Chapter 287 Huge Harvest
This "war" is neither a sectarian dispute nor a life-and-death enemy. The Zhenbing tribe is not an evil organization, but a large and respectable tribe in the north.
So among these high-level mages of the Ice Plains Temple, except for a few who still have other ideas in their hearts, most of them really don't have much resistance to surrendering to the Zhenbing Tribe.
The only thing they worry about is how Gothe and Sunaifa will deal with them after being absorbed by the Zhenbing Tribe?
After the mages who stayed in the Icefield Temple chose to surrender, Gothe and Sunaifa stepped into the Icefield Temple openly.
This ancient building stands on an extremely flat piece of snow. It is said to be a palace, but in fact it is not a single building, but a group of buildings connected together to form a large area.
The Snowfield Guardians are the oldest sect in the North. Because of the doctrine of guarding the Snowfield, before Ruian practiced forbidden necromancy and massacred the tribes in the North, they had almost never had any conflicts with any forces in the North.
According to normal rules, they should be able to continue passing on like this for many years.
But since someone chooses to make a change, they will naturally have to pay a price.
It’s just that the price is a bit high.
"This is the book room of our sect, and most of the books of our sect are in it." Roic took Gothe to a black stone building and introduced to Gothe: "Including doctrinal books, as well as spells, practice methods, and various miscellaneous knowledge books."
This was Gothe's request. The first thing he wanted to see was the library of the guardian of the snowfield, not the treasure house.
Inheritance is what Gaode values most during this trip.
It's just that the ice-born mages of the Zhenbing tribe don't care much about this - whether they are practicing methods or spells, they all come from bloodline awakening and do not need these things at all.
Although this method of relying on blood inheritance is powerful, it is obviously a very backward concept.
Outside the North, the first of the three principles of a mage is: knowledge is power.
However, correcting the deep-rooted concept of the Iceborn Mage cannot be achieved overnight, and Gaode did not force it.
Because although the people of the Zhenbing tribe may not necessarily understand the importance of inheritance, they will definitely do it as long as Gaode tells them.
At least for now, this is enough.
Roic opened the door to the book room with a secret command, and then led Gothe and Sunaifa in.
The books room is very large. The four walls of the room are lined with stone shelves one after another. These shelves are strong and ancient, which are enough to withstand the severe cold in the north and the erosion of time.
On the stone shelf are "books" of different materials.
Some of them cannot even be called books because they are made of animal skins, and there are even stone slabs and bones with some words engraved on them.
It cannot be said that it is not original, but it can also reflect the long heritage of the Snowfield Guardian from the side.
Gaode went through these classics with great interest.
The doctrinal books were glanced at and thrown aside. These were actually equivalent to political books. They were designed to consolidate beliefs and unify thoughts. They were used for "brainwashing". For Gaode, they were the most useless knowledge.
Then those miscellaneous knowledge books are closely related to life in the snowfield, covering everything from the natural environment to animals and plants.
There are dozens of thick animal skin scrolls of the same series, which record in detail the appearance, characteristics, habits and other aspects of knowledge about common creatures in the snowfield.
Gaode flipped through the pages and found that there were not only descriptions of snow wolves and other earth-line creatures, but also records of small mammals and birds, even insects.
Dozens of animal skin scrolls on another stone shelf provide an introduction to all the plants in the snow, including medicinal plants, edible plants and even magic plants, detailing their appearance, picking methods, growth environment and other details.
In addition, there are some books that record some practical skills for living in the snowfield, such as how to find a suitable camping site and how to find food
These are the experiences accumulated by the guardians of the snowfield for thousands of years.
The people of the Zhenbing tribe also understand many of these things, but they rely more on word of mouth rather than compiling them into books like the Snowfield Guardians.
"Very good, collect all these books and transport them to Phoenix." Gothe became more and more happy as he read them, and solemnly explained to the elders of the Zhenbing tribe beside him.
"As you command, my king."
"Mage, are books valuable?" A small head emerged from Gothe's pocket.
When she had nothing to do and was bored, Flora was too lazy to move, so she simply hid in Gothe's pocket and slept.
"That's not true." Gothe thought for a while and said truthfully.
Flora tilted her head and looked at Gothe, not knowing what she was thinking.
