Chapter 122: Magic Power and the Nodes of the Magic Web

Jess effortlessly slipped into the library of the Wizard's Sanctuary and unexpectedly found himself near the language book section. During this period, he had been learning Orcish here and had become accustomed to this area.

He went back and asked the librarian about the reference books on mana, spirit, and mental energy. The floor area indicated by the librarian actually required checking the apprentice insignia. It turned out that if one wasn't an apprentice, they couldn't access those books.

The materials he had checked before were either related to auxiliary courses like alchemy or herbalism, or languages. This was the first time he was looking up something related to magic.

Perhaps the library of the Wizard's Sanctuary also follows some kind of general code of the Council of Tirisfal not to abuse arcane magic.

There are a great many diagrams related to researching human mana. Most of the rows of bookshelves are about this content. In the past few thousand years, humans have conducted countless experiments to figure out what exactly the source of mana is. Surprisingly, there aren't many elven studies here.

After looking through several basic books on the source of mana, Jess realized that it seemed that high elves didn't care much about things like the upper limit of mana and mental energy.

Because they have the Sunwell.

The Sunwell is a magic well located on an island named Quel'Danas to the north of Quel'Thalas. It is the holy land of the entire elven kingdom and the pillar of elven civilization.

The ancient war ten thousand years ago destroyed the Well of Eternity of the highborne elves, destroying the capital of the Kaldorei, Zin-Azshari, and also destroying the dream of eternal rule of the highborne elves.

The fallen nobles were captured by the former lower classes, that is, the later night elves. They were forced to abandon arcane magic and follow a more natural way of life, but some highborne elves were not willing to do so.

Dath'Remar Sunstrider, the ancestor of the royal family of Quel'Thalas, stole an eternal vial guarded by the night elves and crossed the ocean to the eastern continent divided by two huge troll empires. These vials were the last legacy of the destroyed Well of Eternity.

This vial of eternal well water was poured into the magic spring of Quel'Thalas, forming the powerful Sunwell and becoming the second home of these highborne elves.

For thousands of years, these elves who call themselves the noble people have sacrificed countless lives to defend the Sunwell. This is because it is through the power of these magic springs that the elves multiply and develop. This has been the case since the highborne elves first walked on ancient Kalimdor, and it remains so to this day.

Whether it was the former highborne elves or the current Quel'Thalas elves, as long as they wanted to use magic, the Well of Eternity or the Sunwell with infinite energy would provide them with energy.

These elves and the magic wells that accompany them are interdependent. It can be said that these magic wells gave birth to them, nurtured them. These elves can go without food and drink, but they cannot stay away from the magic well for too long.

Correspondingly, the magic well also takes care of them, loves them, and even indulges their needs... For many elves who never leave the magic well, mana is like air, coming and going at will. Only the barbaric races far from civilization would rack their brains to obtain a little bit of magic power.

Jess realized that the bookshelves he was looking at were written by the brains of the barbaric race of humans.

By observing elves and their living environment, humans came to the conclusion that to enhance magic power, one must be close to the source of magic power and strengthen one's mental power through long-term immersion in magic.

Some people continuously cast spells to actively summon arcane energy to surround them and strengthen their affinity with magic and improve their mental power through repeated contacts and communications.

Marin didn't tell him that some people choose to directly approach the source of magic power in nature - the ley lines of the magic web, that is, the most energetic magic web channels under Azeroth.

Or the most powerful source of magic power - a node of the magic web.

A magic web node is where countless ley lines of the magic web intersect. Jess knows that the most powerful magic web node on Azeroth is located in Northrend in the north. It is the residence of the blue dragons. It is called the Nexus. In Draconic, "Nexus" and "magic web node" are the same word.

One is located in the south and very close to Stormwind City. That is where Karazhan is located. Even the blue dragons believe that Karazhan is the place where almost all the powerful magic veins intersect.

Just like the Nexus and Karazhan, other relatively weaker magic web nodes have long been occupied by various temples and capitals. For example, the magic spring where the Sunwell was born is a very strong magic web node, no less powerful than Karazhan and the Nexus.

Jess probably understood why Marin didn't mention this method. Because apprentices like Jess simply don't have the ability to approach any powerful source of magic power to live a "cultivating" life.

All magic web nodes are either heavily guarded or simply full of danger just by approaching. The explosion of Karazhan not only destroyed the entire Deadwind Pass but even blackened half of the Elwynn region. Not to mention the horrors at the bottom of Karazhan Tower.

As for the Sunwell, just thinking about it made Jess couldn't help but give a wry smile.

At present, there are very few humans who can cross the gates of the high elves and enter the Quel'Thalas region, let alone cross the runestone formations and the indestructible magic barrier "Bandinoriel" and enter Silvermoon City.

And the Sunwell is even further north, blocked by the white walls and golden tiles of Silvermoon City. It can only be reached by crossing a strait. Legend has it that every elf guarding the Sunwell is a member of the nobility, a descendant of a great family, and the elite among the elites.

Not to mention humans, even an elf with insufficiently noble blood is not allowed to approach.

It's a headache. It's really a headache.

Knowing too much has made Jess feel more and more that it is difficult to increase his own mana. If he didn't know all these messy things, he might still be a bit blindly optimistic.

Jess continued to search for other magic web nodes, trying to find the most accessible place. He even found relevant records of mages investigating the frequent activities of elemental creatures in Westfall. There were also records of mages trying to communicate with elements in Kalimdor language.

Unexpectedly, some mages of the Wizard's Sanctuary actually wanted to become shamans part-time in order to become stronger. They were even more daring than him. At least warlocks and mages still have some things in common. It's too competitive.

He found a record in a book recording the geography of Hillsbrad. There is a sleeping ley line of the magic web underground in Ambermill that leads directly to Dalaran.

Yes, Dalaran itself is a magic web node. No wonder the mages of the elves and humans chose to build a city here to protect the casters who were distrusted in the major kingdoms.

Thinking that he would be boarding a ship to Dalaran in two days, Jess couldn't help but feel a little excited.

Although he was born in Lordaeron and grew up in Tirisfal and by Lake Lordamere, he had never entered or even approached that magic city. He had only glimpsed those faintly violet towers from a distance by the lake.

Hope the journey goes smoothly and there are no more mishaps.