Upwind Trail – Karazan's Tower.

The once magnificent Karazan Tower is now in a dilapidated state.

Since that night's upheaval, when the possessed Medivan and Egwene of Sargeras battled and Deathwing appeared to incinerate their enemies with dragon's breath and flames, the majestic tower of magic has been devastated.

Powerful evil magic destroyed half of the main tower, killing the noble guests attending the banquet in the tower.

The dragon fire destroyed the other half of the tower, and by the way, burned the main body of the tower to a charred black color.

Later, several heroes of the alliance led a large group of adventurers to break into the tower and start a big battle with Medivan and the tower guards, which further intensified the damage to Karazan.

Then it was not until Medivin mysteriously disappeared that Karazhan was completely defeated.

The banquet hall was littered with the ghosts and ghosts of the dead guests, and the monsters that Medivan had summoned from various otherworlds had lost their restraints and used Karazhan as a battlefield for predation.

Demons summoned by the remnants of Sargeras hide in the tower's hidden rooms, magical golems roam the library and corridors, killing any intruders who dare to break into, and in the cellars beneath Karazhan, the magical test subjects have already broken through their cages, turning the underground part of the magic tower into a monster's lair.

Even the air was filled with an aura of evil and death, and the terrible magic unleashed by Medivan as he went on a rampage destroyed most of the forest around Karazhan, turning it into a netherworld......

But on this day, Karazhan, who had long since ceased to be glorious, was once again waiting for guests, three to be exact.

Shout! The light of the teleportation magic gradually dissipated, and Murphy stood on Karazhan's teleportation platform, looking at everything around him with a little emotion, so familiar, the last time he came here, it seemed to be extremely far away.

Gianna looked around nervously and expectantly, she had admired Karazan's name for a long time.

"Is this Karazan? I didn't expect to be here one day, and I've heard from the teachers of the academy more than once that it's said to be the Guardian's abode, hiding countless secrets about magic, as well as the various treasures he collected. ”

Gianna unleashed an illumination spell in a leap of rage, and magical orbs of light illuminated the dilapidated teleportation platforms and eerie corridors.

"That's right, this is Karazhan."

Murphy said with emotion, and casually put away the Karazan emblem.

The main purpose of his visit this time was to learn magic.

Originally, he wanted to go to Dalaran to further his studies, but after learning about Dalaran's magic teaching process, Mo Fei decisively gave up.

There is a class schedule for Dalaran to learn magic, different schools, how many classes are taken per day, and various teaching tasks, if you do it well, you can unlock rare magic, and even get the school's dean to teach it personally......

Brush the dean's favorability, do college tasks to brush up the reputation of the college, in short, it's very troublesome.

Without three or five months of investment, don't learn any advanced magic.

Murphy doesn't have that much time to go to the Violet Academy of Magic for a semester now.

Another way to learn magic is to go to auctions, where you can spend all your money on magic scrolls.

Murphy did spend some money on some basic magic scrolls to transcribe and learn.

But his quest doesn't stop there,

His real purpose was to reproduce the soul magic of Soul Splitting.

Although he used to be able to use it, he now has no clue at all.

Under normal circumstances, any skill in the game needs to be completed through a carrier.

Magic scrolls, skill trainers, skill books, in short, need a mechanic to learn.

But the spell of Soul Splitting only existed in Mo Fei's memory, because it was a spell unique to the Black Dragon Clan, there was no magic scroll at all.

It was possible to use it when he was possessed by Deathwing, but since Deathwing left his body, this skill has completely disappeared from the skill list.

Even though he remembered the spell of magic, he couldn't cast it at all.

He vaguely remembered that when he cast Soul Splitting, there seemed to be a very complex way of magic, but at that time he relied entirely on the game mechanics to automatically cast spells, and this complexity was completely sensory, and he couldn't really appreciate the mystery.

To do this, he had to really 'learn' the theory of magic, not to learn a skill, but to try to master the mechanics behind it.

Fortunately, he remembered the Karazhan emblem that Medivin had given him, and he could teleport him directly to Karazhin.

Karazan's library must have a good collection, so it's time to borrow a few books and see if you can learn some theoretical knowledge.

"Lord Aidan, are you sure you can learn magic?" Vivien was still a little incredulous.

It's no wonder that Murphy has always fought as a warrior, and although the Dragon's Feast skill also has the arcane skill of Acanagoth's Arcane Vortex, it is obviously different from real magic.