But Gothe knew what she was thinking.
"It is also the ladder for Flora-sama to progress."
"Sir Flora does not want to make progress." The little head shrank back again.
If it were before, she would definitely be in high spirits.
Flora has always been a curious child.
But now everything has changed.
Because after leaving Phoenix, the hateful mage began to teach her "arithmetic".
The Master told her that if she learns mathematics, physics and chemistry well, she will not be afraid of traveling all over the world.
Perhaps it is true. But arithmetic is very difficult, even more difficult than magic.
Although she doesn’t quite understand what “reason” and “hua” are, she has deeply realized the horror of “number”.
Sister Flora is not afraid of traveling all over the world, but Lady Flora is afraid of arithmetic.
Of course, she just thought about this in her heart without saying a word.
Because the Master always praised her for her wisdom.
If he said that he was afraid of learning "arithmetic", would the Master think that his wisdom was not that wise?
Being a smart person is so tiring. Lady Flora thought sadly.
After reading those miscellaneous books, the next step is to read the main event.
In the corner of the wall, there is another small room.
Similarly use the secret command to open the door.
Inside is the mage inheritance of the guardian of the snowfield. These precious books record the core practice methods and skills of the sect.
The inheritance of the Snowfield Guardian actually consists of two routes, namely the Guardian and the Hunter.
Hunters are good at tracking and hunting, and are also proficient in various combat spells.
As for the guardians, they are better at survival and perception.
In addition, controlling animals is the common strength of hunters and guardians.
90% of the mages who chose to surrender outside the Icefield Temple today were hunters.
Because only hunters among the guardians of the snowfield will be permanently stationed in the sect, responsible for daily management and external affairs.
They will only go out to perform tasks after being dispatched by their superiors.
Guardians, on the other hand, are the complete opposite. They spend most of their time patrolling the vast permafrost tundra of the North, and only occasionally return to the sect.
"In the past, only the Archbishop of Luen, the Holy Inquisitor of Ryan, and Chief Quentin had the right to enter this room." Loic stepped aside and was not prepared to go in.
This is the secret place of the Snowfield Guardian. Now that the Snowfield Guardian has been incorporated by the Zhenbing Tribe, he cannot see the things inside without the permission of Gothe and Sunaifa.
Gothe and Sunaifa looked at each other, and then they walked in together.
Compared with the outside, this room is much smaller.
There are only two stone shelves in total, with scrolls made of parchment on them.
Gothe started browsing on the stone shelf on the left, while Sunaifa looked at the stone shelf on the right.
"The Secret Technique of the Wilderness", "The Beast Spirit Walker", and "The Secret Technique of Nature". The stone shelves here are all practice methods, but there are actually not many of them. There are only six types of practice methods in total.
It's just that each practice method has a lot of content, and there are also corresponding summary of practice points left by the elders of the sect, so there are so many scrolls.
As for what is placed on the stone shelf on the right, it should be no surprise that it is a spell formula.
Although most of the snowfield guardians are iceborn, compared to traditional iceborn mages, they often also practice the "Hunter" or "Guardian" school of practice, and they also need to learn and master additional spells.
Of course, the main ones are iceborn spells, supplemented by these self-learned spells.
In addition, many spell materials are not available in the North, so in fact, there are not many spell recipes left by the Snowfield Guardian.
But what is certain is that they should all be magic formulas that can be used to prepare magic potions from local materials.
"My king, this is the unique spell of the Snowfield Guardian, and it is also the signature spell of the Snowfield Guardian. It is improved based on the spell [Ice Blade] that all ice descendants can awaken."
h Sunaifa handed the scroll in his hand to Gothe.
Gaode looked at it and was overjoyed.
[Ice Blade] is a first-level conjuration spell, a very common ordinary spell. The effect of the spell is:
Create an ice crystal shard and shoot it towards a creature within a distance (120 feet). On a hit, the target takes piercing damage.
Whether it hits or misses, the shards explode afterwards, taking cold damage to the target and each creature struck within 5 feet.
But the [Frozen Blade] improved by the Snowfield Guardian is an absolutely rare spell.
【Frozen Blade】(conjuration system, level 1):
Creates a permanent shard of ice crystal. After this, the spell can be cast again at any time to shoot the shard of ice crystal to a creature within a distance (240 feet). If it hits, the target takes piercing damage and cold damage.
