As it is close to the Dragon Jaw Mountains of the Imasca Empire, Garen has no intention of turning this place into his own territory.
Among the Dragon Jaw Mountains, he just chose a reasonably sized mountain deep in the mountains, intending to use it as his temporary habitat. Before that, the place Garen chose already had an owner.
A tribe of trolls occupy this place.
Facing the arrival of Garen, this troll clan named Gorehowl naturally surrendered under the wings of the legendary dragon.
The Gorehowl trolls were also the only dependent clan that Garen conquered in the Dragon Jaw Mountains.
With strong backing, the trolls want to conquer more territories for Garleon.
However, under Galen's order, they did not do so.
Garen's subjugation of these dependents is just to provide some convenience for his own life, rather than to expand his influence. It feels good to evoke some of the dependents, because he is secretly plotting the Imasca Empire, and the Dragon Jaw Mountains are far away from Yimasca.
The Masca Empire is not far away, and Garen does not want to alert the enemy and attract the attention of the Imasca Empire too early.
Time passes quietly.
The days passed peacefully.
Duke Thorin, who has become Garen's tentacle, will contact Garen every once in a while to report to him the news within the empire.
This guy relies on his handsome and charming appearance and his status as a great noble to circulate among the upper class nobles of the empire. By finding every opportunity to establish contact with each noble lady, he has obtained a lot of secret information about the Imasca Empire.
However, these have no effect on Galleons.
His target is the secret weapon of Imasca, and the best time to take action is when the Imasca Empire declines.
Before that, Garen gave Thorin a mission.
Do more business dealings with the several gadget lords who hold the secret weapon of Imaskar, gather information about the secret weapon of Imaskar, and search for the personal habits of these gadget lords, because the masters of the secret weapon of the empire
Without exception, the Lords of Artifacts have strong individual strength and are among the top legendary Artifact Masters. It will not be easy to directly seize the Empire's secret weapons from their hands.
Galleons spent most of his time sleeping.
In his free time, he conducts numerous but not boring research.
Arcana, Magic Network, Magical Weapon Heritage, Power of Time......In this timeline, Garen himself grows very slowly, but this does not prevent him from learning through a long period of time.
Gradually mastering his own abilities, overall, his strength is still improving steadily, but at a slower pace.
Dedicated research brings rewards.
Garen mainly relies on his own talent in learning spells, which means that his knowledge is not profound, and his background is a bit shallow compared to normal legendary casters. However, as time goes by, his knowledge base is improving rapidly.
Accumulate and gradually become equal to other legendary spellcasters.
In the blink of an eye, a year passed quietly.
"The energy of the gate of time and space is far from perfect."
Garen raised his left wrist, and the nine gems that made up the Imaskal Ring were dotted on the silver dragon scales, exuding a faint luster.
"At the current rate, it will take at least thirty years to fill the gate of time and space."
Garen shook his head slightly.
The total time he has lived in the main timeline is less than thirty years.
"However, if I stay in the parallel timeline for a hundred years, only one year has passed in the main timeline, and my physical growth is only equivalent to one year in the main timeline."
The silver dragon's eyes showed contemplation, and its tail swayed restlessly.
"Then the question is, my age is considered to have increased by 100 years, but I am still one year old?"
Even if he is a hundred years old, his strength is not up to the level of an adult Time Dragon. If he is one year old, he has indeed spent a hundred years.
"However, time has always passed at a different speed for me."
"It is more appropriate to calculate based on the age of the main timeline."
"Otherwise, I would be a hundred years old, but Yuna is still less than twenty. This would be too strange."
Garen felt that the dragon's age should be calculated based on normal growth. In this case, he would still be a tender young dragon when he returned to the main timeline.
A small baby dragon that is almost fifty meters long.
Gallon did not think deeply about this issue.
Anyway, his age is what he decides.
Next, Garen closed his eyes, and the structure of the magic network and the obscure and twisted arcane runes appeared in his mind, and he continued his research and understanding of arcana.
However, this research was interrupted not long after.
A communication crystal was constantly vibrating, emitting mana fluctuations belonging to Iolum.
Garen took out the communication crystal and injected magic power into it.
The moment the magic power entered the communication crystal, its trembling stopped. At the same time, a piece of light of different colors bloomed, intertwining into a vivid picture in the blink of an eye. In the picture, Iolum's face was revealed.
He looked like he was in his own mage tower, with rows of bookshelves several meters high behind him, filled with thick and dense books.
"It seems you have ended the war against the orcs."
Garen looked at the environment around Iolum and said.
This was the first time Iolum contacted him after he parted ways with the Grand Arcanist.
Iolum nodded and said: "Three months ago, the orc army was completely defeated by us. There are no traces of the orcs in the lands around Netheril."
He smiled from the bottom of his heart and continued: "After that, I can finally concentrate on my own arcane research."