Mo Fei smiled and said, "Of course you can, in fact, I haven't revealed it to you, in fact, I am a magical genius." ”

Vivien pursed her lips, clearly not convinced.

Mo Fei didn't explain, and he knew it was powerful after a while.

"Be careful, I'm feeling something—it's a demon!"

Vivien raised her dragon's spine staff, and a manifestation technique was released, and a faint blue light flashed, revealing the outlines of several shadow demons in the air.

It is a lifeform that is somewhere between a void creature and a demon, and can cloaked in the dark, waiting for an opportunity to sneak up, and its unique debilitating magic and physical damage reduction characteristics are a nightmare for physics professions.

However, Vivien is very good at dealing with this kind of thing, and the mages of the Night Empire have no taboos when they study magic, but they often summon such creatures.

Arcane Prison - Magical Blast!

The lines of arcane energy firmly bound the Shadow Demon in the enchantment, and then with a bang, the energy in the Shadow Demon's body was instantly detonated, turning into a wave of energy and dissipating into the air.

"Well done."

Mo Fei complimented that it would be a bit troublesome for him to fight this thing if he didn't change his body.

Walking down the stairs, they casually dispatched a few undead guards and a few wandering hellhounds, and soon the three of them came to the second floor of the banquet hall.

The sound of music came faintly from downstairs, and the three of them walked to the stairs to see a large group of ghostly guests dancing to the sound of music below.

Glasses and laughter are staggered, tables are filled with colourful food and drinks, and guests are dressed in fine dresses, dancing gracefully, or chatting in groups.

If it weren't for the ghostly glow that emanated from them, it would have looked like a bit of extravagant and flashy banquet scenes.

It's a pity that in front of the Eye of the Ancient Dragon, all the prototypes are revealed.

In front of me are just some sad ghosts, immersed in the echoes of the memories of life, constantly repeating what they did before life.

"It's a pity, it was quite lively here."

Murphy muttered to himself and led the way downstairs.

Ghosts are neutral units, so you don't have to worry about being attacked.

"Sir, do you need anything?"

The ghost of a servant came over with a tray full of wine and asked courteously.

Mo Fei waved his hand.

"Ignore us, let's just hang out, oh yes, is Mr. Medivan back?"

The servant's ghost had a blank look on his face, "Master, he-hasn't been to the banquet hall for a long time. ”

"Then forget it."

Murphy said, leading the two of them through the ballroom and toward the library.

After walking through the winding corridors of Karazhan for a while, I finally found the place I remembered.

"Here, this is it, there should be a magic puppet guarding here, hey, where is the curator?"

Murphy glanced around, but saw only the remains of some arcane golems.

When the three of them reached the door of the library, Murphy saw at a glance the remains of a huge puppet, the body of the 'curator', lying in front of the library door.

Well? Has anyone been here?

The curator is a terrifying boss, and he also has a bunch of puppet brothers, and it seems that there are masters.

As he walked to the door, Murphy gestured to Gianna and Vivien, and when he pushed the door open, he saw seven or eight mages in the library, each holding a book.

When they heard the sound of pushing the door, they all looked at it, and seven or eight wands were aimed at the three of them together.

There are even a few 'acquaintances' in it.

Sallyman, Morgana, Raging Gandalf, Lord Voldemort......

Although I can't say that I am very familiar, I have seen them all.

Aidan (Lord Protector of Alterak): "Don't be nervous, I'm just here to borrow a few books, just like you." ”

Raging Gandalf (Battle Mage): "Damn, it scared me, huh, isn't this Prince Aidan?" And Gianna...... How did you end up here? ”

"Of course I'm here to read the book, why are you here?"

"We're here to read too."

Sallyman, who was on the side, said as she casually put the book in her hand back on the shelf, and then took another one.

As he flipped through it, he explained to Murphy, "Since this place was abandoned, we came here to get some magic books to go back, the Guardian's library, there are definitely good things, but it's a pity that Medivan has cast a magic in this library that we can't crack, and no book can be taken out of the library unless it has the owner's permission - you see." ”

As she spoke, Sally Man picked up a book and walked out the door, as if she had bumped into something, and the book was teleported back to the shelf with a thud.

"So we're just reading in the library." Spread your hands as he spoke.

Mo Fei suddenly felt that something was not right, he picked up a book casually, looked at the cover of "Twelve Methods of Application of Arcane Missiles", and opened it, it was full of words.

