Constructing-Style Wizard

Facts have proved that the scale of the Mole People is much larger than Li Nuo imagined.

Within half an hour after Noreen began to control the mechanical spirit to search the Mole Man caves, she found two empty Mole Man cave groups.

Similarly, there are abandoned shadow magic arrays and mole man skeletons in these two cave groups.

It was as if the Mole Man's spine did not exist at all, and did not appear in these two cave groups.

Another half hour, one hour, and two hours passed, and one after another, the Mole Man cave groups with only skeletons left were discovered by Noreen.

Norin used the magic access device to map out the path of the mechanical spirit and the distribution map of the cave group.

Li Nuo threw "Psychic Sight" at Nolin, and through her perspective, he saw the map on the magic access device.

This is an extremely large and intricate underground cave system.

It has a vertical drop of 2,000 meters, stretches horizontally for at least 20 kilometers, and is composed of more than 30 mole man cave groups.

These caves are located around underground veins of wild stone.

It is conservatively estimated that there are more than 6,000 mole people living in it for a long time.

The Mole People were all dead, all transformed into shadow energy and bones.

Their corpses were piled up next to the shadow magic circle, forming a pale carpet of bones.

Even if Li Nuo had seen the tombs of the Necromancer Sect, he could not help but feel frightened by the white bones.

This is just the Mole Man Cave that Noreen has explored.

There may be more caves below 2,000 meters underground.

The mole people there may have died a violent death as well.

"What kind of plane is the hidden shadow wizard doing..."

While Li Nuo directed Nolin to move the bones, he recalled in his mind the reply he had just received from Professor Erica.

In the letter, Professor Erica introduced Li Nuo to the mystery of shadow magic.

There are three sources of shadow energy.

The first is a conventional source, using meditation to draw shadow energy from the "shadow" phenomenon in nature.

The so-called "shadow" phenomenon refers to a lightless environment.

In the ground environment, the lightless environment is the darkest environment, and no environment can be darker than it.

In other words, the speed at which shadow energy is extracted from the "shadow" phenomenon in the ground environment is restricted by the light conditions.

Even in a completely dark ground environment, the Shadow Wizard can only extract shadow energy at a rate of 1,000 points per hour.

The Shadow Wizard will certainly not be satisfied with this inefficient way of obtaining abilities.

From this, the second way to obtain shadow energy appears:

Either go to the Gulomi Continent, where shadow energy gathers, or you can only explore vertically downward to 5,000 meters underground.

The area 5,000 to 10,000 meters underground on any continent is called the "Dark Zone."

Below 10,000 meters underground is the "darkest zone."

Generally speaking, the "dark zone" is the limit of exploration for shadow wizards.

The "darkest zone" is the territory of evil monsters, where there is no other energy except shadow energy.

All non-Shadow wizards will lose their ability to cast spells in the "Darkest Zone".

Shadow wizards will be assimilated by the rich shadow energy in the "darkest zone" and forced to transform into pure shadow energy.

The "Dark Zone" is safer than the "Darkest Zone". Humans can still survive, but it is still too dangerous for wizards.

Can we find a more comfortable channel for collecting shadow energy?

some.

After years of research, the third method of extracting shadow energy was discovered by the shadow wizard.

This method is achieved through a "shadow pupa cocoon".

"Shadow Chrysalis Summoning Technique" has cross-epochal significance in the world of shadow magic.

By torturing the soul, exerting negative mental effects, destroying the will to survive, and nurturing the dark emotions and desires of the living beings, in order to harvest both spiritual energy and shadow energy, this is the principle of the shadow chrysalis cocoon.

Specifically, any creature trapped in the shadow chrysalis will fall into a mental illusion from which they cannot escape.

In this illusion, creatures will experience a perfect and happy life time and time again, but every time they will be shattered by sudden bad news at the happiest moment.

After several consecutive dreams are shattered, those who have tasted a perfect life will be extremely eager to experience the peak of life again.

They will do anything in the illusion and use all kinds of insidious and cunning means to get everything they want.

At this time, the dark personality in the creature becomes the source of shadow energy and spiritual energy.

"Extracting shadow energy in this way is far faster than extracting it from natural phenomena, Jarvis."

