The Amber Sword

“A travel magician? ”

Brando almost groaned and couldn't help but touch his forehead and wonder if he was dreaming. The young man in front of him, who calls himself Tumen, and this special space that introduced him, and this strange information, all made his mind confused.

He never heard of a profession like the Brigadier Master in The Sword of Amber.

He first wondered if it was a profession he had never known, after all, he could not be omnipotent in a world so vast and complex that every day he was perfect. But then Brando felt a little weird, and his instincts told him that the assumption didn't work.

Brando was superficially calm, but he kept thinking, "What the hell is going on? What is a travel magician? What is this place?

Tumen's hands were close to his sleeves, and the whole person floated in the dark void, and he saw Brando wondering, smiling and answering: “You still seem confused. It's actually just a refractive magic, and it allows me to leave a message that can be projected in your mind, so you don't have to be nervous, it's just your own inner world, and everything here is constructed according to your inner thoughts --"

Brando knew what he was trying to say subconsciously.

“Are you saying that this is a magical effect that affects the mind? But why didn't my indomitable will react?” He just calmed down a little bit, but immediately asked, "How do I get out of here?” Because he suddenly remembers that he is still in danger, he cannot waste time here.

“Why rush off, because this is the world of your thoughts, and what happens here is as fast as your thoughts - the Bastodians have a saying: ‘A man can have a long dream in a short moment’. Because people's thoughts are as fast as electric light, you can have many thoughts in a flash, and a second is not over before those thoughts are over. ”

Tumen laughed, "Even if you die the next second, you can live for a minute here. ”

Brando carefully chewed out the meaning of the Element Emperor's words, which he was intellectually more inclined to believe, but instinctively could not help but take into account the dangers outside. He took a breath and asked, "I get it, but let's get this over with, Tumen, what are you trying to say to me? What is a travel magician? ”

Forcing Brando to calm down begins to conjure up the meaning of this‘ dream ', since Tumen says it's a projection of a message, it means he has something to leave to himself. But what can I say? Brando doesn't think he has any connection to each other.

Brando himself is a pure southerner of Eruin descent, neither of Minor descent nor of Bastoche, and Tumen would not have found him alone to inherit.

Besides, there has to be some medium for the storage technique, which means that this information was originally stored on something close to him through a trigger-type technique. Brando lowered his head and couldn't help but think carefully, trying to find out the doubts about what was on him - first of all, the ordinary things to exclude, the clothes he was wearing, and some small things like matches and flames. Exclude objects he made with Tama, such as cursed crossbows, saint statues (white deer) and magic agents over there. Finally, there are naturally occurring objects, such as the fruits of the golden demon tree, and some magical materials.

Now all he has left to describe as suspicious are the trivial objects he got from the battlefield, as well as the wind ring.

But those trivial pseudo-magic objects were simply untraceable, and the back of the wind ring had long been identified as rotten in the game —— it was a subsequent plot, Brando had already asked the cripple —— and the high-end lender did know the ring in the painting, which, according to him, had been given by a merchant to the knight Brando's grandfather, who had served, and who had then given the painting to Brando's grandfather. And then the painting stayed at Brando's old house.

And as for the story before that, it's a long story. The lame said that the set of counterfeit rings made a total of thirteen, though not authentic, each worth hundreds of years later. The businessman was trying to please the local lord, but he couldn't make out what happened.

Although Brando remains skeptical about what the cripple says, it at least suggests that this thing has nothing to do with St. Osor the wise man, but it has nothing to do with Tumen.

The next suspect is from Boog. The mysterious tablet obtained on Nathan's body, Brando has always suspected that this small aristocratic background was not so simple. Antitina, as an aristocrat, how could it be so coincidental to learn how to design and make a magic device, in Eruin, this is not an ordinary thing.

And Brando believes he can see this, and so can others, and I'm sure the Viscount Tester understands it.

He has now begun to suspect that Lord Viscount's motive is not simple.