Arcana is a profound art.
Esoteric skills require the most focused and in-depth research.
Due to the threat of the orcs, Iolum's spirit has never been completely concentrated, and he has always put part of his mind on dealing with the plunder of the orcs, but now he can take back this part of his mind and focus entirely on arcane research.
Up.
With his mind completely relaxed, he achieved certain results in just two months.
Garen nodded slightly and said: "Congratulations, I look forward to the day when the floating city will be realized."
Garen knows his shortcomings.
His spell creativity is not outstanding at all compared to great arcanists like Iolum. Garen has tried to create legendary spells on his own, but has never succeeded.
For Garen, associating with a great arcanist like Iolum is a good way to obtain powerful arcane spells.
at the same time.
In the picture displayed by the communication crystal, Iolum raised his palm.
A ball of faint blue light composed of dense arcane runes appeared in Iolum's palm, illuminating his face with a faint blue light. At first glance, it looked a bit evil.
Garen's arcane attainments are not low either.
He could see that the blue ball of light in Iolum's palm was a completed spell model. In addition to the arcane runes of Netheril, it also contained many spell runes that Garen was familiar with.
"What's this?"
Garen asked.
Iolum looked at the blue light ball and said: "I have been studying the results of two months of retreat, the ten-ring spell, the immortality spell."
"Human life is too short, and the road to truth is too long."
"This spell can give the arcanist almost eternal life, giving him enough time to explore the nature of the world, and there is no cost to himself."
The immortality spell without any price... Garen narrowed his eyes and looked carefully at the spell model in Iolum's hand.
Garen is an immortal dragon, he does not need the immortality spell, but Garen knows what such a spell means to a human arcanist.
Spell research is time-consuming and labor-intensive, and the lifespan of the human species is too short in comparison.
Of course, at this time, arcanists already had many means of extending their lives.
But these methods without exception come at a huge cost.
For example, Haris, who became a lich, became extremely evil in his heart and became a great disaster to his country.
Iolum's immortality spell allows human arcanists to live forever while preserving their pure will as an arcanist, without being affected by the negative costs of other ways of immortality. Such a spell can allow Nether to
The Grand Arcanists of Riel survived with their true selves, enough to become the cornerstone of a civilization.
"You should have noticed that this spell uses many runes from the Necromancy School."
"Without the knowledge of magic from other worlds you brought, I don't know how long it would take to complete my immortality spell."
"Therefore, I plan to be the first to teach you the art of immortality."
After listening to Iolum's words and looking at the immortality model in his hand, Garen had a vague premonition in his heart.
Just the early development of this immortality spell will produce a series of chain reactions, which can at least shorten the natural progress of the arcane empire for hundreds of years. Moreover, with the blessing of advanced spell knowledge, Iolum's arcane level is at
With rapid improvement, if nothing unexpected happens, his floating city will probably enter the stage of history ahead of schedule.
Because of Garleon's intervention, the future Arcane Empire of Netheril may appear earlier.
"Perhaps, I can also make the crisis of the Imasca Empire come earlier."
Garen drew inferences from one example and his mind immediately became active.
At the same time, Iolum gently tapped the ball of light in his hand, and the faint blue light immediately filled the entire screen of the communication crystal. The magic runes inside were displayed in front of Garon's eyes, and then Iolum
Remote teaching has begun.
He really enjoys being a teacher and imparting knowledge.
Garen was very interested in this immortality technique and began to study it seriously.
He himself had no use for the immortality spell. At the beginning, he just had the mentality that if he didn't learn such a powerful spell, it would be useless, thinking that it would be good to know more super-nine-level spells.
However, with Iolum's explanation, Garen gradually understood the essence of this immortality technique.
Under the blue light, Iolum looked a bit evil.
The essence of immortality is definitely not a good spell in the eyes of many creatures.
"Did the magic knowledge I gave Iolum cause this immortality spell to change, or was his idea originally like this, but it was just accelerated?"
Garon listened to Iolum's selfless lectures, took a break, and thought to himself.
He has already seen it.
The essence of this spell is - destruction.
To death and then to life.
However, instead of killing the caster of the spell, it kills all life within a range in an instant and kills other creatures, thereby allowing the caster to obtain an unlimited increase in lifespan.
The immortality spell itself has a killing effect comparable to the withering spell.
It will specify a range.
After the spell is cast, all living creatures within a range will be reduced to ashes, and their lifespan will be transferred to the great arcanist who cast the spell. The immortality spell will not make the caster truly immortal, but as long as it is cast once every once in a while, it will
It can achieve an effect close to immortality.
"This... Iolum seems to be inspired by the magic of the Necromancy School."
Garen blinked.
"Garen, what are you thinking about? You need to concentrate."
At this time, Iolum suddenly looked at the distracted Galen with lightning-like eyes, and his tone of voice rose by a beat.
