Volume Dragon: Start by obtaining the Infinity Gems

Chapter 252 Arrival in Amn
“The use of arcane magic is known as the Magical Art, and thus bards, sorcerers, mages, assassins, harpers, and other experts in arcane magic are all users of the Art, whether they recognize their kinship or not.

Those who wield this art have training or innate skill in touching the Weave and bending it to achieve the desired effect. They may not consciously understand the relationship between their words, objects, and actions and the Weave, but they are aware of its presence and can feel its response to their manipulations."

In the huge and magnificent lobby, instructor La Lorenz stood on the podium, patiently explaining the introductory knowledge of the arcane to dozens of students sitting below.

Nemesis stood in the shadow of a corner of the lobby, admiring the gorgeous furnishings in the lobby.

This is the most famous [Kalente Arcane Tower] in the Amn Empire, and it is also the only place in the entire Amn Empire where arcane knowledge is legally taught.

The Kalente Arcane Tower is located in the capital of the Amn Empire, the city of Askatra. It originally belonged to a nine-ring wizard eight hundred years ago. After his death, the Amn Empire requisitioned the Arcane Tower and used it as an academy for cultivating arcane seeds.

There were more than fifty students in the hall, but almost every one of them came from the noble families of the Am Empire. Even if some of them were commoners without any background, they could only enter here by signing loan contracts with the nobles with high interest rates.

One of the reasons why the Empire of Amn strictly guards against the spread of arcane knowledge is precisely this.

It wants all arcane talents to obey the orders of the wealthy family and will never allow mages to become new tycoons by force.

You know, among the many supernatural powers in Faerun, wizards who wield arcane magic are almost the ones who are most likely to cross classes.

Arcane is the most important productive force in the world of Faerun, and mages can rely on arcane to quickly monetize knowledge through various channels.

If it weren't for the fact that the mage's upgrade process also required huge financial support, coupled with the intervention of the church, the entire Faerun's economic power would probably have been monopolized by various mage organizations long ago.

Even so, the Empire of Amn, as a major economy-based country, still strictly prevents the spread of arcane knowledge.

Nemesis did not come here to learn arcane knowledge. Although the Calente Arcane Tower was an arcane academy for training students, it was no longer useful for a mage of his level.

In fact, he thought that the teacher La Lorenz who was giving the speech on the stage was not as good as himself.

The main reason he came here was because of Shana's request.

More than a month ago, he and Shanai boarded the arcane ferry back to Sword Coast. After arriving at the port of the Amn Empire, Nemesis was about to leave for the Kingdom of Imbutu, but was stopped by Shanai.

"I need your help, and in return I am willing to submit to you from now on!"

Nemesis still didn't know what Shana wanted him to help with, but he knew that as a young man with great potential to become a legendary wizard, Shana's willingness to surrender to him in exchange for help only represented a possibility.

That is, the danger involved is probably very great.

But after careful consideration, he finally agreed to Shana's request. First, Shana's qualifications were enough to make him excited.

Her outstanding talent in Transmutation and her status as a disciple of the Son of the Black Staff meant that Shana had both the talent and resources to become a legendary wizard.

Secondly, Shana's identity as a member of the Duke's Council was also something that Nemesis took into consideration.

There are only six seats in the Duke's Council, and even to this day, the owner of the sixth seat has not appeared.

If Shana submits to him, it means that one-third of the power in the parliament will belong to him.

Now it seems that the power of the Duke's Council is still too weak and there is nothing to rely on. But in Nemesis's view, the potential of this multi-dimensional organization is definitely not small. He has not forgotten that there are still more unknowns to the throne that have not been unlocked. If there are changes in the future, then he who controls two seats will naturally have more advantages than others!

Thinking of the throne, Nemesis sighed and no longer had the heart to continue enjoying the arcane lessons.

More than a month ago, the simulacrum broke up with him after stepping through that door, and Nemesis still doesn't know what happened.

But he was sure of one thing, that the simulation had not disappeared.

Although his contact with the Simulacrum was temporarily suspended, the power of the arcane was maintained by the magical network that spanned the multiverse.

As a seventh-level spell, [Simuli] has a hidden feature, which is that after the [Simuli] is destroyed, the main body will instantly receive all the memories experienced by the simulacrum.

Normally, since simulacra mostly fight on the same plane at short to medium distances, all spellcasters synchronize everything the simulacra experience in real time.

But Nemesis' situation was a little different at this time. It was not realistic to control the simulacrum across dimensions, so he chose to permanently cut off a part of his mental power to allow the simulacrum to have the ability to think independently.

Compared to relying on the [Wish] to open the simulacrum's spiritual intelligence, this method is too costly. Nemesis paid the penalty of a temporary decrease in intelligence, which will take at least half a year to recover.

So, the current situation is that he knows that the simulacrum is not dead yet, but he doesn't know what the simulacrum is doing now. He can only wait patiently for the simulacrum to be destroyed, which is very annoying.

Just as he was about to leave the Arcane Tower, a sharp pain suddenly struck his mind, and countless memory fragments were transmitted into his mind by the magic network in an extremely violent way.

"Humph"

Nemesis groaned and put his hands on the wall to support his body.

After several minutes, when he sorted out the fragments of memory, the severe pain finally eased.

Nemesis sat down on the chair next to him, remained silent for several minutes, and then let out a long sigh.

"It's actually like this."

He had already read those memory fragments, which were the memories transmitted back by the simulation that went to the world where No. 11 was.

The Earth in 1982, the rift connecting to the Shadowfell Underworld, the same Dungeons & Dragons board game as in the previous life, and the mysterious monster that appeared at the end.

Nemesis sighed. In his opinion, No. 11 was probably dead.

He carefully searched the knowledge in the memory inheritance to compare it with the last image before his consciousness fell into darkness - the spell chanted by the monster.

Eventually, he found an extremely similar result.

Even in the inheritance of memory, the related knowledge is very rare.

Because that is an arcane skill that only exists in the Shadowfallen Underworld or can be used by shadow mages who believe in Shar - [Shadow Mysticism].

(End of this chapter)