And now it seems that this is the most suspicious piece of stone. But then he shook his head and remembered another thing, and before entering the world, he touched another thing that was unclear —— the element that inspired the scroll. Looking back at the situation, Brando remembered clearly that the element revealed the unique number of the Crystal Forest Mud and Fairies on the scroll.

That is, the scroll itself is fine.

But he had come to realize what the opportunity was for him to trigger the spell: to open the pool of elements.

But what's the connection?

He immediately thought of destiny cards, and yes, he used to think of these mysterious cards as skills rather than objects, so he didn't think of them for a moment. But now looking back, Brando finds these cards more suspicious than ever.

First of all, these cards have never appeared in Amber Sword.

Perhaps a single piece of magic Brando has not heard of in the game, which is not doubtful. But if none of the magical objects in a series have ever appeared in the sight of an ash level player, it's doubtful. Imagine if a man had never heard the name of a magician's professional gear in a game, if we assumed that the world was huge -- so it wasn't so incredible. But if he hadn't even heard of the enormous concept of 'magician's professional equipment', it seemed a little unknown.

Maybe you'll say that he must be new.

But Brando is not new.

And the cards themselves are not those with little or no chicken ribs. Their immense freedom allows even a soldier to manipulate magic freely, which in itself constitutes a complete professional system.

Brando couldn't have never heard of such a magic set.

Not to mention that these things do not appear in some distant country, for example, ‘they’ only appear in Madara, Brando's dead counterpart, so that Brando may have less chance of knowing. But on the contrary, these cards appear, at least now, to be Brando's most familiar area before.

Giant Tomb, Golden Devil Tree Valley, Lidenburg, Pragues.

These areas have been explored countless times by Brando, with every corner and detail in hand. Even Brando can clearly describe the rumors and behaviors of all the famous players in the area during the first three years of the game, and he loves the world so much that he feels everything about Eruin.

But the problem now is that he hasn't heard of the cards, and he even has some doubts about how he could have simply let go of those doubts - of course, he didn't realize that once he saw the cards, he was in conditions where he couldn't even guarantee his survival, and in an environment where ordinary people would be thrilled to get a little help - rather than suspicion. So it's actually human nature.

Once reacted, however, the suspicion deepened.

He couldn't help but touch his chest and subconsciously remembered the notion that had flashed in his mind before: 'They themselves constitute a complete professional system'; Brando raised his head in shock, subconsciously, and he looked up somewhat incredibly and said, “What are you talking about as a travel magician...? ”

Tumen smiled: "You're right, there's an inseparable connection between the fate card and the travel magician. ”

Brando immediately shut up because he knew Tumen in this young age before him would tell him everything.

“First of all, I want to clarify a misunderstanding that I didn't create these fate cards, and as you can see, they are far older than we know.” Tumen opened his hand with a fate card in his hand - but on the back, with that complex holy print on it: “You see this mark, the original sample of the holy print, which I simplified based on some of the fur knowledge I know and codified and passed it on to humans, elves and Minors. ”

“Wait -” Tumen raised his hand and prevented Brando from asking, “I know what you want to ask, as the descendants of the Bastos and the Minors, all the dead enemies of the creatures who want light, why should I help humans and elves? ”

He laughed, “It's actually very simple. As a travel magician, the way I look at the problem is a little different from the average person. Of course, it's just my point of view, but it has to do with my own set of cards —— I was too young to want to pursue the laws and reason of the world, so my set of cards is called 'All is One’, and with that, the world is not much different to me except for the most essential things. ”

After listening to these words, Brando sat back. He thought about it and asked the question in his heart: “Honestly,” he asked. "I don't really understand what you mean, can you make it any lighter? ”

He will have no intention of going back at all, but he feels that the career in front of Tumen could make a huge difference in his future path. He doesn't know why he has this idea, it may be an illusion, or an unusual smell in his instincts and instincts.