Spell damage can be increased by improving the quality of ice crystal fragments.
This created ice crystal fragment is the Frozen Blade.
This is actually a growth spell.
Among the spells Gaode knows, there is never a spell that can grow infinitely. However, after adding points to Wind Ling Yueying's [Wild Agility +], it has this ability.
In the [Ice Blade] spell formula, in addition to the corresponding spell model and spell potion formula, there are also detailed records on how to improve the quality of ice crystal fragments.
The method is also very simple. Collect the Ice Demon and blend it into the ice crystal fragments to continuously increase the strength of the Frozen Blade.
The so-called ice evil is actually a naturally formed gas.
Evil energy can only be formed in dangerous and dark places, often found in battlefields and execution grounds. These places have accumulated too much negative energy because of too many dead people. After these negative energies gradually condense, they become evil spirits.
Ice evil is based on the formation of evil spirit plus the conditions of an extremely cold place.
Gothe was not polite and directly accepted the [Frozen Blade].
This should be the first one-link attack spell he has mastered.
Gothe, who was tickled by the [Frozen Blade], simply put down the practice methods that he had no use for, and carefully read through the spell formulas collected by the guardian of the snowfield.
There are two copies of fourth-level spells, five copies of third-level spells, six copies of second-level spells, and nine copies of first-level spells.
High-level spells are not needed yet, so ignore them for now. The first-level spells are:
[Perception of Emotions], [Frozen Blade], [Wild Alertness], [Mysterious Chorus], [Tidal Net], [Wolf Speed], [Animal Talk], [Hunter's Mark], [Beast Connection].
Except for [Animal Conversation], the rest are actually rare spells, spells that Gothe has never seen in the general spell class.
This made him excited.
There is no doubt that these practice methods and spell formulas must also be taken away and transported back to Phoenix.
After leaving the library, the next thing to go to is the treasure house.
The first thing that catches the eye is the various spell materials, which are basically the materials required for spells and potions.
The spell materials required for high-level spells to prepare magic potions are of higher level and rarer, so there will be some shortages.
But the first-level spells are the most basic spells, and each member of the Snowfield Guardians masters more or less a few of them, so the "stock" of spell materials required for these spells and potions is particularly complete.
Gothe carefully compared the spell materials needed for nine first-level magic potions, and they all started at ten.
Compared to the one-level spell formulas provided by the Zhenbing Tribe that can only be seen but not used, the ones from the Snowfield Guardian are too reliable.
Not only is it of high quality, it also comes with supporting spell materials.
In other words, he can immediately prepare spells and potions and start trying to build spell models.
When he thought of this, Gothe couldn't help but smile.
Who said this sect is not good? This sect is great!
In addition to these spell materials, there are more than 20 bottles of ice demons of different qualities in the treasure house.
"There are a total of seven ice caves in the hands of the sect that can continuously produce ice demons," Loic explained to Gothe honestly: "Four of the ice caves can produce first-level ice demons, two ice caves can produce second-level ice demons, and one ice cave can produce third-level ice demons."
[Frozen Blade] is the representative spell of the Snowfield Guardian.
And the guardian of the snowfield has been passed down for such a long time.
Hence, there is no way for the Ice Demon needed to strengthen the Frozen Blade to be strengthened by the Snowfield Guardian.
"A first-level ice cave can produce one bottle of ice evil every year, a second-level ice cave takes five years to produce a bottle of ice evil, and a third-level ice cave takes twenty years to produce a bottle of ice evil."
Based on a twenty-year cycle, the seven ice caves in the hands of the Snowfield Guardian can produce one bottle of third-level ice evil, eight bottles of second-level ice evil, and eighty bottles of first-level ice evil.
"However, if you are in urgent need of low-level ice demons, you can collect unformed high-level ice demons in advance, such as third-level ice caves. You can collect a bottle of first-level ice demons every six months."
"The newly born Frozen Blade is considered level 0, and can be strengthened to level 1 by incorporating three bottles of first-level ice evil." Gothe looked at the more than 20 bottles of ice evil in the Snowfield Guardian's inventory. Only two of them were level 2 ice evil, and the rest were all first-level ice evil.
(End of this chapter)