Professor Erica wrote in the letter:

"According to the experimental records of the Wizards Advancement Association, if a wizard criminal with five rings is swallowed by the shadow cocoon, he can produce a total of about 1.5 million points of shadow energy and 150,000 points before he is completely decomposed by the shadow cocoon." Psychic energy.

"I'm not sure what the situation of the Mole Man is, but it shouldn't exceed the experimental data of five-ring wizard criminals."

1.5 million points of shadow energy.

6,000 mole men.

That is, the maximum conversion can obtain 9 billion points of shadow energy and 900 million points of spiritual energy?

Li Nuo blinked, rummaged through his mind, and found the transaction price of the Xinghui City Energy Exchange.

The average selling price for 10,000 points of Shadow Energy is 7,000 gold coins.

This is the non-spell-breaking energy with the highest average selling price besides spell-breaking energy.

(Note: Spell-breaking energy is energy with spell-breaking effects, including pure light magic, silence magic, etc.)

If 9 billion points of shadow energy were sold in Star City, wouldn't the shadow wizards who slaughtered the Mole People make a lot of money?

How do you say that…

When profit margins exceed 100%, people dare to trample on laws.

Isn’t this the current situation?

Insert materials into the shadow magic circle, summon shadow cocoons in batches, and harvest shadow energy.

The cost is around 1 billion at most, but the result is a net profit of 5.2 billion after tax.

What's more, the Mole Man is not a member of the Unas Circle and is not protected by the law.

Killing them would not violate the laws of the Circle of Unas.

This is simply a crazy deal, with high profit margins and no legal risks.

Li Nuo narrowed his eyes slightly, thinking of the wealth co-creation conference where everything was focused on "money".

Could it be the fault of this alliance of shameless merchants?

"Sir, the Mole Man skeletons you asked me to prepare are all in place."

Norin sent a voice from her heart, interrupting Li Nuo's thoughts:

"I have piled up 2,000 Mole Man skeletons in the cave hall you designated. There are another 2,000 skeletons in the hall next to it. Since the capacity of the hall is limited, I separated the 4,000 skeletons."

Li Nuo came back to his senses, nodded and said:

"Very good, Noreen. I'm going to start setting up the magic ritual. Please activate the anti-detection magic barrier and don't reveal the energy fluctuations here."

"Okay, sir, I'll do it right away."

Norin controlled two hundred mechanical spirits to disperse.

Each mechanical spirit has an energy node that resists the detection of magic barriers. It is a miniature magic circle that is only the size of a palm.

The mechanical spirit drilled into the wall and formed a sphere around the hall where the bones were piled up.

Norin operated and activated the miniature magic circle on the mechanical spirit at the same time.

Two hundred miniature magic arrays uniformly emerged with invisible energy fluctuations, forming a spherical barrier surrounding the cave hall like a web.

This anti-detection magic barrier can perfectly cover up the energy fluctuations in the hall, ensuring that magic rituals are not detected by the magic instruments in the quarry.

Everything is ready and there is no need to delay.

Li Nuo came to the hall where the bones were piled up and poured the death energy into the pre-drawn ritual circle.

Pure black energy swims in the lines of the magic circle, emitting a hazy black light.

When the magic circle was illuminated by black light, Li Nuo held the death thread wand and used the tip of the wand to trace the ancient tomb runes on the "Dictionary of Bones".

Several runes symbolizing the "Mole Man's Spine" appeared in the air, hovering directly above the ritual circle.

Black mist spewed out from the ritual circle like a tide and spread to the surrounding piles of bones.

The bones were stained with black mist and fragmented like leaves in the wind, turning into countless fragments and pouring into the ritual circle.

Within ten seconds, black mist swept across the entire place, dragging all the mole man skeletons into the magic circle.

The ancient tomb characters hovering above the magic circle exploded with a bang, reflecting a magical scene.

Li Nuo stared at the screen and was stunned for a few seconds because a creature he had not expected appeared on it.

It was a floating creature with a gray rag cloak on its body and a translucent body suspended in mid-air.

"It seems to be some kind of spirit..."

Li Nuo frowned and glanced around, seeing the mole man's spines piled on the black stone tile floor.

He spent his energy without hesitation and aimed at the magic lines on his spine to launch the deconstruction technique.

