don't blame me for not warning you in advance. By then, your growth limit will be ten levels of the Arcanist profession. Then you can only upgrade to a mage or a psychic, or work part-time in other advanced professions.
But if you can let me find out your situation clearly and tailor-made for you, the level of the Arcanist Master will not be limited to ten, but will become twenty, or even break through twenty. It is not impossible. .
This kind of thing is just like the foundation of the mage tower. If it is laid firmly enough at the beginning, it will be smoother when building high-rise buildings, and the buildings will get higher and higher.
If your foundation is crooked from the beginning, you will naturally be unable to move up after reaching a certain level. Even if you adjust it afterwards, it will be half the result with twice the effort. The more you improve, the harder it will be.
It's up to you how to choose. Anyway, no matter what the final consequences are, you will have to bear them yourself. "
Before Filancini finished speaking, Gavin's brows knitted into a knot.
Because he knew that this was not a threat, but a fact.
The professional level of many professions has an upper limit. Generally, the upper limit of ordinary professions is level 20, such as warriors, paladins, thieves, mages, warlocks, etc.
After reaching this upper limit, you must either find a way to break through this upper limit and unlock the legendary level of this profession before you can continue to improve.
Otherwise, you can only work part-time in other ordinary professions or advanced professions.
The upper level limit for advanced professions is generally ten professional levels. Some powerful advanced professions have even fewer levels, only five professional levels.
After the level of the advanced profession reaches the upper limit, the situation is the same as that of ordinary professions. Either the legendary level of this advanced profession is opened, or another method is found.
In his last life, his warrior level was stuck at the upper limit, and he tried his best to get a hint of the legendary warrior level.
In the final analysis, as Filancini said, his foundation was crooked from the beginning, and it was naturally very difficult to adjust it.
(End of chapter)
