Chapter 10: Out of the Shadow Plane
The plan is to use the 6th Rank 6 spell Shadow Travel to reach the Shadow Plane, advance to a certain location there, and then use the Shadow Travel again to return to the main plane to reach the surface, from where they can teleport to the Ruins Town.
So, where is the target of the tour group in the shadow plane this time, that is, "a certain location"?
After entering the shadow position for more than half a month, Elder Ages finally couldn't help but ask this question.
"Actually, it's not a specific point, but an area of hundreds of kilometers, to make sure that the place you arrive at after going out is close enough to the destination. It's almost possible here, but it's not ideal, it's better to walk for a few more days to get to a more suitable location, after all, the surface sun is strong, and it will be much more difficult for you to travel than here. Mike thought for a moment and said.
"I see, the master is really thoughtful. Elder Ages was convinced.
This is certainly one of the reasons, but the deeper reason is that someone is still a few days away from completing the current stage of the Shadow Shaping Technique.
The main purpose of coming to the shadow plane this time is, of course, to go to the surface to avoid leakage and teleportation, but it is naturally better to be able to stimulate spells and practice the secret art of shadow shaping by the way.
We know that the Warlock Activation Spell needs to adjust the bloodline, and without considering the Mage's memory spell as a reference, the higher the compatibility between the bloodline and the spell, the lower the difficulty of activation. For example, if a person activates the Fireball Technique, is it the same as in the main plane, the fire elemental plane, and the water elemental plane?
The answer is obvious.
Mike's Pico Essence Warlock Bloodline is not very efficient in wanting to stimulate the illusion system shadow type spells, and it took nearly a month to stimulate the shadow travel last time, so this time he came to the shadow plane, and he was ready to stimulate the illusion system shadow class 7th order spell siacrum by the way, and he also took the opportunity to activate the 7th order spell by the way to replace the 3rd order bread making technique that he had not wanted for a long time with the dismantling magic.
Similar to spell activation, some of the difficulty of arcane cultivation is also related to the environment, such as Mike's shadow shaping arcane art that he is practicing with the warlock talent, and adjusting the talent to the shadow plane is significantly more efficient. Therefore, this time he came to the shadow plane, and he was going to adjust the warlock talent by the way to practice secret arts.
Since this also wants to be by the way, then the tour group naturally has to "stop" by the time they spend in the shadow plane. Fortunately, it doesn't take long to activate the spell tuning talent, so the tour group will only need a few more days to "get to a more suitable location".
"Master, is this your Mage Tower, it seems, it doesn't look like much. Looking at the ancient tower looming in the wind and snow, Chief Mage Nรฎmes looked hesitant.
"Ahem, I've been using the teacher's mage tower, and I haven't built it myself. Mike coughed dryly to hide his embarrassment.
For any mage aspiring to reach the next level, a well-functioning mage tower is an indispensable necessity. The reason is very simple, the more high-level spells invoke energy, the greater the harm caused by the loss of control, and it can be said that it is irresponsible to practice high-level spells rashly without strict protection. As a result, a number of high-level mages such as Master Zevahid, Chief Mage of Nimes, Chief Mage of Aegis, and even the former Chief Mage of Fae have their own Mage Towers.
However, omnipotent traversers and high-end masters don't have this thing.
Just as he didn't need a spell book to learn spells, he could practice spells without going to the Mage Tower, relying on the memory backup of Grand Arcanist Owo.
Of course, this kind of thing can't be talked about, otherwise the ignorant natives of the other world will make a fuss.
"That spell teaching ......," a cloud clouded the heart of Chief Mage Nimes.
"Don't worry, I've got what to do. Although this tower is a little old on the outside, there is a magical active area inside, which is thought to be an ancient mage tower that has been abandoned for some reason, and as long as it is slightly repaired, it can be studied like an ordinary mage tower. โ
The Magical Active Zone is similar to the Leyline Node, both of which are natural demon-rich areas that can increase the caster's power, and building magical training places such as mage towers and temples in such places can obviously have the effect of multiplying the result with half the effort. The magic training place can drive the development of the surrounding area, and the development of the surrounding area can provide more resources for the caster, and the virtuous circle promotes each other. The top cities in this world all have multiple magical active areas, and these magical active areas are all controlled by powerful people in various guild temples, which can be described as hard to find.
However, the existence of the Rich Demon District is not obviously related to the surrounding environment, and there are only a few that can develop into a super city in harmony with the natural conditions, and more are still located in undeveloped and wild places - such as the mysterious ancient tower in front of you.
