The mage arrives

"By the way, Brian." Gordon looked at the servant floating on the orange liquid, "Since you are not threatening, who sealed you in this box? The special metal material, as well as the magic circle on it, are not just good-looking."

The grooves on the creature's body twitched tightly, and then said: "Oh, master, your question has brought back many unpleasant memories for me. The reason why I was put into this cold iron box and shut down It's been thousands of years, all because of my previous master. Since you have become my new master, I think I should change my title and use the word 'bastard' to call that guy. I really regret not remembering much Some insulting words, so that I can scold him more happily..."

After expressing his distaste for the previous owner for a while, Brian slowly explained to Gordon why he was put into this metal box and then sealed up.

This strange-looking man-made creature was previously owned by a great arcanist at the end of the Netherdulan Magic Empire.At that time, chaos, disasters, and wars occurred from time to time throughout the empire.Arcanists are constantly dying, and everyone is in danger.Brian's master is an expert in studying the spells of the School of Mind.As we all know, although the mages of this school are unmatched in their ability to play tricks and tricks, their combat effectiveness is not strong.

In order to enhance his own strength, the great arcanist turned his mind on the sticky brain of his servant, Brian.

Speaking of which, although Brian looked like a lump of pink flesh.But the origin is not small.It was made by cutting off a part of the brain of a legendary giant dragon and went through countless complicated processes. It can also be regarded as a powerful magic item in itself.

The great arcanist who studies the school of mind.So it was decided to transform Brian into a mobile fort specially used to cast evocation spells.

The remodel was a success.Brian transformed into a powerful weapon that could spit out fireballs with his mouth open, and shoot ice cones with a wave of his tentacles.However, the great arcanist was still not satisfied. Based on the principle of making the best use of everything, he wanted to evolve Brian into a machine that could amplify his mental spells.

But this time, the modification experiment failed.In just one night, Brian killed 67 people with his evocation spell.And use mind spells to drive 82 people crazy.

"You ran away?" Gordon asked.

"Rampage, what does this mean?"

"It's just a huge increase in strength and loss of control of mind."

"Really? Well, I have to memorize this new word..." Brian continued to float around in the orange-red viscous liquid. "To be precise, I didn't go berserk. My sanity was very clear at the time. I didn't want to kill people, and I didn't want to turn other people into lunatics. But the magic circle and constant spells that the great arcanist engraved on me lost control .”

"I see." Gordon nodded. "The great arcanist only regards you as a platform for carrying spells. Even if you are his servant, he will not allow your consciousness to gain control and use of those spells."

"That's right!" Brian laughed. "If I had human hands, I would definitely snap my fingers to express my approval."

After the spell went out of control, the great arcanist managed to restrain Brian temporarily.Then, it was sealed in the metal box.

According to Brian, the orange-red liquid can be used to absorb energy and provide nutrients for its survival.The Grand Arcanist obviously hoped that over time.The orange-red liquid can dispel all the out-of-control spell energy on Brian.After all, this brain is such an easy-to-use mobile knowledge base that no one is willing to give up easily.

"My master. You judge the reason. It was that whimsical bastard who made the mistake, but I was the one who went to jail in the end. Is this fair?" The brain looked aggrieved.

After losing his temper, it said again: "However, that guy also paid the price. Not long after I was locked in the box, I felt that the spiritual connection between myself and him had disappeared. This means that the other party is dead. Although my body is still trapped in this blind and narrow place, my mind is free."

After the death of the great arcanist, the entire Netherdulan magic empire fell.The box containing Brian went around and was obtained by many people.However, for more than a thousand years, no one has opened this box.

There are many reasons.

When some people see the various powerful arrays outside this box, they think that some terrible evil monster is sealed inside, and they wish to keep them at a respectful distance. Naturally, it is impossible to open it as if they were dead.And those who would risk opening the chest were powerless to break the seal set by a Nesser archarcanist.

Even if it ended up in the hands of the Eisenstein family, no mage in such a large family wants or needs to open this box.Then it was taken by Gordon.

If it weren't for this sudden tide of energy that destroyed part of the thousand-year-old magic seal, Gordon might not be able to open it with his current ability.

The ins and outs have been explained clearly.What Gordon is most interested in now is the ability that Brian has now: "Can you still use spells?"

"Of course not." Brian shook his whole body - for him, this was the movement of "shaking his head".

"The out-of-control magic energy has been completely absorbed by this orange-red liquid. In fact, after being locked in the box for 20 years, I have completely returned to normal. But it is a pity, because the failed transformation and Out of control, much of the knowledge recorded in my body has been completely lost."

