Equipment Printing School Mage
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In his eyes, these mages who had lived in the City of Judgment for a century were merely decent. As long as they weren't the kind of wizards whose names even Halruaan people had heard of, like Elminster or Khelben Blackstaff, the archmages...
There is no way to be stronger than Mustafa.
So, Mustafa's coercion and inducement were like this: first explain the reason for your visit, and after being rejected flatly, issue a challenge, easily ravaging the arcane magic of these northern country people (the name the Halrua people occasionally call the people of the Central Land), and finally say that as long as you are willing to help, these secrets can be shared with you.
-By the way, if Gin hadn't repeatedly urged Halua to abandon his own limitations and be open to magical exchanges... the final inducement would have only been material rewards.
Although the Halrua people may not be very generous, they are very rational, so they are very pious: ordinary believers will not disobey the magic goddess they have believed in all their lives who personally emphasizes something in public.
This combination of punches is quite effective.
The mages who could live in the City of Judgment were not necessarily evil, but at most had eccentric and violent personalities. When facing a stronger mage, these mages would often subdue their bad tempers.
Over the years, over a hundred mages of the eighth ring and above have settled in the City of Judgment. The arcane power in Emiya's hands now possesses a significant portion of the power of the Halruaan Elder Council in the material plane.
Mustafa sighed and said, "When using the prayer technique to produce large quantities of materials, the wording must be precise! The shape, location, and even the specific volume must be clearly described! These parts cannot be omitted!"
The mages present naturally knew how to use the Wish spell—indeed, the "Selected Epitaphs from the Wish Spell" published by Candlekeep was a must-have for any Nine-Ringed mage. However, some mages didn't believe that simply calling for materials would lead to any major accidents.
As a result, this large army of mages was almost buried in the broken glass.
Mustafa had a headache.
Their activities hadn't even begun when a major setback arose. Many mages' trigger spells had already been triggered by this incident, and the newly assembled team was scattered to the corners of the city.
This incident was definitely a significant blow to morale. These mages, already accustomed to being lax, might just take the opportunity to disappear and never return.
At this moment, the voice he absolutely didn't want to hear suddenly rang out: "Huh? Didn't you say you were preparing materials? Why are you swimming in the glass?"
The newcomer's spotless silver hair seemed to sparkle beneath the dim sky. Her mere presence in the square made it feel as if it had welcomed a sunrise it had never seen before.
However, her arrival also means that Mustafa is infinitely close to social and religious death.
However, Yin was much more tolerant than Mustafa thought. She blinked curiously and realized what was going on.
She sighed deeply, "Be careful when using wishes... No one here should be killed by their own wishes, right?"
The wizard who had created the nightmare scenario immediately broke out in a cold sweat, his eyes and nose in a state of panic.
Then he saw a scene that only appeared in dreams.
Yin said, "Stand still."
The glass mountain that the wizard had just summoned had been completely shattered due to his improper operation. The entire intact glass had turned into crystal fragments all over the ground. The sharp broken glass could embed into these old wizards whose average age was over 200 years old at any time.
If they were not unwilling to appear too embarrassed in front of their peers, most of the mages here would have left long ago - but now they can't think of how to deal with these problems in the short term.
Then, right before their eyes, the glass on the ground began to flow.
Obviously, not every wizard present knew Yin—to be more precise, apart from the wizards of Halruaa, no one knew who Yin was and had any trust in her.
But it was obvious that this strange little girl was very confident in her own arcane skills and planned to use these old wizards as experimental subjects for her magic.
Naturally, some mages wanted to stop her, but Yin was faster than all of them combined.
She seemed to have done nothing, but the broken glass on the ground seemed to have life, sliding slowly and lightly from every corner of the square, and rushing in the same direction at the same time.
The most alert mages felt as if their breathing was about to stop.
If it was just controlling these pieces of glass, then it would still be within the realm of imagination. But...
The broken glass seemed to be moving in the exact opposite direction of the path it had taken when it fell.
They are not being removed, but rather going back in time.
The shattered glass was restored to its original state almost instantly. She seemed oblivious to what had happened, and even leisurely exclaimed, "—Why did this glass mountain appear in mid-air in the first place? Who used the wishing technique like this?"
The girl even had the leisure to cast a levitation spell on the glass mountain, allowing it to land safely.
However, she didn't come here to clean up the mess.
Yin waved his hand and moved the glass mountain to the empty space that had been cleared long ago. Then, in a rare move, he chanted a spell, spreading a silver force field across the empty space. He then said to Mustafa, "Mustafa, I've already laid the stabilization field. Do I need to explain the rest in detail?"
"Of course not!" Mustafa wiped the sweat from his forehead and answered loudly, "Please rest assured, the converted fiberglass will be delivered to the city wall in an hour!"
"Then..." Before Yin finished his words, as if he sensed something, his eyes suddenly shone with a strange brilliance. He looked towards the direction of the city wall, and then disappeared in an instant.
