Chapter 613: Overthinking (Modified, Sincere Thanks to Silver Alliance Leader Ai Ai)
Allen was a little excited when he heard it, but he also asked something that he had been struggling with for a long time: "Is this related to their demise? You just used the gods and the gods' ban... I have always been curious before, Why are the gods in ancient mythology almost never heard of performing any miracles? I mean, if you have a way to become a god, why do the gods that originally existed seem to have disappeared... and the God of Death, who exactly is he? yes?"
"Such an extremely brilliant achievement made the Netherese people, especially those wizards who had reached a certain level of strength and were called great arcanists, begin to become very arrogant, especially when it came to dealing with the gods who really existed in the world at that time. On the other hand, they believed that the gods just mastered the so-called "ultimate magic" that they did not know yet. This arrogance and other reasons led to the Netherese people being generally unwilling to believe in any god. They even They are unwilling to accept divine treatment, thinking that it will hinder their path to magic.”
Ravenclaw did not directly answer Allen's question. She continued to explain: "The collapse of the floating city Sunrest was the beginning of Netheril's decline and demise. The owner of this floating city Sunrest In an attempt to use the extremely effective meteor explosion spell, his floating city was blown up, and no one survived. Then bad luck came one after another. At the age of two, a man cast his first complete magic spell that was not a magic riot. A genius wizard was born. The young man named Karsus found that he could master magic effortlessly. He could learn it almost instantly and master it with just one touch. It was as if he had always known them, and other Netherese Like other people, he refused to dedicate his faith to any god. He firmly believed that he would one day become a god - which he did. After becoming the youngest Grand Arcanist, after years of research, he created and An unprecedented super-legendary spell was cast - Avatar of Karsus, and Netheril fell."
"A single spell destroyed an empire? Aren't these floating cities floating in the sky? The range of his spell's influence is as large as the entire world?" Allen seemed a little unbelievable. This was far beyond his understanding of magic. ability.
"I combined some of the records before he cast this spell and relevant records of other civilizations to deduce the truth - the function of this legendary spell is to snatch away the power of a god, and Karsus should not take it away. The target of the priesthood that I want to steal is magic.
He succeeded, but it also caused the magic of the entire world to become chaotic and out of control. Just like a small stone caused a huge avalanche, the entire earth became a crazy magic zone. The power of magic surged and rose and fell in disorder. The entire world is facing a catastrophe, and huge floods are raging in the northern hemisphere (Note: There are many civilizations in the northern hemisphere of the earth that have records of great floods.), and those floating cities in the sky have fallen one after another, and those who use protective shields to explore the deep sea and the universe The floating city was instantly swallowed up by the sea water and crushed by the vacuum, and those city lords died of natural causes before that. The constant Iolum longevity spell they cast failed. After the extra extended life span disappeared, aging retrogressed on them. , making them instantly age hundreds of years.
As for people who are sitting at home, misfortune comes from the sky. Magic items with various abilities, quasi-magic items, and various magic traps and alchemical products are also triggered in various chaotic ways due to the crazy magic fluctuations. In the chaotic spell triggering Later, many ordinary wizards and civilians who had become accustomed to these products lost their lives.
Some gods with prophetic abilities left the world early, and other true gods in various huge pantheons perished permanently in this incident. Some kind-hearted gods, knowing that they would not be spared, tried to sacrifice themselves and tried to restore peace to the world. .
Only three floating cities that just stayed on the ground escaped. However, after losing the highest level of combat power, and the quasi-magical items that required Mysel cores to function properly were also unable to be used, countless Netherese lost their ability because of their arrogance. The enemies they set up unscrupulously saw this as an opportunity for revenge, and the remaining Netherese people perished one after another after lingering for a while. "
Ravenclaw suddenly turned his head and looked at Allen playfully: "And the current God of Death is not the one called Yergod in ancient times. Now he is just a mortal wizard who is proficient in necromancy." , after studying several Nether scrolls and mastering the secrets of becoming a god, I chose death, a priesthood that would not cause much shock in the mortal world, and became the new god of death, just like what I want to do now. You probably heard The name of this god of death in the mortal world was Herbo the Despicable, a dark wizard in ancient Greece. He was one of the earliest known dark wizards, and to this day, many of his studies still influence black magic. He is credited with being the first wizard to create a basilisk and is famous for it, in addition to inventing many evil curses and becoming the first wizard to successfully create a Horcrux."
