In the Dragon's Lair.

Sophia opened the enchanted treasure chest and took out the animal skins and scrolls that shone with magical aura.

These hides and rolls carry different levels of magical knowledge. From the zero-ring trick, to the lower spells of the first and second rings, to the median spells of the third and fourth rings, there are all.

And these are all accumulated by the Heatgrinder family in recent years. Since the establishment of the Mage Tower, these spells have all been centralized in the tower for all Dragon Warlocks to study.

"Roy, this guy still has a heart." Udi swept through these spells and found that not only were there many types, but there was also some rare spells.

There are two basic requirements for crafting a hide, or scroll, that holds the knowledge of spells. One is to cultivate this spell to the highest level [Back to Basics], and the other is that the materials must be able to carry the knowledge of spells, and the higher the knowledge of spells, the more rare the carrying materials required. Knowledge of forbidden spells, for example, often requires the use of legendary creature materials.

The second requirement is a little simpler. But the threshold for the first condition is undoubtedly high. Tricks and lower-level spells are okay, except for some rare, most of them are still sold in large quantities on the market, and when it comes to medium-level spells, the difficulty of obtaining them has increased linearly.

It has been almost seven years since Udi got the mage profession, and now the mage level has reached the eighth intermediate level, but among the spells he has mastered, the only true level spell is the second ring water element enhancement technique.

There are four mastery-level spells.

Although Udi doesn't have any talent in spells, he can't be called a genius, but he has a panel, although he doesn't have the proficiency of brushing day after day, and occasionally gives himself a vacation to enjoy the service of a maid, but on the whole, he is definitely diligent.

Of course, this is also related to the fact that Udi has learned a large number of spells, which is not particularly specialized, and if he is specialized, there are now several spells that can reach the true level.

But among the spells that Udi is learning now, each has its own corresponding role, and it is not a random study.

"If you want to become a powerful mage, the road ahead is still long." Udi could only sigh silently.

A truly powerful mage must not only reach the level, but also have a large amount of spell knowledge, and these spell knowledge must be refined and thorough, and even later, after the accumulated spell knowledge is enough, he can also develop the most suitable spell for himself.

In contrast, the improvement of the mage's level is the improvement of the quality and quantity of spirit, magic, and soul, while the spell is based on the amplitude of the first three, three, five, ten, or even tens or hundreds of times, exerting the effect of destroying the world.

Looking at the scroll of spell knowledge displayed by Sophia, Udi picked and chosen, and finally chose three doors that felt useful.

They are:

Water Mirror: Zero Ring Spell (Trick), Effect: Consumes mana to create a mirror composed of water elementals.

- This spell has a low cost of learning time, it doesn't take a few days to learn, and you don't need to be proficient, you can get started, and then Udi can look in the mirror at any time and watch the 'battle' scene in real time through the water mirror, and the daily fun is +1.

Verbal Spell One Ring (Lower), Effect: For the duration of the spell, you can understand the literal meaning of the words you hear. You also know what you see and write, but you have to touch the surface of the writing.

- Although there are many languages recorded in the knowledge of the dragon inheritance, except for a few languages, such as dragon language, giant language, and lingua franca, which are mastered at birth, the others can only be mastered through independent learning. Although it is not difficult to master the language, it is very troublesome, and the strength cannot be improved, so after seeing this spell, Wu Di moved his mind to learn. It's also a lazy spell.

Guardian Enchantment: Three-Ring Spell (Medium), Effect: Consumes mana, sets an invisible spell defensive enchantment, the caster can freely enter and exit the enchantment, and can also mark their allies to enter and exit freely.

- Learn this spell, this is Udi considering that the dragon's nest is basically undefended except for the dragonborn maid and griffon Bray, and it doesn't feel very safe, especially now that there is a black sarcoma, if this kind of thing leaks out, Udi estimates that if one is not careful, the entire Tal plane will fall.

"Alright, take the rest and bring it back to the Mage Tower." Udi left the three scrolls of spell knowledge behind and motioned for Sophia to finish her selection.