Such an eccentric style of behavior is not uncommon among mages, but this does not mean that mages will necessarily understand it - they are more accustomed to letting others understand them.
Therefore, faced with this strange yet seemingly powerful mage, the mages of Judgment City could only look at each other in bewilderment: "...Who is she?"
Mustafa replied, "She is the... supreme leader of the Church of Halruaa."
"The Pope of the Magic Church is such a little girl?!"
Little girl...ha.
Her real age might be older than all the white-haired old wizards present combined.
Mustafa didn't continue the conversation, instead saying, "Now, let me introduce our newest Halruaan workflow. We'll be following this for the next while. Don't worry, it might be boring, but if done correctly, it can actually save a lot of time."
"The force field that lady laid down is officially called the [Stable Magic Field]. It's the counterspell to the Wild Magic Field. The Wild Magic Field can turn certain magic into uncertain magic. Within this magic field, once the first spell is cast, all subsequent magical effects within it will be forcibly distorted to resemble the first cast. Without a correct target, the spell will fail."
In an instant, the place became extremely quiet.
After the extreme silence comes the ultimate noise.
"Wild Magic Field has a counter-spell?!"
"Isn't this spell too powerful?"
"You said before that if you join, you will teach me everything you know. Does that include this spell?"
Mustafa had anticipated this scene. He spoke in a masterly and commanding voice, "Silence, silence, silence! The great lady is happy to teach us her magic. After this battle is won, we will all have the opportunity to learn from her. But time is of the essence now. The enemy outside is eyeing us covetously. We must first complete our mission at hand!"
Mustafa pointed at the glass mountain and said seriously, "We need at least ten more glass mountains of this size. Then, I will use the Fiberglass Transmutation within the Stabilization Field. After that, even if you don't remember or even learn the Fiberglass Transmutation technique, it doesn't matter. You can cast spells freely within the Stabilization Field, and they will all be transformed into the effect of the Transmutation technique."
"The Halruaan Mage King has given us a mission to transform hundreds of thousands of gold coins worth of glass into fiberglass within an hour and deliver it. After that, you can join me in witnessing the incredible work of our Halruaan Mage King, Master Craftsman Gund, and Emia of Lunya."
"Time is running out, let's start now!"
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Yin fell from mid-air, yelling all the way: "I feel it! Has the other side started? Has the other side started?!"
"To be precise, preparations have already begun."
At this moment, Emilia and her group were in the tower of the Wall of the Faithless, observing the movements outside the wall.
The attackers were carelessly displaying their divine emblems, revealing their identities: Bane, the god of tyranny, Laovia, the god of pain, Talos, the god of storms, Benshaba, the goddess of misfortune, Auril, the winter maiden, and Umberlee, the goddess of the sea.
In the alliance of gods and non-gods, except for the devils, almost all the most elite forces have been dispatched.
The already deafening thunder stopped, replaced by endless heavy rain and fist-sized hail.
This boundless wrath of nature poured down unreservedly on the walls of the Faithless Wall, only to be ruthlessly repelled by them. After only a few hours, the outskirts of the Faithless Wall had been piled up with hailstones, one solid ice wall after another.
"I guess they've changed their tactics," Mars said. "It's said that the Church of Talos occasionally uses walls to aid their thunderbolts. Although the flight distance of their lightning bolts is fixed, their trajectories can vary. Therefore, in confined areas, this ricocheting lightning can unleash astonishing lethality in a very short period of time."
"I think the Church of Bane's actions are the most suspicious," Alestria said. "Now, the furious gods are clearly determined to attack the city. From what I know about the Church of Bane, they will either stay out of action or play a pivotal role in the battle. They won't be content to play supporting roles."
The current Church of Bane was the farthest from the Wall of Unbelievers among all the churches. They formed a very loose formation, forming a long, endless circle.
They sang and chanted on the ring, holding pink animal bones in their hands, with blood dripping from their fingertips.
These animal bones and blood were all created under Emilia's nose.
"This is a blood sacrifice," Emiya said. "I also think the actions of the Bane Church are the most dangerous. The other attacks are only used to cover up the Bane Church... It is indeed not appropriate for us to leave the city now.
"Silver, how's the progress of the artillery group?"
Fifty-two Wrath of the Beast (V)
"The actions of the Church of Talos are bigger than expected." Inwol murmured.
Different churches had different expectations and plans for the Twilight Realm expedition. The Fury Gods had practically gone all-in on the Twilight Realm, and with the exception of Malar, the majority of the Fury Cult's power had been concentrated on this siege. For them, only a handful of garrisons remained on the Material Plane, guarding their respective churches.
Therefore, the headquarters of the Gods and Non-Gods in Cormyr was even emptier than the outside world expected: the Wrathful Gods only stationed a delegation there, with a total of no more than a few dozen people, and including their followers, there were just over a hundred people.
The Church of Bane is a church of tyranny.
