"Brigade Mage?"

Brando almost groaned and couldn't help but touch his forehead, wondering if he was dreaming. The young man in front of him, who claimed to be Tumen, and the special space that introduced him, as well as this bizarre information, all made his mind a mess.

He had never heard of such a profession as a traveling mage in Amber Sword.

The first thing that came to him was whether this was a profession he didn't know about, after all, he couldn't be omniscient in a world so large and complex, where every day was about self-improvement. But then Brando felt a little awkward, and his instinct told him that this conjecture was not true.

Brando's composure on the surface, but in his heart he kept thinking: What the hell is going on? What is a Brigade Mage? What is this place?

Tumen put his hands in his sleeves, the whole person floated in the dark void, he saw Brando's doubts, and replied with a smile: "It seems that you are still very confused, in fact, this is just a refraction magic, 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 he was talking about the subconscious.

"You're saying it's a psychic effect? But why didn't my indomitable will respond? He calmed down a little, but immediately asked, "How do I get out of here?" Because he suddenly remembered that he was still in danger, and that he could not waste time here.

"Why hurry, because this is the world of your mind, and every qiē that happens here is as fast as your mind - there is a proverb among the Bastow people: 'Man can finish a long dream in a short moment'. Because people's thoughts are as fast as lightning, you can give birth to many thoughts in a split second, and not a second has passed before those thoughts are over. ”

Tumen smiled: "Even if you are going to die in the next second, but here, you can live for a quarter of an hour." ”

Brando carefully chewed on the meaning of the Elemental Emperor's words, intellectually he preferred to believe this explanation, but instinctively couldn't help but take care of the dangers outside. He took a breath and asked, "I understand, but let's finish this information quickly, Emperor Tumen, what do you want to say to me?" What is a Brigade Mage?"

Forcing himself to calm down, Brando began to figure out the meaning of this "dream", and since Tumen said that it was a projection of information, it meant that he had something to keep for himself. But what are the words? Brando doesn't see any connection between himself and the other person.

Brando himself is a pure-blooded Eruin Southerner, neither Miner nor Basto, and if it were to be a legacy, Tumen would not have found him alone.

What's more, there must be some medium for storing spells, which means that this information was originally stored by a trigger-type spell on something close to him. Brando lowered his head, and couldn't help but think about it, trying to find out what was suspicious about what he was on him—the first thing to rule out was the ordinary items, the clothes he was carrying and some small items such as matches and sponges. In excluding his and Tamar-made items, such as the Cursed Bow, the Sage Statue (White Deer), and the mana potion over there. Finally, there are naturally generated items, such as the fruit of the Golden Magic Tree, as well as some magic materials.

The only suspicious objects on his body now are the trivial items he had taken from the battlefield and the Ring of the Queen.

But the trivial pseudo-magical items are nowhere to be found, and the Ring of the Queen of the Wind has long been identified as rotten in the game - there is a follow-up to the story, Brando has already asked the cripple - and the loan shark merchant did know the ring in the painting, as far as he knew: the painting was given by a merchant to the knight who Brando's grandfather had served, and the knight then gave the painting to Brando's grandfather. After that, the oil painting remained in Brando's old house.

As for the previous story, it's a long story. The cripple said that there were thirteen replica rings in total, and although they were not genuine, each one was worth a fortune hundreds of years later. At that time, the merchant wanted to curry favor with the local lord, but what happened later, he couldn't tell.

Although Brando was still skeptical of what the cripple had to say, it at least meant that this thing, if it had anything to do with Otor the Wind Sage, had nothing to do with Tumen.

The next object of suspicion is from Borg #8226; The mysterious stone chip from Nesong's corpse, Brando has always suspected that this little aristocratic background is not so simple. How could Antitina, as the daughter of an aristocracy, learn the design and manufacture of magic devices so coincidentally, this is not an ordinary thing in Eruin.

And Brando believed that he could perceive this, and so could others, and that Viscount Tester must have understood this.

He had now begun to suspect that the viscount's motives were not pure.

