After throwing out the two golden skeletons, the Necromancer reached out and tore off a lavender drop-shaped pendant on the bracelet, and threw it on the ground, a stagnant magic decree sounded from "Aue".
The amethyst pendant on the ground shone brilliantly, and countless element crystal lines extended from the drop-shaped crystal, forming a small pentagram magic circle on the garden lawn of the castle in an instant.
The magic circle shone with crystal light, covering a very small area, like a semicircular eggshell that could barely cover the necromancer and his two followers, but the two golden skeletons were isolated in the magic circle outside.
Although the Zhentarim's assassination plan seems to be perfect this time, two escape circles have been prepared for the perpetrators.
However, as a legendary powerhouse, the necromancer obviously prefers to control his fate in his own hands, so he still secretly prepared a backup for himself, and now it seems really necessary.
"It's the teleportation circle, stop him!" Seeing the pentagram circle, the great sage Lainie, who was suspended in the air, sank and shouted towards the people on the ground. Magic chanting, trying to interrupt the magic frequency of the teleportation circle.
The world of Toril is a magical world with extremely developed magic civilization. It has more than ten complete magic systems, such as: dragon language magic, ancient elf magic, Mythra magic net, belief in magic, Nesser scroll magic system, alchemy spells, magic pharmacy, soul magic, and relatively rare abyss talents and totem spells, etc.
Among these magic systems, there are very few users of dragon language magic, except for some sleeping ancient dragons, there are very few dragon vein mages.
The ancient elf magicians are basically the royal family and elf elders with the purest blood in each elf court. Strictly speaking, Druid's spells also belong to the branch of ancient elf magic. They can also be said to be the most powerful spellcasters in the Toril world today.
In the war history of the valley, several natural disaster-like forbidden war spells were all produced by these high elves.
As for the magic system formed by Mystra's magic net and belief in magic, it is the most widely used magic system today.
The former is the result of the abuse of magic by a large number of middle and low-level magicians in the modern continent of Faerun, which caused chaos and riots in the magic elements. The goddess of magic, Mystra, appeared in order to reconcile the chaos in the magic element pool and restrain the magicians from abusing magic.
The latter is the blessing spell that the gods of various gods bestow on their followers in order to spread their faith and gain the power of faith.
But so far no one knows its true origin, and relying on it to rise the Nether Scroll of the Arcane Empire, with the destruction of the Netherel Magic Empire, most of them disappeared in the long river of history, leaving few fragments page up.
Only those who are related to the scrolls of Nether, and the alchemy and magic pharmacy that developed in the later period can get a little glimpse of the profundity and profoundness of this magic system.
Soul magic involves a wide range of knowledge, and the main branch is undead magic. Originated at the end of Netheril's Arcana era, a large number of high-level and legendary magicians began to study this taboo field in order to seek a breakthrough in longevity.
Abyss talent spells are even rarer than dragon language magic. This is a blood talent left over from a small number of powerful creatures who invaded the main material world from the abyss plane.
Totem magic is another rather weird system, which is basically only spread among orcs, trolls and other intelligent races with relatively primitive social forms. It not only has the characteristics of divine art, but also involves the soul system, because most of the orc and troll tribes believe in their ancestors or a powerful ancient soul.
The casters who can use totem spells most proficiently and show a complete system are usually shamans of the orc tribe.
It is precisely because the world of Toril has so many spell systems that as a result, many magic elements are guided and leaked from the element pool of the magic net. This makes most high-level magic, especially the complex space-time magic, easily disturbed by the free magic power of the outside world.
For example, most of the wizard's teleportation magic, material disintegration, magic shield, and time spells have extremely strict restrictions.
Those things like teleporting while throwing explosive fireballs wildly, or snapping your fingers to stop time, whether it is a magical world with extremely simple world laws, then they only exist in people's imagination, not the world of Toril A multiverse world with extremely complex laws.
Needless to say, the offensiveness of the mage profession, but melee defense is always an irreparable weakness. Most instant spells are low-level magic, and they have great limitations.
Most of the high-level mages in the world of Toril generally only fix some low-level and middle-level elemental shields and detection magic that are automatically triggered on the robes and staffs. It's not because they can't fix high-level magic shields, but because the elemental structure of high-level magic is too complicated. Once the external environment does not meet the trigger conditions, they will wait for a time bomb to be installed on themselves.
Low-level protection spells combined with various detection magics can actually guarantee that they will not be instantly killed by sneak attacks by thieves and assassins, and the next defense work will be handed over to their followers or other warrior companions.
The higher the level of spells, the more stable the magic structure is. Usually, high-level and legendary mages have to use magic circles and long spell chanting to complete a high-level spell. Only in this way can a magic structure with stable frequency be combined to reduce the backlash after the failure of casting a spell.
The main reason why it is so difficult for a legendary mage like Erastriol to be assassinated is not because of how strong her defense is. No matter how strong a mage's defense is, can it be stronger than a knight and warrior in full-body magic armor? Instead, various complex passive detection magics ensured that she could not be attacked.
