Ordinary fantasy adventure in Faerûn

Chapter 448: The Crown of Karsus

"This is...Karsas's crown."

Next to a large piece of the main brain's flesh, Noshir discovered the biggest treasure of this trip. That was the root of all this, a powerful treasure sought after by the world and the ambitious, a legendary artifact, the Crown of Karsus, just floating quietly on the body of the main brain.

The moment he saw this artifact, Noshir suddenly felt a little dazed, because this crown was telling him clearly and directly that the future he knew had completely changed.

From now on, he will face a completely unknown world. He will lose his intelligence advantage to a great extent. The cultists he offended have also completely noticed him. What awaits him next will be one thrilling crisis after another, but...

'…But that's what makes it fun, isn't it?'

Noshier smiled in a daze. He never lacked the courage to face the unknown and danger, otherwise he would never have rushed into hell when he was still a fledgling. He had the blood of an explorer in his bones. The so-called unknown was just another round of new challenges, and his adventure in the world would never end like this.

Without any hesitation, Nosir stretched out his hands towards the crown of Karsas, reaching out to the three floating iron pieces that were emitting red light and were larger than Nosir himself. When Nosir's hands approached the three suspended iron pieces, the three iron pieces seemed to be attracted by Nosir himself and floated directly towards him.

During this process, the crown itself was rapidly shrinking until it became a size that could be worn by ordinary humanoid life.

"This is the artifact. It's incredible. Even if it's just in the air, I can still feel the huge energy it emits. Although it lacks the Nesser gem as an embellishment, the main body of the crown is definitely not useless. I just don't know what the specific effect of this thing is..."

As a key item throughout the entire plot of Baldur's Gate 3, Karsus's Crown exudes a mysterious aura from beginning to end. Even after completing the game, the character controlled by the player cannot know what the function of this artifact is.

But now, this artifact was finally obtained by Noshir, and he also had the means to identify the ability of the artifact. Now his curiosity was about to overflow! And he had no intention of suppressing his curiosity.

Nosher held the crown with his left hand and gently touched the surface of the crown with his right hand. However, perhaps because of the special power of the artifact itself, the panel that could have given the result in an instant actually took an extra five or six seconds to detect the specific capabilities of the crown.

This time difference undoubtedly aroused Noshil's curiosity even more. When the panel listed all the abilities of the crown, he immediately opened the detailed report on the crown.

[Karsus's crown, artifact-level magic item, artifact component, one of Karrsus's costumes]

[Artifact Abilities: Divine Power Granted, Magic Power Granted, Thousand Magic Memes, Self-Control (Ability Error), Incomplete Karsus Magic Web]

[Divine power: This crown contains a trace of divine power generated by Karsus' brief ascension to godhood. If the wearer can be aware of the existence of this divine power, he can draw on this divine power and attach it to his own abilities or the crown's own abilities. Divine power has a variety of uses, and no matter how it is used, it can greatly enhance the original abilities of the abilities attached. Its power and magical uses are infinite, but the divine power itself is too scarce. Currently, the divine power in the crown can only be used by the wearer three times.]
[Magic Power Endowment: Instantly endows the wearer with powerful magic power. Even if the wearer is out of the magic network, he or she can still cast magic with the powerful magic attached to the crown itself. The wearer of the crown will gain an additional 3 nine-ring spell slots.

The user can also disassemble the total magic power of these three nine-ring spell slots into 6 eight-ring spells, 12 seven-ring spell slots, 24 six-ring spell slots, 48 ​​five-ring spell slots, 96 four-ring spell slots, 192 three-ring spell slots, 384 two-ring spell slots, and 768 one-ring spell slots. When these spells are also consumed, the user must rely on the gems inlaid on the crown to attract the magic power of the world to replenish them. ]
[Thousands of spell models: The crown stores models of thousands of spells, and the wearer can constantly enter new spell models. After wearing this crown, the caster can freely select the spell model inside to release.

No materials are needed to cast these spells, the speed of casting these spells is greatly increased, and the power of casting these spells is greatly increased. ]
[Self-control: A qualified wizard must have sufficient understanding of his own body so as to maintain his health during day-to-day magical experiments, and this crown can give you this ability.

The wearer of the crown will be able to perfectly control himself, clearly understand his own changes, see his own blood, muscles and even nerves, and even guide his body to evolve in a positive direction. However, this enchantment was destroyed by the great devil Mephisto, who cast a counter-spell on the crown, allowing the wearer of the crown to be controlled by the master of the gem, and the ability to control himself was completely invalid, but the ability to evolve himself was still retained. ]
[Incomplete Karthus Magic Web: The crown stores a part of the alternative magic web created by Karthus during his brief ascension to godhood. Although this magic web has become incomplete due to his ultimate failure in ascension to godhood, the magic web itself still possesses some of the abilities of a normal magic web.

This part of the magic net can carry a large amount of magic power, and can carry a part of divine power. If the wearer has a certain understanding of divine power, the magic net can also be decomposed into divine power. If the wearer has the desire to become a god, then this part of the magic net can be used as fuel for the wearer to ascend to godhood, but other than that, the magic net itself has no other use. ]
“… outrageous stuff.”

Nosir sighed from the bottom of his heart. To a mage, this thing was a meaningless artifact, but unfortunately, Nosir's profession was a barbarian.

Most of the abilities of this crown are meaningless to Noshir.

Even if he is a magical barbarian who relies on animal spirits to gain violent power, a barbarian is still a barbarian, and is a far cry from a normal spellcasting profession.

Once a barbarian goes berserk, he cannot cast spells. This professional characteristic of the barbarian directly abolishes the most powerful enchanting ability of the crown. However, the crown is not completely useless to him.

"Divine power...interesting."

Noshil had a hunch that the most valuable aspect of this crown was not its ordinary magical abilities, but the most valuable thing about this crown was the Karsus magic web stored inside the crown.

The ability to decompose into divine power was a feature that even gods might be tempted by. If he wanted to become a god in the future, this crown would surely be of great help.

"The goal of becoming a god seems a bit too far away, at least not achievable in the short term. It seems that this crown will not be of any use for the time being. I will put it away and keep it safe until I have collected all the gems."

(End of this chapter)