Brian said before that he couldn't remember many things, not even his previous masters.

"So, what do you remember now?"

Brian scratched his head with his tentacles—or touched his body: "History, geography, legends, customs and humanities, politics, art and culture..."

"It's all knowledge that is of no use to me. Haven't you memorized a powerful spell or two?"

Gordon's new servant thought for a while, and said again: "No. But I think I still have a kind of knowledge. It should be very useful to you-alchemy. Although all kinds of pharmacy knowledge have been forgotten, but The knowledge of enchanting, creation, and mana is still intact in my mind."

"That's about the same." Gordon nodded. "Then what do you do now? Do you still want to stay in this cozy hut where you have lived for more than 1000 years?"

"No! I don't want to stay in there for another second!" the brain shouted.

Gordon didn't want to touch this sticky, wet, fleshy servant.So he directly summoned a Tansen floating disc, and then put Brian on it with the hand of a mage.

"Let's do that for now. I think the great arcanist who created you should have given you this very inconvenient body with a set of special mobile devices."

Brian agreed: "Of course, when we get back to the ground, we will immediately start making a 'clothing'..."

It describes something.Only then did Gordon realize that the so-called "clothing" was actually a kind of humanoid armor specially made for it.

"Is the orange liquid in this box still useful?" Gordon asked a question he really wanted to know.

"Neutralized the violent arcane energy on my body. After such a long time, it has long been useless. Of course, the taste is still good, orange flavor. My respected master. You can taste... But It’s just my feces accumulated for thousands of years, ahaha..."

Seeing that Gordon was disgusted by himself and showed a look of disgust, Brian laughed triumphantly.Although it is Gordon's servant, the joking part of its nature still remains.

The mage thought for a while, then suddenly smiled, and immediately pointed out a fact that drove Brian almost crazy: "That is to say, you have been in this orange water for thousands of years. You have been eating it all the time. Eat...I think I have really received a wonderful servant!"

Brian's pink body suddenly tightened, and then turned into a pinkish-white color.It rolled around on the Tansen floating disc.Two small tentacles slapped on the force field tray, making crackling noises.

"God, master! Why are you so cruel, reminding me of things I have deliberately forgotten! Oh no, I'm going to throw up! In order to survive until today, I have to eat things mixed with my own excrement, I easily ?"

Looking at this crying and fussing brain, Gordon couldn't help but laugh.Perhaps it would be more suitable for this rambunctious guy to become a stage actor?

After retching and rolling for a while, Brian calmed down.The furrows and folds on its body kept shrinking, and it gasped and said, "No, I have to eat a piece of steak later to make up for the loss of the past 1000 years."

Brian can also obtain energy by eating like ordinary creatures.However, because it is a man-made organism, its digestive and absorption system is much more efficient than that of humans.At least there is no peculiar smell in the liquid mixed with its excrement, which is much better than human toilets.

Perhaps in order to restore his image, Brian said to Gordon after the fuss, "Master, I can help you solve a problem now."

"what is the problem?"

It stretched out its short tentacles, pointed to the wall of the hall and said, "I can help you find the way down."

"Really?"

"Of course, the mechanism in this hall happens to be recorded in the architectural knowledge in my mind." Gordon's new servant said, "First, you have to fire a spell with a flame attribute at the volcano relief on the wall... "

On the six stone walls of this regular hexagonal hall, in addition to all kinds of obscure Neisser characters, there are also six reliefs, all of which are natural landscapes such as volcanoes, snow fields, swamps, and the sea.Gordon had sensed some faint magical auras from the reliefs on these walls earlier, but he hadn't found a clue to decipher it.

After using a burning hand towards the volcano relief, the wall suddenly burst into red light, followed by a crisp "click".

"Quick, use an acid-type spell on the swamp relief!"

According to Brian's instructions, Gordon used another Ma Youfu acid arrow.

To crack this mechanism, not only need to master spells of various attributes.And more importantly, the caster must have sufficient strength, not only the casting speed must be fast.And the control of spells must be very precise.

Even Gordon, after finally casting spells on all six walls according to Brian's instructions, was so nervous that sweat oozed from his forehead.

At this time, with a soft sound after another, the wall of the volcano relief was divided into two halves, and a passage that continued downward appeared in front of Gordon.

"Master. This mechanism was invented by Mr. Panon, a famous architect in the empire." Brian explained.