"Yes." Sophia nodded respectfully, and with a wave of her fair and slender palm, the magic knowledge scroll was included in the enchanted treasure chest under the invisible big hand, and then the enchanted treasure chest was suspended in the air, following Sophia and leaving.

This is the power of the caster. Dragonvein Warlock, to be precise.

Perhaps because she had served Uddy for two years, the dragon vein power in Sophia's body had accumulated too much, and she awakened her bloodline a few days ago and became a dragon vein warlock.

The spell she casts now is not a spell in the bloodline, but a spell she learned, the Zero Ring Trick Mage's Hand. After becoming a warlock, with the help of the power of the bloodline, he in turn has the ability to cast spells, and he can naturally learn other types of spells.

However, Sophia's time to become a dragon vein warlock is still short, and her combat effectiveness has not improved much, but her efficiency in daily maid work has improved a lot.

In the days that followed, Udi began to study these three spells, introducing them one by one.

"Guarding the enchantment." Udimer chanted the incantation, and a large amount of magic energy gushed out from the dragon's claws, and a round white light spread out around him.

It wasn't until the white light enveloped the entire dragon's nest that Udi stopped the mana transmission.

The white dome disappeared into the air, becoming invisible.

The Guardian Enchantment has been completed.

Although the defense ability of the entry-level guard enchantment of the Three Rings is not strong, it can only block low-level creatures and low-level professionals, but for the time being, it is enough, even if it can't block intermediate and high-level creatures, it can also be used as a vigilant spell.

Next, Udi marked the Dragonborn maid and the Harpy maid with the mark that they could freely enter and exit the enchantment.

The days that followed were quiet again.

There were some small things that happened in between.

For example, the members of the Wolf Adventure Group were successfully trained by Shi Ji and thoroughly recognized their status and situation, and then gave them dragon blood.

Among them, the leader of the Wolf Adventure Regiment, a high-level warrior professional, Thyssen, was personally used by Udi to use a family contract.

How to judge the loyalty of other adventurers?

After all, Shiki's training is not 100% sure of their loyalty, and this group of adventurers is not a family and cannot be easily restrained, so this matter must be handed over to the leader Thyssen in the end.

Thyssen, who is tied to his life by the 'dog chain' of the family contract, will definitely do his best to support the interests of the dragon's nest in order to survive. - If he was really noble and not afraid of death, he would not have surrendered to the evil dragon, and now that he has surrendered and become the dog of the dragon's nest, then he will naturally bark and retreat for the sake of the dragon's nest.

The first thing Thyssen did after leading the adventurers out of the mountain stream dragon's lair was to pick up their families from scattered places one by one and place them in the mountain stream dragon's nest.

The whole process took a month. More than two dozen adventurers' parents, lovers, children, and even close friends, as long as they could find them, brought them all back.

Although the adventurers objected, they finally compromised.

Because their leader Thyssen, the first to take the lead in bringing their lovers and children back to the dragon's nest, coupled with what Thyssen instilled in them, staying in the dragon's nest, they can get the power of the dragon vein, their wife's life expectancy can be increased, and the future of their children is bright.

However, not all adventurers have families and parents, and there are still a few orphaned adventurers among the adventurers, but they all died unexpectedly in the subsequent adventures of hunting monsters.

Thyssen, as the head of the group, regretted this, and spent several days in the halfling style shop before regaining his strength.

In addition to the Wolf Adventure Party, there was another incident.

About the forest elves.

Previously, according to Udi's request, Shiki led a group of dragonborn maids to the elven territory to communicate, hoping to achieve the purpose of cooperation.

And as a result. is a failure. The forest elves indignantly refused to cooperate, saying that it was absolutely impossible to cooperate with the evil black dragon family.

Even though Shi Ji worked hard for a long time, and used various methods to show that they were different from ordinary black dragon dependents and could live in harmony, this group of forest elves was very stubborn, and no matter what Shi Ji and the dragon maids under his command said, they did not agree to cooperate.