Tumen nodded: “Of course, I'll tell you in detail. ”

“Speaking of brigade magicians, we have to start with fate cards," he added. The Travel Mage is the only group of people in the world who can touch the true meaning of the Fate Card - that is, the power of the world. Every card of destiny is a manifestation of the world in one way or another, and it is neither a simple projection of rules nor a superficial replication of reality - many of these cards make up a small world. ”

“It's like my set of cards, 'All is One’, which describes the essence of the world through the harmony of the six elements, and so it's what I mean: the power of the rules. ”

“And another travel magician I know, I know his team called ‘Infinite Power', a set of cards made up of a large number of red and black destiny cards, and his intention is to pursue supreme power. The red set of cards can be seen as fire or as power. The black set of cards can be seen as dark, but can also represent death and destruction. ”

“Of course, we all failed. ”

Tumen laughed: "So the meaning of the card is actually given by the card set, and the amazing thing about fate cards is that he can articulate your thoughts with the world from multiple angles. Even your poker group represents another self in your heart. ”

“As to why these cards are there, and where they come from, we don't know. The earliest brigade magicians, born in the dark ages, circulated among the Matanians, and I even suspected that the profession itself was born out of this society. ”

“It is rumored that the Matatanians are a travelling people, that their tribes always migrate from one place to another, and that their understanding of the world is somewhat different from ours. We believe that the world is infinite, including the concept of infinity, knowledge, but in the Martanian world view, the world is a small, narrow concept, and they have a bigger concept similar to our ‘world’, called ‘UHS’, which is the root of the infinite word in Pokémon and Krutz. In the Martanian world view, the UHS contains countless small worlds that always travel in one world. ”

“I suspect that they distorted the relationship between the Protectorate and the world as a whole, which led to this perception, of course, of limited human awareness of the world in the past.” Tumen suddenly smiled and said: "I accidentally said so many irrelevant things, it seems like I'm having a hard time changing this old problem. ”

Brando thought about it and asked, "I've heard of the Matatanians, and now I know they may be the first traveling magicians, but what does that have to do with me? ”

Tumen shook his head: "You keep listening. The Matatanians divide the day into six phases, while the travel magistrate's day is strictly divided into six phases. ”

The young man with dark hair dropped his shoulders looked at Brando and continued: “The first phase, from dawn to morning. That is, between six and ten o'clock, the Matanians call this part of the day: the sun grows, while the magicians call it the 'growth phase’, where the magicians can lay their placards and acquire the magic necessary for the day-”

“Wait!” Brando yelled, “Horizontal deck? ”

“Exactly. Horizontal ground cards, that's the most basic ability of every travel magician. It is also the source of their strength. ”

“Wait, can you elaborate? ”

“It's simple, as long as you have the ground cards and your own pool of elements and power. You will be able to traverse them at this time of the day, and the plaque will link the power of the 'territory' to which they belong to your pool of elements and inject the power of generating elements into it throughout the day in the 'territory'. ”

“Wait, didn't the placards say something about generating a little element a week?” Brando couldn't help but ask.

“That element is free from the pool of elements and magic, and its role is to ‘lend’ cards to new people who have enough access to the magician's path to understand and touch the power of the world. When you become an official travel magician, you don't need it.” Tumen replied.

Brando thought about it for a while, and he nodded: “I get it, you go ahead. ”

“During the growth phase, the master can also reap the benefits of having the ability to ‘pay' on all other cards, and I remember you have a gray groundwater card called Highland Subordinate, which states that when Highland Subordinate is present, the lord can earn a little reputation every day. And this reputation is paid for in the growth phase. ”

“At the same time, traveling magicians can use mixed cards involving green (life, nature), white (light, shelter, nurturing) and red (fire, vitality, vitality), blue (water, moisture, irrigation) and the presence of the above categories of elements during the growing phase. ”

Brando frowned and he never noticed the problem before. But Charles actually talked to him about a similar problem, and he mentioned the special case here, the white unwanted spell tag.