"Wait a minute, aren't you reading skill books?"

As soon as this question came out, everyone suddenly showed a subtle look.

This question is naturally critical.

The magic books in the game are actually divided into two categories.

One is the skill book, as long as the conditions are met, you can learn the magic inside immediately after looking at it, there is not much text in it, and you don't need to really read it.

The other category is 'knowledge books', which have no value in themselves, just to enrich the game-related texts, which seem to be very similar to that, and this kind of book will introduce in detail the details of various magic and the principles of use and other things, which looks quite mysterious, but in fact, it is useless to read.

Players learn skill books, and only NPCs read those knowledge books, so theoretically, there is no such thing as long-term reading.

Unless—

"Are you trying to learn something from these books that doesn't exist within the framework of the game? Real magic? ”

The men glanced at each other, but none of them answered.

"Haha, there's no real magic, we're just watching and playing."

"Yes, yes, if you want to learn magic or something, just buy a scroll and copy it, why bother with it."

"We're just curious, just take a look, feel the atmosphere of the game, and look for any hidden quests worth digging up or something, maybe these books will trigger it."

The more the other party explained this, the more Murphy felt affirmed.

After playing the game for so long, even if it doesn't count the original story mission, he has long found that the many limitations of this game are not absolute.

He had broken through the game's framework when he was still the Black Dragon Lord, and this new number had used design techniques that didn't exist in the game several times.

For example, infusing the power of evil into the storm......

In other words, there should still be a lot of these tricks in the game, which is why he tried to reproduce Soul Breaker.

It seems that he is not alone in discovering this.

He didn't say anything about it.

"Hehe, understand, understand, I'm also here to feel the atmosphere of magic, so don't bother, we're busy with our own things."

After saying that, he ignored the few people, and the three of them scattered, each looking for the books they were interested in.

NPCs are obviously different from players, they are really able to learn the principles of magic recorded in the book, and the mechanics of growth are completely different from those of players.

Murphy casually read the previous book "Twelve Methods of Application of Arcane Missiles".

This book is completely different from the usual skill books, and it details the various variants of the Arcane Missile.

Large arcane orbs, the most common triple arcane missiles, magic guided missiles that use mind to guide and track targets, a barrage of arcane bullets that release dozens of them at once, and only theoretically large arcane missiles - arcane comet (this Murphy has seen in the hands of Karegoth).

Normal Arcane Missiles only have a standard triple burst.

Murphy mobilizes his magic as described in the book and guides it with his spiritual power.

Try to use a variant of the Arcane Missile like in the books.

The process is complex and completely different from the straightforward process of learning a skill.

Fortunately, with the authority of arcane guardianship, Murphy's use of arcane energy can be said to have reached the point of being like a finger, and he easily simulated the operation principle recorded in the book.

The magic gradually converged in the air, and the gravitational magic force inside formed a sphere that contracted inward, and the excess arcane energy was evenly distributed around, forming an arcane orb the size of a basketball.

And it worked.

Looking at the arcane orb in his hand, Mo Fei was quite happy in his heart, and he felt a sense of accomplishment that he had truly learned and mastered magic.

This is much more fun than just reading a skill book and then brushing a white light.

"You've really learned magic!" Vivien was a little surprised.

Murphy shrugged.

Arcane Missiles, Arcane Orbs, Arcane Barrage...... For safety reasons, Murphy didn't try the Arcane Comet, but basically learned all the variants of the Arcane Missile.

The most basic magic can be played, and the more he tries, the more refined Murphy's control over arcane energy becomes.

There is even a feeling of merging the arcane energy with oneself, as if it is an extension of the will, a part of the body.

The mage players on the side were completely dumbfounded.

They had been studying here for a few days, and they had more or less developed some special magic techniques, but the arcane energy was unpredictable, and it was so easy to control.

Seeing Mo Fei's free manipulation of magic power, they were all inexplicably shocked, obediently, where did this guy come from? Looking at the outfit, he is completely a warrior, why is the magic so slippery?

After flipping through a few more books, Murphy finally found the book he was looking for.

The Arcane Analysis of the Soul.

He hurriedly picked it up.

A mage on the side reminded.

"That book is too esoteric and obscure, and it hurts and feels weird to people who read it, so I think it's better for you to read a primer like "Elemental Reaction: Magical Fission" or "The Mysteries of Natural Magic."

Mo Fei ignored it and flipped through it to himself.

(End of chapter)