And now it seems that it is this stone chip that arouses the most suspicion. But then he shook his head, and remembered another thing, he had touched another unknown object before entering this world—the Elemental Revelation Scroll, and Brando thought back to the situation, and he clearly remembered that the Elemental Revelation Scroll had the Crystal Forest's seal clay and the number unique to the elves.

That said, there is nothing wrong with the reels themselves.

But he had already woken up, and he finally knew what the opportunity for him to trigger this spell was: opening the elemental pool,

But what's the connection?

He immediately thought of the Destiny cards, yes, he had been treating them as abilities rather than items, so he didn't think of them for a while. But looking back now, Brando realizes that the more he thinks about these cards, the more suspicious they become.

First of all, these cards never appear in Amber Sword.

Perhaps a single magic item, Brando, has not heard of in the game, which is not doubtful. But if it's a series of magic items that have never appeared in the field of vision of a hardcore player, it's unavoidable. You can imagine if one hadn't heard of the name of a certain piece of mage's class equipment in the game, and if we assumed that the world was huge - and therefore it wasn't that incredible. But if he didn't even know of the huge concept of "magician's professional equipment", it would seem a bit inexplicable.

You might say that he must be a newcomer.

But Brando is no newbie.

And the cards themselves aren't dispensable, trivial items. The great freedom they contain allows even a warrior to manipulate magic freely, so to speak, and constitutes a complete class system in its own right.

With such a set of magical items, it is impossible for Brando not to have heard of rumors at all.

Moreover, these things do not appear in some distant country, for example, "they" only appear in the territory of Brando's nemesis, Madara, so that Brando may have fewer opportunities to understand. But on the contrary, the places where these cards appear are, at least for now, the areas that Brando was most familiar with before.

Tomb of Girangde, Valley of the Golden Magic Tree, Reedenburg, Pragues.

These are areas that Brando has explored countless times, knowing every nook and cranny. Even Brando can clearly describe the rumors and behaviors of all the famous players in this region during the first three years of the game, and he loves the world so much that he can empathize with one qiē of Eruin.

But the problem now was that he hadn't heard of the cards, and he even had some doubts about how he could have let them go so easily in the first place - of course, he didn't realize that when he first saw them, he was in a situation where even survival was not guaranteed, and ordinary people would rejoice at the slightest help in such an environment - instead of doubting it. So it's actually human nature.

However, once the reaction was realized, this suspicion deepened.

He couldn't help but touch his chest, and subconsciously remembered the concept that flashed through his mind before: "They constitute a complete professional system in themselves"; Brando's heart was shocked, and he subconsciously raised his head, he raised his head a little incredulously, and blurted out: "......What are you talking about as a traveling mage?"

Tumen smiled, "You've guessed it right, there is indeed an inseparable connection between the Destiny Card and the Traveling Mage. ”

Brando immediately kept silent, because he knew that the young Tumen in front of him would definitely sue him.

"First of all, I'd like to clear up a misunderstanding, I didn't actually make these Destiny cards, and as you can tell, they're far older than we know." Tumen spread out his hand, and in the palm of his hand was a fate card - but on the back, on which was the intricate holy pattern drawn: "You see this sigil, it is the original sample of the holy crest, I have simplified it according to what I know about the fur, and I have compiled this knowledge and passed it on to humans, elves, and miners. ”

"Wait-" Tumen raised his hand to stop Brando from asking, "I know what you want to ask, why should I help humans and elves as a descendant of the Basto and Minr, a sworn enemy of a creature yearning for light?" ”

He smiled: "Actually, it's very simple, as a traveling mage, my way of looking at problems is a little different from ordinary people. Of course, this is just my opinion, but it has to do with my own deck - I was too young to pursue the laws and principles of this world. That's why my deck is called 'All Things Are One', and with this meaning, there is not much difference in the world except for the most essential qiē. ”

Brando, who had heard these words, sat back down, thought for a moment, and asked the question in his heart: "To tell you the truth," he asked, "I don't quite understand what you mean, can you put it more simply." ”

He had no intention of going back at all, but vaguely felt that this profession in the picture door might bring great changes to his future path. He didn't know why he had this idea, maybe it was an illusion, or maybe it was a hint of something unusual in his intuition and instinct.