Even, if it weren't for the fact that the little sisters of the dragonborn maids were really good-looking, this group of elves might have directly and violently driven away Shiki and the others.

As for this result, after Udi learned about it, although he was a little regretful, he was not too disappointed.

He just asked Shi Ji and the others to try it, if they can, they can pull it down.

"There are countless races that are inherently stronger than humans, but why can humans become one of the overlords of the astral plane?"

This answer is complicated, but the choice of the forest elves at this moment should be one of the reasons.

Powerful races have more or less unchangeable racial natures, such as the kindness of forest elves, the evil of five-colored dragons, the stubbornness of halflings, etc., and these natures have 'framed' them.

The cooperation proposed by the Dragon's Lair this time is actually mutually beneficial for both parties, but unfortunately, because of the inherent camp prejudice and racial nature, the forest elves do not consider whether they will lose benefits or gain more benefits by making this choice, for them, no is not good, as long as it does not involve the survival of the race, this nature is estimated to be difficult to change.

Humans, on the other hand, can possess all the natures of almost all races, good, stubborn, greedy, evil, neutral, cunning, crazy, and indifferent, and each of them has a considerable proportion, or simply change their own way of doing things on the fly.

Time passes slowly, and time is very worthless for long-lived creatures.

In the blink of an eye, three years have passed.

In the past three years, the surrounding regional forces have undergone considerable changes.

The southern part of the Dark Forest was in chaos for years under the task of hunting centaurs issued by the kingdom and the duchy, and finally lost all three.

On the centaur side, the population has plummeted by more than 10,000, of which centaur women and children account for more than half.

The adventurers from both countries and from other countries also suffered heavy casualties, and the number that can be counted is as high as two or three thousand.

Looking at the ratio of the two sides, there seems to be a big gap, but most of the adventurers who dare to come to the dark forest to mix in with each other have one or two strengths, among which the adventurers of the third and fourth levels account for the vast majority, not to mention the number of intermediate professionals, there must be hundreds, and there are also many high-level professional adventurers.

Even if this force is placed in a huge and bloated kingdom with comprehensive strength, it is also a force that cannot be underestimated.

And as more and more adventurers die in the Dark Forest, and many of them are well-known intermediate professionals or even high-level professionals, coupled with the more skilled defense of the centaurs and their familiarity with the environment of the Dark Forest, the difficulty of slaughtering another centaur has increased several times, and the danger they bear is also higher.

Even though the kingdom and the duchy raised the head bounty for centaurs again, more and more adventurers left the area. - And in addition to this reason, the main thing is that the number of monsters and beasts in the southern part of the Dark Forest has plummeted, and they are also the one who has lost three losses this time.

And the wasteland aristocratic territory, which flourished because of the arrival of a large number of adventurers, gradually returned to the normal development trajectory speed with the loss of adventurers. In this regard, the nobles hated and regretted, hating this group of hyena adventurers to retreat, but it was a pity that their money bags were much less.

In the past few years, the money bags of the nobles of the wasteland have almost swelled a lot, and it is not an exaggeration to say that they are so rich. The adventurers desperately hunted monsters and centaurs, and in the end most of the profits went into the pockets of the nobles. Drinks, amorous streets, equipment damage, enchantments, healing, and more are all things adventurers can't avoid.

At the same time, there was also a very influential event in the Ryan Empire in the central region of the continent - a group of evil mages in red robes appeared out of nowhere, and attacked more than a dozen cities in the south of the empire overnight, causing hundreds of thousands of casualties.

In the face of this group of evil red-robed mages, the Imperial side was furious, and sent the Imperial Guardian Knights and the Court Mage Regiment to exterminate them overnight.

And the result is ...... The Empire is defeated!

There is a power outage, and now it is being repaired, and the next chapter will be written when the call comes.

Tomorrow is the Mid-Autumn Festival, I wish you all a happy holiday in advance.

(End of chapter)