Back in the day, the demon king entrenched here kidnapped the fairy princess, ready to use evil sorcery to transform her into the sharpest minions to enslave the people here. For the sake of the princess's freedom, the happiness of the people, and the peace of the world, the fearless hero gathers his companions to kill this magical shrine that has long been tainted by evil. After a bloody battle, the hero eliminated the demon king and rescued the princess, but also paid a heavy price for the sacrifice of his partner. The grieving hero refuses the graciousness of the local population, and sets out alone on a long journey to seek healing with the princess cursed by the demon king - well, this is actually Mike, Kena Bullard and the others fighting the ghost woman to save Audrey's sunken tower. After discovering that there was a magically active area, Mike also thought about repairing Fatana for his own use, but this dilapidated place is bordered by barren swamps in the west and hills in the east, which is neither suitable for farming, fishing and hunting, nor minerals, and there are no people in a radius of dozens of miles, except for the magically active area, there is nothing to be desired, only those savages who can't see the light will like it. Therefore, after a few investigations, Mike gave up his plan to occupy the place.
"Isn't there really any other suitable place for this?"
"I don't have a Fata myself, Master Zewahid has other concerns, Ring Law, you know. If you are an ordinary person, it is not difficult to rent someone else's mage tower to teach spells, but your identity is more sensitive......" Mike spread his hands.
Actually, I originally wanted to be in the ruins town, and I could also build a pagoda by the way. It's just that due to various reasons, all the places that have not been radiated by the leylines have been piled up with stones, except for a small room specially separated for him to teleport by himself, and it has become a basically qualified secret base, so he doesn't want to go over to international students with high strength.
"Alas......" Chief Mage of Nimes grimaced.
"I think it's a nice place, the air is fresh and the view is magnificent. "Elder Ages is quite satisfied, the snowy scenery has never been seen in the ground. What's more, this place is quite open, and the opportunity for smuggling is relatively large, and the 100% premium is too expensive. "And everyone has been on guard for nearly a month, and they are all tired for a long time. Even if you go somewhere else, you should stay for a few days to recuperate, have a party to relax, and deepen the communication and understanding between each other. You say so, Nรฎmes. โ
Elder Ajess, picking the chin of Chief Mage Nim.
"Well, that's true. Chief Mage Nimes put his arms around Elder Ages' waist.
'Aren't you two a family feud, how did you hook up so quickly?'
"I think it's nice over there. Elder Kairaz and Chief Mage Aegis held hands.
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"Hey, you guys are so bad you don't know. "Chief Mage Kairalze expressed a serious protest against their frivolous behavior, "The ratio of men and women coming to this alliance is very inconsistent, especially Teslon, there is only one man for the lady, but there are five, what can others do?!"
Chief Mage Kailaze kept skimming Mike with his eyes as he spoke, there are only more women and fewer men in your Sanzang family here.
โ...... Rena, look at who in our family is willing to participate. "You can't let him pick by himself, otherwise what if he picks someone who can't be picked, it's very clear who can and who can't. "Aren't you going to clean up the ogres around you first?"
"It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter, it doesn't matter how many ogres can be. Chief Mage Nimes waved his hand repeatedly, "We have so many men, we can catch them no matter what." โ
โ...... Seems like it should be my line. โ
"Master, the two of us are going to fight ogres. Audrey tugged at Mike's sleeve. I met my lord here back then, and two years have passed in a blink of an eye, so nostalgic.
"Well, alright. โ
"I think about where I should go...... Well, that's ......" Audrey frowned, as if she was distressed about something, but quickly smiled, pinched a crown with snow, and put a spell to freeze it into ice and put it on her head. "The fairy princess Audrey practiced hard day and night in the fairy royal family, and finally lifted the curse and restored her true body, but the former prince has long since disappeared because he set out to find a secret way to lift the curse. Every day, Audrey prayed to the great sufferer, hoping that the prince would come back as soon as possible, and that he would not be seduced by the vixens outside......"
"Hey, are you a believer in a bad god?" The so-called bad god, the sufferer, the weeping god, etc., are all other names for Emart, a false god who calls everyone to live an ascetic life. But looking at Audrey's behavior, it's not quite like it.
"The master doesn't care about Audrey at all, and he doesn't even know what gods people believe in......"
โ...... I haven't seen you praying much. "Shaduril, Gina Fi, they have to pray every day.
"It's the fairy princess Audrey who prays every day, Audrey herself believes in the god of love, and she doesn't need to pray every day. "Actually, when he was captured by the ghost woman, he still believed in the sufferer, and after arriving in Sentia, he converted to the calamity girl Ben Saba, and when his appearance recovered, he converted to the goddess of love, Shanny. If it is so religious, it is strange to pray every day.
