Iolum used an eleventh-level spell to cut off the bottom of the mountain.
But this seems to have nothing to do with the floating city he mentioned.
However, under the gaze of everyone, Iolum, who had just used the mountain-cutting technique, did not rest for long. Just a few seconds later, he took a deep breath, then focused again, and whispered in a concentrated voice
Another spell.
As the new spell was cast, the magic network began to tremble again.
However, compared with the momentum of the Grand Arcanist's use of the Mountain Cutting Technique, although his new spell disturbed the magic network, it did not cause a direct break of the magic network, and its power and level were weaker.
Very quickly.
The earth began to tremble.
There seemed to be a magnitude 10 earthquake here. The mountains that were cut off at the bottom were shaking violently. Countless rocks rolled down, making a rumbling sound. The dust that obscured everyone's vision was like haze falling from the sky.
Emergence emerges between the fractured earth and rocks.
In the midst of thunderous momentum.
This mountain with a huge circumference at its base was swaying, actually getting rid of the constraints of gravity, and began to float toward the sky.
It doesn't stop there.
During the process of levitation, the mountain began to turn upside down.
It was as if there was an invisible big hand holding it, turning a mountain over like a toy.
The mountain peaks slowly face downwards, and the huge and neat fractures gradually face upwards.
The endless dust that grew up and the rolling stones that fell to the ground together formed a very shocking picture.
Ten-ring arcana—gravity reversal.
After using a ten-ring and an eleventh-ring arcane spell in a short period of time, even a great arcanist like Iolum was a little bit too much. Although he had the blessing of the magic network, his magic power and mental power were depleted.
It was still very serious, and Iolum looked much pale at this time.
However, this is not over yet.
When the hanging mountain flew more than a thousand meters into the sky and the effect of the gravity reversal was about to disappear, Iolum opened the dimensional space with a solemn expression.
A beautiful and huge blue sphere with a diameter of more than ten meters flew out from it.
The core of the magic network.
The most critical thing for the floating city to continue to rise into the air.
Looking at this huge magic network core, Garen could clearly feel that the moment it appeared, the surrounding magic network seemed to become tighter, and the energy circuits that made up the magic network naturally clung to the magic network.
At the core of the net, countless elemental energies seep out from the depths of the magic net and are absorbed by the core of the magic net.
"Good baby."
"It's a pity that it only works with the magic network."
Garen looked at the core of the magic web, blinked his eyes, and thought to himself.
Under the control of Iolum, the core of the magic network drew a beautiful arc in the air, and was finally embedded in the center of the top of the hanging mountain.
In an instant, magical radiance rose from the flat fracture.
The magic runes that had been carved long ago bloomed brightly on the surface of the mountain.
With the blessing of the core of the magic network, countless elemental energies are extracted from the depths of the magic network, wrapping the upside-down mountain, continuously providing energy support for the gravity reversal technique, and maintaining the stability of the upside-down mountain.
A steady gesture between the horizons.
Under the heavy night.
This majestic upside-down mountain suspended between the flowing wind and floating clouds attracts the attention of all living creatures.
The prototype of Netheril's first floating city appeared in Faerûn for the first time.
It is just a floating mountain now.
But everyone knows that as long as it can maintain a stable suspension in the sky, with the ability of arcanists, it will be an easy task to use this mountain as a carrier to build a residential city of suitable size, and it will not even be necessary.
A week's time.
"As an arcanist, you should break away from the shackles of the earth and explore the essence and truth of the world in the sky."
Iolum stared at the hanging mountain, and there seemed to be light flowing in his eyes.
Immediately, he flew high into the sky again and came to a place not far from the silver dragon.
"My ideal floating city will be built on top of this mountain."
"What do you think?"
Galen thought for a while. After thinking for a while, he narrowed his eyes and said seriously: "Stay high and don't disturb the dust."
"With the floating city, you arcanists are almost equivalent to the 'gods' in the main material world."
The floating city is not restricted by geography and can travel freely to and from the sky.
If it is used in war, when Netheril's floating city system is perfected, there will be few countries in Faerûn that can ignore the threat of floating cities. If nothing else, just park the floating city in the airspace of a certain country's capital.
Do you want to fight or not? If you can fight, then after sinking the floating city, how can you resist the fall of a huge city located thousands of meters or even 10,000 meters above the ground?