They place more emphasis on ruling than the Wrathful Gods. As a result, their churches attract much more attention than the Wrathful Gods, and they are forced to send more forces to defend them.
Because of this, the Inwol who came to the Twilight Realm were not the most powerful among the Church of Bane. Strictly speaking, they were a small group.
Taking all of these factors into consideration, the power of the Church of Bane is less than that of the Church of Talos.
And this gap is now vividly displayed under the City of Judgment.
Even though the Church of Bane had mobilized its entire force for the siege, their numbers were only roughly equal to those of the Raging Gods. Even more troops were still gathering strength for the street fighting after the siege.
In fact, Yinwoer was famous for his bravery in the Church of Bane. When he came to the Twilight Realm, he was expected to fight fiercely, show the military power of the Church of Bane, and deter their potential enemies.
Now, Inwol is worried that he will not be able to achieve this goal.
He didn't believe that the City of Judgment could withstand the attacks of so many churches - to exaggerate a little, it was almost a total mobilization of evil forces outside the Hazy Realm.
Under such a military attack, the only thing their enemies can do is to show the courage that good people love most, while evil will take away the benefits and victory.
The question is, how much can be taken away.
"...You go back to the material plane." Inwol thought for a moment, finally making up his mind. He said to his assistant, "Tell Slay that everything is going well in the Hazy Realm. The only problem is that I need more manpower to ensure that [that thing] doesn't fall into the hands of others. I need support."
[That thing].
This is the biggest secret that Bane and Lovietta have just discovered in the past few days.
But after knowing this secret, their action plan changed completely - their goal was to take over everything in the Hazy Realm.
Because of the change in objectives, the original manpower was completely insufficient. At the same time, they had to conserve their strength during the siege.
"Yes!"
Invoer's assistant, who was also a high-ranking priest in the Church of Bane, was aware of their current situation. Without much hesitation, he immediately used the otherworldly teleportation to leave the Hazy Realm.
Almost immediately, the new commander of the Raging Alliance rushed to Inwol's side and said anxiously, "We are ready. How are yours?"
Within a few hours, the Rage Alliance had built a plain, straight earth wall beneath the Wall of the Faithless. The moment the wall was built, it meant that the Church of Talos was ready.
"Let me be frank." Fox spoke rapidly, clearly genuinely anxious. "Our preparations are relatively fragile and cannot be sustained for long under the enemy's nose. If you drag your feet and act too slowly, and they become useless in the end, forget about taking the Crystal Spire—"
"Don't worry," Invol answered confidently. "Even if I wanted to drag it out, our dear Divine Seal Master, Miss Schmelchen, wouldn't agree... She's already thirsting for her whip."
Schmelchen, the Divine Seal, the most powerful bishop of the Loviatta Church, was currently wearing the most common attire of the Loviatta Church.
The Church of Lovietta favors the whip, and clothing has always emphasized revealing the figure rather than providing protection. Schmelchen also adheres to this principle.
——In short, among the three priests present now, there are a total of two sets of armor.
Both Invol and Fox were armed to the teeth, and Invol didn't even show his eyes.
Schmelchen was practically naked, with only a bikini-style mail of woven silver chains barely covering her vitals—very barely.
Beneath the chainmail was her fair yet scarred body.
"……Yes."
There was a clear, bright red bloodstain on Schmelchen's chest, clearly from an injury she had sustained not long ago.
As she spoke, she trembled slightly as she pulled out a small jar and sprinkled white powder onto the wound. As the powder touched the wound, Schmelchen let out a low, ecstatic cry, "In a few minutes at most, we'll begin... This task of torture and sacrifice. Every minute of endurance is a tremendous test of the mind."
When they saw the white powder touching the wound, the other two priests couldn't help but take a step back.
That's not a healing medicine... it's a very common seasoning found in the kitchen, which should generally be kept away from wounds and even skin: salt.
Rubbing salt into others' wounds was a form of torture used to intimidate the weak. Rubbing salt into one's own wounds was a defining characteristic of Loviatta priests—rumor has it that they dislike wearing heavy protective gear because it prevents them from torturing themselves.
They said they wouldn't be afraid of a fight, and that meant they really wouldn't.
After receiving such a wonderful assurance, Fox breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Then I will take my leave. It is not appropriate for us to stay together for a long time."
The example of Kaulwind is not far away. No one wants to die in such an unclear way.
Schmelchen couldn't help but rub his legs together and said in a soft voice, "Lord Yinwoer, I am leaving too. Thinking of the beauty of being able to bestow pain upon the messenger of a kind god, I can hardly bear it any longer."
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"...It's completely different from the Battle of Candlekeep." Emilia couldn't help but sigh.
The situation was much worse than he had expected.
Larloch's low-level undead troops generally lack intelligence and must be directly commanded by the Necromancer, so their movements are often rigid and dense.
This time, the enemies besieging the city...
To put it bluntly, any priest who could come to the Twilight Realm was at least the head of a church. The crusaders who could come here were all well-trained and even battle-hardened elites.
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