Volume 9: Disaster Chapter 515 Return to Karazhan
Deadwind Pass - Karazhan Tower.
The once magnificent Karazhan Tower now appears in a dilapidated and ruined state.
Since the dramatic changes that night, when Medivh, possessed by Sargeras, fought against Aegwynn, and Deathwing appeared magnificently, burning the enemy with dragon breath and flames, this majestic magic tower has suffered severe damage.
The powerful fel magic destroyed half of the main tower, killing the noble guests who were attending the banquet in the tower.
The dragon fire destroyed the other half of the tower and burned the main body of the tower to a charred black color.
Later, several Alliance heroes led a large group of adventurers into the tower and fought a fierce battle with Medivh and the guards in the tower, which further intensified the damage to Karazhan.
Then, when Medivh mysteriously disappeared, Karazhan fell into complete decline.
The banquet hall was filled with the ghosts and spirits of dead guests. The monsters summoned by Medivh from various alien worlds were unrestrained and used Karazhan as a battlefield for predation.
The demons summoned by the residual soul of Sargeras hid in the secret rooms in the tower. Magic puppets roamed in the library and corridors, killing all invaders who dared to break in. In the cellar below Karazhan, those magic experiments had already broken out of their cages and turned the underground part of the magic tower into a monster's lair.
Even the air was filled with the smell of evil and death. The terrible magic released by Medivh during his rampage destroyed most of the forests around Karazhan, turning it into a ghostly place...
But on this day, Karazhan, which had long lost its glory, once again welcomed guests, three of them to be exact.
Whoosh! The light of the teleportation magic gradually faded away. Murphy stood on the teleportation platform of Karazhan, looking at everything around him with some emotion. It was so familiar. The last time he came here, it seemed like a very long time ago.
Jaina looked around with a nervous and expectant look on her face. She had heard of Karazhan for a long time.
"Is this Karazhan? I never thought I would end up here one day. I've heard teachers at the academy mention it more than once. It's said that this is the residence of the guardian, where countless secrets about magic and various treasures he has collected are buried."
Jaina eagerly cast an illumination spell, and the magical ball of light illuminated the dilapidated teleportation platform and gloomy corridor.
"Yes, this is Karazhan."
Murphy said with emotion, and put away the Karazhan emblem.
His main purpose of coming this time was to learn magic.
Originally he wanted to go to Dalaran for further studies, but after learning about the magic teaching process in Dalaran, Murphy decisively gave up.
There is a curriculum for learning magic in Dalaran. Different schools have different classes every day, and there are various teaching tasks. If you do well, you can unlock rare magic and even get personal instruction from the dean of the school...
Improve the dean's favorability and complete college tasks to improve the college reputation. In short, it's very troublesome.
Don't even think about learning any advanced magic without three to five months of investment.
Murphy doesn't have that much time to attend a semester's courses at Violet School of Magic.
Another way to learn magic is to go to auctions. As long as you spend money, you can find all kinds of magic scrolls.
Murphy did spend some money to buy some basic magic scrolls to copy and study.
But his pursuit does not stop there.
His real purpose is to replicate the soul magic of Soul Splitting.
Although he was able to use it before, now he has no idea.
Under normal circumstances, any skill in the game needs to be completed through a carrier.
Magic scrolls, skill trainers, skill books, in short, a mechanism is needed to learn.
But the spell of Soul-Splitting only exists in Murphy's memory, because it is a spell unique to the Black Dragon clan and there is no magic scroll at all.
He could use it when he was possessed by Deathwing, but after Deathwing left his body, this skill completely disappeared from his skill list.
Even though he still remembered the magic spell, he was completely unable to cast it.
He vaguely remembered that when he performed the Soul-Splitting Technique, there seemed to be a very complicated way of magic working. However, at that time he relied entirely on the game mechanism to automatically cast the spell. This complexity was purely sensory and he could not truly appreciate the mystery involved.
To do this, he must truly "study" the theory of magic, not learn a certain skill, but try to master the operating mechanism behind it.
Fortunately, he remembered the Karazhan emblem that Medivh gave him, which could teleport him directly to Karazhan.
The library in Karazhan must have a rich . I might as well come and borrow a few books to see if I can learn some theoretical knowledge.
"Lord Aidan, are you sure you can learn magic?" Vivian still found it hard to believe.
This is no wonder, Murphy has always fought as a warrior. Although the Dragon Feast skill also has arcane skills such as Arcanagos' Arcane Vortex, it is obviously different from real magic.