Tumen nodded: "Of course, I will tell you in detail." ”

He added, "When it comes to traveling mages, we have to start with the Destiny card. The Traveling Mage is the only group of people in this world who can touch the true meaning of the Destiny Card - that true meaning, which is the power of the world. Each Destiny card is a representation of a world from a certain angle, and it is neither a simple projection of rules nor a superficial replication of reality - there are many such cards that form a small world. ”

"That's my deck, 'All Things Are One,' which describes the nature of the world through the harmony of the six elements of guò, and therefore my card: the power of rules."

"And the other traveling mage I know, I know that his deck is called 'Infinite Strength,' which is a deck of tons of red and black destiny cards, and his cards are meant to be supreme power. The red deck can be seen as fire, but it can also be seen as power. A black deck can be seen as dark, but it can also represent death and destruction. ”

"Of course, we all failed."

Tumen smiled, "So the meaning of a card is actually given by the deck, and the wonderful thing about a Destiny card is that it can explain your thoughts to the world from multiple perspectives. Even your deck represents your inner self. ”

"We don't know why these cards are there or where they come from. The first traveling mages were probably born in the dark ages, among the Matatanians, and I even suspect that the profession itself was born out of this society. ”

"It is rumored that the Matatanians are a traveling people, their tribe always moves from one place to another, and their understanding of the world is a little different from ours. We think of the world as a vast and infinite concept, including infinite things, knowledge, and they have a larger concept similar to our 'world', and the word 'UΔ' is the origin of the word infinite in the Elvish and Cruz languages. In the Matatanian worldview, UΔ contains countless small worlds, and they are always shuttling between them. ”

"I suspect that they have misinterpreted the relationship between the Guardian Land and the world at large, and of course, humans in the past had limited knowledge of the world." Tumen suddenly smiled and said, "I accidentally said so many inconsequential things, it seems that it is really difficult for me to get rid of this old problem." ”

Brando thought for a moment and asked, "I've heard of the Matatanians too, and maybe now I know that they were the first group of traveling mages, but what does this have to do with me?" ”

Tumen shook his head, "You continue to listen, the Matatanians divide the day into six phases, and the traveling mage's day is strictly divided into six phases. ”

The black-haired shoulder-dropping young man glanced at Brando, and continued, "The first stage, from dawn to morning, from six to ten o'clock, is this time of day that the Matatanians refer to as the sun growing, and the traveling mage calls it the 'growth phase', in which the traveling mage can tap their land cards and gain the mana necessary for the day-"

"Wait!" Brando exclaimed, "Tap lands? ”

"Exactly, tap the lands, this is the most basic ability of every Brigade Mage. It is also a source of their strength. ”

"Wait, can you elaborate on that."

"It's simple, as long as you have a base land and your own elemental and mana pools. You can tap them at this time of day, and the lands will tie their 'territory' power to your elemental pool, and infuse the 'territory' with the elemental power that spawns during the day. ”

"Wait, doesn't the land card say that one element is generated a week?" Brando couldn't help but blurt out.

"That little element is free from the pool of elements and mana, and its function is to 'lend' cards to newcomers who are strong enough to lead to the path of traveling mages, so that they can understand and contact the power of this world. When you become a full-fledged Brigade Mage, you don't need it. Tumen replied.

Brando thought about it for a while, then nodded: "I understand, you can continue." ”

"During the growth phase, the Traveling Mage also has the benefit of having the ability to 'pay' on other cards, and I remember you had a gray land/water card called the Highland Servant, which stated that when the Highland Servant was stored on the field, the Lord would gain a little reputation every day. And this reputation is paid in the growth stage. ”

"At the same time, the Traveling Mage can use any hybrid card that involves green (life, nature), white (light, shelter, nurturing), red (fire, vitality, vitality), blue (water, moisture, irrigation), and zài during the growth phase."

Brando frowned, he hadn't noticed the problem before. But Charles actually had a similar problem with him, and he mentioned the exception to this, which was white no-needed sorcerance cards.