"Despicable Haierbo is the God of Death..." Allen was startled by this information, and then realized something was wrong, "But when I came into contact with the God of Death before, I didn't seem to feel how evil the other party was... I mean, he It seems like it is fulfilling its duty to guide the dead into hibernation..."
"It's not wrong to say that, because he is no longer the despicable Herbo. This Greek wizard was as impatient as Karsus when he became a god. He did not have the ability to instantly master this huge power but was possessed by the priesthood of the God of Death. Assimilation has taken control - but his own greed still affects his behavior, allowing him to devour the souls of the dead to strengthen himself. This is why we need to resist death - I don't want my fate after death Determined by a new god who was also an ordinary wizard." Ravenclaw said to Allen in a somewhat arrogant tone, "By the way, Salazar's monkey face was replaced by Hufflepah in the event you participated in. During the carnival organized by a strange organization, he also obtained a male egg and cultivated a basilisk and placed it in his secret room. This arrogant old guy thought that no one else knew about it, and he did not think that the entire Hogwarts was mine. Most of the design is completed, will I not leave the surveillance system behind..."
"It sounds much easier to deal with a god who was transformed from a mortal wizard than to deal with those ancient gods." Allen shrugged and looked at the Nether scroll in his hand, "What specific things need to be paid attention to when learning it? A place?"
"Even though you have greater mental resistance and can persist longer than ordinary mortals, do not read by yourself without my company. A wizard who goes crazy from reading too many Nether scrolls, if his crazy brain is still Being able to control one's own actions can usually be cured by magic, but the price is that the wizard's magical ability is seriously damaged, and may even become a squib, which may also cause some unpredictable consequences. There once was a wizard named Edwin. The red-robed wizard had to change his name to Edwina because of an accident while reading a Nether scroll.
After Ravenclaw finished speaking, his expression became more serious and he added: "There is a way to avoid going crazy from reading too much - direct assistance from divine power, and now I have made a deal with the big devil named Bair. , I got the blood of a true god in hell to study the secrets of divine power. Although I haven’t officially started collecting faith myself, I am a false god after all.”
Allen was not a reckless Gryffindor, "Then you took the risk to read them alone? What conditions did you agree to to Bayer to get this thing..."
"It's just that Bayer and I lost the bet. UU Reading www.uukanshu.net" Ravenclaw shook his head and interrupted Allen, "Alan, you and I want to take different paths. You can't be A god. The Netherese people are actually correct in some convenient concepts. Divine power and magic are mutually exclusive. I have chosen to become a god now, so I can no longer go all the way on the path of magic. The deepest Even if I learn the principles of magic knowledge at a higher level, divine power will prevent me from turning this knowledge into my own power - and you need to go on this path to the end."
Hearing this, Allen's eye circles instantly turned red. Although he didn't think there was anything wrong with the path to becoming a god, as a research witch who loves studying magic so much, he gave up on this path - obviously combined with the conversation just now, This made him think that Ravenclaw obviously chose to become a false god so that he could fully master this knowledge.
"You are overthinking. The greedy plunderers are not as great and selfless as you think. But don't be too happy and think that you can read the Nether Scroll by just finding a god. First of all, this god must be very proficient in magic. Mortals are more caring - such a combination was impossible in the era of Netheril. The relationship between them and the gods was too tense, so none of the great arcane masters of Netheril could read the entire fifty chapter scroll. ." The witch tilted her head and winked at Allen mischievously, "And I just meet all the conditions. I am very proficient in magic, and I care about you as a mortal - I help you master the mysteries of magic, and you You will also be willing to be my chosen one to help me accomplish my purpose, right? Don’t worry, you have some other uses for me, so I promise you won’t become Elena’s.”