“This brings us to the second phase of the day: from the morning onwards to the hour of the sun, from 10: 00 to 2: 00 p.m. Not only do the Matatanians call this time of day a time when everything is flourishing, but the wizards and witches also describe the four hours of the day as‘ falling tide ’- because this is the most powerful moment of the day, the weakest moment of the moon, that is, the time of the weakening of magic. Magic and elements are mutually reinforcing, so this stage is the most active and aggressive of the elements, so the Master calls it the‘ full boom phase ’. ”

“At this stage, it is the only stage where a travel magician can use any card without restriction. At the same time, he will be able to draw three cards from the card library and enter the hand card. ”

“Wait,” Brando stunned: “What does that mean? ”

“This is the rule for a travel magician, who can always use only a fixed number of cards at the beginning of each day. He may be able to draw more cards than this limit on this day, but every day during the 'reset phase’ he has to throw away these cards. And we call this fixed number of fate cards the hand cards. ”

“On the other hand, the stronger the brigade master himself, the greater the number of hand cards he can hold. And like you, as a freshman travel magician, you can only hold five handcards. ”

“Am I designating a hand card?” Brando asked.

“No, the hand will be drawn by you in the specified split group. Like me, my cards are all about the power of six elements, so the rules divide my cards into six equal parts, so I have six sub-cards.” Tumen replied.

Brando frowned: "But in this way, uncertainty increases a lot. So I only have a handful of powerful cards, and throwing away those useless cards is free to keep my card strength at one level? ”

“Theoretically, yes, but this is not the ultimate goal pursued by the brigadier.” Tumen shook his head.

“Ultimate goal? ”

“You know, after the three-tier power system, some people can invigorate the elements, making themselves incredibly strong. But you may not yet know that after the elements of chemistry, the next stage of power is the perfect body, from black iron to gold, and the final step is to pursue the power of existence that exists only in legend. ”

“You know, fire is an element, and its prime manifestation is fire, because fire is the source of all the flames in the world. But in fact, there has always been a rumor that there is a higher element of fire than what we call ‘matter’. ”

“Elements such as‘ matter ’,‘ time ’,‘ space ’or even' logic ’,‘ power ’itself, which represent the most fundamental meaning of a profound world, we call existential forces. ”

Brando stared at Tumen and couldn't speak for a while. Of course he knows the perfect body, because he's been through this stage in past games —— level 130, silver body. And the power of existence is something he heard about, but the rumor is that when the average player reaches level 160 and the golden body is finished, experience stops, and no one knows that the last level should be broken to reach that almost one-step short - the power of existence.

But none of them thought that such a path existed.

“You mean,” he couldn't help but ask, "can a travel magician finally lead to the power of being? ”

Tumen nodded, pointing to the cards: “When you perfect your ‘world’, when this‘ rule 'can be reconciled, the door to the power of existence opens. Of course, you'll have a long road ahead of you,” Tumen seemed to find Brando's heartbeat, continuing: “Start by building your most basic card pack. ”

“What am I going to do?” Brando asked subconsciously.

“You've actually revealed your destiny card set yourself since you first touched it. But I'm a little surprised that your card group is different from any one I've ever seen, and it seems to represent a vast career system through the card group, and I don't understand why you're interested in the career system, and the idea of 'full career hegemony’ —— what does that mean?” Tumen thought about it and asked with some confusion.

Brando couldn't help but sweat. When he first came into contact with Fate Card, he was Sophie's soul, and as a professional player, he instinctively wanted to take up a powerful profession, and Dafan players, who didn't have a full-time professional YY dream, didn't expect to be caught by Fate Card delicately.

He just reacted now, what does that knight's path mean to open...

Brando shouted in his heart, "If cards are a manifestation of a world view, is it really time for full professional domination?"

(PS: Back from the grave sweep, I haven't been home for two days. Starting tomorrow with the normal update and adding the number of words owed in the previous week, this chapter is almost 7,000 words, so I won't split the chapters to avoid inconvenience.

Hey, complain, by the way. On the home side, people eat meat and drink wine. I watched the table full of vegetables for a rare meal. I went to call it a desolate meal this year. I want to die now when I hear the meal. Because I don't have much time, this chapter was written yesterday and today. I'm not used to using the book, and I don't have any information at hand. I don't know if anything is wrong.) (To be continued, please go to www.qidian.com for more chapters, support authors, support authentic reading!)