Murphy smiled and said, "Of course, in fact, I have never told you that I am actually a magic genius."
Vivian curled her lips, obviously not quite believing it.
Murphy won't explain, you'll know how powerful it is soon.
"Be careful, I sense something - it's a demon!"
Vivian raised the Dragon Spine Staff and cast a revealing spell. A faint blue light flashed, and the outlines of several shadow demons suddenly appeared in the air.
This is a life form between void creatures and demons. It can become invisible in the dark and wait for an opportunity to launch a sneak attack. Its unique magic weakness and physical damage reduction properties are a nightmare for physical professions.
But Vivian is very good at dealing with this kind of thing. Back then, the mages of the Dark Night Empire had no taboos when studying magic, and they summoned this kind of creatures many times.
Arcane Prison——Magic Explosion!
Lines of arcane energy bound the shadow demon tightly within the barrier, and then with a bang, the energy within the shadow demon's body was instantly detonated, turning into an energy wave and dissipating into the air.
“Well done.”
Murphy praised it, saying that it would be a bit troublesome for him to fight this thing if he didn't transform.
They walked up the stairs, casually sending away a few undead guards who blocked their way and a few wandering hellhounds, and soon the three of them arrived at the second floor of the banquet hall.
The sound of music could be faintly heard from downstairs. When the three of them reached the stairs, they saw a large group of ghost guests dancing to the music below.
Glasses clinked, laughter rang out, the table was filled with colorful food and drinks, and the guests were wearing exquisite gowns, dancing gracefully or chatting in groups of three or five.
If it weren't for the ghostly glow emanating from them, it would have looked like a luxurious and extravagant banquet scene.
Unfortunately, in front of the Eye of the Ancient Dragon, their true forms were revealed.
What we see before us are just some pathetic ghosts, immersed in the echoes of their memories from their previous lives, constantly repeating what they did in their previous lives.
"What a pity, this place used to be quite lively."
Murphy muttered to himself and took the lead walking downstairs.
Ghosts are neutral units, so you don't have to worry about being attacked.
"Sir, what can I do for you?"
The ghost of a servant came over with a tray full of drinks and asked attentively.
Murphy waved his hand.
"Don't worry about us, we'll just stroll around. Oh, by the way, is Mr. Medivh back?"
The servant's ghost had a bewildered look on his face. "The master has not been to the banquet hall for a long time."
"Then forget it."
Murphy said, leading the two through the ballroom and towards the library.
After walking for a long time in the winding corridors of Karazhan, I finally found the place I remembered.
"We're here. This is the place. There should be a magic puppet guarding this place. Hey, where is the curator?"
Murphy glanced around, but only saw the remains of some arcane puppets.
When the three of them walked to the front door of the library, Murphy saw at a glance the remains of a huge puppet, which was the body of the "Director", lying in front of the library door.
Hmm? Has anyone been here?
The curator is a terrifying BOSS, and he also has a bunch of puppet minions with him. It seems that he is an expert.
When he reached the door, Murphy gestured to Jaina and Vivian, and pushed the door open. He saw seven or eight mages in the library, each reading a book intently.
When they heard the sound of the door being pushed open, everyone looked up and seven or eight magic wands were pointed at the three people.
There are actually a few "acquaintances" here.
Suliman, Morgana, the violent Gandalf, Voldemort himself...
Although I can't say I'm very familiar with them, I have seen them before.
Aidan (Protector of Alterac): "Don't be nervous, I'm just here to borrow some books like you."
Furious Gandalf (Battle Mage): "Damn, I got scared. Hey, isn't this Prince Aidan? And Jaina... Why are you here?"
"Of course I'm here to read a book. Why are you here?"
“We are here to read books, too.”
Sallyman on the side said as she casually put the book in her hand back on the bookshelf and then picked up another one.
While flipping through the books, he explained to Murphy, "Since this place was abandoned, we came here to get some magic books. The Guardian's library must have good things. Unfortunately, Medivh cast a spell in this library that we can't break. No books can be taken out of the library unless the owner has permission - you see."
As Sallyman spoke, she picked up a book and walked towards the door. When she reached the door, she seemed to have bumped into something. When she passed by, the book was teleported back to the bookshelf in a flash.
"So we can only read books in the library." He spread his hands.
Murphy suddenly felt something was not right. He picked up a book and looked at the cover: "Twelve Applications of Arcane Missiles". He opened it and saw that it was full of text.
