XXXVIII. Notes

Link and Niata carefully rummaged through the old priest's relics, but unexpectedly did not find any traps, and successfully obtained the old priest's relics, most of which were ancient Nesseriel materials and the old priest's own notes, to Link's disappointment, except for the old priest's spell book, no magic items and magic raw materials were found, and even spell casting materials were very rare.

As a strong man who can use fifth-level magic and third-level arcane, the legacy left by the old priest can be described as very shabby, but thinking that the old priest is in a barren desert, Link is also relieved, and casually looks at the spell book left by the old priest, which records the highest third-level arcane, and I don't know where the old priest got it, just for Link to use it himself, before Link prepared magic was borrowed from Niata's spell book, Niata's spell book was inherited from her teacher, and the highest record of the fifth-level arcane was recorded on it, which was much more advanced than that used by the old priestใ€‚

The spell book is a must-have for the mage, when the mage prepares the spell every day, the spell model depicted on it is engraved into the soul to realize the preparation of the spell, the spell book is depicted with expensive materials such as pure gold, gem powder, dragon blood and other expensive materials, the more complex the spell is, the more complex the spell model is, the level of the general spell is the number of pages that need to be occupied, the fifth level spell needs five pages, and the expensive materials consumed per page are about one hundred gold coins, this price can be exchanged for ten cows in Waterdeep outside the desert, and it can also be in the desert Black Road" for two of the best camels.

Putting the spell book away, Link looked at Niata, who was eagerly reading Nesser's information, and didn't bother her, anyway, he couldn't read Nesser's language, so he took the old priest's notes and read them.

Reading the old priest's notes, through the few words in them, Link also had to admit that the old priest was indeed a genius, and shaped the ancestral spirit into what it is today through a combination of arcane and divine arts.

By looking at the old priest's notes, Link discovers that the Nesserians have been studying the secrets of magic for a long time, the Grand Arcanists believe that the gods are just more powerful Arcanists, and they themselves will come to that point sooner or later, and some of the Grand Arcanists are injured but are not happy to accept the divine healing, believing that receiving divine healing is a compromise with the gods, which is equivalent to giving up their own path to godhood.

Whether it's magic or arcane, spell-like abilities or psychic abilities, all the supernatural powers of the Torrell universe come from the source sea, from the magic web, arcane is more delicate and varied than divine magic, and if you don't consider the priest's hand-to-hand combat ability, arcane spellcasters can often defeat divine spellcasters. But magic can heal wounds and remove diseases, which arcane can't do, and the arcanists who have always believed that magic is an arcane have to admit that magic is a separate power.

The priests saw magic as a gift from the gods, which only true gods could bestow, but the Arcanists discovered that not only the Abyss Lords, Demon Kings, and Devil Grand Dukes could grant them, but even the barbarian tribes who believed in grass-headed gods such as nature spirits could also receive them.

The arcanists have changed their research ideas, and will use the actual use before the theoretical research, and enrich the theoretical research in the actual operation, the specific research content is to capture the natural spirits in the tribe, try to artificially create priests, or make magical objects like magic items, the arcanists have made great progress in this direction, and the corresponding theoretical aspects are also constantly innovating, and the arcanists think that they have already cracked the secrets of the gods.

Seeing this, Link shook his head, their theory was undoubtedly wrong, through the legends of the tribe and the history that Niata had told him, Link already knew what the ultimate product of this research direction was, the legendary spell - Karthas Sealing Divine Technique.

The Grand Arcanist successfully seized the power of the goddess of magic with a legendary spell, but could not harness the power of the gods, the goddess of magic committed suicide, the magic net shattered, and the floating cities with the magic net as the source of energy fell, and Karthas did what Felin Demon Kwai had not been able to do - destroy the Nessriel Empire.

The old priest also criticized the arcanists in his notes, through the excavated information, combined with the magic of the ancestral spirits of the tribe, as well as some secret methods and witchcraft that only circulated in the desert tribes, the old priest successfully refined the self-aware ancestral spirits into obedient puppets, and the old priest created a set of methods for feeding and controlling the ancestral spirits.

The old priest believed that the ancestral spirit was the most rudimentary deity, and Link maintained a critical attitude towards this, seeing the feeding method of the ancestral spirit, Link frowned: "Spirit sacrifice, blood sacrifice, god sacrifice?"

The so-called spiritual sacrifice is to devour the soul, the dead clansmen and sacrificed enemies over the years have all been eaten by the ancestral spirit as a tonic, the previous ancestral spirit is slowly assimilating the soul, and from time to time let the soul show its face in front of the tribe or something, the old priest in order to accelerate the strength of the ancestral spirit, let the ancestral spirit directly devour the soul, "but sooner or later." The old priest understated in his notes.

It seems that the old priest has a point, not to mention the ancestral spirit, even the serious gods are slowly assimilating the invokers in their own divine domain, and it is possible to swallow them directly in any situation.

Blood sacrifices are regular blood food for ancestral spirits, which seems to be the key to making ancestral spirits lose their minds and become puppets, while divine sacrifices are regular rituals to provide the power of faith.

After the three sacrifices are completed, you can set what magic the ancestral spirit provides like a machine, the magic caster is the same as the arcane spellcaster, and the soul needs to be strong to advance, originally the magic caster also needs to practice the path of the gods, act according to the wishes of the gods, and get the approval of the gods to get the magic given by the gods, but now with the ancestral spirit, there is no need to be so troublesome, and in the future, as long as the mage level is increased, Link can use more powerful magic because of the strength of the soul.

The current ancestral spirit has been injured and has fallen into dormancy, and it seems that it needs strong enough spiritual power and soul strength to control the ancestral spirit, according to the old priest's notes, Link can probably control the ancestral spirit perfectly when he can cast a third-level arcane art, and the current ancestral spirit can give up to a fifth-level divine skill, and if it is more powerful in the future, it may not be possible to give stronger divine arts, and even mass production priests are possible.

Link stretched his waist with satisfaction, through a series of studies and battles, especially the reason for manipulating "Hope", Link felt that his spiritual power and soul had become a lot stronger, and he should be able to perform first-level arcane arts independently, glancing at the side and no longer looking at the information, waiting quietly for his Niata, Link pouted: "The first-level mage still has to be beaten by this woman, she is a fourth-level mage." โ€

Niata didn't hear Link's whispering, and was about to ask a question, when a warrior walked in and reported to Link, "Chief, our sentry has returned, and we are not the only tribe under attack. โ€