Chapter 2: Source Energy Forever
The capital of the Red Dragon, Redfar, this is naturally the main city of the Red Dragon. The entire city is built on top of the caldera, and during the festival, the dragon here will use dragon magic to draw the lava as a base embellished, and the whole city will become hot and crazy.
Since the birth of the Arcane Empire, the arcane arts that humans have used to replace the magic system have developed unprecedentedly, and it can even be said that they have some abilities to compete with the gods. The declining dragons are interested in the rise of these small species compared to the gradual development of humans: the growth of dragons is too dependent on the precipitation of time, and some dragons only rely on instinct to fight, and now that the gods have returned and the situation is becoming more and more complicated, this way of growing up is too conservative. After discussion, some of the dragons decided to join forces with humans, with all the intelligent beings who did not succumb to the power of the gods, believing that they might be able to learn from humans the motivation to move forward.
And it just so happens that creatures like dragons are also intolerable to the gods: powerful, mysterious, but not subject to divine authority. Whether it is the Order Dragon, the Chaos Dragon, or the Evil Dragon, unlike the belief system advocated by the gods, their races are closer to the ancestral beliefs. Against this backdrop, among the various god planes, various dragon slaying legends have emerged, in which the dragon is a greedy serpent with countless treasures and resources.
As long as you can kill a dragon, you can form your own knight group or mage tower, which is a former concept that has attracted countless outlaws.
"So, is the dragon really like that?" asked Gustav after listening. "What is the nature of a dragon?"
"You may like gold and silver, but not greed. According to your Arcanists, the dragon's preference for metal is an instinct engraved in the dragon's bloodline, but it is not as essential as breathing. "In the past, the main source of such wealth was tribute. Powerful dragons are able to protect an area, and the creatures in it can pay tribute, although this is not mandatory. ”
"So can the dragon really put down his dignity and live with us 'weak creatures'?" Gustav wondered.
Dragons are extremely powerful creatures in their own right, and their self-esteem may not allow them to put their bodies down.
"There is also a lot of quarrel among the dragons over whether or not to cooperate with humans. Nata continued, "Within the Dragons of Order alone, there are cooperative and neutral factions, and there are also uncooperative chaotic factions and evil factions. ”
"Joseph, who we'll see later, was one of the first people to come into contact with humans, well...... Dragon. Now his demeanor can no longer show a little dragon style, and it can be said that he has studied it thoroughly. Nata pointed to a mage tower in the northwest corner of Redfarr and continued, "This is Joseph's residence and research place, and it is also his mage tower. ”
Gustav looked over, and the white tower body was smooth and abstract.
"He said that this is a very popular 'abstraction' style among human beings," Nata said, a little puzzled: "I don't see any beauty in it, but Joseph likes it very much." ”
"I feel the same way, it's a look that people don't like. Gustav looked around, and it was already quiet. The guards around and the figures of mages in a hurry indicate that this is indeed the mage gathering area of Redfarr.
"Wait a minute. Nata stopped Gustav with her right hand, "Even if Joseph is a little eccentric, he is also a high-level dragon grammarian among dragons, and the necessary respect should be maintained." ”
However......
"Well, will anyone else come looking for 'Mad Joseph'?" the guard in front of the Mage Tower was obviously surprised.
Nata's prepared rhetoric was a stagnant.
"Redfarr's Level 4 Liaison Officer for External Affairs, I'm Nata. Nata said, "Today I came to see His Excellency Joseph to confirm the specific situation of this 'creature' next to him. ”
Gustav was embarrassed. It seems that Nata is unhappy with calling dragons 'creatures' when they meet......
"Level 4 Liaison Officer, Nata......" After confirming Nata's operational emblem, the guard smiled and said, "Archmage Joseph is inside, please come in?"
............
In the white and strange mage tower, the atmosphere was a little deserted.
Arcane energy, or magical energy, is the substance that fills this world. Their brilliance looks white with a hint of purple, mysterious and calm.
"Arcanists, each of them wants to have their own magic tower. "Seeing Gustav stunned by all this, Nata began to 'popularize science'. "Generally speaking, the more advanced the Arcanist, the more energy they need to memorize the Arcane to complete. Magic Towers, on the other hand, have an extremely efficient storage effect, and have a significant auxiliary effect on the formation and memorization of spells. ”
Gustav reached out and took a handful of the energy pool that had been integrated into the Mage Tower.
The energy was light and weightless, like water flowing from Gustav's fingers. There are many touches on the skin, like electric cautery.
"How? What kind of feeling did you feel? after coming into contact with the arcane source energy?" Nata also picked up a handful of it with her hand, and the source energy quickly turned into a flame in her hand, making it fierce.
"It's like fire, it's like an electric cautery. "What does that mean?"
Nata nodded: "It seems that you should have a good affinity for the two lines of thunder and fire." Source energy is a non-existent energy that can only be transformed into a spell with its own attributes after being activated by the Arcanist in a specific way. And your spell attribute seems to be biased towards thunder and fire, otherwise there wouldn't be two senses at the same time. ”
Gustav was a little surprised: "It's an amazing feeling, it's different from my common sense. ”
"What common sense?" asked Nata curiously.
"Conservation of energy, the laws of thermodynamics, and heat death and the like......" Gustav shook his hand.
Nata raised her eyebrows, "You're from the Forbidden Land?"
Gustav shook his head: "I haven't heard of any forbidden places, what is that?"
"It was a secret magical society before the Arcane Empire in history, and although it was called the Forbidden Magic Land, it actually meant the gathering place of 'forbidden magic'. Nata frowned, disgusted by the secret society. "Necromancy, Hell Summoning, Flesh and Blood, Evil Powers...... All the evil magic you can think of can be found there. ”
Gustav smirked, "However, what I'm saying is more neutral and shouldn't involve any forbidden magic. ”
"In that association there was a utopian arcane that they called the end of everything. Nata said as she walked, "It stands to reason that arcane sources are everywhere, and only in certain places can they be returned. In the Society, there were once crazy arcanists who came up with the idea of artificially creating a source silence: they wanted to use these theoretical ideas to create a forbidden spell that could destroy all magic, magic, and demonic powers, and externally called it 'Source Energy Eternal Silence'. ”