"Wait a minute, what you are looking at are not skill books?"
As soon as this question was asked, everyone showed subtle expressions.
This question is naturally very critical.
The magic books in the game are actually divided into two categories.
One type is the skill book. As long as the conditions are met, you can learn the magic in it immediately after taking a look at it. There are not too many words in it, and you don’t need to really read it.
The other type is "knowledge books", which have no value in themselves and are only used to enrich the relevant texts of the game. They seem to be very realistic. This type of book will introduce in detail the details and usage principles of various magics. They look mysterious, but in fact they are of no use.
Players learn from skill books, and only NPCs read knowledge books, so in theory, long-term reading does not exist at all.
unless--
"Are you trying to learn some knowledge from these books that does not exist within the game framework? Real magic?"
The men looked at each other but none of them responded.
"Haha, there's no real magic. We're just watching for fun."
"Yeah, yeah. If you want to learn magic, just buy a scroll and copy it. There's no need to go through so much trouble."
"We are just curious, so we just take a look to get a feel for the game atmosphere and see if there are any hidden quests worth exploring. Maybe these books will trigger them."
The more the other party explained, the more certain Murphy felt.
After playing the game for such a long time, even without counting the original story missions, he had long discovered that many of the limitations of this game were not absolute.
When he was still the Black Dragon Lord, he had broken through the framework of the game. This new account also used design techniques that did not exist in the game several times.
For example, injecting fel energy into the storm...
In other words, there should be many such techniques in this game, so he tried to replicate the Soul-Splitting Technique.
It seems that I am not the only one who has discovered this.
He didn't say it out loud either.
"Haha, I understand. I also came here to feel the atmosphere of magic. So I won't bother you anymore. Let's go about our own business."
After saying that, they no longer paid attention to those people. The three of them dispersed and started looking for books that interested them.
NPCs are obviously different from players. They are truly able to learn the magical principles recorded in the book, and their growth mechanism is completely different from that of players.
Murphy casually picked up the book "Twelve Applications of Arcane Missiles" and started reading it.
This book is completely different from ordinary skill books, and it records in detail the various variants of Arcane Missiles.
Large arcane orbs, the most common three-shot arcane missiles, magic missiles that use mind guidance to track targets, the release of dozens of arcane barrages at once, and the oversized arcane missile that only exists in theory - the arcane comet (Murphy has seen this in Kalecgos's hands).
Normal Arcane Missiles only has the standard three-shot burst.
Murphy mobilized the magic power as described in the book and guided it with his mental strength.
Try to use a variation of Arcane Missiles like in the book.
This process is very complicated, completely different from the simple and direct process of learning skills.
Fortunately, with the power of arcane guardian, Murphy's use of arcane energy can be said to have reached the level of being able to use it as easily as one's own arm. He easily simulated the operating principles recorded in the book.
Magic power gradually gathered in the air, and the gravity-like magic power inside formed a sphere that contracted inward. The excess arcane energy was evenly distributed around it, forming an arcane ball the size of a basketball.
It really works.
Looking at the arcane orb in his hand, Murphy was quite happy, with a sense of accomplishment of truly learning and mastering magic.
This is much more fun than just reading a skill book and learning it in a flash of white light.
"You really learned magic!" Vivian was a little surprised.
Murphy shrugged.
Arcane Missiles, Arcane Orb, Arcane Barrage... For safety reasons, Murphy did not try Arcane Comet, but basically learned all the variants of Arcane Missiles.
He can make the most basic magic come in handy. The more he tries, the more refined Murphy's control over arcane energy becomes.
There was even a feeling that the arcane energy was integrated into oneself, as if it was an extension of the will and a part of the body.
The mage players standing by were completely dumbfounded.
They have been studying here for quite a while and have more or less developed some special magic techniques, but the arcane energy is unpredictable and not so easy to control.
Seeing Murphy's free control of magic, everyone was inexplicably shocked. Where did this guy come from? Judging from his attire, he looks like a warrior. How come he is so good at magic?
After flipping through a few more books, Murphy finally found the book he was looking for.
The Arcane Analysis of the Soul.
He picked it up quickly.
A wizard at the side reminded.
"That book is too profound and obscure, and it gives people a headache when reading it. It feels very weird. I think it would be better for you to read an introductory book like Elemental Reaction: Magic Fission or The Secret of Natural Magic."
Murphy ignored him and just started flipping through the pages.