After being reminded by the Grand Arcanist, Garen's attention shifted to the immortality spell to dispel distracting thoughts.
Ten-ring spells are more complicated.
The communication crystal stayed on for two full weeks.
Garen has memorized all the magic runes and detailed structures required for the immortality spell. Moreover, Iolum has told Garen the key points of this spell in detail, and he can now start it by himself.
studied.
"Because of the magic knowledge you brought, I have been inspired a lot recently."
"I will continue to retreat after that."
Iolum was full of energy, his eyes were shining with the light of wisdom, and he said.
"You have completed the immortality spell."
"What are your next research goals?"
Garen asked.
Iolum had already made up his mind, so he said without thinking: "The core of the magic network, a magic device."
The core of the magic network?
What the hell is this.
Garen was slightly startled.
"Aren't you going to continue studying how to build a floating city?"
Iolum smiled, a scholar's smile appeared on his old face, and said: "In addition to the core of the magic network, this magic device will also have other names, the core of the floating city, the core of Nether,
Core of Mystra."
Mystra is the name of the powerful goddess of magic.
"You mean, this core of the magic network will be the key to creating a floating city?"
Iolum nodded and said: "I found that it is unrealistic to rely on the power of the arcanist to support a city in the sky."
"So I thought about whether I could build a stable connection with the Magic Network to obtain a steady stream of energy from the depths of the Magic Network to support the city to float in the air."
"I thought about it for a long time and felt that this was the most feasible method."
After a pause, Iolum continued: "So I need to build an energy core for the floating city that relies on the magic network."
"Without this core, everything else is empty talk."
When he heard that he was relying on the magic network, Garen's heart trembled.
"Are you sure you want to do this?"
"If the magic network suddenly fails, the floating cities built by your method will probably crash one after another, causing catastrophic consequences."
Garen reminded.
Iolum shook his head and said: "Since the birth of mankind, the magic network has existed. The goddess of magic has been pouring her heart and soul into repairing the damage of the magic network all the time."
"Even if something happens to the magic network, it is impossible for such a huge system to collapse in an instant."
"At that time, the arcanists will have time to make appropriate responses."
That makes sense.
Such a large magic network system will never fail instantly.
Garen nodded slightly.
"That's a long way to go. It's still unknown whether the core of the magic network can be successful."
"Without the core of the magic network, the floating city can only be an unattainable fantasy."
Iolum sighed.
"Don't worry, you will succeed."
Iolum asked doubtfully: "How can you be so sure?"
He felt that Garen's tone was more confident than his own.
"I believe in your abilities as a Grand Arcanist."
Gallon said.
"Then in order to live up to His Excellency Zhenlong's trust, it seems that I have no choice but to succeed."
The Grand Arcanist laughed.
After chatting for a while, the magic wave of the communication crystal disappeared, and Iolum continued to retreat and began his research on the core of the magic network.
"The fact that Netheril can become a magic empire in the future can be said to have been achieved by Iolum."
Garen thought to himself.
The annihilation of the orcs relied on the teleportation spell created by Iolum, which helped Netheril eliminate its biggest enemy in the early days and solve the external troubles. The immortality spell, a spell that is extremely important to the great arcanist, also came from Iolum.
With Orem's hands, the first floating city will probably be developed by him.
Garen raised his dragon claw.
Magic power surged, and magic runes emerged one after another. The dragon claws surrounding him began to rise and swim, slowly outlining and intertwining, building the magical framework of the immortality spell.
In the huge, empty and simple mountain dragon lair, Garen began to study the art of immortality.
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Spring and autumn alternate, the sun and moon rotate, and time passes quietly.
Adventure stories are popping up all over the land of Faerûn.
Bards sang various legends in the tavern.
At the same time, a piece of news gradually spread.
There is a mysterious and powerful ancient dragon living in the Dragon Jaw Mountains. He is conducting his terrible magic research on the top of the mountain. Anyone who breaks into his territory will not be able to see the sun the next day, even if it is a legendary creature.
Some people firmly believe in the existence of the ancient dragon, while others sneer at it.
at the same time.
Deep in the Dragon Jaw Mountains, in a large mountain covered with lush green pines, the super giant legendary true dragon has deep eyes.
"It has begun. The Imasca Empire has decided to start a war."
Garen received the news from Thorin.
The Imasca Empire decided to take action.
They were no longer satisfied with their eastern territories.
The Imaskar Empire wants all of Faerûn.
The empire has sent dozens of troops in various directions, consisting of artificers and Imaskar warriors equipped with artificers and armor. They are led by legendary artificers and have gradually left the empire.
Relying on its ferocious and powerful weapon army, the Imasca Empire actually marched in three directions at the same time.
The empire's confidence and confidence are vividly demonstrated.
But Garen had a strong premonition in his heart.