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"On this day, the fairy princess Audrey was praying to the great sufferer again, but suddenly, several vicious ogres broke in, waving a huge stick that was still dripping blood and shouting......"
"Surrender! Surrender!" "Three 'ferocious ogres, wielding a giant stick that was still dripping blood', jumped from the second floor empty-handed. Three fights hundreds, who would be so stupid.
"......" Audrey's face darkened.
The fairy princess felt that it was not a way to wait alone, and she should take the initiative to do something, but there was a vast sea of people, how could she know where the prince was. What's even more worrying is that if he really goes out to look for it, then the prince will not see anyone when he returns, and he is likely to think that Audrey has returned to the fairy kingdom and leave. On this day, while she was praying, several strong ogres broke in, and at first, she thought that there were monsters plotting against her. Unexpectedly, the strong ogre suddenly fell down on one knee and said, "Beautiful princess, we are all your loyal guards, and it is only by the curse of the evil witch that we have become ......like this," Mike waved his hand, and asked Gina Fey to lead the three "goblins cursed by the evil witch" to be taken away and domesticated. The Knights of Truth have never been able to domesticate ogres, but the Dark Elves are very good at it, and they should learn more.
Living alone in the remote and desolate Goblin Tower, the powerless Goblin Princess Audrey has always been worried about her safety, so although the loyal guards have been turned into ugly ogres, the Princess happily accepts them and lets them live in the Goblin Tower. After the loyal guards moved in, they felt that the fairy tower was too simple to fit the princess's identity, so they took the initiative to build a small dormitory for the princess. Audrey gestured with her eyes. The tower stinks from the bad habits of ogres, and needs someone to do something.
Therefore, the "loyal guard" took advantage of the fact that he had too many spell slots to use up, first using flying skills to fly into the air, and then using the third-order spell mage hut to "build a small dormitory for the princess that matches her identity" at the top of the tower.
The Wizard's Hut, a Tier 3 spell spell, is a typical travel spell whose sole purpose is to create a comfortable cabin with basic defensive and alert functions for the Master and his henchmen to rest. Generally speaking, only those who have too many spell slots to use up or pampered sons will prepare this spell, and the majority of working people still prefer portable sleeping bags.
"Because of the small dormitory built by the guards, an unknown hunter discovered this place. Audrey looked wary.
"Master, what do you think everyone is arranging?" "Orion of unknown origin," Gina Fei asked in a loud voice as she came to the bottom of the tower.
"As a warrior, it's important to be agile at all times to be able to get into battle at all times. Audrey replied first, "You have lived underground for a long time and are afraid of cold and light, it is necessary to carry out special intensive training, and as a martial arts chief, you must lead by example, these days you will first lead people to recruit all the evil creatures around you for the use of your family." โ
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"Well, reconnaissance and vigilance can't always bother distinguished guests, Gina Fei work hard. Mike, who was casting spells in the mage's study for more than ten minutes, took the time to say.
"Okay. โ
Gina Fei left somewhat disappointed.
It didn't take long for Audrey to discover something new. "It takes a lot of materials to build a dormitory, and a shrewd peddler sensed an opportunity here and came to sell his goods. โ
"Brother Mike, what are you going to do with that big bug?" If you leave it there and hang it in the wind and snow, it will soon spoil in the wind, so it is better to ......," said Sermena, a "shrewd peddler."
"I'll send it to the teacher tonight. Mike quickly answered, saving her the need to "leave it to Master Zewahid."
"You've said that several times, and I haven't seen any movement. โ
"I never found a proper place to open a teleportation. "Actually, there is a way to teleport without opening the teleportation point, but I don't want to make a fuss about the ignorant natives.
"Cut ......," Sermena sneered and turned away, "You big fat man must not have time to party if you are so busy, then I don't mind if I make an appointment with your Philindrey." โ
"Come on, come on, you, a druid, are not afraid of being damned if you do such a discordant and natural thing all day long. And she's not mine, so I'll sue you for slander if you talk nonsense. โ
Sermena pointed at him without looking back, and gestured her middle finger.
After a moment, the alert Audrey spoke again: "The left-out vendor spread the word about the changes in the fairy tower, attracting a lot of boring goblins, including a lazy street warbler. โ
"Master, the meeting of the alliance is about to begin, do you see us?" "Delicious and lazy street warbler" Shadurilna is half-dressed and has a spring in her face.
"The environment in the tower is filthy and can't be inhabited, and you, as a housewife, are half the masters of this place, shouldn't you hurry up and organize people to clean it up?" Audrey frowned and replied again.