"God, it's better not to mention this word now."
The Saint has just demonstrated his power as a god in the Eastern Continent and has not yet left. After hearing the word God, the current Grand Arcanist's attitude is more awe-inspiring. However, when the Saint leaves Faerun, the arcane arts will develop further.
Hundreds or thousands of years from now, there is no telling what the arcanist's attitude towards the gods will be.
"Do you Netherese have much faith in the gods?"
Jia Long looked at the hanging mountain, his heart suddenly moved, and he asked.
Iolum shook his head and said: "There are some, but not many."
"Arcanists pursue knowledge and truth."
"We believe that by studying the nature of the world, we will one day be able to master the power of a god."
After a pause, he whispered: "In my opinion, the gods who live in the outer plane are actually arcane masters who master some ultimate arcana."
"Where's the goddess of magic?"
"The magic network you use is based on the maintenance of the goddess of magic."
Gallon said.
Iolum smiled and said: "The Church of the Goddess of Magic has the most followers in Neseli. We respect this god from the bottom of our hearts."
Although I say this, believers are only speaking in comparison.
The Church of the Goddess of Magic actually does not have much faith in arcanists.
But even if there are not many believers, the goddess of magic still works tirelessly to repair the damage caused by the arcanists to the magic network. Is this because the goddess of magic loves dedication and has a selfless spirit? In fact, for the goddess of magic, it does not need to be too much.
With more believers, the prosperity of magic can greatly enhance his divine power.
"Have you ever thought about building a new magic network yourself, separated from the goddess of magic and managed by an arcanist?"
Garen said to Iolum.
The Magic Network is actually a good thing.
Especially for creatures like true dragons that possess both magic and martial arts, the magic net can greatly enhance their spellcasting ability. If the magic net suddenly fails, the natural spell-like abilities and strong physique will not be greatly affected.
Garen thought that after returning to the main timeline, if possible, he would set up a magic network exclusive to the Dragon Clan on the planet Kara.
However, his research on the Magic Network cannot reach the point of building a Magic Network by himself.
So Garen planned to channel Iolum. This great arcanist's magical attainments were much deeper than his. In terms of creativity, Garen was far inferior to him. Garen's spell talent was compared to that of ordinary spell casters.
It's very good, but compared to the level of Iolum, it's not that good.
If Iolum succeeds, he can just copy the homework without having to study it himself.
After hearing Garen's words, Iolum shook his head.
"Creating a magic network is actually not an extremely difficult task."
"In the final analysis, the magic network is just a structure that stabilizes the chaotic and disordered elemental energy."
"It's easy to create a magical device like this."
He looked around, his eyes falling on the unreachable distance, and said: "The real difficulty lies in how to spread the magic network to the entire world."
"If the range of the magic net is not large, if it is not everywhere, then there is no point in building the magic net. After all, the effect of some amplifying magic circles is stronger than the magic net."
"And if you want to build a world-class magic network, it can't be done simply by relying on some great arcanists."
So.........what about the combination of magic and machinery?
Listening to Iolum's words, Garen thought of the network base station on Earth in his previous life.
It seems that similar effects can be achieved using strange weapons.
Compared to pure magic, Magic Weapon only needs enough resources to mass-produce a large number of materialized magic network nodes. It is not impossible to complete the establishment of the magic network on the planet Kara.
Garen's heart became active.
"Well, we can think about this matter more."
His creativity is not as good as Iolum's, but that doesn't mean that Garen doesn't have a little bit of creativity.
However, setting up a magic network for the main material world is an extremely huge project. If it is really implemented at that time, it will definitely require the cooperation of the entire dragon clan on the planet Kara. It cannot be accomplished overnight.
"If it succeeds, what should the dragon clan's magic net be called?"
"Dragon Net? Dragon Demon Net? Demon Dragon Net?"
Gallon did not think deeply about this issue.
He planned to ask Iolum some questions about the magic network. The great arcanist could answer many questions for him.
However, now Iolum has his own matters to deal with.
He spoke with the other arcanists of Nether about his vision for the future of the floating city.
"The floating city will be the city that belongs to our arcanists."
"Suspended in the sky and far away from the world, the arcanist can abandon distracting thoughts and focus his energy on knowledge and truth."
