When Brian and Hesiah stepped into a translucent secret door that emitted light, the scene around them suddenly became blurry, and then suddenly became clear.

Brian shook his head, resisted the discomfort in his stomach and got up from the ground, then stretched out his hand to pull the pale Hesiah up.

Obviously, this is a sequelae caused by the teleportation circle.

After recovering, he looked around with interest.

This is a dark and open space.

The ground is covered with soft turf, and the starry sky fills the center of the ceiling. Five telescopes mounted on pedestals are facing the constellations in the starry sky.

In the center of the room, a clear crystal about 1 foot in diameter is placed on a round brass stand.

"What is this place?"

Hesiah stepped on the soft lawn and looked up at the moonless starry sky.

She was surprised to find that the starry night sky could be seen from every corner of the room, as if she was standing under the starry sky on the surface of the earth.

"Illusion."

Brian checked the telescopes and crystal balls around him and found that they were all firmly fixed on the base and could not be moved at all.

He tried to operate the telescope again, looked at the starry night sky, and then said, "This is a different-dimensional space."

"Another dimension?" Hesiah cast a doubtful look at him.

"It is the space outside the material world. High-level spellcasters like to build their own private residences in this kind of space." Brian explained to Hesiah while checking the telescope and the starry sky on the ceiling.

"You mean, this is a mansion built by a certain wizard using the "mansion spell"." Hesiah nodded thoughtfully, and then said, "Then why can't we enter."

"Because the owner of the room set up a puzzle. Only by solving the puzzle can we find the door into the mansion, or find a way to leave." Brian looked up at the starry night sky and observed the group of small stars formed by illusion.

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He originally thought that these stars would form strange constellations, so that the mystery could be solved easily.

Who would have thought that among the many constellations he was familiar with, there was no constellation that could match these chaotic stars.

Hesiah saw Brian looking thoughtful and wisely did not step forward to disturb him.

As a sword mage, her magic and power come from the Fairy Wilderness, rather than the magical knowledge she studied day and night.

Therefore, a lot of esoteric and mysterious knowledge is completely confusing to her.

Brian frowned and thought for a long time.

Just when he thought he was looking in the wrong direction and was about to check other places, he suddenly discovered that five of the stars in the night sky were the brightest.

This suddenly reminded him that there happened to be five telescopes in the room.

"Have you seen the five brightest stars?" He pointed to the night sky at the ceiling and told Hesiah beside him, "Point the five telescopes at the five stars respectively."

Hesiah nodded and immediately followed suit.

Brian came to the center of the room and placed it in front of a crystal ball on a brass base to observe its changes.

When Hesiah pointed the telescope at the five brightest stars one after another, these five stars suddenly emitted bright light and were focused on the crystal ball through the telescope.

In the light refracted by the crystal ball, a sparkling oval portal emerged.

Seeing the portal appearing, Brian was not in a hurry to enter.

He stared at the crystal ball and considered it for a long time, then his eyes flickered, tentatively stretched out his finger, squeezed out a trace of blood, and dripped it on the surface of the sparkling crystal ball.

In an instant, the crystal ball bloomed with a soft white light, which enveloped Brian for a moment and then quickly converged within it.

"What are you..." Seeing this change, Hesiah's eyes widened in surprise and asked subconsciously.

"Establish a link with this crystal ball."

Brian's thoughts moved, and a mansion surrounded by indigo mist appeared in the sphere. He nodded slightly and said to the girl next to him:

"After establishing the link, I can appear in this mansion built in a different dimension at any time after opening the magic network on the fifth level."

In fact, he just did it with the mentality of giving it a try.

After all, whether it can succeed or not depends entirely on the permissions set by the owner of the mansion.

Obviously, his attempt paid off well.

Now, after getting the coordinates and recognition of the mansion, and once he masters the five-ring conjuration system, he will be able to enter and exit the mansion anytime and anywhere.

"By the way, are you really a battle mage?" After hearing Brian's explanation, Hesiah looked at Brian curiously with her silver-gray eyes.

As a sword mage, she certainly knows what spells the battle mages in the Battle Mage Legion of the Kingdom of Cormyr are proficient in.

However, with continued contact with Brian.

Hesiah was surprised to find that the other party was not only an outstanding battle mage, but also had a very profound knowledge of arcana, even as much as the female lord who lived in a high tower in Arabel City.

What made her even more unbelievable was that the battle mage in front of her also worked part-time as a psion.

She felt that the deeper her contact with Brian was, the more mysterious she felt about him.

"For now." Brian gave her a short and perfunctory answer.

Because as long as his arcane fire opens the authority of the fifth level magic network, he can openly call himself an arcanist.

"Let's go, don't stand here in a daze." He smiled and patted the girl's shoulder, then stepped into the portal first.

Hesiah came to her senses and quickly followed Brian.

After entering the portal, Brian found himself in an extradimensional space shrouded in indigo mist. Not far in front of him was a gorgeous mansion.

The mansion looks very luxurious, but it is not deliberately prominent. The overall building is mainly made of stone, giving it a sense of vicissitudes of life.

