Volume Dragon: Start by obtaining the Infinity Gems

Chapter 79: Life-Protecting Magic
After finishing his prayers, Nemesis went to the forest because he had a premonition that the sleeping time from adolescence to young adulthood would probably be very long.

He needs to sleep under the protection of many followers underground.

But before that, he had one more thing to do.

The half-red, half-silver crystal gem was suspended in the ruins of the tower. Today was the time for the second meeting since he obtained the [Throne].

A spatial fluctuation flashed by, and the volume dragon disappeared into the main material plane.

The same space, the same throne, the royal hall built with gorgeous furniture floats in the void, and behind the exquisite door is a round table meeting waiting for someone to sit.

"Oh, you're the first one to arrive." Nemesis saw Rajat, who had been waiting there for a long time. He was from [The Setting Sun of Cataclysm] and was suspected to be the incarnation of the "Dragon of Evil".

"Haha," Rajat sneered, as if he had heard some obvious joke.

"When you've been trapped in darkness for thousands of years, you'll seize any opportunity to escape from there," Rajat said proudly. "I'm the first one to arrive at every round table meeting."

Nemesis sat on the chair, crossed his legs high on the edge of the table, crossed his arms over his chest, and squinted at the old man.

"I remember you said that the magic network in your world is in a dormant state, right?" Nemesis said meaningfully.

Rajat was stunned for a moment, then nodded.

Nemesis pondered for a moment and asked, "I have studied your arcane system. If I had studied magic the way you do, I'm afraid your world would have been destroyed long ago. How come you have managed to survive until now?"

After studying the knowledge given by Rajat, Nemesis judged it as "a desperate attempt by a person with nothing to lose to quench his thirst."

The destructive power of [Cataclysmic Sunset]'s spell system is truly too terrifying. They draw life energy from the earth with an extremely cruel efficiency.

He just casually tried to cast a first-level spell in this way, but he actually drained the life out of a towering ancient tree that had lived for hundreds of years.

From then on, Nemesis decided to put this method of casting spells aside, otherwise, within a few days, the Earth Mother Goddess Shantia would order the entire church to hunt him down.

According to Rajat, this method of casting spells is the only way to cast spells normally in [Cataclysmic Sunset]. How could that poor planet survive until now?

He felt something was wrong at the first moment.

Rajat said impatiently, “What does this have to do with you?”

Nemesis did not get angry. He changed his posture, crossed his legs more comfortably, and replied calmly: "Of course it has something to do with me. If I decide to rescue you in the future, I must take all the circumstances into consideration."

Rajat was silent for a while, then said helplessly: "Well, actually I lied to you."

As expected, Nemesis thought, and continued to listen attentively.

"In the beginning, the rulers of the planet Athas were the Halflings. The Halflings were not proficient in magic, but they built a brilliant civilization in their own way. It was called the [Age of Azure]. Unfortunately, this great civilization eventually fell into the dust of time."

"I am the first wizard of Athas. The system of drawing life energy to cast spells is what I got from the temple built by the ancient halflings."

“The knowledge in the temple not only taught me how to absorb life energy, but also taught me how to repair life energy.”

"Life and death, all things are constantly reborn in this cycle, which is why Athas has not been destroyed."

"I used these two systems to create two magic factions - life-protecting magic and corruption magic."

"I taught many of my disciples the magic of protecting life, but in secret, I let the smartest disciples practice the magic of corruption that represents destruction."

"As for why, it's because I want to perfect a secret spell, which is not convenient for me to tell you."

"In short, what you need to know is that the final outcome is that I was betrayed and sealed by my elite disciples. They mastered the most powerful corruption magic and destroyed all traces of the magic of protecting life."

"Without the help of the magic of protecting life, the life energy they absorbed infinitely became their mana permanently, but it could not be regenerated. From then on, Athas began the countdown to destruction."

"I see." After listening to Rajat's narration, Nemesis seemed to be thinking about something.

This old guy really has a trick up his sleeve. Without the magic of protecting life, the magic of corruption would be simply draining the pond of fish. In Nemesis's opinion, the magic of protecting life is the key to this magic system.

"I've changed my mind," Nemesis said with a smile, and Rajat also had an expression of "I expected this." "I need all your information on the magic of protecting life, so that I can consider this plan of rescuing you in the future."

Nemesis did not decide to use this life-protecting magic on a whim. He had long suspected that there might be a way to remedy this extremely destructive way of casting spells.

As long as he can perfect this spellcasting system, he won't have to be afraid of having to rely on psychic powers even if he reaches those worlds where the magic web is silent in the future.