"The communication and collaboration among the Arcanist residents can also allow us to go longer and further on the road to truth."
"............"
The content of Iolum's words is very simple.
The first floating city has special significance, and Iolum plans to name it after himself.
In addition, he asked arcanists to help build the floating city, and said that he would welcome arcanists from all over the world to settle in the Iolum floating city, and also encouraged arcanists at the level of great arcanists to establish their own
For the floating city, he will provide the corresponding spells and the manufacturing method of the magic network core free of charge.
In Iolum's opinion, the floating city is the most suitable place for an arcanist to live.
As for ordinary Netherians who are not arcanists... Iolum did not take them into consideration.
Including Iolum, 90% of arcanists are actually a group of very arrogant people, creatures without the ability to cast spells. They may not have any obvious reaction on the surface, but deep down they look down on them.
Disdainful.
Iolum is also a contradictory person.
To the Netheril people who are also arcanists, Iolum can teach immortality, mountain-cutting, gravity reversal and other nine-level spells for free, but there is nothing left in the floating city.
The place of ordinary Nether people and his broad mind can only be felt by arcanists.
Next, the excited arcanists climbed up the Hanging Mountain one after another.
Under the construction of a large number of spells, simple houses and buildings rose from the ground.
Garen landed on the edge of the upside-down mountain, stretched out his head and glanced down, looking through the clouds, and a miniature map of the earth appeared in his field of vision.
At this time, the upside-down mountain had already flown to an altitude of 10,000 meters.
Iolum controlled the core of the magic network and made it stop here, standing quietly and suspended, majestic and majestic, and the wind from all directions could not shake it at all.
Time passes quietly.
Arcanists should not work too efficiently.
When the night is torn apart by the first ray of morning light and the darkness dissipates.
In just one night, a crude floating city had taken shape.
Because they are all made by the arcanists themselves, the houses with completely different styles, like works of art, are scattered all over the place and are located on the top of the upside-down mountain. There are even some arcanists who want to look down and see the floating clouds.
In this scene, an extended track was created directly on the edge, and houses were built on the track, which was dangerous and bold.
Of course, the floating city at this time is still far from a real city.
But with the existence of arcanists, it won't be long before a real floating city will appear here, attracting the attention of all intelligent creatures in Faerûn.
"I also want a floating city."
Garen saw the good stuff and wanted to get one for himself.
The floating city requires a steady supply of energy. If he wants to build the floating city, he needs the existence of the magic network. Without the magic network, the difficulty of building the floating city will increase linearly.
After being busy for a while, Iolum had some free time.
This first floating city, in the trajectory he set, began to move slowly along the territory of Netheril. This floating city located between the horizons blocked the sunlight and blocked the sky when projected from the ground.
The shadow outline of the sun disturbed countless creatures, and also attracted a lot of curious and probing eyes.
Some arcanists who had heard that Iolum was going to build a floating city before, but did not believe it, now looked at the huge mountains high in the sky and fell into shock.
More and more arcanists are entering the floating city of Iolum.
This city in the sky is becoming more and more prosperous.
In the blink of an eye, nearly thirty years have passed.
The city that was still rough in the past has now become a prosperous place. Traces of magic are everywhere. Arcane runes can be seen even on the ground. Magic props with special effects are everywhere here. Arcane runes are everywhere.
The figure of the magician can be seen everywhere, and on the periphery of the floating city, there is also a huge shield based on the core of the magic network.
The effect of the shield is similar to the Mystery Field.
This is the result of the exchange of spells between Iolum and Garon.
Moreover, not long after the Iolum Floating City was launched, other great arcanists began to build their own floating cities.
Over the years, three more floating cities have appeared.
The one in Iolum is the most prosperous, but the other three also attract a lot of people. After all, there is not much living space in the floating city of Iolum.
The method of building floating cities is becoming increasingly mature.
It is foreseeable that in the near future, majestic floating cities will be launched one after another, becoming the solid foundation of the future Netheril Empire.
In an area of Iolum Floating City, there is a huge cave-like dragon nest.
In the past thirty years, Garen has not left. In order to facilitate communication with Iolum on various issues, he settled in this floating city. The residents of this floating city basically know the existence of Garen, the legendary dragon.
There is also news circulating that this true dragon friend of Lord Iolum is the culprit who caused the destruction of the Imasca Empire.