The "empire" this guy is talking about is not the Platinum Empire of Freyton that Gordon is familiar with, but the Netherdulan Magic Empire that was destroyed as early as the last era.

Although the title is Master Builder, since that Mr. Panon is a citizen of the Magic Empire.Naturally, he also knows some spells more or less.And the "Panon Mechanism" he set up is mainly based on mechanical structures, supplemented by a small amount of magic, which is in line with the widespread and even rampant trend of applying magic to various fields at that time.very different.

"I didn't expect that I was also limited by inertial thinking. I have been searching in the room with the idea of ​​​​breaking the magic mechanism. No wonder I have found nothing just now." Gordon said to himself.

There are very few spells used in the Panon mechanism, so even if Gordon used the Eye of Truth and Warning just now, he only saw some faint magical auras, and there is no such thing as those powerful magic organs usually have. Various complex spirit lines, runes and other elements.

"Okay, let's move on," Gordon said.

Use such a delicate mechanism to hide the exit.Presumably there are more secrets worth exploring below.Gordon couldn't hold back his curiosity, so he led Brian forward.

this time.Gordon was more cautious. He not only opened his eyes of truth and warning to check for spell traps, but also observed carefully with his naked eyes, and discussed with Brian, who was full of various architectural knowledge from time to time, to avoid A mechanical trap.

The further down you go, the colder the environment becomes.Gordon's own mage's robe is always equipped with spells that are not afraid of cold and heat, but his new brain servant is different.

"Ah!" Brian sneezed.

"Your creator even installed this function for you?" Gordon asked curiously, and then blessed the other party with a tolerance to elemental damage.

"Master, don't make me sound like a machine, I'm a living thing! It's a normal reaction of a living thing to the cold when you sneeze! According to my information, among the known living things, there are..." Brian waved himself The short tentacle protested.

"Okay..." Gordon shrugged, interrupting the other party's plan to show off his knowledge.

One master and one servant continued to go deeper, and it didn't take long before the neatly built stone underground passage was covered by a layer of crystal white.

Because of the magic protection, Gordon, who couldn't feel the temperature change, realized that the temperature was already so low that a thick layer of ice could condense in the surrounding environment.

In a subtropical region like the Haiwen Peninsula, even if it goes deep underground, there shouldn't be a place as cold as the Northland Snow Country.

With curiosity in mind, Gordon pressed on.

Soon in front of the ice cave, a light blue light suddenly appeared.And there was chattering chatter.

"Oh, woman!" Brian made a movement of covering his forehead with his tentacles: "A woman is equivalent to five hundred ducks... Well, there are more than a thousand ducks from different times and different races stored in my body." , different countries, and different planes of proverbs, all describe how long-winded and noisy women are!"

"To be precise, it's not a woman, but a goblin." Gordon had already discovered that those little guys who were making loud noises were the goblins who had been controlled by Earl Stirling's evil spirit before and then regained their freedom.

The two were talking, when suddenly a light blue light cluster flew out of the ice next to it.Only the goblin with the size of Gordon's palm saw the two uninvited guests and screamed in fright, his cute eyes widened: "Ah~~, there are humans and monsters!"

With a chirp, it fled towards the direction of the blue light as if flying, and the scream was dragged further and further away.

Gordon had previously judged that these goblins were of the water attribute.It should be corrected now, they are actually of the ice attribute.He knew that these little things were not threatening at all after they were out of the control of the evil spirits, so he proceeded forward with confidence.

Soon, he and his new servant walked into a huge ice cave.And the mysterious blue light I saw just now was emitted by a blue flower like an ice sculpture in the cave.

"Strange, this kind of flower is called Naupol Yangliweiqi Alexandro..." Brian said.Gordon didn't have the patience to listen to the long list of names.Anyway, the flower is named after everyone in the entire adventure team that discovered it.Moreover, it only grows in a place called Pure Ice Mountain Peak in the water element world.

"The plants of the water elemental world appeared in the main material world, and things are getting more and more interesting..."

However, compared to the two mage masters and servants immersed in environmental research, the other creatures in this ice cave are very restless.

There were almost a hundred ice fairies in total, who were still chattering about some issue just now, but now they all screamed in fright, running around like headless chickens.

In fact, Gordon would rather have a swarm of flies flying around him at this moment.Because at least it will be quieter.

You can imagine how noisy these little guys are.

"Help, the evil mage is coming with his horrible monsters, help!"

screamed the goblins.

"I'm not an evil mage." Gordon sighed.

"I'm not a scary monster either!" Brian waved his tentacles dissatisfied. (To be continued..)