"I ......" Shadurilna's eyes widened, and she wanted to open her mouth to retort, you are only half a master, you should hurry up to clean up to welcome us guests from afar, but then I thought that the master is also a surface guy, and this place is still chosen by him, so isn't it equivalent to saying that he should clean it quickly.
"Well, Rena will take someone to clean up the environment in the tower first, if there are no accidents, you will stay here for a long time, so you can't clean up properly. After everyone settles down in a few days, I'll take you to the super bustling metropolis. Mike had other plans.
"It's a deal. "Since the master has spoken, let's let the little slut be proud a little more. What would the metropolis look like on the surface?
"I finally sent away the street warbler, but I didn't expect a troublesome red dragon to come. Audrey's face was expressionless, how could these annoying guys come one after another, and didn't see others doing something important.
"Brother Mike, since we have escorted everyone to our destination, I will not delay much with my heavy responsibility, and the leaderless Sanzang Town still needs my wise leadership. "Troublesome boom," said Lord Sal, wisely expressing his high opinion.
"Brother Thrall, then please, and work with Goku to straighten out the town guard as soon as possible. "Actually, there is nothing for him here, but on the other hand, Koria in Sanzang Town thinks that she has been living in the sea for a long time, and she has repeatedly urged them to return as soon as possible, if it weren't for Sal himself, who thinks it's more interesting to travel with a group, he can go back with Wukong on the first day he arrives at the main plane.
"You can rest assured!" said the wise Lord Thrall spread his wings.
"Finally bribed the trouble-loving red dragon with a family heirloom, but there was a sneaky goblin again......"
"The goblins, as suspicious as they look, are actually servants sent by the prince. Mike clapped her hand.
"Chosen people of truth, wise prophets, your loyal followers are battling the bitter cold of this winter and desperately need Your guidance for ultimate victory. Archbishop No. 1, "somewhat suspicious but in fact faithful," respectfully implored the oracle.
"Haven't you already been given winter clothes?" It's been a few days since I've been back to the main plane, and the night in the Thrall barren swamp can be minus twenty or thirty degrees, and the goblins have already frozen to death without warm clothes.
"Your loyal followers have the passion to fight the cold, but they are lost in the direction ahead. โ
"What the hell are you trying to ask, and who taught you to speak like that?"
"The beautiful Mistress Saduriena thinks this is in keeping with who you are. Archbishop 1 trembled, "I want to ask if I want to stay here or stay here so that the goblins can do their work." โ
"Resident. There are a lot of people, and Mike doesn't want the news of "being able to travel through another world" to spread all over Sanzang Town, so he can only leave the merchant group and the dark elf students outside, "There is a lot of nonsense and I can't even express the meaning clearly, so I won't be allowed to do this in the future." You take someone to clean the tunnels under the tower, and when you encounter something that should be killed, you should be caught, and tomorrow I will join forces with the chief mages to cast a spell and build a small dungeon based on it. โ
"Yes. "Archbishop No. 1 received the decree and respectfully retreated and departed.
I don't know if you have played this game, the imps in it can dig up the earth and stone very quickly to solidify the city wall, and you can build an underground city that is beginning to take shape at your fingertips. In the same magical world, what the dungeon guardians can do, it can naturally be done here. It's just that the requirements for the imp here are a little higher, and they have to be able to cast the 5th order change system spell fossil into mud and turn mud into stone, and the efficiency is also a little lower, and a single spell can make a place the size of a bathroom. Therefore, it is not very common for "imps" to build cities in this world.
But if the fine tradition of the upper middle and lower berths of the train sleeper is carried forward, and a "dormitory street" is built for hundreds of people based on the short size of the goblin kobolds, and the tunnels that can be used by ogres to enter and exit.
As for the Dark Elves, they must be living in relatively good conditions in the Mobile Fortress and the Sunken Tower.
Seeing that there seemed to be idle people waiting to make noise, Mike waved his hand and left a message with a magic mouth, "Find the master mother if you don't decide on internal affairs, and find the deputy of the group if you don't decide on foreign affairs", and then hugged the 'fairy princess' into the bedroom that had just been built, and locked the door.
"Ah, the lord in broad daylight is coming again. This time Audrey has to test you first, do you know what day it is?"
"The day we first met, it was in this tower. "Actually, what is really remembered is 'the day of the first bloody battle', but there is no need to say this kind of thing. "At such a meaningful time and in such a meaningful place, I feel it is necessary for us to do something to remember. โ
"Yes, indeed. โ
"First, let's treat. Mike pulled out a large syringe that had been specially prepared.
"Ah, I didn't want this ......"
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