At the moment when he got the decomposition results, a gray translucent palm grabbed towards the magic screen.

The owner of the palm seemed to be aware of Li Nuo's prying eyes.

He picked up the spine that emitted strange energy fluctuations and put it in front of him to look at it carefully.

With a thought, Li Nuo forcibly closed the magic vision to avoid being tracked in the opposite direction.

He pondered for a moment, then called up the deconstruction results of the magic lines and looked at them.

【system information:】

[You consume 350,000 energy points to launch harmless deconstruction of the "Shadow Chrysalis Summoning Pattern". 】

[Harmless deconstruction succeeded! 】

[You have obtained the target’s panel information:]

[Name] Shadow Chrysalis Cocoon Summoning Pattern

[Type] Shadow summoning spell

[Level] Level 30

【Completeness】10%

【Effect】

Carving this pattern on the spine of a creature, and then pouring shadow energy into it, you can summon a shadow chrysalis.

While the shadow chrysalis cocoon exists, it will continue to consume its own shadow energy.

When the shadow energy in its body returns to zero, the shadow cocoon disappears immediately.

【defect】

Since the completeness is only 10%, this magic pattern has the following defects:

1. Shadow energy consumption is increased to 10 times.

2. The shadow cocoon summoned by this magic pattern has a maximum level of 30.

【illustrate】

The person who inscribed this magic pattern is suspected to be a seven-ring shadow gray wizard. He is no more than 1.8 meters tall and weighs about 2 kilograms.

…

Li Nuo stared at the last two lines of words on the panel and read them carefully.

Seven rings

shadow

gray wizard

The key lies in the word "grey".

Shadow wizards who strictly abide by the laws of the Unas Ring will have a height and weight close to that of ordinary people. They will not be 1.8 meters tall but weigh only 2 kilograms.

Some and only shadow gray wizards who ignore the laws of the Unas Ring and wander outside the Unas Ring will suffer from serious imbalances in height and weight.

And if you mention any gray wizard force, they have extremely high attainments in shadow magic.

That must be the "Dark Dead" that has appeared in many magic textbooks.

This illegal wizarding force occupies a small overseas continent and establishes itself as the magical kingdom of the dark dead.

The Dark Dead is the name for members of this illegal force.

They were undead first, and then gray wizards who were proficient in shadow magic.

Their form of existence is not in the form of skeletons and zombies, but as shadow ghosts composed of shadow energy, death energy and psychic energy.

The gray-white figure that just appeared in the magic vision was a genuine Dark Dead.

Since the dark dead are ghosts, Li Nuo, as the law enforcement wizard of the death system, naturally has many ways to track them.

Li Nuo chuckled secretly and reached into his magic pocket:

"Wow, I didn't expect that this three-ring silence spell that I just learned would come in handy soon."

Li Nuo took out a handful of gray-white powder and sprinkled it in front of him.

Before the powder fell to the ground, he drew out the "Sword of Silence" from his waist and shot a stream of silent magic towards the powder.

Gray energy rays swept across the powder.

The powder hovers in the air and no longer sinks.

Li Nuo used his sword as a pen to outline arc-shaped magic lines.

The magic runes written in the common language of Unas Ring are gathered in the center of the magic lines, which are the words "Pursuing the Shadow Soul".

After the magic lines appeared, Li Nuo mobilized the magic power of silence in his magic organs, and used the "Sword of Silence" as a medium to infuse magic power into the magic powder.

The magic powder surged violently as if being swept by a strong wind, changing into various patterns.

Short wine glasses, flickering candles, golden pickaxe ornaments hanging on the wall, drinkers with their mouths open and laughing...

The gray-white pattern transformed by the magic powder flashed rapidly, conveying a series of environmental information to Li Nuo.

These environmental information are all related to Li Nuo's nearest shadow ghost, and they all point to things around the opponent.

"Gold-encrusted pickaxe ornament...Gold-encrusted pickaxe ornament..."

Li Nuo stared at the magic pattern and pondered for a moment, a light flashed in his eyes:

"Louisa mentioned this to me. Isn't it the decoration in the tavern in the Wasteland Quarry? So the shadow ghost closest to me is in the tavern in the Wasteland Quarry.