"Never touch the indigo smoke."

Brian reminded the sword mage next to him, "Otherwise, in the mild case, it will drain away all your physical strength, and in the worst case, it will even involve you in the turbulence of another dimension."

Hesiah nodded slightly and put away his unrealistic thoughts.

The two of them stepped into the hall through the arch and came to a corridor that ran through the entire mansion.

The mansion located in another dimension is very quiet, and the rooms with windows are illuminated by the indigo smoke swirling outside the mansion, giving everything in the room an indigo color.

In larger rooms, this glow makes the ever-extinguishing light even more subdued.

Brian led Hesiah through the corridors, checking all the rooms on the first floor of the mansion one by one: the terrace, the training room, the pantry, the kitchen, etc.

Although nothing was gained, I unexpectedly discovered a botanical garden with open arched walls.

Flowering shrubs and small trees grow among the paved paths of the semicircular courtyard.

There is no sun here, but two glowing spheres hang above the plants, allowing them to be bathed in sunlight.

The botanical garden is full of colorful flowers, and the air is filled with the fragrance of flowers.

Brian also accidentally saw two invisible orange fairy dragons perched on these small trees.

They have the body shape of a cat and the wings of a butterfly. They are used to grinning with sharp teeth and twitching their tails to express their inner joy. They are also very naughty. The moment they are discovered, they immediately spit out a breath of joy at the two people and disappear.

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Brian ignored the two mischievous fairy dragons and led Hesiah, who kept looking back, to the second floor of the mansion.

Obviously, this sword mage girl has become interested in the fairy dragon.

However, in the Underdark, bringing these two little guys would cause them nothing but trouble.

Brian naturally didn't dare to let this happen.

They came to a research room on the second floor.

The air here is filled with an unpleasant chemical smell.

A long wooden table spanned the room, covered with vials, beakers, and Erlenmeyer flasks containing various liquids and powders.

Books are stacked among glassware and chemicals.

The walls are covered with yellowed paper icons and blackboards filled with complex formulas, which mainly focus on research into converting various materials into gold.

It can be seen from the scorch marks and acid burn marks on the furniture that several major accidents have occurred here.

Cupboards with glass doors line the walls on both sides, housing various specimens.

Brian opened the glass door cabinets one by one.

It was stuffed with skulls, skeletons, stuffed animals, rock minerals, dried plants, and jars containing organisms floating in liquids.

Seeing that they couldn't find anything, they went to a nearby library.

Bookshelves filled with books line the walls of this room.

Two bookshelves are located on both sides of the center of the room, separated by a 10-foot-wide aisle.

The entire room was filled with stacks of books, and a small desk and a comfortable scarlet chair were placed in the corner.

Brian walked to the bookshelf and looked through the intact books.

He soon discovered that the contents of the books mainly recorded knowledge about nature, astronomy, astrology, physiology and philosophy, which could be bought with money.

He went to another bookshelf and continued browsing.

As expected, I found many rare works on science, mystery and alchemy, as well as some books on the planes and the summoning of strange creatures.

However, what depressed him was that all the books were fixed on the bookshelf by magic chains, and they could not be taken out of the bookshelf unless they were destroyed.

So he returned it to its original position.

Because he could feel that with his current ability, he could not break through the magic restrictions above.

If it is broken by force, it will only be destroyed.

He can only wait until he comes into contact with the Five-ring Magic Network and obtains the entire mansion. Everything in it will naturally be his own, and he can have enough time to read and check it out.

Then, the two of them went to another room opposite the library.

This looks more like a treasure storage room.

In every corner of this cozy room is a scarlet armchair and a desk piled with books.

There was a roaring flame in the fireplace, and Brian realized that it was an illusion that only made people look comfortable but did not provide any heat.

Various animal heads are hung on the wall. These animal heads include: a stag, a wolf, a deer hawk, a hell dog and a black dragon - it seems that they are just for decoration.

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Seeing that Hesiah was interested in the head of a black dragon, it seemed that he wanted to judge the authenticity.

Brian quickly stretched out his hand to signal her not to touch anything inside, and immediately threw detection magic to every corner of the room.

"Did you see those two swords?"

He pointed to the two swords placed on the shelf above the fireplace and said to Hesiah, "Those are volley swords. They are constructs. Once they touch any object in the room, they will attack instantly."

"wrong!"

Suddenly, Brian realized something again, "So, these two volley swords have already lost their magic power and have fallen into a state of incapacitation."

Thinking of this, he moved his mind and used the telekinesis ability of the arcane hand to carefully control a book on the table to float into the air.

Just as Brian thought, the two flying swords hanging above the fireplace remained motionless from beginning to end.

"Danger averted."

Brian smiled and reminded the swordsman beside him, and walked towards a table next to the scarlet armchair.

Hesiah also looked at the decorations on the walls with interest.

Out of his keen intuition about magic, Brian turned his attention to the magic items placed on the table: a gilded book and two pairs of gauntlets.
Chapter completed!