Then we came the second phase of the day: from after the morning until the sun was shining, from 10 p.m. to 2 p.m. The Matatanians called this time of the day the time of day the flourishing of all things, and the sorcerers and witches also described the four hours of the day as the 'low tide' - because this is the time when the power of the sun is at its highest and the power of the moon is at its weakest, that is, when the power of magic is weak. Mana and the elements go hand in hand, so this phase is the most active and offensive phase of the elements, which is why the Brigade Mage calls this phase the 'heyday phase'. ”

"At this stage, it's the only stage where a Brigade Mage can use any card without any restrictions. At the same time, he will be able to draw three cards from his library and put them into his hand. ”

"Wait," Brando was stunned, "what does this mean?" ”

"This is the rule of the traveling mage, at the beginning of each day, a traveling mage can only have a fixed number of cards in his hand.

He may have more cards drawn than that limit during the day, but he must discard those excess cards every day during the 'reset phase'. And we call this fixed number of fate cards a hand.

"On the other hand, the stronger the traveling mage himself, the more cards he can master. For example, you, as a newborn traveling mage, can only master five cards in your hand. ”

"Did I assign the hand?" Brando asked.

"No, the hand will be drawn by you in the designated split set. For example, my cards mean that all the six elemental forces are one, so the rules divide my deck into sixths, so I have six splits. Tumen replied.

Brando frowned: "But in this way, the uncertainty increases a lot. So if I only have a few powerful cards in my hands, and I lose those useless cards, wouldn't I be free to keep my card strength at a certain level? ”

"Theoretically, yes, but that's not the ultimate goal of a traveling mage." Tumen shook his head.

"The ultimate goal?"

"You know that after the three-level power system, there are people who can civilize the elements and thus make themselves extremely powerful. But you may not know that after the elemental civilization, the next stage of power is the perfect body, from black iron to gold, and the final step is to pursue the power that only exists in the legend. ”

"You know, fire is an element, and its highest level is the element of fire, because the element of fire is the origin of the composition of a qiē flame in this world. But in fact, there has always been a rumor that above the element of fire, there is a higher element, which we call 'matter'. ”

"Elements such as 'matter', 'time', 'space' and even 'logic' and 'power' themselves, which represent the most basic meaning of the profound world, are called existential forces."

Brando stared at Tumen, speechless for a moment. Of course, he knew about the Perfect Body, as he had already gone through this stage in the past games - level one hundred and thirty, Silver Body. He had also heard of the power of the Existence of the Zài Sex, but it was rumored that after the average player reached the level of one hundred and sixty Golden Body, the experience would no longer increase, and no one knew that he should break through the final level to reach the one that was almost one step away from the power of the Existence of the Zài Nature.

But none of them expected that there would still be such a road.

"You mean," he couldn't help but ask, "Can the Traveling Master finally lead to the power of the Existence Nature?" ”

Tumen nodded, pointed to the card, and said, "When you perfect your 'world' and this 'rule' can be self-consistent, the door to the power of the existence of zài will be opened. Of course, you'll have a long way to go before then," Tumen seemed to notice Brando's heart, and continued, "Start with building your most basic deck. ”

"What am I going to do?" Brando asked subconsciously.

"Actually, from the moment you touch your first Destiny card, you've already revealed your Destiny deck yourself. I'm a little surprised though, your deck is different from anything I've ever seen, it seems to be a way to represent a huge class system, I don't understand why you'd be interested in a class system, and the idea of 'all-class dominance' - what does that mean? Tumen thought for a moment and asked with some confusion.

When Brando heard this, he couldn't help but sweat. The first time he came into contact with the Destiny card, he was still Sophie's soul, and as a professional player, he instinctively wanted to take up a powerful profession at that time, and the great player, who did not have a little bit of a full class overhaul, did not expect to be cleverly captured by the Destiny card.

He only now realized what it meant that the knight's path was opened......

I'll go! Brando shouted in his heart, if cards are the embodiment of a professional view, is this time really going to dominate the whole profession?