The destruction of the Imasca Empire will begin with this war.
Garen trusted his hunch.
The silver dragon closed its eyes again and began to wait patiently.
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In the land of Faerûn, there are more than one race and also more than one country.
If the Imasca Empire wants to dominate Faerûn, they need to face hundreds of kingdoms, city-states, and countless rural towns, large and small, but these resistances are not a big problem for the Imasca Empire.
question.
As long as there are enough resources, the Artifact Master can create a continuous army of Artifacts.
They are extremely good at large-scale warfare.
Faced with the power of the Imasca Empire, many small countries closer to the empire did not resist. They even welcomed the empire's army, accepted the garrison of the exotic weapons army, and voluntarily became vassals of the Imasca Empire.
Of course, there are also some countries that do not want to become vassals.
For example, there is a small country in the northeast of Faerûn.
Tatada country.
In a world without gods.
With the strength of the Imasca Empire, it can push across the continent, but this is Faerûn, where there are many gods, and different countries have different beliefs. Magic empires like Imasca do not fear the gods, but some countries do not.
Is a believer in a god.
Tatada is a country with extremely loyal beliefs.
This is a country in the desert. The scorching weather and scorching sand have created the tough and fearless character of the Tat people.
Stepping through this desert, and then across the Kra River Basin, the vast mountains, the green and wild, the Imaskar Empire will face off against the arcane masters of Netheril.
The small country of Tada is the first obstacle in the desert.
Facing small countries that were unwilling to surrender and pledge their allegiance, the Imasca Empire's Ordnance Armies showed no mercy, and the army of Ordnance Arms was endless.
Under the almost blood-colored dusk sunset.
King Thatta stood on a high place in the country, guarded by Thatta warriors, and looked at the endless yellow sand outside the city.
In addition, yellow is the eternal theme of this desert land.
But today, when King Thatta looked far into the distance, all he could see was a cold metallic color, and his field of vision was almost filled with strange mechanical creations.
"Accept the glory of the empire, and your country will move towards glory under the leadership of the empire."
"I'll give you one last chance."
"Surrender, or destruction!"
The leader of the Ordnance Legion issued an ultimatum.
King Tata turned his head and looked at the people behind him, and saw fearless faces.
Immediately, the king looked at the endless army of strange weapons with a firm expression.
He looked around and said in a deep voice: "The people of Tata are protected by the goddess of misfortune!"
"Followers of the Goddess of Doom will never succumb to the power of the Empire!"
The magician who had never heard of the Goddess of Misfortune chuckled and said, "God? How many legions does he have?"
"The Imasca Empire only believes in machinery and magic."
"Can your god save you from the torrent of imperial armies?"
With the strength of the Imasca Empire, if an ordinary god were to incarnate alone and come to the main material world, he would not be a match for the Legion of Wonderful Weapons. Moreover, there are agreed upon rules between gods. Gods would not do anything for the sake of the main material world.
Take action based on the victory or defeat of a country's war.
Under the oppression of the Legion of Wonderful Weapons, a small country in a remote place was destroyed without any accident.
However, what this irreverent artificer didn't know was...
The Goddess of Misfortune is an unruly and chaotic evil deity with medium divine power.
She doesn't care about gains and losses.
So, at the moment when the Tada Kingdom was destroyed, angry whispers rang out from a certain layer of the bottomless abyss.
"The Imasca Empire should pay a heavy price for their arrogance!"
Most of the gods in the other planes, whether good or evil, heard this whisper.
They were silent and just turned their attention to the continent of Faerûn and the Imasca Empire.
The magic empire rarely breeds the soil of faith and has never been the favorite object of the gods.
The gods were pleased to see the trouble that was coming to the Imaskar Empire.
at the same time.
In the territory of the Imasca Empire, a girl with black and red antlers and a black veil quietly arrived.
ps: Recommend a dragon novel "Evil Dragon Cultivation of Gods"
－－－－－－Digression－－－－－
"I am the truth!" Ya Ge, the god of illusions and dreams, sat high on the throne of the clouds and said this to the prostrate creatures.
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"Standing in front of you is the light of civilization in the world of Vernok, the Lord of the Emerald Dream, the spiritual leader of all druids, the Destined Saint, the Great Sage, the Re-creator of the Tree People, the best friend of the elves, the uncrowned Dragon King, and the Emerald Lord.
, The Sleeper, Lord of the Endless Forest, Son of Nature, Purifier of the World!”
"And the God of Illusions and Dreams—Pablo Ciprino Argo!"
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"If you don't work hard at farming, how can I get rich?!" Ya Ge told the caveman.
"You must practice diligently to make me stronger!" Yage taught the druid.
Keywords: dragon, druid, lord farming, business strategy, capitalist, alien beast flow, sword and magic, pseudo dnd, pseudo Azeroth, decisive killing.