Rajat readily agreed to Nemesis' request, but on the condition that both of them swore an oath, and the object of the oath was the Styx that runs through the multiverse!
Nemesis was not surprised by Rajat's proposal. He had long suspected that this old man was a legendary being or even above, and the oath of an ordinary god could not satisfy him at all.

The two concluded a treaty under the witness of the Styx, and Nemesis also obtained Rajat's unreserved magical knowledge.

Not long after their transaction was concluded, Fazi from Dark Earth and Shanai from the Amn Empire on the west coast of Faerun also joined the meeting.

As soon as Fazi arrived here, he burst into laughter and said affectionately, "Isn't this my favorite Lord Nemesis? You came really early today."

Shana curled her lips and said, "Can you be more obvious in your flattery? Looking at you, I think the magic item I gave you last time is very useful. I thought it would be the beautiful vampire countess who came to replace you this time."

Fazi didn't care, he just took out the acceleration ring that Shana had lent him before and gave it to the other party.

"Return the property to its original owner~"

Fazi whistled as he sat down in his seat. His extremely happy look made the other three curious.

"What happened to make you so happy? Did you finally drive yourself crazy studying the arcane in your world?" Rajat asked curiously.

"That's not the case," Fawzi announced cheerfully, "but you all know that I'm a history professor at a British university, right?"

Rajat snorted and said, "I have no idea what you are talking about. What university professor is talking about? It's just something you low-level demon natives like to do."

Fazi seemed to be offended, and finally snorted in retort: ​​"School is the light of human civilization and the cradle of knowledge. University is the ultimate representative of rationality. It is normal for an old antique like you not to understand. Sooner or later, you will be swept into the garbage dump of history."

Then, he ignored Rajat's tantrum and said, "Anyway, I applied a long time ago to participate in a super ancient ruins development trip to Europe. A few days ago, I was finally given the OK. I'm qualified!"

"That relic is said to belong to an ancient king who studied demon summoning. Do you know what this means? I will dig out the ancient earth's magic system from that relic! Even more mysterious things!"

Seeing Fazi still fanatically pursuing some secrets hidden in history, Nemesis couldn't help but laugh. Maybe this human was also the reincarnation of a scroll dragon in his previous life?
Shanai stood aside in silence, observing the duke who came from the same world as herself. Because the Kingdom of Butu was a country that actively participated in international events in Faerun, its news could always quickly reach the newspapers in the Amn Empire.

Degen City, demons invade, the silver dragon saves the city.

These words were so lightly mentioned in the newspaper, but Shana, who understood the horror of the Abyss Teleportation Array, knew that Nemesis, who could solve this disaster, was by no means a simple teenage dragon.

Thinking about her plan, Shana made a decision in her heart.

She interrupted Fawzi's speech, causing him to complain something like "What's the point of our meeting if we can't share the joy!"

Shana smiled and thanked Nemesis: "Thank you for giving me the [Blink] last time, Lord Nemesis. It is very helpful to me. I have accumulated enough experience in transformation spells. After the meeting, I can sprint to become a level 7 wizard."

The Scroll Dragon nodded, without any ripples in his heart. [Blink] was just an insignificant transformation spell among the countless spells he mastered. Even this third-ring spell was precious knowledge that was hard to come by for most low-level wizards.

"There's no need for that, Ms. Shana. You give and I give in return. The balance of the transaction is based on this and ends here." Nemesis's cold rejection made Shana choke a little. She couldn't help but complain in her heart. Real dragons are indeed rude creatures. They actually treated a lady like this.

But she had to muster up the courage to speak for her own purpose: "I came here this time to discuss another deal, or cooperation, with Lord Nemesis."

"Oh?" Nemesis was very interested. Among the three, the one closest to him was the female mage from Amn. He was also very curious about what kind of deal the other party would propose to him.

"I have reliable information that the Golden Legion will set out to invade the New World in three years." Shana said word by word.

Nemesis raised his eyebrows. Am's actions were a bit too fast. It seemed that the wealth of the new world was really very attractive.
He sighed in his heart. Collette will take over Degen City, but even with the tax revenue from Degen City plus the income from the cold iron ore vein, it would only be 600,000 to 700,000 gold coins a year.

Part of it needs to be distributed to government workers, and the rest is used to fill and decorate his dragon's nest. The gold coins in his hands can be spent as he pleases.

A model of a five-ring spell requires at least 5000 gold coins, and if the equipment of a shadow sword needs to be updated, it will cost at least 10000 gold coins. After Nemesis lost its source of robbery, the consumption of gold coins increased significantly.

But for a dragon, the wealth that fills its nest is immovable property - in short, real estate! Real estate is for living in, not for spending, so Nemesis had to live a frugal life.

(End of this chapter)