The previous assassination in the banquet hall put Ailaszhuo into a desperate situation. It wasn't that she couldn't detect the assassin, but that he didn't sneak at all, and made a sneak attack in a grandiose manner.
As for whether there are legendary magics such as time stillness, of course there are, but in the world of Toril, you will never see the phenomenal scene of two legendary mages desperately snapping their fingers and pressing their pocket watches, and then stabbing each other with short knives .
Legendary mages are also bound by the laws of the world. Even Mystra's chosen one—Alastriol herself, the goddess of magic bestowed her blessings, only has spellcasting acceleration, silent singing, and the chosen immunity.
Among them, the spell-casting acceleration and silent singing are only for the magic net system, which means that the goddess of magic left a back door for Alastriol on the magic net, allowing her to reduce the communication time of casting spells, and still can't give her the instant high-level magic. ability.
The immunity of the most perverted voters can prolong life, get rid of diseases, and keep Alazzo young forever, but some of the control spells that are exempted all come from the magic net system.
For example, Alustriel can be immune to the spider web spell of ordinary mages, but she cannot be immune to the spider web spell stored in Qin Lun's sacrificial glove, because its magic power and spell structure do not come from the magic web.
The real headache for legendary mages is that they have undergone a lot of preparation, through auxiliary magic circles and long-time chanting, to condense the legendary forbidden spells. That is what really distinguishes them from other legendary professions.
Leni is the great sage of Candlekeep and one of the eight great readers. Although her combat experience is not as good as other legendary mages, her magic knowledge is extremely profound. At a glance, she saw that the simple magic circle of the necromancer was the simplest and most stable magic structure, but very rare "Thomas Plane Tunnel".
It is rumored that in the Arcane era, a legendary mage named Thomas Maier invented this teleportation circle.
In fact, at the initial stage, this magic circle was just a short-distance teleportation spell of the magic circle version. It has very strict requirements for magic circle enchanting materials, and only some large organizations can collect them all. However, the magic effect is only a short-distance teleportation, so it is not taken seriously.
However, with the gradual improvement of this spell, the high-level mages soon discovered its two advantages.
First, it is not a simple teleportation array. Although the distance is very short, the principle is that a plane transmission channel is formed between two teleportation points. Its structure is quite stable, and the magic circle will have a medium-strength isolation shield, which is almost immune to most interference from the external environment.
In short, it defies the mystical ward that enshrouds the High Palace!
Second, it can be engraved on a small pure magic crystal, which is not only convenient to carry, but also saves the time to draw the magic circle temporarily. In some special occasions, it can have a miraculous effect in reversing the situation.
Compared with its two advantages, the disadvantages of magic circle enchanting materials are completely tolerable.
Hearing Lainie's shout, Idriya rushed forward first. The double-edged ax originally passed down by the female knight has been lost in the land of death, and now she is holding a giant slasher that she got from no one knows where. saber.
And on her side, Elisine's body also grew rapidly with a roar, turning into a huge devil bear, and rushed towards the flashing magic circle. Mustasia and Rand of the other two corners, one drew a bow and set an arrow, and the other threw a lava ball directly towards the magic circle.
"Bang bang..." Accompanied by several slightly different collision sounds, Idriya flew backwards at a faster speed than when she pounced. In front of her, a golden skull was still maintaining a high kick. Ox fork pose.
And Elisten also failed to break through the defense of the second golden skeleton. The giant bear was out of proportion to the skeleton, and the bear's paw was wrestling with the skeleton's hands. Elisine, who had turned into a giant bear, was pushed back again and again by the brute force of the skeleton, and his hind legs plowed two deep marks on the lawn.
As for Rand's lava ball, it collided with the eggshell shield that came with the magic circle and turned into a sky full of flames. The magic hood trembled violently, and the halo on the surface flickered, but it still held on.
Only Mustasia's piercing arrow was the only effective method in this wave of attacks.
The piercing arrow of Master Harpist obviously belonged to the category that ignored elemental protection. It directly passed through the magic shield and shot at the necromancer in the middle of the magic circle, but the arrow was finally blocked by a follower in front of the mage. down.
"Hehehe, these are two legendary fighters who were made into undead puppets after I killed them. Let them stay and continue to play with you!" The necromancer's hoarse voice let out a penetrating laugh.
The figures of him and his two followers slowly faded away in the flickering halo, and a vortex-shaped space-time channel appeared in the sky above the magic circle.
"It's too late!" Seeing this scene at the end, Hill glanced at Leni and Linda who were still singing, and his heart sank slightly.
He could make a move, and the mind blast of the illithid might affect the necromancer, causing the teleportation to fail. But in this way, the well-informed Lainee might see through his blood. Illithids are not a welcome object on the surface world.
The shepherd's eyes flickered unwillingly for a while, and his clenched hands finally loosened.
At this moment, a violent wave of magic spread out from the interior of the Supreme Palace in an arc shape, sweeping across the entire castle area within the Mystic Barrier.