"The opponent can be accurately identified by me using the "Silent Hunting Technique". This shows that his wizard level is at most three levels. "

Li Nuo called up the previous decomposition results and took a quick glance.

The shadow wizard who arranges and controls the shadow magic circle is of fifth to sixth ring.

The shadow wizard who burned the "Shadow Chrysalis Summoning Pattern" is the seventh ring.

The shadow soul currently accurately targeted by Li Nuo has a strength of at most three rings.

Judging from the level of the wizard, this shadow soul is most likely a spy placed in the quarry by the magical kingdom of the dark dead, rather than an important member.

Li Nuo nodded slightly:

"It seems that the Shadow Shadow I targeted is a low-level intelligence officer. Although he may not be able to help me find the real big fish, there is nothing wrong with trying to deconstruct him."

Li Nuo waved his hand and dispersed the magic powder and silent magic in front of him.

He gave Noreen the order to clean the scene, then sat cross-legged and activated the "tracking mark" placed on the ground.

To be able to find a three-ringed shadow soul in the quarry is enough to explain the problem.

By deconstructing him, Li Nuo should be able to find the people related to him, and even directly locate the whereabouts of the fifth-ring and sixth-ring shadow wizards.

Li Nuo used his magic vision to jump and found an angle on the hill near the barren stone quarry from which he could observe the tavern.

There are magic instruments for monitoring energy fluctuations in the quarry, and Li Nuo cannot throw "Tracking Markers" and "Psychic Vision" into them.

Moreover, using "Psychic Sight" for a long time and observing the tavern from a distance has a certain chance of arousing psychic alertness among wizards.

Based on these two considerations, Li Nuo used another mechanical spirit of his.

This kind of machine spirit is called "Optical Reconnaissance Machine Spirit". It has an optical observation device and uses an optical telescope that does not involve magic to collect distant images.

As long as it stays 3,000 meters away, even if there is a ten-ring wizard in the tavern, there is no way to detect the prying eyes from the optical reconnaissance machine spirit.

Li Nuo asked Norin to control the earth-burrowing machine spirit and escort the optical reconnaissance machine spirit to the ground.

Half an hour later, the optical reconnaissance machine spirit arrived at the predetermined location and began to monitor the tavern in the quarry.

Li Nuo always paid attention to the magical vision of the optical reconnaissance machine spirit, and threw deconstruction spells at everyone entering and leaving the tavern.

This boring work lasted until midnight before the results came out.

The shadow ghost used some kind of illusion to transform himself into a skeleton death wizard and blended into the mining team.

As soon as he came out of the main entrance of the tavern, Li Nuo saw through his disguise and obtained the panel information and memory fragments.

After Li Nuo received the decomposition results, he trembled with excitement:

"Damn it! I made a lot of money this time! This guy is just here to give me a new map gift package!"

【system information:】

[You have obtained the following memory fragments:]

[Memory Fragment 1: "Deconstruction of the instruction letter received by the target from the mid-level dark dead", completeness 100%]

[Memory Fragment 2: "Voice of the Dead's Plan to Develop "Dark Zone"", completeness 100%]

[Memory Fragment Three: "The Accurate Location of "City of Exile"", completeness 100%]

[…(Other results of the analysis are omitted)]

The "Dark Zone" refers to the area below 3,000 meters underground.

There was no light in that place, and it was full of dark creatures that hated light.

The "City of Exile" mentioned in the memory fragment is the stronghold established by the Voice of the Dark Dead in the "Dark Zone", an enclave of the magical kingdom of the Dark Dead.

Here comes the key point.

The "City of Exile" is 6,000 meters directly below Qianfeng Ridge.

Li Nuo only needs to go all the way down to the "dark zone" at a depth of 6000 meters, and then follow the guidance of memory fragment 3 to find the "city of exile".

Li Nuo rubbed his palms, his heart agitated.

He's going to do something big.

Destroy the city of exile, sweep up the shadow magic treasures there, and turn all the illegal gains belonging to the voice of the dark dead into your legal spoils.

Well…

Wouldn't it be a little too arrogant to say that, after all, it is the territory of the shadow wizard...

Li Nuo was stunned for a moment, then shook his head:

"Crazy fart. As long as you give me enough time to prepare, blowing up Baldur's Gate will not be a problem." (End of this chapter)