Almost no one dares to provoke this legendary dragon with unfathomable strength.
Why do I say almost? Because when a newly promoted young great arcanist visited Iolum, he had a conflict with the legendary dragon and took the initiative to provoke him. After that, there was no one in Netheril.
I've met the great arcanist.
Because of this incident, Garen gained the nickname Silver Winged Evil Star in the floating city of Iolum.
The great arcanists who came here were all polite to Garen.
An interesting thing happened during this period.
A remnant of the artificer from the Imasca Empire came to the floating city of Iolum by chance.
After the artificer got drunk in the tavern, he held up his wine glass and shouted that he must take revenge on the Empire's Dragon of Destruction. Then he was knocked unconscious by a staff and a sap from someone who didn't know where it came from, and was thrown out of the float by a group of people overnight.
Empty city.
In the past thirty years, Garen has spent most of his time charging the Gate of Time and Space.
Not in the main timeline, and the long river of time does not cooperate, the speed of the recovery of the time and space gate is really touching. Fortunately, the energy is now full, enough galleons to return to the main timeline.
In his free time, Garen focused on magic.
He often discussed the truth of magic with Iolum, the top great arcanist. His magical attainments became more and more profound, and his understanding of the magic network was now very profound.
Iolum was not a person who liked to hide his secrets, and he taught many of the legendary arcane arts he had researched to Garen.
When these legendary arcane spells leave the magic network, their power will be reduced and the difficulty of casting spells will increase, but after all, they are some powerful methods.
In addition, Garen also learned the spells of the Conjuration and Protection Schools he possesses to the legendary level, and is no longer limited to his preferred Evocation School.
His magical abilities became richer and deeper.
Up to now, Garen is learning necromancy from the basics. Because of the contents of Harris's life box and the basic knowledge collected from Noah's continent, the inheritance of necromancy in his hands is still complete. As for the confusion,
He did not have complete knowledge of magic schools such as control and prophecy, so he did not learn it for the time being.
With all his plans in mind, Garen stayed in Faerûn for almost fifty years, and his thoughts became more and more profound.
However, because his physical growth was in sync with the main timeline, he decided to calculate his actual age based on the main timeline.
Now, the gate of time and space can be activated.
Garen made plans to leave.
He has completely figured out the function of the secret weapon of Imaskar. When he returns to the main timeline, if the Second Empire of Imaskar sends an army of strange weapons to deal with him, he will definitely regret it. Although Garen already has one
It's a secret weapon, but he doesn't mind adding more to his collection.
"I'm leaving."
Garon contacted Iolum.
Over the past few decades, his relationship with the great arcanist has become relatively deep, so he informed him before leaving.
"Leave the floating city? Where are you going?"
"It just so happens that I also want to leave the floating city and go to other parts of the Faerun continent to relax. Can we come together?"
There was a slight fluctuation in the space, and Iolum's figure turned from virtual to real, and appeared in Garon's dragon lair.
Garen shook his head, looked at the smiling Grand Arcanist, and said, "I want to leave Faerûn."
Iolum was slightly startled, and then said: "Are you going to return to the main material world where you are?"
Garen nodded and said, "Yes."
Iolum looked regretful and said: "It's a pity that Netheril can't live without me, otherwise I would also like to visit other main material realms."
After a pause, he looked up at the majestic and strong silver dragon, and said seriously: "My friend, I am very happy to meet you. You have provided me with a lot of help."
Without the magic knowledge brought by Galleon, Iolum's floating city and many key spells would not have been successfully researched so quickly.
Garen learned a lot from Iolum, and so did Iolum.
"There is no such thing as a banquet that lasts forever."
"But I may come to Faerun again in the future."
"By then, I hope to see an Arcanist Empire that is even more glorious than Imaskar."
The Imaskal Ring rotated and emitted a faint luster, enveloping Galleons in it.
The river of time, which had never given Garen any face, sped up, and couldn't wait to send Garen away, the guy who drank the river of time every day. In the river of time, the silhouette of the silver dragon gradually became illusory,
After a few seconds, he completely disappeared from Iolum's sight.
Iolum looked at the empty and dim dragon's lair and stretched out his hand.
His palms gently brushed the invisible river of time, with a thoughtful expression on his face.